Local News
Month: November 2019
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Cobar High students put on a Spectacular performance
Seven Cobar High School students are back at school (and work) this week following their Spectacular experience in Sydney last week. The students, Jordan Warren, Holly Marsden, Lucy Scott, Georgia Boland, Bree Martin, Elly-May Hand and former Year 12 student Bella Coughlan spent the week in Sydney rehearsing and performing […]
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Ward Oval facilities set for multi-million dollar upgrade
Sporting and community groups who are regular users of Ward Oval were thrilled when Cobar Shire Council unveiled their plans last week to spend $4million-plus on an upgrade of the sporting facility. The plans outlining the upgrades and concept drawings were revealed at a public meeting last Thursday at the […]
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Health minister tours our new hospital
Health Minister Brad Hazzard was in Cobar yesterday to inspect the new facility. Minister Hazzard was joined by local Aboriginal elder Joan Evans, who delivered the welcome to country, to mark the major milestone by planting a tree at the front of the new facility. “The Cobar community now has […]
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Tarra Burke reckons she wouldn’t want to live anywhere else
Born and bred Cobar local, Tarra Burke, believes she has the best job in the world and Tarra also reckons she lives in one of the best places in the world. As a child and family health nurse at Cobar Community Health, Tarra sees on average about 25-30 families each […]
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Barto’s take this season’s Ladies Indoor Netball crown
The Ladies Indoor Netball crown was claimed by Barto’s on Monday night after they comprehensively beat Hot Shots 43-21 in their grand final game. Barto’s had a number of advantages going into Monday night’s game at the youth centre. In addition to being the underdogs (Hot Shots went into the […]
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Australian coach praises Cobar netball
Australian Diamonds Netball coach Lisa Alexander was in Cobar last week and it seems the Cobar netball community made a big impression on her. Lisa said it had been “an absolute honour and a privilege” to visit Cobar. “I was humbled by the generosity of this most beautiful community,” Lisa […]
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CSA claims their second successive soccer souvenir
CSA won their second successive Mixed Indoor Soccer grand final after defeating Two Left Feet 6-3 in a fast paced game last Wednesday night at the youth centre. The final score mirrored last season’s grand final with CSA once again coming out on top. Two Left Feet had been the […]
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Another grand final title proves BNB can’t be beaten
BNB claimed the Squalleyball competition winner’s crown once again in sensational style on Thursday night when they beat Kamikaze Pilots 5-0. Hoping to hold onto the Squalleyball crown that they’ve held for a number of seasons, BNB showed they meant business from the outset. They barely let Kamikaze Pilots into […]
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Kubby looks ahead to a bright future
The future of the Kubby House Child Care Centre is looking bright with the staff and committee outlining their exciting plans for expansion of the service at a community information session last Tuesday. Kubby committee president Tanya Gilbert said the committee and staff had been working for some time on […]