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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1976

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Dine out at the Sawtell golf club

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 21 April 1976 · page 7

It’s so refreshing these days to find somewhere which caters specially for the…

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Sawtell associates to play stroke golf

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 5 May 1976 · page 11

Sawtell golf associates will play an 18 holes stroke tomorrow for the Sawtell…

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Opinion Sporting Section 78 Attend Friendship Bowls Day

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 5 May 1976 · page 11

Seventy-eight players competed in the friendship day between South Grafton and Woolgoolga women bowlers held at the Woolgoolga Women’s…

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Bowls ‘Grand’ Slam

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 12 May 1976 · page 15

Dorothy Sheath completed a rare hat-trick of events when she won two…

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Sawtell golf news

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 12 May 1976 · page 15

Low scores were the order of the day when Sawtell Golf Club members played a four…

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Women swap clubs for gala bowls

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 12 May 1976 · page 15

West Coffs Harbour Women’s Bowling Club held a highly successful gala day on…

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Boys’ Rugby Clinic

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 26 May 1976 · page 14

A coaching clinic in the skills and techniques of Rugby “Union starts today for schoolboys at Brelsford Park. The clinic will be held each Wednesday…

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Draw for junior tennis

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 2 June 1976 · page 14

First division matches, in the Coffs Harbour junior tennis competition will be played at…

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Gala Golf Day to Aid Surfers

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 2 June 1976 · page 16

A gala golf, day will be held at the Sawtell Golf Club on July 11 in a bid to raise-funds for the Sawtell Surf Club. Tropics valued at more than $250…

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Tennis Shield to Coffs

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 June 1976 · page 13

Thirty - two tennis players from Coffs Harbour took part in the return round of the…

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Pinion Sporting Section June Cook wins LGU golf medal

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 June 1976 · page 13

June Cook won the fourth round of the Sawtell golf associates’ LGU medal with a score of 68 net. Marj Burns won silver division with…

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Exciting finishes to bowls

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 16 June 1976 · page 13

Several exciting finishes highlighted games played at the West Coffs Women’s…

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Opinion Sporting Section Sixty-six net wins golf trophy for Val

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 16 June 1976 · page 13

Val Lasker reduced her handicap to 35 by winning the Sawtell golf associates’ 18 holes stroke event with a score of 66 net last week. Marj Burns was the silver division winner, Dawn Taylor…

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Two Share Tennis Win

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 7 July 1976 · page 17

Glad Kellett and Bon Kane were first division winners of the American tennis tournament…

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Opinion Sporting Section Burns wins golf trophy and monthly medal

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 7 July 1976 · page 17

Popular golfer Bob Burns won the Tony Kratz trophy and the B grade monthly medal at the Sawtell golf course on Saturday. He finished the round with a 59 net to win by the…

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Close Tussle in Bowls

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 14 July 1976 · page 17

Daphne Williamson, Myra Daley and Grace Mullard defeated Ruby Wilson, Ruby…

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$1000 in trophies at Sawtell’s big golf tournament

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 14 July 1976 · page 3

The Sawtell Golf Club’s biggest event of the the Shademaster 1000 five-day amateur golf tournament will get underway next Tuesday. Trophies valued at more than $1000 have been…

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Opinion Sporting Section $600 raised for surfers at golf day

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 14 July 1976 · page 13

One hundred and fifty-nine golfers took part in the Sawtell Golf Club Charity Day in aid of the Sawtell Surf Club…

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Sawtell Golf Club SHADEMASTER 1000$1000 Classic

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 21 July 1976 · page 5

Sawtell Golf Club entered the big league this week with the six days Shademaster 1000 now in full swing and attracting record fields. A promise to make the 1976 classic bigger and better…

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Father, Son Combine in Golf Win

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 18 August 1976 · page 18

Father and son combination Alan and Alan Anderson overcame windy conditions to win the Sawtell Golf Club’s aggregate stroke event for the Keith…

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