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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1960

617 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 28 of 31

Examinations Affected Athletic Attendance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 November 1960 · page 5

Examinations cui down the number of Queanbeyan athletes who competed at the Canberra athletic meeting at Majura Oval on Saturday night…

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Heavy Rain Disrupts Sporting Fixtures Races and Cricket Affected

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 10

Steady rain on Saturday morning, followed by several severe electrical storms about mid-day, disrupted sporting fixtures and caused several to be abandoned. the rain commenced falling…

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Festival Tennis Tournament Next

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 10

The Queanbeyan Park Tennis Club will hold its Floral festival Mixed Doubles Tennis tournament…

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Further Results Of Night Tennis

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 10

Tourist and Park I were successful in matches played for the Tom Hunt Shield in the Queanbeyan Night…

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Queanbeyan Junior Cricket Practice Off

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 4

Following the cancellation of all junior cricket due to rain last Saturday morning Queanbeyan’s three teams…

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GOLF Handicaps Broken At Flora! Festival Tournament

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 10

Many handicaps were broken on Sunday at the Queanbeyan Golf Club, when the annual floral Festival Tournament was conducted…

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Swimming Pool Could Be Ready to Use by the End of January

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 6

Construction of the Queanbeyan Olympic Swimming Pool, which is to be completed by the Municipal Council by day labour, could be finished by the end of January. This was stated by the…

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Close Struggle In A.C.T. Cricket Premierships

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 10

The washed out day’s cricket on Saturday did nothing to clarity the position of teams in the A.C.T…

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Women’s Bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 November 1960 · page 3

The Queanbeyan Women’s Bowling Club staged a successful bowls day on Tuesday as part of toe Floral…

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Bungendore Tennis Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 November 1960 · page 2

Another good day’s, tennis on Sunday resulted in some very close results. The new handicaps proved…

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Good Progress on Swimming Pool Engineer Reports to Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 November 1960 · page 1

Municipal Council Engineer, Mr. R. A. Guy, told the meeting of the council on Wednesday night that good progress was now being made on construction of the Olympic Swimming Pool…

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GOLF Final Pennant Match Of The Season

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 November 1960 · page 8

Queanbeyan pennant golfers will play their last match of the 1960 season when they meet Tully park…

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Top Teams To Clash In junior Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 November 1960 · page 4

One-day matches will be played by all junior cricket teams tomorrow, with the match of the day in the…

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One Day Matches in A.c.t. Grade Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 November 1960 · page 8

The fourth round of A.C. T. cricket will be played tomorrow as one day fixtures, with the hours of play in all grades from 12 noon…

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Women’s Bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 November 1960 · page 6

Five rinks took part in last Sunday afternoon’s competition played over two rounds of 12 ends…

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Junior Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 November 1960 · page 10

Queanbeyan had a disastrous morning in junior cricket on Saturday, with losses in all divisions…

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Exciting Finish In Competition Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 November 1960 · page 4

The Staff Club on Sunday, defeated the hitherto undefeated team, Workers’ second team by only ten…

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P. Gibbs and Jan Lightly Win Festival Tennis

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 November 1960 · page 6

Succesful junior tennis player, Phillip (Net Cords) Gibbs, on Sunday last, paired with Miss Jan…

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Speed Boat Races At Lake George On

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 November 1960 · page 6

At the Queanbeyan Lions Club Dinner Meeting on Thursday last guest of honour was Commodore Ken Fryer, of the Murrumbidgee-Canberra Speed Boat…

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Golf Tully Park Wins 1960 Pennant Series in a Thrilling Finish

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 November 1960 · page 10

Although Tully Park want down to Queanbeyan by five matches to two on Sunday, they won the 1960 “B” grad pennant competition by one match. Tully…

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