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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Sport

Sport, 1947

106 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 6

Bowls

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 January 1947 · page 4

Teams for the Pairs Competition which is to be played on or before Sunday, January 12: Pulsford and Tuckerman v…

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Cricket Holiday Matches

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 January 1947 · page 1

Two holiday matches were played on Boxing Day when two Hawkesbury teams defeated two Nepean Teams…

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Picnic Races Boxing Day Meeting At Wiseman's Ferry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

THE annual picnic race which were held at Wiseman's Ferry on Boxing Day were again very successful, and the…

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Bowls

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 4

The club started its first round of competition matches on New cear's Day. The first pairs match, Stubbs and Mills v Rea and…

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Bowls

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 10

On Saturday last Mills and Stubbs narrowly defeated Tuckerman and Pulsford in the first match played in the second round of the pairs…

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Golf Course

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 7

Asked by Aid. Baldwin, at the last meeting of the Richmond Council, as to what progress had been made in the re-establishing by the…

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Bowls

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 12

Now that night bowling has begun (although only one rink being available) it will help considerably in running off the Consistency…

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Bowls

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 7

Despite the heat wave, the holiday weekend provided the club with an opportunity to run off many of the Club Championships, which are…

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Swimming Pool Foe Nurses Is Suggested

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 2

AN objective of £1200 for a public appeal to provide a swimming pool and tennis court at the new home for the nursing staff…

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Bowls

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

Now that the contractors have started to build another green and shift the club house (which when completed will be an asset to the…

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Sunday Cricket Granted First Result of Referendum Richmond Council Comment Conditional Permission

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 9

FIRST result of the recent affirmative vote in the referendum regarding Sunday sport in Richmond Park was the…

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Bowls

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 4

Competitions played at the week-end resulted as follows:— In the Championship Pryor beat C. Knight, C. Wood beat Greenaway. In the…

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Allowed To Fence Wicket Cricket Club Request

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 5

SUBJECT to proper precautions being taken, Richmond Council at its last meeting granted a request by the Richmond…

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Some Tennis Suggestions for Annual Meeting President Submits Report

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 1

IN the following report, which he intends to submit to the forthcoming annual meeting, the President of the Hawkesbury…

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Bowls

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

Since the last bulletin the local competitions have been advanced a further stage. Results are as follow: In the Consistency handicap K…

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No Cricket

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

We have been advised by Mr. R. B. Turnbull (Hon. Secretary H.D.C.A.) that there will be no competition cricket conducted…

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Tennis Competitions Begin April 12

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Hawkesbury District Tennis Association on Monday evening last (a report of which will appear…

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Cricket Draw Play-Off For Fourth Place

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 7

OWING to Kurrajong and Windsor being on level terms for fourth place in the Hawkesbury District Cricket…

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Bowls

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 8

Principal event of the week was a match against four rinks visiting from Lakemba. The local team had a victory on every rink after a very…

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Re-opening of Golf Course Delayed Alderman Spurs Council Into Action

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 6

THE delay in carrying out the decision to re-open the old Richmond golf course was questioned by an alderman at the…

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