2021
2021
2021
Local band Ballz n All to join in Christmas celebrations
Local band, Ballz n All, have been booked to play at this year’s Christmas Street Pa-rade & Gala Shopping Night. Sponsorship from Glencore CSA Mine and Sandvik for this year’s event has enabled the Cobar Business Association to amp up the night’s entertainment and bring in the live band to […]
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May Higgins celebrates her 100th birthday
Two of Australia’s much loved icons have just celebrated their 100th birthdays, one is Ginger Meggs, who made his debut 100 years ago in the Sunday Sun, and the other is Cobar’s May Higgins who turned 100 on Sunday. Those who know May Higgins, know what a truly amazing lady […]
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Deighton returns to lead Roosters for another season
Chris Deighton was returned as president at the Cobar Senior Rugby League Club’s annual general meeting on Sunday. Most of the committee line-up for the season ahead is unchanged with Nathan McAndrew returned as vice president, Mollie Harley as secretary and Jess Deighton has retained the treasurer’s position. Joining the […]
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Luke Scales puts his name on Billy Manns Memorial Trophy
The annual Billy Manns Memorial Shoot was contested on Sunday at the Cobar Clay Target Club in very windy and sunny conditions which made the competition a real test of shooters’ skills. Luke Scales finished as the winner with Robert Thompson and Damian Wray also in the running to take […]
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Two reasons to celebrate
The Ladies team of Jannine Wilkin, Karen Manns and Brenda Fugar had a couple of reasons to celebrate on Saturday at the Inter Mine Golf Challenge. The trio were the winning Ladies side on the day and Karen was also celebrating her birthday (her 30th we think). The side surely […]
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Junior rugby league hand out 2021 season trophies
The Cobar Junior Rugby League Club handed out their 2021 season awards on Sunday. Adhering to COVID safe guidelines set down by the Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League committee, the awards were picked up this year rather than being handed out at a presentation day. This year’s major award […]
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Cobar swimmers make a big splash
The Cobar Swimming Club hosted a swimming carnival at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool on Saturday with 33 of their members competing against visitors from across the western area. Races were conducted in all four strokes in distances varying from 25m up to 400m as well as Individual Medley events. […]
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Inter Mine Challenge back-to-back wins for CSA
After the Inter Mine Golf Challenge was cancelled in 2020 and then postponed in July this year (due to the COVID pandem-ic), it eventually went ahead on Saturday and proved to be a challenge in itself. The weather decided to put its two cents worth in and tried to disrupt […]
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