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Sport, 1980

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Computer, engineers help tennis club in court lighting plan

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 18 September 1980 · page 24

Sydney Maccabi Tennis Club will have computerised technical data when it seeks local Council approval to floodlight its courts in Wellington…

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Playing cricket on picket

Tribune · Wednesday 24 September 1980 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Workers at Goodrich Tyre Plant in Altona have been on strike for six weeks in support of their claim…

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Maccabi has seven teams for cricket

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 September 1980 · page 23

Gradings for the 1980-81 season were announced on Sunday by Maccabi Cricket Club selectors. Maccabi will field four senior and three junior…

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Dates for Lawn Bowls

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 October 1980 · page 31

Jewish lawn bowlers will play mixed pairs at the Rose Bay Club on Sunday from 1.30pm…

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Bowlers Hit Form in Cricket

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 October 1980 · page 31

Three fine individual bowling performances highlighted the first day of the 1980-81 Maccabi cricket season, last Saturday…

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Golf Winners

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 October 1980 · page 23

Eric Rosenberg had a great round of golf to win the Maccabi Guild’s tournament at the…

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Good win starts cricket season

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 October 1980 · page 23

Maccabi Cricket Club opened the season last week with well deserved victories in first and second grade matches. Maccabi’s first grade…

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Millions for tennis courts

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 October 1980 · page 32

Eight young Israeli tennis players have just completed tours of America, Canada and…

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Eight in Tennis 100 List

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 October 1980 · page 32

Eight Jewish players are now in the top 100 on the Association of Tennis Professionals world…

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Athletic

Tharunka · Tuesday 21 October 1980 · page 12

The time of year has come around again for all athletes to be running (or walking, hurdling, jumping etc). Yes, folks the interclub season is upon us…

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Rugby Union Gets Boost in Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 October 1980 · page 24

TEL AVIV: Two new teams, Kibbutz Ein Gev and Ra’anana, are slated to join the Israel Rugby Football Union’s national league in the coming season, bringing the number of participants to…

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Tom Okker trekt zich terug uit het Internationale tennis

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 24 October 1980 · page 10

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Cricket Loss Spoils Record

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 October 1980 · page 27

Maccabi A grade Gordon district cricket team suffered its first outright defeat in two seasons last Saturday. Batting on a rain affected…

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Sports Football En Coupe D’europe

Le Courrier Australien · Saturday 1 November 1980 · page 16

Des trois clubs français encore engagés dans les Coupes d'Europe de football, c'est l'AS Saint-Etienne qui meilleures chances de franchir…

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Kicked by army colonel, raped by rugby heroes

Tribune · Wednesday 5 November 1980 · page 5

Last week, a retired British army colonel attacked three QANTAS flight stewards after drinking too much on board the…

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Silver Medal in Boxing

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 November 1980 · page 24

Israel has won a silver medal in the Kenya Golden Cup boxing tournament, one of the…

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In Tennis Final

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 November 1980 · page 23

Barry Shine’s tennis team won its ay into the Maccabi Tennis Club’s final with a six sets (41…

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Cricket XI’s lowest score

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 November 1980 · page 23

Maccabi Cricket Gordon A-grade team last Saturday was dismissed for an all-time record low, of 25 runs. Not one batsman showed…

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Tennis Bye for Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 November 1980 · page 48

LONDON: Israel has been given a bye in their European Zone A section of next year’s new format…

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Sporting Times Mike tells what it is like on the tennis circuit

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 November 1980 · page 48

Well, it wasn’t exactly like welcoming home the conquering hero, but it was good for Maccabi Tennis Club when its top-ranked player, Mike Sternberg, returned the other…

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