1st NSW Premier Club Competition
WATSONS BAY, OCTOBER 1967 In an effort to determine just which club was the best the Sans Souci...
23 October, 2014
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The first Australian Pacific Coast Spearfishing Championships
Promoted and run by the Newcastle Neptunes Underwater Club, the first Australian Pacific Coast Spearfishing Championships was held...
15 October, 2014
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Spearfishing and the USFA – NSW’s Pioneering Years
[caption id="attachment_126" align="alignleft" width="943"] Bill Heffernan in a Sladen Suit and Salvus Oxygen Re-Breather taken in April of 1948 during the meeting to...
14 October, 2014
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Victoria vs New South Wales – Interstate Spearfishing Competition
After nearly 10 months of planning, the first official Victoria versus New South Wales Interstate Spearfishing Competition took...
14 October, 2014
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The ‘Ming Diving Mask’
Frank Cunliffe of Waverley NSW applied for a patent for a diving mask in June of 1941, ‘for...
14 October, 2014
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Alliman Shield – October 2014 – Bayview
[widgetkit id=17] Scores are attached, congratulations to the Dolphins even with one boat disqualified they took out the...
04 October, 2014
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Alec ‘Curly’ Alliman
The Sydney Metropolitan Zone’s Alliman Shield competition is named in honour of Alec 'Curly' Alliman. Curly Alliman, the 1955 NSW Spearfishing Champion, was attending...
22 September, 2014
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The “Aquamatic” an Historic Australian Speargun from the 1940’s
Aquamatic DiagramThe brothers, George and Trevor Davies, pioneered spearfishing in the Newcastle area taking up the sport in...
22 September, 2014
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