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Cobar’s best have all competed at Nationals

The Cobar Weekly has called upon a local Clay Target shooter (Mister Target) to select Cobar’s Greatest Clay Target team and, with so much local talent on offer, he’s gone back through the Australian history records to select his squad. The six shooters in this squad have been selected based […]

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Water restrictions eased as dam fills

Cobar Shire Council’s announcement last week that water restrictions would be lifted completely as of June 1 has been met with trepidation by local residents rather than fanfare. Mayor Lilliane Brady announced last week that water restrictions would be completely abolished in line with Council’s draft Drought Management Plan. Cr […]

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Out in the cold

The cold weather on the weekend didn’t deter the players who braved the conditions in the Men’s Golf Stableford event on Saturday and a Par event on Sunday. Apparently the cold weather doesn’t affect Greg Clark who was in the winning circle both days. The best scores out of the […]

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Weekend winter weather didn’t deter

Lady golfers were rugged up this week after winter arrived a bit early. The cold snap however didn’t deter weekend players with 14 ladies turning up for both days of competition. Wednesday’s stableford could only manage seven starters with a three-way countback determining the winner, Susan Goonrey, from Wan Sipatsa […]

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Men’s golf scores starting to improve

Nice weekend weather saw good roll-ups of men golfers on both days. Thirteen players contested a stableford event on Saturday and most players are starting to run into some form, except for the Super Vet, Max Phillips, who is having an unusual loss of from. Bill Fugar showed very good […]

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Lady golfers seen soaking up the sun

Lady golfers were seen soaking up the sun last week on the course with numbers increasing due to some of the COVID-19 restrictions being relaxed. Groups of four can play together now although the one player per cart rule still stands. Sally Bannister was the Stroke competition winner on Wednesday […]

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Gaps in rural health care?

  A front page story in the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) newspaper on Monday highlighting the gaps in rural health care has well and truly stirred up Cobar residents. The article relays the personal health experience of Cobar resident John Stingemore, and also includes comments about our declining health care […]