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Sport, 1917

12 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

A Tennis Revival. Sport Booming at Blackheath

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

Tennis is livening up at all Mountain centres, although it must be admitte that the majority of the players of local colouring are ladies. Some…

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Tennis Tournament

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 1

The executive of the local Tennis Club met on Monday evening, when partners were drawn for and handicaps arranged for the coming tournaments. Heats for the ladies'…

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The Tennis Revival

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 5

Since the spell of dry weather, and the return of sunshine, the local tennis courts have borne quite an animated appearance, despite the fact that the courts are in…

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Red Cross Picnic Races

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 5

Would a racecourse pay in Katoomba Nearly ten years ago—how fast the time goes by—a handful of sports thought it would, and about £1500 was raised and spent. In…

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Blackheath Golf Links. a Mountain Asset

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 7

The Belvedere Golf Club may be truly described as a "golfers' paradise," and, in justification of the term, it is only necessary to append the following description thereof,…

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The Golf Links Estate. for Sale, Easter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 3

Back in the days of peace—November, 1912—when a big future boamed brightly for Katoomba, the South Katoomba Land Company, owners of a prize area in the…

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A Day, at the Races

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 1

Two sports treated themselves to a day at Randwick over the Autumn meeting, and, whatever qualifications they might possess, neither of them were much good at…

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Katoomba Golf Links. Official Opening

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 2

An interesting event in the history of the Mountain Capital took place on Easter Saturday, when the new Golf Links at South Katoomba were officially opened. The…

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Inter-Club Tennis Match. at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 2

At the invitation of the Wentworth Falls Tennis Club, eight of Katoomba's fair racquet wielders caught the 10.17 train on Saturday morning and came…

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The Glenbrook Tennis Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 3

Sir,—Would you allow mo to draw the attention of the Shire, Council, through your columns, to the unsatisfactory management of the above club. It is controlled by…

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The Leura Golf Links

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 1

'Tee Tee," a popular golfing scribe, writes as follows in "The Arrow" on the above Links, which are growing in popularity every year:—…

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A Mountain Institution. the Leura Golf Links

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 7

Recently an official invitation was [?]tented to the Kutoomba Muncipal Council to visit the Leura Golf Links. "It was officially received and accepted, and…

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