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Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool
2023
Georgie grew up at Cobar Pool and has returned to run it
Georgie Baker pretty much grew up at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool, got her first job there as a life guard and is now back as the Facility Aquatic Manager this season. “I am thrilled to be back in my hometown indulging in my passion for swimming,” Georgie told The […]
2023
Pool contract won’t be tendered out
Cobar Shire Councillors have opted not to call for tenders for the management of the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool but rather to extend the existing contract. Council’s director of finance and community services, Kym Miller proposed the extension to Councillors at last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting. Mr Miller said there […]
061022
Yabbies hit the water for the first time this season
The Yabbies hit the water on Tuesday night for their first swim of the Cobar Senior Men’s Swimming Club 2022/2023 season with swimmers reporting the water was “fresh”. Many of the Yabbies are however wellseasoned to the cool starts of the season, including Bob Clark, who’s been swimming with the […]
061022
Early season swimmers
Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool’s new manager Jimmy Neyland reports he’s had a pretty busy first few days since the pool opened for the new swimming season on Saturday. Young pool-goers favoured the multi-purpose little pool reporting the water in the “big pool” was still a bit too cold. Pictured are […]
2022
Cobar’s new pool manager is itching to get to work
The new pool season can’t come fast enough for Cobar’s new pool manager, Jim-my Neyland, who’s itching to get to work. Jimmy and fiancé Simone Knight will be taking on the management of the Cobar Me-morial Swimming Pool for the 2022/2023 season for the L&R Group who are currently contracted […]
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Chesney finishes out on top at CHS swimming carnival
Cobar High School held their annual swimming carnival on Friday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. The overall winning team was Chesney, followed by Fort Bourke, Great Cobar and then Occidental. Six swimmers, Nicholas Hodges, Toby Greenwood, Harry Cousins, Braiden Jones, Axel Fairfull and Henry Knight, have all now qualified […]
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Council consults community on pool plans
Cobar Shire Council held three communi-ty consultation sessions last week inviting locals to have a say in council’s masterplan for future upgrades to the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Council has received $50,000 in funding to create a masterplan only and, while no funds have yet been allocated to carry out […]
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A $50K pool plan
Cobar Shire Council will spend $50,000 of their NSW Government Resources for Regions Round 7 funding on a plan to upgrade Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. The funding will enable Council to engage a suitably qualified and reputable consultant to undertake and deliver a business case study for investigating the upgrade […]
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Yabbies planning club’s 50th anniversary celebrations
To mark their 50th anniversary as a Senior Men’s Swimming Club, all past and present Cobar Yabbies have been invited to a Reunion Dinner and Mini Swim Carnival this October. The Yabbies’ first swim was on Sunday October 24, 1971 after the club was formed at a meeting of 13 […]