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Awards recognise community service
The Cobar community came out to support the nominees of this year’s Australia Day Awards which were presented in a ceremony at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool on Friday. Colleen Boucher was awarded the Bossie Mitchell Services to the Community Award. She had some tough competition with 15 nominations in […]
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Dozen Mermaids take a final dip
There was a good roll up of 12 swimmers for the Cobar Mermaids’ final swim of the year on Sunday morning at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Two competitors from last season were welcomed back for their first swims of this season and all enjoyed the barbecue breakfast that followed. […]
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Funding bonanza for community spaces
Cobar Shire Council has secured a good slice of the almost $6.5million recently awarded to the Barwon Electorate from the NSW Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund. Council is to receive $488,340 in total with $345,280 allocated to build the next stage of the Drummond Park Adventure Playground while $142,520 will […]
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Mermaids feel the cold weather
Cool conditions on Sunday morning reduced the field to just five Mermaids for the women’s swimming club weekly meeting. Spurred on by the chill in the air, Ellen Davidson turned in a fantastic time in the first event, the 30 metres handicapped freestyle swim. Davidson finished just 0.04 seconds off […]
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Two Yabbies with spot on swims
Two spot on swims were recorded at the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club competition swim last Tuesday night at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Scott Toomey scored the first 0.00 result of the night when he swam to spot on his nominated time in the 30 metres freestyle handicapped […]
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A whole new CATS’ triathlon season gets underway
The first triathlon on the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad’s 2017/2018 season calendar got off to a cool start on Sunday morning at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. There was a good roll up of 18 competitors taking part which included five new members. One of those new-comers, Emma Harley, […]
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Fantastic turnout at Mermaids’ swim
There was a fantastic turnout of 17 swimmers for the Mermaids Women’s Swimming Club event on Sunday morning. Tanya Gilbert, who helped to re-form the Mermaids two seasons ago, said it was great to see so many new faces joining the competition. “We had seven new first timers and they […]
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New meeting time brings new faces to Mermaids’ swim
The Cobar Mermaids women’s swimming club has decided to trial a new meeting time this season which seems to be working well if their first swim on Sunday morning is anything to go by. The club welcomed three new swimmers with Michelle Deppeler, Ellen Davidson and Ella Moratti taking their […]
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Yabbies dive into new season of swimming competition
The Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club had their first competition swim of the season on Tuesday night at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. With the water temperature still only a cool 20 degrees Celsius, competitors were quickly in and out of the water for each of the four handicapped […]