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Sport, 1981

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Top Jewish Tennis Players for Indoor Comp

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 October 1981 · page 20

Eliot Teltscher, the world’s current leading Jewish tennis player, is in Sydney this week vying for the major end of the Custom Credit’s $175,000 prize money, at the Hordern Pavilion…

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athletics

Tharunka · Monday 26 October 1981 · page 35

“If I lived Australia. I’d run for UNSW” — Steve Ovett. “If I lived in Australia, and he wasn’t running for UNSW, I’d run for UNSW”…

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Cricket ‘mixed fortunes’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 October 1981 · page 27

Maccabi cricket teams had mixed luck in matches played last weekend. The first XI was washed out in its game with an…

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Strong teams for Carnival cricket

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 October 1981 · page 28

Maccabi Cricket selectors have named strong teams for the Possibles v Probables Carnival selection trail game at Waverley Oval on Sunday. They have given a hint…

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Sporting Times Sadat's death mars historic tennis match

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 October 1981 · page 28

Former Egyptian tennis champion, Aly Eldawoody, was the first Egyptian sportsman to compete in Israel, when he took part in the Israel Tennis Centre’s fourth annual Grand…

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Moriah in Basketball, Athletics

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 October 1981 · page 28

Moriah College’s junior boys’ basketball teams had a convincing 16-point win[?] over Sydney High, recently…

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Football Sponsor

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 November 1981 · page 28

Travel Machine Travel Agency, sponsors of the Maccabi Rugby Club’s annual touch football…

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Golf Titles This Month

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 November 1981 · page 28

The NSW Open Jewish Golf Championships will be decided at the Monash Course on Sunday,…

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Cricket Stopped by Rain

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 November 1981 · page 27

Rain interrupted all Maccabi Cricket Club matches last weekend. Sunday’s carnival trial…

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NCJW goes to the races

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 November 1981 · page 22

The Northerner’s Group of NCJW recently held a successful dinner dance, called “A Night at the Races”. Guests were issued with membership badges and race programs and female guests were invited to be “jockeys”, wearing genuine racing silks lent by the AJC…

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Toneel achter prikkeldraad Een golf van terreur in Nederlandse theaters

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 6 November 1981 · page 3

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Rugby Championnat De France (6e tour)

Le Courrier Australien · Tuesday 10 November 1981 · page 16

En la 6e journée du Championnat France de rugby, signalons que Nice, Brive et Bayonne ont creusé le avec leurs poursuivants dans la…

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Tennis Coach Named

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 November 1981 · page 35

Sydney Maccabi Tennis Club’s new coach will be introduced to members at a reception…

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Table Tennis Is at Hakoah, Again

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 November 1981 · page 36

Hakoah Club has restarted its table tennis section with sessions on Wednedays and Saturdays…

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Cricket selectors have problems for carnival

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 November 1981 · page 36

Maccabi Cricket Club selectors were given plenty to think about when naming the NSW team to contest the Brisbane carnival, last Sunday at Waverley Oval. In the carnival trial…

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Israel Grand Prix tennis was worth $75,000 but... Centre was ‘hit’ Sporting Times

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 November 1981 · page 36

One of the most successful tennis tournaments yet held in Israel was the recent Volvo…

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Tennis lessons on home video

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 November 1981 · page 12

How would you like to learn tennis from Tony Roche, John Newcombe, Jimmy…

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Cricket wins From page 24

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 November 1981 · page 23

an outright win over Randwick. After pushing out Randwick for 86, Maccabi…

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Five Graders in Nsw Carnival Cricket Xi

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 November 1981 · page 24

Five grade cricketers have been included in the New South Wales team to compete at the 49th Maccabi Interstate Sports Carnival in Brisbane next month…

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Four Tennis Stars Vying for Israel’s $105,000 Top Prize

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 November 1981 · page 23

TEL AVIV: Jimmy Connors and American Jewish ace, Eliot Teltscher, head an all-star challenge for Israel’s biggest tennis prize here this week. They will be competing…

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