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Palm Island basketball and cricket teams travelled to Townsville for a day of sport. Articles include detailed match reports and a summary of the trip.
Palm Island News 1954 November 5 pp. 1-2, 4, 7
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Mixed sex school cricket game played between the Convent and Aboriginal School. Teams and results listed in article. Exact date unknown.
Palm Island News 1954 October 15 p. 9
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Spring Fair on Palm Island included basketball games (two teams visited from Townsville), swimming, diving, and woodchopping. Prior article previews the event, while the latter gives a detailed summary and gives a list of winners.
Palm Island News 1954 September 17 p. 1
Palm Island News 1954 October 1 pp. 1-2, 10-11
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Report by Greg Barry on a recent boxing night - 'the best ever seen since it started on Palm Island'. Includes descriptions of a number of bouts. Exact date unknown.
Palm Island News 1954 September 10 p. 6
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Greg Barry gives commentary on a recent night's boxing - exact date is unknown. Athletes names are included.
Palm Island News 1954 August 13 p. 6
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Sports editorial covers recent sporting events on PI.
Cricket: Author encourages the community to take an interest in cricket. Mentions Eddie Gilbert.
Basketball: Matches between Magpies, Swifts, Monitress, and Bluebirds mentioned.
Tennis: Recent games among girls in the community.
Palm Island News 1954 August 13 pp. 4-5
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A basketball game was recently played between the 'Swifts' and the 'Bluebirds'. Basketball has become a popular women's sport on PI by this point.
Palm Island News 1954 July 30 p. 4
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Sport in the community editorial highlights the sporting opportunities on PI, and encourages players to turn up on time to their games.
Palm Island News 1954 July 30 pp. 2-3
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Sports page gives an overview of recent and upcoming events on PI.
Cricket: Drawn match between 'native boys and white boys'.
RL: Recent games between Shamrocks, Wattles & Skipjacks.
Basketball: Increasing interest in the sport, particularly among the Dormitory teams.
Palm Island News 1954 July 9 p. 7
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Sports page covers recent and upcoming sporting events on PI.
RL: Recent games between Shamrocks, Wattles and Skipjacks.
Basketball: Dormitory women played the Camp women.
Cricket: Provisional School vs State School match, with a game to be played the following week.
Boxing: Two boxers went to Townsville to fight.
Palm Island News 1954 July 2 p. 11
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Palm Island footballers travel to Tully for a weekend of football. Article includes a brief report on the game and overall weekend.
Palm Island News 1954 June 25 p. 5
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Sports Page in the Palm Island News covers recent and upcoming sporting events and updates.
Rugby League: The results of the last weekend's games between Skipjacks, Shamrocks, and Wattles are reported, and upcoming games between the representative teams, 'Kookaburras', and 'Bandsmen' are previewed.
Basketball: The Dormitory Women recently played the State School Girls in a 'scratch' match. Upcoming games between the State School girls, the Casement team, the 'monitress' and the Dormitory Girls are mentioned, and the camp women are encouraged to form a team.
Tennis: Article encourages those interested in the community to form a tennis club.
Cricket: Boys from the Provisional School and the State School played their first game of cricket recently, and will play another in two weeks' time.
Palm Island News 1954 June 11 p. 10
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Sports page mentions an upcoming trip to Tully for the PI Rugby League team. Also mentions a recent game between the Kookaburras and the representative team. Basketball is also mentioned (Dormitory Girls vs Casement Girls), and seems to be becoming popular on PI around this time.
Palm Island News 1954 June 18 p. 9
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Editorial covers a story on Pacific Island football - ends with speculation that Palm Island could one day play Pacific football.
Palm Island News 1954 June 18 pp. 1-2
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Girls from St. Michael's Convent played a game of basketball with the State School girls - the first inter-school match on PI for many years. Final score 12-9 in favour of the Convent girls.
Palm Island News 1954 May 28 p. 5
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Article on school sports on PI mentions vigoro, softball, and the improvement in ability of many children on the island.
Palm Island News 1954 May 28 pp. 3-4
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Editorial highlights the revival in sport currently enjoyed by Palm Island. Invitations for boxers, footballers, and entertainers from PI to visit the mainland are common. Mentions a boxing trip to Ayr, and girl's basketball.
Palm Island News 1954 May 28 pp. 1-2
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Sports Page in the Palm Island News covers the previous weekend's boxing, as well as football games between Skipjacks, Wattles and Shamrocks.
Palm Island News 1954 May 14 p. 8
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Bouts are listed for a night of boxing on PI against N.F.C.
Palm Island News 1954 May 14 p. 6
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Sports Page in the Palm Island News. Ron Richards is to start training the boxers. Includes notes on tennis and RL, mentioning games between Shamrocks, Wattles, and Skipjacks.
Palm Island News 1954 May 7 p. 5
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A junior and senior team travelled to Townsville to play football as guest of the West End Athletes. Prior article lists players, while the latter gives a report on the games by coach Mr Barnett.
Palm Island News 1954 April 9 pp. 3-4
Palm Island News 1954 April 23 pp. 7-8
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Aquatic sports were held along with a Bazaar at Palm Island. Earlier article previews events, while the latter gives an overview after the weekend.
Palm Island News 1954 April 2 pp.8-9
Palm Island News 1954 April 9 p. 2
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Boxers are to be presented trophies won by them at Ingham in 1953.
Palm Island News 1954 March 19 p. 11
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A PI team is to travel to Townsville to play against Centrals Football Club. Teams are selected and named in the following issue.
Palm Island News 1954 March 19 p. 9
Palm Island News 18954 March 26 p. 6
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The boxing team that travelled to Palm Island were successful, returning with trophies. Reports of good behaviour by boxers and footballers.
Palm Island News 1954 March 19 pp. 7, 11
