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Sport, 1969

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Bowls Associates

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1969 · page 7

Winners of the competition on 2nd January were Mesdames E. H. Coldwell and D. Reynoldson, 9th January…

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Bowls Associates

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1969 · page 4

Thursday’s competition was won by Mesdames F. Rockliff, W. Alexander, J. Rowley and H. Sweeney, Only fifteen…

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Cricket Notes Berrigan Suffers Second Consecutive Defeat

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1969 · page 1

Resuming their innings at 0/12 Katamatite soon were on top of the bowling, the first wicket not falling until…

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Bowls

The Berrigan Advocate · Monday 27 January 1969 · page 4

On Thursday night 45 players took part in the men’s triples event and this resulted in a win for D. O’Brien,…

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Bowls Associates

The Berrigan Advocate · Monday 27 January 1969 · page 4

Thursday’s winners were Mesdames L. Abbott, H. Grant, J. Rowley and H. Sweeney. Runners up were…

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Cricket Notes Fielding Improves

The Berrigan Advocate · Monday 27 January 1969 · page 8

At Katunga, the home side won the toss and decided to bat on a mild overcast day. Later rain stopped play for…

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Successful at junior tennis tourney at Finley

The Berrigan Advocate · Monday 27 January 1969 · page 4

Berrigan juniors, Martin Sweeney and Neil Davis dominated the under 19 years’ boys’ events at the Finley…

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Shocking Weather Conditions Upsets Attendance at Races

The Berrigan Advocate · Monday 27 January 1969 · page 4

Shocking weather conditions on Saturday greatly reduced, the attendance at the Berrigan District Race…

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Bowls

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1969 · page 4

Mr B. Sweeney won his way into the State singles by a convincing win in the zone 5 final played at Tatura last…

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Swimming Pool Proposed for Jerilderie

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1969 · page 3

Following a request from the P and C Ladies Auxiliary asking Council to make knows its policy on…

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Time trials at swimming pool

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1969 · page 4

An enthusiastic committee under the leadership of Mr M. Pyle are adding new life to the activities of the pool…

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Football radius extended to 35 miles

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1969 · page 15

The annual meeting of the Murray League at Tocumwal on Sunday agreed to extend the present 20-mile radius to…

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Bowls’ Associates

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1969 · page 8

In the final of the 6 to 10 handicap singles played on Thursday Mrs N. Morris defeated Mrs M. Learey in an…

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Oaklands Tennis

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1969 · page 7

The Oaklands Tennis club held a meeting last week, 28 members were in attendance. It was revealed that after…

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Tennis championships approaching

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1969 · page 1

The teams event competition is to be held at the Deniliquin Lawn courts next Sunday, commencing at 9.30…

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Berrigan heads pennant bowls ladder

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1969 · page 8

Last Thursday was men’s triples and the winners were D. O’Brien, R. Baker and A. McFarlane; runners-up were…

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Rezoning moves for country football

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1969 · page 2

The Victorian Country Football League has set in motion a move to rezone the whole of the State’s country…

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Bowls

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1969 · page 1

On Tuesday last mixed pairs was held, four pairs won their way into the semi finals, they were Mr and…

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Bowls’ Associates

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1969 · page 5

Last Tuesday the semi-finals and finals of the 100-up pairs were played. In the semi finals Mesdames J…

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Football season commences on 12th April

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1969 · page 1

Murray League secretary, Mr W. Limbrick, advised this week that the football season would commence on…

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