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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1968

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Rugby Union Reserves First Win for Weeks

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1968 · page 5

The White reserve grade chalked up their first win for many weeks when they defeated Easts…

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GOLF Queanbeyan “Greens” lead pennant series

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1968 · page 5

The Queanbeyan Golf Club’s Greens team scored a convincing 6-1 win over the Queanbeyan Golds to take an outright lead in the STDGA 1968 second division pennant series. Playing on the tricky…

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Rugby Union Whites Get Boost with Win Over Easts

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan Rugby Union first graders gave themselves a boost and…

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Sporting Section Interest in golf films and display

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1968 · page 8

A film evening and display of golfing equipment sponsored by the Wilson firm proved…

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Rugby League Blues played like schoolboys Makes team beat at Harden

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1968 · page 8

A below strength Queanbeyan Blues played a brand of football little better than schoolboy standard when they were beaten 12-4 at Harden on Sunday in the Zone 2 competition. The Blues fielded a…

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’Flat bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1968 · page 6

Last weekend was fine but with a cold wind blowing across the green and only two matches…

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Rugby Union Teams

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1968 · page 4

Queanbeyan Rugby Union teams for tomorrow have been finalised as follow;…

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GOLF Pennants at home

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan Green pennant team should score a convincing win over Braidwood in the pennant…

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Rugby League Coaching school to continue tomorrow

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1968 · page 5

Approximately 200 boys turned out for the first ever organised Rugby League coaching school…

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Rugby Union Whites Out to avenge defeat

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1968 · page 8

At the Seiffert Sportsground tomorrow afternoon Queanbeyan Whites will be out to avenge a 9-3 loss to University in the first round of the competition…

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Rugby League Ten Blue teams in Round Robin

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1968 · page 4

Ten teams have been nominated by the Queanbeyan Junior Club for the Canberra and District Minor League round robin carnival to be held this Sunday at…

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’Flat bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1968 · page 6

There was little activity at the Bowling Club this weekend due to a fall of snow on Friday,…

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Bowls Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1968 · page 8

Fine but cool weather conditions enticed a good roll-up of players for Sunday morning’s…

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This season’s swimming fashion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1968 · page 3

SYDNEY model, Sue Harloff, enjoys the winter sunshine as she models the “Riviera” from Jantzen’s range for the beaches and swimming pools this summer. Her cotton twill bikini is strewn with dainty flowers and the shapemaker bra is latticed with rouleau scallops to team up with neat little pants…

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Rugby Union White 2nds “disaster”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1968 · page 8

Disaster is the one word that can describe Queanbeyan Whites’ second grade defeat by…

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Rugby Union White thirds scraped home

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1968 · page 5

Queanbeyan Rugby Union third grade side scraped home to a 3-0 victory over University at…

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Queanbeyan remains Pennant golf leader

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan Greens pennant team remained on top of the 1968 STDGA Second Division pennant series ladder by scoring a convincing 5-2 victory over the “wooden spoo[?]ers,” Braidwood, in the seventh round, played at Queanbeyan on…

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Rugby Union Whites in surprise win over students

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1968 · page 8

A 17-6 win by Queanbeyan first grade Rugby Union side over University on Saturday was the surprise of the day’s round of competition matches. The more pessimistic of…

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Rugby League ‘Roos ’so near—and yet so far’

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1968 · page 5

“They were so near and yet so far away.” That phrase just about describes the Kangaroos’ effort in the Caltex knock-out at Cooma on Sunday…

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Noreen Scott takes Associate golf title (Contributed)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1968 · page 5

Although submitting her worst card of the four rounds for the championship series, Noreen Scott still finished with a lead of seven strokes to become the 1968 Queanbeyan Associate champion…

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