Sydney Skiffs For Belmont Regatta SYDNEY
A big fleet of Sydney and Botany Bay 16ft. skiffs will compete at the annual regatta of the Belmont Club at Lake Macquarie on January 27, 28…
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Sport, 1940
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Newcastle Races
FINISHED STRONGLY. Bobby finished too strongly for Brazeno in the N.J.C. Handicap at Newcastle yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New President Waratah Rugby League Club
Mr. H. Edwards, who, before an accident to his foot, was perhaps the most versatile athlete in Newcastle, was elected President of Waratah-Mayfield Rugby…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Maitland Racing Dates Approved
The list of 1940 racing dates for the Maitland Race and Sports Club has been approved by the A.J.C. There will be 10 meetings during the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stop Press Ascot Races
Three and Four Year Old Handicap, second division: INQUIRY 1. Rival Spear 2, Violon Veil 3. WARRNAMBOOL RACES…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Muswellbrook Cricket MUSWELLBROOK
Every team competing in the Muswellbrook District Cricket competition has a chance of winning the A grades premiership…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Country Week Bowls Entries Close on
Bowlers who intend to take part in the Country Week carnival, commencing on February 19, are reminded that entries close on Monday, January 22…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.S.W. Country Swimming Championships Eighteen Events At Muswellbrook
Eighteen New South Wales country swimming championships will be held in the Muswellbrook baths on February 17…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Women's Finals Important Matches in District Tennis
The draw for the Newcastle and District Lawn Tennis Association's championships, to be held at District Park on Saturday, is attractive…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Innamincka Has A Day At The Races
HORSES FOR COURSES! Stirring finish at Innamincka racecourse. The finishing post is a sapling and the grandstand a gunyah, but it's the day of the year for Innamincka. On the flat, is the plane of the Broken Hill Flying Doctor. Innamincka is one of the places on the doctor's itinerary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →C. & S. Cricket Central Should Keep Advantage
Central, unchallenged City and Suburban A grade leader since the end of the second series, has bright prospects of retaining its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.S.W. Bowls Fee May Result in New Association Sydney
A special meeting of the New South Wales Bowling Association will be held to-morrow night, to consider the formation of a Sydney District Bowling…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.J.C. Starts Year Well Success Of Races Yesterday
The success of the Newcastle Jockey Club's race meeting at Broadmeadow yesterday, the first [?] 1940, provided an auspicious…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anniversary Day Regatta: Belmont Club
Keen interest is being shown by 16ft. skiff crews in the Belmont Club's Anniversary regatta, to be held at Lake Macquarie on January 27, 28 and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bowls Pairs Championship
The first round of the district pairs championship, arranged by the Newcastle District Bowling Association, was played at National Park to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hunter Cricket Point Scores
Weston, with 61 points, has a commanding lead in the Hunter River District Cricket Association's A grade competition Robins is its nearest…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Week-end Golf Fixtures Waratah Club
The Waratah Golf Club will hold an open four-ball par competition at Cockle Creek on Saturday. On Monday, January 29, an open 10…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Lively Quarrel About Tennis Courts Lithgow
When a petition claiming that the night tennis courts at Mort's Estate were a nuisance was before Lithgow Municipal Council there was lively discussion for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tennis Players Had Hard Task at Country Week Carnival
ALTHOUGH NEWCASTKLE'S teams did not win any of the premierships at the Country Week carnival, its leading players, F. Sherriff, F. Forward, Miss R…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Tennis Team May Go to New Zealand Melbourne
Although its cancellation seemed imminent, the Australian tennis stars to the New Zealand Centennial championships on February 10-17 may now go on subject to three conditions…
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