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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Sep 02, 1957

Page

2

Mitchell Wins At Federal Golf Meet

Mitchell fires 83 to win A grade at Federal event. Neville Cleary nets 78 for best score of day and Frank Jolly takes B grade with 88 and net 67 to lead. Tan Staith wins special ball. Mixed four ball winners Burke and Stockdale with 43 points. Stockdale and Burke 40 points. Results include top scores for A, B, and C grades on Saturday and Sunday.

Federal Golf Neville Cleary Frank Jolly Tan Staith Tom Caren Mrs. Stockdale Barks Toier Hag Burke Wpion Phil Matchell R. Lynch N. Cleary Leather F. Jolly Eat F. Tighe J. R. Robbertson Lae W. Stockdale C. T. Pl A. McKeogh T. D. Burke D. ‘Gourlay Gourlay

President Davies Wins Monthly Medal at Yowant Golf Club

In a tight count back Davies 78 17 61 edged George Hitchin 11 16 61 for the monthly medal at Yowant. Davies opened with 40 on the front nine and followed with 38, including a birdie on the 13th, while club secretary Manny Gralellis took B grade with 90 26 64 and Arthur Thomas won inj grade with 93 27 66.

Yowant David Davies George Hitchin Davies Manny Gralellis Bob Smith Arthur ‘Thomas W. Hughes E. Gralellis R. Smith Grunow G. Bartlett A. Thomas L. Stephens Ramage

Royal Canberra Golf Results Four ball event at the Royal Canberra Golf Club on Saturday

Gray and Hunt lead the four ball standings with sixteen up, Red shaw and Day twelve up, Fahey and Guy nine up, Self and Acileiple five up, Marcusson and Durie five up, Moroney and Mc Grath five up, Rees five up, Platt five up, McNamee and Marshall five up, Graham and McGill five up in a busy match round.

Royal Canberra Golf Club R.) . Gray N. Huntis GM. Redshaw R. J. Day V. Fahey F. Guy N. Self A’cileiple F. Marcusson R. Durie C. P. Moroney J. McGrath L. Rees J. Platt W. McNamee W. Marshall B. Graham J. McGill

Girl Swimmers Offered U S Scholarships After Tour

Australian swimmers Lorraine Crapp and Dawn Fraser arrived at Mascot Airport claiming American authorities offered them scholarships. They had just completed a nine week tour of Hawaii and the United States during which Crapp set world records in 800 metres and 880 yards plus American records, and Fraser set world marks in 100 yards 100 metres and 239 yards along with U S records.

Sunary Lorraine Crapp Dawn Fraser Mascot United States America Hawaii U.S

Darwin Rally Nails Drivers With Dust and Delays

Sunday in Darwin the VAS rally left many crews fighting blinding dust and rough bitumen. Drivers like Healy, Fink, Foreman, Whiteford, Leith, and Jackson faced 1,100 miles to Mt Ina with crashes, misread watches, and torn equipment. At Hall's Creek and Top Springs several cars lost points, while others battled steering, breakdowns, and wrong turns as crews waited for help and navigated with inadequate maps.

Darwin Hall'a Creek Top Springs Au Nee Pay Heary Fink Robert Foreman Mt. Ina Doug Whiteford Whiteford Peugeot C. C.leith Katherine Holden Ronald Diamond Jhe Hall's Creek Porsche Tom Jackson N.S.W Jackson J. R. Keddie Hegre! Victoria Customline George Horner Victoria Wave Hill Limbunya F. G. Claridge 3.A Claridge

Power Wins 10 000 Metres in NSW NZ Duel at Centennial Park

Wollongong runner Dave Power the triple Australian cross country champion won the 10 000 metres challenge at Centennial Park beating New Zealand star Murray Halberg by about 60 yards. Kerry Williams finished third as New Zealand won the teams event 20 to 16.

Wollongong Dave Power New Zealand New South Wales Centennial Park Power Murray Halberg Brisbane Lealing Kerry Williams

Melbourne apprentice suspended for careless riding at Moonee Valley

Melbourne Sunday report notes apprentice Brian Pulbrook suspended for one month after careless riding at Moonee Valley. Pulbrook rode the four to one favorite Prince on the program, amid a hostile crowd.

Melbourne Puntot Ana Moonee Valley Brian Pulbrook Pirnge

Queanbeyan Triumphs Over Yass In Group Rugby Clash

Queanbeyan beat Yass 25 to 8 in Group 8 Rugby League with rugged forward play. R Griffin and Reid scored for Queanbeyan, Bennett converted multiple tries, and Coleman added a late touchdown as gate receipts reached £170.

Queanbeyan Yass Horton R. Griffin Bennett Yaas B. Waters Yase Reid FR Griffin Coleman Griffin

Malayan players win finals at Australian badminton

Victoria captured the mi and women's singles and shared in the finals victories at Devonport. Eng Hong, the reigning men's singles champion from Malaya studying at Melbourne University, beat Ken Turner of Tasmania to win the title and then defended the doubles crown with See Chim Leong, also from Malaya.

Hobart Victoria Devonport Ken Turner Tas Eng Hong Melbourne University See Chim Leong

Holiday Tri Sill Popular Program Continues Weekly

The Canberra LMLCA runs inspections of the Police Station CSIRO, the esciet factory and the GPO with an extra Mount Stromlo Observatory trip. A mystery bike hike ended at the Police Dog Training Centre Molonglo. The YMCA and WCA present a parade at Albert Hall at 2:15 pm for boys and girls. hostel and park youth centres suspend activities tomorrow.

Stromlo Observatory RAAF Molonglo Ainslie Corrovores Park Albert Hall YMCA W.C.A

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