Rotary District 9670 Governor Graeme Hooper and his wife Sue visited Cobar on the weekend to present two awards at the Cobar Club’s annual changeover dinner. Due to COVID-19 restrictions on numbers at social gatherings, this year’s changeover dinner at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night needed […]
Golfers responded to the relaxing of restrictions (which saw the club reopen on Friday) by turning out in good numbers over the weekend for the added incentive of having a beer at the end of the game. The scores seem to be improving slowly and Super-Vet Max Phillips certainly has […]
It’s 50 years since the Cobar Camels Alisa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval was officially opened by the then president of Australian Rugby Union, Charles Blunt. The oval and its clubhouse were officially opened in June 1970 and named in honour of a young nurse, Ailsa Fitzsimmons, who is credited as being […]
A big windfall for Cobar Shire Council last week has ensured that an $11.7million Community Hub can now be built at Ward Oval. Council was awarded $6.7million last week from Round 4 of the Coalition Government’s Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) for the construction of an Early Learning Precinct as […]
In the wake of the economic impacts of COVID-19, CSA Mine is making some changes which will see their contract with Downer Mining Services soon come to an end. CSA Mine general manager Peter Christen said the decision to move their development to owner/operator was part of a review that […]
Dancers and gym junkies are jumping about this week following an announcement last week by NSW Premier Gladys Berijiklian that gyms and dance studios could reopen. The JKM Dynamic Fitness gym, along with Copper City Dance Centre (CCDC) and Western Studio of Performing Arts (WSPA) have been closed for almost […]
A late confirmation saw the ladies golf Country Vets Championships take place on Sunday with a field of 14 players. Narelle Kriz put the stress of the past few months behind her to blitz the field with 76 off the stick giving her an unbeatable 66 net final result. Her […]
This week’s sporting spotlight is on women’s golf and highlights Cobar’s Top 10 players. The selection process was compiled by a panel of local players who could only agree on the ranking of the top four players. The remaining six players were not given a ranking. Coming in at Cobar’s […]
The Louth Turf Club Committee made the difficult decision early this week to cancel this year’s Louth Races event. Louth Turf Club president Jim Strachan said it had been an incredibly hard call to make to cancel the popular annual event, which is a great economic boost not only for […]
Cobar is now welcoming visitors with open arms (but we’ll still be keeping our 1.5metres distance) after COVID-19 travel restrictions were eased in NSW last week. Cobar Shire Council’s tourism manager Demi Smith said it was important for the tourism industry that people be allowed to get back on the […]
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