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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1973

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Football Round-up Difference in League Standards

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 29 August 1973 · page 24

The television coverage of the West Canberra versus Belconnen semi-final last Sunday served to demonstrate the gap in standards between the top Group 8 and Molonglo Shield…

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Racing Club Gets $46,614 From Tab Dogs and Trots Up

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 29 August 1973 · page 24

Queanbeyan Racing Club will receive $46,614 as its share of the distribution of funds by the NSW Totalizator Agency Board for 1972-73. Queanbeyan Coursing…

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Bowls Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1973 · page 15

All bowlers are reminded that entries for Club championships and Federal District Championships…

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Junior Rugby Champs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1973 · page 17

PREMIERS from Queanbeyan. The Whites Rugby Union Under 8 side enjoyed…

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Rugby League Roosters Deserved Win

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1973 · page 17

Contrary to the opinion expressed in Monday’s “Age”, the Kangaroos did not “put…

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Rugby League Clearahan to Miss Semi “In League” with “One Eye”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1973 · page 20

Selectors declared Blues’ utility player Chris Clearahan unfit for Sunday’s semi after…

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Walsh Wins Bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 3 September 1973 · page 16

Gordon Walsh from the Queanbeyan Golf Club gave the club the “grand slam” in indoor bowls in the…

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Country week McIntosh wins country golf

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 3 September 1973 · page 15

Queanbeyan golfer, Brian McIntosh completed a successful mission at Country Week in Sydney, which ended on Friday, taking out both the country titles in Division I. He was equal winner of…

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Letters to the Editor MolongloShield football

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 3 September 1973 · page 13

Sir,— I am pleased to see that efforts are being made in this town to…

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Rugby League Blues Shock Loss 9-3 to Tigers: Now Face

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 3 September 1973 · page 16

The “mighty Blues” turned in a shocker at Seiffert Oval yesterday afternoon and rightly…

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Bowls Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 September 1973 · page 23

Entries for the Queanbeyan Bowling Club championships closed on Sunday evening and the…

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Racing Roundup

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 September 1973 · page 22

Queanbeyan based jockey Barry Honan bypassed the Canberra meeting on Saturday and made the long trek to Nowra, where he had two months for Conjola trainer E. B. Murray. Honan…

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Cricket Junior

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 September 1973 · page 24

Registration for junior Queanbeyan cricketers will take place this Saturday at 9.30 am at Taylor Park…

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Distance Races on first

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 September 1973 · page 24

Queanbeyan and District Coursing Club has reverted back to the old policy of conducting all its distance…

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Football roundup Betting bad for the game

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 September 1973 · page 23

Goulburn United Rugby League secretary, Mr. George Robinson, said yesterday that if it were true that big money was available to back United against the Blues in Sunday’s Group 8 final, it would be bad for the game…

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Rain disrupts spring racing at speedway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1973 · page 19

Unseasonal rain over the past two weeks has seriously disrupted the spring racing programme at Queanbeyan’s Tralee Speedway. The final round of the production sedans winter…

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Bowls Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 10 September 1973 · page 15

Well-known and long time Queanbeyan bowler, Mr. Jack Collett, was yesterday honoured by being elected patron of the Federal…

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GOLF Jeffery and Woods four-ball champs

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 10 September 1973 · page 15

Pat Jeffery and Bob Woods became the Queanbeyan Golf Club’s 1973 four ball best-ball champions when they took out the Multibricks trophy yesterday. In yesterday afternoon’s…

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Rugby League 11-3 “heart stopper” Blues final win lifts fans’ hopes for premiership

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 10 September 1973 · page 16

The Blues outplayed a ferocious Goulburn United side at Seiffert Oval yesterday in an action-packed Group 8 final which was won by the Blues 11-3…

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Association Golf

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 September 1973 · page 15

Competition was keen in the 7th medal round for Queanbeyan Associate golfers last Saturday…

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