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Sport, 1943

516 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 26

N.e.g.s. Swimming Carnival

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 12

New England Girls' School annual swimming carnival will be held at the city baths on Monday next. First event commences at 2 p.m…

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Armidale Golf Club Successful Year

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 6

Careful handling of finances of the Armidale Golf Club for the past year resulted in a credit balance of £250, despite difficult conditions due to the…

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Swimming Carnivals: Busy Days Ahead at City Baths

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 9

The first three days of next week will be busy days M the City Baths. On Monday N.E.G.S. will hold its annual carnival, and on Tuesday…

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Red Cross Races Profit of £259

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 4

The two Saturday afternoon race meetings held in January under the auspices of the recently formed Inverell Patriotic Race Club showed a…

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Athletic Sports, March 20th

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 4

Two military events have been added to the above sports and all intending competitors for these sports, to be held on the showground on Saturday,…

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Cricket To-morrow Army Team to Play Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 1

The series of cricket matches between Glen Innes and teams selected from the Army will be continued to-morrow, when…

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BOWLS Pennant Matches

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 2

Weather conditions were ideal for the continuation of the local Bowling Club’s Pennant Competition on Saturday afternoon, and the…

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Swimming Armidale Lad Does Well in Championships

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 7

Don Monckton, son of Mr. T. G. Monckton, of the City Baths, yesterday won the semi-final of the under 12 years' championship at…

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GOLF Armidale Club Officially Opens Season

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 3

The official opening of the Armidale Golf Club for the 1943 season took place on Saturday last. A cool change, in what has been unusually…

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League Football Annual Meeting Postponed To March 19

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 6

In the event of senior league football not being played this season owing to war conditions, competitions among junior…

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Athletic Sports, March 20

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 2

Everything is being done to make the above sports on the showground highly successful and enjoyable. The organisers expect a large number of…

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Bowls

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 3

A committee meeting of the Bowling Club decided last night that the competitions which were set down for to-night will be suspended altogether…

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Athletic .Sports—March 20

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 3

Entries for the above sports at the showground close this Saturday, March 13, with Mr. E. L. Flood, of the Australian Hotel, who is the secetary…

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Acceptances for Canterbury Park Races

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday.—Following are the acceptances for Canterbury Park races on Saturday:…

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Associates' Golf

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 15

Nine holes flag competition Mrs. Garrahy (14) 8th pin, Mrs. Fisher (10), Mrs. Briggs (14), Mrs. Mitchell (13), Miss. Howes (14) 8th fairway,…

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BOWLS Consistency Competion Won by S. Skipp

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 2

On Tuesday evening anothre interesting consistency competition was played, Shipp winning first place and F. Faull second…

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Boxing the Compass

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 3

“Boxing the Compass” is a sailor’s term for repeating the successive 32 points of the compass with or without the quarter points between. For a…

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Bowls Championship Games Saturday’s Contests

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 3

On the local bowling green on Saturday afternoon A. Hall and A. Humphries were opposed to T. Percy and A. Dunbar in a match for the Silver…

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Night Bowls

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 3

The usual weekly night bowls competition for to-morrow (Thursday) will be a match between players residing on Ross Hill and Belgravia…

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GOLF Opening Day

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 4

To-morrow afternoon at 2.15 p.m, members and Associates will open the season with a mixed foursomes handicap event. Some new faces are…

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