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Month: May 2018
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Long held showgirl tradition continues
Once again Eva Halliger claimed the Lyle Boucher Memorial Trophy as the Most Successful Exhibitor in the Main Pavilion at this year’s Cobar Show. Eva had wins in the Vegetables, Flowers, Floral Art and Jams and Preserves sections and took out the prizes for Champion Bloom of the Show, Champion […]
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Cobar Rugby reminisces on 60 years of the club’s history
Nymagee local Darby Warner had an illustrious 17 year playing career with the Cobar & Districts Rugby Union Club. Darby’s contributions to the club will be celebrated as part of the club’s 60 Years anniversary celebrations on the June long weekend. Darby started playing with Cobar in 1967 and retired […]
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Scott Toomey cleans up at this year’s Yabbies presentations
Scott Toomey cleaned up at the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club 2017/2018 season presentations on Friday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. Toomey won four of the eight major trophies on offer including the Overall Club Champion Curly Solomon Point Score Shield. Toomey finished the season with […]
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Juniors help out at Rugby Country Championships carnival
The Cobar Camels Junior Rugby Club, as part of the Western Plains Junior Rugby Club, supported the NSW Country Championships in Warren on the weekend. New South Wales Country Rugby Union (NSWCRU) is the largest Rugby province in the world encompassing over 80 per cent of the regional and rural […]
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Roosters record a comprehensive 44-18 win
The Cobar Roosters secured a win in First Grade on Saturday at Coonamble which was their first since entering the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League competition this year. The Roosterettes however scored their first loss in more than two years and the Cobar Under 18s also went down to their […]
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Renowned architect visits site of proposed Sound Chapel
Internationally acclaimed architect Glenn Murcutt was in town this week to assess the site for the proposed construction of a Sound Chapel. Mr Murcutt accompanied music composer Georges Lentz, whose idea it was to create a unique Sound Chapel at the abandoned Silver Tank, 4km out of Cobar on the […]
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Councillors hear of community concerns over mine rosters
Chair of the Cobar Liquor Accord and long time Cobar resident Linda Carter addressed last week’s council meeting about the damaging effects of mine work rosters on the local community. “Because of these rosters and the FIFO and DIDO [fly in/fly out and drive in/drive out] workers, we no longer […]
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Nymagee pays tribute to the men and women who served
The Nymagee community commemorated Anzac Day 2018 in a very special way last week at the Nymagee Town Hall. Organised by the Nymagee Progress Association, ceremony emcee Matthew Nicholson said Anzac Day was not held to glorify. “Anzac Day is a day to pay homage to our veterans and those […]
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Apology warranted after councillor code of conduct breach
Cr Peter Yench will have to apologise to his fellow councillors and undertake meeting practice training after he was “found guilty” of breaching Cobar Shire Council’s code of conduct. The findings of an independent investigation into the alleged breach, which occurred at the June 2017 Ordinary Council Meeting, were discussed […]