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Sport, 1908

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Candelo Coursing Club. the Maiden Stakes

The Bega Budget · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 4

Wednesday afternoon was bitterly cold, a biting wind blowing from the tableland, so that the attendance at the plumpton was…

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Candelo Coursing Club

The Bega Budget · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 4

There was only a fair attendance at Candelo Coursing Club's August Stakes on Wednesday. The entries numbered six. Mr. J. A…

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The Money in Golf

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 3

Some idea of the importance of golf as a game in the United Kingdom is (writes "Australian Golf") given by figures which were recently published…

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Candelo Rugby Union. Meeting of Delegates

The Bega Budget · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 1

A meeting of delegates of the above was held at Candelo on Thursday night, when the following were present:—Messrs…

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Tennis Social

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 3

EDEN certainly takes the palm so far as gaiety at social functions is concerned. Last Saturday evening's Tennis Social was he exception to the…

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Football

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 1

The protested match, Nowra v Kiama, which the Union ordered— or rather, the Nowra delegates requested— to be replayed, took place on the local ground on…

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Cobargo Coursing Club August Stakes

The Bega Budget · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 2

THE above club held a successful field meeting on Thursday. Results:— Local Stake for dogs and bitches…

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Pyree Cricket Club

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 4

The annual meeting and election of office-bearers in connection with the Pyree C. C. was held in the Pyree School of Arts on Tuesday…

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Football

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 12

A match will be played ah Berry on Saturday next between teams chosen from, the South Coast and Illawarra Unions. The South Coast players have been selected as…

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To-day's Coursing. the Draw

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 4

Following is the draw for the Stakes to be run at Kameruka plumpton this afternoon, the first brace to be slipped at 2 o'clock…

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Candelo Coursing

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 4

A meeting of the Candelo Coursing Club was held on Wednesday at the Plumpton, Kameruka. The weather was splendid and the sport good. The…

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Candelo Coursing Club. Last Meeting of the Season

The Bega Budget · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon the attendance was not large at the Kameruka plumpton. But Cobargo and Bega sportsmen were well…

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Bicycle Road Races

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

The N.S.W. Cyclists' Union contemplates the running of a road race Nowra to Sydney, and the Shoalhaven Bicycle Club met on…

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World's Boxing Championship. Burns Knocks Lang Out in Six Rounds

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 4

The 3000 people who assembled at the Stadium at Melbourne on Thursday last to watch Bill Lang (heavyweight champion of…

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The Howe Cup. Final of Candelo Union Football Competition. Won by Bega

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 2

IN the straight-out competition for the Howe Cup, Bega and Candelo Clubs tied, and after a break of some weeks the final was brought off on Candelo…

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Athletics And Heart Trouble

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 7

During the past decade, says a prominent London medical man, one of the most important part, which had thrust itself forward…

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Boxing Burns V. Laing

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 14 September 1908 · page 7

THERE war a large attendance at the Melbourne Stadium to witness the contest between Tommy Burns and Bill Lang…

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Football. Candelo Union v. Cobargo Union

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1908 · page 2

The final match of the season was played on the Bega Showground on Saturday, the opposing teams being Candelo Union v. Cobargo Union…

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Inter-Union Football. COBARGO v. Candelo Union

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 4

For the first time in the history of southern football, a grant of £20 each was made to Cobargo and Candelo Unions to defray cost of…

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Cricket

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 12

The Association meeting, called for last Thursday night, had to be adjourned for a time, owing to lack of enthusiasm, or sometime similar. There was a large muster of…

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