Champion eyes Beijing Olympics BOXING
AUSTRALIAN amateur lightweight 60kg champion Daniel Perrin has put a potentially lucrative career as a professional fighter on hold to…
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Victoria sweeps carnival Lawn Bowls
THE Victorian lawn bowls team will need to dean the trophy cabinet after winning the sixth annual Maccabi Australia lawn bowls carnival in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Israelis and Palestinians play football for peace
IT’S not often that a losing team’s dressing room is full of smiles after a match, but last week in the Seville Olympic Stadium, the final result was…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Israelis shine in Premier League FOOTBALL
ISRAELI striker Yossi Benayoun scored two goals for West Ham, but the Hammers had to settle for a 3-3 draw in its London derby with…
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ASHLEIGH Smart, 13, who won bronze medals in the 100m and 200m freestyle events at last week’s Victorian Swimming…
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QUEENSLAND’S under-15 girls’ football team was the only team which remained undefeated throughout the week-long Junior Carnival…
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SCORES were not kept on the cricket pitch because, according to cricket convenor Sam Gamsu, “it was about participation and making friends”…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Table Tennis
NEW Zealand 12-year-old competitor Noam Bar-Shalom outplayed players in the under-13 and under-17 divisions this week…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Touch Football
THE under-15 touch football final saw an inexperienced Victorian team come from behind to defeat New South Wales 3-2 after trailing for…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Duathlon and Athletics
WESTERN Australian David Lazarus stole the spotlight at the athletics carnival, which was largely washed out by rain, when he dominated the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Junior Carnival sport-by-sport wrap Tennis Joshua Levi summarises the results and highlights of tlie sports contested at the Maccabi Australia Junior Carnival this week
QUEENSLAND surprise packet Greg Fine emerged as the carnival’s tennis champion after he dominated on the court this week Fine, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →How to solve the eternal oxymoron of ‘Jewish sports’ Beyond Chu1zpah Israeli tennis ace Shahar Peer is an exception to the general rule that Jews don't excel in sports. Bridge or chess, anyone?
I HAVE a novelty record at home with a song on it called Famous Jews. Irreverent and witty and yes, American, it goes through a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Swimming back at Moriah pool
MACCABI swimming will resume this Sunday at Moriah’s indoor pool for children and adults. Children will learn stroke…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Maccabi Lawn Bowls Set to Change Name
NSW Maccabi Lawn Bowls Guild is expected to change its name to Maccabi NSW Lawn Bowls Guild at an extraordinary general meeting on February 25 to…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Sport Shorts Women’s Football Set to Return
WOMEN’S football training is set to resume on Tuesday, February 13 at Missions Fields in Centennial Park. After a successful end to the 2006…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Lawn bowls returns $8000
NSW Maccabi Lawn Bowls Guild refunded a total of $8000 to players who competed in the recent Maccabi Australia Lawn Bowls carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Sport Sachs bowls over Rolling Stones with 265
TEN pin bowler Debbie Sachs stunned her competitors this week when she rolled 265 for PHD in her first game of this year at NSW Maccabi Ten Pin…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →10-year-old golf whiz kid wins Victorian Open
GOLF prodigy Shane Feldman won the Mount Waverley Victorian Open under-12 tournament last week, his first Victorian tournament win since…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →People of the Boot The election of Richard Pratt last week as president of Ca[?] Football Club continues a long tradition of Jews who have come to the rescue of Aussie Rules clubs, writes Jason Frenkel. [?]
CAN the white knight with (navy) blue blood save the silver-tails? That was the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Touch football teams bound for semifinals
THE Maccabi first-grade touch football team will play in the Easts Touch Association semifinal this week, despite losing this week…
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