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The Cobar Weekly More Australia Day award winners Pg 2

Emergency services work to avoid potential disaster Pg 3

Girl Guides’ new hall is officially opened Pg 4

Community service recognised with awards The Australia Day awards were held yesterday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool with this year’s Australia Day ambassador and charity worker Katryna Robinson helping to hand out the awards.

The Rotary Club of Cobar was recognised with the Bossie Mitchell Service to the Community Australia Day award for their continual efforts in the community.

Despite 2020 being a COVID-hindered year for the club, the Rotary Club of Cobar continued to: offer drought relief support to 150 local families with their eight hard working volunteers; collect cans and bottles to recycle; and catered for events in the community wherever possible.

According to their nomination, the club’s efforts were recognised in 2020 with the Orana Volunteers of the Year award as a part of the NSW Volunteer of the Year awards program and their further recognition now within our own community is only fitting.

The Cobar Business Association Christmas Street Parade has won the Australia Day 2020 Community Event of the Year award.

According to its nomination, the Christmas Street Parade, organized by the Cobar Business Association volunteers, showed Cobar at its very best, with everyone celebrating together.

It was reported to be a tremendous night that combined community efforts (in preparation and on the night) to create fun for all ages at the end of such an unpredictable and challenging year.

Can collectors for charity, Rob and Rachel Collingridge have won this year’s Environmental and Sustainability Australia Day award.

According to their nomination, the couple

greatly deserve this award for the tireless suring they are properly recycled, saving work they and their many helpers, have com- them from ending up as rubbish around our pleted over the past two years collecting thou- beautiful town. sands and thousands of aluminum cans, en- Continued Page 2.

Some of the Australia Day award winners from yesterday’s official ceremony at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool: Peter Patton and Gordon Hill from Rotary Club of Cobar (Services to the Community); Rob and Rachel Collingridge (Environmental and Sustainability) and Brytt Moore from Cobar Business Association (Community Event of the Year).

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Community service recognised at Australia Day Awards

Neither the Citizen of the Year (Bruce Shuttle) and Young Citizen of the Year (Conor McMullen) were able to be present to accept their Australia Day awards yesterday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. However, Bruce’s sister Mary Madden was thrilled to have been able to accept the award on Bruce’s behalf. Mary is pictured with Deputy Mayor Peter Abbott and Australia Day ambassador Katryna Robinson.

Continued from Page 1.

As a double win, it was also recognized that Rob and Rachel donate every dollar they raise to various charities in need.

Bruce Shuttle was recognised as our Citizen of the Year after more than 16 years of service to the community.

According to his nomination, this award recognises more than just his efforts in 2020 as the caretaker at the Cobar Cemetery, but gives credit to his continuous dedication and support of the Cobar community over his life.

Bruce has been described as a huge asset to our town, especially through his work at the cemetery over the last 16 years, looking after everyone’s loved ones.

Conor McMullen has been awarded Young Citizen of the Year in recognition of various school and sporting achievements and the contribution he makes to our community.

Conor’s nomination highlighted his community contribution volunteering and assisting in community events such as the Night for Our Lost Miners event, the CC Eagles Basketball Club Geelong Virtual Walk, the Christmas Street Parade and Gala night and the Arts Council’s annual exhibition.

This extends to his involvement in the Cobar Roosters 2020 U18s Premiership winning team and his leadership as the Cobar High School Captain in 2020. Conor was also recognised for his various Cobar High School perpetual and academic achievement awards.

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Emergency services work to avoid a potential disaster Approximately 50 emergency services staff and support personnel worked to secure the site of a large chemical spill 55km east of Cobar on the Barrier Highway last Thursday which had the potential for very serious consequences.

The highway was closed in both directions for almost 17 hours after 26 tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate Emulsion (which is used in explosives for mining) was spilt onto the road and surrounding area following a truck rollover.

It’s believed the truck, which was heading west, had to avoid an oncoming east bound car. Neither driver suffered injuries.

Police Sergeant Chris Power, who attended the scene, said investigations into the cause of the accident are continuing.

“The incident had the potential to have far more serious consequences,” Sergeant Power said.

Fire and Rescue NSW crews from Cobar and Condobolin fire stations were among the first to arrive on the scene just after 11am on Thursday. They found the truck with its trailer over- A crane was called in to help with the clean up effort on Thursday. ▪ Photo contributed turned and set up an 800m exclusion zone.

They worked throughout the day and into the night to secure the site and clean up.

They were assisted by a Fire and Rescue NSW Rehab van from Gulgong and other emergency and support services including Cobar and Nyngan Rural Fire Service crews, the Cobar SES unit, the EPA, RMS, Police, Ambulance NSW, Cobar and Bogan Shire councils (and later Fire and Rescue NSW relieving staff from Nyngan and Trangie).

An explosives consultant was also on site throughout the operation.

Fire and Rescue NSW Inspector Anthony Hojel, Duty Commander Region West 1, said clean up efforts were further hampered when a thunderstorm hit around 3pm with lightning having the potential to ignite the nitrate.

Rain and strong winds also impeded and extended the operation and necessitated the exclusion zone to be extended out to 1.5km.

The operation was completed on Friday morning with the highway re-opened to traffic at 4.45am.

Wednesday January 27, 2021 The Cobar Weekly Page 3

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Inquiry into rural health begins

A new dream home

The new Girl Guides Hall in Maidens Avenue was officially opened on Saturday morning by deputy mayor Peter Abbott. Cr Abbott was very impressed with the complete renovation of the former Council Ward Oval gatekeepers cottage and said he believed the Guides would be very happy in their new home. The refurbishment project has been jointly funded by the NSW Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund Round 2 and Cobar Shire Council.

State Member for Barwon Roy Butler has praised the hundreds of people who have shared their experiences with the NSW Parliament Inquiry into Regional Health Care.

“Many of you answered the call and shared incredibly personal experiences regarding your care and experiences with the NSW Health system,” Mr Butler said.

He said sharing their experiences will help to improve our medical system.

Mr Butler called the Parliamentary Inquiry “a once in a decade opportunity for us to have our say and see real change in our communities”.

“People living in rural and remote areas experience poorer health outcomes compared to people in major cities,” Mr Butler said.

He’s called for “systemic, drastic change” as “the only satisfactory outcome” to the health problems rural residents face.

Mr Butler said many of the negative health stories he has heard, some of which are included in his own submission to the inquiry, are “compelling and hard to ignore”.

“I have faith that through our collective, loud demand for better we will be heard,” he said.

The Inquiry Committee is now in the process of uploading the public submissions they have received to the Parliament website.

Mr Butler said the next stage of this inquiry will be public hearings which will commence in March and will be broadcast live via the Parliament website.

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A warm welcome for Cobar’s three new Australian citizens Three Cobar residents, one of whom has she was during yesterday’s service.

“We have lived all over Australia and we just been living in Cobar for almost 50 years, Robin has lived in Australia for almost 18 think Cobar is the best,” she said. were naturalised as part of yesterday’s Aus- years and only moved to Cobar last year with “Everyone is just so friendly and welcoming, tralia Day celebrations. her Australian husband Peter for work. we love Cobar!”

Elaine Jermyn, who is Scottish born, came to Australia with her family when she was 17.

(Her father came out to sink the first shaft at the Chesney Mine.)

Elaine said she thought it was “about time” she became an Australian.

“I didn’t have to before because I married an Aussie and had Aussie kids,” she said.

“Then I discovered once you turn 60 you don’t have to do the exam. I failed twice online, they asked me cricket questions!”

Cobar Primary Health Care Centre’s practice manager and well-known local cricketer, Tarun Bheemireddy, came to Australia from India in 2015 to finish his studies in Health Science. After completing his Masters the following year Tarun then moved to Cobar to work.

He said it was our great educational system and having one of the best health care system’s in the world that attracted him to Australia.

Tarun said living in Australia and Cobar had helped to shape his professional career.

“It’s one country that understands freedom of speech, has respect for humanity and no room for racism beliefs,” Tarun said.

When questioned about whether he supports the Australian or Indian cricket teams, Tarun diplomatically replied, “May the best team deserve to win!”

Robin Solman, who hails from Utah in the United States, was surprised at how emotional

Burnt out car

Cobar’s newest Australian citizens, Tarun Bheemireddy, Elaine Jermyn and Robin Solman at yesterday’s Australia Day Naturalisation ceremony.

Firefighters were alerted to a fire on Sunday morning that was believed to have been burning at the Cobar Tip. Fire and Rescue NSW Station 256 firefighter Huw Rabone reports they got the call at 7.13am that there was a fire at the tip. However as they were responding the call was changed to attend a car fire on the northern side of town. The Rural Fire Service were also alerted to the fire which was located in bushland close to the weather station.

“The vehicle was completely involved in flames and had started to catch some nearby bushes on fire,” Firefighter Rabone said.

He said the care nearby scrub fires were extinguished without issue.

Cobar Police Sergeant Chris Power reports the car did not have any registration plates.

Investigations into the incident are continuing.

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Travelling Rotary billboard is heading around Australia Peter Brown, from the Caboolture Rotary Club in Queensland, is currently driving around Australia promoting the good work that Rotary Clubs do in our communities.

Mr Brown, along with the Caboolture Rotary Club and various other Rotary clubs around Australia, created his vehicle to be a mobile billboard.

Travelling by himself and towing his beloved Harley motorcycle, Mr Brown’s trip around Australia also coincides with 100 Years of Rotary celebrations in Australia.

He overnighted in Cobar on Sunday and caught up with local Rotarian Gordon Hill to hear about the good work the Cobar club has been doing.

Mr Brown said he was delighted to hear that Cobar’s club is very active in the community, despite only being a small club of 11 members.

Mr Brown has had to re-organise his schedule a number of times due to changes to COVID-19 border restrictions but over the next year he plans to make a number of trips of 7-8 weeks duration to criss-cross the country and spread the word about Rotary.

On Monday he was heading off to Broken Hill and then into South Australia to continue his promotion of Rotary Clubs of Australia.

Peter Brown, a Rotarian from Caboolture, is travelling around Australia in his “mobile billboard” promoting the good work that Rotary clubs do in our communities.

Funding received for Crown Reserves Cobar Shire Council will received more than $10,000 as part of the State Government’s Resources for Regions Program and the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund.

The money will be spent on the removal of unsafe structures on four Crown Reserves.

A further $33,000 has also been allocated from the fund for the control of African Boxthorn weeds on the Euabalong Common.

State Member for Barwon Roy Butler said on Monday he was pleased to see that $1.89 million in funding had been awarded to 45 projects across his electorate.

He said it will benefit the communities for years to come.

“This money represents hours of hard work done mainly by volunteers at the end of a long day and on weekends (and I know the eligibility requirements and the paperwork isn’t a walk in the park!),” Mr Butler said.

“To all of the people that put work into securing this funding, well done!

Page 6 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday January 27, 2021

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The Mayor and councillors left out in the dark

On Saturday there was a disruption to the supply of raw water into town, and this unfortunately affected supply to the caravan park and Tom Knight Memorial Oval.

Council staff repaired a blockage in the pipeline and supply was restored around 7pm Saturday evening.

How Councillors found out about the water being turned off was on Friday from a very irate email from the president of the Rugby League.

This happened on December 28, and it was reported to Council and yet we, the councillors, were never told about it.

I was told that over Christmas a contractor worked so hard to fix it yet was unable to.

How can anyone go without water during December and January?

And yet only for the grace of God we got rain.

I think it is a total disgrace and someone must take responsibility for it.

On Saturday night Council’s wonderful new Engineer Scott Casey rang and told me that it was fixed, I certainly have an appreciation to him.

Also our appreciation goes to Council’s Victor Papierniak and his staff and contractor Josh Crook and Peak Gold for coming to our aid.

We certainly have much to be grateful for.

I believe Local Government has a new Health Watch system.

I intend to let them come and have a look at Cobar as I believe there are many things happening that Council are not aware of.

They say a bad week always ends up a good week.

I had a lovely phone call from Ray Smith, Council’s former General Manager.

Ray and his beautiful wife Donna are planning a visit to Cobar soon and we plan to catch up.

I would like to let the rate payers know that I am working from home so I might be able to keep up to scratch.

Lilliane Brady OAM, Mayor

Some school holiday fun

Local Seigrid Peters has been running The Pink Galah art and craft workshops to Cobar and surrounds over the past year and last week conducted two school holiday workshops for kids and teens. In the canvas workshop students recreated a ‘Night Owl’ acrylic painting that Seigrid created specifically for the 9-12 age group, and the other was a paint pot workshop based on a smaller version of a design Seigrid had previously provided for one of her adults workshops. “All students really enjoyed getting creative and were very proud of their efforts on the day,” Seigrid said.

Pictured are some of the workshop participants Charlotte Sylvester, Indie Negfeldt, Ava Fullagar and Bella Fullagar with their painted pots. ▪ Photo contributed

Wednesday January 27, 2021 The Cobar Weekly Page 7

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Storytime is back

Equitable COVID vaccine rollout

Cobar residents can be assured they won’t be forgotten in the upcoming rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination program which is expected to commence in March.

The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) president Dr John Hall said the Morrison Government has made a real effort to ensure rural areas are not forgotten in the rollout.

“The initial rollout of the Pfizer vaccine will be delivered via hubs in strategic locations, and rollout teams will ensure that it is available to vulnerable people that are eligible in the very first phase in smaller rural and remote communities.

“It is important that people who are at most risk from the virus are prioritised to receive the vaccine,” Dr Hall said.

As Cobar already has an established Respiratory COVID-19 Clinic, we have an advantage over some neighbouring towns as the vaccination program will use the existing infrastructure established for the GP-led respiratory clinics as a priority for the vaccine rollout.

Dr Hall said this will be quickly followed by a rollout to GP practices around the country.

Storytime activities at the Cobar Library have recommenced with Australian animals the theme for January. Last week’s session was based on possums with library staff reading two books, Possum Magic and Hush Little Possum. Children also colouredin possum masks and listened to Possum Magic music. Storytime sessions are free and run each Thursday morning at the library. Pictured with library assistant Natalia Papierniak-Wojtowicz are Charlotte Mclean, Jake and Sam McKervey.

Another $10million Future Drought Fund investment The Australian Government is investing $10 million through the Climate Services for Agriculture program to help farm businesses increase drought and climate resilience.

Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, David Littleproud, said the program would provide farmers with access to trusted and relevant information on national and regional climate data.

“The Climate Services for Agriculture Program will complement seasonal forecasts and climate guides that are currently available through BoM [Bureau of Meteorology] by providing detailed regional information about future drought and climate risks, and inform management actions to address vulnerabilities and prepare for future impacts,” Minister Littleproud said.

“CSIRO and BOM will engage the agricultural sector to determine the type of climate information that is most useful to their businesses and test in four pilot regions to ensure the decision support tools to meet their needs.

“The pilot regions will be identified in early 2021 and will include a range of climatic regions and agricultural sectors.

“The end result will deliver regional scale climate projections across Australia, along with actionable advice to help farm businesses to make decisions such as the commodities they produce and the information will be delivered through a user-friendly interactive digital platform.”

For more information go to: www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/ drought/future-drought-fund#climate-servicesfor-agriculture-program

Have you been counting all my giraffe friends?

Page 8 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday January 27, 2021

• Sadly

The Cobar Weekly will say ‘Goodbye’ tomorrow to our amazing casual staff member Abby Carswell as she heads back to Uni. It’s been great having Abby’s help for the past two months. (She even worked while the rest of our staff were off on holidays!) Abby’s gotten our digital archiving project off the ground (but there’s still heaps more work for her when she’s next home on holidays) and has helped out with a lot of other admin jobs. We’d even started training her up as a reporter and photographer. Perhaps she might change her mind about studying Medical Radiation Science and decide to stay.

• While the sad news is that Abby is departing this week, we can report some good news as we’ve just recruited two new staff who will be joining The Cobar Weekly team very soon.

Keep a look out in next week’s edition to see who our two new recruits are.

• Have you been counting the giraffes in this week’s edition to be able to enter our Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo Family Pass competition? Don’t forget that you’ll also need to know how many Zebras were in last week’s edition in order to have a valid entry.

• If you’re interested in reading State Member for Barwon Roy Butler’s full submission to the Parliamentary Rural Health Inquiry you can find it on his website at www.roybutler.com.au or you can call into his Cobar office and ask for a printed copy.

• While it does sound like a bit of a strange mix, a group of CATS, Yabbies, Mermaids and some little fish are going to be joining forces to help Batyr to ‘Splash the Stigma’ around youth mental health. The four sporting clubs are going to be taking part in Batyr’s swimming challenge next month.

More details in next week’s edition.

• Just to be clear Hannah Young and Luke Caldwell are not sponsors of this week’s or last week’s editions of The Cobar Weekly. Their photos have appeared numerous times over the past fortnight because they have been taking part (and winning) everything that’s been happening. Oh wait, they didn’t win the Yabbies Australia Day Business House Relay! (They did however make the final.) The pair has been in Cobar over the past fortnight teaching locals how to scuba dive at the pool. What a great

school holiday experience that’s been for many families.

• Well done to local Colby Lawrence who made a fantastic Australia Day address yesterday on behalf of Cobar’s First Nations people. Colby said he welcomed Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s change to our national anthem (from “young and free” to “one and free”). He said while he didn’t push for the change, he accepts it and hopes that all will embrace it as a way of including First Nations people. Colby was very knowledgeable about his subject and also spoke about previous changes that have been made to our national anthem over the years, one of which was to make it more equitable for women. Good on Ya Colby!

• Cobar was once again lucky to host another fabulous Australia Day ambassador, with Katryna ‘Call me Kat’ Robinson helping to officiate at yesterday’s awards ceremony. Kat outlined the work her charity, Every Little Bit Helps, does in the area of homelessness. Kat said yesterday she was pleased that Cobar Shire Council had offered to help out and will host an Every Little Bit Helps collection point here in Cobar.

• Well done to the Poolies team who finished 0.44 seconds outside their nominated time to beat the Yabbies (2.78) in yesterday’s Australia Day Business House Handicap Relay.

The Classics team were back in third place with 5.53 off their time while six other teams were just too quick and were more than six seconds off their times in the final.

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Judo Returns for 2021 February 9, 5pm start

MEMORIAMS

at Cobar Primary School Hall Fees: $50 for the term for the first family member additional $25 for each additional family member or $5 per session

NEW MEMBERS ARE FREE FOR THE FIRST MONTH Registration for insurance additional Returning members are requested to have their insurance and class fess paid as soon as possible

Judo seeks to improve self esteem and discipline while promoting health and fitness, with focus on the individual.

Minimum age is 6yrs. Open to male and female participants Anyone with any questions is encouraged to come and have a look and or come and speak with the instructor

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Missing you is the heartache that never goes away Forever loved and missed beyond words Maureen, Rob, Paul. John, Nook and families

PUBLIC NOTICES Cobar Thai

Upcoming Public Training Courses February 2021 TLILIC0005 Licence to operate a boom type elevating work platform (boom length 11m or more) $900pp – 3 day course February 8-10

Any condition restored, unrestored or parts

March/April 2021

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If you are interested in attending this course or would like further details, contact Sitetrain on 6851 5790 or email kylie@sitetrain.com.au

April 2021

TLILIC0005 Licence to operate a forklift truck $650p/p – 3 day course (over 18 yrs age) April 12-14 RIIWHS202E Enter and work in confined spaces + MSMWHS217 Gas test atmospheres $310p/p – 1 day course (over 16 yrs age) April 15

Closed for two weeks February 7 to February 21 While we welcome our new baby into the family Sorry for any inconvenience

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Cash Paid

PUBLIC NOTICES Junior Touch Football Registrations Open for Term 1

$30/per player Ages 9-16 Regos close Feb 1- no late regos accepted Thursday nights from 6pm Comp Starts Feb 4 Register online at https://touchfootball.com.au/play/ Join our Facebook page Cobar Junior Touch, for all the game day info.

Any questions contact Lisa on 0412 683 670

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MEETINGS

Cobar Hospital Auxiliary

Committee meetings recommence First meeting for 2021 Monday February 1, 2pm At Cobar Library Meeting Room Cobar Hospital Auxiliary welcomes new members We fundraise for the hospital through raffles and donations to provide additional equipment and services for the benefit of patients’ comfort

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Wednesday January 27, 2021 The Cobar Weekly Page 13

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Cobar Rodeo Committee AGM 4pm, Feb 7 at the Empire Hotel All welcome!

SAVE THE DATE: Cobar Rodeo October 2, 2021

We hope to see you there.

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News

First Parkrun was a hot one

Weather was better than expected Australia Day in Cobar was predicted to have been going to be a hot one but thankfully the day started off with heavy cloud cover which kept the air temperature cooler than expected.

By the time the gauge reached 36.7 degrees at 1.30pm, the formal part of Cobar’s Australia Day proceedings at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool were all done and dusted.

The Bureau of Meteorology had predicted the heatwave of the past few days would continue into Australia Day. While we recorded a very hot weekend with 40.2 degrees the top on both Saturday and Sunday, which was followed up by 39.4 on Monday, the maximum yesterday was a few degrees cooler with 37.2.

No rainfall was recorded over the past week however the Bureau was predicting a 30 per cent chance of a late afternoon thunderstorm yesterday.

Today’s expected top is 36 with 36 also predicted for tomorrow while Friday is looking even better with an expected top of 32.

It’s expected to then warm up again with 34 the forecast for Saturday and 37 on Sunday and again on Monday.

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It was a hot re-start for Cobar Parkrunners at the Newey on Saturday morning with all 17 participants feeling the heat. Parkrun, a free global event that has become a healthy Saturday morning habit for a number of Cobar locals, got cancelled last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Parkrunners were given the green light earlier this year to return with Cobar holding its first event on Saturday. The old faces were back along with a few visitors. Pictured are volunteer Kylie Harvey, visitors David Taylor (from Tamworth who completed his 64th different Parkrun event and gained his 4th ‘C’ of his Seven C’s badge participating in Cobar), Hannah Young and Luke Caldwell with Pam Clark (first time as run director).

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Wednesday January 27, 2021, The Cobar Weekly Page 15

Sport

Empire wins but only after a scare A new women’s Empire defeated Nymagee on their home turf by two wickets in the Senior Cricket 40 Overs competition on Saturday.

Nymagee won the toss and elected to bat first with their openers Jade Buckman and Mitch Holt making a solid start. It was slow going as they found it tough to score against Empire’s strong bowling attack.

The pair put on a 143-run partnership for the first wicket before Holt was bowled out for 71 runs by Jay Egan. Then Phil Harley fell for one and Stephen Nicholson went for nine.

Nymagee finished their innings at 3/173 with Buckman scratching around to finish with 86 not out.

Egan with 2/30 and Nichola Harbison 1/30, were the best of the bowlers for Empire.

The total of 173 never seemed enough runs

and it proved so with Empire passing the required total in the 28th over.

But that was not without a scare first.

After losing Tom McKenna (19) with the score on 23, Egan and Tarun Bheemireddy combined to take the score along to 73 before Egan was out for 40. Bheemireddy went for (12), Jed Noonan (2) and Empire was 4/76.

Nymagee then dismissed Taugh Waugh (10), Tim Hillam (5), Tristen Everett (5) and Jason Hampel (15) to have Empire in trouble at 8/126.

However, Jake Harbison (40 not out) and David Watson (20 not out) shared in a 47-run partnership to guide Empire home for the win.

Nymagee bowlers Phil Harley took 4/44, Peter Robinson finished with 2/33 and Tony Polack had figures of 2/32.—contributed

CSA records strong win over Bushies CSA were too strong for Bushies winning by 31 runs in Friday night’s Twenty20 cricket match at Ward Oval.

CSA batted first and made 9/128 on a difficult pitch to bat on.

Tom McKenna top scored for CSA with 33 runs, Evan Rice contributed 26 and Tarun Bheemireddy added 20 runs to their total.

Peter Lawrence and Mark Fraser took two wickets each for Bushies.

In reply Bushies struggled with the bat and were never able to get to the required run rate.

They finished with 6/97 from their 20 overs.

Jade Buckman top scored with 39 runs, Stephen Nicholson finished with 30 and Matt Nicholson 20.

Adam Buckman was the best bowler for CSA

taking three wickets and conceding just 16 runs.

In Saturday night’s game Ruthless Toothless defeated Hombres by eight runs.

Batting first Toothless made 9/145 from their 20 overs with Tristen Everett top scoring with 44 runs, Edward Paul (37) and Tim Hillam (15).

Bianka Jacobson and Lucas Hardy took two wickets each for Hombres.

In reply, Hombres’ batsmen Jay Egan (41) and Jake Harbison (62) nearly got them home but the dismissal of Harbison in the final over ended Hombres’ chances of a win.

They finished with 3/137 from their 20 overs.

Ryan Urquhart, J Best and Marty Turton took one wicket each for Toothless..—contributed

rugby league comp The immediate future of Women’s Rugby League in the Castlereagh/Barwon region will be determined at a meeting in Gilgandra this Sunday.

Castlereagh Women’s Rugby League teams have competed in the Western Women’s Rugby League Championships since women’s rugby league was introduced to the vast western region in 2018, with four grades (Under 14’s, Under 16’s, Under 18’s and Opens) playing in the 2020 competition.

Currently the teams play under the Castlereagh League banner and are financially supported by the League, but as the popularity of Women’s Rugby League (WRL) continues to grow at a rapid rate it is felt that now is the time for the Women’s Rugby League to control their own destiny and finances.

Castlereagh Rugby League secretary, Bryson Luff, said that while the League is still fully supportive of Castlereagh Women’s Rugby League and are also proud of what the teams representing Castlereagh have achieved in the past years, he believes that it is time for the Castlereagh Women’s Rugby League to “run their own show!”

“Hopefully there will be sufficient interest shown this Sunday to form a stand-alone club,” Luff said.

“I feel that this would be in the best interests of Women’s Rugby League in our area as the game expands.

“The girls have been attracting great spectator support over the years and it is now time for that support to be converted into practical involvement in the running of a club that can continue to grow WRL in this area!

“Chances are that any new club formed may not even be known as Castlereagh, but that doesn’t really matter as long as the Women’s Rugby League out here continues to prosper under enthusiastic and committed leadership,” Luff said.

Junior Touch set to make a return

Following on from the huge success of last year’s Junior Touch competition, a new 2021 season is set to start next week.

Interest from players aged 9-16 years is now being called in an effort to have teams all sorted ready to kick off next Thursday.

For more information about how to register, see Junior Touch Football’s advertisement on Page 13.

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Sport

A great sporting achievement It’s not often a middle aged man can eclipse the sporting achievements of one more than 20 years his junior, but that was the case at the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club event last week.

Middle-aged Murray Harland finished the night with a combined time of 0.21 seconds off his nominated times for the three main events which is a Yabbies record this season.

Harland was 0.03 seconds off his 100m nominated time and 0.09 seconds outside both of his 30m and 50m swims.

His efforts gazumped younger Yabbie, Matt Harland who, up until last week, had the best time of the season with 0.22 seconds.

Murray Harland’s 0.21 time is now the bench mark for club members to beat in order to claim the club’s perpetual ‘Setts One Night Stand’ trophy at the end of the season.

His first win of the night last week, in the 30 metres handicapped freestyle event, was a very narrow one with Harland finishing 0.09 seconds off his time just in front of Todd Fugar on 0.10. It was a close race all round with third place finishing in a tie for Bob Clark and Chris Powell after both clocked 0.13 seconds off their nominated times.

Harland’s 0.03 finish in the 100m swim was well ahead of the rest of the field with Paul Swainston (0.25) a long way behind in second place and Shane Josephson (0.34) was further back to finish third.

Harland’s 0.09 seconds effort in the 50m swim was only good enough to earn him third place with Andrew Verevis taking the first place glory after finishing with 0.04 seconds off his nominated time. John Carswell was just behind in second place on 0.06.

The Yabbies may have been inspired by the Blue Essence Experience scuba diving classes currently underway at the pool with their Brace Relay event last week being a 10m underwater swim.

Cameron van Breugel and Bill Fugar finished as the winners with 0.40 seconds off their nominated time ahead of Todd Fugar and Murray Harland with 1.03 and third were Bob Clark and Stephen Clark on 2.68.

Poolies take the glory

There were 11 teams for this year’s Business House Relay event organised by the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club as part of our local Australia Day activities program at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool yesterday. The winners, the Poolies, Bridie Bruce, Tom and Raymond Jones, and Oisin McMullen (pictured above with Cobar Yabbies president John Carswell at far left) finished within 0.44 seconds of their nominated time to claim the first prize of $100 of Cobar Quids.

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Another great rollup for bowls

There was another great roll up for bowls on Sunday at the Golfie with 20 bowlers turning out to play five games of three bowls pairs.

The team of David ‘Ooze’ Knight and Peter ‘Ding’ Lawrence easily accounted for Randall Hall and Shane Carter by a +6 margin as did Barry Bargwanna and David Schofield over Dean ‘Bogga’ McLeod and Alec Fraser by +7.

Bouncing back from his demoralising loss to his brother the previous week, Peter ‘China’ Brien teamed up with John Goonrey on Sunday to easily account for John Daly and David Thomas winning by +9.

Peter ‘Skeeta’ Goonrey and Karen Daly claimed second prize with a great win over Alan Knight and Cameron “I once was a swimmer” van Bruegel with +11.

The winners of the day were Aaron Finn and Mark ‘George’ Fraser with an impressive score of +12 against Jim Goonrey and Paul Kershaw with Goonrey also picking up the ‘giraffe award’ for the bowl furthest from the head.—contributed

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Sport

Australia Day triathlon attracts a good field of athletes The Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squads’ (CATS) Australia Day Triathlon had a field of 17 athletes competing, either individually or as a team over the course of a 300m swim, 10km bike ride and 2km run.

Visitor Luke Caldwell finished well ahead of the field with a time of 35.08 minutes, including the fastest swim (4.10) and bike (20.57) legs of the day. Local Greg McKervery didn’t let Luke have the full sweep though, as he recorded the fastest run leg of the day in less than 8 minutes (7.59).

Luke had however done enough and was first to cross the line to secure the Gumnuts Gifted Male Award with Isaac Theakston (37.19) the second male crossing earning him the Red Earth Real Man award.

Hannah Young was the only individual female competing, putting in a competitive performance to finish with a time of 41.49 to win the Gumnuts Gifted Female Award.

The best team of the day was the McRogers combination of Trudy Griffiths and Greg McKervey putting on an impressive display to finish with a time of 36.53 minutes, earning them the JKM Group Fitness Fit Group Award.

Close behind were the Outback Beach Boys (Nauman Faisal, Tom Jones and Raymond Jones) who although went into the run leg first, couldn’t hold off the McRogers’ finishing pace. The Outback Beach Boys still finAustralia Day Triathlon winners Luke Caldwell (Individual Male winner) and Hannah ished with a very competitive time of 37.18, Young (Individual Female winner) with the first finishing team, McRogers, Trudy Griffiths and received the Stationary Essentials Essenand Greg McKervey, at the CATS’ presentation yesterday morning. tial Team Award.

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As part of our COVID Safety Plan the following guidelines apply: Physical distancing 1.5m • Wipe anything you touch after use • Use a towel • Use hand sanitiser entering and leaving the gym •

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COBAR BOWLING & GOLF CLUB Bloxham St | Ph: 6836 2214 | Restaurant: 6836 2052

Ma’s Chinese Restaurant Open 7 days lunch & dinner (Closed Tuesday lunch time)

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PLEASE NOTE: The latest NSW Health Department’s COVID-19 requirements must be adhered to by all members and guests using the Club’s facilities

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FUNCTIONS & SEMINARS Contact Luke at the club if you have any questions about functions or the COVID-19 restrictions. Ph 6836 2214

THINK! ABOUT YOUR CHOICES. CALL GAMBLING HELP on 1800 858 858 or visit www.gamblinghelp.nsw.gov.au

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Sport

▪ Winners of Aust Day triathlon

▪ A new women’s league? Page 16 ▪ Cricket scare for Empire Page 16

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Quality of sports award winners was high The number of nominations for this year’s Australia Day sporting awards may have been down on previous years (due mainly to COVID restrictions), however the quality of this year’s winners was still very high.

Simone Knight earned the Service to Sport award for her ongoing and exceptional work at Cobar Junior Rugby League Club.

Simone has been the club’s president for the

past eight years and has just recently stepped down into the vice-president role.

She received a number of nominations that outlined her passion and enthusiasm for the club, and said she has spent countless hours developing the club and its culture.

The nominations praised Simone for her continual leadership, commitment and community mindedness which has helped the club to

enormous growth and success over her time at the helm.

Sarah Morley collected the Kerrigundi award for her list of sporting achievements including representing Cobar Little Athletics at regional level, junior and senior Cobar Netball Association competitions, Western Women’s Rugby League representing the Castlereagh’s U14s side, Far West Academy of Sport U15s Rugby League program, Cobar Touch Football (highest senior girl try scorer), Cobar High School’s 14 years age champion for cross country and athletics, various CHS representative teams (netball, soccer and league tag) and was awarded the perpetual Cath Carroll Award for Interest and Participation in Several Sports.

Cobar Rugby League’s Under 18s side has together won 2020 Sports Person of the Year.

The Under 18s have won three premierships since 2017, and in 2020 went on to win backto-back titles in the Castlereagh competition.

The nomination also gives a nod to the groundwork being done in Cobar Junior League as a feeder club to the senior comp.

Aussie Day bowls

A great field of 17 bowlers took to the Golfie greens for Aussie Day bowls.

Peter ‘China’ Brien and David Thomas had tight match with Peter ‘Skeet’ Goonrey and Jack Kershaw resulting in a draw.

Paul ‘Ding’ Lawrence and Ian Prendergast had a great +6 win over Helen Boddy and David ‘Ooze’ Knight.

Nadine McLeod (playing double lead in her first match) teamed up with David Schofield and John Daly to defeat her husband Dean ‘Bogga’ McLeod and Karen Daly by +9 to take the runner up prize.

However all accolades deservedly went to The Australia Day sporting awards went to: Simone Knight (Services to Sport); Sarah Mark ‘George’ Fraser. Ably supported by Morley (Kerrigundi Sports representative award) and Bianka Jacobson from the Cobar Shane Carter, George was on fire, absolutely Rugby League Club accepted the Sports Persons of the Year Award on behalf of the smashing his brother Alec and John Goonrey Roosters Under 18s team. to take out the day with +13.—contributed

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