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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1956

269 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 14

Rugby League Semi-final to Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1956 · page 2

Queanbeyan Blues were eliminated from the Group Eight Rugby League finals am Sunday when they were defeated…

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Tough batches Over Weekend Church and West in Women’s Tennis Final

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1956 · page 4

With the Queanbeyan winter tennis competitions in the final stages, grand tennis was witnessed over the weekend. Although both faced…

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First Bowls on New Green

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 August 1956 · page 5

Queanbeyan Women’s Bowling Club will play the first matches of the season on its new green next week weather…

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Dog Races Tomorrow

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 August 1956 · page 5

Queanbeyan District Coursing Club will stage five races and a consola ion stakes at its meeting on the showground…

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Tomorrow’s Tennis Matches Interesting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 August 1956 · page 5

Queanbeyan’s tennis competitions all enter the final or semi-final stages tomorrow and, weather permitting many interesting and closely contested matches should result. The first final will be played…

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Big Match for Golf Associates

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 August 1956 · page 5

Queanbeyan Go f Associates’ President versus Captain match will he played on the course next Saturday…

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Victory for Christ Church Team Tennis Defeat for West Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 August 1956 · page 5

West Queanbeyan, minor premiers in the ladies’ second division of the tennis competition, crashed badly on Saturday when they were well beaten by Christ…

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1956-57 Cricket Competitions Queanbeyan to Field Three Cricket Teams

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 5

Queanbeyan will field three teams in the A.C.T. Cricket Association’s 1956-57 competitions. These teams were admitted…

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Young Tennis Champions Receive Their Trophies

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 5

Queanbeyan Junior Tennis Championships were concluded last Sunday afternoon when Ald. W. B. Freebody presented the trophies to the successful competitors…

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Church, Wests in Tennis Grand Final

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 1

Main interest in tomorrow’s tennis centres on the grand final of the ladies’ second division competition between Christ Church and West Queanbeyan…

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Football Final to Be Broadcast From 2Ca

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 3

The 1856 Rugby Union grand final at Manuka Oval, Canberra, will be broadcast from 2CA on Saturday afternoon. Commentator will be Charles…

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Win for Golf Associates’ Team

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 1

The Captain’s team defeated the President’s team in the Queanbeyan Golf Associates’ match last Saturday…

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Prelude to Power Shield Match Two Park Teams Will Meet in Tennis Final

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 5

The two Park tennis teams (1 and 2) will meet on Saturday in the final of the men’s first divison competition. The match will be played…

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Sixty Play in Bowls Competition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 September 1956 · page 3

Sixty players competed in a Spoon Competition held last Sunday at Queanbeyan Bowling Club green…

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Group 8 Rugby League Premiership Intertown Grand Final Win to Yass

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 September 1956 · page 4

Yass provided the upset of the season by defeating the favoured Captain’s Flat team in decisive fashion for the Group Eight Rugby League 1956 Premiership at…

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Will Go on to Grand Final Power Shield Final Win for Park Tennis Team

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 September 1956 · page 2

Park I staged a remarkable reversal of form on Saturday to defeat Park 2 by twelve games in the final of the Power Shield. Park I. had previously been…

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Tennis Finals for East Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 September 1956 · page 5

East Queanbeyan Tennis Championship Finals will be played on Saturday Draw for the day’s play is:…

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Last Battle for Power Shield Tennis Grand Final to Be Played Tomorrow

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 September 1956 · page 6

Thornleigh and Park 1 tennis teams will meet at West Queanbeyan tomorrow in the grand final of the Power Shield competition Although no official teams…

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Schoolboy Football

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 September 1956 · page 5

[?] Park, Captain’s Flat, last Wednesday before an interested crowd…

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No Car Races

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 September 1956 · page 2

Police at Orange have refused to issue a permit for car races at Gnoo Blas circuit, to have been held on Labor Day,…

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