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Bryan Manns holds onto top position

March 22, 2017 tcwadmin

The day started well for the Cobar Clay Target Club on Sunday with lots of members attending their annual general meeting to show their enthusiasm for the upcoming year. Bryan Manns was returned as club president and apart from secretary, all other committee positions were filled. After nine years Carol […]

Grant funding to build new hotel in Cobar

March 22, 2017 tcwadmin

A new $750,000 hotel and conference centre to be built on the Copper City Motel site has secured NSW and Commonwealth Government tourism funding. The new Copper City Hotel will rise as part of an adjunct to the 30-room Copper City Motel, which Out of the Ordinary Outback tourism company […]

Bald is beautiful

March 22, 2017 tcwadmin

Roosterettes looking good going into 2017 Barwon Cup competition

March 22, 2017 tcwadmin

The Cobar Roosterettes women’s League Tag team was on the road again on Saturday headed for Dunedoo to get in some more pre-season games ahead of the 2017 Barwon Darling Cup competition. Coach Rachel Garland said while not at full strength, the Roosterettes however managed to rally up a side […]

It’s not the sort of fundraiser you’d see a Junior Rugby League Club in the city doing and chances are they won’t be doing it in Dubbo, but the Cobar Junior Rugby League Club Give A Goat fundraiser has all the makings of being a very profitable one. The junior […]

Wines2Mines trio receive a warm reception at end of ride

March 22, 2017 tcwadmin

Immediately after finishing their three day 360km charity ride on Monday night Brad Lawrence, Jade Buckman and Chad Buckman were already talking about next year’s ride. The Wines2Mines trio arrived in Cobar on Monday night (spot on their estimated arrival time of 6pm) having ridden 360km from Griffith to raise […]

Council gives local input to Far West plan

March 22, 2017 tcwadmin

Cobar Shire Council has made a submission to the NSW Department of Planning to include a further 28 points that will directly affect Cobar to the Draft Far West Regional Plan. The Draft Far West Regional Plan, which aims to guide the NSW Government’s land use planning priorities and decisions […]

Yabbies win national swimming title

March 22, 2017 tcwadmin

Cobar Yabby Trevor Menadue made history on Saturday as the first Cobar Senior Men’s Club swimmer to ever win an AIF Nationals swimming title. Menadue, who started the 2016/2017 season with the Yabbies before relocating to Melbourne at the beginning of the year, re-joined his Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming […]