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Sport, 1937

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Horse Racing Registered Club to Be Formed Track at Valley Farm, Megalong Valley

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 1

Sportsmen, and turf followers in particular, will be interested to learn that a race club is being formed to…

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Bowls Katoomba Club Notes

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 2

So many bowlers are on our green dally that it has been found necessary to request space twice in the week, in order to give a full…

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Bowls Katoomba Club Notes

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 2

On Saturday last a trip to Orange was made to play the Pennant match. Katoomba lost, one rink being beaten, though the…

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Cricket Leura v. Commercial Bank, Sydney

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 1

When Leura Cricket Club visited Sydney to play the Commercial Bank, on Sunday, January 17, pleasant associations were renewed in…

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Nepean Resumptions G.p.s Regatta and Rowing Championship Meetings Two Properties Offered to Council

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 4

The forthcoming fixtures early in the year for the use of the Nepean course makes the matter of resumption an urgent one. This view…

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Horse Racing on the Mountains Proposal to Form Club

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 3

There is likely to be a big gathering of sportsmen at Katoomba School of Arts tomorrow evening, when a…

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Blackheath Swimming Carnival

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 2

On Monday next, Feb. 1, Blackheath swimming pool will he the scene of the finest swimming carnival yet attempted. The N.S.W…

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Cricket Competition Draw B.m. Cricket Association

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 4

January 30 and February 6.--School of Arts v. Leura. Wentworth Falls v. Council. Hazelbrook, bye…

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Katoomba Swimming Club Notes by L.J.K.

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 1

Special interest was taken in the Sunday events of Katoomba Swimming Club in view of the nearness of the Annual Carnival…

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Golf Notes F. Fawcett Wins T.b.s.& S. Cup

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 4

Three club winners met in the final of the T.B. Soldiers' and Sailors' Cup at Wentworth Falls on Sunday, and the winner was Fred…

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Katoomba Swimming Club

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 3

Races will be held as usual tomorrow afternoon, when the usual good response is anticipated. A 75 yard handicap event will be the…

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Horse Racing on the Mountains Club Formed Registered or Unregistered?

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 1

Few districts in this State have the sporting facilities possessed by the Blue Mountains; but, as far as horse…

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Bowls Katoomba Club

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

It was anticipated that on Australia Day a pleasant match would have been played against Bathurst, but a letter was…

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Golf Katoomba Club

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 3

Stableford (Wednesday, Jan. 27) P. Stanley (17) 39, F. Murray (10) 37, C. Scott (9) 35, P. Ayres (18) 33, T. Porter (8) 33, E. Becker…

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Blackheath Swimming Carnival Rig Crowds Flock to Pool on Anniversary Day Over Twenty Events for Mountain and Visiting Swimmers

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 2

Anniversary Day dawned particularly bright and shining for Blackheath Associated Swimming Clubs' second big event of the season, and the hundreds upon hundreds who crowded off buses and trains from early morning paid just tribute to the…

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Associate Golf Annual Meeting

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

A general meeting of the Katoomba associates will take place at the Katoomba School of Arts on Wednesday night next at 8 p.m…

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Bowls Katoomba Club Notes Anniversary Day

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

As the Pennant match versus Bathurst was abandoned, a pairs and rinks competition was substituted, which proved of interest…

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Knocked Unconscious Hit by Cricket Ball

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

Struck below the collarbone by a cricket ball at the Katoomba Falls Reserve last Sunday, a man named E. J. Kemp was rendered unconscious by…

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Death Knell to Mountain Cricket? Another Retrograde Step on Saturday School of Arts-leura Fiasco

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 4

That very contentious question--"Is Mountain Cricket on the wane"--was definitely settled last Saturday in the second-last round of the Jackson Shield and Birrell Cup Competition by the action of School of Arts in their game with the premiers, Leura,…

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Bowls Wentworth Falls Club

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 3

We are losing another of our foundation members in Norman Gough, who has disposed of his residence and business. A good…

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