Supporting two North Coast charities and prizemoney of $10,000 were the major drawcards for the 14 Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League (NRRRL) clubs to lace up their boots early to participate in a new pre-season charity shield.
Today dignitaries from the NRRRL, Ballina RSL Club and charities Dragons Abreast and Men of League Foundation were on [...]
Ballina Squash Centre is hosting an emergency services charity squash tournament on Sunday the 14th of March.
Local police, fire, ambulance, SES, Westpac Life Saver Helicopter and Surf Lifesaving organisations are being invited to participate in the event aimed at raising funds for the Sherry children, who tragically lost their parents in a drowning incident 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 will be [...]
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 for the [...]
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 and Doubles [...]
A premiere showing of Marcus Baker’s new surf movie, Nowhere Going Some-where, at the Ballina RSL Club on Saturday night, December 12, chronicles the rise of three young Lennox Head surfers who are chasing careers on the world professional circuit.
It will be a fundraiser for the Lennox National Surfing Reserve Association, which in turn donates [...]
Win, lose or draw, Lennox Head Soccer Club will always be remembered for its championship qualities, by players in the impoverished eastern province of the Indonesian island of Bali.
The club celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2008, the same year the first links were forged with the coastal town of Candi Dasa, a Balinese fishing village [...]
The Men of League Foundation-Northern Rivers Division will hold a race day at Ballina on Saturday, December 12.
Local businesses have come on board and will sponsor races on the seven-event program.
Sponsors include Rod Sironen Constructions, Koellner Steel, the Australian Hotel Ballina, Ballina Pipeline Constructions, Ballina Wizard Kitchens, and Tony Cicchinelli Insurance Agent.
Former league stars attending [...]
The Ballina Jockey Club has increased the prizemoney for the annual Coolmore Iris Nielsen Ladies Invitation to $50,000 from $27,000, making this race one of the richest in the Northern Rivers.
The third running of the race will take place on January 24 next year, with one of the first lady riders to obtain a licence, [...]
As part of its the annual journey across Australasia, the 2009 Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour visited Ballina last weeked, providing the local community with an opportunity to experience the coveted Emirates Melbourne Cup trophy first hand.
Ballina is one of 23 host destinations on this year’s Tour, which celebrates the cultural and social significance of the [...]
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