Cobar Public School handed out awards to their sports champions at the school’s end of year presentation day last Tuesday at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. Pictured are the Athletics and Cross Country Champions: Dakota Connolly (11 Years Girl Athletics and Cross Country); Tayla Brilley (Junior Girl Cross Country); […]
Cobar High School’s Dux of 2018 Georgia Nicholson was a Distinguished Achiever in this year’s Higher School Certificate (HSC). Georgia was one of 24 Distinguished Achievers from Western NSW public schools and Cobar High’s acting principal Shane Carter said it was a great achievement. “Georgia received a Band 6 [top […]
The Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) December triathlon event on Sunday attracted a field of 13 competitors. First time competitor Ben O’Kane, who was first over the line, underestimated his ability and completed the Long Course (of a 500m swim/ 20km ride/ 4km run) in a time of 1hr […]
The graves of some 74 Cobar residents who were buried more than 140 years ago at Cobar’s old cemetery on the golf course have been now been acknowledged with a memorial on the site. Cobar Museum curator Kay Stingemore, who worked with Kevin Walsh (from the Cobar Intermine Golf Challenge […]
A friendship made while on holidays has helped to bring a generous donation of goods and cash to Cobar for families struggling in the drought. Tracey Kelly from KT OOSH (Out of School Hours) in Rouse Hill, Sydney, met Cobar’s Huon and Gilbert families a number of years ago while […]
The first Paula Potter Cup cricket tournament was played on Saturday in Nymagee in memory of local woman Paula Potter, who passed away in 2013. The Nymagee team defeated Tottenham, with Nymagee’s Chad Buckman being named the Man of the Match. Pictured are Paula’s children Owen and Alice Potter with […]
Leanne Mackay (pictured above with her grandchildren Nyah and Hunter) has been named the joint winner of the Judges’ Choice category in this year’s Cobar Weekly and Cobar Powerhouse Christmas Cheer competition. Leanne’s Echidna Avenue display shared the title this year with Bob and Wendy Maher of Jandra Crescent, while […]
A well-known and long standing Cobar resident, Pauline Hunter, last week released a book about her childhood memories of what life was like for women on the land. Pauline collaborated with The Cobar Weekly’s Tahnee Tomek to produce the beautiful book entitled ‘Weevils in the Flour’. Pauline said it turned […]
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