Cobar High School (CHS) students have for the third year in a row won the Outback Science and Engineering Challenge. (Pictured are some of the CHS team members, Sosie Barton, Tom Francisco, Rhys Cull and Sophie Bennett.) They finished with 1,401.72 points (out of a possible maximum score of 1,600 points). St John’s Primary School were second on 1,125.02. CHS won seven of the 15 activities (including getting a huge score in Confounding Communications) and were also second in another four. The Outback Challenge is part of a nationwide STEM outreach program presented by the University of Newcastle in partnership with the community, the Rotary Club of Cobar, the mines and sponsors. Through the provision of hands-on experiences, the Challenge aims to inspire more young people to make a difference in the world by choosing a career in Science and Engineering.
Cobar High School (CHS) students have for the third year in a row won the Outback Science and Engineering Challenge. (Pictured are some of the CHS team members, Sosie Barton, Tom Francisco, Rhys Cull and Sophie Bennett.) They finished with 1,401.72 points (out of a possible maximum score of 1,600 points). St John’s Primary School were second on 1,125.02. CHS won seven of the 15 activities (including getting a huge score in Confounding Communications) and were also second in another four. The Outback Challenge is part of a nationwide STEM outreach program presented by the University of Newcastle in partnership with the community, the Rotary Club of Cobar, the mines and sponsors. Through the provision of hands-on experiences, the Challenge aims to inspire more young people to make a difference in the world by choosing a career in Science and Engineering.
The judges for this year’s Australia Day awards couldn’t just pick one winner in the Community Event of the Year category and so awarded the accolade to two community events. Bands in the Bush, an outdoor music concert on September 23 at the Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval, and Festival of […]
The Regional Australia Bank (RAB) Cobar branch is part of the ‘Feel good banking’ movement and this year has handed out over $74,000 to support local community and sporting organisations. A total of 33 local groups received donations of between $110 and up to $7,864 as beneficiaries of this year’s […]
An impressive bowling performance, highlighted by Phil Harley and a standout innings from Jake Harbison, led to a well-deserved victory for Cobar against Bourke in the opening round of the Brewery Shield competition on Sunday. In the gripping encounter at Ward Oval, Cobar emerged victorious, claiming the match win by […]
