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Harbison hits his hundred
The severe weather over the weekend washed out the scheduled local senior cricket games but not before Jake Harbison blasted 108 runs against Tilpa. In Friday’s Twenty/20 match between Howie’s Hombres and Tilpa, the rain came down seven overs into Tilpa’s innings putting a stop to the match. Howie’s Hombres […]
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Miners Memorial plan progresses
Chairman of the Cobar Miners Memorial Project Barry Knight reports the Cobar community has been very generous over the past six months with donations to help see the project come to fruition. He said the committee’s major fundraiser of selling pavers (which closes at the end of this month) has […]
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Cobar Cadets celebrate 25 years of working with local youth
The Cobar 221 Cadets celebrated their 25th anniversary of operating a youth service over the weekend with a formal Dining In night on Saturday and a Fun Day on Sunday. The well attended Dining In event at the Services Club on Saturday night was supported by the attendance of Colonel […]
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Mermaids feel the cold weather
Cool conditions on Sunday morning reduced the field to just five Mermaids for the women’s swimming club weekly meeting. Spurred on by the chill in the air, Ellen Davidson turned in a fantastic time in the first event, the 30 metres handicapped freestyle swim. Davidson finished just 0.04 seconds off […]
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New doctor keen to experience Cobar’s laid-back lifestyle
The Cobar Primary Health Care Centre (CPHCC) last week welcomed a new doctor to the surgery. Dr Afshin Farajollahi and his wife Mona recently arrived in Cobar from Queensland where Dr Afshin had been working as a GP in Rockhampton. The couple are originally from Iran where Dr Afshin did […]
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Ballz Up put in a gusty effort to win netball grand final
Ballz Up put in a gutsy effort to win the Women’s Indoor Netball grand final on Monday night at the youth centre. They started and finished confidently to claim a 28-23 over Council Babes. Ballz Up had gone into the game as favourites after having finished at the top of […]
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Yabbies win Setts Cup for a third time
The Setts Cup proudly remains with the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club after they successfully defended it at the annual carnival in Nyngan on Sunday. Named in honour of former Yabbies president Ian Settree, who was also a member of the Nyngan Splashers swimming club, the third annual Setts […]
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Services Club elects a new board at extraordinary meeting
The Cobar Services Club has elected a new board, headed up by returned serviceman Bryan Sylvester, at the club’s extraordinary meeting last Wednesday. The extraordinary meeting had been called due to the resignation of the nine new board members who were elected at the club’s annual general meeting on October […]
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Great batting and bowling at Nymagee
Nymagee all-rounders Phil Harley and Mitchell Holt led their team to a win over Empire in the Cobar & District Senior Cricket 40 Overs match out at Nymagee on Saturday. The home side won the toss and elected to bat first with Harley and Holt sharing in an opening partnership […]