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Sport, 1968

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Football Soixante-douze Nationspour La Coupe Du Mondea Mexico

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 9 February 1968 · page 4

Soixante-douze fait parvenir à la Fédération internationale leur engagement pour la Coupe monde, dont la phase finale se déroulera…

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Six records broken at swimming championships

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 February 1968 · page 16

Six records were established at the NSW Jewish Swimming Championships which commenced last…

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Swimming

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 February 1968 · page 20

Twenty-two events of the first night of the NSW Jewish Swimming Championships were swum at the Drummoyne Baths. Winners were the following: 400m. Freestyle (Men’s…

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Tennis court plan for Lawson Square

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 27 February 1968 · page 7

A six-man committee of Holroyd aldermen is to confer with district tennis leaders over a plan to provide eight new tennis courts on Lawson Square. The committee,…

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Youths in Training for Olympics of Future? Athletic finalists

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 27 February 1968 · page 7

Merrylands RSL Amateur Athletic Club can boast of having two teams in finals of the inter-club athletic series. The club can also boast…

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A "Telescopic" Swimming Pool

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 8 March 1968 · page 4

François Missoffe, Minister of Youth and Sports, has just opened France's first "telescopic" swimming pool at Noyon, in the Oise department. In 15 minutes the roof and walls of the covered pool can be removed and the enclosed pool converted into an open-air pool. This is…

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Tennis Okker wint invitatie toernooi van Jamaica

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 15 March 1968 · page 10

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Bowls treble

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 19 March 1968 · page 9

Players from Guildford, Wentworthville and Manly clubs were successful during the second day of the…

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Biz Sport Bowls FAIRFIELD

The Biz · Thursday 21 March 1968 · page 8

Teams representing Fairfield Bowling Club won two out of three matches in the…

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Biz Sport (Cont. from page 8) Tennis

The Biz · Thursday 28 March 1968 · page 5

Fairfield and District Hardcourt Tennis Association's management committee recently…

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Biz Sport Athletics

The Biz · Thursday 28 March 1968 · page 8

Members of Fairfield Women's Athletic Club travelled to Epping on Saturday,…

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Rugby Union club appeal for players

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 2 April 1968 · page 8

Officials of the Merrylands Junior Rugby Union Club last- week appealed for more players to join the club teams. A club spokesman…

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Broadcaster Sport Bowls fixtures at Merrylands

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 2 April 1968 · page 8

Fixtures for the Merrylands Bowling Club for this week are as follows. Saturday, April 6 v The, Hills at The Hills,…

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Clubs & Societies Rugby

Tharunka · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 14

From January to mid-February 1969, the University of New South Wales Rugby Club anticipates sending a team to Britain to play some of the Home University clubs such as Oxford, Cambridge, London and Edinburgh…

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Bowls fixtures at Merrylands

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 6

Fixtures at the Merrylands Bowling Club for the Easter weekend are as follows: Good Friday the club will be closed all day, as…

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Four Sites for Tennis

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 6

Inspections are being mode of four sites for the establishment of tennis courts in the Holroyd Municipality. The sites are: Merrylands Park; a…

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Kadimah tennis championships

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 April 1968 · page 10

The 1968 Kadimah Progress tennis championships will be held at Cooper Park, Bellevue Hill, courts on…

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Rugby— Le Xv De France a Realise Le Grand Chelem Classement Final Du Tournoi Des Nations

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 12 April 1968 · page 1

Contre 30 37 40…

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International Table Tennis

The Biz · Thursday 25 April 1968 · page 3

Australian and Indonesian table tennis stars thrilled Fairfield RSL members with some…

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Table tennis "Test" at Fairfield RSL

The Biz · Thursday 25 April 1968 · page 4

The touring Indonesian table tennis team made a clean sweep of matches against Australia in a Test match at Fairfield RSL Club last week…

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