Ballina Information Blog

Paul Woolford ‘reels-in’ everything related to fishing rods. For more than 50 years Paul has been fishing and repairing rods. He eventually extended his skills into building rods from scratch. He still lives in Lennox Head and continues providing advice on all matters related to the world of fishing. Paul owned and operated Lennox Head [...]

Wollongbar-based football writer Christian Layland has recently been announced as a finalist for the FFDU Australian Football Supporters Awards in the ‘Blogger of the Year’ category. Christian, who writes for The Football Sack has been selected as one of three finalists after two stages of nominations and voting by the Australian football community but will have [...]

There’s every chance that National Pink Stumps Day will become an annual fixture on the Tintenbar-East Ballina Cricket Club’s calendar. The inaugural event for the club was held last Saturday at Kingsford Smith Park in conjunction with the Old Buggers reunion day and the clash between the club’s two third-grade teams. Special guest for the [...]

Ballina Shire Council has announced that the town will host the 2011 BCiB NSW Grade 1 Pennant Finals on Saturday 30 July – Monday 1 August. The event is expected to attract over 200 competitors and their families to the area over the 3 days. Bowls NSW announced the successful bid in October, with Cherry [...]

Jay Meaney 15 year old Woodlawn College student Jay, recently won the individual Mens U16 400m event in 49.43 secs at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships held in Doncaster Victoria 4th 5th Dec 2010. Worth noting is Cathy Freeman’s 2000 Olympic Gold Medal for the 400m was won in 49.13 secs. Jay, son of [...]

Last Saturday’s Ballina Island Paddle Challenge attracted good field of social and competitive paddlers (70-80), with an even spread between the groups. Ballina Lighthouse Lismore Surf Lifesaving Club captain Andrew Dougherty said: “A good mix of craft with mostly kayaks in the social group and ocean / surf racing skis in the competitive group – [...]

The postponed Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore Surf Life Saving Club Paddle Challenge event will be held on Saturday, November 20.   Andrew Dougherty, Club Captain of the Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore Surf Life Saving Club, said: “The Paddle Challenge is seen as a major fundraiser for the Life Saving Club and will also be benefiting [...]

The Ballina Island Paddle Challenge will be held on November 20. The challenge was scheduled to be held on October 10, but had to be postponed because of the weather on that weekend. It has been many years since The Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore Surf Life Saving Club has hosted a Paddle Challenge event. On [...]

Ballina Shire football players have a new opportunity to hone their skills, with the announce that Newcastle Permanent has today kicked off a major sponsorship of Northern NSW Football, which includes the innovative Centres of Excellence Program. The Centres of Excellence Program offers talented junior footballers from the Northern Rivers region the opportunity to hone [...]

Have you received a serious injury while surfing? If so, Southern Cross University would like to know about it. The university is undertaking a study to investigate the prevalence of injuries in Australian surfers. The research is being conducted in conjunction with Surfing Australia and with funding received from the New South Wales (NSW) Sporting [...]