There were six Mermaids in the pool for Sunday morning’s swim with three competitors backing up after competing in the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad’s (CATS) triathlon earlier that morning. Bianka Jacobson and Tanya Gilbert both recorded two wins each from the three Mermaids’ swimming club events contested. Jacobson won […]
Rural kids who’d like to dance or learn to swim but are missing out because their families just can’t afford the lessons with the drought, will now be offered the chance. Cobar Shire Council is partnering up with dance studios, Western Studio of Performing Arts (WSPA) and Copper City Dance […]
Three more road trains of much needed fodder have been delivered to Cobar farmers in the past two weeks thanks to a combined effort by the Rotary Club of Cobar and Victorian Rotary Clubs of Eaglehawk and Castlemaine. Cobar club president Tony Punzet said funding made available by the Victorian […]
The Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club fielded a team of 14 swimmers for the Western Districts AIF carnival at Condobolin on Sunday. The carnival attracted 90 swimmers from around the Western Region and was a good warm up for swimmers for next month’s National AIF Carnival in Melbourne. It […]
A storm which dumped nearly an inch of rain on Cobar’s CBD in around an hour has helped provide some temporary relief from the ongoing drought. While the Cobar Meteorological Office on Louth Road officially measured 13mm of rain from Thursday’s storm, there was 20mm recorded by the Cobar Airport […]
Lillian Simpson was elected president at the recently held Cobar Arts Council annual general meeting, with 10 members in attendance. Outgoing president Kylie Harvey praised the 2018 executive for their hard work and support and also members for their various contributions which added up to successful events run by the […]
After serving for almost 26 years as Cobar Shire Council’s tourism officer, John Martin retired from the role on Friday. And while he may have officially retired from working life, John will continue to be an “unofficial” ambassador for Cobar. “I’m staying in town. I’m not going anywhere,” he said. […]
The form of the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club members is looking good in the lead up to the Nationals championships next month. The winning margins recorded in last week’s handicapped competition swims at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool included 0.03, 0.09 and 0.13 seconds off their nominated times. […]
Cobar Clay Target Club shooter Robert Thompson looks set to be inducted into the Australian Clay Target Association’s NSW Hall of Fame. Thompson’s recent win of the 2019 Tasmanian Down The Line (DTL) Championships has earned him enough points to be considered for the honour. He put in an outstanding […]
The Cobar Weekly newspaper is celebrating its 33rd birthday today and we’re celebrating! The Cobar Weekly (TCW) was conceived in October 1985 at a public meeting that was held to gauge community interest for Cobar to have its own independent, local paper. The idea was met with enthusiastic response with […]
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