SPEEDWAY Results

Competition leaders GDSC Easts have crushed the second placed team on the ladder to affrm their favouritism for the CRCA premier league cricket minor premiership.

Easts swept aside Souths/ Westlawn for 56 and cruised to 5/121 to be in a virtually unassailable position at the end of day one of their game at Lower Fisher Turf.

Easts skipper Shannon Connor had a day to remember taking 5/10 with the ball, then smashing 60 as Easts overcame a shaky start to their run chase.

Joe Pigg’s fghting innings of 32 was the only score of any note as the South’s inning crumbled around him.

Five Souths/Westlawn batters registered ducks as Connor and his opening bowling partner Aaron Macfadyen, 5/46 took all 10 wickets in one ball shy of 26 overs.

Souths/Westlawn looked like making a game of it from ball one when Nathan Blanch dismissed Tom Gerrard with the frst ball of the innings.

In the next two overs South dismissed two more batters and looked to have the Easts innings in tatters at 3/9

But Connor and Macfadyen doubled down on their efforts with ball, combining in a 101-run partnership to take the game away from Souths.

Blanch was the pick of the bowlers with 3/26 from 13 overs.

At Ellem Oval Tucabia Copmanhurst has Brothers in a spot of bother at 1/84 chasing the Brethren’s total of 129.

Tucabia skipper Brad Chard led from the front taking 4/46 as Brothers collapsed after a promising start.

After an early wicket opening Beau Sevil, 38, and skipper Jake Kroehnert, 20, took the the score to 1/66.

When the score hit 93 the trouble began and the next seven wickets fell for 36 runs.

Veteran all rounder Matt Pigg bowled a tight spell of 16 overs and took 3/21 to back up Chard.

The rest of the bowlers were also tight, ensuring the Brothers batters never got on top of the bowling.

Tucabia took to the Brothers attack chasing down the lacklustre target. stableford score of 24 points from Fred Bruni with 23. The putting trophy went to J. Rankin with 14 putts and G.Randall won the players draw. Nearest to pins: 1st, W.Jackson. 2nd, T. Jenkins. 3rd, M. Gooding.4th & 7th, G. Randall. 5th, J. Rankin. 6th, K. Ruttley. 18th, B. Yates. Next Sunday’s event sponsored by Just Brakes and Exhaust Casino has not yet been decided but visitors are welcome to play with hit off from 6-30am till 7-30am.

In just 20 overs they piled on 1/84 with Pigg turning back the clock with a blistering innings of 54no.

Off spinner Andy Kinnane with 1/23 was the only wicket taker and most of the bowlers took some stick.

With just one more game before the semi-fnals the result could have a real bearing on who makes the fnals.

Brothers and Tucabia started the game level on points, so a loss will pose problems for either team.

CHERRY STREET

CROQUET CLUB

SPORTS RESULTS

ASSOCIATION

CROQUET:

L.Hardy 13 d

C.Woodlands 9

B.Hardy G.Porter 13 d

G.Drew 12

B.Wellings 21 d M.Field

M.Russell 19

R.Poynting D.Scott 19 d

N.Poynting 14

TWILIGHT CROQUET :

J.Hannigan D.Jones 6 d

M.Russell N.Poynting 5

N.Alfonso J.Hamilton 4 d

R.Hannigan C.Woodlands

J.Huxley J.Taylor 5 d

M.Malony C.Edlund 5

F.Duncan B.Taylor 6 d

M.Rennie C.Gale 4

R.Poynting 8 d W.Gilmore

2 D.Jones M.Rennie 5 d

J.Huxley N.Alfonso 3

J.Hamilton M.Russell 5 d

J.Taylor R.Poynting 3

F.Duncan C.Gale 3 d

R.Hannigan N.Poynting 2

B.Taylor 7 d C.Edlund 3

J.Hannigan C.Woodlands 7 d W.Gilmore M.Malony 4

D.Jones 6 d M.Rennie

R.Hannigan 1

F.Duncan 5 d C.Gale

N.Alfonso 4

W.Gilmore 11 d J.Huxley

CORAKI VETERANS

GOLF RESULTS

THURSDAY 9/2/23

Well what a large feld 54 golfers played an 18 hole single stableford

You beauty, winner S Ormond, 2nd K Osborne, 3rd P Bruggy, free game N Cuppitt, chicken/ball winners R Bowman, S Dawson, A Parr, B McDonald, K Lloyd, P Martin, R Bolger, I Welch, J Perkins, M Perkins, , R Mackay, P Muldoon, R Gacioppa, W Lunnon, A Ganter, W Swindle. Nearest pins 3rd/12th R Webber 6th/15th K Osborne.

This Thursday will be another 18 hole single stableford commencing with a shot gun start at 8.00am.

Till then good golfng

Max

Casino RSM Bowls results

Fours Club Champions for 2023:

K. Jonsson, I. Watson, J Creighton & C. Doyle

On Wednesday 8/2 the fnal for the Fours Club Championship was played & the winners were:

C. Doyle, J. Creighton, I. Watson & K. Jonsson def

J. Carthew, J. Cooke, R. Skirrey & H. Lavelle. Winners of the social game were:

D. Grice, V. Cole & M. Mead def T. Maxwell, D. Skinner & M. Hellyar

A. McLean & I. Watson are rostered for selection for March. BALLINA

MAHJONG 10TH 2023

Pauline Kearney 1. Vanessa Reynolds 2. Joy Lowien

3. Janene Jarvis 4. Val

Heinritz

5. Sally Lowry 6.

Jan Small 7. Lisa Wong 8.

Yvonne Weddup 9. Shirley

Coleman 10. Barabara

Ellan 11. Susan Scott 12.

Kath Hubbard 13. Gail Mc

Donagh 14. Jan Boardman

15. Margaret Bryant 16.

Jeanette Henwood 17.

Lesley Ritchie 18. Carol Meyer 19. Pam Farrell 20.

Valda McLerie 21. Lorna Simpson 22. Janena Bird 23. June Greenaway 24. Shirley Henry 25. Gladys

D’Anna 26. Jan Henley 27. Kathy Pickles 28.

Susan Allan 29. Diana

Auret 30. Coral

CASINO SOCIAL GOLF

RESULTS 12-02-2023

The winner of social golf on Sunday was Stephen Shephard with a

R.Chapman 17 d

M.Gidding 12

RICOCHET CROQUET:

P.Doyle N.Poynting 14 d

G.Kerr J.Hannigan 9

R.Poynting B.Wellings 3 d

P.Scott R.Allen 9

N.Watts 16 d P.Bolte

N.Barnes 14

R.Allen G.Kerr 14 d

N.Barnes P.Doyle 12

N.Watts N.Poynting 9 d

J.Doust P.Scott 7

P.Bolte R.Poynting 15 d

M.Field M.Russell 10

R.Chapman 15 d D.Scott 7

J.Hannigan 13 d J.Doust

P.Scott 11

C.Woodlands 3

N.Poynting 7 d M.Russell 1

J.Hannigan 4 d R.Poynting

C.Edlund 4

TOURNAMENTS:

Australian Under 21 Golf Croquet Championships :

B.Wade1, F.Helmy 2, T. Kiri King 3, J.Steele 4,

L.Francis 5, B.Fields 6.

NSW Association 3 & Under Singles:

A.Sharp 1, T Bassett 2, T.Murphy 3, K.A Organ 4. All new players very welcome Ph : 0439240251

EVANS HEAD

WOMEN’S BOWLS

Major/Minor PairsResults 08-02-23

Round 3 -

Skips only - J. Fernance defeated V. Hart. T. Cselka defeated L. Stratton K. Keevers defeated K. Hickey. E. Gollan defeated P. Freeman. B. Montague Bye. Round 4B. Montague defeated T. Cselka. E. Gollan draw K. Hickey. L. Stratton defeated J. Fernance. V. Hart defeated P. Freeman.

The selection of former Grafton hockey player Grace Young in the Hockeyroos squad could put another local star in contention for an Olympic Gold medal.

The former McAuley Catholic College livewire was named in the squad last week for the FIH Pro League home mini tournaments in Sydney and Hobart, which kicked off last Friday.

Hockeyroos coach Katrina Powell said she wanted to see Young perform at this level.

“Grace Young is competitive, tenacious and a wonderful attacking player,” said Powell.

“We like the way she approaches the game, she’s got an attacking mentality which is fts into the way we want the Hockeyroos to play, so she certainly fts that brief.”

It will be the 20-yearold’s debut in the full national team, although she has worn the green and gold in age teams.

She was a member of the Australian Under-18s team that went to the Youth Olympics and last year was selected in the Under-21 Jillaroos team for a three-match series against New Zealand.

Powell said the selection of Young and a number of other up and coming players was having an eye to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

“Having these athletes training all together and playing against each other in intra-squad matches has been really benefcial,” said Powell.

“It has allowed us to see what level the junior players are at compared to the seniors…and also look at how athletes perform under pressure.

“You see which players are standing up and who really wants it.”

“We have tried to pick the strongest squad with an eye on Olympic qualifcation which is the Oceania Cup against New Zealand in August, so that’s the immediate focus.

“We may have named a squad of 22 but we’re in no way set on our team that will represent Australia at the Oceania Cup as we look to qualify for Paris.”

Locally the news has delighted the Grafton hockey scene, particularly the McAuley Catholic College club, where Young played senior hockey from 2014-17.

Club stalwart Mary Day said Young shone from her earliest days as a junior right up until she played her last game with McAuley, the 2017 A grade grand fnal, where she was voted Player of the Grand Final.

“We knew she was going places even when she was a junior,” said Day.

“When she was young she was tiny, but she was amazingly strong and ft.

“She has always been dedicated and knew that she wanted to achieve.”

She said Young played her early years of hockey with Sailors junior girls and also played in the junior boys competition with Royals Hockey Club with her older brothers.

“She had two brothers, Sam and Zac, who also played for State teams and they wouldn’t let her get away with anything,” Day said.

By the end of 2017 it became apparent to parents Peter and Lisa Young they had a budding international player on their hands.

“Peter got a job in Sydney and the family moved down there so Grace could have a better chance of making it,” Day said.

Grafton Hockey Academy leading coach Rick Sampson, who mentored Young and her brothers, said he was continually improve her hockey.

“Grace was not only tiny when she was young, but had bouts of asthma,” he said. “But she never let that deter her.

“From an early age she had the work ethic and was always wanting to improve right from the start of her career.”

Day said Young’s selection was the frst time since Brent Livermore played for the Kookaburras that a Grafton player had made a full national team.

Livermore played at two Olympic Games, winning bronze in Sydney and captaining the Kookaburras to their gold-medal drought breaking win over the Netherlands in Athens in 2004.

Day said while the two were different styles of player, both showed the dedication and tenacity needed to succeed at the top level.

“Without those things you don’t get those types of accolades,” she said.

She also noted there was another Grafton player, Jake Lambeth, knocking on the door of full national team selection after his selection in the ‘Burras Under-21 team last year.