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Funding flows for drought support

Cobar Shire residents will soon see $1million worth of drought support flow through the community, with a range of projects now approved under the Coalition Government’s Drought Communities Programme (DCP). Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton was delighted that Council will receive this funding. “I am so pleased to give […]

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Locals battle it out for lip sync supremacy

As the Judge’s Choice winners, the Pumpettes were presented with the Cobar Netball Association’s Lip Sync trophy at their fundraiser at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night. The event raised almost $8,000 to help with the construction of new netball courts. The Pumpettes girls were popular with […]

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McAuley team wins St John’s swimming carnival

Team McAuley were big winners in St John’s School annual swimming carnival held earlier this month at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. McAuley finished with 1,097 points to win over MacKillop on 786. Milla Davey claimed the Junior Girl Champion title with Alexis Ah-See the runner-up. Nate Martin was the […]

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Three big winners at monthly shoot

A squad of 13 shooters competed in the Cobar Clay Target Club’s monthly shoot on Sunday in sunny conditions. Rob Thompson (AA Grade), Jarrod Barraclough (B Grade) and Todd Polack (C Grade) were the big winners on the day winning all four events in their respective grades. There was a […]

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Mining councils recognise our mayor

Cobar’s mayor, Lilliane Brady OAM, has been honoured with Life Membership of the Association of Mining and Energy Related Councils (AMERC) group. The motion for Life Membership for Cr Brady was put to last week’s AMERC conference in Sydney and accepted unanimously. Cobar Shire’s Cr Jarrod Marsden attended last week’s […]

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Mermaids trio from triathlon compete

There were six Mermaids in the pool for Sunday morning’s swim with three competitors backing up after competing in the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad’s (CATS) triathlon earlier that morning. Bianka Jacobson and Tanya Gilbert both recorded two wins each from the three Mermaids’ swimming club events contested. Jacobson won […]