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Sport, 1961

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Blighty Golf, Day Boosts Legacy Funds

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 September 1961 · page 8

Players from Deniliquin, Finley, Mathoura and Blighty took part in the Blighty R.S.L. and Blighty…

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Football Cobram Win Another Flag

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1961 · page 3

Cobram won the 1961 Murray Football League pennant on Saturday when they defeated Deniliquin in the…

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Tocumwal Races on Saturday Week

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1961 · page 3

The Tocumwal Race Club’s cup meeting will be held on Saturday week. The course and track will…

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Blighty Admitted to Cricket Competition

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 September 1961 · page 7

Blighty Cricket Club was admitted to the Deniliquin District Cricket Association on a 7-6 vote at the annual meeting of the association last week. It was unsuccessfully moved that the associations…

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Diggers’ Golf Tournament on

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 September 1961 · page 2

Mr. J. Murnane presided over the monthly meeting of the local R.S.L. held on Friday at the Memorial Centre…

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Mrs. Peters Wins Tennis Competition

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 September 1961 · page 2

The weekly tennis matches, which have been played at the courts over the past few weeks, were finalised last Thursday…

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Golf

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1961 · page 4

Small fields were again the order of the day for the final monthly medals of the season on the local links on…

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Tennis Clinic

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1961 · page 3

Well boys and girls, the tennis clinic is about to start its 1961-62 season, Opening day win be 14th October and…

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Golf Bag Missing

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 September 1961 · page 5

A fawn zippered golf bag, containing a driver's licence and a sum of money, was lost at memorial Park in Deniliquin last…

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C. Fairall Wins Diggers’ Golf

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 September 1961 · page 9

The Animal Diggers’ Golf Tournament was held last Sunday in perfect weather. There were about 40 entries…

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Table Tennis Grand Final Decided

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 September 1961 · page 4

Tennis Club defeated Blues six games to three to win the Deniliquin Table Tennis Association A Grade grand-final in the Edward Theatre last week. In the B Grade, Agents defeated Dodgers 7 - 4…

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E.R.F.A. FOOTBALL: East Protest is Dismissed

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 September 1961 · page 1

A protest lodged by the east Football Club to the E.R.F.A. has been dismissed by the association. East, following the…

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Big Crowd at School Athletic Carnivals

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 September 1961 · page 2

One of the biggest sports days in the Deniliquin district school’s calendar was held last Friday, when two athle tic carnivals were staged at Memorial Park. In the morning the third annual athletic carnival of…

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Bowls

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1961 · page 3

Favoured with a perfect afternoon on Thursday, 28th inst., the Bowling Associates [?]d their official opening for…

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Golf

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1961 · page 3

The warm weather on Saturday kept the field small for the closing day event, which was members v. associates,…

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Cricket Association

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1961 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Murray Valley Cricket Association was held at Strathmerton on 12th September. A…

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Golf Associates Review an Outstanding Year

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 October 1961 · page 5

The number of Deniliquin Golf Club Associates taking part in competitive play almost doubled during the year, the secretary, Mrs. R. B. Eyres, reported to the annual meeting on Friday. She said the standard of…

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Lawn Tennis Club Starts Its Season

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 October 1961 · page 1

The Deniliquin Lawn Tennis Club’s 1961-62 season will be officially opened by the president, Mr…

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Confidence for Next Year Shown at Football Dinner

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1961 · page 3

Some 61 players and officials gathered together for the annual dinner of the Berrigan Football Club, the…

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Brilliant Weather for Bowls Opening Mayor’s Good News for Club

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 October 1961 · page 1

The Department of Lands will not interfere with the terms of lease between the Deniliquin Bowling Club and the Municipal Council. In some instances the department has stipulated leases which mean up to 5,000 per cent increase in rentals. The Mayor, Ald. Campbell, said this at the official…

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