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Coffs Harbour Advocate

Location

Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Jun 24, 1947

Page

4

Open air boxing thrills crowd in High Street arena

A packed High Street stadium hosted a lively boxing program with fights including Crockett vs Roach Yuke vs Kelly and Moseley vs Ferguson. Teenagers Baldwin and Wardrope opened strong, Gauci brothers impressed, and Crockett defeated Roach in a crowd-pleasing comeback as boxing resumes its local popularity.

High Street Crockett—Roach Yuke—Kelly Moseley-Ferguson Baldwin Wardrope Joseph David Gauci Cliff Moseley Sat Boombee Artie Ferguson Ferguson Moseley

Banana Growers Cup: Coffs Still Unbeaten at Jetty Oval

Coffs Cup Team defeated Servicemen 25 to 5 at Jetty Oval last Sunday while missing Smith, Malouf, Lowery and Pearce. Keft starred with three tries. Ferguson scored Servicemen’s sole try. Reserve graders won 31 to 4.

Jetty Oval Smith Malouf Brothers Lowery Pearce Keft A. Ferguson S. Ryan Dancan Patterson Goodenough Roweell Brothers Coffs C. Ryan W. Williams A. Betts Duncan R. Ryan Malouf L. Mills G. Williams C. Rowsell L. Williams Woods Ferguson Nelson Cunningham Rewsell Servicemen Brissett Reid

Weekend tennis teams listed for A and B grades across multiple venues

The notice lists Saturday and Sunday lineups for A and B grade tennis at Karangi Jetty Boambee Orara Catholic Grafton Eversley Cathedral Coffs and Coramba venues. Captains include R Dun R Forbes C McDowell and J Babbage with players such as M McCarthy B McCarthy J Gorman N Byrne and F White. A Byes and social play noted. Jansen Dyer Cup fixtures restrict A grade Saturday play.

Karangi R. Dun M. McCarthy N. Byrke J. McCarthy Clayton Jeffries Jetty R. Forbes A. Chambers D. Pierce C. McDowell B. McCarthy W. Deards J. Babbage D. Waghorn A. Hughes N. Byrne A. Fenwick N. Munro J. Giovanelli J. Robinson Catholic T. Mason F. Heber Bo Harris J. Gorman Jnr L. Campbell E. Flaherty Boambee R. Anderton C. Franklin Orara F. White Mo McGrath A. Gorman M. Gorman B. Harris O. Plunkett B. Smith Catholic Court

Local Street Stall Winners Named at Convent Hall Drive

At the Friday street stall raising funds for Convent Hall Miss Anne Hillocks won the Kent's watch Mrs K Dacay took the fowl and Miss Lennie Keogh captured the jumper.

Convent Hall Anne Hillocks K. Dacay Lennie Keogh

Coffs Golf Club Club Championship Winners Named

Tom Lindsay won the Coffs Golf Club Club Championship with rounds of 75 and 79. Graham Dowling was runner-up with 162. Joe Malouf won the B grade with 172, runner up M Archibald 174. Several trophies went to Archibald, Foote, Eather and Mulhearn. The D Mulhearn trophy was won by J Hill with nett 65. A large field entered the D Mulhearn event. The Interclub team to represent Coffs at Dorrigo included Dowling and Lindsay. The Associates’ Stableford winner was Mrs Ulrick with 38 points, runner-up Mrs Archibald 28. Next Sunday starts the Associates Championship qualifying round.

T. O'Neill B. Palmer O'Neill P. Holden L. Ritchie Williams Mackay Hill Steer Palmer Yuke Kelly Gong Norm Crockett Stan Roach Sabete Roach Crockett Holmes and Hitchinson Spagnola Tarz Hutchinson Des Ferson Morris Harvey Crombie Ron Gosling Agricultural Association Tom Lindsay Graham Dowling Joe Malouf M. Archibald J. Hill Coffs Dorrigo G. Dowling

Jansen and Dyer Cup Teams for Saturday

Jansen Cup at Bellingen features Fowler Hartman Cook Chambers Fenwick Short led by captain Fowler. Dyer Cup at Coffs Jetty Courts includes Flaherty Barbour Deards Thompson Hannaford Munro with captain Flaherty. Two Coffs teams visit Nana Glen with Amos Robinson Kratz Waghorn and Lill captains. Reserves Bunny Irvine Amos Rayner. Transport arranged by team captains.

Coffs Tennis Association Bellinger Association Jansen

Tennis Cups Fixtures for Week End

Coffy Association defers games to next week end. Saturday Ulrich Cup features Catholic vs Orara 1, Boambee 2 vs Korora, Orara 2 vs Boambee 1, Karangi vs Jetty. Sunday Cockle Cup pairs Jetty teams, Boambee vs Catholic 2, Catholic 1 bye. Dowse Cup sees Orara 1 vs Boambee 2, Orara 2 vs Catholic 1, Catholic 2 vs Boambee 1.

Coffy Association Catholic Orara Boambee Korora Karangi Jetty

Notable Names in Cathedral Reserve Event

Mackay discusses the Reserve at Cathedral with J Gregor and D Larsen. Ferrett and D Watts join as Mesdames Wallace and McKenzie attend the proceedings.

Mackay Cathedral J. Gregor D. Larsen Ferrett D Watts Mesdames Wallace and McKenzie

Sawtell Coff Harbour Bus Service Schedule Notice

Sawtell Coffs Harbour bus runs Mondays to Fridays at 12 45 pm with Saturday departures at 11 46 am and 6 30 pm. Coffa Harbour departures on Monday to Friday at 2 pm and Saturday at 1 pm and 11 20 pm. Vehicles listed as MO-185 and TC5s under Hunt Bus and Taxi Proprietor Sawtell.

Sawtel

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