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Sport
Conditions were perfect for big scores It seems conditions were perfect for scor- between Red Hot Chilli Steppers and DJW ing tries in the Open Mixed Touch competi- Dingoes, with the final margin a difference of tion last Thursday night at Ward Oval with four points. a whopping total of 86 points scored in the Red Hot Chilli Steppers had a one point four matches played in Round 2. advantage at half time, 6-5, before they took The biggest scorers of the night were DC & control of the second half to eventually finish C Barracudas’ female players, Brianna Wat- with an 11-7 win. son with eight tries and Aisha Schofield, with Kayla Hasson’s four tries (worth eight six. With female points doubled, between the points) helped her Red Hot Chilli Steppers pair of them they scored 28 of their team’s side to the win and earned her the game’s total of 35 points for the night. B&F three points. The DC & C Barracudas definitely out- Also earning B&F points were DJW Dinclassed the newbies, Gold Bars, winning 35-3. goes’ Tyler Coughlan and Axel Fairfull. Will Munro, who scored twice for Gold Bars, earned the match’s Best & Fairest three points. Team mate Troy Knight scored their other There was a field of 14 shooters for the try and two B&F points and one point was Cobar Clay Target Club’s first shoot of earned by DC & C Barracudas’ Ash Davies. 2023 on Sunday. Another one-sided game was played beThe first of four events was a 20 Target tween J&K Butchers and the Rusty Snails, Double Barrel shoot with Peter Hosie having with the Butchers winning 13-4. his eye in early to record a possible (perfect Nine from the Butchers scored tries with Kai score) of 20/20 to win AA Grade. Taylor scoring a double. In A Grade, Brad Kendrick finished as the Taylor, along with team mate Molly Carter winner with 18/20, Luke Scales was first in B and Jason Hampel from the Rusty Snails Grade with 19/20 and Julianne Foster won C shared in the game’s B&F points. Grade with 18/20. Kai Greenwood led the scoring for the Phat In the 25 Target Single Barrel event, there Athletes in their 15-8 win over Haymans was a tie in AA Grade with Kevin Hatch and Snowflakes. Bryan Manns both finishing with 23/25, A Greenwood crossed four times with Zoë Grade’s winner was Matt Harland (21/25); B Egan also contributing four points to Phat Grade’s win went to Scales (24/25) and the C Athletes’ total with her two tries. Grade winner was Jim Manns (18/25). Jaxon Burke led the scoring for Haymans Apart from Hatch, the winners were the Snowflakes with five tries for the game. same in the 30 Target Handicap event with Burke shared in the match’s B&F points AA Grade won by Bryan Manns with 26/30, with team mate Rowdy Barton and Phat Ath- A Grade—Harland (26/30), B Grade—Scales letes’ Darrel ‘Dasha’ Warren. (28/30) and C Grade—Jim Manns (26/30). The closest game of the night was played The final event of the day was the 10 Pair Double Rise with Hatch claiming the win in AA Grade with 19/20, Harland cleaned up to win A Grade with 14/20, Dick Tulloh had the win in B Grade with 17/20 and Foster claimed St John’s School held their annual swim- the C Grade prize with 12/20. ming carnival at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool on Friday with Mackillop (Green) finishing as the overall winners. There was some great sportsman- There were only five hardy souls who ship displayed and two very long standing turned up to play in the Men’s summer golf school records were broken by Clair Cousins, competition on Saturday while nobody who finished the day as the 11 years girl showed on Sunday. There was nothing in the scores from Saturchampion. Clair broke the 50m Freestyle record previ- day’s field of Brien Obray, Steve Manns, Peously set by Michaela Campbell 27 years ago ter Brien, Brad Bannister and Greg Clark to with a new time of 36.73 seconds as well as suggest any real form except that Bannister’s the 50m Butterfly record (previously set by 35 points made him a clear eight point winner. Caroline Harland in 2008) with a new time of There were a number of discussions at the recent annual general meeting relating to the 43.94 seconds. The other champions from the carnival 2023 season including renewing the tee markwere: 11 Years Boy—Tommy George; Senior ers around the course; introducing penalties Girl—Harpa Martin; Senior Boy—Talas for slow play; a proposed experimental rule Burke; Junior Girl—Kasalia Fakahua; and relating to preferred lies on the fairway; and working bees.—Out of Bounds Junior Boy—Cooper Trudgett.
First club shoot
Records broken
Quiet on course
Page 12 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday February 15, 2023
