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Sport, 1968

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Pennant bowls on Friday for associates

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1968 · page 2

Our first pennant match for 1968-69 starts next Friday. Berrigan Green play Finley Gold at Finley, team…

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Office-bearers elected for tennis season

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1968 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Tennis club held in the Memorial Hall on 29th August the following were elected…

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Bowls

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1968 · page 1

Both competitive and pennant bowls were played on Saturday, twelve players contested three games of…

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Golf

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1968 · page 8

The chook run over the last two weeks has been won by G. Green nett 29½ and W. McDonald nett 29. Due to…

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Bowls Associates

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1968 · page 8

Our pennant teams got off to a good start in their first matches of the season. Berrigan Green defeated…

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Bowls Associates

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 1

Next Thursday is our official opening day for the 1968/69 bowling season. All associates are requested to…

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Cricket begins

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 4

The cricket season this year commences next Saturday with Berrigan playing Barooga at Barooga…

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Country football move defeated

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 8

A move to delete V.F.L. representation on the Victorian Country Football League was defeated at a VCFL…

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Bowls Associates

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1968 · page 1

Favoured with ideal weather conditions on Thursday last, the associates official opening day was held. Thirty…

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Tennis Teams Defeated

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1968 · page 7

The tennis season commenced this week-end. The opening tournament held under perfect conditions on…

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Win for bowls pennant team

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1968 · page 1

Sixteen players competed in the local bowls competition on Saturday. The eventual winners being O. Batten and…

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Cricket Notes Fourth wicket partnership lifts total

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1968 · page 1

Barooga won the toss and sent Berrigan in to bat. Ted Spence and this year’s captain G. Ellis opened the…

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Bowls

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1968 · page 4

Saturday saw 17 bowlers compete in the local competition. Good weather and conditions made it a pleasant…

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Bowls Associates

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1968 · page 5

Last Thursday we were again favoured with ideal bowling weather and 25 associates participated in the…

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Tennis Clinic

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1968 · page 1

At the first tennis clinic, there were 46 children present. The winners were Alison Moar and Kay Brassil in the…

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Football social and presentation

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1968 · page 1

A social evening was held at the Berrigan Golf and Bowling Club to wind up the football club activities for this season and a very enjoyable evening was held to the music of the…

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Berrigan Golf and Bowling Club Annual Reports

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1968 · page 7

The following reports were presented at the recent annual meeting of the Berrigan Golf and Bowling Club:—…

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Bowls

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1968 · page 5

Inclement weather prevented the Thursday night competition from starting off, let’s hope for better this…

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Bowls Associates

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1968 · page 8

It was indeed very pleasing despite the weather conditions to have 27 associates playing in the competition…

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Inter-zone Cricket Starts on

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1968 · page 4

The first round of inter-association matches conducted by the Goulburn-Murray cricket zone will be played…

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