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Sport, 1936

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Wentworth Falls News Tennis

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 22 May 1936 · page 3

The following team games were played at Leura over the week-end and resulted in a win for Wentworth Falls by 5 sets, 12 games…

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Football Dance To-night

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 22 May 1936 · page 2

For a wonderful night's entertain[?] go along to the Leura Football [?] dance and euchre party at the Ma[?] Hall, Leura. The best orchestra o[?]…

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Leura Cricket Club Premiers Present Trophies

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 22 May 1936 · page 3

At a gathering, of about 100 strong, at St. Alban's Hall, Leura, last Friday night, a number of Leura players were presented with the trophies that they…

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Bowls Katoomba Club Team for Sydney

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 2

After a glorious three weeks, which brought many visitors to our greens, and who enjoyed themselves and appreciated the efforts of the…

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Lg. Golf Premiership Donelly Wins Play-off

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 2

It will be recalled that during the recent local government golf com[?]titions at Katoomba, two membes of the profession tied for the…

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League Football Big Match To-morrow

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 2

The B.M.D. Rugby League has arranged a very interesting programme for to-morrow's football. The main attraction of the…

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Associate Golf Saturday's Competition Postponed. "Four Sports" Cup. Championship Date Altered

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 2

The secretary, Mrs. Bentley, wishes to notify Katoomba Associates that there will be no competition to-day. "The open mixed…

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Bowls

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 1

It is interesting to note that amongst the team selected to play in Sydney on June 26, that six of its members, viz., Messrs. Wootton…

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Golf

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 3

Despite the rain on Sunday, the annual championship meeting of the Blue Mountains District Golf Association was a…

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Katoomba Swimming Club Meeting

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 2

Committee members of the Katoomba Swimming Club are notified that a meeting will be held at the Daily Office on Thursday night…

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Glenmore Country Golf Club

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 2

Situated a few miles from Penrith, and within an hour's run from Sydney, is the head-quarters of the Glenmore Country Golf Club. The…

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Tennis Bar Shire Ladies' Competition

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 3

'A valuable silver cup has been donated by the councillors of the Blue Mountains Shire for competition among lady members of clubs…

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Football University V. B. M. District Leura v. LEURA

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 3

We see by this morning's comment on the prospects of the Australia v. England matches it is the considered opinion of one of our…

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Cricket Trophies Presentation on Saturday Night

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 3

The trophies won during the past cricket season will be presented on Saturday night next at The California…

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Boxing to Morrow Nights Contests Good Programme at Town Hall

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 1

The Katoomba Town Hall will again be given over to the promoting of boxing contests tomorrow night (Saturday)…

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Sporting Notions Pars about all Sports CRICKET Jackson Shield to be Presented

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 4

The Blue Mountains Cricket Association will be presenting the caps to the premiers of the season 1935-36 (Leura) on Saturday evening, at the…

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Speedway Racing Re-opening of the Penrith Track

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 1

The once famous Penrith Speedway is now entirely under new management of the Directors of Empire Speedways,…

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Golf the Associates Trophy Winners Coming Programme. New Rule -- One Card Per Month

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 2

Mrs Ziems has been having a session of success at golf in recent competitions. For Mrs Woodfall's trophy she was successful in…

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Football B.m.d. Defeats Lithgow

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 4 June 1936 · page 3

The Blues regained their lost laurels on Sunday, although the visiting team was comparatively weak. It was a…

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Boxing

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 5 June 1936 · page 1

Saturday night's boxing contest at Katoomba Town Hall was what might be termed a bit of a wash-out. The main bout on the programme…

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