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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1978

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Bathurst golf clinic

Western Magazine · Monday 23 January 1978 · page 28

Twenty-two junior golfers from Bathurst, Parkes and several other Central Western Centres recently attended the annual Bathurst clinic for young players. Bathurst professional Bert Norrie and his Condobolin…

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Golf Club Cricket News

The Western Herald · Friday 27 January 1978 · page 10

The holidays are over for most of us and its back to cricket on Sunday. Our game is against Dry Lake at the Golf Club…

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Married on Boxing Day

The Western Herald · Friday 27 January 1978 · page 4

Patricia, daughter of Bob and Dulcie Wood, was married to Norman Roberts at the Holy Innocents Church. Bourke, on Monday, 26th December. A reception followed at the Bowling Club…

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The Racing Scene

The Western Herald · Friday 27 January 1978 · page 12

Morale is really high amongst the members and committee of The Bourke Youth Club, with the purchase of a 22 seater bus and the prospects of our own…

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Junior Cricket

The Western Herald · Friday 27 January 1978 · page 10

Last Saturday Bourke boys travelled to Cobar for an inter-town game of cricket. The 14s and under were beaten by a…

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Cricket Teams for

The Western Herald · Friday 27 January 1978 · page 10

Golf Club cricket team to play Dry Lake at the Golf Club on Sunday: B. Fratten, D. Hill, S. Wheelhouse, D. Sloane, M. Gordon, L. Stringer, I. Roth, R. Kellett,…

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Womens Bowls (Miss Rick) Cowderoy Consistency Singles

The Western Herald · Friday 27 January 1978 · page 2

Second round of. Consistency Singles will be completed when the first issue of “The Western Herald” for 1978 is to hand. The quarter final to be played by 7/2/78…

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Swimming pools with no fences

Western Magazine · Monday 30 January 1978 · page 3

SIR — When are swimming pools going to be made safe? in almost every country town there are pools without fences. In a recent visit which included three…

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Golf Club Cricket News

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1978 · page 11

Not much I can say about our batting performance against Dry Lake last Sunday except that apart from Stephen Wheelhouse, it was rather woeful and…

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Married on Boxing Day

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1978 · page 9

Patricia Wood chose Holy Innocents Church, Bourke, for her marriage to Norman Roberts on 26th December, 1977. She arrived at the church in a…

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Womens Bowls (Miss Rick)

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1978 · page 12

The second round of Cowderoy Consistency Singles was completed when S. Honeyman def. N. Stephens 153-97. Quarter finals to be played by 7/2/78…

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The Racing Scene

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1978 · page 12

No local races to report this weekend. As Dubbo was the closest meeting I decided to stay home. For those of you that didn’t hear the…

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Another Sellout Expected at Boxing Promotion

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1978 · page 12

A sellout crowd is expected at the Bourke Youth Club Boxing Spectacular to be held at the Bourke Golf Club on Saturday. 11th February…

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Paroo Cricket Club Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1978 · page 11

An excellent game of cricket, played in the right spirit resulted in a very good win for Paroo. It is wonderful to see Jeff Costello…

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Golf Club Cricket News

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1978 · page 11

Our position as joint leaders of the local competition was relinquished last Sunday when our match against Paroo ended in a draw when we ran out of…

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Touch Football

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1978 · page 10

After the holiday break the competition is really getting into top gear with five teams at this stage starting to draw away a little. Some of these teams have…

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Golf Club Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1978 · page 10

Not much to report as far as golf is concerned owing to the hot weather deterring even the most dedicated of our golfers…

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Football Training Commences

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1978 · page 12

With Group XV trials looming up in mid-March the time has come to get stuck into training and have a few trial games of our own so as to get our teams…

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Bourke Boxing Spectacular Tomorrow Night

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1978 · page 12

Things are going fairly smoothly regarding the Bourke Youth Clubs promotion at the Bourke Golf Club tomorrow night. A few hitches have been overcome…

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Paroo Cricket Club Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1978 · page 11

An unfortunate and disappointing finish ended a very good days cricket. Light stopped play with two overs remaining and Golf Club needing 32 runs…

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