Smith thrilled by Derby win with Imagele at Randwick
Australia’s top trainer Tommy Smith celebrated a record Derby victory as Imagele nosed ahead of Lelea Lover and Grand Cidium in the AIC Derby at Randwick on Saturday. Despite interference around the 1,600m mark, Imagele balanced and surged to win by a head on the post. Grand Cidium, praised for grit, finished close behind with Lord Nelson clinching the Epsom Handicap in a top straight run.
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Kinkora wins third Canberra Sunday Stakes in a row
Kinkora, ridden by Gary Buchar, completed a fairytale run by winning the third consecutive Canberra Stakes at Canberra racecourse. Oak Peak, Ponderosa, and other runners followed as Kinkora, a seven year old owned by Mr and Mrs G F Mooney and trained by Bernie Howlett, surged clear. The day drew about 2,800 spectators amid transport and air service issues.
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Tony Maey
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Rasic Warns Korea Overconfidence After Semi loss
Australia coach Rale Rasic urged caution as South Korea prepared for the World Cup Asian final next month. He cited Korea’s 0 1 defeat to Burma in the Presidential Cup semifinal, criticizing overconfident play and noting Korea relied on Kim Jae han who scored in lead up matches but was tightly marked to suppress headers.
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AAP - Reuter
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Chris Mitchell Leads Federal Golf Open Campaign
Chris Mitchell holds a share of the lead at Federal after 36 holes, finishing one under par with rounds of 72. Favre and Michaels trail, with Paul Jones co-holder of the pace, while Royal Canberra’s contenders show early struggles in the Federal Open.
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PBI
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Eatie Tn
Great start to athletics at NYLEX carnival windy day
The 1973-74 track season opened at Woden Park with strong wind hampering events. Narrabundah High’s John Foulkes set under-15 marks in shot put and discus, while Griffith’s David Home set a wind-assisted 100m record and won 200m. Ron Lunt upset in senior shot. Selvey rebounded to win discus. Ken Larraway led junior division with four wins though wind nullified long jump.
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St Georg
Harrier
Warwick Selvey
Selvey
Peter Lawler
Tom Mullins
Randwick-Botany
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Ken Larraway
Desperation Wins Tigers VFL Title in Dramatic Final
A crowd of 117,000 watched Richmond surge after a ferocious start by Carlton. The Tigers dominated with stamina and late goals, overturning Carlton’s heroic bid, despite brutal clashes and key injuries. Danny Stewart and Phillip Pinnell starred as Richmond pushed past Carlton to claim the flag.
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Nicholls
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Hack
Kevin Sheedy
Hems
Brent Cresswell
Wayne Walsh
Neil Baime
Geoff Southby
Vin Waite
South African cricket hosts multi national tournament
In Johannesburg a double wicket cricket event featured an African pair and was hailed by Minister Dr Piet Koornhof as enabling multi national competition in team sport. He stressed South Africa’s aim to return to international cricket, while noting the event’s firsts in a non racial team format. Separately in Christchurch and Dunedin Australia and New Zealand agreed that next year’s one day internationals will be 35 overs each to curb rising game times. The board set the start at midday with a 6 pm finish and assured captains of pace and rate compliance.
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ANU Presidents XI Triumph In 40 Over Match
ANU Presidents XI defeated a Cey Jonese side by 61 runs at ANU South Oval. Left arm spinner Mike Howell claimed 6-19 from six overs and was named man of the match by ex test opener Mr Jack Ingleton. Final score details show ANU 156 with contributions from M. de reser and C. Thom, while Jonese were all out for 95.
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Moffat wins Bathurst 1000 race in near trouble-free run
Allan Moffat and Ian Geoghegan won the Hardie-Ferodo 1000 kilometer Bathurst race at Mt Panorama in a Ford Falcon GT. Pole contenders faltered as Chivas ran out of petrol mid-race and several Ford entries faced mechanical issues. Final margin about 30 seconds with 163 laps completed. Brock second in a Holden Torana, Bond third after a tyre failure.
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Contender title to Peter Hollis Contender title to Peter Hollis
Australian Peter Hollis retained his title in the Contender class world championships in Italy. He won the fifth and sixth heats in medium conditions to clinch the championship for the second year running, with Moffat second in the final heat. Pitman and Moffat were poised to take second and third overall. BANSA Canberra team Jett Armour, Alan Cichero and Frank Weber won the Mirror Dinghy team event in strong form.
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Alan Cichero
Frank Weber
Copte Presa of Aunts Capital Presa of Austr snbere City
A fragmentary notice mentions a capital Presa linked to Austr and a city in ACT with unclear date. Names appear garbled but indicate a local public or civic matter requiring confirmation.
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Oynich Og
Sydney Spanish Club wins Ambassador's Cup final 2 1
The Sydney Spanish Soccer Club defeated Warilla Wanderers 2-1 at Canberra Showground to claim the Ambassador's Cup in a weekend carnival for the Spanish community. Crowd of about 100 attended both days. Varilla Wanderers had earlier beaten Lyons 1-0, and Croatia Deakin drew 1-1 with Lyons.
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Ene van der Viist
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