Ballina Information Blog

The Ballina Tourism Hospitality race day, featuring the Gem Array Ballina Bracelet, will be held at the Ballina Jockey Club on Friday, July 23. It will be the inaugural Ballina Tourism & Hospitality race day. Secretary for Ballina Tourism & Hospitality, Dave Heggie, said: “Ballina Tourism & Hospitality is the private sector tourism industry’s membership [...]

Super aerialist Josh Kerr will introduce his Kerrazy Airshow Invitational to this year’s Rusty Gromfest which begins on Friday at Lennox Head. Who better than Josh Kerr to hand-pick a group of surfers from the competition and free surfing sessions to surf in this specialized Kerrazy Airshow Invitational session? The session will include Nixon prizes [...]

Member for Ballina Don Page has congratulated the Ballina Hockey Club on its successful bid to secure $100,000 funding for the development of the Ballina Hockey Complex. “I made a strong appeal in April this year in Parliament for this project to be supported and I’m pleased to see that common sense has prevailed,” Mr [...]

Sunshine Coast surfer Dimity Stoyle won the open pro in the All Girls Surf Showdown at Lennox Head last weekend. Airini Mason finished second, Tyler Wright was third and Kirby Wright fourth. Ballina surfer Melissa Combo won the longboard pro. Results:

Plans to create a museum at Ballina to recognise the contribution women jockeys have made to the racing industry in Australia could result in a new tourist attraction on the Far North Coast, the Member for Ballina, Don Page, told Parliament this week. The Ballina Jockey Club says the official story of lady riders in [...]

Ballina MP Don Page voiced his support in Parliament for the Ballina Hockey Club’s project to develop a new hockey complex in Ballina. “The Ballina Hockey Club is leading the way in the development of the Ballina Hockey Complex, which will include a new synthetic turf playing field as well as a clubhouse, spectator grandstands, [...]

Former rugby league international Mark Edmondson and former NRL judiciary commissioner Jim Hall, along with NRL Titan players, will be the special guests at the Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League 2010 season launch this Friday night at the Ballina RSL Club. The family friendly event will also have the winners of the inaugural Ballina RSL [...]

Ballina Rugby Club kicks off its season this weekend with a home game against Southern Cross University. The club has welcomed a new president, Al Barrett, and new coaches for 1st grade Mick McGregor and John Doktor, 2nd grade Brent Horan and Lincoln Raudonikis, with under 19s being coached by Josh Piercy. Mick Koellner will [...]

Ballina longboarder Melissa Combo, pictured, finished second in the open women’s event at the Hyundai Malfunction Surf Festival last weekend. Tweed Heads surfer Chelsea Williams, 24, (Kingscliff,NSW) wiped away the disappointment of finishing second in last year’s event, downing Melissa, Rosie Locke (Cooroy,Qld) and Nava Young (Angourie, NSW) to claim her third LQS women’s title [...]

The Alstonville Wollongbar Cup has been resurrected and will be held by the Ballina Jockey Club on Friday, April 16. The Alstonville Wollongbar Chamber of Commerce has joined with the club to host the TAB meeting, which will be sponsored by the local businesses. The Cup race is being sponsored by the Pioneer Tavern at [...]