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Lady golfers battle 38 degree heat

A small group of women golfers faced the 38 degree heat for a Stroke game last Wednesday. Fay Hardwick came out on top with 74 net followed by Ann Dunn (75 net) and Geraldine Francisco was third with 82 net. Hardwick also won the putting prize with 23 putts for […]

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Junior Rugby League season gets underway

The Junior League 2017 season kicked off on Saturday with the Cobar club hosting Narromine and Dubbo teams for Round 1 of the Dubbo & Districts Junior Rugby League competition. A big enthusiastic team of Cobar Roosters Under 10s were first out on the field on Saturday morning to take […]

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Peak saddened by loss of mine worker

Peak Gold Mines has confirmed “with great sadness a member of the extended Peak and Cobar family has passed away” on Monday. In a statement to the media the mine’s acting general manager Michael Zannes said a contract worker supporting the mine indicated he was feeling unwell while working underground […]

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Still the season for snakes to strike

An abundant summer season that brought good rain has also led to an abundant season of snakes in Cobar. A number of locals have reported seeing more snakes than ever over the past few weeks with local accredited snake handler Jonathan Harvey saying that’s not surprising due to the increase […]

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Community gives pool feedback

Cobar Shire Council recently conducted an online community survey to discover what Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool users thought about the facility. The survey results have helped highlight areas where council is succeeding and which areas need improvement. There were 47 responses to the survey with 96 per cent of these […]

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Local rider competes at International Horse Trials

Local eventer Kaila Wharton made the trip south to Albury over the weekend to compete at the Albury/Wodonga International Horse Trials. There was a great roll up of riders with just under 400 horse and rider combinations competing across the seven grades available from EvA60 right up to CIC3* classes. […]