The Cobar Business Association has recruited more than 30 local residents to help judge this year’s Great Cobar Business Awards. Cobar Business Association president Sharon Harland said it’s always been a tough job for the association to choose which businesses should receive the top awards each year. “Who better to […]
Peak Gold Mines invited Cobar Shire councillor Greg Martin and The Cobar Weekly’s editor Sharon Harland to tour the historic Towser Huts site last week. The tour was in response to feedback received at Peak Gold Mine’s recent community consultation meeting, where Cr Martin had asked if the Towser […]
In what is now becoming the ‘norm’, another game of the women’s local golf competition was cancelled last week on ‘Washed out Wednesday’. The weekend’s sunshine however had lady golfers out on the course in good numbers for both scheduled events. That was despite only the front six holes being open on […]
Jay Egan fought off Derek Beehan and Angus Waugh to win the men’s golf Monthly Medal competition on Saturday. Egan won the Ambrose event with Beehan second and Waugh finished back in third place. Larry Brydon recorded the only Nearest the Pin prize of the day on the 11th hole. […]
The Cobar Roosterettes had just 13 girls available for Saturday’s League Tag game at Forbes, which was the least amount the side has had all season for a game. Forbes started the better posting two tries to lead 10-0 before the Roosterettes really kicked into gear. Great runs by Emily […]
Cobar Rugby Club’s Camels hosted third-placed Western Plains visitors Gulargambone at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval on Saturday afternoon to mark their Round 10 annual Ladies Day. After a week of cold, wet and miserable weather, Saturday’s sunshine attracted an enthusiastic crowd of well-dressed ladies and keen rugby supporters. It was […]
As part of their project based learning unit Make a Difference Cobar Public School’s 2P students recently visited the Lilliane Brady Village to show some of the residents how to use an iPad. CPS teacher Lane Poland said The Make a Difference project requires students to identify a problem in […]
Local landholder and passionate advocate for carbon farming, Peter Yench, was a finalist at this year’s Carbon Cocky Awards. Mr Yench, who has embraced carbon farming as a profitable alternate land use for his Bulgoo property south west of Cobar, was a finalist in the 2015 Outstanding Leadership category. The […]
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