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Standouts of the season

The Castlereagh Cougars Women’s Rugby League Club held their end of season awards on Sunday in Coonabarabran with Cobar players (pictured above) featuring predominately in the line up of award winners. In the Opens grade, Neve Carter was named the team’s Best Forward and Kayla Hasson won the Coaches Award. […]

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Bowls pairs champions are decided

Allan Knight and Greg Read have finished as the 2025 Cobar Bowling & Golf Club Bowls Pairs Champions after playing a masterful final on Saturday at the Golfie. The pair went head to head with Don Roberts and Kyle Roberts. Both teams started well with just one point separating them […]

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Mitch’s big run is symbolic of an AS family’s life

Broken Hill man Mitch McKenny passed through Cobar on Monday on his 1,100km  run from Broken Hill to Newcastle to raise awareness and funds for Angelman syndrome (AS). Angelman syndrome is a rare, lifelong genetic condition that affects the nervous system, causing severe intellectual disability, delayed development, limited speech, and […]

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Father and daughter take local darts Singles crowns

Local darts players turned out for the annual Darts Championships over the weekend with two full days of competition played. Doubles were played on Saturday while the Singles were contested on Sunday. Tony Brown showed precision and composure to secure the Men’s singles crown, edging out runner-up John-Wayne Josephson. The […]

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Air services propped up

Government surety in the form of $2 million worth of funding will ensure that Cobar’s commercial air service, along with air services for Bourke, Walgett and Lightning Ridge, will continue to operate for another year. Minister for Regional NSW, Tara Moriarty announced on Friday the Minns Labor Government would be […]

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Netballers make history

Cobar High School’s (CHS) Under 14s girls netball team wrote themselves into the school’s history books last week when they won the Ronnie Gibbs Netball Gala Day in Bourke last Wednesday. The team was outstanding, going through the entire day undefeated and claiming the grand final win with a 10–2 […]