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Cobar gives a proper send-off to an icon

A crowd of almost 200 former clients, bar staff, bouncers and publicans of the New Occidental Hotel gathered on the old site on Saturday afternoon for “Last Drinks at the Occ’. With the permission of the current owners of the now vacant land on the corner of Lewis and Marshall […]

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Same faces on Yabbies’ podium

While there was a big field of 16 Yabbies for the Cobar Senior Men’s Swimming Club competition swim last Tuesday, the same faces kept popping up on the winner’s podium all night. Cameron van Bruegel won the 50 metres handicapped freestyle swim with a time of 0.06 seconds off his […]

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Local Sport

Luck of the draw

The women’s golf draw for partner variation Stableford game on Saturday attracted a competitive field of 14 players. Pam Sikora and Chrissy Gilligan were drawn as the team who took the win with 47 points. It was a close competition and they won on a countback from Marlene Wynd and […]

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Taylor wins memorial trophy

Cobar Clay Target Club’s annual Billy Manns Memorial Shoot was contested on Sunday in beautiful shooting conditions with a slight breeze prevailing. John Taylor finished as the winner of the Billy Manns Memorial 30 Target Handicap Event with Matt Harland, Tony Holzigal and Garry Jones hot on his heels. Taylor […]

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AWU hears Peak workers’ concerns

The Australian Workers Union (AWU) is concerned the protracted uncertainty of employment at Peak Gold Mines (PGM) is having a detrimental effect on the mental health and safety of their members. AWU NSW Branch vice president Ron Cowdrey and organiser Brock Skelton were in Cobar last week to meet with […]