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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 09, 1952
Page
3
A chaotic montage of racing legends, boxing glory, archery queries, and league notes highlights a 19th to 20th century sports culture. It covers a 1000 mile Paris to Madrid car race history, Black Prince boxing feats, early basketball origins, and varied local club updates with quirky trivia and match results.
Atherton hosts a weekend tennis event by the Atherton Tennis Association. Singles results show J 46 and 32 in a tight turnout with players from the region competing for platform positions. The report notes steady play and a local turnout throughout the day.
The Tully club begins the surfing season as Rowse and gear leaders report strong readiness. Club members ready to repel old limits and showcase new equipment as winds favor early waves.
The report lists contestants and winners from a local event. Mesdames No TaD Barrie and C. Dawton lead with victory over M. E Miller in a four team mini contest. Other participants include Jotates-K D. Laren and Mim ME Jones among several listed players.
The report covers an October Sunday stroke event won by Te Sittin net with notable results and players such as Evans W Hales Mrs Wale Mrs Thoorpsan 76 and Mee 1 Syme Wi Mar i Eiligt Te and Miss P Forrester 60. It mentions a weekend meat week and future rounds at Green and Canadian foursome teams with an 11 hole stroke event, prizes for best net, and a 27 hole combined prize. A secret teams competition and a novelty pin event are noted for No 3.
Mr Rebek, the principal engineer of the Anglianna London refinery, is directing a team for work in Australia. The note references upcoming assignments and leadership at the facility.
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