The Northern Rivers Times
August 4, 2022
78 SPORT NEWS
CRISIS MEETING FOR CLARENCE CRICKET FROM BACK PAGE “The idea was Grafon and Lower Clarence teams would play a round of one-day games between the start of the season and Christmas, but they (the Lower Clarence Cricket Association) haven’t embraced that,” he said. Baxter, who is 72, said it was time for some younger people to step up into leadership roles in local cricket. “You want someone who is more in tune with what younger people want from the game,” he said. As a leading country umpire and former representative player it would be unfair to say Baxter was unaware of trends in the game, but he would like to see younger people
involved. “People who are playing the game are actually closer to the game and have more knowledge of what’s required to keep the game ticking over,” he said. He said the CRCA annual meeting and the seven or eight meetings held through the year were not particularly onerous, but they were important. “The clubs are all required to have a delegate at these meetings so they can have a say in what’s going on,” he said. “It’s called democracy in action.” Although stepping down as president Baxter wants to use the AGM to tidy up some issues he sees facing local cricket
through a couple of notices of motion. He would like to see the rule penalising clubs for failure to attend meeting changed. “Clubs lose seven competition points now,” he said. “My notice of motion would change that to each team losing a point, plus a fine of $150. Baxter’s other notice of motion aims to clear up an anomaly in playing conditions that emerged during last season’s washed out semi-final. He said there was an anomaly in the wording that suggested the game should not continue unless there was enough time for the team batting second to receive at least 50 overs. “Last season the Tucabia guys were
saying the grand final against South Services should have been called off because there was not enough time to bowl the overs,” he said. “They had batted for 75 overs or something for about 150 and were worried Souths might be able to go out and knock the runs off, which they ought to be able to try to do. “As it turned out the game had to be called off because of the state of the ground. “There’ just some wording I hope we can clear up to sort this out.” The meeting next Thursday begins at 7pm at the Grafton District Services Club.
HISTORY IN THE MAKING FOR BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS After winning the North Eastern Junior league U16 Girls Championship 2 weeks ago, this tenacious group of young women earned themselves a very coveted spot in the 2022 Basketball NSW State Cup held in Sydney last weekend.
This is the first time a junior female team from Ballina has made it to this level. Not bad for a club who had no courts to train on earlier this year because they were all Evac Centres!! We are super proud of Marty and the girls achieving this level.
N.Poynting 7, G.Drew 10 d N.Watts 6
Moss, Joy Piper def Rae Moss. Social, G Clarke, J Carrol, N McDonald d D Morrow, Jane Rose, J Jacobson, B Hutchinson, R Campbell, C Vanderwall d Joan Rose, K Smith, I Osbourne K Hoffmasn, R Moss, S Smart d R Hoskin, G Cox, W Woods
SPORTS RESULTS BALLINA MAHJONG 22nd July 2022 Joy Lowien 1, Jan Rhodes 2,Gail McDonagh 3, Lorna Simpson 4, Pam Farrell 5, Pauline Bolte 6, Shirley Atkinson 7, Gladys D’Anna 8, Kath Hubbard 9, Shirley Coleman 10, Jeanette Henwood , Sally Lowry 11, Jan Small 13, Diana Auret 14, Jan Boardman 15, Val Heinritz 16, Shirley Henry 17, Susan Allan 18, Kathy Pickles 19, Coral Lavelle 20, Jan Henley 21. 29th July 2022 Pauline Bolte 1, Jan Rhodes 2, Pauline Kearney 3, Marg Bryant 4, Rosemary Russell 5, Kathy Pickles 6, Joy Lowien 7, Sally Lowry 8, Gail McDonagh 9, Kath Hubbard 10, June Grebert 11, Wendy Thornton 12, Shirley Atkinson 13, Susan Scott 14, Valda McLerie 15, ,Gladys D’Anna, Lorna Simpson 16, Pam Farrell 18, Jan Small 19, Carol Meyer 20, Ronda Taylor 21, Yvonne Weddup 22, June Greenaway 23, Jeanette Henwood 24,Shirley Henry 25, Val Heinritz 26, Bev Lasater 27, Jan Boardman 28, Janene Jarvis 29. Mahjong is played on Friday at 12:30pm at
the Ballina Bridge Club North Creek Road. Enquiries for new players phone Vanessa on 66874181. CASINO RSM WOMENS BOWLS Wednesday 27/7 The 2nd round of our open pairs were played today & it was a very close game with the results being: D. Skinner & H. Lavelle def R. Skirrey & I. Watson Social game results were: C. Doyle,J. Creighton & J. Cooke def J. Carthew, J. Dwyer & M. Mead Friday 29/7 Social Game Results The winners were drawn out of the hat. Winners for the day were: J. Carthew & A. James def J. Dwyer & C. Haynes The other rink winner was: A. Williams & D. Skinner def J. Creighton & A McLean The finals for our open pairs will be played on Wednesday 3/8 Entries for our Major Consistency close on the 31/8. CHERRY STREET CROQUET CLUB ASSOCIATION CROQUET: P.Hume B.Reddy 10 d C.Woodlands S.Hume 2
Cherry Street Croquet Club: P.Bolte, J.Dorward, F.Duncan, B.Wellings. Handicap Club Golf Croquet Champions and Runners Up. R.Chapman 14 d G.Porter 13, P.Hume R.Chapman 13 d H.Young G.Porter 5. Division 2 Club Championships : S.Hume 12 d R.Poynting 9, S.Hume 6 d G.Drew 4 Handicap: G.Drew 10 d N.Poynting 7 RICOCHET CROQUET: R.Chapman G.Porter 11 d G.Kerr P.Doyle 3, R.Poynting N.Poynting 13 d G.Drew N.Watts 3, M.Russell C.Edlund 10 d P.Bolte
C.Lane 6, M.Field M.Russell 13 d G.Drew P.Bolte 11, C.Edlund 13 d A.Kelly C.Lane 11 R.Chapman J.Hannigan 13 d D.Scott R.Poynting 10. J.Hannigan 14 d H.Young 13, A.Kelly N.Poynting 8 d C.Edlund 6, C.Lane P.Doyle 9 d P.Scott M.Russell 5, M.Field R.Chapman 11 d G.Kerr R.Poynting 9. Division 2 Club Championships: P.Scott 18 d N.Barnes 11, N.Watts 12 d
CORAKI VETERANS GOLF Thursday 28/7/22 Well how pleasing to see the field getting back to were it should be. A field of 45 winner G Braby, 2nd R Earnshaw, 3rd W Henwood, free game K Osborne, chicken/ ball winners T Beemster, M Bruggy, L Clark, B Collyer, K Lloyd, S McDonough, P Martin, B Micheal, S Toms, L Bonner. Nearest pins 3rd/12th P Smith, 6th/15th P Brophy. This Thursday will be an 18 hole single stroke for the monthly medal for August. Hitt off time 8.30 am with a shot gun start. As usual till then good golfing, Max EVANS HEAD WOMENS BOWLS CLUB Ladies Social Day - 2707-22 Highest Score - Winners - M. Berry, E. Gollan, L. Sanderson. Runners/ up - S. Carter, D. Tiller, K. Robson. 3rd Place - J. Beckett, J. Sutcliffe, J. Poole. LISMORE WORKERS SPORTS BOWLING Major singles Greg Rose def Gary Clarke, Jane Rose def Merle
QUEEN ELIZABETH PARKRUN, CASINO Event number 88, 30th July 2022 A very cold and frosty start turned into an absolutely glorious morning where 51 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 16 were under 15 years old, 5 were first timers and 6 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 3 different clubs took part. Superstars Ella Rose and Luisa Grace joined the 50 Club. Congrats to Kai, Erin, Lucy, Megan, Michelle and Bella on their PBs. The event was made possible by 8 volunteers: Jason SKIMMINGS • Therese SCHIER • Robyn CHAPMAN • Daniel PHELPS • Grace ROSE • Chris WAKELY • Lindsay WILTON • Phillip QUINN See www.parkrun.com. au/queenelizabethcasino/ results
