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Rip roaring win for Reynold’s Reggies
G’day sports fans, Reynold’s Reggies played their first game of the season on Saturday taking on the Narromine Jets in the Castlereagh Rugby League Reserve Grade competition. Knowing this game was going to be tough, Cobar Roosters president Johnny Dunn made a few phone calls and flew in a family […]
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Youth and community centre garden is starting to take seed
A community project that has been in the planning for some months is now starting to take seed with a community garden at the Cobar Youth & Community Centre on its way to helping the centre be partially self-sufficient. Cobar Shire Council’s grants officer Bethany Smith said the community garden […]
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Free-flowing spectacle of open rugby was on show
Cobar Rugby Union Camels hosted the Coonamble Rams on Saturday at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval. After a free flowing spectacle of open rugby, one in which the Camels failed to convert some brilliant passages of play into points, the Rams returned home to Coonamble 38-28 victors. Frustratingly obvious is that […]
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Young musicians with Cobar connection return to their roots
When you hear about musicians going back to their roots, for musical duo (and cousins) The Howling Roy Boys, their roots are firmly planted in Cobar. Lachie Howell and Will Howell are fourth generation musicians with their great, grandfather Keith Mitchell, the keyboardist for The Tymekeepers, a legendary dance band […]
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Divas, Smash Ups and Pumpettes all record big Rd 11 wins
Divas, Smash Ups and Pumpettes all recorded big wins in their Round 11 games of the Senior Mixed Netball competition on Friday night at Ward Oval. Divas recorded a 38 point win over JKM Dynamic Fitness; Smash Ups had a 24 goal victory over Peak Golden Girls; and Pumpettes won […]
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StormCo rolls in
For 26 years, Cobar has been welcoming students and supervisors from the Avondale School in Cooranbong near Newcastle to run StormCo activities in the July school holidays. The Year 11 and 12 students volunteer their time and pay their own way to come. While in Cobar they run Kids Club […]
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Cross code competition
Two showstopping games of basketball were played at the Cobar Youth and Community Centre on Wednesday night. The Rooster/ettes took up the invitation to challenge the teen boys as part of the Youthie’s Basketball After Dark program. The Roosters fielded two teams made up from a combination of players from […]
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Cobar welcomes child safety ambassadors
Child safety ambassadors Bruce and Denise Morcombe were in Cobar on Friday delivering a presentation to 120 students at Cobar Public School (CPS). The Morcombes spoke to CPS students about how to recognise, react and report, as part of their 20-day 7,200km Time To Talk Road Trip. CPS was selected […]