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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1976

56 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 3

Tennis semis on

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 8 September 1976 · page 14

The semi-finals of the fourth division of the Coffs Harbour Saturday afternoon tennis competition will be played on Sunday afternoon from 1 pm. Last weekend’s games completed the third…

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Rugby Is Not Geoff’s Only Sport

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 8 September 1976 · page 13

Geoff Wallace shot a 58 net to win the Ted Thompson trophy from 122 other golfers in the Sawtell Golf Club competition on Saturday…

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Austin Tops in Junior Tennis

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 8 September 1976 · page 15

Greg Austin defeated Paul Harrison to take out the under 17 boys singles title in the Coffs Harbour junior tennis championships. Judy Ennis won the…

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Ruth wins golf on countback

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 29 September 1976 · page 18

Ruth White had to survive a countback to win the Sawtell golf associates’ 18 holes stableford played last Wednesday. She carded 37 points to count out Maisie Maher for the club trophy An 18 holes stroke…

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Heath, Dean Combine to Win Golf Foursome

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 29 September 1976 · page 20

Gordon Heath and Ron Dean returned an excellent score of 62¾ net to win the Sawtell Golf Club 18 holes American foursomes played on Saturday. Jim Delahunty and…

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Golf associates raise $107 for pensioners

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 13 October 1976 · page 18

Sawtell golf associates donated $107 to the Sawtell Pensioners’ Association following its annual charity day last week. An 18 holes stableford was played with Maisie Maher scoring 38 points to win A grade from Ruth White who carded 37 points…

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Major Tennis Upset

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 27 October 1976 · page 28

Hillview II caused a major upset when it defeated minor premiers, Hillview I, in the first division Coffs Harbour women’s mid-week tennis competition grand final last week…

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KARANGI: School second in athletics carnival

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 27 October 1976 · page 4

Karangi School won the runner-up shield at the recent zone athletics carnival, which was quite a feat for such a small school. After the carnival,…

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Need for swimming instructors

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 3 November 1976 · page 27

Steven Chambers gained his 100 metre proficiency certificate in the Coffs Harbour…

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Golf win to June Cook

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 3 November 1976 · page 20

June Cook scored 59 net to win the Sawtell golf associates’ 18 holes stroke competition played last week. The 18 holes…

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Opinion Sporting Section Amateur athletic association for Nambucca Heads

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 3 November 1976 · page 20

Residents of the Nambucca district may soon have an amateur athletics association. Several meetings of interested people have been held to start an association…

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Narranga Gold proves in junior cricket

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 10 November 1976 · page 21

Narranga Gold scored a convincing win over Sawtell in the Coffs Harbour and District Junior Cricket competition on Saturday…

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Golf associate aces at Sawtell

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 24 November 1976 · page 25

Dawn Taylor scored a hole in one on the par three seventh hole in the Sawtell Golf Club associates’ 18 hole stroke the club trophy last week. She shot a 69 net…

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Boambee’s Easy Win in Junior Cricket

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 1 December 1976 · page 21

Boambee scored a convincing outright win over Korora in the Coffs Harbour and District Junior Cricket competition on Saturday. Boambee rettled up 98 runs for the loss of three wickets to set Korora a formidable task…

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Intensive Swimming Course for Students

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 8 December 1976 · page 4

Pupils from Karangi School have completed a 10-day intensive learn-to-swim course. Most of the pupils were successful in…

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Peter helped Country win tennis trophy

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 15 December 1976 · page 18

Mrs. Mavis (Gardiner and Son, Peter, have returned home to Sawtell from a visit to Gosford…

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