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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1953

194 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 7 of 10

Fitzroy Falls Tennis Club Helps Ambulance

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 2

A dance and card evening held at the Bungalow, Fitzroy Falls, on July 24, in aid of the Ambulance and Treelands…

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Golf Notes

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 5

More Peculiar Occurrences: At Curson Park, Chester, J. Bamford, the professional, approaching the 10th green…

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Golf Bowral Country Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 7

The club captain, W. B. Donoghue (3) played brilliantly on Saturday to win the stableford competition conducted by…

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"Golden Girls" of Ampol Golf

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 7

This year's Ampol Team — four cap-fine American woman professional goffers. On the left are "golden girls" Meriene (left) and Alice (right) Bauer, who combine a next to perfect technique with grace and beauty; (top right) is sensational putter (the Sea Hogan of U.S. women's goff) Peggy Kirk; (lower right) is Jackie Puag, 1952 American Ladies Champion…

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The Berrima District Tennis Association

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 5

ALL teams wishing to compete in the usual Saturday afternoon competition conducted by the above association are…

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Golf Notes

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 4

Week-end before last Bowral was visited by a snowstorm which caught a lot of players in the open and in the middle of…

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Bowls a Day for Legacy

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 1

Tomorrow (Saturday) Bowral Club is putting on a tournament day to assist the Legacy Queen Competition…

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The Berrima District Tennis Association

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 2

ALL teams wishing to compete in the usual Saturday afternoon competition conducted by the above association are…

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Golf Notes

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 8

Playing in the dark. On November 29, in 1878, Mr. R.W. Brown backed himself to go round the Royal Liverpool…

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Bowls Legacy Day

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 7

Last Saturday was devoted to the cause of Legacy and unfortunately was marred by unfavourable weather. However…

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Golf Bowral Country Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 1

A. A. Hendrie (19) displayed splendid form to return 88 points in the stableford event at Bowral Country Club on…

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Cricket Club Meeting Two First Grades Proposed

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 9

At the annual meeting of the Bowral Cricket Club on Monday night it was decided to endeavour to form two first grade…

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Golf Notes

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 1

Record Drives. A sloping ground, especially if frost bound, and a following wind, will assist a ball immensely on…

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BoWls Dapto to Visit Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 2

On Sunday five rinks from Dapto Club will visit Bowral to play a social game against the locals. Lunch will be…

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Bowral Golf Club Dance for Legacy

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 2

On Saturday night dance was held by the Bowral Golf Club for the benefit of Legacy. The clubhouse was…

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Bowls Dapto Entertained

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 September 1953 · page 6

Bowral club is becoming more popular as time goes on, and this season will go down in the history of the dub as…

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Women's Bowls Coronation Country Week

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 September 1953 · page 6

Bowral women bowlers who entered for Country Week, were unlucky to have lost their section by half a point, after…

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District Tennis First Bound Draw

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 September 1953 · page 1

The Council of Management of the Berrima District Tennis Association met and graded teams for the competitions for…

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Golf Notes

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 5

It is said that a gentleman is a man who treats others as he would they should treat him. A man may be almost a…

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Women's Bowls Pennant Match

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 2

Bowral and Picton met in a pennant match of the Southern Tablelands Women's Bowling [?] be the Bowral…

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