2022

Successful local women share their business tips

The Cobar Business Association hosted a Women in Business dinner on Friday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club as part of the NSW Government’s 2022 Small Business Month activities. Guest speakers at the dinner were former owner of JKM Dynamic Fitness Gym, Amie Hill, electrical engineer Janine Lea-Barrett […]

2022

NRL community clinic

Former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer Clinton Toopi (who now coordinates the National Rugby League’s State of Mind workshops), retired rugby league great and State of Mind Advocate, Joel Thompson (who was born in Ivanhoe, NSW), along with NSW Police Force Youth Engagement Officer Senior Constable Therese Carroll, […]

2022

Valiant effort by undermanned Cougars

An undermanned Castlereagh Cougars Under 19s side put in a valiant effort in their Women’s Rugby League grand final game up against Woodbridge on Sunday in Bath-urst. The Cougars were short on numbers, includ-ing losing their captain, Cobar’s Hannah Car-roll, during the match. Carroll tried to play through the pain […]

2022

Cobar Shire Council swears in their 12th councillor

Cobar Shire Council welcomed new coun-cillor Michael Prince to their Ordinary Council Meeting last Thursday afternoon. The election of Mr Prince at the recent by-election now brings council up to its full complement of 12 councillors. With only a small meeting agenda, Mr Prince’s first meeting as a new councillor […]

2022

Tour de OROC peloton welcomed to Cobar

This year’s Tour de OROC charity ride raised almost $150,000 for the Macquarie Home Stay accommodation facility in Dubbo. Among the group of riders in this year’s charity event were Cobar cyclist Trudy Griffiths, former Cobar resident and retained firefighter Chris Freeman (from Mudgee) and another former resident, Stuart Harland […]