Sport
Francisco wins Nutrien Stableford Yabbies’ Brace champs decided
Geraldine Francisco was the winner of the The Brooch winners will be named at the Ladies’ Golf Nutrien Russell-sponsored sta- presentation at the end of the year. bleford match on Sunday. The ball competition that was played in conScoring 35 points, Francisco was closely junction with the Brooch was won by Fay followed by Ann Dunn and Susan Goonrey Hardwick with 73 net. One shot behind was (both on 34 points), Narelle Kriz (33), Julie Marlene Wynd on 74 net. In third place was Livingston and Karen Manns (32 each) and Fran Samios on 76 net with Ann Dunn and Marlene Wynd on 29 points. Geraldine Francisco both on 77 net. Nearest the Pin prizes on the 8th hole were A big two weeks of Ladies’ Golf competiwon by Sally Bannister, Geraldine Francisco tions kick off today with a Par round. and Pat Polack while the closest on the 11th Good Friday, Easter Saturday and Easter hole were Narelle Kriz, Marlene Wynd and Monday are all Stableford games with a Stroke Glenda Peebles. locked in for Easter Sunday. In other games, Wednesday’s Stableford win The following week’s golf schedule will inwent to Susan Goonrey with 31 points. clude a Par on Wednesday followed by the The runner-up was Ann Dunn on a countback monthly meeting with the cut off day for Match from Barb Barklimore when both ladies posted Play also that day. 27 points. Saturday and Sunday are both Stroke games The annual Vet’s Mabel McKenzie Brooch with Sunday’s event being April’s Trophy Day. tournament was played on Saturday. —T'd Off
M&M and Fast Fobs meet in Fast5 final Mixed & Matched (M&M) and Fast Fobs quarter, when they had elected to use their were to have met in the final of the Fast5 Powerplay option (when all points scored in netball competition last night. (See our Face- that quarter are doubled). book Page for results.) Schintler was joined by Sam Vaka in the Fast Fobs earned their finals spot last week shooting circle and together they added another after a win over KML. 14 points to Fast Fobs’ total. KML matched Fast Fobs in the shooting cir- Going into the final quarter, when KML had cle for the first quarter with the scoreboard elected to use their Powerplay option, they 4-all at the first break. trailed by 13 points. Strong shooting from George Manu and Despite some brilliant shooting by Sosie BarTravis Schintler in the second quarter gave Fast ton, which included a four pointer, the deficit Fobs the upper hand and by half time they led was too much to reign in and Fast Fobs went on 12-8. They pulled further ahead in the third to finish with a 10 point win, 31-21.
Page 18 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday April 5, 2023
Chris Powell and Lucas Hardy are the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club Brace Relay Champions for the 2022/2023 season. The Brace Relay Championship was contested last Tuesday night at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool with Powell and Hardy consistently good all night to finish with the lowest time score. The team of Fr Paul Finucane and Dave Mexted started the night off well with a big win in the first event, the 2x 50m handicapped relay. The pair then backed that up with another victory in the second event, the one legged hop. At that stage of the night, Finucane and Mexted were looking like the men to beat with a tally of just 5.51 seconds. Powell and Hardy, were in second place with a total of 5.65, after they had finished second in both events. Murray Harland and Kyle Roberts were not far behind in third place with a progressive total of 8.56, and John Carswell and Jason Toomey were sitting in 4th spot with 9.75. Matt Harland and Paul Swainston, with 13.85, were languishing back in 5th place. The wheels fell off for Finucane/Mexted in the third event when they had a shocker in the Coin Retrieval challenge. The pair finished almost a minute slower than their nominated time, adding 53.13 seconds to their tally and it was quickly obvious that no amount of prayers were going to help them get back into the race. In contrast, Powell/Hardy continued their good form to win the third event ahead of Harland/Roberts. Powell/Hardy repeated the win in Race 4, the Arm Race, with their nearest rivals, Harland/Roberts, once again in second place. There was a late challenge for the title by Harland/Swainston, who finished second on the Slide Ride but it didn’t quite get them enough points, and they finished third overall with Harland/Roberts second. Powell/Hardy finished with the third best Slide Ride but they had already done enough to see them through to an overall win. The Yabbies were to have had their final competition swim last night before the pool closes this Sunday. The 30m, 50m, 100m and Overall Club Champions will be announced at the Yabbies’ presentation night.
