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 [...]
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 [...]
Planning is well-advanced at the Ballina Jockey Club for this year’s Lennox Head Cup, which promises to be bigger and better than ever. The Cup will be run on Sunday 18 October and the sponsor of the main race will again be the Lennox Point Hotel. The whole community is right behind their race day, [...]
There’s a big weekend ahead for the Ballina Jockey Club, which will host the Melbourne Cup on Sunday, October 4, as part of the Cup’s tour of Australia. The greatest prize in Australian racing will be on display at the Ballina track from 9am until noon. Cup-winning jockeys Scott Seamer, who lives locally, and Jim [...]
Wollongbar Alstonville junior rugby union player Alex Gibbon has been named New South Wales Country Rugby Union Junior Player of the Year. NSW Country Junior Rugby Union president Michael Dodd announced Alex as the 2009 New South Wales Country Juniors Player of the Year at the Wiz Golledge Memorial Day at Lorn. Alex has been a [...]
Ballina Shire teams picked up three rugby league junior grand final wins at the weekend, highlighted by the Ballina Seagulls Under-18s winning the Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League major premiership. Ballina did it the hard way, entering the grand final via the preliminary final after being beaten 32-14 by Kyogle in the major semi-final two [...]
Lennox Head teams have won two grand finals in Far North Coast junior rugby union. Lennox Head beat Lismore 31-19 in the Under-14s. The Lennox White Under-12 team beat Wollongbar Alstonville 29-0. UNDER 14s Lennox Head 31 (Jamal Roberts 3, Andrew Hancock, Jake Ryan tries, Sam Giltrap 2, Brad Bugden conversions) d Lismore 19 (Dylan [...]
Lennox Head completed a remarkable late-season revival to beat Lismore 28-19 in the Far North Coast Rugby Union grand final at Crozier Field, Lismore, on Saturday, September 12. The win followed Lennox Head’s win over Coolangatta Tweed in 2008 and came after a late-season revival which saw them reverse poor early-season form and win nine [...]
Ballina Croquet Club is seeking urgent support from the local community. “Our members contribute across our community in the service of our community including Meals on Wheels, church activities, Coast Guard, Probus, U3A, community transport, etc. etc. etc,” clubpresident Mary Hughes said. “We now need your help! Have you any suggestions on how to fight [...]
Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore Surf Lifesaving Club Nippers will be able to sign-on for the coming season on Sunday, September 20. The sign-on day is from 10am until noon at the Shelly Beach clubhouse. Nippers’ activities start on October 18. The club’s Junior Activities chairman, Damon Meaney, said: “Our aim is to provide a safe and [...]
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