2023
Year: 2023
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Jockey Wendy Peel celebrates second successive Louth win
Jockey Wendy Peel has won the last two Louth Cups on Austin and Valadyium however those wins have been four years apart. No, the Louth Cup is not an Olympic Games event, the reason for the four year gap being the planned annual Louth meetings were abandoned in 2020, 2021 […]
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First Glenhope Shindig pulls in a big crowd of visitors
An estimated crowd of over 500 caravans rolled into Glenhope station, 5.5kms east of Cobar, over the weekend for the inaugural Glenhope Shindig. Hosts Marie and Mark Johnson were thrilled with the interest they had from visitors far and wide, many of which were on their way through to the […]
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Cobar Shire hosts 2023 Western Division conference
Cobar Shire Council last week hosted the 2023 Western Division Councils of NSW annual general meeting and conference. The annual meeting provides a platform for Local Government representatives to hear from and meet with various Ministers (including the new Minister for Local Government, Ron Hoenig) and representatives from a range […]
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Roosters’ Reggies rebound to win
After a long season for the Castlereagh Reserve Graders who had played four games in four weeks, last week’s much needed bye was welcomed ahead of this week’s long bus trip to Gulgong for the final round of the ordinary competition. The hosts didn’t take long to […]
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Junior Roosters through to semi finals
A win by the Cobar Roosters Under 10s on Saturday will now see them progress to this week’s semi finals of the Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League competition. Like their senior league counterparts, the Cobar Under 10s side finished third in their age division, with St Johns Blue claiming […]
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Divine intervention for some golfers
After a lot of the men golfers played in the 27 holes mixed foursomes on Saturday (see Ladies’ Golf report on opposite page), there was however only a field of 11 men for the Four-Ball-Worst-Ball competition on Sunday. The winning pairing of Jason Foster and Chris Powell finished the day […]
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Kinesiologist offers tips to help calm ‘Covid kids’
Cobar Mobile Childrens Services hosted kinesiologist Brendan O’Hara on Monday with Brendan conducting a movement workshop for local mums and bubs. “Basically we looked at early childhood development and we did some work with the babies. We looked at crawling patterns and I suggested a couple of things that they […]
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Top priced ram sells for $5,000
The top priced ram sold for $5,000 at the Nutrien Russell Cobar Annual Ram Sale last week while the second top priced lot went for just under, at $4,900. Nutrien’s Emily Mosely reported both rams were 15-month old Dorpers bred by Nick and Mel Paggett at Winrae Dorpers in Bundarra […]