Friday night cricket returned to Ward Oval last week with the Bushies taking on Howies Hombres in the first Twenty/20 competition match for 2025. In a thrilling 20-over encounter, the Hombres posted an impressive total of 150 for the loss of four wickets. The innings was anchored by a scintillating […]
There’s a long list of worthy nominees for Cobar’s 2025 Australia Day awards with 24 individuals and 11 groups nominated for the eight award categories. Among the nominees for the Citizen of the Year category are entertainer John Peebles, Rural Outback Animals Respite/Rescue volunteer Lorraine ‘Wizzy’ Knezevic, historian and author […]
Aided by some recent cool water training in Antarctica, Paul Swainston topped the winner’s list at the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club event last week. Swainston won the opening event of the night, the 30 metres handicapped freestyle swim, after he finished within 0.06 seconds of his nominated time. […]
As we approach the middle of summer, the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) has issued a reminder that it’s not too late to reduce the risk of bush fire damage to your property. The RFS recommends five steps that every home owner in a bush fire risk area should undertake: […]
A win by the Cobar Cowboys representative cricket team against Gilgandra in the Brewery Shield competition on Sunday has secured the Cobar side a semi final berth. In the match played at Gilgandra on Sunday, the home side won the toss and had no hesitation in batting first. Gilgandra’s innings […]
Cobar’s 2025 Australia Day Ambassador Paul Featherstone BM ASM is no stranger to trouble and is definitely someone you’d want on your side. Paul is a Senior Instructor For NSW Ambulance’s Special Casualty Access Team (SCAT). He’s spent the past 35 years perfecting skills in the recovery and care of […]
The Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) hosted a public dementia education session last week aimed at helping dementia carers. Dementia Training Australia’s (DTA) Nancy Marino, who was in town to conduct dementia training for staff at the LBV, led the 90 minute session on Thursday night at the Services Club. Ms […]
Cobar’s representative cricket side held their nerve to record a thrilling two-wicket victory over Narromine at Ward Oval on Sunday, successfully chasing down the target of 176. Narromine won the toss and elected to bat first, but Cobar’s bowlers quickly made an impact, reducing the hosts to a precarious position […]
Cobar Judo Club held its end of year activities over the weekend welcoming back a long time friend of the Dojo, Shihan Denis Byrnes Roku-dan (6th degree Black Belt), who travelled from Sydney. The weekend consisted of an extra training session on the Friday night, and a whole class session […]
The Cobar Services Club bestowed Life Membership on five hard working members at the club’s annual general meeting on Monday night. Chris Boucher, Julie Claus, Diane Slater, Colleen Boucher OAM and Susie Loughran (pictured above) were presented with Life Membership cards by the club’s secretary/manager Linda Carter. Claud Parisi was […]
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