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180522

Travelling as the crow flies

Travelling with this year’s Variety Bash, which overnighted in Cobar on Monday, are The Black Crows (David Brown from Valentine and Toney Pearce from Redhead) in their 1973 Rover 3500. The pair are old hands on the Bash as it’s David’s 11th year and Tony’s 10th trip. By means of […]

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Celebrating our nurses

The Lilliane Brady Village celebrated International Nurses Day last Thursday with a morning tea catered by Abby’s and Cobar Hotbake. Pictured cutting the cake are staff members Victoria Taufao, Maree Wheeler, Barbara Tupper and Maria Natui. Staff were also pleased to receive flowers from Anni’s Arts and Crafts and Cobar […]

180522

National Service Medals for Far West Team

NSW Rural Fire Service Deputy Commissioner, Peter McKechnie (seated at centre) was in Cobar last Thursday to present National Service Medals to members of the Far West team in recognition of their work during 2019/2020 catastrophic fire season. The recipients (standing at rear) were: Greg Martin District Officer, Inspector Craig […]

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Inconsistency costs the Camels

After a very promising start in Round 2 of the Western Plains Rugby Union competi-tion at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval on Saturday, the Camels were eventually beat-en 38-25 by the Coonamble Rams. In a post match interview, Camels coach, Robert ‘Bot’ Neale said it was inconsistent play over the 80 […]

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Jaxon was a marked man

out of the 2022 Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League competition at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday. The Roosters hosted six St John’s teams for plenty of great rugby league action with the visitors finishing as victors of four of the five scored matches. Cobar’s Under 12s finished with […]

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CPS team contests the final

Two Cobar Public School teams competed in the Netball Schools Cup at Ward Oval last week. Both teams showed a big improvement and displayed great sportsmanship. Team A was very successful on the day winning their three matches to advance to the final. Unfortunately, they were beaten 6-2 by Nyngan. […]

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Catholic Schools Week celebrations

Parents, grandparents, carers and community members were invited into St John’s School classrooms on Friday as part of Catholic Schools Week celebrations. Pictured are Simonne Mackay, Saxon Walsh, Bianca Walsh, Leanne Mackay and Grace Mackay.