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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1952

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Amateur Status Lost If Teachers Paid for Swimming Tuition

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 8

PERTH, Tuesday.—A bombshell on the question of professional status was tossed amongst swimming teachers after the start today of the Education Department's vacation classes for…

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No Upsets in Country Week Tennis Titles

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, TUESDAY.— There were no upsets during the second day's play of the country week tennis championships at…

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Greyhound Races Handicap Events at Lismore

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 8

Principal race at the Lismore greyhound meeting tonight will be the final of the 495 yards handicap…

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Cricket Clunes Teams

Northern Star · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 8

Clunes teams to play Casino at Casino are- Clunes I.: C. Crane (capt.). J. McNamara, L. Strong, K…

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Star Tennis Players Should Be Rewarded

Northern Star · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Tennis players who represented their countries should be given financial reward in future, Mr…

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Greyhound Racing Handicap Final to Rene's Wonder

Northern Star · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 8

Lismore greyhound, Rene's Wonder, lived up to the promise showed earlier in his career by winning the final of the handicap event at Coleman's Point last night…

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World Open Tennis Title Suggested

Northern Star · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—A world open tennis championship was suggested today by the widely read "Evening News"…

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Country Tennis Knock-out Competition Today

Northern Star · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Three teams are certain to enter the knockout competition to decide the country week men's A…

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Appeal By Swimming Officials Citizens Asked to Aid Cost of Tamworth Trip

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 5

IN 1935 the Kyogle Swimming Club was established by a few enthuiasts, but little did they dream they were laying the foundations of one of the greatest advertisements the district has ever had…

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Eight Lismore Crews for B'bane Regatta

Northern Star · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 8

Eight crews from the Lismore Rowing Club will compete in the Commercial Rowing Club's regatta to be held in…

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Tennis Team to Tour South Africa

Northern Star · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 8

JOHANNESBURG, Friday (AAP).—It is officially confirmed by Australia that an Australian tennis team of two…

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Suggestion to Abandon Cricket Tour

Northern Star · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 8

JOHANNESBURG, Friday (AAP).—Abandonment of the South African cricket tour of Australia this year was…

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Nesbitt Park Tennis Club

Northern Star · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 3

The Nesbit Park Tennis Club will hold its first annual meeting tonight in the Railway Institute. The club, which has…

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Wollongong Retains Tennis Championship

Northern Star · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Wollongong number one team gave a splendid performance to hold the Country Week Men's Teams…

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Teams Chosen for Athletic Championships

Northern Star · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The New South Wales team to compete in the Australian athletic championships at Brisbane on…

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Louis Banned From Golf Tournament

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 8

SAN DIEGO (California), Monday (AAP).—Joe Louis, former world heavyweight boxing champion, has been told he…

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Rex. Page Won Par Golf Trophy

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 4

Kyogle Golf Club conducted an 18-hole par competition for a club trophy on the local course on Saturday…

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CRICKET Exciting Finish at Ballina gives Sunday Inter-District to Kyogle

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 5

In an exciting finish, Kyogle First XI gained an outright win over Ballina on Sunday to win the Far North Coast Sunday division competition which concluded at the week-end. With 15 minutes of play left, Kyogle, with three wickets down,…

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Swimming Carnival

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 8

Handicap events for the club pointscores will commence again on Friday night, when the Lismore Swimming Club…

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Extra Crews for Brisbane Regatta

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 8

Rowing Club selectors last night announced the names of three additional crews to compete at the Commercial Rowing…

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