Cobar High School’s best in sport were acknowledged at the school’s end of year presentations on Thursday at the school. Montana Grentell collected the Cath Carroll Award for interest and participation in several sports by a girl, Jaxon Burke earned the Paul Cotterill Award for interest in participation in several sports by a boy, Pearl Blackburn received the Bill and Chatie Prisk Memorial Award as the Most Outstanding Sportsperson in 2024 and Sosie Barton won the Grace Mitchell Award for Outstanding Sportsmanship by a Girl. (Absent from photo: Jackson Muldoon was awarded the Bruce Mitchell Award for Outstanding Sportsmanship by a Boy and Josh Francisco was the recipient of the Anita Salter Nee Winders Memorial Award for Outstanding Participation in Sport.) Photo contributed
Cobar High School’s best in sport were acknowledged at the school’s end of year presentations on Thursday at the school. Montana Grentell collected the Cath Carroll Award for interest and participation in several sports by a girl, Jaxon Burke earned the Paul Cotterill Award for interest in participation in several sports by a boy, Pearl Blackburn received the Bill and Chatie Prisk Memorial Award as the Most Outstanding Sportsperson in 2024 and Sosie Barton won the Grace Mitchell Award for Outstanding Sportsmanship by a Girl. (Absent from photo: Jackson Muldoon was awarded the Bruce Mitchell Award for Outstanding Sportsmanship by a Boy and Josh Francisco was the recipient of the Anita Salter Nee Winders Memorial Award for Outstanding Participation in Sport.)
Two blue trees on the Cobar Golf Course were painted for two purposes. The two dead gum trees were painted by golfers, Sally and Mick Bannister, to brighten up the course but also to help people struggling with mental health problems. “We had these two (well there’s more than two) […]
Fire & Rescue NSW Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell presented a National Medal and two Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to local firefighters. The National Medal was presented to former Cobar brigade captain Tony Walkinshaw and is part of the Australian Honours and Awards system which recognises the outstanding service and […]
Following on from the success of her first book, The Court Reporter, released in 2018, former Cobar resident and well-known ABC television and radio newsreader, Jamelle Wells has just released her second book, Outback Court Reporter. After spending almost 20 years in city courtrooms reporting for the ABC on some […]
