• Home
  • Articles
    • Front Page
    • General Interest
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Snippets
  • Competitions
  • Our Community
    • Our People
    • Question of the Week
    • Be Seen
    • Jobs in The Central West
  • Features
    • Rural Round Up
    • Loving Local Living
    • Wellness Wise
    • My Place
    • Real Estate
    • Recipe of the Week
  • Sports
    • Canowindra Bowls Club
    • Canowindra Junior Rugby League
    • Canowindra Senior Rugby League
    • Cricket
    • Footy Tipping Competition
    • Golf
    • Rugby Union
    • Swimming Club
    • Touch Football Results
    • Tennis
    • Other
  • Contact Us
    • Contact Page
    • Advertise with Us
    • Testimonials
    • Subscribe to the Phoenix
    • Submit an Article

The Canowindra Phoenix

Your free weekly guide to what's happening in and around Canowindra.

You are here: Home / Sports / Canowindra Senior Rugby League / Canowindra Tigers Under 18 Premiers 1965 And 1968

Canowindra Tigers Under 18 Premiers 1965 And 1968

13 December, 2017 By editor

The Sub Committee has now made contact with all living past players and are now awaiting a start date for the 2018 Woodbridge Cup for formal arrangements to be concluded. Many have now discovered the Canowindra Phoenix and the Canowindra community has a proud record unearthing ex Internationals as Rex Norman, Joe Jorgensen and Ron Boden as Captain/Coaches.

Jorgenson has captained Australia and Boden was one of the few players ever to represent NSW and QLD. Many other top liners were Ron Beaumont who returned to Manly Warringah to First Grade, Greg Hay captain/coached both Riverina and Western Division in consecutive years, Reg McCulla another Riverina Captain Coach, Clyde Cant who came from Gerringong and moved on to Canberra.

Canowindra produced such players as Tom Clyburn who was a household name in the Central West in the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s. Clyburn held point scoring records in Groups 10, 11 and 15 from time to time. Ken Thurtell who in 1940 travelled almost 2000 miles during the season playing rep football and after making Country Firsts missed selection for NSW.

Ken Slattery also made Country Firsts but missed NSW selection. Slattery later coached Parramatta First Grade. As an Under 19 Peter Fitzgerald left Canowindra to play First Grade with St George and Eastern Suburbs. He captain/coached Port Kembla to a premiership in the Illawarra League.

Billy Hilton captained Country Seconds and was offered a contract at Balmain. Trevor Simpson was a member of the Western Division that won the AMCO Cup in 1974. Fitzgerald, Simpson and Hilton were all members of the victorious 1968 Under 18 team. There were many other notables whose names will be recalled over the next few months.

As part of the Canowindra Football Club Centenary celebrations choosing a best ever team of Canowindra players will be a nightmare. My only automatic selection would be Tom Clyburn. When he was a youngster, as a visitor, he trained with Eastern Suburbs. He was then selected in Third Grade, Reserve Grade in week 2 and in the third week he was asked by Club Officials if he would be available for First Grade he declined and replied that he had to go home to Canowindra as his home town was defending the Jack Hore Gold Cup that weekend.

Yours in Rugby League.
Tony Hardman

Filed Under: Canowindra Senior Rugby League, Sports

More News

Walking With A Cause

4 March, 2021 By editor

A fundraising walk will be run from Cargo to Grenfell beginning next Thursday in Cargo. The Cargo to … [Read More...]

Snippets…

4 March, 2021 By editor

Birthday Wishes: Red headed Alba Pearl Maere celebrated her first birthday on 22 February. Alba is … [Read More...]

Canowindra Public School’s Brilliant Start To 2021

4 March, 2021 By editor

Last Friday, 32 students from Canowindra Public School competed in Cowra at the district swimming … [Read More...]

More articles in this section

  • A Taste Back In Canowindra
  • Proposed Bus Service To Cowra
  • We Are The Champions

More Food & Wine

ANZAC Treat

23 April, 2020 By editor

Caramel ANZAC Slice SLICE • 2 Cups Plain Flour • 2 Cups Brown Sugar • 2 Cups Rolled Oats • 1 … [Read More...]

Enjoy a Cold Christmas Pudding!

16 December, 2015 By editor

Ingredients 2.25 litre vanilla ice cream 2 x 125 punnets of pistachio kernels 1 teaspoon … [Read More...]

The Bite…Coffee Culture

8 July, 2015 By editor

It is a fair generalisation that Australians are culturally obsessed with their coffee. Across the … [Read More...]

More articles in this section

  • The Bite…Winter Warmers
  • In The Vines…Philip Shaw’s New Cellar Door
  • The Bite…Orange Cafe Culture

More Sport

Men’s Bowls

4 March, 2021 By editor

Last Saturday, the Phillip (Cheesy) Makin Memorial Golf/Bowls Day was held where 44 players competed. It was a good day for interaction between the two clubs. Last Sunday, the fourth round of pennants was played. The number 6s played Parkes Railway winning 9-1. Congratulations to them as they now progress to post sectional playoffs at […]

Latest Print Edition

Click here to download the recent issue (623) of The Canowindra Phoenix (2.9mb PDF) 4th March 2021

AWARDED 2018 BEST BUSINESS IN CABONNE

Stay Connected

The Canowindra Phoenix would like to thank you, our Facebook friends, for your continued support and readership!

likeusonfacebook

Canowindra Booklet

Click here to download the 2018 Canowindra Booklet – Explore “The Place You Call Home” Like a Local

Central West Rural Round Up Booklet

Click here to download the Central West Rural Round Up Booklet

Search the Phoenix

Recent Articles

  • The Way We Were 4 March, 2021
  • Over The Fence Chat For Farmers 4 March, 2021
  • Walking With A Cause 4 March, 2021

Contact the Phoenix

Street Address: 84 Gaskill Street Canowindra NSW 2804 Postal Address: PO Box 203 Canowindra NSW 2804 Phone: (02) 6344 1846 Email: editor@canowindraphoenix.com.au or sales@canowindraphoenix.com.au View our Privacy Policy. View our Conflict Resolution Process. View our Ethics and Complaints Policy. Want to advertise with us? Information on our Community Promotions.

Submit an Article

We are always looking for new articles of interest to the local community.

Please feel free to submit an article for possible inclusion in a future issue.

To submit an article, click here to use our online article submission form.

Receive The Phoenix via Email

* indicates required

Copyright © 2021 · Website setup and support: CompleteWPCare