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Harvesters getting down to work in the Cobar Shire
The harvesters are starting to get to work around the Cobar Shire as crops that were planted earlier this year after good rain, are now starting to ripen. The Johnsons at Glenhope, east of Cobar, were among the first in the district to commence harvesting this year. They sowed 300 […]

Two serious truck accidents in one week
Two serious truck accidents in the past week have kept local emergency services busy. Fire and Rescue NSW, NSW Rural Fire Service, Ambulance and Police assisted to extricate the driver of a truck which rolled around 60km west of Cobar in the early hours of Sunday morning. The accident occurred […]

Triples bowls decider goes down to the wire
Gerard Livingston, Tony Brown and Bian Smith defeated Greg Reid, Alan Knight and Dave Knight in an absolute thriller of a game in the Golfie’s Triples Championship contest on Saturday. Trailing for most of the game, Livingston and Co levelled the score at 17 apiece after 21 ends. Winning the […]

Fleet of Postie bikes stops in Cobar on fundraising mission
The Late Mail Postie Bike Ride, supporting the Wings4Kids charity, passed through Cobar last Wednesday. Riding Postie bikes, which have been described as “a lightweight that goes anywhere, does anything” the group of 55 riders this year travelled around the central western region with stops in Hargraves, Parkes, Condobolin, Cobar, […]

Junior League’s best of the season
The Cobar Junior Rugby League Club held their end of season presentation day on Sunday at the Tom Knight Memorial Oval and included a special presentation to long serving outgoing president Simone Knight. The winners of this season’s perpetual trophies were: Tom Good Top Tackler – Jamal Eves; Tyrone Purcell […]

Wet and windy games for netballers
Wet and windy conditions marked the start of the twilight games of the senior netball competition on Saturday night at Ward Oval. Pumpettes finished with a 55-13 win over Sharpe Shooters in their match. Both sides took their time to find form in the conditions with Pumpettes settling quicker to […]