2026

Newey submissions to be considered

  Cobar Shire Councillors will consider 23 submissions put forward by residents for the Newey Draft Management Plan at tomorrow’s Ordinary Council Meeting. The lengthy, 105 page report compiled by Council’s director of planning and environmental services, Garry Ryman, will give Councillors plenty of reading material prior to tomorrow’s meeting. […]

2026

Fours team extracts their revenge

The 2026 Championship Bowls competitions have gotten underway at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club and a huge upset was recorded in the opening round of the Fours competition. In a replay of last year’s final, the team of Doug Hudson, Michael Sargent, Don Roberts and Kyle Roberts extracted their […]

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It was that moment in the season

There comes a moment during the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club’s season when the swimmers all pause, take off their googles and peer into the distance at that one swimmer who’s way out in front of the pack. This season there’s two swimmers who are leading the race and […]

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Continued growth of Rugby League

Castlereagh Rugby League have added a Castlereagh Community Cup competition to their program this year which will see 14 clubs will take to the field in what will be an historic year. In addition to the regular Castlereagh League competition this season which will feature 10 clubs, the Community Cup […]

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Sharks went on a feeding frenzy

There was plenty of action in the Juniors (9-12 years) Touch competition last Thursday at Ward Oval with a draw, a close encounter, a one-sided game and a a reasonably close match played for the double-header round. The Round 2 and 3 games were combined into a double-header round which […]

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Speedo sprinters

Cobar Swimming Club was represented by three of its members at the Western Area Speedo Sprints swimming carnival in Dubbo on Saturday night. Josh Gillette, Isabelle Gillette and Keelan Atuau competed in 50 metres Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke and Butterfly events in their age divisions (Isabelle, 13-15 years and Josh and […]

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Club honours its sporting bodies

There was a good turn out of more than 50 men and women representing the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club’s affiliated sporting groups at the club’s Sporting Bodies presentation dinner on Saturday night. Men and women golfers, bowlers, members of the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club and their partners, […]