Redman Defeats Kirk District Tennis Championships
Playing in the final of the men's special singles, J. Redman (Stockton) easily defeated J. Kirk (Mayfield) in the Newcastle District Lawn Tennis Association's…
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Sport, 1940
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To Be Reviewed Control of Dog Racing
The Secretary of Maitland and Hunter District Greyhound Owners, Trainers and Breeders' Association (Mr. G. L. Feneley) received a letter from the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Family of Eight at Country Tennis Carnival
This State's, and perhaps Australia's, most remarkable tennis family competed in the New South Wales annual Country Week carnival. Them are eight…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Midge Sewell Wins Another Title Women's Swimming Championships Gwen Millard's Record
The Australian backstroke champion, Gwen Millard, of Singleton, won another title on Saturday at the Northern District Women's Amateur Swimming…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Catillyan Wins N.J.C. STAKE Saturday Night's Dog Racing Results
Coming from the Western districts, where he has built up an imposing record of wins, Catillyan won the N.J.C. Stake decisively at the Newcastle Jockey Club's…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →B.H.P. Now Leads in No. 1 Pennant Bowls Surprise Defeat of Hamilton
With the defeat of Hamilton on Saturday, B.H.P. now leads the No. 1 section of the pennant bowls competition, by one point…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tennis Championships Redman Plays Brilliantly to Win Special Singles Mesdames a'Beckett, McMillan And Bartley Successful
J. Redman of Stockton won the men's special singles final at District Park on Saturday, by defeating J. Kirk. Mrs. A'Beckett took the A reserve singles, Mrs. McMillan the C grade singles and Mrs. Bartley the D grade singles…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Athletic Titles Country Championships to be Held in Sydney
The country championships of Now South Wales will be held at Sydney Sports Ground on Saturday, January 27. Entries will close at 5 p.m. on January 22, and the entry fee is 1/…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Swimming Conference Perth
The conference of the Australian Amateur Swimming Union will be held in Perth on January 30. This is the result of a telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Regional Cricket Rejected
Marylebone Cricket Club in a circular to counties and minor counties. intimates that it is not prepared, at this stage, to initiate "regional" cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Swimming Conference in Perth States Reject Change PERTH
A telegraphic vote by the States has resulted in a decision being reached to hold the conference of the Australian Amateur Swimming Union in Perth on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Umpires for School Vacational Cricket
Newcastle District Cricket Association school vacation cricket fixtures and umpires for to-morrow are — Hamilton v Wickham, at Islington…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Learn Control of Golf Swing on Short Shots
"The action you are trying to perform in golf is to SWING the club-head. You are trying to swing it relative to hitting a golf ball from one place to another…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cup Tennis To-day Prelude to National Titles
Matches in the Linton and Wilson Cups symbolic of interstate junior tennis supremacy, will begin at Rushcutter Bay courts to-day. The Linton Cup is for junior men…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Champions at Maitland Greyhound Races To-morrow Night
Track championships over 440 yards and 730 yards, which are to be decided at the Maitland greyhound meeting to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Late Entries Not Accepted Players Will Miss Tennis Championships MELBOURNE
A proposal by Mr. C. Cross, the New South Wales delegate, that Len Schwartz, L. Brodie and G. Holland, whose entries arrived late, should be permitted to play…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Colts Win More Races Juvenile List Consistent Fillies SYDNEY
Honors are slightly in favor of the colts in the two-year-old races run in Sydney this season; but the fillies have been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Play on Same Courts Semi-final Games In Big Tennis SYDNEY
Earner rounds in the Australian tennis championships will be pushed ahead, so that it will be possible to play one match at a time in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Form and Selections For Ascot Races on Wednesday Jumpers' Flat Race (1.0) One mile
SILVER COAT: Last run was fourteenth in Rosehill Corinthlan Cup won by Spear Arrow on December 16. Won Corinthian Cupo at Newcastle last November, with 11[?] suited…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Form for Newcastle's Nine Races Braeman's Chance in Flying Welter Brazeno Chosen to Win N.J.C. Handicap
Braeman, who has been showing good form in his recent races, is selected to win the Flying Welter Handicap at Newcastle Jockey Club's meeting at Broadmeadow to-day. Brazeno, who finished fast to run a close third in the Flying…
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