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Bannister and Carlaw combine to win

The previously postponed golf 2024 Mixed Club Championships were played on Sunday with the Scratch competition winners Sally Bannister and John Carlaw shooting 121 for the 27 holes. The runners-up were Jannine and Garry Wilkin with 125 off the stick. The placings were the same in the Net competition with […]

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Junior netball season comes to an end

The 2024 Junior Netball season wrapped up on Friday afternoon with end of season awards presented after the games. The Intermediate awards (15-17 years) went to Ethan McLeod (Coaches Award);  Rori Urquhart (Most Dedicated) and Bridgette Negfeldt (Most Potential). In the Junior (11-14 years) age division the competition’s Most Improved […]

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Glenhope celebrates 150 years

As part of this year’s Glenhope Shindig on the weekend, descendants of the Weltie family (pictured above) joined Glenhope’s current owners, the Johnson family, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the settling of the property by Peter and Anne Weltie in 1874. This year’s Shindig, which is a popular stop […]

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Challenge winners

Cobar’s Neve Carter and Kayla Hasson were selected to play in the NSW Rugby League Open’s game at the Outback Challenge at Lightning Ridge on Saturday. The NSW team were to have played Group 19 but unfortunately they couldn’t attend and so the NSW team recruited more players and split […]

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Roosters down Jets in 42-6 demolition

The Cobar Roosters First Graders demolished the Narromine Jets 42-6 in the Christie & Hood Castlereagh Rugby League qualifying semi final at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday. G’day sports fans, as I’ve done such a great job with the Reggies reports this season, the boss said I could tackle […]

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Visitors were made to feel very welcome

Visitors to Cobar over the past few days on the SA Variety Bash (top left), Destination Outback 4WD fundraising adventure (top right), the Glenhope Shindig (bottom left) and at the Sunday Sunday Markets in Drummond Park (with a couple of locals, Coral and Harley Toomey) all reported they have received […]