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Sport, 1967

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Biz Sport (Cont. from Page 8) TENNIS

The Biz · Thursday 21 September 1967 · page 6

President of the NSW Hardcourt Association, Mr. W. B. Austen, presented the Irene…

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Arnhemmer uitblinker in "Australian rules football"

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 22 September 1967 · page 11

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Win in State Bowls Titles

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 26 September 1967 · page 7

Former Guildford Women's Bowling Club member, Mrs. Jean Lewis, captained a winning team in the State bowls titles recently. Mrs. Lewis led the…

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Biz Sport Bowls Fairfield

The Biz · Thursday 28 September 1967 · page 8

The second semi-final of Fairfield Bowling Club's fours competition was won last week by…

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Athletics

The Biz · Thursday 28 September 1967 · page 1

Westfield High School displayed its sporting talent for our photographer last week. The top picture shows Lesley Martin, 15, of Canley Heights diving through a hoop held by her twin sister Shirley…

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Biz Sport. Tennis

The Biz · Thursday 5 October 1967 · page 8

Fairfield Tennis Association will continue its local championships next weekend and the…

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Greystanes in athletics

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 17 October 1967 · page 7

Students of Greystanes High School were selected to represent the zone af the Combined High Schools athletic carnival in Sydney. They are Lesley Wood-…

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SPORT Comment Boxing: the twilight of the fading gods

Tribune · Wednesday 18 October 1967 · page 12

If the state of professional boxing in Sydney is any criterion for the national scene, then indeed the game is in a bad way. Despite the news that plans are afoot to bring out world…

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Bowls Fairfield

The Biz · Thursday 19 October 1967 · page 8

Favourites for Fairfield Bowling Club's fours final, Eric Campbell's team, came close…

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Good Start for Cricket

Tharunka · Tuesday 24 October 1967 · page 19

The U.N.S.W. Cricket Club, playing in the Shire and Municipal Competition, started the 1SC7-38 season in fine style. The club fields A, B. and two C grade teams…

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Athletic Team Halved

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 24 October 1967 · page 7

A depleted Holroyd athletic team fought hard to stave off strong Sutherland challenges at…

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Inter-club Athletics

Tharunka · Tuesday 24 October 1967 · page 18

The 1967 Inter-club season started on Saturday the 14th October, the Uni. club competing in A, C, E and G grades. This allows the club a wide variety of events of…

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Kadimah table tennis

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 October 1967 · page 12

A girl player won a Kadimah Progress weekly table tennis haiidicap tournament for the first time in nearly…

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SPORTS Comment VFL acts on ticket-- and cricket--racket

Tribune · Wednesday 1 November 1967 · page 8

MELBOURNE: A confidential document drawn up by the top leaders of the Victorian Football League is now circulating through the 12 League clubs. Contained in the document is a proposal for…

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District club for athletics

The Biz · Thursday 2 November 1967 · page 3

Moves are proposed to form a district athletic club at Fairfield to provide stronger opposition to clubs from other districts. This was stated on Monday by Mr. Peter…

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District athletics planned

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 7 November 1967 · page 2

Moves are proposed to form a district athletic club for Holroyd athletes to provide…

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SPORTS Comment Boxing: a symptom of savagery or noble art?

Tribune · Wednesday 15 November 1967 · page 12

NOEL HAZARD completes his series on the fight game Boxing, one of the oldest known sports, can be traced back to at least 1500 B.C. in ancient Crete. The first of the ancient…

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Tennis 3 Speelsters in alle kampioenschappen in Australie

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 17 November 1967 · page 11

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Bicycle racing Starts at oval

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 21 November 1967 · page 7

Bicycle racing has started at the new track at Merrylands Oval at the corner of…

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Swimming group grows steadily

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 November 1967 · page 16

Usual Sunday scene at the Coogee Aquarium: members of the Judean Amateur Swimming Club are manning the "Learn to Swim Campaign" and making it a steadily growing group. Picture above shows Robert Isman with…

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