Participants in the Queen’s Baton Relay through Ballina mixed with sporting ‘royalty’ as the town got an early taste of Melbourne Commonwealth Games fever.
One of the runners was none other than Geoff Hunt, the former 11-times British Open squash champion. Hunt is also a coach of this year’s Games squash squad.
The relay entered Ballina on […]
Local rugby league fans will be hoping for a glimpse of ‘the next big thing’ in the NRL when the Melbourne Storm take on Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League trial at Kingsford Smith Park, Ballina, on February 11.
He is Greg Inglis, an 18-year-old who last week was invited to attend an Australian Test camp in […]
Two members of the Ballina Bears Cricket Club will represent New South Wales in the annual national Indigenous cricket championship, the Imparja Cup.
Brothers Andrew and Adam Gordon will compete against the nation’s best Indigenous cricketers in the Imparja Cup, which will be held at Alice Springs from February 22-26.
Andrew Gordon will be competing in his […]
Day 6 and 7 of the Queens Baton Relay
The Queen’s Baton Relay will enter the Ballina Shire this afternoon at Alstonville at 4:37pm onto Ballina at 5:03pm and end at Fawcett Park podium at 5:29pm. Resuming its journey in Ballina at 7.02 am it will travel on to Lennox Head where it will depart for […]
Former Ballina junior James Aubusson may possibly be the Melbourne Storm halfback replacement for Matt Orford when the team takes on Parramatta in the NRL trial at Ballina on February 11.
Aubusson began his career in Ballina before moving on to NRL club the Bulldogs. After a short stint with the club, he moved on to […]
Recent flooding is proving costly for Ballina and its surrounding areas.
ABC radio reported that Ballina Shire Council has estimated the damage repair bill would be about $600,000. This expenditure would go on roads and infrastructure.
A council spokesman told the ABC that the damage was on par with that caused by last June’s flood.
Meanwhile, falling oxygen […]
Ballina Jockey Club will host several cup meetings this year, as well as its major meeting, the Ballina Cup, on September 14.
The Mullumbimby Cup will be run on April 22, followed by the Byron Bay Cup on June 12. There also will be a Boxing Day Cup meeting on December 26.
Other major meetings include the […]
Welcome to the first of our regular fishing reports for the Ballina Shire area. The reports are provided by expert fisherman and journalist Tony Zann, editor of New South Wales Fishing Monthly magazine. For more of Tony’s fishing news, visit www.fishingmonthly.com.au
Mandy from Dave’s Bait Shop says the beaches around Ballina are the best bet for […]
Local rugby league fans might see a full-strength squad turn out for the Melbourne Storm in their National Rugby League trial match against Parramatta Eels at Kingsford Smith Park, Ballina, on February 11.
Coach Craig Bellamy told Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper that all players would be given a chance to push for places during the trials, the […]
Gayathri Samarakoon, an Australian-based Sri Lankan-born journalist, sent us this report on her visit to an elephant orphanage in her home country …
Leela, the baby elephant, was found swaying back and forth under a Mana tree next to the still corpse of her mother, bearing a gunshot wound on the right leg. Responding to distressed […]
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