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Month: August 2017
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Bantam Roosters into grand final
Following their thrilling 34-30 win on Saturday at Walgett, the Bantam Roosters will now join the Cobar Ladies League Tag team for a grand finals road trip this Sunday. Despite their Bourke Warriors opposition having a 20-16 advantage at half time, the Cobar boys fought back to claim an exciting […]
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Local resident comes to the aid of Vinnie’s foodbank
When local resident Molly Patton recently found out that the Vinnies food bank was running low, she went out and did something to ensure this very important community service was not lost. “I took it upon myself to raise funds to purchase food to fill it back up,” Molly said. […]
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Peak donates to help get a new local event off the ground
A $4,000 donation from Peak Gold Mines (PGM) will help the Cobar Pony Club to put on their first Cobar Family Muster Day. The club has set up a sub-committee to organise and run the Cobar Family Muster team penning and gymkhana event. Club secretary and sub-committee member Kylie Trethowan […]
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Roosters keep their cool to beat Bourke in important semi
The Cobar Roosters First Grade team kept their cool to win their Barwon Darling Cup minor semi final 44-30 against Bourke on Saturday. Played at Tom Knight Memorial Oval in front of a very vocal crowd, Cobar opened the scoring with a try by Brandon ‘Chucky’ Jones to which Bourke […]
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Win puts Roosterettes straight into grand final
The Cobar Roosterettes Ladies League Tag team is straight into the 2017 Barwon Darling Cup grand final after their 12-4 win over the Walgett Dragonettes on Sunday. The undefeated Roosterettes came up against Walgett in the major semi final on Sunday at Brewarrina. Coach Rachel Garland is understandably proud of […]
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Plenty of junior league action at home over the weekend
The Cobar Junior Rugby League Club hosted Wellington and Dubbo St John’s teams at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval on Saturday for Round 14 of the Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League competition. The teams weren’t able to play at their usual Tom Knight Memorial Oval home ground due to a […]
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Firefighters step up to the challenge to climb for MND
Four members of Station 256 Cobar are teaming up to climb 1,504 stairs in full fire fighting gear in the name of motor neuron disease (MND). Alex Lennon, Jamie Peters, Pete Vardanega and Khan Fugar have signed up as team ‘4 Howie’ to take on the 1,504 steps of the […]
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Award recognises council’s disability inclusion efforts
Cobar Shire Council is among a number of regional councils to sweep the field at a special awards ceremony to mark Local Government Week 2017 held last week. Regional councils took out all seven of the RH Dougherty Awards handed out by Local Government NSW (LGNSW) in Sydney last Thursday […]