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Sport, 1969

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The Rugby Club

Tharunka · Tuesday 25 February 1969 · page 19

The Rugby Club is the largest sporting club in the University and is a member of the Sydney Grade Union competition to which it contributes four teams. The 1st Grade Coach this year is Mr. Maurie Goldberg who had so much success with Eastern…

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State steps in to aid athletics club

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 25 February 1969 · page 7

Senior members of the Amateur Athletic Association of NSW will attend the annual meeting of the Holroyd Athletic Club in a bid to interest parents in accepting executive positions with the club…

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Skovron wins table tennis

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 February 1969 · page 20

Alex Skovron won his second Kadimah 1969 table tennis handicap tournament last Monday night at the Maccabean Hall…

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Dickerson enters major bowls final

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 4 March 1969 · page 7

Tilly Dickerson has advanced to the final of the Guildford Women's Bowling Club major. singles. She defeated Kath…

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Table Tennis

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 March 1969 · page 20

The results of the last Kadimah Progress weekly table tennis handicap tournament were: Semi-finals, R. Eckstein (+12)…

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Nixon succesvol in Frankrijk Plan voor Sowjet spoorlijn naar de Perzische Golf

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 7 March 1969 · page 2

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Football - athletics just did not mix

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 11 March 1969 · page 8

The overlapping of the athletics and football seasons proved costly to Holroyd runner, Stephen Bishop, during a recent title event. Bishop played two…

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Close Game for Womens Bowls Title

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 11 March 1969 · page 8

Mrs. J. Bolton is the minor singles champion of Merrylands Women's Bowling Club, following…

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Close Fight for Athletic Crown

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 18 March 1969 · page 7

Holroyd athletes approach the second day of the under-16 inter-club championship final six points behind Sutherland (119), with Ryde-Hornsby out of calculations on 63 points…

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Table Tennis

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 March 1969 · page 24

Howard Nissen won last Monday’s Kadimah Progress weekly table tennis handicap tournament at the Maccabean Hall…

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Swimming 6750 miles to Munich

The Biz · Thursday 20 March 1969 · page 2

Gail Toovey is 13 years old — she has one ambition. Gail wants to stand on the winner's platform at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972…

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Swimming Results

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 March 1969 · page 24

Results of the men’s events at the recent NSW Jewish Amateur Spirts Association Swimming Championship held by the Judean…

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Maccabi Tennis School

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 March 1969 · page 24

Sydney Macabi Tennis Club will give five weeks free coaching to promising young players from this Sunday afternoon…

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The Rugby Club

Tharunka · Tuesday 1 April 1969 · page 23

The third series of trials was played fast Saturday against Drummoyne at the Hunters Hill High School ground. As yetteams have not taken shape and in this report U.N.S.W. does not appear to be as advanced as most other club. In…

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Le Football Français Est Au Creux De La Vague

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 4 April 1969 · page 8

pARIS. — L'équipe d'Angleterre, championne du France, dans le "temple" de par cinq buis à zéro. Magnifique…

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Holroyd hearsay Anyone for tennis?

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 8 April 1969 · page 2

Len Postill of Merrylands got out of his depth when be linked up with the Sanders boys…

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Athletic titles fall to Holroyd

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 8 April 1969 · page 7

Three Holroyd athletes overcome a muddy track and bleak conditions to win title events of the Newcastle and Central Coast fourth annual carnival of Doro Creek recently…

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These SPORTING Times Tennis Championships

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 April 1969 · page 16

THE 1969 Kadimah Progress tennis titles will commence this week at the Cooper Park, Bellevue Hill courts. All players wishing to participate must be at the courts by 9 a.m…

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Tennis Marijke Schaar wint finale van toernooi te Cannes

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 11 April 1969 · page 7

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Swimming pools prove popular

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 15 April 1969 · page 8

Holroyd Council's swimming centres or Merrylonds and Wenrworthville attracted 13,534 swimmers during the two weeks which on March 30…

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