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Sport, 1946

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Bowls

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

A very successful carnival was held during the holidays by the Katoomba Bowling Club, when pairs and fours competitions were keenly contested…

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Swimming Carnival

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 6

The long-awaited clash with the Limbless Soldiers Club takes place on Sunday week, when a carnival will be held, and all proceeds given to the…

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Golf news

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

Fred Mitchell, well-known Katoomba Street rag merchant, proved that golfers carry far too many sticks when in a two club competition. Over the…

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Tennis Notes

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

A mixed doubles tournament was conducted at the municipal courts on Boxing Day, Dec. 26, when an enjoyable day was had by all…

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Bowls

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 8

On Saturday last Katoomba Bowling Club was again successful in defeating Lithgow in the A. Pennan, maintaining an unbeaten record this…

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Golf News

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 2

Despite the rain last Sunday, a fair crowd of members rolled up to contest the first of this year's major events, the Hunter MacPherson…

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Swimming Baths at Last?

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 7

Sir,—Learning that the Civic Fathers have at last decided that a swimming pool of Olympic size is needed at Katoomba, and that some of them…

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The Blue Mountains Sports Carnival Week. Programme of Golf, Bowls, Tennis, Billiards, and Snooker

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

The Blue Mountains County Council's Publicity Officer (Mr. R. E. Gadd) erstwhile Major in the Forces, has been active since assuming his new office in jumping from the commonplace routine of war into the real…

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Golf news

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

The golf throughout the past week was very interesting, and the results were similar to most Randwick race meetings in that all the 100-to-one…

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Bowls

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 2

Pennant games played at Katoomba on Saturday, February 2, resulted in the A. Team defeating Wentworth Palls 109 to 54…

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Golf news

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 2

Stan Davis made the rest of the field look like second raters on Wednesday, and won the stableford with 34 points. With a great first nine of 22 points,…

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golf news

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 2

Heavy rain at the week-end neces-sitated a postponement of club com. petitions. Members are reminded that the…

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Races at Megalong

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 6

Mr. Bob Townsend is the organiser of the race meeting to be held on the Megalong track on Saturday week, March 2…

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CRICKET Council v. St. Bernard's

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 2

The following players have been chosen to represent the Blue Mountains Council's team against St. Bernard's on February 23rd and March 2nd:—…

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Swimming Carnival at Lawson. Combined High Schools Carnival Next

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 8

The Katoomba High School held its swimming carnival on Tuesday last in ideal weather at the Lawson Pool. The first places in each grade were:…

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Golf news Poor Scoring in the Bell Davidson Shield

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 3

Despite perfect weather conditions and a big improvement in the links, competitors in the Bell Davidson Shield gave an inglorious display…

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Blackheath Swimming Pool

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 6

Blackheath Aldermen have been perturbed over the many unsatisfactory reports circulating in the district i regarding the condition of the…

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golf news

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 7

Notwithstanding the damp weather conditions, a good attendance was recorded at the week-end. Although the Medal was not…

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Bowls

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 7

Now that the Country Week Carnival is over, we are able to congratulate the twelve members of the club who took part, on their splendid…

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Golf news

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 3

The Medal on Sunday resulted in another dead heat, this time between H. Bursill and S. Jeffries. The Skipper, fresh from his jaunt…

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