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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Sport

Sport, 1968

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Rugby League Comes to the Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 April 1968 · page 14

New South Wale’s most popular winter sport, Rugby League Football, will be staged…

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Richmond Bowls Magnificent in Defeat

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 April 1968 · page 7

Our No. 5 Pennant team went to Blacktown on Saturday to meet St Marys in the Final…

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Rugby League Richmond’s Second Half Feast of Tries

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 April 1968 · page 5

Richmond ran away from Riverstone in their second half of the opening A Grade competition match on Sunday to win by 38-9…

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Windsor Golf Howe and Smith Win Mixed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 April 1968 · page 6

A large field participated in the Mixed 4BBB Stableford last Saturday and the outright winners…

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Riverstone Bowls Miller Shield Regained

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1968 · page 7

Castle Hill Memorial visited Riverstone last Sunday to compete for the R. W. Miller shield, which…

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Rugby League The Ghosts Took Some Laving

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1968 · page 8

Richmond A Grade had to pull out the stops on Sunday when the Mount Druitt Ghosts, by tenacious tackling, made the home team earn…

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Windsor Golf Two “Beauties” For Handicapper

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1968 · page 5

Our handicapper bagged himself some beauties during this week, two net 61’s —Brian Whelan and Col…

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Richmond Golf Thomas Sets New Record in Pro Purse

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1968 · page 5

West Australian professional Len Thomas in winning the Richmond Pro Purse on Saturday set a new course record of 67…

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Riverstone Bowls Club Pairs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 May 1968 · page 17

The first round in the Club Pairs was played last Saturday and there were a couple of surprise results…

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New Football Field

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 May 1968 · page 8

Members of Hawkesbury Sporting Club have set out a new football field in the North…

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Windsor Bowls Moses-Smith Match a Classic

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 May 1968 · page 17

The semi-finals in the Fours championship were both close, low-scoring matches with the bowls at…

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Windsor Golf Army Takes Diggers’ Cup

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 May 1968 · page 3

Being a new member did not appear to worry Eric Madson on Saturday. Considering he was new to the course he showed the veterans…

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Rugby League Richmond Bomb RAAF in Second-Half Raids

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 May 1968 · page 4

Down 10-2 at half-time, Richmond A Grade team ran all over RAAF in the second half on Sunday to score six tries and win by 28-12…

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Richmond Bowls Club Pairs to Ryan And Orr

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 May 1968 · page 17

[?] final of the Club was played on Saturday [?] turned out to be [?] battle and well…

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Rugby League Premiers Humbled by Waratahs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 May 1968 · page 6

The A Grade premiers, Richmond, were humbled by Penrith Waratahs on Sunday when they were outclassed in a 26-7 defeat…

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Windsor Bowls Fours Champ. Washed Out

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 May 1968 · page 5

The final of the Fours Championship was washed out last Saturday and will now be played on May…

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Riverstone Bowls Too Wet on

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 May 1968 · page 5

The rain washed out all play in the Club Pairs Championships set down for last Saturday…

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TENNIS Big Job With Draw

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 May 1968 · page 4

All 14 members of the Hawkesbury District Tennis Association committee attended the May meeting…

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Windsor Bowls Phillips Sent West

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 May 1968 · page 8

Jim Phillips had a good win against Arthur West in the semi-finals of the Fours championship…

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Ball Raises $106 for Swimming Pool

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 May 1968 · page 15

A wonderful social and financial success, the ball held recently at the Richmond R.S.L. Hall raised $106 for the Kurrajong Swimming Pool…

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