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Sport, 1940

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Bowls Club Smoko Social and Presentation of Trophies

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 7

Members of the Gosford Bowling club will wind up the old season and begin the [?]ev to-morrow (Wednesday) evening when the first annual…

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Tennis Match Railway Team v. Woy Woy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 3

An enjoyable tennis match was arranged by the Gosford District Tennis Association on the Railway Tennis Courts on Sunday between a team…

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Training School Athletic Titles

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 7

Wi[?] [?] separating the [?] [?]ontest, the Gosford Tea[?]ing [?] athletes will m[?] Woy Woy d[?] at the School…

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Women at Bowls

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 6

Having been granted one night a week for play at night, the Gosford Ladies' Bowling Club will begin evening play on Wednesday next at…

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O.s.u. Tennis Postponed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 4

The Old Students' Union's tennis competition set down for to-morrow (Saturday) has been postponed…

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Football Season An Impartial Review

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 7

With the 1940 football season only a few days off, arrangements are being made by the Gosford and Ourimbah Clubs to hold challenge matches. The Gosford District Football Club has decided to…

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Primary School Cricket Gosford v. Newcastle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 1

A good team of junior cricketers from district schools has been selected to play a representative Newcastle primary school cricket team on…

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Ourimbah Football First Matches of 1940 Season

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 6

First matches in the Ourimbah Football Club's 1940 season will be played at Ourimbah on Sunday against Enmore "Waratahs."…

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Dog Racing Abandoned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 1

Greyhound racing on the Gosford track has been abandoned until further notice. Mr. W. B. Grahame,…

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Football Starts

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 1

Gosford District Football Club will meet Hornsby in A and B Grade matches on Grahame Park on Sunday next…

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Women at Bowls First Match To-morrow Night

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 8

At 8 o'clock to-morrow (Wednesday) night the Gosford Ladies' Bowling Club will open its season of electric light play…

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District Bowls Competition Four Clubs To Take Part

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 2

A conference of Woy Woy, Gosford, Wyong, and The Entrance Bowling Clubs has decided to commence a two-rink…

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60-Year-old Players in Bowls Competition Entries Close April 27

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 1

For a trophy provided by Alderman A. A. Schwartz, of Point Frederick, a novel bowls competition is to be instituted on the Gosford…

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Wyong Dog Races Not Affected by Coal Strike Dog Owners Must Find Own Transport

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 2

The cancelling of special trains by the Railway Commissioners, which has resulted in the abandonment of all Gosford dog racing, will not…

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Golf Associates Stroke Competition

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 1

Gosford Golf Associates played a stroke competition for their opening day on Tuesday. Mrs. Dight was the winner in A Grade, and Mrs…

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Night Bowls Woy Woy Visitors On

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 1

[?] the first occasion since elec[?] was installed, the Gosford [?]g Club will play night bowls Saturday (to-morrow) night…

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Sailing Races Last Of Season

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 6

Gosford Sailing Club's sixteen footers finished their last race of the season on Saturday in pelting rain, with a southerly buster behind…

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O.S.U. NOTES Tennis Afternoon

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 4

At the monthly committee meeting of the Gosford High School Old Students' Union it was decided to hold the postponed tennis social…

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Football Begins Gosford Wins Both Trial Matches

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 1

Sunday was the opening day of the 1940 football season for the Gosford District Club, when it met two teams from Hornsby in trial…

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Golf Associates Sunday Competition

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 2

Twenty associates played in the A and B Grade competitions on the Gosford Victoria Park golf lin[?] on Tuesday…

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