Photo Galleries
Month: May 2016
Local Sport
A heap of hurt from Hardie on Hotshots
It was a special night for Kathleen Hardie last Wednesday as she helped her side Wii Not Fit extend their winning streak in this season’s Indoor Soccer competition to eight games. Hardie was in career best form netting five goals (10 points, female goals are worth two points) for her […]
Local Sport
Clean sweep for ladies Pennants team
The Cobar Lady Golfers Pennants side had a clean sweep over Narromine last Friday winning all five matches played. The team consisting of Sally Bannister, Pat Polack, Chrissy Gilligan, Jannine Wilkin and Angela Fryer, had to give the Narromine players extra shots in all but one match (Chrissy Gilligan gained […]
Local Sport
Roosters’ future is looking bright
The 2016 rugby league season is looking bright for the Cobar Roosters after they won the first game of the season up against the Newtown Wanderers on Sunday in the Barwon Darling League at Walgett. Cobar kicked off into the wind and their defensive line put immediate pressure on the […]
Back Page
Victorian horse wins WesTrac Cobar Cup
Victorian trainer Russell Green, a frequent visitor to western New South Wales tracks from his Wangaratta stables, won the $10,000 WesTrac Cobar Cup (1,700 metres) on Saturday with War Horse. Parkes jockey Tiffany Jeffries gave War Horse a nice run, parking her mount behind the leaders Vavavic and Teraset (trained […]
Local News
Exciting new plans for 2016 Festival of the Miner’s Ghost
Some exciting new plans are underway for this year’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost in October. At a public meeting last Thursday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club, Cobar Shire Council’s tourism officer John Martin said council had been in negotiation talks to bring the Moorambilla Maxed Out […]
Local News
Cobar to mark half century milestone for local high school
It’s 50 years ago this week that Cobar High School first opened its gates to students. Built in 1966, the multi-million dollar facility had a sporting oval and spacious grounds and could accommodate 500 students when they first commenced their studies on May 9. According to the school’s history, as […]
Local News
Council’s new GM keen to get straight down to business
Cobar Shire Council’s new general manager Peter Vlatko started work on Monday and is keen to get straight down to business. “I want to make sure that council, as a business, is running very efficiently,” Mr Vlatko told The Cobar Weekly on Monday. “I understand one of the challenges here […]
Local News
Child dies in accident west of Cobar
A report is being prepared for the coroner after a fatal accident west of Cobar last week. Police and other local emergency services were called to the accident about 4pm last Thursday where a vehicle had left the road and rolled over around 110km west of Cobar. A 19 month […]
Local News
Two inches of rain recorded in Cobar
The Cobar district has enjoyed widespread rain over the weekend with more than 50mm (two inches in the old scale) recorded at Cobar Meteorological Office. The rain started on Saturday afternoon with Cobar recording 6.8mm to 9am Sunday, with a further 45mm falling to 9am Monday. Bourke and Brewarrina both […]