The Medibank Junior Development Series (JDS), the largest tennis tournament series for juniors in NSW, heads to Ballina this weekend.
Local junior tennis players will head to Ballina Tennis Club on Sunday May 18 to compete in the Ballina JDS event.
Encompassing over 80 round-robin tournaments throughout the year and an average of 100 participants at each […]
Saturday May 10 saw the 14th Annual Byron Bay Triathlon held on a glorious afternoon, and Ballina Triathlon Club members performed well.
The ever growing event attracts more than 1000 world-class athletes as well as age-group participants.
The 1500m swim in a clear and calm ocean bay led into the 40km bike ride out to Lennox Head […]
Family, friends and fellow surfers gathered at Lennox Head last Saturday to bid one final farewell to Ballina shark attack victim Peter Edmonds.
Peter, 16, of Wollongbar, died after being attacked at North Wall, Ballina, on April 8.
Last Saturday Peter’s ashes were scattered into the ocean.
After a brief ceremony on the beach at the Lennox Head […]
The winter pattern is really kicking in, with south-west to southerly winds, crisp, clear mornings and good waves.
The swell has hovered between three and six feet over the past week or so, and today it’s a solid four to five feet — big enough for the point breaks.
A high pressure system in southern Australia is […]
Breakers Bootcamp is taking part in the 2008 Kokoda Challenge - a cross country team event signifying the experience of Australian troops on the Kokoda track during World War II. The Kokoda Challenge is Australia’s ultimate team event, combining endurance and mateship, as teams of four trek 96kms in 39hours. 96 km represents that actual […]
Ballina MP Don Page is encouraging members of the local community to nominate individuals, organisations or business networks for the Regional Achievement and Community Awards for 2008.
“These awards are about recognising our dedicated individuals and groups committed to promoting our community. I ask fellow community members to nominate these worthy people to ensure they get […]
GeoLINK and Ballina Shire Council are once again inviting the business community of Lennox Head to show their support for the annual Community Tree Planting Day on Thursday June 5.
The event is designed as an opportunity for the businesses of Lennox Head to give back to the community that supports them by restoring Lennox Head’s most […]
An estimated 700 runners and walkers took part in the annual Northern Star-Ballina Lions Club fun run and walk this morning.
The men’s winner open 10km was Alstonville elite-level triathlete Josh McHugh.
Josh clocked 34 minutes and 16 seconds as he warmed up for next Saturday’s Byron Bay Triathlon next weekend and an event in China soon […]
The 2008 Combined Services Club charity ball on May 17 at the Ballina RSL Club will be a fundraiser for the Ballina SES unit.
Tickets cost $60 per person and proceeds will go towards the SES unit’s efforts to raise about $120,000 to buy a new truck for the road-crash rescue team.
The local team is one […]
Ballina Shire Council is exhibiting a draft of its Shire Wide Community Based Heritage Study from today, May 3, until Friday 6 June.
The Draft Heritage Study documents the known heritage values associated with various items and places in the shire nominated by community members and organisations to be of historic importance.
The current exhibition process provides […]
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