18/11/20
18/11/20
18/11/20
Cobar throws support behind White Ribbon campaign
Cobar joined the national push to eliminate violence against women and girls during a light lunch held at Drummond Park last week as part of the annual White Ribbon Australia campaign. White Ribbon claims its campaign is one of Australia’s biggest movements that en-gages men and boys to end violence […]
18/11/20
CHS students encouraged to discuss mental health issues
Cobar High School students have gotten a timely reminder to take care of their personal well-being and give a voice to the ‘blue elephant’ in the room with representatives from youth based mental health organisation Batyr making the trip from Sydney to hold sessions last week. Batyr was specifically created […]
18/11/20
Heat taking its toll on lady golfers
Already this season the heat seems to be taking effect earlier than expected in the Ladies Golf competition with reduced numbers seen over the past week. Last Wednesday’s Stableford could only muster six players with Ann Dunn winning on a countback from Geraldine Francisco after both ladies scored 36 points. […]
18/11/20
Kubby House’s situation is now “very desperate”
Despite the Kubby House Child Care Centre receiving a raft of community sup-port to help keep Cobar’s long daycare centre open for business, their situation this week is “very desperate”. The 29-place centre, which is the main provider of childcare in Cobar, has been struggling to continue to operate following […]
18/11/20
Bowlers were on top in local cricket
The bowlers were on top in the local cricket competitions on the weekend which resulted in some abysmal team totals of 22, 37 and 48 scored in this round’s matches. In the Twenty/20 competition match, played on Friday night, Bushies recorded a 116-run win over Golfie. Bushies batted first and […]
18/11/20
Deighton returned as president
Chris Deighton was returned as the Cobar Roosters Rugby League Club president at the club’s second attempt at an annual general meeting last Thursday. After a poor turnout for their first AGM two weeks ago, there was enough interest last week for the meeting to go ahead however not all […]
18/11/20
Girl Guides’ new home nears completion
The Cobar Girl Guides are on track to enjoy their new digs by early next year with building works scheduled to be completed by mid-next month, with some landscaping to follow. The conversion of the Council-owned former gatekeepers’ three bedroom house on Maiden Avenue into the Guides’ future base includes […]
18/11/20
Correct technique
Cobar Little A’s relies on parent helpers each week in order to be able to offer kids a range of track and field events to compete in. On Monday night Hayden Betcke got some coaching from his dad, Wayne, in the Under 7s Shot Put. Hayden was quick to pick […]