Month: September 2015
Soccer time out
The Cobar Junior Soccer 2015 season came to an end on Saturday after grand final games were played and end of season presentations were made. United were winners of the Mids division, Rangers grabbed the title in Seniors while The Broken Scorpions were the winners of the Open title. In […]
Season closes for junior netballers
The Cobar Junior Netball 2015 season came to a close on Friday afternoon with players participating in their final games which was followed by presentations and an exhibition match between parents and players. Junior coordinator Renee Matheson said it had been a very good year with 72 girls registered for […]
Top of the table clash in soccer comp
In Round 4 of the Mixed Indoor Soccer competition played last Wednesday night at the youth centre the draw aligned with the current competition points table when 1st placed played 2nd, 3rd met 4th and 5th placed and 6th did battle. And the match ups didn’t disappoint. It was a […]
Full time whistle blown at junior league
The Cobar Junior Rugby League Club’s end of season presentations were held on Sunday afternoon at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club with a good crowd in attendance. Club president Simone Knight said it had been another big, eventful season for junior rugby league in Cobar. She said with more […]
Chad gets a warm Cobar welcome at end of a long journey
After a relatively incident free 4,800km journey across Australia, C6 quadriplegic Chad Graham finished his epic off-road buggy journey in Cobar on Saturday morning. From their home in the Blue Mountains, Chad and his father Peter Graham spent two years planning and organising the trip which would give Chad the […]
Golfie makes generous donations
Thirteen local community and sporting groups are the recipients of this year’s Cobar Bowling & Golf Club ClubGRANTS program. The program is made possible through the support of NSW clubs, local councils and the NSW Government with the Cobar club last week handing out cheques totalling $19,717.60. Among the recipients […]
Orana Community Mutual gives back to local groups
There was a large gathering of representatives of local sporting and community groups at Orana Community Mutual’s Community Partnership annual event on Tuesday night at the Services Club. Cobar Preschool, Cobar Junior Rugby League and the Cobar Branch of the RSPCA were just a few of the 29 groups to […]
Residents and visitors join national Walk4William initiative
Approximately 80 Cobar residents and visitors joined in the national campaign Walk4Willaim on Saturday dressed in red and blue, and walked 2km around the local central business district to raise awareness for missing boy William Tyrrell. On the 12 month anniversary of William’s disappearance the national awareness campaign kicked off […]
Extended lounge and new garden latest milestone for LBV
The Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) retirement home has celebrated another milestone in its 33 year history with the official opening of their lounge room extension and secure garden on Saturday morning. The latest extensions at the Lilliane Brady Village (or the Village as it’s commonly known) have been a long […]