200923
Year: 2023
200923
Jones and Tiffen are darts champs
Craig Jones and Kylie Tiffen claimed the Cobar Darts Association 2023 Singles Championships titles on the weekend and then teamed up to also take the Mixed Doubles crown. The Cobar Darts Association annual Club Championships were contested on the weekend in Men’s and Ladies’ Singles, Men’s and Ladies’ Doubles and […]
200923
Local car show attracts a crowd
There’s plenty of car enthusiasts in town and many of them are members of the Dust Bowl Fuel Burners club. When they heard the Penrite car was going to be in town at Cobar AutoPro on Saturday morning they decided to turn their regular Coffee and Cars monthly social get […]
200923
Cobar Netball Association rewards its 2023 achievers
The Cobar Netball Association finalised their 2023 senior competition on Saturday with their end of season awards. The season’s Best and Fairest player was Brianna Watson from the Nymagee Magpies while Divas’ Amanda Fugar received the Sportsmanship award. Divas collected the premiers’ trophies while The Tooth Fairies earned the title […]
200923
Need more info before you head to the referendum?
Australians will get to have their say in the national referendum next month about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Many locals are unsure of what we are being asked to vote […]
130923
Divas’ domination continues on the netball court
Divas claimed their third successive senior netball grand final win on Sunday at Ward Oval and their 6th premiership crown since their first A Grade win in 2014. The reigning champions went into Sunday’s grand final game as minor premiers and favourites having dominated the 2023 competition all season. Up […]
130923
Recognition of Bob’s 50 remarkable years of service
Essential Energy maintains Australia’s largest electricity network and employs over 3,000 people with their longest serving employee based right here in Cobar. A linesman at the Cobar Depot, Robert ‘Bob’ De Jong was last week recognised by Essential Energy for his 50 years of service to the company. Bob’s currently […]
130923
Soccer grand final games were both close matches
Very close matches were the order of the day for the Cobar Junior Soccer Club’s 2023 season grand final deciders on Saturday morning at Ward Oval. Wanderers eventually came out on top in the Seniors division beating the Rangers 3-2 in a nail-biting thriller. Isaac Theakston was named the Seniors […]
130923
Cobar CWA joins neurodiversity awareness campaign
The Country Women’s Association (CWA) of NSW last week held its annual Awareness Week campaign with neurodiversity and the challenges it poses the focus of this year’s activities. CWA of NSW President Joy Beames said the 2023 campaign had a focus on increasing awareness around neurodiversity (which includes ADHD, autism, […]
130923
Karen Manns scores hole-in-one for Langford Day win
Saturday’s annual Langford Day mixed Canadian golf event turned out to be an exceptional day for Karen Manns. Not only did Manns and partner Mark ‘George’ Fraser win the day with 69 5/8 net, she had what every golfer dreams of, a hole-in-one on the par three 8th hole! Celebrations […]