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Golfers make the most of wet course
Once again the weather played havoc with scheduled golf competitions last week with only the front six holes open for play in the women’s competition on Wednesday. Three goes around for a Par game to make up an 18 hole competition proved tough going with the long grassy fairways unable to be […]
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CATS’ new season gets underway with a duathlon event
The Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) held their first event of the 2016/2017 season on Sunday with 15 competitors taking part in a Duathlon. Individuals and teams completed three 1.2km run legs and two 4km bike legs in a run/ride/run/ride/run format. It was the best attendance the club has […]
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Pointy end of the darts season
The darts competition has got down to the pointy end of the season with elimination and qualifying finals played last Wednesday night. In the A Grade qualifying final Golfie Gophers finished on top defeating the Empire barflies 6-3 while in the elimination final RSL Outlaws won 6-4 over Golfie Spearchuckers. […]
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Sheepdog trials brings top handlers to Cobar
The 2016 Cobar Sheepdog Trials were run over three days last week (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) with 19 handlers and 120 dogs taking part. There were some top handlers among them including Mick Hudson, who brought 11 dogs with him, and finished as the aggregate winner with a score of […]
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Stephanie and Blake to lead CHS cast in Annie the musical
Stephanie Cartner is to play the lead role in Cobar High School’s production of ‘Annie’ which opens this Friday. “Stephanie fits perfect into this role and her beautiful voice really carries the show,” the show’s director Amie Hill said. Annie is a tough streetwise urchin who is nevertheless vulnerable when […]
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Community rallies after house fire
A fire destroyed a family home in Brough Street on Friday morning. The fire brigade was alerted to the fire by a passer-by who noticed smoke coming from the roof of the house at 7.10am. There was no one home at the time. The passer-by called 000 to raise the […]
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Bravery medals presented to locals by NSW Governor
A Cobar man along with two former Cobar residents were presented with bravery awards in a ceremony at Government House Sydney last Wednesday. His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retired), Governor of […]