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Sport, 1987

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Swimming Club prize winners

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 July 1987 · page 23

An eight-year-old has won the prestigious NSW Maccabi Amateur Swimming Club’s Goodman Pointscore Trophy. Marc Segal was named…

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The Community The decline of the swimming pool

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 July 1987 · page 16

MAMMOTH RED and blue water slides, looking like huge anatomical constructs of intestines designed for medical schools, have sprung up all…

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Tennis Diplomacy

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 July 1987 · page 23

Sir, — When India granted visas to the Israeli tennis contingent, Arab states protested to India, for agreeing to play against Israel and…

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Indian tennis too good for Israelis

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 July 1987 · page 22

NEW DELHI: India will give Australia a “tough time” when they clash in Sydney during October for the Davis Cup semi-final. The Indians are experts…

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Swimming without fear

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 August 1987 · page 10

TOO MANY Israelis swim like they drive - with little respect for the rules, overconfidence in their own agility and little appreciation of their…

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Sporting Times What’s next for Israel’s world tennis hones?

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 August 1987 · page 24

Following Israel’s whitewash and the clash between its captain and star player in last week’s World Group Davis Cup quarter-final against India in New Delhi,…

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Football

Le Courrier Australien · Monday 10 August 1987 · page 16

Pour le premier tour des coupes européennes de football, Bordeaux sera opposé au Dynamo de Berlin (RDA) dans l'épreuve des champions…

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Automobilisme Tennis

Le Courrier Australien · Monday 10 August 1987 · page 16

Pour la deuxième année consécutive, le Britannique Nigel Mansell (Williams-Honda) a remporté le Grand de France de formule 1, dimanche…

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Fighting rugby mercenaries

Tribune · Wednesday 12 August 1987 · page 16

SYDNEY: Before the federal elections, South African newspapers leaked the news that an Australian rebel rugby union…

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Titles ‘galore’ for table tennis stars

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 August 1987 · page 32

Fourteen-year-old Sydney table tennis player Mark Palmay took out four junior titles in the recent NSW Open Championships at Liverpool’s Whitlam Centre…

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Monday, August 3, 1987 Political football

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 August 1987 · page 24

JERUSALEM deserves to have a decent sports stadium. But this opinidn is not shared by a minority of the city’s…

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India is not ready for tennis diplomacy Yoram Kessel, back from the Davis Cup match, reports on the political climate

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 August 1987 · page 6

SLAP IN the middle of a most rational, most eruidite analysis of the underlying principles of Indian foreign policy, and specifically of…

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Australian Rugby Football Union

Tribune · Wednesday 19 August 1987 · page 16

Last Friday, this Anti-Apartheid (NSW) picket forced rugby union players Andrew Slack and David Codey to enter the Rugby Union executive meeting by the back stairs. The picket received great support from motorists and pedestrians. While the rebel South African tour has collapsed, from the South African end, the executive failed to discipline Slack and Codey, or to…

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Maccabi cricket stalwart retires

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 August 1987 · page 24

One of NSW Maccabi Cricket Club’s longestserving members David Brandon has announced…

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COACHING Israel junior tennis exchange scheme with Sydney club

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 August 1987 · page 40

Moves to establish a junior tennis exchange coaching scheme between Sydney Maccabi Tennis Club and the Haifa Tennis Centre…

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Another Davis Cup Aftermath Israeli tennis stars reject ban on visits to Sth Africa

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 August 1987 · page 39

The recent Israel v India Davis Cup World Group quarter-final may have yet another aftermath. MACCABI JUNIOR…

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Table Tennis

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 September 1987 · page 11

On Wednesday afternoons I go to table tennis. There are seven people in our group, including me. Sam Schvartsberg coaches us. So far we have had two championships. It's really hard, and we get tired after…

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Junior Cricket

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 September 1987 · page 23

Maccabi Junior Cricket Club’s trials and net practice will continue at the Maccabi Sports Centre,…

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Top juniors at tennis opening

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 September 1987 · page 24

Two of Australia’s top juniors will play an exhibition singles at the Sydney Maccabi tennis courts in Bondi on Sunday…

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Sporting Times Rae hits ’em for six with cricket post!

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 September 1987 · page 24

Rae Stein, a former Sydney communal organisation general secretary, has hit for six the maledominated Sydney grade cricket administration by being elected the first woman committee…

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