Laurie Lawrence, creator of the Kids Alive Do the Five water safety awareness program, has proclaimed the recent tour of regional NSW a huge success, reaching an incredible 13,715 children under 10. The tour’s first destination was Ballina in October, performing to 741 children at Southern Cross School. Lawrence, who developed the show aimed at [...]
Sunday will mark an historic day for racing in Ballina when the Ballina Jockey Club will establish a national Lady Jockeys Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame establishment comes in conjunction with the $50,000 Iris Nielsen Ladies Invitation Race to be held on Sunday, January 24. The first inductees into the Hall of Fame [...]
A Sydney couple has died after a swimming tragedy at South Ballina on Tuesday night. About 7pm, the family of five from Sydney who were holidaying at a local caravan park went to the beach at South Ballina for a swim. Police have been told the mother, a 44-year-old woman, got into difficulties in the [...]
In a joint initiative between the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Land and Property Management Authority (LPMA), six wardens have been employed to protect Pied Oystercatcher chicks at South Ballina Beach and Mobbs Bay over the busy summer period. NPWS Richmond River Area Ranger, Holly North, said that the wardens have been patrolling [...]
Lennox Head-Alstonville has dominated on the final day of the 2010 Stramit NSW Country Surf Life Saving Championships at South West Rocks. With the final teams events contested today, Lennox Head-Alstonville claimed the top spot in the overall pointscores, followed by Byron Bay in second place and Cudgen Headland in fourth place. Defending title holder [...]
It will be ‘rev-head heaven’ when the North Coast Street Machines Show and Shine celebrates its 21st birthday at Kingsford Smith Park, Ballina, on Sunday, January 17. Several thousand people come through the gates each year, and the club donates some of the proceeds to charity. This year’s beneficiary will be the Southern Cross LADS, [...]
Alstonville junior tennis player Jack Clarke is one of 32 of the State’s most promising young tennis stars selected to participate in the inaugural Medibank Challenge at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre on Friday 15th January. Jack will contest the Under-10 boys event. The event coincides with the 2010 Medibank International Sydney Sydney Men’s Singles [...]
Australian swimming great Shane Gould will be Ballina Shire’s Australia Day ambassador. At the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, Shane won three Olympic Gold Medals in world record time: the 200m individual medley, 2.23.07; the 200m 2.03.56, and the 400m freestyle 4.19.04. Her career was short but dramatic. She burst onto the scene as a 13-year-old. [...]
Rainbow Dragons Abreast are having a Come and Try Day on Sunday 17th January at 9am Lake Ainsworth, Lennox Head. “We are looking for new paddlers, including breast cancer survivors. We are inviting all males and females over the age of 18 years to come and enjoy our wonderful sport of dragon boating,” a spokeswoman [...]
Ballina Jockey Club will be holding its Family Fun Day on Saturday 16 January 2010. There will be 5 non TAB races with the first race starting at 1:48pm. There will be free gate entry, and loads of fun activities for the kids including: Kidz Klub Ferris Wheel Jumping Castle Snow Cones Lolly Scramble Pony [...]
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