Sport
Cobram has an Australian Rules football team in the Murray Football League called the Cobram Tigers. Cobram has two soccer teams, named Cobram Victory and the Cobram Tigers, which participate in the North Eastern Soccer League. Cobram also has two cricket teams which play in the Murray Valley Cricket Association, one being Cobram Yarroweyah United which is based at Scott Oval in Cobram .
Other popular sports played include basketball, table tennis, ballet, motorcross, netball, lawn tennis, badminton and lawn bowls. Cobram Bowling Club is centrally located and has three grass greens. The club has two ladies pennant teams and four Saturday pennant sides which participate in the Murray Bowls Association.
Golfers play at the Cobram Barooga Golf Club on Barooga Golf Course Road.
The Cobram Lawn Tennis Club hosts an annual tournament over Labour Day Weekend (usually the first weekend of March). It is attended by around 750 tennis players from around Victoria, with most travelling from Melbourne for the weekend. The tournament concludes with the finals on Labour Day Monday.
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