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Golf champions

The Cobar Ladies’ Golf Club Championships were played on the weekend over 54 holes with Jenny Stephenson (123) in A Grade, Fran Samios (144) in B Grade and Daphne Cross (170) in C Grade the overnight leaders going into the second day.  Stephenson increased her lead on Sunday and won […]

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Changes imminent for Far West FDC

Cobar Shire Council is seeking to withdraw the Broken Hill Family Day Care (BHFDC) service from their Far West Family Day Care (FWFDC) operations. Cobar Shire’s general manager Peter Vlatko said council absorbed BHFDC (which looks after approximately 130 children) as part of its Family Day Care operations across the […]

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Dartaholics dominate and decimate

The Golfie Dartaholics continue to dominate the local darts competition and last week they recorded another comprehensive 10-1 win. Last week they decimated the RSL Dingoes 10-1 and the previous week the Dartaholics had a 10-1 victory over Empire Barflies. Golfie Dartaholics were well served by their high scorers Craig […]

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Mayoral report

Late last week the General Manager Peter Vlatko and myself attended the Country Mayors Meeting held at the Parliament House Conference Room in Macquarie Street, Sydney. It was addressed by Ministers and Shadow Ministers of the newly elected parliament and what little news there was did not appear encouraging to […]

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Final game for some junior Roosters

The Cobar Roosters Under 12’s team played their last game of the season in the Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League Competition on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. (The team has a bye in the final round of the competition this week and didn’t make semis.) It was the […]

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$1.7M in funding

Cobar Shire Council has been allocated more than $1.7 million from the latest round of the Australian Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure program. The allocation for each funding recipient takes into consideration factors such as population and road length in each local area. In comparison with neighbouring shires, Bourke […]

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Roosters Reggies score first win

Round 3 of the Castlereagh Reserve Grade Rugby League competition was in full swing on Saturday with the Cobar Roosters Misfits, who were sitting on the bottom of the ladder, receiving a promotion after they beat the Dunedoo Swans 34-22. The Cobar team started the game with only 12 players […]