2023

Small set back for Iron Ringer build

The Cobar Iron Ringer committee has suffered a small setback in their efforts to build an Iron Ringer monument. Iron Ringer committee chair John Collins said the committee was unsuccessful in their application to obtain grant funding from the NSW Government’s 2022/23 Arts & Cultural Funding Program to help with […]

2023

Divas win the match of the round

Cobar Senior Netball’s top two teams met on Sunday in Round 7 of the winter competition with Divas eventually finishing as 54-41 winners over Pumpettes. It was a great game with the scores even at the end of the first quarter, two points was the difference at half time, and […]

2023

CSA Mine’s new owners take over

MAC CEO outlines future plans for the CSA Mine The sale of Cobar’s CSA Mine from Glencore to Metals Acquisition Corp (MAC) was finalised on Friday with the mine welcoming its 5th owner in 58 years of operation. Glencore, who has owned the mine since 1999, received USD$775 million in […]

150623

Cobar kids join the navy for a day

A group of 49 Cobar High School students from Years 9 and 10 and three teachers travelled to Sydney last week to attend the Stand Tall Conference for young people. The Cobar students were among 5,000 students from across NSW who attended the conference, to hear messages of hope and […]

150623

CHS team bring home equestrian trophy

Three Cobar High School riders, Zac Boland, Katie Nicholson and Lila Armstrong, represented the school at the North West Equestrian Expo in Coonabarabran last week. The Expo is the largest High School equestrian event in Australia. This year marks the 31st staging of the competition with over 500 riders and […]

150623

Egan claims third successive Championship

It was a big weekend of golf with the BRilliam’s Copper City Classic and Club Championships played over the Saturday and Sunday in the Men’s Golf competition. Jay Egan is a specialist over the long format of the game and he came out the Club Championships winner after a masterful […]