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Month: January 2024
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2024
Colleen Boucher named Australia Day Citizen of the Year
Colleen Boucher was named the Citizen of the Year for 2024 at the Australia Day award ceremony on Friday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Citizen of the Year is awarded to a resident who has made an outstanding contribution to the community in a voluntary capacity while being a […]
2024
A footballer, horse rider and tennis volunteer win awards
This year’s Australia Day sporting awards have been won by a footballer, a horse rider and a tennis club volunteer. Brianna Watson was Cobar’s Sportsperson of the Year for 2024. The award is presented to someone who gains a high level of sporting achievement and demonstrates a significant contribution to […]
2024
Aust Day judges unable to pick just one winner
The judges for this year’s Australia Day awards couldn’t just pick one winner in the Community Event of the Year category and so awarded the accolade to two community events. Bands in the Bush, an outdoor music concert on September 23 at the Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval, and Festival of […]
2024
Men’s golf committee executive remains unchanged
The Cobar Men’s Golf committee held their annual general meeting recently with a good roll-up of players in attendance. All of the previous members of the executive were returned unopposed and included: Alec Fraser (club captain), Peter ‘China’ Brien (vice captain), John Martin (Hon. secretary/treasurer), Bill Fugar (handicapper) and John […]
2024
Mural artists create a scene that is uniquely Cobar
What does a galah, a glass jar, and Cobar all have in common? They all rhyme and all appear on the new mural at the National Australia Bank. Artists Joel Fergie (aka the Zookeeper) and Travis Vinson (aka Drapl) were in Cobar last week creating the ‘quirky’ artwork. “We were […]
2024
Summerhayes finishes at the front of the field
The Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) Club hosted a scratch triathlon event (300m swim, 10km ride and 2km run) on Australia Day at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Pictured are the prize winners: Kyle Seymour (JKM Dynamic Best on Field); Amie Hill (Gumnut Gifts 1st female with a time […]