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Year: 2024
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Cobar Yabbies hit the water for the first time this season
The Cobar Yabbies hit the water on Tuesday night for the first time this season and were met with a pleasant 22 degrees Celsius water temperature. There was a field of 11 for the first night of the 2024/2025 competition, including a new member, Tim Cooke, to contest 30m, 50m […]
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Scholarship to be set up to honour a past president
A minute’s silence was observed at the Country Women’s Association (CWA) Cobar Branch annual general meeting on Saturday in honour of a past president, Nona Spinks. Mrs Spinks recently passed away in Armidale at the age of 97 and a half. To honour her memory, a donation was made to […]
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Non-stop action at Roughstock Rodeo
There was pretty much non-stop action at the Cobar Roughstock Rodeo on Saturday afternoon with a big field of 152 entries. Chris Wilson took out the big one, the Open Bull Ride, scoring 83 points with his ride on Dirty & Unzipped. Michael Johnston scored 81 points on Black Jack […]
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Crs Marsden and Prince were re-elected to lead council
Cobar Shire Council’s new crop of 12 councillors was sworn in on Thursday with Cr Jarrod Marsden and Cr Michael Prince elected to lead Council for the next two years. Cr Marsden was returned as mayor for his second term, along with Cr Prince as deputy mayor. Both were elected […]
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NSW Government subsidy secures Cobar’s air services
The continuation of Cobar’s air service has been secured after the NSW Government announced last week a $2 million subsidy scheme for commercial flights in Western NSW will continue at least until November 2025. The agreement will allow for the continuation of subsidies on flights from Sydney to Cobar […]
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Cultivating the next generation of fundraisers
The Lunchbox Rally passed through Cobar on the weekend with the 140 participants spending Saturday night in town. The Lunchbox Rally is new to the Box Rallies group which raises funds for Cancer Research. It’s formatted the same as the Shitbox Rally with a few kid friendly differences and also […]
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Jay Egan finishes as runner-up at Nyngan Open
Cobar golfers competed at the Nyngan Open on Sunday with the A Grade Open Scratch winner a local “Bogan”, David Rose, who won with a score of 67, beating Cobar’s Jay Egan by two shots. Egan continued his recent good form of playing well on unfamiliar courses. His great form […]
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Cobar golfers compete in field of 156
While only six players were playing at the ‘Royal Cobar’ course on Sunday another 12 lady golfers made their way to play in the Nyngan Men’s and Women’s Combined Open. Attracting 156 players, the Nyngan club went above and beyond with the course immaculate, the greens lightning fast and […]