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Month: December 2015
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Competition heats up in the pool
As the weather gets hotter, so too is the competition at the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club weekly events. John Carswell was in sizzling form at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool last Tuesday night winning two of the four events contested. In the 30 metres freestyle handicap swim, Carswell […]
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Cobar Public School recognises its good sports of 2015
Cobar Public School’s (CPS) Sports Person of the Year was named at the school’s end of year awards ceremony at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club last Tuesday with Ben Griffiths receiving the top honour. Raymond Jones collected the CPS and Robinson Family Award for Excellence in Sporting Achievement in […]
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CSA and Empire win final games of the year
The final two games of the year in the Twenty/20 cricket competition were played on Friday and Saturday nights. On Friday night Robbie Mitchell (with 35 not out) steered his CSA side to a win against the Thirsty Camels while in Saturday’s match top order batsmen Wayne Josephson (38), Craig […]
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Waste depot fire
Cobar Shire Council staff along with staff from the Rural Fire Service (RFS) and Fire & Rescue NSW were quick to act to control a fire at council’s waste depot last Wednesday morning. Stephen Poulter from council’s planning and environmental services department said council was notified of the fire at […]
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Jade Martin Band playing at Tamworth
The Jade Martin Band are fast becoming well known in the music industry and were recently asked to play at the 2016 Tamworth Country Music Festival (TCMF). The band’s lead singer Jade Martin said after a weekend of playing gigs in Tamworth earlier this year at the Albert Hotel they […]
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Cobar swimming pool has joined the Sun Sound campaign
Cobar Shire Council and managers of the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool, L&R Group, have joined the Cancer Council NSW this summer to launch the Sun Sound campaign to help decrease incidences of melanoma and skin cancer in Cobar. Sun Sound is a short catchy jingle played hourly on loud speakers […]
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Cobar Preschool’s much loved director Racquel says goodbye
After 13 years as Cobar Preschool’s much loved director, Racquel Potter last week said goodbye to the staff, children and their families along with her friends. Racquel said while she’s excited to be joining her husband and daughter at their new home on the Sunshine Coast, she will miss living […]
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Local police kicked off double demerit operation last Friday
With the annual road toll currently at 332, 35 more than the same time last year, police are appealing to all road users to #ArriveAlive during the upcoming holiday season. NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Specialist Operations Catherine Burn said the one wish police have this Christmas is for everyone to […]