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Sport, 1996

247 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 13

Touch Football

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

MACCABI Touch Football’s men’s team, sponsored by Champion Office Supplies, chalked up its second win from as many games with a 3-2 decision over Coogee Invitationals on…

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Touch Football

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 May 1996 · page 31

MACCABI Touch Football, sponsored by Champion Office Supplies, suffered three losses in a series of tight, low scoring games…

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Sydney Sports Roundup Tennis

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 May 1996 · page 31

TALENTED young Jewish tennis player Jenny Zaslavski was beaten in the under-12 final of the recent Western Suburbs Open…

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Cricket club’s top players

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 May 1996 · page 32

MACCABI Cricket Club (MCC) on Saturday night in the Hakoah Club named retiring A-grade captain, Moshe Ezekiel, as its Clubman of the Year. Ezekiel, 36, who has led Maccabi’s top team for 10 years, was awarded the Harry Black Trophy. He also won the A-grade bowling Aggregate Cup after taldng 45 wickets from 241 overs at a cost…

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Israeli Sport Lebanon Fighting Stops Football

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 May 1996 · page 30

THE fighting in Southern Lebanon has hit Israel’s soccer competition with the Israeli Football Association (IFA) deciding to postpone its Second Division…

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Athletic Supporter

Tharunka · Tuesday 7 May 1996 · page 42

WATER POLO QUALIFY The UNSW Water Polo Club's Men's Team have won through to the 1996 Australian University Games to be held in Canberra in September. The Men's Team finished fourth, after a very strong start, in the tournament hosted by Sydney…

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Swimming

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 10 May 1996 · page 34

TONY Coleman was re-elected NSW Maccabi Swimming Club, president at its recent annual meeting…

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Rugby Sevens

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 10 May 1996 · page 34

SEVERAL Jewish footballers have told Australian Maccabiah Organising Committee (Moc) selectors they are available for selection in…

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Tennis tournament

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 10 May 1996 · page 26

MORE than 100 players competed in the annual NSW Friends of Tel Aviv University’s tennis tournament at the Palms Tennis Centre…

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sport Sydney Sportd Rounduo Golf

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 10 May 1996 · page 34

ANTHONY Rom (15) and Rob Hyde (13) combined to win the recent fourball Stableford at Monash with 50 points as Hyde also took the…

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motoring Golf Cabriolet — the sporty German

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 10 May 1996 · page 27

A WHOLE generation of Australians grew up with the VW “Beetle” and you either loved it or hated it — there was no in between. Volkswagen all but disappeared…

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FOOTBALL Le championnat de France

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 May 1996 · page 27

La 33e journée Coup de théâtre dans la 33e journée du championnat Le Paris-Saint-Germain battu à domicile par Metz 3 à 2 a perdu par la même occasion la première place du classement…

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school sport Mt Sinai excells at swimming carnivals School SPORT

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 10 May 1996 · page 33

MOUNT Sinai College may be small in size, but it compensated for this with guts and determination in the 1996 5M and Esissa swimming…

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Lawn Bowls

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 May 1996 · page 34

GERALD Weinberg ended the incredible singles record of Jack Kampel when he defeated him to take the Rose Bay Lawn Bowls Club’s major singles fined on Sunday…

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Tennis

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 May 1996 · page 34

SYDNEY Maccabi Tennis Club has won six Eastern Suburbs Association Summer competitions. It fielded 25 teams in the Sunday…

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Touch Football

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 May 1996 · page 34

MACCABI Touch Football’s mixed (Blue) team scored its first win of the season last week when it had a tough 7-6 decision over highly rated Hyperactive…

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Maccabi Tennis is a “Big Mac” club

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 May 1996 · page 36

SYDNEY Maccabi Tennis Club has been granted affiliation with the McDonald’s Tennis Australia. This allows Maccabi to establish a…

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Swimming

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 24 May 1996 · page 34

PLATYPUS Swimming School and Club resumes at the Moriah College pool on Monday, June 3. The school has been in a two-month recess…

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Golf

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 24 May 1996 · page 34

NSW Maccabi Golf Guild has co-opted Terri Copelowitz to its executive in a bid to promote women’s golf within the community. Gary Levien continues as 1996-97 guild…

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Lawn Bowls

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 24 May 1996 · page 34

MACCABI Lawn Bowls Guild member Valerie Cohen last week retained the Double Bay Bowling Club’s women’s major singles title. She played consistent draw shots to beat…

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