Cobar Swimming Club member Isabelle Gillette competed at the Speedo Sprint Series swimming carnival in Narromine over the weekend. Isabelle finished 1st in her 50m Breaststroke event, 2nd in her 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly swims and 3rd in her 50m Backstroke event. The Speedo Sprint Series caters for girls […]
Tomorrow marks 39 years since the release of the first edition of The Cobar Weekly and while a lot has changed in almost four decades, some things are still the same. One thing that hasn’t changed is that The Cobar Weekly is still run by a volunteer, not for profit […]
Mudgee emerged victorious by 14 runs over the Cobar Cowboys in a tight Western Zone Plate final one-day match at Dubbo’s Victoria Park No 1 Oval on Sunday. Despite a strong fightback from the Cowboys, who came close to pulling off a mammoth 252 run chase, Mudgee’s all-round performance and […]
The Pub Route, a soon to be released tourism brochure, invites travellers to take a pub crawl to explore some of the west’s most iconic pubs. The booklet is an initiative of the Far North West Joint Organisation (FNWJO) and covers the shires of Cobar, Bourke and Walgett. The […]
Australia Day ambassador Paul Featherstone presented the Yabbies Veterans team of Bill Fugar, Bob Clark, Scott Toomey and John de Bruin with their Cobar Quids prizes as winners of the Yabbies Business House Handicapped Relay on Sunday. The team swam to within 0.47 seconds of their nominated time. The Maintenance […]
Local businessman, grazier and Councillor Chris ‘Dido’ Deighton is helping to coordinate a livestock fundraiser to aid Macquarie Home Stay in Dubbo. Dido decided to join a footy mate in Baradine, Adrian Worrell, whose family had the aim of raising $30,000 to help fund the Home Stay’s new extension. While […]
A group of 32 keen bowlers were out early on the Golfie greens on Australia Day in an effort to beat the sweltering weather. John ‘Shark’ Daly and double lead Bian Smith handled the heat on Sunday with ease and finished as outright winners. They ended the match with a […]
Local resident Leonie McCosker delivered the traditional Welcome to Country speech as part of the 2025 Australia Day celebrations on Sunday. Leonie welcomed the crowd on behalf of the traditional custodians of the land, the Wongaibon people of the Ngiyampaa Nation. “Traditionally these are my ancestors’ lands,” Leonie said. She […]
After their Twenty/20 cricket win over the Concrete Cowboys on Friday night, the Back Door Bandits have sealed the minor premiership and are now only one win away from an unbeaten season. The Concrete Cowboys won the toss and elected to bat first however very few of their players were […]
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