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Junior Roosters had plenty to crow about

Cobar Roosters Junior Rugby League fans had plenty to cheer about on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval with their Under 11s, Under 12s and Under 16s teams all recording brilliant wins over visi-tors ,South Dubbo. The Under 11s game was a try-scoring fest for the Cobar team who were […]

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A walk-over win

George McDonald showed an impressive scissors technique to win the 11 years boys high jump at St John’s School’s Athletics Carnival last Wednesday at Ward Oval.

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STEAM Kit workshops

Joshua Ho Wing and Cole Barraclough getting some help from Cobar Library staff member Jay Mitchell at last Friday’s free STEAM session where participants got to make battery powered cars. The session is the first in a series of four STEAM Kit workshops the library is holding this month with […]

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CHS students invited to take part in a mentoring program

Cobar High School (CHS) students had the opportunity last Wednesday to take part in a mentoring program that aims to give Indigenous high school students the skills and confidence to finish school and transi-tion into university, further education or employment. AIME (Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience) is a dynamic mentoring program […]

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Former NRL player/professional boxer talks about suicide

Former National Rugby League player and champion professional boxer, Joe Wil-liams, was in Cobar last week to deliver suicide prevention and wellbeing education workshops. Joe played for South Sydney Rabbit-ohs, Penrith Panthers and Canterbury Bull-dogs before switching to professional boxing in 2009 where he won two WBF World Jnr Welterweight […]

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Cobar Rotary wins environmental award

The Rotary Club of Cobar, with a bit of help from the Cobar Girl Guides, has won an environmental award for their container recycling program. The Cobar club was recently announced as the winner of the Rotary District 9670 Preserve Planet Earth Award for the best environmental program in the […]