Articles by tcwadmin
Camels’ impressive win over Bourke
The Cobar Camels beat Bourke 17-10 in their Western Plains Rugby match on Friday night at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval. The Camels led 7-0 at half time and maintained the upper hand throughout the game despite the wet, slippery conditions. The team’s strength and conditioning coach John Barnes said their […]
Locals ride 2016 Finke Desert Race
Four Cobar Auto Club members made the long trip to Alice Springs to compete against 410 starters at the 2016 Tatts Finke Desert Race. The Tatts Finke Desert Race is an off road, multi-terrain two-day race for bikes, cars, buggies and quads through desert country from Alice Springs to the […]
Cobar rugby club will celebrate ‘The Good Old Days’
With the Cobar & District Rugby Union Club planning to hold a reunion later this month for players who participated in the 1976 and 1996 premiership winning sides, The Cobar Weekly this week recaps the 1976 game from The Cobar Age report published September 8, 1976. The Western Plains Rugby […]
Bill Bartlett Memorial Day golf trophy stays in the family
A good crowd of golfers turned out on Saturday for the inaugural Bill Bartlett Memorial Day, a Four-Ball-Best-Ball Stableford game. Many of Bill’s family members were on hand for the day which started with the unveiling of a memorial rock and plaque on the 16th fairway, before Bill’s son Paul […]
Cobar well represented at State Championships
It’s been a dream for eight years for Cobar netball coach Amie Hill to take a Cobar representative team to the State Championships and that dream was realised on the weekend when the Cobar Opens side competed at the Netball NSW 2016 Samsung State Championships at Charlestown. This year’s State […]
Cobar Quids catch the attention of coin collectors
Two young Victorian coin collectors who recently added $5 and $10 Cobar Quids to their private collection will feature […]
Cobar rates high for violence
Cobar has ranked as the sixth worst NSW town for domestic violence incidents according to the latest figures released by Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. According to the data there were 49 reported incidents of domestic violence related assault during the past 12 months in Cobar, 2.5 times the […]
Praise for local waste disposal infrastructure improvements
NetWaste representatives visited Cobar recently and were impressed by infrastructure improvements at Cobar Waste Depot. In the last year council has installed 3.2km of fencing, constructed a waste oil drop off area and installed new signage. The waste oil and battery drop off area is just inside the main gate […]