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Month: September 2019
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Charity dance champions crowned
Local firies and their dance partner wives have helped to raise around $12,000 at the Dance Factor charity fundraising night on Saturday at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. Of that $5,000 will go to their Cobar Fire Station 256 Climb for Motor Neurone Disease; $4,000 has been allocated to […]
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Generous Golfie
Cobar Bowling & Golf Club secretary manager Brad Beetson handed out donations to a range of local community groups under the ClubGrants scheme on Monday afternoon. Among the 12 local groups to share in a total of $23,147 were the Golfie’s men and lady bowlers and golfers, as well as […]
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Local league Old Boys give back to the Cobar community
The COHOES Old Boys football club has started distributing the proceeds from their 2019 fundraiser football day in July. A spokesperson for the club, Lisa Travis, said both the Cobar and Ivanhoe communities will benefit from the $18,000 profit raised this year. “COHOE donated $1,000 to Cobar Girl Guides to […]
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Peak consults community over plans for Great Cobar mine
In an effort to further educate the public and dispel some of the rumours about their proposed new Great Cobar mining project, Aurelia Metals and Peak Gold Mines held more community information sessions last week. The mine offered an informal drop-in session throughout the day last Wednesday at the Cobar […]
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Lady golfers enjoy the spring sunshine
Perfect weather conditions for all of the scheduled Ladies Golf games last week were reflected in the large number of lady golfers out enjoying the spring sunshine. Karen Walsh was the only player in the black for last Wednesday’s Par round and she finished with a +3 score to […]
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Long serving RFS volunteers recognised at medal ceremony
NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) volunteers from across the Far West Team have been honoured for their longstanding commitment to the local community. NSW RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons presented 57 Long Service Medals and clasps as well as two Life Memberships to volunteers at a ceremony on Saturday in […]
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Historic win for Roosters Under 18s
The Cobar Roosters created club history winning the 2019 Castlereagh Youth League grand final on Saturday. The Roosters defeated the Coonamble Bears 30-28 in a nail-biting thriller to win the club’s first Castlereagh League title after they joined the competition last year. It was always going to be a close […]
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Most successful Junior League season comes to conclusion
The Cobar Roosters Junior Rugby League Club held their 2019 end of season presentations at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Sunday with club president Simone Knight declaring the year a great success. “It’s been an absolutely huge season,” Mrs Knight said. In addition to having five teams competing […]
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Walkers come out of the darkness for suicide support
A group of locals participated in an Out of the Darkness Walk at the Newey Reserve last Thursday morning. Jody McCabe, a Cobar Suicide Prevention care coordinator working with the NSW Outback Division of General Practice, coordinated the event to coincide with R U OK Day. “We had 15 people […]