Cobar’s Newey Reserve was chosen to host a Federal Court native title hearing last Wednesday. Descendants of the region’s traditional owners of the Ngemba, Ngiyampaa, Wangaaypuwan and Wayilwan groups gathered to hear Justice Melissa Perry hand down a determination recognising their native title rights and interests in various parcels of […]
Local trainer Wayne Prisk has now won the two feature races for 2024 at Cobar with the same horse, Dancing In The Sky. Nyssa Burrells travelled from the southern highlands in June to win the WesTrac Cobar Cup on Dancing In The Sky and on Saturday, the Narromine-based Ricky Blewitt […]
Cobar Shire Council voters will not go to the polls for next month’s Local Government elections as our new council has already been elected. With just 12 nominations for the 12 vacant positions, the NSW Electoral Commission declared the election to be uncontested and so the 12 candidates were automatically […]
Bill Fugar collected the Curly Solomon Shield as the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club’s 2023/2024 Overall Club Point Score champion at the club’s end of season presentations on Friday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. Fugar cleaned up this season and also won the 30m Cobar Bowling […]
Fire & Rescue NSW held two commemorative ceremonies on Saturday to honour the life of firefighter Daniel ‘Howie’ Howard on the 10th anniversary of his death fighting a fire at the New Occidental Hotel on August 17 2014. Fire & Rescue NSW Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell (pictured above with Daniel’s parents, […]
G’day sports fans. Castlereagh Rugby League’s First Grade major semi final between the Coolah Roos and Cobar Roosters on Saturday, was the game you have all been waiting for. And it did not disappoint with the top two teams on the ladder hitting it out to see who would claim […]
Smash Ups have booked themselves a grand final berth in this week’s Senior Mixed Netball grand final after they accounted for Pumpettes in Friday night’s final at Ward Oval. With a downfall of rain just before the match started, both teams initially struggled to handle the slippery ball which made […]
Fire & Rescue NSW Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell presented a National Medal and two Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to local firefighters. The National Medal was presented to former Cobar brigade captain Tony Walkinshaw and is part of the Australian Honours and Awards system which recognises the outstanding service and […]
Records were broken at the Cobar Clay Target Club’s 47th Annual Golden Clay Open Shoot over the weekend. The club welcomed a record number of 117 shooters to contest the NSW State Night Points Score Championship on Friday night while a big field of 161 shooters nominated for the seven […]
Local punters, horse owners and trainer Wayne ‘Wap’ Prisk all had a brilliant day at the Cobar Picnic Races meeting on Saturday at the Dalton Park Racecourse. Prisk’s stable celebrated three wins for the day, including Dancing In The Sky winning the DJW and Wells Ventilation Cobar Picnic Cup. It […]
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