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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1927

404 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 21

Swimming School

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

The Swimming School at Queanbeyan was opened yesterday morning, and will be confined till Thursday, 13th January. All girls and boys who…

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Nerriga's Bumping Boxing Day Sports

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

"Spectator" writes:—Notwithstanding the unfavorable weather conditions the crowd was well over the record for many years. The sports and…

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Swimming School

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 1

The heavy storms on Wednesday night caused a rise in the river, and it was not possible to give instruction to the children enrolled for swimming…

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Pony Races

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 2

Following are the handicaps for the forthcoming A.R.C. meeting in Braidwood:-Traders' Handicap.—Wilma, 9.10 ;…

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The Races

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 3

The races, which were run under A.R.C. rules, took place on the Braidwood racecourse on Saturday. Again the morning broke dull and…

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Country Tennis Week

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

Queanbeyan and Canberra tennis players will compete in the Country Week Carnival which opens in Sydney to-day, and they can be relied upon…

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Country Tennis Carnival

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 2

The Country Tennis Carnival was commenced in Sydney on Tuesday. The results of matches played by Canberra teams (which include…

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Country Tennis Carnival

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 1

Keen contests for supremacy are being witnessed in the teams matches now in progress at the Country Week Carnival in Sydney. Queanbeyan…

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Local & General News Cricket

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 2

A mated will be played on the Rec. on Saturday between Braidwood and Charleyong. The home team will be chosen from the following:—Johnson,…

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Canberra A. R. C. Races

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 1

Arrangements are well in hand for the holding of races on Acton race-course on Saturday, 12th February. A meeting of the temporary…

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Swimming Classes

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 1

The Swimming classes conducted at Queanbeyan this year were very successful considering the drawbacks which beset teachers and pupils. There…

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Local & General News Tennis

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

The much-discussed match between the Misses M. Backhouse and C. McDermott took place on Sunday last at the "Erieriwa" courts. After an…

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Cricket Charleyong v. BRAIDWOOD

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

Charleyong cricketers sprang a surprise on Braidwood on Saturday, when they soundly trounced the local men on the Rec. There was no fluke…

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Motor Racing in Goulburn Sensational Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 3

There was a sensational ending to the third heat of the Grand Prix at the Goulburn speed races on the racecourse on Saturday afternoon laet…

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Broadcasting Meanderings by “Hello” Cricket Talk

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 6

I have been greatly struck during the last couple of weeks by the number of people who have spoken to me about the broadcasting of cricket…

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Country Tennis Champions Queanbeyan Players Annex Title

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1927 · page 3

Hearty congratulations to the Queanbeyan an tennis players, Messrs. W. B. Freebody, M. Crowe, J. and N. Ridley, who, under the title of Canberra I.,…

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Cricket

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 1
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

The following team will represent Queanbeyan against Capitol Hill on the latter’s wicket to-morrow (Saturday): L. Zeims, S. T. Hincksman,…

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Champion Tennis Players

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 1

A few of the performances of Jack and Norman Ridley, who, with other local players, distinguished themselves at the Country Tennis Carnival held…

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Queanbeyan’s Champion Tennis Team Norman Ridley

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 1

1926: Gibbs Cup (Michelago), 2 years in succession, and now permanent holder; 1926, Eden-Monaro Championship and Cup;…

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