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Sport, 1996

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Athletic Supporter Back in the swing of things

Tharunka · Tuesday 2 April 1996 · page 50

UNSW Baseball/Softball Club have begun training sessions for all old and new members for the 1996 winter season. Teams are now being formed to enter the Sydney Winter Baseball League and the Sydney Softball Association competitions. A total of seven teams have been entered so far with competition games beginning on the…

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Golf

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 April 1996 · page 32

JULIE Greenberg, a 21 handicap player, was a member of the team which won the Split Six competition at Cronulla with a net 91. Dov Spiro (27) took out the C-grade…

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No joy in cricket finals

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 April 1996 · page 33

MACCABI Cricket Club (MCC) and Northside Monash Cricket Club disappointed in Gordon District Association finals last weekend. MCC, sponsored by Rebel Sport, went…

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Jeff Rabkin turns bronze into silver at World Bowls titles

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 April 1996 · page 33

ISRAEL’S Jeff Rabkin can claim to be the world’s number two singles lawn bowler after taking the…

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FOOTBALL Championnat de France de 1ère division

Le Courrier Australien · Wednesday 10 April 1996 · page 27

31e journée Auxerre a conforté sa place de dauphin du Paris SG après sa victoire du mois dernier 3 à 1 à Nice, alors que Metz s'est effondré Bordeaux, subissant sa plus lourde défaite (4…

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Swimming

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 April 1996 · page 35

NSW competitors set seven records in winning won 28 gold, 15 silver and 15 bronze medals at the recent Victorian Jewish Swimming Championships in Melbourne…

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Tennis

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 April 1996 · page 35

AN entry of more than 70 players is expected for the 9th annual Australian Friends of Tel Aviv University tennis championships on Anzac Day, Thursday, April 25 at the Palms…

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Cricket

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 April 1996 · page 33

The Senior A team won every game in the first term. The batting was strong, with high scores recorded in every match. The…

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Overseas Sport Davis Cup loss, but win in rugby union

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 April 1996 · page 35

ISRAEL lost its Euro-African Zone Group 1 Davis Cup tie to Spain 4-1 in Ramat Hasharon at the weekend. The only rubber won was the…

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Israel tennis moves up in women’s ranks

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 April 1996 · page 34

ISRAELI women’s tennis received a shot in the arm when its…

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Swimming

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 April 1996 · page 29

Moriah swimmers achieved an overall points score win in an invitation interschool carnivals held in Moriah’s 25-metre indoor Gloria & John Eisman Pool…

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Golf

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 April 1996 · page 31

IT WAS a great day for Walter Gottlieb who scored a hole-in-one playing the 17th hole at Monash recently…

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Cricket

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 April 1996 · page 29

Moriah’s Year 9 and Year 8 cricket teams both lost — the Year 8s by only one run — to St Andrews at Queens Park, although both teams played out of their age…

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Touch Football

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 April 1996 · page 31

MACCABI Touch Football Club, sponsored by Champion Office Supplies, fielded three teams in the Eastern Suburb winter competition…

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Touch Football

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 April 1996 · page 29

Moriah’s senior boys touch football team did well to reach the final of the Eastern Suburbs Touch Football Competition in only its second year of competition. The…

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Record goes in AJN swimming cup

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 April 1996 · page 32

MATTHEW Michael had to break the record for the 100-metres men’s freestyle to win the Australian Jewish News Cup at the NSW Jewish Championships in the 25-metre Heffron Pool on Sunday…

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Athletics

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 April 1996 · page 31

AUSTRALIAN 7th Maccabiah Games medallist Raylea Rudov won three events in the recent ACT Veterans championships…

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Athletic Supporter Cricket Premiership Victory

Tharunka · Tuesday 23 April 1996 · page 46

The UNSW Cricket Cluh have recorded their first premiership in over I 5 years, with 5th Grade’s drubbing of Randwick at Congee Oval at Easter. The side secured victory with over two hours to spare thanks to a swashbuckling 68 including three enormous sixes and captain Rob Stark leading from the front taking four wickets…

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Golf

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 April 1996 · page 35

TWO 18-year-olds, Paul Ichilcik, a 25 handicap player and Neil Krawitz (26) won Monash’s fourball Stableford event with 49 points at the weekend. The individual event at Monash…

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Tennis

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 April 1996 · page 35

IT now seems certain that the 1996 Hakoah sponsored NSW Open Jewish Tennis Championships will be played on the June holiday weekend. Sydney Maccabi Tennis Club, which…

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