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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1953

1,282 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 65

Tennis Opening Day At South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 7

South Grafton Tennis Club opening day will be on Sunday, February 22. A draw for partners, mixed…

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Football Coach Arrives Feb. 28th Welcome And Dance To Be Held

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1

Word has been received that Dorrigo's football coach for 1953, Mr. Ned Andrews, will be arriving in Dorrigo on…

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Swimming Records

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri.-- Four records were established during heats of the Australian swimming…

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Rain Delays Bowls Week

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri.--The country week bowls carnival was again dogged by rain to-day. and the programme…

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Bundamba Races Off

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Fri.-- Bundamba races, set down for Saturday, have been abandoned…

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Rain Affects Cricket

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 5

Weather forecasts indicate that there is little chance of the C.R.C.A. matches, which began last Saturday, being…

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Table Tennis Recommences

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 2

During last week the Clarence River Table Tennis Club recommenced Weekly play for the 1953…

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Yamba Junior Football Club

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 5

YAMBA.--A well attended public meeting in the Yamba Literary Institute decided to form a junior…

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Tennis Club Members Enthusiastic

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 8

At time of writing these notes (Sunday night) there seems little hope of the weather clearing in time for the exhibition of…

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Complete Rest From Athletics

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 5

LITHGOW, Mon.--World champion sprinter, Marjorie Jackson, went to work this morning after a Lithgow…

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Gosford Races Postponed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.--Gosford races were again postponed to-day after officials had examined the track…

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League Football Letter to the Editor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 4

Sir.--I would like to take this opportunity to point out to the sporting public amongst your readers that…

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Cost Of Holding Regatta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 7

MACLEAN.--It costs a lot of money to hold a regatta, remarked Mr. T. G. Eggins (President) at the…

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To Play Golf

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Wed. --President Eisenhower will fly to Augusta, Georgia, to-morrow--to enjoy a long…

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Golf Marred by Rain

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 7

Rain marred the Grafton associates' stroke competition played yesterday. Only six out of a field of 13…

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New Teams Likely In U.C Football

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 3

Four new clubs are asking that their teams he admitted in the Upper Clarence Rugby League's competition this season. The newly formed clubs…

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Boxing Ratings

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thurs.--England's Randolph Turpin was named leading contender for the vacant and…

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Cricket Umpires

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 6

Appointments of cricket umpires for February 28 March 7. First Grade : North v…

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Cricket Points

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 6

COFFS HARBOUR, Thurs.--Final points in the North Coast Cricket Council's northern zone fixtures…

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Tennis Grading Trials

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 7

Grading trials for players not graded by the District Association in the list published on December 24,…

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