The Cobar Fergies biennial Tractor Run took place over the weekend coinciding with the Louth Field Day. The group of 10 tractors and their support crew travelled over and back with no dramas. The event is normally a fundraiser for the Fergies (who donate the proceeds to local groups), however with business being slow on the back of COVID, they decided not to do any fundraising. They were however given some products and merchandise from Sydney’s Atlantic Oils which they donated to the Louth Chamber of Commerce for their auction for the Royal Flying Doctor Service which raised a total of $19,400. ▪ Photo courtesy of Alexandra Cain Photography
The Cobar Fergies biennial Tractor Run took place over the weekend coinciding with the Louth Field Day. The group of 10 tractors and their support crew travelled over and back with no dramas. The event is normally a fundraiser for the Fergies (who donate the proceeds to local groups), however with business being slow on the back of COVID, they decided not to do any fundraising. They were however given some products and merchandise from Sydney’s Atlantic Oils which they donated to the Louth Chamber of Commerce for their auction for the Royal Flying Doctor Service which raised a total of $19,400. ▪ Photo courtesy of Alexandra Cain Photography
The long-awaited Parliamentary Inquiry into regional health was hand down last week with the committee making 44 recom-mendations to address the challenges facing the provision of health services in rural, regional and remote areas. The inquiry process has taken 21 months, which included 15 hearings involving 220 individual witnesses (one […]
The Cobar Cowboys senior cricket representative season commenced last weekend with Cobar recording a first round loss to Dubbo in Dubbo on Sunday. With very little cricket played this year due to wet weather, it’s understandable that the players would be rusty. Cobar won the toss and elected to bat […]
The Touch juniors and adults competition grand finals were contested on Thursday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval with the match of the night played in the Juniors 9-12 years age division, which was eventually won by the Bananas (pictured above). After narrowly trailing at half time, the Bananas fought their […]
