The Cobar Weekly 25 November

Wednesday November 25 2020

Volume 35 No. 43

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The Cobar Weekly Slow progress on Newey Plan of Management Pg 2

The Kubby House Child Care is closed this week with staff and the management committee re-grouping in an effort to be able to reopen the centre next week.

The Kubby House volunteer management ommittee announced last week their staffing problems had escalated.

On Wednesday they informed families who use the centre there was a “danger of a temporary forced stoppage, meaning we will not be open to provide care”.

Families were then updated on Saturday of the committee’s regrettable decision to not open the centre this week.

To date Kubby has been unsuccessful in securing sufficient staff to man the centre, following the recent departure of the director and two fulltime educators.

Two more staff have also recently resigned.

As per their obligations under the National Quality Framework laws, Kubby must have a qualified Responsible Person on the premises at all times when there are children at the centre.

The committee is currently working with the Department of Education to fast-track the certification process for potential staff.

“We have exhausted all available options and this is a temporary situation.

“Securing a director, two diploma-qualified educators and increasing the casual pool is a priority to return the service to normal operations as soon as possible,” the committee said in a letter to parents.

While it’s not a permanent solution, the committee has this week received interest from two potential casual staff interested in helping out until the end of the year.

Council consults community on economic future Pg 3

Local NAB closes as part of state bomb scare Pg 4

$100,000 windfall for RSL The old catering kitchen at the Cobar Services Club will finally get an upgrade thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Department of Regional NSW. The club’s secretary/ manager Linda Carter (pictured above) said along with renovations to the old catering kitchen, some work will also be carried out in the main kitchen and the ceiling, flooring and furniture is to be renewed in the dining room. Mrs Carter said post-COVID, things are now looking very good financially for the club and she’s very optimistic about their future. Read full story on Page 2.

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$100,000 windfall for Services Club Slow progress for Newey plan

After a year of mostly bad news, the Cobar a dramatic loss of income.

Services Club is celebrating this week after Since then the club has continued to fight receiving a grant of $100,000 to help up- a tough financial battle to keep the doors grade the club’s facilities. open.

Services Club secretary/manager Linda Mrs Carter said with this grant and some Carter said the grant from the Department of other funds the club had put away for renovaRegional NSW is very welcome but has been a tions, they will be able to replace the ceiling long time coming. and flooring and buy new furniture for their “We had applied for a grant to upgrade some restaurant area. areas of our kitchens and restaurant back in She said they will also be able to upgrade the 2018,” Mrs Carter said. main kitchen and catering kitchen. (The cater“I wanted a million dollars, you know you ing kitchen is pretty much the original kitchen should always aim high but this $100,000 will and has only had some minor upgrades over the still go a long way towards years.) what we want to do,” Mrs “Rest assured we’ll spend the “It’s not very functional,” Carter said. money wisely,” —Linda Carter Mrs Carter said.

Mrs Carter said she was It’s hoped that by investpleased the Minister for ing in upgrading the caterAgriculture and Minister of Western NSW ing kitchen, it will help to make the club more Adam Marshall and NSW Deputy Premier John viable.

Barilaro both could see the value that a Re- She said it should bring them more business turned Services Club provides to its communi- with functions, corporate events and weddings ty. now able to be catered for.

Over the past 10 years the club has experi- She said things are now very much looking enced ongoing financial troubles after battling up for the club. its way back from being placed under admin- “Post-COVID we’ve done very well, with istration in August 2010 by the then-board of grant funding and an increase in business since directors. we’ve opened again.

Since taking over as secretary/manager in “The club’s now in the best financial position 2013, Mrs Carter has been instrumental in help- we’ve been in since I’ve been here. ing the club get back on its feet.

“I’m very optimistic in what this grant can do She introduced a raft of cost saving measures for the club. and the club started to make some money.

“Rest assured we’ll spend the money very That was until July 2018 when the club had wisely and do what we can to stretch it as far as experienced an increase in operating costs and it can go,” Mrs Carter said.

Public submissions closed earlier this month for Cobar Shire Council’s Draft Plan of Management for the Cobar Newey Reserve.

Council’s Director of Planning and Environmental Services Garry Ryman said they had received “around 40 or so,” submissions during the public display period.

He said council will now take some time to review and evaluate all the submissions received from locals who provided their opinions about how the area should be managed, including whether or not the controversial issue of free camping should be permitted.

“They’ll now be reviewed and a report in due course prepared by Council.”

He said a decision about all related camping issues at the public facility will not potentially be determined until early next year.

“The earliest the matter will again be addressed is when council holds its first ordinary meeting of 2021,” Mr Ryman said The future of the Newey, or more specifically whether camping should be permitted at the recreation area, has been a cause for conjecture within the Cobar community for a number of years.

In October 2016, a number of community complaints were received when 20-plus vans per night were free camping at the reserve.

In March 2018, on the advice of the NSW Department of Industry, Council banned camping at the Newey until a management plan was completed.

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Christmas Parade gets the green light Cobar residents will get a community Christmas celebration this year with the logistics now sorted for the annual Christmas Street Parade to go ahead.

Members of the Cobar Business Association and Cobar Shire Council staff have been working with local police to organise an event that will meet COVID Safe regulations.

Council’s tourism manager Demi Smith said under the NSW Government’s COVID Safe guidelines, if the street parade is classified as a “major recreational event”, they can have up to 500 people attend as long as there is a COVID Safe Plan in place.

As per the plan, there will need to be restricted access to the main CBD area and all parade entrants, spectators and Christmas shoppers will need to register (for tracking and tracing purposes) and have their temperature taken upon entry.

COVID Safe marshals will also be working throughout the night to ensure the public abides by the entry conditions and maintains social distancing.

Ms Smith said closing of the main street for the parade and shopping event has been approved.

A risk assessment has also been carried out to ensure all parade entrants and spectators will be kept safe.

Cobar Business Association president Sharon Harland said the committee has opened up the theme of this year’s parade to be “whatever you want”.

“It’s been a crazy sort of mixed up year so we thought we’d continue the theme for this year’s parade,” Mrs Harland said.

“People had been working on building floats for the Grey Mardi Gras, the cadets didn’t get to march on Anzac Day, we didn’t have Fashions on the Field at the races this year and we missed out on celebrating lots of other community events.

“We thought this could be another opportunity to use that float that’s still sitting in the shed or wear the outfit you had planned for the races.”

Looking to our future

Cobar’s Economic Resilience Project consultants Tanya Gilbert and Grant Leslie presenting at one of the 12 community consultation sessions last week at the Council Chambers. The economic study by Cobar Shire Council has been funded under Round 4 of the Australian Government’s Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) Community Investments Stream.

Wednesday November 25 2020 The Cobar Weekly Page 3

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Playing with colour

Cobar Arts Council hosted the first of what is hoped to be a series of creative workshops at the Cobar Railway Station on Saturday. Local artist Kylie Harvey guided a group of around 18 locals through some basic techniques in the use of watercolours, with participants ranging in skill level from complete beginners through to “amateur dabblers”. Pictured at Saturday’s workshop are participants Leah LeLievre, Kate Munro, Kay Stingemore, workshop presented Kylie Harvey, Cobar Arts Council members Lillian Simpson and Daphne Jermyn, and participant Meredith Broughton. The Arts Council is hoping to hold more workshops next year to allow participants to further develop their watercolour skills, as well as introductory workshops for other techniques and mediums.

Page 4 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday November 25, 2020

National threat sees Cobar NAB branch closed

The doors of Cobar’s NAB branch were shut temporarily last Wednesday as part of a nationwide lockdown.

The lockdown was triggered by a “major security threat” that was later deemed by authorities as a series of bomb hoaxes in NSW and Queensland.

It’s understood the threats were made to a number of the banking institution’s 600 branches across the country via email and NAB’s social media sites.

National Australia Bank Corporate Affairs officer Peter Dalton confirmed the Cobar branch closed temporarily on Wednesday.

Mr Dalton said the bank was able to return to normal trading the following day.

The NAB released an online statement last week about the incident to their thousands of customers across the country.

“The latest advice from State and Federal Police is that the threat is not credible and has been deemed a hoax,” the statement read.

“As a result, we are pleased to advise it is now safe to return to all NAB locations.

“We understand this caused inconvenience to our customers and colleagues however their safety and security is our absolute priority and that is why we took the action we did.

“We did so with the information that we had at the time.”

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Show your art talent

Cobar Primary Heath Care has launched a new art competition which will showcase local artists’ work on the walls inside the building. Entries are now open until December 14. Participants can drop their entry into the centre. A range of prizes are on offer for top placed finishers. Pictured is centre staff Sandy Negfeldt, Mehakdeep Kaur, Kathleen Newman and Mackeylee Delaney. For more information see advertisement below.

Page 6 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday November 25, 2020

Mayor pleased with RSL grant

As part of the Cobar Economic Resiliency Project (which is being funded by BBRF – Community Investment Stream – Round 4) Council held 12 community consultation sessions over three days last week.

They were relatively well attended and the draft report is anticipated to be completed by the new year.

On Monday the general manager Peter Vlatko and deputy mayor Peter Abbott attended the Local Government NSW Annual Conference via Zoom, which was a very different format to the usual face-to-face meetings, but it certainly saved a lot of travel time.

On Thursday, prior to the November Ordinary Council Meeting, council will be holding a councillor workshop on the Code of Meeting Practice.

This will be a refresher course for councillors.

The main topics of discussion for the November Ordinary Council Meeting will be on the assignment of the Cobar Caravan Park lease, the general purpose financial statements, special schedules and auditor’s reports for 2019/2020 and the formation of the Lilliane Brady Village management and governance committee.

On Friday the general manager Peter Vlatko and I will attend the Mines and Energy Related annual general meeting and ordinary meeting.

It will be held in Blayney, but we will be attending via Zoom.

Some goods news for Cobar, after much fighting we have finally gotten a date for the start of the building of the toilet between Bourke and Cobar.

The contracts have now been signed and construction will start in February.

I am pleased this week to hear that the Cobar Memorial Services Club (RSL) has received a $100k grant with the help of Minister Adam Marshall to rebuild the kitchen.

I have always believed that there should be an RSL in every town.

They are always there to shape our future generations on what RSL’s are about and are an important part of all towns and cities.

Lilliane Brady OAM, Mayor

Wednesday November 25, 2020 The Cobar Weekly Page 7

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Distance education students left out by COVID restrictions A rural based mum with children enrolled in Distance Education (Distance Ed) has issued a plea to the government imploring state officials to reinstate face to face learning for kids that live in remote and regional communities.

Gabie LeLievre of ‘Yathonga’, a property near Tilpa, took to social media recently to explain that her twin boys, Wilbur and Charlie (both Year 7 students) haven’t had any face to face classes with teachers since March.

Mrs LeLievre said this is proving detrimental to both their mental health and general wellbeing.

Normally her boys, along with other kids who live on properties around western NSW and do their schooling via Distance Ed, head to Dubbo once a term for a week of personalised learning.

That process however remains on hold despite the easing of recent COVID-19 social distancing restrictions in schools across the state.

Mrs LeLeivre has queried why the same luxury hasn’t been afforded to her children

and other Distance Ed kids.

She has received little to no response from Government representatives.

“Firstly, I want to make it very clear that Distance Education is amazing and a fantastic way for children in remote communities to receive an education,” Mrs LeLievre told The Cobar Weekly.

“As parents we are prepared to drive hundreds of kilometers… (and) help in any way we can so our children can be given the same access…” - Gabie LeLievre “I also understand during lockdown and the time when all NSW children were required to be homeschooled (that) it goes without saying a lack of contact was totally understandable and necessary for everyone’s protection.

“What cannot be explained though, is nearly six months after every other NSW student is

back at school why (western based) Distance Education High school students have not been afforded the same access to education.

“As parents we are prepared to drive hundreds of kilometres and stay in Dubbo for the week (and) help in any way we can so our children can be given the same access that is afforded every other student across the state.

“We are asking 9am-3pm. Not overnight.

Not after hours.”

Mrs LeLievre’s sentiments were echoed online by other Distance Ed parents, particularly those who have kids in higher grades.

Some mentioned their children who have just completed their schooling haven’t been afforded a proper Year 12 farewell, graduation or even been recognised for their achievements.

In recent days Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning in NSW Sarah Mitchell MLC said she wanted every student in the bush to have access to the best possible education.

However as it stands Distance Ed parents like Mrs LeLievre remain in the dark as to when their children will once again have access to face to face lessons.

Cobar Shire Council will hold its second last ordinary general meeting of the year tomorrow with a number of items to be worked through ahead of the Christmas break.

The order of business action wise includes discussion around the assignment of the Caravan Park lease and the Lilliane Brady management and governance committee.

A budget review discussion will also be held.

Regarding information, councillors will hear items such as updates on grant funding, DA improvements, the monthly status report and be given an update on infrastructure project finances.

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After a brief reprieve last week with some rainfall recorded, Cobar can expect more extremely hot weather for the next five days.

Just under 4mm of rain was measured at Cobar Meteorological Office for the week with plenty of stormy weather around.

Tomorrow is forecast to be the coolest of the next five days, with Cobar to reach a high of 38 degrees and an overnight low of 21 degrees.

The lead-up to the weekend weather will continue to warm up with Friday to reach a high of 41 degrees, while Saturday is forecast to be 42 degrees.

The best place to be on Sunday will be anywhere by the water or air-conditioner with Cobar to be a sweltering 45 degrees.

To start the working week Cobar will be greeted with a hot and steamy 41 degrees.

Share your rural health experience Cobar residents are reminded that submissions are still open for the Upper House Committee inquiry into health outcomes and services in rural, regional and remote New South Wales.

Committee Chair Greg Donnelly MLC said recent media attention has highlighted issues around the provision of health services in rural, regional and remote areas of the state, including telehealth services.

“This inquiry is an opportunity for people living in these areas to have their views heard and for the committee to gather valuable information on health and patient outcomes in those areas,” Mr Donnelly said.

The committee will investigate a number of key issues including quality of care, staffing challenges, service availability and patient experience.

For further information about the inquiry, including the terms of reference and how to make a submission, go parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/inquiries

Cobar Shire will benefit from the recent State Budget funding announcements for new or continuing projects.

Among the projects is $1.1M funding for the establishment of a mobile CT service for Cobar, Walgett and Bourke.

State Member for Barwon Roy Butler said this year’s budget also allows for the recently announced grant allocation to Cobar Council for construction of a shared path along Bathurst Street and improvements to local water.

“It’s great to see Cobar Shire delivered a healthy share of the NSW Budget for vital

town upgrades,” Mr Butler said.

“The Government has also announced large amounts of funding for mental health support and schools’ upgrades, the details of these programs are yet to be released but I am hopeful that more funding will be injected into the Cobar Shire,” he said.

Other budget funded projects include the Cobar to Nyngan Twin Pipelines; Cobar Sewerage treatment plant upgrade; Nyngan/Cobar Water security; the Ward Oval upgrade; Cobar Youth & Fitness Centre Upgrade Stage Two; and the Euabalong Scenic Walking Trail.

VIEW Club wraps up disrupted 2020 Last week’s VIEW Club meeting was the final business gathering for the group for 2020.

Members attending the meeting were given a summary of the successful Oaks Day Luncheon held at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club earlier in the month.

Funds from a raffle run on Oaks Day, together with donations from visitors, the generosity of the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club’s catering and the raffle prize being donated by Anni’s Arts & Crafts, enabled Cobar VIEW Club to cover the sponsorship of a Learning for Life student this year.

The club has raised funds this year to support five students in total through this program

run by the Smith Family.

Members are currently selling tickets in a Christmas raffle with the prize being passes for Dubbo’s Taronga Western Plains Zoo and Christmas puddings.

Some modifications will be necessary for this year’s Christmas event next week owing to COVID restrictions on numbers, seating arrangements and mobility within the venue, however members are encouraged to invite a friend.

Birthday wishes for the month of November were extended to members Patricia Porter and Doreen Strange. The meeting’s raffle was won

by Barb Bartlett while Fay Ansin scored the lucky door prize.—contributed

Wednesday November 25 2020 The Cobar Weekly Page 9

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November 2020 26 Cobar Shire Ordinary Council Meeting 27 Cobar Weekly Association AGM 30 Cobar LALC Ordinary Meeting December 2020 1 Joanne Austen Brown book signing 3 WSPA Dance Concert 4 CPHCC Art Competition closes 4 Christmas Hampers registrations close 5 VIEW Club Christmas Party 5 Cobar Swimming Carnival 5 Kubby House AGM 8 Cobar Netball Association AGM 9 Probus Club Christmas Party 11 Christmas Street Parade 17 Christmas Cheer Competition noms close 17 Christmas Feature entries close 23 The Cobar Weekly Christmas Feature January 2021 8 Australia Day Nominations Close September 2022 21-25 Running On Empty Festival

The Hot Shots netball team farewelled one of their members, Samantha Lloyd (second from right at back) with a Hawaiian theme at the netball grand finals on Saturday night.

Sam, an environmental advisor, has recently finished up at Peak Gold Mines and is heading to work at the Dargues Gold Mine at Braidwood.

• It seems the Men Golfers had a bit more • Linda Carter has praised the help of Mayor

stamina (or beverages) last week than the Lady Golfers with more men than women playing in local competitions in the heat. The men had a pretty good roll up on Saturday for their annual Bushies versus Townies golf/sledge match with the Bushies surviving (if not thriving) in the very warm conditions and showing the Townies just how tough we breed them out west. The Bushies won the day, yet again, and it’s rumoured the win was celebrated late into the night. Golfers are going to need a lot more stamina if they want to play this weekend with the forecast expected to be even hotter!

• Good on Ya to the Bushies and Townies golfers who donated the $400 proceeds of their charity day on Saturday to Kubby House.

• Well done to Sophie Clark who refereed her first touch game last week and did a top effort.

Sophie’s help on a very hot afternoon was very much appreciated.

• We hear lots of players and supporters took the time to express their appreciation to the Cobar Senior Netball committee after the grand final games on Saturday night.

Many praised their efforts in coordinating and running a successful season despite all the curve balls that were thrown at them this year with COVID and extreme weather conditions.

• Can you believe it’s almost the end of November? And while that means it’s now just one month until Christmas, it also means that some much needed shaving will get done next week. The MOvember men’s health awareness campaign comes to an end on Monday and we’ll find out if the “boys in blue” or the “hotties with the hoses” are the most accomplished at growing facial hair.

• Well done to the Copper City Dance Centre who overcame extreme heat and pouring rain and still managed to put on a fantastic show on Saturday afternoon for their annual dance concert, even if part of the show had to be postponed until Sunday.

Lilliane Brady and Gary Barnes (Department of Regional NSW) for their help in securing a $100,000 grant funding for upgrades at the club. “We all know Lilliane will fight for Cobar and doesn’t give up until she gets what she can for Cobar and its residents,” Linda said.

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Sport

Heat is interfering The heat is really interfering with the Ladies Golf schedule with fields of only five players for Wednesday, four on Sunday and zero for Saturday’s 42 degree temperature.

Alma Rogers collected a win in Wednesday’s Par game on a countback from Ann Dunn after each scored +1.

No A Graders were present to claim the nearest the pin on the 11th hole but Susan Goonrey was closest to the flag for B Grade and Glenis Prisk was C Grade’s best.

All four players in Saturday’s Mulligan Stableford collected prizes.

Sally Bannister was the winner with 40 points and also claimed the A Grade Nearest the Pin prize on the 15th hole.

Ann Dunn was runner-up on 38 points and B Grade Nearest the Pin winner, followed by Susan Goonrey 35 and Daphne Cross on 30 points.

The scorching temperatures are set to continue this coming weekend so the conclusion of the 2020 season might end up being ‘played’ on the 19th hole instead!

If by some divine intervention that cooler weather shows up, today and Sunday’s rounds will be Stableford games with a Par round set down for Saturday.—T’d Off

Shooters try their hand at skeet

Humid, breezy conditions brought out 20 shooters on Sunday for the Beryl Jones Memorial Trophy shoot at the Cobar Clay Target Club, with visitors from away among the contestants.

Skeet is traditionally always the first event for the Beryl Jones Memorial Day, with all shooters showing their skills, some having more than one go at what is a new element of clay target shooting.

After lunch, three down-the-line events were held and the results were: 20 Target Double Barrel—AA Grade: Equal 1st Peter Hosie, Hank Pritchard, Ross Morris, Kevin Hatch and Rob Thompson 20/20; A Grade: Mark Kolstad and Jim Manns 20/20; B Grade: Brad Kendrick 19/20; and C Grade: Damian Wray 19/20.

25 Target Single Barrel—AA Grade: Hosie 25/25; A Grade: Tony Polack 24/25; B Grade: Matt Harland and Jarrod Barraclough 22/25; and C Grade: Wray 19/25.

The Beryl Jones 30 Target Handicap winner was Robert Thompson with a possible score of 30/30.

Second place went to Hosie, with 28/30.

Third place was where the real fighting happened as there were six shooters who weren’t going to give up easily.—contributed

Page 18 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday November 25, 2020

Sport

Mid-week game is Mayne’s domain ‘Groundhog Day’ for Yabbies

Only five players turned up for the Men’s Golf mid-week competition last Wednesday.

Scott Mayne took out his second mid-week competition win in three weeks with a score of 36 points, beating club captain Peter ‘China’ Brien on a countback. Two weeks ago Mayne won with a score of 42 points and is fast becoming a mid-week specialist.

The mid-week competition has now been moved to Thursday mornings.

The annual Ernie Potter Memorial Day was held on Saturday and is the usual grudge match between the ‘Bushies’ and the ‘Townies’.

There wasn’t the usual good roll-up this year with some players away and the very hot weather also keeping numbers down. Even the normal Townies captain, Michael Bannister, didn’t play although he was there giving moral support but that meant the Townies were practically rudderless. They were forced to rely on John Martin and Peter ‘China’ Brien to instill some inspiration and pride against the cool and experienced head of Bushies’ leader, Dave ‘Ooze’ Knight. Yet again it was the Bushies who got up, but only by one match this year and the Townies did win the best individual pairing of the day with Shane Carter and Greg Read taking out the Ernie Potter Memorial Trophy.

Second and third place went to the Bushies combinations of Mark Fraser and Garry Wilkin and ‘Ooze’ Knight and Stewart Fraser.

There were 12 players contesting a ThreeBall-Classic on Sunday.

The winning threesome was Paul Kershaw, Sam Kershaw and Greg Clark, who finished with a score of 90. Second place went to Colin Green, Peter Lawrence and Brian Russ on 88.

This week is officially the final week of com-

petition golf. There will be an individual Stableford played on Saturday. The playoff for the Medal of Medals competition will take place on Sunday and will be contested by all the players who have won a monthly medal throughout the year.

The players in contention are: Greg Clark, Jacob Ryan, Bill Fugar, Max Phillips, Geoff Rorke, Colin Eves and Steve Manns.

Prior to the golf on Saturday there was a good roll-up for the Men’s Golf annual general meeting. Peter Brien and Alec Fraser were reelected captain and vice-captain respectively, John Martin was returned as secretary and Bill Fugar as handicapper.—Out of Bounds

Hombres triumph Hombres defeated Golfie by 31 runs in Friday night’s Twenty20 cricket match.

Hombres batted first and made 4/174 from their 20 overs. There was some big hitting with Jake Harbison top scoring with 66 not out from 40 balls, Jay Egan made 46 from the 31 balls he faced and Jason Hampel finished with a total of 46 runs (from 35 balls) before he retired.

In reply, Golfie made a slow start from which they could not recover.

That was despite Joel Mawhinney blasting 51 not out from only 18 balls!

Golfie had only scored 25 runs after 10 overs when Nathan Chapman was dismissed for 11.

Craig Youd 23, Jacob Good 26 (off 14) and Mawhinney kept Hombres honest, but they ran out of overs and finished their inning at 4/143 from 20 overs.

In the other match scheduled to be played on Saturday night, CSA forfeited to Ruthless Toothless.—contributed

There were a number of ‘Groundhog Day’ moments at the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club competition last Tuesday night with the same swimmers placing in all of the events.

Murray Harland won the opening event, the 30 metres handicapped freestyle swim, after clocking 0.19 seconds off his nominated time.

Cameron van Breugel was second with 0.22 and Bob Clark was third on 0.28.

The 100 metres swim was a carbon-copy of the 30m event with Harland, van Breugel and Clark once again finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd with times of 0.47, 0.52 and 0.59 respectively.

There was however a slight change to the proceedings in the 50m swim with John Carswell claiming first place with 0.09 seconds off his nominated time.

That was however pretty much the only variation to the formal part of the evening with van Breugel (0.22) and Clark (0.32) once again claiming second and third places respectively.

In an effort to inject more variety into the night, Carswell teamed up with Chris Powell to win the Brace Relay novelty event, which was a dolphin dive race across the pool.

The pair finished within 0.72 seconds of their combined nominated time.

For further diversification Peter Christen and visitor Noah Cox placed second with 2.80 seconds off their time.

Carswell’s named however popped up again when he doubled up to partner another visitor Zac McManus (to further break up the repetition) and the pair finished third on 3.19.

Wednesday November 25, 2020, The Cobar Weekly Page 19

Sport

Cougars crash out The Castlereagh Cougars Under 16s team were outplayed by Woodbridge in the Western Women’s Rugby League grand final on Sunday in Orange.

After sailing through the 2020 season undefeated, the Cougars handed in their worst performance on their biggest stage to date.

They were well and truly beaten 50-4 by an impressive Woodbridge outfit.

The fact that the Cougars didn’t touch the ball until the eighth minute of the game, at which point the Woodies had already raced away to a 10-0 lead, was indicative of the way the game panned out.

Indeed the Castlereagh team was called on to defend for the entire game against an opposition that enjoyed 70 per cent of possession and was full of running.

With the Cougars falling off tackles it was pretty much all one-way traffic which lead to the comprehensive win by the Woodbridge Cup side.

While they were outclassed on the day, the Castlereagh team tried hard for the entire match and they can hold their heads high after what has been a stellar year for them.

You can’t get any closer than a draw

You couldn’t get a closer game than the Seniors Touch match last Thursday at Ward Oval between the Blue Heelers and the Mighty Red Roosters.

The two sides couldn’t be split and the match finished in a 6-all draw.

The game was a thriller to watch with Maddie Bruce an absolute standout scoring two tries (to give her side four points) and earn the match’s Best & Fairest points.

Blue Heeler Tommy Rogers showed plenty of pace and skill to score three tries and he was well supported by team mates Ryan Urquhart and Tadgh McMullen. Jayden Paul and Ava Fullagar had quality games for the Mighty Red Roosters and played some smart football to find gaps through the middle of the field.

In the other Seniors game, Green Machine just got the better of Stingers to win the match 9-8. In this high scoring game Green Machine’s Kai Greenwood set down three tries and was rewarded also with the game’s Best & Fairest points.

Jaxon Burke continues to play outstanding elusive touch footy each week in the Senior competition and last week he scored two tries.

For the Stingers Bridgette Negfeldt and Brandon McGuire proved difficult to contain in attack along with Zane Taylor, who scored two breakaway tries.

The GOATS were in sensational good form last week in the Juniors competition to soundly beat Blueys 6-1.

George McDonald scored three great tries and team mate Parker Cryer was everywhere on the field to have an all-round great game.

Sosie Barton and Harpa Martin displayed excellent defensive skills and were also both involved in some quality attack playing alongside Cohan Nicholson.

In the other Juniors match Electric Eels held off Carrot Crew to narrowly win 4-3.

Nate Martin added three more diving tries to his rapidly growing try scoring tally this season. He was well supported by team mates Piper Allen and Eli Martin.

Phoebe Travis shared in the match’s Best & Fairest points for a great defensive game for Carrot Crew.

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Sport

Holt and McLeod take control to win 2020 Pairs title The Men’s Bowls Pairs Championship gave his wife Karen a deadset bowling lesson. Livingston, were just no match for the in-form Final was contested on Sunday at the Cobar It seems Karen, teaming up with David John Daly, Peter ‘China’ Brien, Craig GrimBowling & Golf Club with the 2020 Cham- Thomas, Peter ‘Skeet’ Goonrey and Gerard mond and Barry Bargwanna.—contributed pionship title going to Daniel Holt and Dean McLeod.

Leading 18-1, the duo was always in control of the game, eventually taking the title with a 25-12 win against Dave Knight and Aaron Finn.

Kyle Roberts is the 2020 Men’s Singles Champion after he defeated his father Don, 3124, in their final also played on Sunday.

Leading 9-0, Don took off to an early lead with Kyle slow to start before responding to then take the lead 11-9.

After that Kyle was very much in control of the game and ran away with a very deserved win.

There was also a field of eight players on the Golfie greens for a game of fours for the Sunday Social bowls weekly event.

Unfortunately no-one remembers the final score but all reports indicate that John Daly

Great performance An all-round performance from James McClure led Nymagee to an eight wicket win over Empire in the Senior Cricket 40 Overs match at Nymagee on Saturday.

McClure finished with outstanding bowling figures of 5/16 off eight overs and with the bat he scored 84 not out.

Playing at home for the first time this season, Nymagee lost the toss and Empire chose to bat first.

Nymagee was on top early and had Empire at 6/69 before Tarun Bheemireddy frustrated the Nymagee players by batting with the Empire tailenders to guide Empire to finish with a total of 198 runs from their 40 overs.

Bheemireddy was the last batsman out on the final ball of the innings.

He top-scored for Empire with 75 runs.

McClure bowled a nagging line and length all game and got rewarded finishing with five wickets.

Peter Robinson took 2/39 and Anthony Robertson claimed 2/37.

In reply Nymagee passed the required total in the 27th over with eight wickets still in hand. After the wickets of Mitch Holt (14) and Jade Buckman (18) fell early, McClure and Phar Nicholson (65 not out) batted beautifully sharing in a 138 run partnership to guide Nymagee to victory.—contributed

David ‘Ooze’ Knight and Aaron Finn brought the tape measure out a couple of times in an effort to improve their chances in their Pairs Bowls Championship final on Sunday at the Golfie. Their opposition, Daniel Holt and Dean McLeod, however showed no mercy racing away to lead 18-1 before eventually winning the match by 13 shots.

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Sport

Tenacious Sharpe Shooters finish on top in B Grade

Cobar Senior Netball’s 2020 playing sea- a great night of sporting action. first of two close games played that night. son came to an end on Saturday night with Sharpe Shooters outplayed Real Steel to Real Steel showed they meant business from the B Grade netball grand final kicking off claim the 2020 premiership in what was the the outset.

They quickly turned the ball over at the first centre pass and had a 2-0 lead before Sharpe Shooters found their feet.

The game was then evenly contested all up and down the court with Sharpe Shooters up by just one goal at the first break.

Real Steel changed their tactics going into the second quarter moving Nicola Harbison from Goal Attack (where she already had been doing a good job) to Goal Defence (where she played even better).

Harbison, who was named Player of the Grand Final, read the play well all game and was responsible for numerous intercepts.

Time after time she foiled Sharpe Shooters free-flowing attack down the court and they were forced to tighten up their play as they continued to maintain the upper hand in the match.

Their shooting combination of Sarah Jane Bottom and Stevie Toomey worked very well and helped Sharpe Shooters to keep their noses in front.

At the other end of the court, Sharpe Shooters’ defenders Britt Martin and Tahnee Armstrong also worked hard to turn the ball over on numerous occasions.

Amazon Gladwin had a great game shooting for Real Steel. She and Natalie Prisk kept their score ticking along and, while Real Steel tried The Sharpe Shooters netball team pictured before their grand final win on Saturday night a range of different tactics, it was Sharpe at Ward Oval. The side displayed plenty of tenacity to hold off their determined Real Shooters’ tenacity that eventually led them to a Steel opposition in the closing stages of the match to finish with a 42-37 win.

42-37 win.

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Sport

▪ Bowls family feud

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▪ Cougars crash out ▪ Sharpe Shooters win

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Pumpettes claim their second premiership The Pumpettes recorded their second Cobar Senior Netball premiership on Saturday night when they narrowly beat Divas 50-47 in a thrilling A Grade grand final at Ward Oval.

After winning the 2018 title and finishing as runners-up last year, Pumpettes were keen to add another trophy to the pool room collection.

Minor premiers Divas, after winning the 2014, 2015 and 2016 seasons, have spent the

past three seasons sitting on the sidelines of grand final games.

They too were keen to experience grand final glory again and both sides fought hard in Saturday’s grand final until the final whistle was blown.

Divas got off to a flying start and, at one stage, were five goals ahead before Pumpettes regrouped and played themselves back into the match.

Divas’ solid defensive combination of Demi

Smith (playing Goal Keeper) and Loretta Baker (at Goal Defence) rattled the Pumpettes’ shooters with Smith deflecting and intercepting passes left, right and centre while Player of the Grand Final, Baker, shut down her opposition to take Pumpettes’ Goal Attack, Hayley Walker, out of the equation for most of the first quarter.

Pumpettes however regathered and only trailed 12-14 going into the first break.

A cool breeze rolled in at the start of the second quarter (which was appreciated by players and the large crowd of spectators).

With both sides making position changes, the second quarter was a different ball game to the first.

Both sides had plenty of pacey players in the centre court and the speed of the game intensified as Pumpettes worked hard to wrestle back the upper hand.

Their shooters, Emma Barton and Walker, changed their tactics slightly and worked hard to improve the score.

There was plenty of contest over every ball and Pumpettes’ defensive combination of Rachel Gentles and Jayme Francisco put more pressure on the Divas shooters which helped Pumpettes to take a three point lead by half time.

Walker shot more confidently in the third quarter to help keep Pumpettes ahead, while down at the other end of the court Divas’ Lauren Urquhart was shooting with 100 per cent accuracy from all around the ring.

Divas were down by six goals and had a lot of work to do to make up the deficit in the last 15 minutes of the game.

With calm and controlled play they started to close the margin.

The intensity from both sides didn’t waiver and Divas were threatening when they trailed by just two goals.

Pumpettes however weren’t going to let the Pumpettes claimed the 2020 Cobar Senior Netball premiership cup on Saturday night 2020 title slip away and they finished with the 50-47 win. after they came out on top (50-47) in a hard fought game with Divas.

Page 24 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday November 25, 2020