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Nymagee to honour former servicemen with restored board
The community of Nymagee has received $3,000 to ensure that the contribution of local servicemen and women is appropriately honoured under the Australian Government’s Saluting Their Service grants programme. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton was in Nymagee last week and took the opportunity to present the Nymagee Progress Association […]
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Peak flags a tough year ahead at community meeting
In July 2015 Peak Gold Mines’ general manager Greg Bowkett announced that Peak “would go ahead in leaps and bounds” over the next few years. Almost one year later and after a fall in ore prices and an increase in production costs, Mr Bowkett has had to revise his forecast. […]
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Sue’s contribution to education acknowledged
The Minister for Education the Hon. Adrian Piccoli was in Cobar yesterday to make a special presentation to Cobar High School principal Sue Francisco, who is soon to retire. In 1982, Sue Kelsey (as she was known then) commenced her career as a young English teacher at Cobar High School. […]
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Pennants match called off due to rain
Unfortunately the women’s golf Pennants match against Trangie was cancelled on Friday due to the soggy conditions on the Cobar course after the rain. These five matches, to be played in Cobar, will now be rescheduled while the Cobar team will travel to Trangie’s course this Friday. Last week Wan Sipatsa […]
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Hyde and McIver win pairs final
The final of the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club women’s bowls Club Championships was played last Wednesday and was a close game which went down to the last end to determine a winner. The team of Ev Hyde and Shine McIver played an excellent game to narrowly beat Glenda Peebles […]
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Junior league players put up a fight against big visitors
The Cobar Junior Rugby League Club hosted teams from Warren and Narromine on a very chilly day on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. Despite a vast improvement by the Roosters’ Under 11s team, the boys went down 56-4 to the Warren visitors. Reynold Mugugia scored his team’s only try […]
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Hotshots pull off a miracle win on the timber
The outcome of the Indoor Soccer grand final last week was decided by just a few millimetres with Hotshots pulling off a miraculous 1-0 win to upset minor premiers and competition favourites, Wii Not Fit. The Cinderella story was complete. Coming off a one game win/eight loss record in the […]
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Restoration works commence to preserve a Cobar icon
The Great Cobar Heritage Centre is getting ready to undergo a fairly major facelift with restoration work expected to commence on the building’s balcony this week. Cobar tourism officer John Martin said scaffolding has been erected to allow for much needed restoration work to be carried out on the balcony. […]
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ICAC staff visit Cobar as part of rural outreach program
Staff from the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and the New South Wales Ombudsman’s office were in Cobar last week as part of their rural outreach program. ICAC staff conducted a number of workshops delivering corruption prevention information and techniques to various government and non-government agency staff from Cobar, […]