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Local team win Golfie’s annual triples bowls event
The Cobar team of Don Roberts, Kyle Roberts and Dave Portelli finished as the winners of the Neville Layton Triples tournament played over the weekend at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. The annual triples tournament attracted 28 teams of 84 bowlers this year, including seven teams from Blacktown, four […]
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Nymagee claims first win of the season
The local 50 Overs senior cricket competition resumed on Saturday for the 2015/16 season with two games scheduled to be played at Ward Oval. Golf Club was to have played the Western on No 2 synthetic oval while Colts was to have hosted Nymagee on the No 1 turf wicket […]
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Group of Mermaids spotted back in the local pool
There was a good roll up on Sunday night at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool for the first swim of the reformed Cobar Mermaids ladies swimming club with 19 swimmers facing the water. With the assistance of the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club members John Carswell, Bill Fugar and […]
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League recognises its best of the season
The Cobar Senior Rugby League Club recognised its best of the season at the club’s 2015 presentation night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night. Club president John Claus said while teams this year had not achieved the success they had originally hoped for, he said the […]
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The sky is the limit for local business AWI Consulting
Things are really taking off for one local business with AWI Consulting now heading to the skies to offer outreach services to their clients. AWI Consulting business owner and psychologist Angela Webb said following the purchase of a six seater Piper Lance plane she was excited the business would now […]
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Rural placement gives nursing student a taste of local life
The Cobar Community Health Centre has hosted Bronte Barham, a nursing student from Sydney, for her final work placement recently. Bronte is from Manly and is studying a Masters Degree in Nursing at Sydney University. She said for her final subject she was required to do a rural placement and […]
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Buckwaroon Landcare gives students a taste of the bush
A group of 54 Year five and six students from Cobar spent two days learning about managing natural resources at an education day hosted by the Buckwaroon Landcare Group (BLG) last week. The children from Cobar Public School and St John’s Primary School attended an information session where they learnt […]
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Interrelate offers relationship counselling service for Cobar
Relationship counselling service Interrelate is now providing free support to Cobar families, with counsellor Masti Adler recently commencing work full time in Cobar. Funded through the Department of Social Services, Ms Adler and the Interrelate staff provide support and help to rural communities affected by drought. Services include counselling for […]
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Glencore puts CSA on the market
Glencore has announced that the CSA Mine will go on the market after reportedly receiving a number of offers for the mine. The international mining giant made the announcement on Monday afternoon, saying Cobar’s CSA Mine and the Lomas Bayas copper mine in Chile would both commence the sale process. […]