At last week’s St John’s School’s presentations day principal Renee Matheson described 2016 as being “remarkable year” for the school. “We had our highest student enrolments in over 15 years despite a mine retrenchment,” she said. Mrs Matheson said the school was committed to “21st Century Learning” and this year […]
The dream of music composer Georges Lentz to create a Sound Chapel in Cobar could become a reality by the end of next year. Mr Lentz has been working on the project for some time and has been liaising with Mayor Lilliane Brady for a number of years to find […]
Bryan Mitchell was presented with Cobar High School’s 2016 Dux Award at the school’s end of year presentations last Wednesday. Cobar High School principal Safija Bristina presented the award to Bryan as the school’s highest ranking academic student. Ms Bristina said the school’s end of year presentations were an important […]
A special event was held at Cobar High School last week with students commemorating the school’s opening 50 years ago. School principal Safija Bristina said the event was organised to acknowledge the significant part that the students have played in the school’s history. Among the speakers was John Martin, one […]
Cobar High School student and cadet Jye Robinson was presented with The Cobar Weekly’s Young Achiever award last Saturday night. The 17 year old was nominated for the award by cadet leader Colleen Boucher. “Jye has been a member of the Cobar Cadet Unit for four and a half years […]
The Original Hot Shots were crowned Mixed Netball’s A Grade champions on Tuesday night while Opposition finished as the winners of the B Grade grand final. Original Hot Shots and Peachers went neck and neck for most of their A Grade game and it wasn’t until the final three minutes […]
Three athletes from the Cobar Little A’s Club are now holders of Western Plains Zone records after they set new times and distances at the 2016 Zone Carnival in Coonamble recently. Chad Buckman now holds the 1500m run record of 4min 56.81sec for the Under 13 boys’ age division. The […]
The third and final round of the Copper City Tri Series Arena–X competition was held on Saturday night at Cobar Auto Club. There was a big field of 60 riders competing for the Samuel Baker Electrical Solutions sponsored trophies and also the championship titles. Dion Fitzsimmons took out the Senior […]
Many might see a triathlon as a race of athletes against other athletes, but for many of those athletes it’s more about the race they run against themselves. The Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) club fosters this belief by running handicapped events and rewarding athletes who continue to improve. […]
Local weather man Trevor Menadue will spend his last days at the Cobar Meteorological Office next week after his position was made redundant as the weather station becomes fully automated. In February this year the BOM announced there would be staff cuts to 22 field offices as part of its […]
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