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Year: 2016
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Cobar golfers feature in NSW Veterans event
A number of Cobar golfers competed in the NSW Veterans Sand Green Fourball Championships played at Narromine over the weekend. The event attracted a good field of 59 golfers from all over NSW from 15 different clubs. The final day of play was cancelled after heavy rain eventually forced the […]
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Junior rugby league celebrates another successful season
The Cobar Roosters Junior Rugby League Club held their 2016 end of season presentations at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Sunday with the club’s auditorium packed with junior players, their parents, sponsors and supporters along with a number of players from the senior club. Awards were given out […]
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Roosters season success
The Cobar Roosters Senior Rugby League Club celebrated on Saturday night what ended up being one of their most successful seasons in the past 10 years. After being thrown out of Group 11 at the start of the year for not being able to field the requisite four teams (Under […]
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MPS site investigations carried out
Planning for the redevelopment of Cobar’s Multipurpose Service (MPS) health facility is underway with a number of site investigations already carried out. The Western NSW Local Health District (LHD) reports the concept designs for Cobar’s new Integrated Health Service were fine tuned at a recent meeting which included executive user […]
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On the job skills the focus of local MPREC activities
Murdi Paaki Regional Enterprise Corporation Ltd (MPREC) currently has several enterprises operating in Cobar aimed to provide participants with on-the-job skills to assist them in gaining employment. MPREC is an indigenous non-government organisation which provides services to remote Aboriginal communities. In Cobar this includes Centrelink services, Community Development Programs and […]
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Grand Cobar house preserves 110 years of local history
One of Cobar’s grandest homes is celebrating its 110th birthday this month. The home, located in Brough Street, is currently owned by Geoff and Vivienne Davis who have owned the property for 23 years. When asked what prompted them to buy such an old house, Mrs Davis replied that she […]
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Students turn $20 into profits and donations to charities
Cobar High School’s $20 Boss Program has proven to be a resounding success with students making a combined profit of almost $4,000, half of which has been donated to charity. Over the past month, six groups of Year 9/10 Commerce students have set up and worked in their own enterprises […]
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Three new faces join the council
Janine Lea-Barrett, Julie Payne and Christopher Lehmann are Cobar Shire Council’s newest councillors after Local Government election counting was finalised by the NSW Electoral Commission last Wednesday. The trio will join re-elected councillors Lilliane Brady, Peter Abbott, Peter Yench, Peter Maxwell, Harley Toomey, Greg Martin, Tracey Kings, Jarrod Marsden and […]