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Swimming club acknowledges their best of the season

The Cobar Swimming Club held its end of season presentations on Friday night at the Golfie. The 2022/2023 season’s Age Champions were: 6 years—Lenny Hill, Layla Fugar and Isla Jo Murray; 7 years—Patrick Knox, Rosie George and Mollie Fitzsimmons; 8 years—Cooper Trudgett and Sophia Le Lievre; 9 years—Ryan Jiang and […]

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Local services recognise Youth Homelessness Matters Day

Youth Homelessness Matters Day was recognised in Cobar last Friday as part of local Youth Week events. Youth Homelessness Matters Day aims to highlight the resilience of young people affected by homelessness. According to the Australian Government’s Department of Social Services, over 28,000 young Australians aged 12 to 24 years […]

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Rain and forfeits interrupt first round

It was a bit of a rough start for the new netball season with rain putting a dampener on the juniors games on Friday while two seniors games were forfeited on Sunday.  The Junior Net.Set.Go competition kicked off on Friday afternoon with some old and new players taking part. Unfortunately […]

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Golfers prepare for Men’s Open this weekend

With the rain on the weekend, the only Men’s Golf played was on Anzac Day and even then there were only six players who turned up. Peter ‘China’ Brien blitzed the field finishing with 41 stableford points ahead of Peter ‘Ding’ Lawrence who scored 37 points. It’s pretty clear the […]

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Local parents and carers find out about healthy eating

Cobar parents and carers interested in finding out more about how their kids’ diet can affect their behaviour were able to attend two nutrition information sessions in Cobar on Monday. The sessions were hosted by the Cobar Mobile Children’s Service and headed up by Functional Nutritionist Sally-Anne Kearns from Holding […]

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Camels ambush the competition’s premiers

Last year’s wooden spooners, the Cobar Camels, narrowly went down to the 2022 Western Plains Rugby Union Premiers Walgett, 22-29, on Saturday in what spectators, including many past players present, described as the best and most entertaining game of rugby seen at the Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval in a decade. […]

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Firies respond to airport emergency

Fire and Rescue NSW Cobar Station 256 crew responded to an emergency at the Cobar Airport on Sunday following a report that an incoming plane was in trouble. The aircraft, which was travelling from Wagga Wagga to Queensland carrying freight, had to make an emergency landing just after 11am on […]

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Cobar volunteers win Vinnies regional sales award

The volunteers at the Cobar Vinnies store are all smiles this week after recently winning a Vinnies sales award. Vinnies Regional Manager Tanya Godden, announced the Cobar store has been recognised for achieving Outstanding Sales in Quarter 3, January to March 2023. “Cobar hasn’t fully recovered from where they were […]