Local athlete Ethan McLeod collected a bunch of medals and set a new world record at the at the World Powerlifting Committee National Championships in Brazil last week. Ethan had three days straight of competition. On Day 1 he grabbed third place in the teens Squat with a 150kg lift, Bench lifted (87.5kg) and Deadlifted (165kg) and placed first in the Under 75kg body weight division. Day 2 of the competition was Individual Lifts and Ethan was first in Bench Press, first in Squat Lift and second in Deadlift. On the final day of the competition, Ethan won the Strict Bicep Curl and set a new world record! ▪ Photo contributed
Local athlete Ethan McLeod collected a bunch of medals and set a new world record at the at the World Powerlifting Committee National Championships in Brazil last week. Ethan had three days straight of competition. On Day 1 he grabbed third place in the teens Squat with a 150kg lift, Bench lifted (87.5kg) and Deadlifted (165kg) and placed first in the Under 75kg body weight division. Day 2 of the competition was Individual Lifts and Ethan was first in Bench Press, first in Squat Lift and second in Deadlift. On the final day of the competition, Ethan won the Strict Bicep Curl and set a new world record! ▪ Photo contributed
Locals (and a couple of visitors passing through town) were able to spend an evening with popular Australian author Karly Lane this week. Karly is on a western area book tour of libraries and sat down in conversation with The Cobar Weekly’s editor, Sharon Harland, on Monday night at the […]
Stage 2 of Cobar’s War Memorial in Drummond Park was unveiled on Saturday afternoon as part of this year’s Running On Empty Festival celebrations. The festival has helped to fund the next stage which lists the names of locals who have served in Modern Conflicts. Pictured are festival organiser John […]
Stacy Tranter was one of three guest speakers at Friday’s Night For Our Lost Miners memorial event and spoke on behalf of the Manns family about the death of her uncle at the CSA Mine in 1984. Stacy said it was an honour and a privilege to speak on behalf […]
