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Golfers out in good numbers despite the cold

It was a cold weekend for golf but there were still good turn-outs, especially on Saturday when 24 players competed in the Men’s Golf Three Ball Classic. The different rules which applied to this format of the game didn’t deter the Fraser family team, of Stewart, Alec and Mark, who […]

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LBV welcomes new doctor

The Lilliane Brady Village has this week welcomed visiting Sydney-based Geriatrician Dr Ajeet Sidhu, who believes that elderly patients in the country should be able to access specialist aged care just like their city counterparts. Dr Sidhu is visiting on a regular basis at the invitation of local doctor, Dr […]

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Kids thrilled to be back at playgroup as lockdowns ease

During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown a number of important services in our community, including playgroups, were forced to close. Barnardos’ weekly playgroups are now officially back up and running at the Local Aboriginal Lands Council and Ngalii Preschool under the guidance of Child and Family worker Tiara Finn. Tiara said […]

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Cobar Hospital staff told to take a break with KitKats

Staff at the Cobar Health Service were among more than 250,000 frontline healthcare workers who received specially labelled KitKat bars to acknowledge their service to our community. Nestlé Confectionery General Manager Chris O’Donnell said that the donation of ‘thank you’ labelled KitKat bars was a gesture of gratitude to people […]

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Locals undergo training with suicide prevention program

Three Cobar students were among a group of 15 graduates who last week celebrated the completion of their Certificate IV in Community Services. The students were on scholarships provided by the Western NSW Primary Health Network’s (WNSW PHN) Workforce Capacity Building Project. As part of the Commonwealth Government’s National Suicide […]

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Only weekend matches played

Another ‘washed out Wednesday’ occurred last week with the Ladies Golf competition days reduced to the weekend matches only. Numbers were close to the 20 mark on both days with 18 players contesting the stroke game on Saturday. Fran Samios held off Jenny Stephenson and Fay Hardwick after countbacks in […]

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Beetson firms as Singles favourite

The men’s bowls championships competitions have resumed at the Golfie. In the Singles game played on Sunday Brad Beetson firmed up as the competition favourite after he defeated Shane Carter 31-28 in their match. In the Pairs game on Saturday, David Knight and Aaron Finn held on to win 22-20 […]