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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1978

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Junior Golf Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 31 March 1978 · page 4

This weekend we play a 9 hole stable-ford competition for a club trophy on Sunday. The draw is to take place between…

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Womens Bowls (Miss Rick)

The Western Herald · Friday 31 March 1978 · page 10

Social bowls on Wednesday resulted in J. Honeyman and Y. Honeyman def. B. Bloxham and E. Fitzsimmons 20-9. A pairs competition on Sunday…

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The Racing Scene

The Western Herald · Friday 31 March 1978 · page 12

Dubbo held a successful Easter Carnival with the feature races the Femme Fatale Stakes and Cup being won by Slipper and Stevies Flair…

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Tennis Club Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 31 March 1978 · page 12

The results from last week consist of one washout and. the Thursday night match 4 def 8 30-18 and 3 def 7 39-9. After watching team 7 (all girls) perform,…

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Rugby League Group 15 Teams Selected

The Western Herald · Friday 31 March 1978 · page 1

Group 15 selectors are confident that the teams selected in Bourke last Sunday shall do well in their games this Saturday and Sunday…

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Bourke Amateur Swimming Club Point Score Winners

The Western Herald · Friday 31 March 1978 · page 4

200m BBB: Kevin Gorrie A grade, A. Brown B grade, T. O'Mally C grade. 200m Freestyle: Kevin Gorrie A grade, Steve Hickey B grade, Karen…

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Rugby League Bourke Firsts Win Round Robin

The Western Herald · Friday 31 March 1978 · page 10

After a series of 40 minute trials last Sunday, Bourke played Goodooga in the final of the senior competition. Bourke proved to be too strong as…

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Rugby Union Western Plains Representative to Coach Bourke

The Western Herald · Friday 31 March 1978 · page 12

Paul Darcy, the former Western Plains Centre, will coach the Bourke Rugby Union First Grade side this season in its quest of the premiership…

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Boxing

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1978 · page 5

On Saturday, 1st April Trainer Brian Gibbs took 12 boys to Cobar for the Boxing Tournament. Of our 12 boys, 6 were matched with…

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Golf Club Cricket Team Golf Club’s Convincing Victory Over Paroo in Grand Final

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1978 · page 11

Our third consecutive attempt to win a grand final proved successful last Sunday when we defeated Paroo by 49 runs…

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Golf Club Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1978 · page 5

Glorious wither prevails for opening of golf season. 34 hardy souls forsook watching the Golf Club cricketers defeat Paroo and contested the first major competition…

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Associates Golf Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1978 · page 5

Fifteen associates contested the 18 hole stroke competition last Saturday. Some good scores were returned, which reflects the condition of the course…

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The Racing Scene

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1978 · page 12

Slightly disappointing fields contest Cattlemen’s Cup Meeting at Warren last Saturday. Although the fields were smaller than…

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Womens Bowls (Miss Rick) CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1978 · page 8

In the 1st round of the singles A. Gordon def F. Cole 32-23; K. Golden def L. Howard 31-19 and S. Honeyman def D. Riches 33-22. First round to be completed…

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Football Teams for

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1978 · page 10

Bourke teams to play Walgett at Bourke on Sunday: First Grade: P. Mackay, T. Demery, K. Cronin, R. Harvey, L. Dennis,…

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Cricketers Corner Golf Club Premiers

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1978 · page 12

Last Sunday Golf Club won the premiership, for only the second time since the Bourke competition commenced, after being runners-up the 2…

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Tennis Club Notes Men Wanted

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1978 · page 11

I used to believe that Bourke was a “man’s town” because there were many more of them than there were women. But maybe times have changed because…

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Rugby Union Union Growing From Strength to Strength

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1978 · page 11

With training in full swing, its pleasing to see so many interested people turning up every week. No doubt there is still a few people…

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Touch Football Beagle Boys and Federal Flashez 1 Joint Premiers

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1978 · page 12

Last week after 50 minutes of keen competition which included extra time. Beagle Boys and Federal Flashez 1 were still locked together on a 3-all draw…

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Jockey Club Races Tomorrow Strong Support from Locally Owned Horses

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1978 · page 1

Bourke Jockey Club will stage a five event programme tomorrow (Saturday) and it is expected that a large number of locally owned horses will face the starter…

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