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Camels fired up for big game
The Cobar Camels Rugby Club hosted the second annual Howie’s Day charity match on Saturday with a big crowd in attendance to support the Camels up against the NSW Fire & Rescue teams. The First Grade sides played for the Daniel Howard Memorial Cup in the main game. The Firies […]
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Start of another year of swearing
The men’s golf season is now under way or as some call it, the start of another year of hit and miss and swearing. A Stableford game was played for the Monthly Medal competition on Saturday with Alec Fraser finishing as the winner. In second place was Bill Fugar with […]
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CATS represent
Bianka Jacobson was the first senior female to cross the line in the Mini Triathlon race at the 2017 Hillston Outback Triathlon on Sunday. The event attracted more than 50 local athletes as well as others from Griffith, Leeton and Cobar. Jacobson and Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) team […]
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New RFS shed doesn’t come up to the council’s standards
Cobar Shire Council is currently weighing up their options as to what to do with a project that ran 18 months overtime and delivered a defective building. The Rural Fire Service (RFS) shed in Railway Parade South is a project being managed by council on behalf of the RFS. “Unfortunately […]
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Bright economic future for Cobar
The general managers (GMs) of Cobar’s four main mines and Cobar Shire Council all report the economic future for Cobar is looking bright for the year ahead. The five GMs were guest speakers at a Back to Business Week dinner hosted by the Cobar Business Association last Wednesday night at […]
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Only one shot the difference in final
The Golfie bowls Fours Championships final played on Sunday at the club was a thriller with Greg Read’s team winning by a one shot margin. Read, David Knight, Allan Knight and Aaron Finn won Sunday’s game 25-24 over Daniel Holt’s team of Don Roberts, Kyle Roberts and Jim Goonrey. A […]
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Local magazine with a focus on far west hits the streets
Local woman, Ellie Russell, said the creation of her magazine, Far West Living (FWL), has been her dream for some time and she was thrilled when the first edition hit the streets last week. “This magazine is not just a project to satisfy my desire to work for something in […]
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Businesses don’t favour cutting pays
Cobar businesses don’t appear to be in favour of the penalty rate cuts announced by the Fair Work Commission last Thursday which will affect hospitality, fast food, restaurant, retail and pharmacy workers. A survey by The Cobar Weekly of some of the local businesses that operate on Sundays and public […]
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Cobar paramedics thrilled with $48m protection package
Cobar paramedics have joined their NSW Ambulance counterparts around the state in welcoming the announcement of a $48 million paramedic protection package. Local paramedic Anita Hodgkinson told The Cobar Weekly that she is extremely happy with the result. “After a huge fight which shouldn’t have been needed in the first […]