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Amateur photographers show love for our outback life

A number of local amateur photographers, including Cathy Francisco and Alexandra Cain, have entered this year’s Western Local Land Services Life and Light photography competition. Living at Carline Station north east of Cobar, Cathy reckons she’s spoilt for great photo subjects that fit this year’s competition theme of ‘Love Our […]

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Camels are still on the fence

A Western Plains Rugby Union competition is planned to go ahead for the 2020 season but whether the Cobar Camels will be fielding a side for it is still unknown. Cobar Camels co-coach Robert Cooney said Western Plains is keen to go ahead this season with a salvaged competition in […]

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Close battle in women’s golf comp

The scores were close in last Wednesday’s Ladies Golf Stableford game which attracted 14 players.  Wan Sipatsa managed a win with 35 points closely followed by Sally Bannister (34), Geraldine Francisco and Fran Samios (both 33) and Fay Hardwick on 32 points. The Nearest the Pin prize on the 7th […]

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Lots of golfers came out of the woodwork

The first Ambrose tournament of the year was played in the Men’s Golf competition on the weekend and it was the popular Polyfabrications Day sponsored by Garry Wilkin and Polyfabrications. As is the usual case with Ambrose days it brings a few players out of the woodwork and there was […]

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Bush footy lives on

While most other NSW country rugby league competitions have decided to pull the pin on the Covid-19 affected 2020 rugby league season, the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League will be kicking off their competition next month. A Castlereagh League meeting conducted in Gilgandra on Sunday endorsed a competition which will […]

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Familiar face heads up Wild Dog project

Former Cobar resident Justin Schick has joined the Western Local Land Services team as the new project manager of the NSW Wild Dog Fence Extension project. Mr Schick, who is based in Dubbo, has previous project management experience working in the mining industry in Cobar. He commenced in the Western […]