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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1954

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Power Shield Tennis Draw

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 4

The [?] Shield matches to be [?] (Saturday) should [?] some excellent tennis…

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Junior Tennis Coaching Classes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 5

Junior tennis coaching classes will again be conducted to-morrow (Saturday) morning at the Queanbeyan Park tennis court;…

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Women’s Bowls Season Ends

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 5

To mark this season’s last day of play, Queanbeyan Women’s Bowling Club will stage a competition for trophies next Tuesday…

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Golf Title Draw for

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 5

Queanbeyan Golf Club will hold the qualifying round of the Club championship at Queanbeyan on Sunday…

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Black Balls in Tennis Game

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 5

A visiting team from West Queanbeyan Tennis Club played part of match at Jerangle on Sunday with black balls…

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Qbn Birds Won Long Races

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 3

The senior section of the Canberra Homing Pigeon Club staged the Les Martin Trophy race from Temora on Sunday…

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Football Drab Display by League Reserves

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 2

With the Union competition match falling through owing to Goulburn Centrals having forfeited, the only game on the Braidwood ground was…

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New Champion Slams a Wood in Golf Final

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 6

MRS. D. FLEMING , new Royal Canberra associates champion, gets down low to a sloping lie at the vital 31st hole in the club championship yesterday. Equally engrossed in the flight of the ball is her caddy, Mrs. Joan Commins, club champion in 1952 and 1953, who did not defend her title because of a hand injury…

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Football Reserves

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 2

The newly-formed reserve grade League team made the long trip to Bowning on Sunday to play its first competition match. It met a heavy…

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Golf Win by Mrs J.Solomon

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 3

With a 67 nett Mrs. J. Solomon won the Queanbeyan golf associates monthly spoon competition, held in conjunction with the…

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Cup Football Booms at Yass

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 3

If any former supporter of Rugby League doubts that the re-introduction of the Massey Cup for inter-town challenge,…

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National Football Combine Had Easy Victory

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 4

Queanbeyan- Acton Combine defeated Ains[?]ie by 35 points in the A.C.T. National Football fixture on Queanbey n Park on…

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Football League Club Formed in Braidwood

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 2

At a meeting on 9th June a reserve grade League club was formed in Braidwood. Present at the meeting were Messrs. G. Shorrock, B. Gordon,…

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Tennis Tourney Raised £50 for Spastic Centre

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 3

The tennis tournament condueted in aid of the Queanbeyan Spastic Centre Council on Sunday was an unprecedented success, over…

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Yass Retains Rugby League Massy Cup Downed Blues in Exciting Match

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 3

ALTHOUGH DEFEATED 18 POINTS TO 6 IN THEIR EFFORT TO REGAIN THE MASSY GUP ON SUNDAY, THE QUEANBEYAN BLUES GAVE YASS MORE THAN A FEW ANXIOUS MOMENTS BEFORE THE FULLTIME BELL RANG…

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Football

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

There will be two matches on the recreation ground on Sunday. The newly-formed Rugby League reserve team meets North City (Canberra) at…

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Table Tennis

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 6

Queanbeyan Wanderers were defeated by eight matches to two by Swaythlings in the A. C. T. [?] grade table tennis penant…

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Golf Win by Mr John Hunt

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 5

M. John Hunt won the Golf [?] Secretary—Treasurer’s Trophy at Queanbeyan links last Sunday…

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Football

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 2

Sunday's match, on the recreation ground against the Forestry team from Canberra provided one of the best exhibitions of Rugby Union seen at…

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Golf Notes. Associates Vie for Championship

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 2

The first round of Match play Queanbeyan ;golf associates 1954 Championship was played on Saturday under ideal weather…

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