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PGA Legends Tour brings the big guns to town
Local golfers got some expert tips from the pros when they took part in the PGA Legends Tour Pro-Am golf event on Sunday.
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Forbes rider takes home four titles from Cobar Show
Despite the 52mm of rain recorded in town on Friday, the equestrian events at this year’s Cobar Show all still went ahead. Rain interrupted the Aurelia Metals two day program, but all events were still held, albeit some with delayed starts. Brooke Kelly from Forbes had a very successful competition […]
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Commissioner’s award for Nymagee’s fire brigade captain
NSW Rural Fire Service Nymagee Brigade Captain David Betts received a Commissioner’s Certificate of Commendation for outstanding fire service duty. Captain Betts was presented with the commendation by NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Rob Rogers AFSM at the 2024 St Florian’s Day Ceremony at the RFS Training Academy in Dubbo […]
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CHS rise to the challenge
Cobar High School (CHS) students have for the third year in a row won the Outback Science and Engineering Challenge. (Pictured are some of the CHS team members, Sosie Barton, Tom Francisco, Rhys Cull and Sophie Bennett.) They finished with 1,401.72 points (out of a possible maximum score of 1,600 […]
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The Cobar Biohub is coming to town
It’s been talked about for some time—a Biohub that would make good use of Invasive Native Scrub (INS) in the Cobar district—and now it’s in the final planning stages. An Orana Biohub processing facility was first mooted back in 2014 and gained the support of Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana, […]
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Juniors were on the road for their first game of season
Cobar Junior Rugby League had their first hit out of the season when teams travelled to Dubbo on Saturday. The Under 16s, Under 14s, Under 12s and Under 10s sides came up against South Dubbo while Cobar’s Under 9s took on Dubbo Macquarie. The Roosters Under 16s were beaten 60-0 […]
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Girl Guides commissioner pays her first visit to Cobar
State Commissioner for Girl Guides NSW, ACT & NT, Emily Milton Smith, visited Cobar over the weekend to see what Cobar’s Girl Guides get up to. Ms Milton Smith said when she first started in her role as a commissioner just over three years ago, she was encouraged to go […]
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Camels make a promising start to season
It was a game of contrasting halves. The first half saw the Camels trying to settle into a rhythm as many of the players had trained together but never played together. Gular took advantage of their early indecision and within mere minutes of the kick off, Gular had an early […]
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2024 Cobar Show was one of the best yet
Despite a dump of 52mm of rain on Friday, this year’s Cobar Show has been hailed as a resounding success. The committee scrambled and re-scheduled a number of events (including the CSA fireworks display) to Saturday and show-goers responded with a big crowd attending on Day 2. See Pages 10, […]
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New memorial unveiled at special Anzac Day service
Cobar’s long awaited war memorial was unveiled in Drummond Park on Thursday as part of this year’s Anzac Day service. Cobar RSL Sub Branch president Gordon Hill said the war memorial, which is dedicated to over 1,000 people who have served in war and who have had an association with […]