Jake Barrett was a proud apprentice jock-ey when he hoisted the impressive WesTrac Cobar Cup above his head after winning the Cobar Miners Race Club feature race on Saturday. Aboard the Connie Greig, Dubbo-trained Valadyium, this was the first Cup won by Barrett, who is on loan to Dubbo trainer […]
A glimpse into what goes on behind the scenes at a race meeting—Chief Steward Sarah Morrish checking the weight of jockey Angela Cooper and her gear after Cooper finished third on Jawsome in Race 4 at the Cobar Miners Race Club Autumn Meeting on Saturday. Cooper rode all six races […]
Cobar Netball Association took a tour group of 47 players, coaches, umpires and helpers to Newcastle last weekend for the club’s first Sister City tour. The Cobar teams kicked off the weekend by participating in a ‘Nettyheads’ netball skills session which was a valuable learning experi-ence. Each team was put […]
The Cobar Bowling & Golf Club hosted a very successful Max Humphries Memorial Bowls Day on Sunday. The event paid tribute to the late Max Hum-phries, who served as club president for 28 years. There was a field of 42 bowlers (including seven players from Hillston) making up 14 teams […]
With there being not much competition for the Cobar Roosters in the Castlereagh Youth League competition this season, the Cobar Under 18s were thrilled to take to the field on Sunday for an organised game against Brewarrina. The Cobar boys came out keen and eager to play after being let […]
Four Cobar Public School students competed in the CWA Far Western Public Speaking Competition last week in Bourke. Tilly Doll and Myah Paul competed in the Year 3/4 category. Tilly received a Highly Commended award for her speech, ‘What’s in the Box’ and Myah entertained the judges with her humorous […]
Cobar High School’s Stage 5 Commerce class and their teacher Krystie Neale, visited the Cobar Police Station last week. The class is currently studying the topic of Law in Action and learning about laws and the rights and responsibilities of young people. Cobar Police Constable Tony Martin gave students an […]
St John’s students, staff and families joined the 22nd National Simultaneous Story Time (NSS) last Wednesday at the school. This year’s story was ‘Family Tree’ by Josh Pyke. NSS is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association to promote the value of reading and literacy. One Australian book […]
Local educator, Kate Munro, is working to promote the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation’s ‘Literacy is Free-dom’ campaign, which targets literacy in remote and indigenous communities and also among refugees. “Their strategy is to try and provide early literacy training to staff and intervention for children that need it,” Kate […]
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