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Sport, 1925

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Golf Notes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 6

The weather for the all-important week-end fixtures at the Katoomba golf-links was not quite up to concert pitch. A bright sun was…

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Debate on Golf

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 8

Lord Balfour is a well-known man at Home; so is Mr. Maxse, editor of the "National Review." editor of the "National Review." They met, by arrangement, one…

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New Club House Opened Enthusiastic Tennis Gathering History of the Game

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 5

There must have been 200 sports and citizens at Kattomba tennis courts on Saturday last, when the Mayor (Ald. B. A. McBride)…

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Golf Notes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 3

The attraction of the week-end on the Katoomba links was the semi-final of the club championship. Frost and Bateman met in the…

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Hazelbrook's Day Tennis Courts Opened

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 6

An interesting ceremony took place in Hazelbrook on Saturday, when the Hon. J. F. Coates, M.L.C., patron of the Hazelbrook Tennis…

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Tennis Boom New Court Opened

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 6

Saturday last was a gala day for tennis enthusiasts at Lawson, when the second court was officially declared open…

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General Information Athletic Sports

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 4

On Monday, 8-hour Day, there will be an amateur sports day at Katoomba Showground. The notice is short, but if the young athletes will respond…

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Golf Notes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 October 1925 · page 4

The final of the Katoomba Club championship was played off on Saturday last, when Frost defeated Simons by 7 up and 5 to play…

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Tennis Tournament

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 5

On Wednesday afternoon a team from the Ladies Auxillary played a team of diggers on the nouris at the Memorial Hall, Katoomba…

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Athletic Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 2

Over twenty members attended the meeting of the School of Arts Amateur Athletic Club, held in the institute last Thursday night…

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 3

The S. of A. Club will journey to Blackheath to-morrow to meet the Westenders in the second fixture of the competition. The Institute will…

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Blackheath Tennis Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 8

A special general meeting of the Blackheath Tennis Club was held in the Council Chambers last Tuesday for general business, the Mayor…

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Bowls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 5

The Home Bowlers travelled out in the "Naldera" with Mr. E. W. Thomas, and he introduces the respective skippers to the Mountains—…

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Sporting Items TENNIS

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 5

A tournament on the local courts, conducted on the American system 31 up, will occupy the attention of tennis enthusiasts for the next…

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Tennis Courts Trask and Son's Contract

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 8

At last meeting of the Black heath Council, the tender of Messrs. J. H. Trask and Sons, for £296, was accepted for reconstruction of and…

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Athletic Sports Poor Attendance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 5

The local Athletic Club deserved better support from both athletes and public than was accorded its programme on Armistice afternoon. If…

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Golf

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 7

An 18-hole Bogey test will occupy the skill of local golfers over this week-end. Katoomba links are improving…

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Tennis

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 7

The recent tennis tourney, between the Katoomba Diggers and the Ladies' Auxiliary, proved so successful that the former have issued another…

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Golf Topics

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 4

Golf is in the atmosphere. Everyone is talking it, thinking it, playing if! Much year the game grows more and more popular with our…

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Sporting Items BOWLS

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 7

Among the visiting bowlers arriving from the City to-morrow afternoon, will be Mr. P. J. Nally, head of Queensland's Government…

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