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Blue Mountains · Sport

Sport, 1949

36 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 2

Fatalities At Mountain Swimming Pools

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 2

A well-known Leura youth and o boy from Oberon lost their lives at swimming pools on the Blue Mountains during the Christmas…

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Tennis Here and There

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 7

Country Week commences on January 4, and looks like being a big success with 59 teams in the men's section and 32 teams…

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Athletic Club

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 6

Good news for senior members of the gym. is at hand. The gym. will be open as from Thurs., 20th Jan., for senior…

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Katoomba Bowls

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 6

Congratulations to Blackheath Club on winning the C Grade Pennant Competition by a narrow margin from our local men…

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Katoomba Golf Notes

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 8

Favoured by glorious weather large fields contested events at the Katoomba course on February 26 and 27. Particularly…

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Katoomba Bowls

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

Three fours made the long journey from Belmont to participate in the Thompson Shield competition…

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Athletics

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

At a hotly contested triangular meeting at Manly, Campbelltown and Camden combined (96 points) defeated the Blue…

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Athletics

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

Before one of the largest crowds to witness an athletic carnival on the Katoomba showground, the Blue…

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Katoomba Bowls

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 3

After the activity of recent weeks our club has gone very quietly and concentrated most of its efforts on finalising as far…

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Leura Leads for Savings Lawson Bowls

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 7

The following is the result of the match between Lawson and Windsor played at Lawson last Saturday:…

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Millions Club Beaten at Golf

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1

Members of the Millions Club (Sydney) spent last week-end on the Blue Mountains. On Saturday a team of the visitors…

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Katoomba Bowls

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 15 April 1949 · page 5

The interclub section of the Blue Mountains District championships was conducted at Blackheath on April 9. Frank…

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Katoomba Golf Club Notes

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 15 April 1949 · page 2

Katoomba golfers have been experiencing a very busy time. In addition to the monthly medal, the club has visited…

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Leura Leads for Savings Football B Grade

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 7

The second game was between Katoomba 2nd grade and Mosman 2nd grade. This was a very clean and fast…

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Buy Better at Blackheath Football Season Starts at Katoomba

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2

The 1949 football season opened at Katoomba on Sunday, April 10, at the show-ground. The weather was…

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Leura Leads for Savings Football Booms at Katoomba

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 7

Bright and exciting football was seen at Katoomba Show-ground on Sunday, April 24. Owing to the draw in the…

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Springwood Bowls Results

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 5

The holiday event for the King's Birthday, a trophy competition for the nearest marginal win to a secret number, was won by…

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Bowls Year Nears End

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 5

On Friday night, June 17, the members of the Committee put on their diving suits and waded down to the Club to see if any of it was still above water…

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Leura Leads for Savings Katoomba Club Sponsors Bowls For Blinded Servicemen

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 7

Let me tell you of something that is happening here and which is one of the finest things that local bowlers have done. The story commenced last Easter when a totally…

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Lower Mountain Leads Springwood Golf Club

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 8

On June 11, most of the members visited Leonay for their Open Day. E. Bennett was the most successful of our…

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