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Year: 2020
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Big turn out for new touch comp
There was a great turn-out for the opening round of the Junior Touch competition on Thursday at Ward Oval with more than 100 kids registering to play this season. Organisers Lisa Travis and Emma Brown said they were impressed with the support of the large group of parents who came […]
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Two local women recognised for their volunteer efforts
Two Cobar women have this year been added to the Hidden Treasures Honour Roll which celebrates rural women who generously volunteer their time to their communities. Cobar Cadets leader Colleen Boucher and Emmdale Roadhouse proprietor Virginia Beard were this year added to the prestigious list of more than 1,000 rural […]
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Harvesters getting down to work in the Cobar Shire
The harvesters are starting to get to work around the Cobar Shire as crops that were planted earlier this year after good rain, are now starting to ripen. The Johnsons at Glenhope, east of Cobar, were among the first in the district to commence harvesting this year. They sowed 300 […]
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Cobar Cowboys beat Wellington
Cobar started their Brewery Shield cricket campaign with a 50-run win over Wellington at Ward Oval on Sunday. Cobar won the toss and elected to bat but they found the early going difficult on the damp sticky pitch. They were 2/7 after losing both openers and found themselves in deeper […]
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Two serious truck accidents in one week
Two serious truck accidents in the past week have kept local emergency services busy. Fire and Rescue NSW, NSW Rural Fire Service, Ambulance and Police assisted to extricate the driver of a truck which rolled around 60km west of Cobar in the early hours of Sunday morning. The accident occurred […]
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Triples bowls decider goes down to the wire
Gerard Livingston, Tony Brown and Bian Smith defeated Greg Reid, Alan Knight and Dave Knight in an absolute thriller of a game in the Golfie’s Triples Championship contest on Saturday. Trailing for most of the game, Livingston and Co levelled the score at 17 apiece after 21 ends. Winning the […]
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Fleet of Postie bikes stops in Cobar on fundraising mission
The Late Mail Postie Bike Ride, supporting the Wings4Kids charity, passed through Cobar last Wednesday. Riding Postie bikes, which have been described as “a lightweight that goes anywhere, does anything” the group of 55 riders this year travelled around the central western region with stops in Hargraves, Parkes, Condobolin, Cobar, […]