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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1968

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Bowls Notes (By “Toucher”)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1968 · page 5

With the holiday weekend and the visit of the metropolitan team, it should be a busy period for bowlers The Sydney teams will play the FDBA at…

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Rugby Union Awards for 1968

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1968 · page 5

The newly decorated RSL ballroom, a grand piano, Peter and his group and a predominance off young people made a glittering cabaret for the presentation of the 1968 Queanbeyan Rugby Union Football Club awards…

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Rugby League Combine 2nds won 19-16

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1968 · page 8

The combined Canberra - Queanbeyan reserve grade side beat . Penrith 19-16 in the main…

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Rugby League a shock for the critics Combine’s great effort to defeat Penrith

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan-Canberra combined Rugby League side put up great performance to beat the Sydney first grade competition side, Penrith Panthers, by 14 points to 12 in a hard and fast game at Seiffert Sportsground on Sunday…

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Golf

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1968 · page 8

With the six-hour day holiday weekend coming up, competitions have been arranged at the…

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Night tennis (Contributed)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1968 · page 8

A good attendance of team delegates met at the Park pavilion on Wednesday night to…

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Club touch reviews Rugby Union season

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1968 · page 8

Another Rugby season is behind us and looking back one has to admit that it has not been a particularly good one for the Whites. In fact, it has probably been one of the worst experienced by the club since its inception into the ACTRU…

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Cricket gains new players

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan District Cricket Club has already registered 28 players for the sides in the 1968-69 ACT competition, which commences tomorrow week…

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Bowls Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan Bowling Club members are advised that the following club championship matches…

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‘Flat bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 6

Weather conditions throughout the week should give a lift to the Captain’s Flat green…

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Associates’ golf

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 2

Due to the holiday weekend, there were only sufficient players for one grade in the secret nine…

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Junior Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 6

The junior cricket competition gets under way next Saturday with the hours of play from. 8.30…

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Draw for Golf Championships

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 8

The draw for the Queanbeyan Golf Club’s 1968 championships to be played over a total of 72 holes, commencing next Saturday is published below…

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RSL bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan RSL Memorial Bowling Club was host to Islington Bowling Club at the weekend…

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Women’s Bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1968 · page 8

The draw for the club pairs championships has been amended and the first round, to be played…

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Junior Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1968 · page 8

The junior cricket competition commences tomorrow morning, with Queanbeyan fielding…

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Twenty-six teams in night tennis

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1968 · page 8

A total of 28 teams has nominated for the 1968-69 Queanbeyan night tennis pennant competition, nine in the ladies’ division and 17 in the mixed divisions…

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O’Connor set for third golf title

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1968 · page 8

Mick O’Connor seems a certainty to win his third Queanbeyan Golf Club championship, to be contested over 72 holes of stroke play, commencing…

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First grade has bye for cricket opening

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan first grade cricket XI has drawn the bye in the opening round of the ACT cricket competition to be played tomorrow as one-day fixtures. Nine district clubs are…

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Nine greyhound races but class lacking (By “The Clocker”)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1968 · page 8

Although nine races have been set down for decision, tomorrow afternoon’s meeting of Queanbeyan Coursing Club does not have the appeal of last week’s Country Championship programme…

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