Cobar’s newest Australian citizen Felicity Dempsey has swapped the ‘Emerald Isle’ and will now call Australia (and Cobar home) after she officially became an Australian citizen during Sunday’s Australia Day celebrations. Felicity came to Australia from Ireland 10 years ago and was working at the Tilpa Pub when she […]
It could be said that the Cobar Amateur Pistol Club has one of the best committees in town with four members of the club nominated for this year’s Services to Sport Australia Day award. John Stingemore, Michael Garbutt, Anita Neate and Robert Neate were among the eight nominees for […]
Cobar Library is encouraging young families to make a goal of supporting their children to read 1,000 books before school. Cobar Shire Librarian Jane Siermans said the 1,000 Books Before School program is operated by libraries to promote and celebrate reading. “One of my staff members saw the program at […]
Th The field for this year’s Australia Day Triathlon event on Sunday may have only been a small one however the results were on par with previous years. Michael Howell, who was coaxed out of retirement and talked into competing on Sunday, returned to the sport with a vengeance. […]
Local author and historian John Collins earned the community’s top gong when he was named the Citizen of the Year at the Australia Day awards celebrations at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool on Sunday. John is a very community minded person who has donated his time and skills […]
The Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) Club held their first triathlon event for the year on Sunday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool with 22 competitors taking part. Isaac Theakston, who competed as an individual in the Long Course (500m swim/ 20km ride/ 4km run), finished as the Handicap […]
The Cobar Rural Fire Control Centre’s Operations Room has been dedicated to honour a former Noona Brigade member Neil Hudson. At 39, Ernest Neil Hudson paid the ultimate sacrifice when he lost his life on January 4, 1975 after he suffered severe burns fighting bush fires on December 19, 1974. […]
Friday night cricket returned to Ward Oval last week with the Bushies taking on Howies Hombres in the first Twenty/20 competition match for 2025. In a thrilling 20-over encounter, the Hombres posted an impressive total of 150 for the loss of four wickets. The innings was anchored by a scintillating […]
There’s a long list of worthy nominees for Cobar’s 2025 Australia Day awards with 24 individuals and 11 groups nominated for the eight award categories. Among the nominees for the Citizen of the Year category are entertainer John Peebles, Rural Outback Animals Respite/Rescue volunteer Lorraine ‘Wizzy’ Knezevic, historian and author […]
Aided by some recent cool water training in Antarctica, Paul Swainston topped the winner’s list at the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club event last week. Swainston won the opening event of the night, the 30 metres handicapped freestyle swim, after he finished within 0.06 seconds of his nominated time. […]
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