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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1977

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Cricket News Golf Club Annihilated by Dry Lake

The Western Herald · Friday 18 February 1977 · page 12

The word annihilate is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as, quote, “reduce to nothing, destroy utterly,” and this is exactly what Dry Lake bowlers Steve…

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The Racing Scene

The Western Herald · Friday 18 February 1977 · page 12

Shire charges for the hire of the course by the Jockey Club are in the news again. Everyone knows my views. I think all…

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Touch Football News

The Western Herald · Friday 18 February 1977 · page 4

Judging by the numbers that turned up for preliminary trial games last Monday afternoon, Touch Football is here to stay as a pre-winter season sport…

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Paroo Cricket Club

The Western Herald · Friday 18 February 1977 · page 11

In a high scoring game against a revitalised Brewarrina side Paroo ran out winners by 86 runs. After being sent in to bat we were in…

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Colts Cricket News

The Western Herald · Friday 18 February 1977 · page 11

The Colts have lost their position on the competition ladder in the space of 4 games. Fords Bridge gave us a hiding on…

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Golf Club Notes Peter Wheelhouse Wins 18 Hole Stableford

The Western Herald · Friday 18 February 1977 · page 8

Last Sunday’s winner of the 18 hole Stableford event was Peter Wheelhouse on a count back from the consistent Gary Wynne…

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Plans for Big Year in Rugby Union

Western Magazine · Monday 21 February 1977 · page 16

Several major events in addition to the Central West Rugby Union competition are planned for the coming season, including visits to the area by New…

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Western Magazine, week commencing February 21, 1977 Nagle, Norman, Dunk for Forbes Golf Classic

Western Magazine · Monday 21 February 1977 · page 16

Kel Nagle, current leader in the PGA Order of Merit series and former Forbes Pro-Am winner has nominated for the $15,000 Forbes Golf Classic from March…

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Golf Club Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 25 February 1977 · page 11

Pleasing to sec 21 starters for last Sunday’s versus par event. The eventual winner was Terry Mackay with Tony Gale runner-up. Terry continued with his…

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The Racing Scene

The Western Herald · Friday 25 February 1977 · page 12

Good to see John Hull back on the again at the Renshaw Sporting Complex. I was down there about 3 weeks ago and everything looked dead, but am…

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Touch Football News

The Western Herald · Friday 25 February 1977 · page 3

The very welcome rain last Monday delayed the start of the touch football competition, but all going well it should have got under way yesterday…

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Rugby League Without the Ambulance Man

Western Magazine · Monday 28 February 1977 · page 40

The local ambulance has for a lifetime been as indispensable part of a football match as the referee. Both were essential features…

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Cricket News Golf Club Back on Top Again

The Western Herald · Friday 4 March 1977 · page 10

By virtue of Dry Lakes defeat by Paroo and our win against Brewarrina we are once again leaders of the competition Sent in by Brewarrina, Golf Club lost…

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Rugby Union News

The Western Herald · Friday 4 March 1977 · page 12

The Annual General Meeting will De held this Tuesday night (8th March) at 8 p.m. sharp at the Golf Club. The main objective will be to…

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Associates Golf Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 4 March 1977 · page 11

Hi! Come on ladies, time to dust your golfing gear and get ready for an exciting season on a course that is improving all the time and really looking beaut…

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Golf Club Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 4 March 1977 · page 3

Although only 14 holes were playable on Sunday, due to the heavy rain, there were some good scores returned in the stroke event…

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Junior Golf Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 4 March 1977 · page 12

Well, after a two week absence, we finally have a column in this week’s paper. Back to last week’s golf, a 9 hole stroke event, which attracted a good field…

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Tennis Club Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 4 March 1977 · page 8

The Annual General Meeting of the Bourke Tennis Club was held on 22nd February at the Council Chambers. The following office bearers were elected:…

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Colts Cricket News

The Western Herald · Friday 4 March 1977 · page 11

Last Sunday saw the-first win for the Colts out of the last five competition matches. In a very high scoring match we defeated Louth with only four overs…

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Touch Football Competition in Full Swing

The Western Herald · Friday 4 March 1977 · page 12

The competition is now in lull swing and even after only 2 competition games there appears to be some very good combinations about. I am looking forward to…

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