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Eight wicket win for Whackers in a Twenty/20 walkover
Whackers were too strong for Faces of Chalk in Friday night’s Twenty/20 Cricket competition, winning by eight wickets. Batting first, Faces of Chalk could only manage 88 runs. Matt Reynolds top scored with 32 runs. John Doherty was the only other batsmen to score double figures with 10. For Whackers, […]
Double tonnes in thriller cricket match
Nymagee’s Jade Buckman (168 not out) and Empire’s Jake Harbison (166 no) scored massive tonnes in an incredible day of cricket on Saturday at Nymagee. Nymagee successfully chased Empire’s 317 runs total for victory with one over to spare in the local 40 Over cricket competition. Both teams were missing […]
Cobar High School’s student leaders for 2019 inducted
Cobar High School recently inducted their new school captains Sandie Mitchell and Zoe Carter as the school’s leaders for the year ahead. At the school’s Term 2 Awards Ceremony last Tuesday at the school, four students received Principal’s Awards. Year 7 student Elly-May Hand received the Principal’s Award for Visual […]
Live stream gives the public more access to council
Local residents can tune in tomorrow to watch Cobar Shire Council’s October Ordinary Meeting live from the comfort of their loungerooms. Or if tomorrow afternoon doesn’t suit and you’d still like to catch up with what went on at the meeting, you can log into council’s website over the weekend […]
Success for Peak mines rescue team at Victoria competition
The Peak Gold Mine’s (PGM) Emergency Rescue team recently competed in the Victorian Mines Rescue competition, held at Fosterville Gold Mine in Bendigo, finishing first in three events and third overall in the competition. The PGM team conducted themselves with a high level of team work and outstanding individual skills […]
Simulated plane crash tests airport emergency procedures
A crashed plane, injuries, a missing passenger and fire—it all reads like the script of an action movie but that was the scene which greeted local emergency services at Cobar Airport on Saturday. Thankfully it was all just a mock emergency exercise to test and develop the skills of the […]