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Good scores for PolyFab Day

The men’s golf three person Ambrose game, sponsored by Polyfabricatons on Saturday was won by Phil Gilligan, Ian Prendergast and Garry Dunne with a score of 58 1/6. In second place were Chris Gilbert, Jay Egan and Pat Dillon (58 2/3); with Alec, Mark and Stewart Fraser third (58 5/6) […]

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At the top of their game

The Cobar Roosterettes welcomed Lisa Travis back to the team on Saturday after she missed their last three games due to Western Rams representative duties. The side also farewelled Natalie Barnes who played her last game for the Roosterettes on Saturday in Brewarrina before she heads to Queensland for work. […]

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Roosterettes bounce back to win 18-12

The Cobar Roosterettes took an early 8-0 lead in Saturday’s Barwon Darling League Tag game against the Walgett visitors at Tom Knight Memorial Oval however two runaway converted tries gave the visitors a 12-8 advantage at the half time break. It was early in the match when Laura Ah-See crossed […]

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Camels impressive in first win of the season

After a very tough start to the year, the Cobar Camels recorded their first win of  the Western Plains Rugby season on Saturday against Coonamble, 26-15. Starting the year with three away games had Cobar on the back foot, and the prospect of facing a red hot Coonamble Rams team […]

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Children’s care services in danger

Around 80 families across the far west that access educators under Cobar Shire Council’s In-Home Care service are in danger of losing their government funding. Cobar Shire Council’s director of corporate and economic services Angela Shepherd said there are two areas of concern with children’s services funding that may affect […]

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Peak’s big blast

Peak Gold Mines (PGM) has confirmed that a blasting event that occurred last Thursday at New Cobar, which was felt in town, was indeed bigger than normal. The blast, which was detonated at 3.05pm last Thursday was in a stope approximately 600m below surface and was what the mine calls […]

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RFS shed fix set to be a slow process

Cobar Shire Council is working with the Rural Fire Service (RFS) but has a slow process ahead to resolve the issues relating to the organisation’s new shed in Cobar. The matter was discussed last Thursday night’s council meeting when Cr Peter Yench called for an update and also for further […]