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Minor premiers MEC win A Grade grand final

Minor premiers, the MEC Moose Knuckles, took out this year’s Mixed League Tag competition A Grade title while Allsaints claimed the B Grade crown on Saturday night at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. In a replay of last season’s A Grade grand final game, MEC once again beat their Laundromat Scrubbers […]

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Hannah Carroll qualifies for State

The Cobar Little A’s Club had 12 members compete at the Little Athletics Australia NSW (LAANSW) Region 3 Championships in Dubbo on February 11 and 12. Hannah Carroll has now qualified to compete at State level next month after finishing first in her Girls Under 14 years Discus and Shot […]

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Yabbies bring home Western Districts trophies

The Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club were represented by nine swimmers and their social director, Peter ‘China’ Brien, at the Western Districts Swimming Carnival in Wellington on Sunday. The carnival attracted a field of 85 swimmers from clubs around the western region. The Cobar team won the prestigious 10 […]

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Two new Mermaids welcomed to pool

The Cobar Mermaids Women’s Swimming Club welcomed two new faces to their handicapped event on Sunday night at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. It was however one of the club’s founders, Tanya Gilbert, who was the star of the night. Gilbert finished the night with a hat trick having won […]

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A new heat record

Cobar has officially broken the record for the hottest ever day in February according to the Bureau Of Meteorology. The temperature soared on Saturday when the mercury hit 46.6 degrees around 3pm. The previous record was set in February 2004 when the temperature reached 46.1 degrees. The highest ever temperature […]

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Mayor pleads case for dirty water fix

Cobar Shire Council’s mayor Lilliane Brady met with State Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries last week to plead Cobar’s case for funding a new town water pipeline. Mayor Brady told Mr Humphries that Cobar residents have repeatedly been experiencing dirty water over the past three months which can be blamed […]