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Articles by tcwadmin
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Popular festival gets a second start
Following the huge success of Cobar’s Running on Empty Festival (ROEF) in 2018, all who attended (plus others who missed it) have been asking: When are we going to do it again? Festival coordinator John de Bruin announced on Friday that another ROEF festival would take place in 2022, from […]
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Castlereagh keen to kick off
A 2020 Castlereagh Rugby League competition is one step closer to becoming a reality with seven clubs indicating they are eager for some on-field action this year. The plans that were put into place to play a shortened Castlereagh League competition this year were however dealt with another blow on […]
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Rotary District Governor impressed by Cobar club’s efforts
Rotary District 9670 Governor Graeme Hooper and his wife Sue visited Cobar on the weekend to present two awards at the Cobar Club’s annual changeover dinner. Due to COVID-19 restrictions on numbers at social gatherings, this year’s changeover dinner at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night needed […]
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Golfers keen for a beer at end of games
Golfers responded to the relaxing of restrictions (which saw the club reopen on Friday) by turning out in good numbers over the weekend for the added incentive of having a beer at the end of the game. The scores seem to be improving slowly and Super-Vet Max Phillips certainly has […]
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Cobar Rugby owes a lot to foundress Ailsa Fitzsimmons
It’s 50 years since the Cobar Camels Alisa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval was officially opened by the then president of Australian Rugby Union, Charles Blunt. The oval and its clubhouse were officially opened in June 1970 and named in honour of a young nurse, Ailsa Fitzsimmons, who is credited as being […]
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Ward Oval set for complete transformation
A big windfall for Cobar Shire Council last week has ensured that an $11.7million Community Hub can now be built at Ward Oval. Council was awarded $6.7million last week from Round 4 of the Coalition Government’s Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) for the construction of an Early Learning Precinct as […]
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CSA Mine to part ways with Downer
In the wake of the economic impacts of COVID-19, CSA Mine is making some changes which will see their contract with Downer Mining Services soon come to an end. CSA Mine general manager Peter Christen said the decision to move their development to owner/operator was part of a review that […]
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Fitness fanatics and dancers celebrate reopening of facilities
Dancers and gym junkies are jumping about this week following an announcement last week by NSW Premier Gladys Berijiklian that gyms and dance studios could reopen. The JKM Dynamic Fitness gym, along with Copper City Dance Centre (CCDC) and Western Studio of Performing Arts (WSPA) have been closed for almost […]