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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1954

1,323 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 67

Golf Tournament

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 6

MIAMI BEACH, Fri.-- Australian Peter Thomson and New Jersey golf partner, Bob Toski, shared…

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Football Trials

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 3

South Grafton Football Club, at a meeting last night, decided to start the season's football training with a scratch match at…

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Grafton Races

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 6

Nominations for the C.R.J.C. races at Grafton next Saturday will close at 5 p.m. on Monday with the club secretary. Miss K…

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Tennis Stars For Grafton

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 5

District tennis officials are confident that the exhibition matches by leading Australian players at the…

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Change In League Football System

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 6

Rugby League football on the Clarence this season will be conducted similarly to the Group 2 southern zone competition, and clubs will have control of…

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Table Tennis Championships To Start Early

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 6

The annual championships of the Clarence Table Tennis Club will he held on Monday night. With a large club rnembership…

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Ex-Servicemen At Cricket

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Sun.--Returned soldiers from Coffs Harbour and Upper Orara played their annual…

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Gall Wins New Boxing Title

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. -- Albert Gall (12.(60½) to-night won the new lightheavyweight boxing title at…

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Rugby League Local Teams Win Trial [?]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

[?] of both local football [?] well pleased with their [?] showing in trial matches play on sunday…

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Boxing Contest To Aid Miller Ward

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 3

A boxing competition will be staged at the South Grafton School of Arts between Grafton and Coffs…

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TENNIS Fifty Contestants In American Mixed Tournament

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 8

Fifty contestants participated in another very successful American mixed tournament conducted by the Coffs Harbour Tennis…

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Golf Low Markers' Excellent Form at Week-end

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 8

Two of Coffs Harbour, Golf Club's low markers, Tom Lindsay and Graham Dowling, showed excellent form at the…

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Cricket Season's Highest Score Buddy King Bats Brilliantly

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

Sawtell batsman, Buddy King, played the brightest inning, of his career to put up the highest score for the season in the final B grade competition match with High School,…

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Bowls Beginners

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 2

Sir,--I would, be pleased if you would allow me space in your paper to answer "Draw Shot's" paragraph…

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BOWLS Second Player's Value

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 6

Not so long ago in most clubs it used to be established procedure, in the selection of teams, to bundle all beginners, novices and incpt players into second position in the rink…

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Spirited Boxing Revival at South

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 4

Fast, spirited boxing, marked with many crowd pleasing performances by local boxers, brought roars of approval from the large gathering of fans that…

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Payment To Trainers At Anzac Races

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 7

An innovation to racing programmes on the North Coast has been instituted by the committee of the…

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Flood Relief Races Raised About £25,000

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.--N. S. W. flood victims will receive about £25,000 from the flood relief race meeting at…

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Bowls

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 2

Wednesday.—Some visiting bowlers from Newcastle met a local team on Wednesday and gave a good account of…

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Golf Associates

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 1

There were no good scores in last Wednesday's competition. Mrs. C. Pitman ran out the Winner with 113-31-82 nett…

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