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Camels triumph over Barracudas
The Mixed League Tag competition resumed last Thursday night at Tom Knight Memorial Oval after a short recess. The match between the Camels and Barracudas was a thriller with the Camels finishing as narrow 5-4 winners. Kym Sutton led the try scoring for her Camels team with two tries (worth […]
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Riders from across the central west
Round 2 of the Cobar Auto Club’s Copper City Tri Series Flat Track competition was held on Saturday with plenty of competition coming from riders across the central western area. The track was in great condition for the 40 riders after the shower of rain on Friday night which helped […]
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Tons from Mitchell and Egan steer Empire to a big win
Hundreds from Robbie Mitchell (104) and Jay Egan (100) led their Empire team to a 250 run win over Golf Club in the senior cricket 40 Overs competition at Ward Oval on Saturday. Golf Club won the toss and sent Empire in to bat and it was a decision they […]
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Exceptional results for Yabbies in Four Ways swim
The Cobar Yabbies hosted the annual Four Ways (previously Five Ways) carnival on Sunday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. The men only swimming clubs of Forbes Diggers, Gosford Diggers and Nelson Bay Aquaholics (along with one swimmer from Malabar) joined the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Club to contest a […]
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Suicide prevention program targets locals in need of help
Local Jody McCabe has been signed up as a new project officer working on a Suicide Prevention Trial Project here in Cobar. Funded by the Primary Health Network in Western NSW, the project runs until June 2020. Jody was recently “walked through” her role by fellow senior project officers Bec […]
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Local students prepare to perform in front of the state
Cobar High School students will be joining more than 5,000 stars at the 2018 Schools Spectacular to be staged at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney later this month. This year’s Schools Spectacular ensemble includes 40 Featured Performers, an incredible 100-piece symphony orchestra, a stage band, 2,700-voice choir, 2,300 amazing dancers, […]
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City cousins chip in for Cobar council’s drought relief fund
Canterbury-Bankstown Council’s mayor Khal Asfour was in Cobar last week to hand over a $5,000 donation to Cobar Shire. Cr Asfour made a quick trip to Cobar and Broken Hill last week along with his general manager Matthew Stewart and other Canterbury-Bankstown staff members. Cr Asfour told The Cobar Weekly […]
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Union calls for a halt to Peak’s contractor plan
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) has called on Aurelia Metals, the owner of Peak Gold Mines, to put the transfer of the mining workforce to contractor Pybar Mining Services on hold while a number of urgent issues are resolved. AWU NSW Branch vice president Ron Cowdrey said on Monday the […]