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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1968

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RSL bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1968 · page 8

Several championship matches were decided last week-end. Results were as follows:…

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’Flat bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1968 · page 6

A very active holiday period of bowls was enjoyed by Captains Flat bowlers in championship…

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Christmas Bowls Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1968 · page 8

Although Queanbeyan bowlers figured prominently in the Canberra-Queanbeyan annual…

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Sharp Contrasts in Holiday Racing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1968 · page 8

There were wide contrasts in racing, trotting and greyhound meetings held in Queanbeyan over the Christmas-New Year holiday period. The trots had poor…

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Big golf fields at week-end

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1968 · page 8

Despite the fact that many regular players are still away on holidays, fields for last week-end’s golf competitions were well up to standard. On Saturday…

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CRICKET Richie Shaw selected for S.C.G. coaching

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan cricketers were disappointed that last Saturday’s one-day games were washed-out. This is the second time that Queanbeyan has missed…

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Swimming Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1968 · page 6

With the State life saving carnival in mind and the Country swimming championships at…

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Women’s Bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1968 · page 6

One of the social events of the year- for Queanbeyan women, bowlers will be held next Tuesday…

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Referees appointments board for country rugby

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1968 · page 6

For the first time ever, the Country Rugby Union of N.S.W. in 1967 set up a; Referees’ Appointments Board to make the appointments to matches controlled Union…

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Cricket Improved Effort Needed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1968 · page 6

If the three Queanbeyan cricket teams are. to improve their positions on the points table, vastly better performances are needed…

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Death of cricket veteran

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1968 · page 1

A man who helped to pioneer cricket in the A.C.T. and Queanbeyan, Mr. W. L. G. Graham,…

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Women’s Bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1968 · page 8

The first competition for 1968 conducted by the Women’s Bowling Club was held on Sunday…

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Rugby Union Star Wed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1968 · page 2

Well-known Queanbeyan Rugby Union player, Mr. Jim Holmes, with his bride, formerly Miss Susan Price and two of their attendants, after their wedding at St. John’s Church, Reid, ACT on Saturday. Mrs. Holmes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Price, of Deakin and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and…

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Heavy racing programme

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1968 · page 8

A heavy programme of trotting, greyhounds and racing is to be maintained in Queanbeyan and district during the first few months of 1968…

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Junior Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1968 · page 2

With the holidays rapidly drawing to a close, the thoughts of junior cricketers are turning to…

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Sporting Section Pennant Bowls Teams

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan Bowling Club selectors have named the following pennant teams to represent the…

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Busy week-end at golf club

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1968 · page 8

With 115 starters on Sunday and 74 on Saturday, it was a busy weekend at the Golf Club. Sunday’s monthly medal was won by C. Blake while club…

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Cricket Thirds in Narrow Defeat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1968 · page 8

Despite good efforts by and Tony Bray with the ball, Queanbeyan thirds were defeated by 11 runs…

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Captain’s Flat News Football Club Officers Elected

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1968 · page 6

Last Friday night at a well Attended meeting the football committee was elected for the 1968…

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CRICKET Free scoring match on grassy Park wicket

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1968 · page 8

Kingston defeated Queanbeyan on the first innings in a free-scoring one-day match at the Park Oval on Saturday which produced 411 runs for the fall of 12 wickets during the afternoon…

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