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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 07, 1936
Page
4
Sunshine led 7.3 to 2.4 in the first quarter as Foxcroft and W Clayton starred. Brunswick surged to 12.16 to 10.4 by the third, then Sunshine rallied but despite creditable play Brunswick won, with Gough earning best and fairest.
St Mark's Amateur Athletic Club schedules a four mile cross country championship from St Mark's Hall at 3 p.m. toward Mt Derrimut. N Knight leads the points table for the event with M Petherick and J Mattinson as strong rivals. A sealed handicap is included and the club plans a Town Hall dance on August 22.
The Sunshine Golf Club reports the first round completed last Saturday with four matches per section to continue. Tomorrow’s draw features Purmpa versus McDonald, Jobling against Meb Stewart, Thompson against Mortis, and Oke against Clinnick, plus a bogey Stableford contest for remaining players and notes last Saturday’s scores.
The Deer Park Cycle Club ran the 40 mile Bacchus Marsh event on July 25 with 1 entrant reported and only seven riders finishing due to bad weather. Results list H Rollinson 1st 26 minutes, G James 2nd 16 minutes, L Rae 11 points, C Bell 4th 13 minutes, L Woods 8th, plus progress leaders E Grant 23, R Shepherd 22, Rollinson 19, Bell 18. A 20 mile handicap race is set for tomorrow starting at 3 p.m. Entry fee 1 shilling 6 pence.
Nettlefolds Hockey Club reports a very satisfactory season with two losses so far and a 4 0 win over Lincoln Mills at home. The team faces University High School away next, aiming to maintain lead over Raymonds St Peters and University High School after a muddy, slippery match.
Advert boasts cheaper attention grabbing waves through modern methods for permanent waving by Balosine at 148 Gordon Street Footscray near Powell's Hotel. Prices from 15 shillings for full head. includes electric heaters and sunlit styling.
The Sunshine Anglers Club held its fortnightly meeting in the Town Hall supper room. The syllabus lists 14 water competitions including estuary, freshwater, and bay events with dates from August to May, plus a Ladies Day and social events. Footscray anglers performed well during a sports night of euchre and bowls, with Sunshine edging in quoit and crib scores. a joint committee proposal and fundraising efforts were noted, with a social meeting planned to discuss it.
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