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Swainston swims spot-on for third week

For the third consecutive week Paul Swainston recorded a spot-on time in the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club competition. Last Tuesday Swainston recorded 0.00 in the 50 metres freestyle handicapped swim to win from Matt Harland, who was second with 0.19 seconds off his nominated time and John Carswell […]

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Roosterettes impressive in first pre-season outing

The Cobar Roosters and Roosterettes teams headed to West Wyalong on Friday for some preseason competition with the Roosterettes finishing as the Plate runners-up at the annual knock-out competition. This year’s event attracted 16 Rugby League teams with the Shellharbour Sharks eventual 10-6 winners over Oberon to collect the $10,000 […]

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Big cash boost for miners memorial

Cobar Shire Councillors last week voted unanimously to contribute $85,000 to the Cobar Miners Memorial Project. Chairman and instigator of the memorial project Barry Knight was hard pressed to wipe the smile off his face last Friday afternoon, a full day after the decision was made at last Thursday’s Ordinary […]

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VIEW welcomes new committee

The Cobar VIEW Club held their annual general meeting on Wednesday at the Empire Hotel with Margaret Potter returned to the president’s role. Re-joining Mrs Potter on the committee were her vice presidents Enid English and Val O’Brien, secretary Kate Winders, treasurer Carol Abbott and assistant treasurer Caroline Bowman. Mrs […]

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Immediate positive result from water improvement work

Cobar Shire Council has reported some very good and immediate results  from work on the town water pipeline by specialist air scouring service Clearflow Australia. The contractor began work last Wednesday to systematically clear the town water pipeline of built-up sediment with the ultimate goal being to clear up Cobar’s dirty […]

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Empire cause an upset in cricket

In a game that was to be a preview of the grand final, Empire inflicted upon Nymagee their first defeat of the season in the 40 Overs senior cricket competition. The two teams had already booked their place in the grand final in a fortnight, but in the last game […]

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A lot on the line

There was a lot on the line in the game between Golf Club and Empire in the 40 Overs cricket competition on Saturday with the outcome to decide who would play in the grand final. In this competition, the top two teams directly qualify for the grand final and despite […]

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Zac Broughton triumphs on his debut into triathlons

There were 12 starters for the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad’s (CATS) February Triathlon event on Sunday including a number of junior athletes making their debut into the sport. One of those was the handicapped short course and handicapped overall winner Zac Broughton. Broughton had well underestimated his abilities and […]