Year: 2024
Seven teams compete in CATS February Team Challenge
Seven teams representing four different local sporting clubs competed in the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad’s (CATS) Team Challenge on Sunday morning. The annual February Team Challenge, sponsored by Copper City Tyre Service, offered a $250 prize for the team’s nominated club with the cash this year going to the […]
Big Thinkers
Improved water security in the Albert Priest Channel, more community bores, improved storage to prevent evaporation and tank de-silting were some of the ideas put forward at a ‘Big Thinkers’ drought resilience workshop in town on Friday. The Far North West Joint Organisation (FNWJO) Drought Plan Project Officer Belinda Colless […]
Camels briefed on competition’s new tackling rules
The Cobar Rugby Union Club has locked in two weekly training nights at the Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval with Tuesdays being designated as their key training session for the week. Both of the weekly training sessions will be attended by Head Coach, Mark Aumua, and by one of his assistant […]
Jamelle Wells takes readers into country courtrooms
Following on from the success of her first book, The Court Reporter, released in 2018, former Cobar resident and well-known ABC television and radio newsreader, Jamelle Wells has just released her second book, Outback Court Reporter. After spending almost 20 years in city courtrooms reporting for the ABC on some […]
Lots of ideas for Town Hall Cinema masterplan
Cobar Shire Council has engaged award winning architects, Dunn and Hillam, along with the community, to help create a plan to bring the Town Hall Cinema building back to life. Council conducted three community consultations sessions last Wednesday (one of which was with Cobar High School students) and are currently […]
Two Roosters line-up for Western Rams trials
Cobar Roosters First Graders Ashley Davies and Tyler Coughlan joined the Castlereagh League representative team (along with Chris Deighton as the team’s sports trainer) on Saturday at the Western Rams trials in Wellington. Captain/coach of the Cougars, Brad James said “the commitment and attitude were there but the ball security […]