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Sport, 1961

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Vince Connelly Sums Up Golf Season Grass Green Experiment

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 October 1961 · page 4

The 1961 golf season has finished. Officially th[?] season finished during the week-end, but for th[?] amount of golf being played it virtually ended wi[?] the closing of September. This was a pity as October…

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Deniliquin Swimming Club Membership Exceeds 250

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 November 1961 · page 3

Before he tendered his resignation, Deniliquin Swimming Club president, Mr. J. McGrath, appealed for larger membership at the club’s annual general meeting recently…

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Football Dinner Still on

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 November 1961 · page 8

The Deniliquin Football Club’s dinner will be held as planned, the vice-president of the club. Mr. H…

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Bowls

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1961 · page 5

Thirty-eight players took part in the first and second rounds of the 100 up competition played on the local…

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Bowls Associates

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1961 · page 6

The associates held their annual triples tournament on Tuesday last. Despite shocking weather, sixty-six…

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Tennis

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1961 · page 1

Men’s and Ladies’ doubles were the order of the day on Saturday, and 32 players withstood the heat to…

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Cricket

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1961 · page 4

Berrigan, at home to Numurkah Blue, have started very well due mainly to some good bowling by G. Ellis and…

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Berrigan Races

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1961 · page 4

Weights for Berrigan races next Saturday are as follows: Maiden Plate, wfa, 4f Thunder Son 9/0; Sir Babu…

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Football Coaches Appointed

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1961 · page 1

Cobram Football Club has appointed Col. Barton as their coach for the 1962 season. He has played with the…

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Football Club Special Meeting

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 November 1961 · page 1

A special meeting of the Deniliquin Football Club is being called for Friday The meeting will…

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40 Take Part in Associate Bowls

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 November 1961 · page 1

Forty associates took part in “A” and “B” grade games on the Deniliquin bowling green on…

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Football Dinner: Mayor’s Plea for a United Deni. F. Club

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 November 1961 · page 5

The former president and treasurer of the Deniliquin Football Club, Ald. Conallin and Mr. A. Graham, had done a terrific amount of work for the club, the vice-president, Mr. H. C. Lea, said at the club’s…

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Associates’ Bowls

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1961 · page 8

On Thursday last the associates held an invitation day, each member inviting a non-member to come along…

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Tennis

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1961 · page 5

Feature of last week’s tennis was the ladies’ open American tournament played on Thursday, Thirty-six…

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North Deni. Tennis Club Tournament

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 November 1961 · page 1

The recently re-formed North Deniliquin Tennis Club will hold its first tournament of the season at the club courts on…

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Conargo Swimming Pool Fund at Half-way Mark

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 November 1961 · page 6

Plans for the building of a children’s swimming pool at Conargo were to be finalised at a public meeting on Monday night. An enthusiastic committee…

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Deni. Football Club Back to Strength

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 November 1961 · page 5

Deniliquin Football Club on Friday elected Mr. Grant Whittakers, a well-known and highly respected district grazier, president of a committee to watch die interests of the club until its annual meeting…

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Football Club Annual Meeting Next Week

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1961 · page 1

Wednesday night of next week will bring to a conclusion the 1961 football season, when the annual meeting…

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Football Club Dinner for the Ladies

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 November 1961 · page 7

The football club entertained the ladies committee to the ladies committee to a dinner at the Charleston Hotel recently…

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Bowls

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1961 · page 6

Sorry that there were not any notes last week, as I was away and did not get back in time to get the job done…

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