Ballina Information Blog

Ballina’s Under-15 cricket team scored a major victory with a win in last week’s Walter Taylor Shield carnival at Armidale. Ballina finished unbeaten and beat the strong Sydney side, Hornsby, in the final. Game 1 v Hunter Valley Ballina bowled first and got on top early with Tom Watkins dismissing 3 of the first 4 [...]

We are up from the Central Coast for our annual Byron surfing holiday when we noticed the plaque on the new stairs at Lennox. Originally from Sydney, I was on an around-Australia surfing trip with no finish date. I  arrived in Ballina short on money, got a job at the Ballina Slipway as a cabinetmaker/shipwright, boarded [...]

The chairman of the Ballina Jockey Club, Dr Bob Jemison, has released the names of the two new additions to the Iris Nielsen Lady Jockeys Hall of Fame for 2102. The Selection Committee has met and the Directors have accepted their recommendation that Lesley Bellden and Julie Krone join the list of inductees. The induction [...]

Lennox Head surf lifesaver Murray Thomas is among the elite team which this Friday 21 October to Sunday 23 October will descend on Wollongong Surf Leisure Centre and the Towradgi SLSC for the Surf Life Saving NSW High Performance Program. The High Performance program will act as a train-on squad for the NSW Interstate Team [...]

Record numbers are expected to enter this year’s Fair Go skateboarding competition, to be held at Missingham Skate Park in Ballina on Saturday, October 8. It is the biggest regional skate event in Australia and attracts skaters from across the country. This is the 12th year the event has been held, and skaters will compete [...]

A field of over 80 paddlers have made their way around Ballina Island on Sunday in a mixture of craft – from outriggers and kayaks to racing skis. Paddlers travelled from Coffs Harbour to the Tweed for the event. The field was evenly split between social and competitive categories with the following prizewinners: Fastest Male [...]

After the success of the 2010 event, the Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore Surf Life Saving Club will be hosting the Ballina Island Paddle Challenge again on Sunday, October 2. It is a major fundraiser for the Life Saving Club and will also benefit the Ballina Jet Boat Service. It is open to any participant with [...]

Ballina’s big social event of the year, the Slipway Hotel Ballina Cup, will be run on Thursday, September 8. As well as plenty of action on the track, there will plenty to keep racegoers interested off the track, with live music, a fashion parade and the popular Fashions on the Field. The main prize this [...]

As we prepare for summer and those lazy weekends spent at the beach with friends and family, spare a thought for those who make it all possible  – the surf lifesavers who give up their time, and sometimes even risk their lives, to make our beaches safer, happier, family-friendly places. Nikon Australia and Surf Life [...]

There were some very tight finishes in the Ballina Jockey Club premiership awards for the 2010/11 racing season. Three of the four categories were settled by countbacks as second and third placings had to be taken into account to determine the winners. The awards are determined on results at the Ballina Racecourse for the past [...]