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Sport, 1928

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Golf at 'Wang

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 4

A great number of distried golfers met at Wallorawang ever the weekend, and took part in a series of competitions, chief of which was the…

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Leura Tennis Club Record Year Reported

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 5

The annual meeting of the above club, held in the Literary Institute Hall, on Monday evening, attracted the best attendance in the history of…

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Boxing Tournaments

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 4

Sir,-I am informed that, at last Council meeting, the question of the proposed, boxing tournament in the Arcadia was raised, and the…

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Boxing Tournament at Arc Adia Theatre

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 4

The management of the above house of entertainment has launched a boxing tournament for the midWiter, Blackheath and Lighgowltes…

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FOOTBALL (Continued from front page)

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 3

gan; [?] H. Peacock, S. Muir, E. James, L. Ireland; 1/2's, H. Anderson, H. Mack; forwards, S. Stanborough, E. Alderson, F. Richards, E. Good…

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Football

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 2

To-morrow's matches, providing the ground is fit to play on will be:-Old Boys v. Rovers, at Blackheath;…

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Golf Gossip

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 2

From Mr. W. Allerton, the cour[?] secretary of the B.M.D. Association, "The Echo" has received a notification that the annual meeting…

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Football Flashes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 31 July 1928 · page 2

Blackheath was handicapped in the match against Old Boys at the Blackheath Recreation Reserve on Saturday. Three second-graders had…

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Blackheath Boxing Lithgowttes Disappoint

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 31 July 1928 · page 4

Messrs, Emmett Ryan and H. D. Gallagher had everything in perfect rendlness at the Areadia Hall, Blackheath, on Friday evening, for the…

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Golf Association Special Meeting Constitution Adopted

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 31 July 1928 · page 2

A special meeting of the Blue Mountains District Golf Association was held in the Leura Club-house on Sunday morning. Mr. Knox…

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Rugby League

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 2

The Rugby League match was a meeting of whales and minnows, The local lads were grades ahead of the Lowlanders. Older in years, heavier…

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Tennis

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 2

Katoomba was [?] on the Municipal Courts, the visitors notching 7 sets, 52 games, to 2 hels, 84 games. The sale Upland victories…

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FOOTBALL Old Boys Victorious

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 2

A big gathering watched the struggle for premiership honors, between federals and Old Boys, at the Showground, when the latter ran out…

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Golf Gossip

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 5

Receipt for the six months ending June 30, on Katoomba golf links, totalled £482, showing a splendid increase on last year's figures for the…

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District Rugby League Protest Dismissed Team to Visit Kandos

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 2

Mr. R. Byron, president of the Blue Mountains Rugby League, put through his business sheet in good time, on Wednesday evening…

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Football

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 14 August 1928 · page 2

The big crowd which attended the week-end match at the Showground, against Kitchens was entertained by a sparkling display of football…

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Boxing at the Arcadia Carter Caves in Exhibition of Hard Hitting

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 14 August 1928 · page 4

Jack Carter went all out in the first two rounds and part of the third in his welterweight bout with Jack Gillham, of Lithgow, at the Arcadia,…

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Football

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 5

The premiership is won, and football interest now centres in the "Knock Out" Competition, the first game of which will be decided at the…

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First In! Leura Cricket Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 5

There was a distinctly healthy tone about the annual meeting of members of the above Club, on Tuesday evening. Mr. A. Sinclair chaired the…

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Golf Gossip

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 4

The Blackheath Golf Club re-opened its course over the week-end, many visitors being present. On Saturday morning, a Men's 18 Holes…

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