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Ella joins Rugby Australia in search of First Nations talent
Former Australian Wallaby great Glen Ella and the Rugby Australia High-Performance team will be in Cobar tomorrow night as part of their talent ID tour to unearth Indigenous talent around the country. The #dreamBigTime tour kicked off on Monday in Bathurst and is winding through remote regions including Walgett, Wilcannia, […]
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Ben to compete at Australian Athletics Championships
Local athlete Ben Griffiths will compete at the Australian Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre next week. Ben will compete in the U16’s age group as part of the NSW team. He qualified for the NSW team after putting in some great performances at the Dubbo New Year […]
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Roosterettes looking good at preseason knockout
The Cobar Roosterettes League Tag team put on a good show to finish as runners-up at the 2019 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League Knockout competition on Saturday at Baradine. Roosterettes’ coach Bianka Jacobson said it was a great effort from her relatively new side who were defending the title they […]
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The Empire strikes back to win grand final
The Empire cricket team well and truly ruffled the feathers of the Nymagee Magpies cricket side in Saturday’s 40 grand final with Empire claiming a convincing 66 runs win. The Empire side was slow to get started on Saturday morning at Ward Oval in contrast to the competition’s minor premiers, […]
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TCW looks to the digital future
The Cobar Weekly is continuing to embrace the trend towards digital and social media with the rollout of our online advertising options. Display advertising consultant Tahnee Tomek said it’s all part of The Weekly’s overall digital strategy. “While the printed newspaper is still our top priority, we’re working hard to […]
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Students get their hands dirty to learn from Landcare group
Year 4 students at Cobar Public School got the chance to get their hands dirty when they took part in a Landcare workshop at the school last Thursday. The interactive workshop, which helped students learn about soils, was coordinated by Cobar’s Landcare Coordinator Jasmine Whitten with members from the local […]
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Old presbytery to be demolished after falling into disrepair
The old Catholic Presbytery building in Prince Street is set to be demolished. According to the Cobar Catholic Church’s centenary book the building was built along with the new Catholic school in 1965, and was the former home of Catholic parish priests, The presbytery has been vacant for the past […]
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Award recognises local Rotary Club’s drought support
The Rotary Club of Cobar has been awarded a prestigious Rotary Award for their ongoing Drought Relief Project. Cobar was awarded the Rotary District 9670 Preserve Planet Earth Award at the recent Rotary District Conference in Forster. Rotary Club President Tony Punzet said they received the award as recognition for […]