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Sport, 1961

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FOOTBALL Coach Injured: Seven Stitches

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 March 1961 · page 7

Penrith's popular Junior League coach, Leo ("Trapper") Travena, had seven sitches inserted over his…

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Board of Management for District Tennis

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 March 1961 · page 2

Nepean District Tennis Association, at its annual meeting fast week, decided to form a board of management. Notice of motion for this…

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Championship Bowls

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 16

Singles matches in the Women's Australian Singles Bowls Championships were…

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Rotary Bowls day

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 12

Fairfield Rotary Club has organised a bowls day, to be held at the Fairfield Bowling Club,…

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Visitors for bowls

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 16

Three visitors, from Binnaway, who are in Sydney for the Australian Women's Bowling…

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National bowls championships

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 8

On Monday March 13, Cabra. Vale Diggers Women's Bowling Club had 26 interstate players in the sectional play of the singles in the Australian National Championship for Women…

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Canley Vale Rugby League

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 5

The matches against Mt. Pritchard last Sunday gave the Canley Vale League team…

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Cricketers' golf day

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 2

Last Sunday Southern Districts Cricket Association conducted its annual golf day at…

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Cabra-Vale Diggers' bowls championships

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 16

With pennants off again last weekend, it was a good opportunity for members of the Cabra-Vale Diggers to catch up on their championship games. Quite a few games were played on Saturday and there was a full…

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Sporting Section Swimming carnival for Saturday night

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 16

The combined swimming clubs will conduct a swimming carnival at the Fairfield pool next Saturday night, March 25. Admission will be 3…

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Cricket finals next

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 16

The finals of the Southern District Cricket Association will be played next Saturday and Sunday. The draw and grounds…

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Bowls Greens Will Be Two of Best

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 15

Guildford would shortly be able to claim to have two of the best bowling greens in Sydney, a spokesman for the club said yesterday. Two huge tanks were…

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Inter-club R.s.l. Golf

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 4

Fairfield R.S.L. golf team played Canterbury. Hurlstone Park, at Bankstown, on Sunday. Fairfield lost five games and drew two…

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Two 'sports' teams in cricket finals

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 13

Fairfield Sports Club was represented by three teams in the S.D.C.A. semifinals last weekend. The C grade and…

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Entries to close soon for tennis winter competition

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 16

Entries are now being called for by the Fairfield Hardcourt Tennis Association in their usual two-round winter competition. Entries will close on Sunday, March 26, 1961 at 8 p.m…

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Local girl makes good in athletics

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 11

Members of Fairfield Women's Amateur Athletic Club did well in the N.S.W. Women's Track and Field Championships last Saturday. Club distance star Beth…

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Indoor Bowls

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 March 1961 · page 11

Following their good form of recent weeks, Faulconbridge club, last Thursday night, defeated Penrith…

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ROWING Metropolitan Regatta Next

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 March 1961 · page 12

Next Saturday will see the Metropolitan rowed on the Parramatta River at Hen and Chicken Bay. The finish will be at Sydney Rowing Club…

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Intra-university Rugby Union

Tharunka · Thursday 23 March 1961 · page 4

Applications for entry into the intra-university Rugby Union Competition are hereby called for…

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Rugby Club[?] Holds Amur Gen. Meetir[?]

Tharunka · Thursday 23 March 1961 · page 4

The Annual Gene[?] Meeting of the Unive[?] ity of New South Wales Rugby [?]…

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