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Queen Elizabeth parkrun, Casino – good for everyone

Cherylee Gerrard never imagined she would get up early on a Saturday and run 5km.

Then her son Harrison was born and she realised that the free, timed 5km parkrun offered benefts for herself and son Harrison.

“Harrison is autistic,” Cherylee said.

“Parkrun has been something really good for him to get out and show him some new skills, new people, and new places.

“And it’s good for me too. It makes me push myself because if I say ‘do 5kms’, - I’m not doing it!”

Cherylee found like so many others that, walking, jogging or running 5kms at parkrun is much more fun when doing it with friends and community.

“I do enjoy parkrun,” Cherylee said.

“It just winds up your weekend.”

She said the benefts are good for them both.

“It’s been nice to do it together and we have lots of adventures.”

Cherylee and Harrison’s parkrun adventures include: Cherylee has completed 181 parkruns, 109 at Redland Bay and 72 at various locations from Cairns to Coffs Harbour and hinterland parkruns around Brisbane

Harrison has completed 77 parkruns 32 at Redland Bay and 39 parkruns at various other locations. Now aged six, Harrison has a PB of 37.58 seconds!

That’s the thing about parkrun. Yes it starts at 7am; yes it’s a timed 5km – walk, jog or run, but its free, non-competitive (except with yourself!) and you are doing it with people of all ages and abilities from 5 years and upwards (under 5s can be carried or pushed in prams), and it’s friendly, supportive and fun!. Coffee and breakfast downtown tops off a great start to the weekend.

Whilst Harrison agrees he likes parkrun “Because Mummy likes it.”

He quickly described his favourite parkrun.

“I think it’s probably the one with the cover and the big slide with a zip line.”

Cherylee laughed, “He judges parkruns by their playgrounds,”

Volunteering at parkrun is also a big part of the sense of community as the event depends on the help from volunteers.

When Cherylee volunteers as Run Director Harrison makes sure he does his part.

“He comes with me to set up,” Cherylee said.

“He gets up and we go down there at 6 o’clock in the dark and set up the course”.

Harrison and Cherylee only need the letter ‘J’ to complete an alphabet of parkruns and achieve an amazing double.

“We’re aiming to complete our 100 and 200 parkruns respectively at the same time,” Cherylee said.

To see why this mum and son enjoy parkrun go to www.parkrun.com.au/ queenelizabethcasino/ or visit the Queen Elizabeth parkrun, Casino Facebook page or email queenelizabethcasino@ parkrun.com.

SPORTS RESULTS

BALLINA MAHJONG

05th August 2022

Joy Lowien 1, Lorna Simpson 2, Jan Rhodes 3, Lesley Richie 4, Shirley Atkinson 5, Ronda Taylor 6, Gladys D’Anna , Wendy Thornton 7, Jeanette Howard 9, Pauline Kearney, Shirley Henry 10, Margaret Bryant 12, Gail McDonagh, Shirley Coleman 13, Kath Hubbard 15, Bev Lasater 16, Coral Lavelle 17, Kathy Pickles 18, Pam Farrell 19, Val Heinritz 20, Pauline Bolte, Susan Scott 21, Sally Lowry 23, Jan Henley 24. 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 SOCIAL GOLF

07-08-2022

The Monthly medal winner on Sunday was Bruce Yates with a net score of 29 on a count back from Gary Shephard also 29. The putting trophy went to D. Hampson with 19 putts and N. Rose won the players draw. Nearest to pins:8th, 12th, 13th, 16th & 17th T. Jenkins. 9th, D. Diews.11th, G. Randall.14th, M. Gooding.15th, G. Shephard.18th, Vinny.

Next Sunday’s event sponsored by Newstead Automotive Services Casino is yet to be determined with hit off from 6-30am till 7-30am and visitors are welcome to play.

CASINO WOMENS BOWLS

Wednesday 3/8

The fnal for the club open pairs championship was played today, well done ladies it ended up an extremely close game. D. Skinner & H. Lavelle def N. Moran & M. Mead. The winners of the social game was: K. Jonsson, D. Grice & I. Watson def C. Doyle, J. Creighton & R. Skirrey.

On Wednesday 10/8 the 1st round for the minor consistency club championship will be played.

CHERRY STREET CROQUET CLUB ASSOCIATION CROQUET: B.Reddy P.Hume 8 d C.Woodlands G.Drew 7 L.Hardy 10 d B.Hardy 10, S.Hume R.Chapman14 d L.Sampson G.Porter 9 G.Drew 12 d S.Hume C.Woodlands 8 H.Young P.Hume 7 d B.Reddy L.Sampson 6 Club Handicap Doubles Championships : R.Poynting D.Scott 11 d R.Chapman N.Poynting 3. RICOCHET CROQUET: N.Poynting C.Edlund 13d P.Bolte J.Hannigan 10, R.Poynting 10 d C.Lane N.Watts 4 D.Scott G.Porter 10 d P.Doyle R.Chapman 7 Club Handicap Doubles Championships : H.Young M.Russell 10 d D.Jones. P.Scott 8 TOURNAMENTS: Northern Rivers Golf Croquet Championships. OBE Doubles Alstonville: S. Enzerink, W.McDonald Alstonville 1st, J.Perry, J.Allen Lismore 2nd. M.Russell, N.Watts, J.Hill, E.Hildebrand, B.Duncan, S.Munroe, J.Hodgson, R.Glasson Equal 3rd. Handicap Doubles Casino: P.Waters, S.Hambly Lismore 1st B.Philips, J.Cox Casino 2nd. D.Haydon, Judy Hartmann, J.Perry, B.Ryan 3rd, H.Young, J.Hannigan, S.Dally, D.Jones 4th, S.Oeding, L.Beattie, G.Drew, G.Porter 5th, B.Bill, M.Mitchell, L.Condon, M.Ayshford 6th.

Cherry Street Croquet Club: Sonja Enzerink, Warren McDonald, Jan Allen, Joyce Perry, Over Eighty Northern Rivers Area Champions and Runners Up.

CORAKI VETERANS GOLF

Thursday 4/8/22

August Monthly Medal was played as well as the frst round of our veterans championships. These are played over four rounds with the best three rounds to count. However as you will see our feld was not upto expectations but this was the frst round so here’s hoping. Medal winner B McDonald. Vets winner W Lunnon, 2nd M Bruggy, 3rd P Brophy, free game J Voght, chicken/ball winners J Weaver, T McBurney, S McDonough, R Thorne, W Henwood, G Tait, L Clark. Nearest pins 3rd/12th K Lloyd, 6th/15th J Weaver. Putting comp K Osborne. Remember golfers that only three rounds count so if you missed last week you are eligible to come and play the last three rounds. Golfers handicaps remain the same as their starting handicap for the entire event. Look forward to seeing you all there next week. As usual till then good golfng, Max

EVANS HEAD WOMENS BOWLS CLUB After a couple of diffcult years our Evans Head Bowling Club was again able to host the Seafood Carnival this year with a different format. A number of teams from our District, as well as many visitors, enjoyed the Ladies Carnival held on Wednesday 3-08-22. Winners. 2W + 23 - Alstonville team - J. Larkin, N. West, A. Marron, O. Souter. Runners/up 2W+7 -Composite team- S. Carter, J. Sutcliffe, J. Similar, M. McDonald. First Round +8 - Composite team - E. Eaton, K. Currie, P. Freeman, P. Hammond. Second Round +11 - Evans Head team - L. Vidler, G. Marczan, P. Weller, B. Montague.

LISMORE WORKERS SPORTS BOWLING CLUB

Tues. 2/8

Winners were Awilson, Jane Rose, Dpearce---Joan Rose, E Bullman, Greg Rose---J Jacobson, I Osbourne, Gary Rose

Fri 5/8

Winners were, L Bryant, R Hoskin, J Fowler---B Wallace, W Partridge --Gary Rose, A Wilson

Sat 6/8

Winners were- R Springall, K Smith, B Hutchinson---Joan Rose, R Hoskin, W Partridge ---G Clarhe, W Woods Ladies Championship singles-- R Partridge def D Smart Triples Joan Rose, M Moss, Jane Rose def J Davis, E Bullman, C Vanderwall

Rebels keep winning streak alive

TIM HOWARD

An excruciatingly close fnish to the Group 2 Rugby League competition rounds has decided the top three teams after South Grafton clung on to withstand a fast-fnishing Macksville 26-22 at Allen Gillett Oval on Sunday.

The Orara Axemen cut down front runners Woolgoolga to fnish on top of table, with the Seahorses and Rebels level on 20 points.

The fnal games were round 5 catch up games.

With for-and-against points separating second and third, the Axemen left it until the last game to snatch the lead..

The Grafton Ghosts on 18 points were just two points further back, but did not play at the weekend as they and Nambucca were the only teams that played their May 22 game, resulting in 24-12 win to the Ghosts.

Rebels coach Ron Gordon will be hoping for a repeat of the July 10 result when the Rebels upset Woolgoolga at home 32-26 in a cliffhanger.

Gordon said his charges weathered an early storm from the front runners, but but fought back from 16-6 down to be level at half time and extend the lead to 32-16 late in the second half.

But Woolgoolga showed its quality with two late tries to nearly snatch the game as the Rebels clung onto the lead.

“We showed great resilience, he said. “They threw everything at us, but the boys kept turning up.”

Gordon encouraged his team to play “Rebels football’.

“When we play Rebels football, we win,” he said. “When we try to mimic other teams it doesn’t go so well.”

The Rebels have been following that formula for more three months since their last loss to the Coffs Harbour Comets in round 6.

Since then the Rebels have beaten all the front runners at home or away, fnding a way to win in varying conditions.

Gordon said the four losses at the start of the season masked what he knew would be a competitive team.

“No-one really put any points on us, except the Ghosts in the frst game of the season,” he said.

“Once we started to get some momentum, there’s not a team in this competition we can’t beat.”

But he said the Rebels needed to maintain their discipline and focus.

“As the table shows any of the top fve teams can beat the other on their day,” he said.

The Grafton Ghosts play at home on Saturday against Macksville.

The Sea Eagles didn’t enjoy their last visit to the Ghost’s home ground going down 28-20 just two weeks ago.

At the time Ghosts captain coach Todd Cameron, said it was an important win with the elimination fnal coming up.

He was sitting out that game and expected to name a much strong team for the fnal series.

SCORES

South Grafton 26: Brian QuinlinRandall 2, Keaton Stutt, Nicholas McGrady, Jordan Gallagher tries. Grant Brown 3 goals def. Macksville: 22: Dane Saunders, Ryan Atkins, Damien Carriage, Dane Saunders tries, Andrew Blair 3 goals

FINALS SERIES SCHEDULE

Saturday August 13 McGuren Field, Grafton. Elimination Semi-Final Winner to Minor Semi; Loser is eliminated.

1st Grade: Grafton Ghosts v Macksville Res. Grade: Grafton Ghosts v Nambucca Heads League Tag: South Grafton v Woolgoolga Under-18s: South Grafton v Grafton Ghosts.

Sunday August 14 Woolgoolga. Qualifying Semi Final Winner to Major Semi; Loser to Minor Semi.

1st Grade: Woolgoolga v South Grafton. Res. Grade: Macksville v South Grafton League Tag: Grafton Ghosts v Macksville U18: Nambucca Heads v Coffs Harbour

Under 18s will start at 10.30am. This is to allow extra time in case of a draw. Other grades will follow immediately thereafter.

Northern NSW Football signs MoU with Heartbeat of Football

Northern NSW Football is delighted to announce it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Heartbeat of Football.

Media personality and football enthusiast Andy Paschalidis established Heartbeat of Football in early 2016 as a direct result of cardiac arrest events on the football pitch.

Heartbeat of Football, a not-for-proft organisation, promotes healthy hearts in sport via: - Awareness and education (player, participant and community programs) - Prevention (minimisation of health risks through simple screening checks) - Action (‘Rescueready’ defbrillators at all sporting felds around the country)

The purpose of the partnership is to reduce the incidence of unnecessary deaths while playing football through raising heart health awareness across NNSWF communities and stakeholders to help ensure a safe environment for participants.

NNSWF CEO David Eland said it was important to increase community education around CPR and the use of automated external defbrillators.

“We look forward to working together with Heartbeat of Football on some exciting initiatives and campaigns,” Eland said.

“We want to encourage adult community members to conduct heart health checks and encourage football clubs to have operational defbrillators available and accessible for use during football activities.

“We have tens of thousands of participants that take to the feld every week. So it is essential that our football community understands the issue and can take preventative actions to protect themselves and their families.

“What Andy and Heartbeat of football have achieved has been fantastic. We are proud of this partnership and I look forward to seeing how it can help our football community over the next few years.”

Paschalidis, Heartbeat of Football founder and CEO, said: “This partnership with NNSWF is important as it further supports our objective of reaching more people and establishing a national footprint. A big thanks to David and the NNSWF team for their commitment to HOF and to their whole football community – truly lifesaving!

“The impact of the foods on football and the wider community is devastating and our donation of automated external defbrillators (AEDs) to those clubs most affected by these, is our way of giving back to the football family. The AED donation was made possible by the generosity of Tim Cahill, HOF Global Ambassador, who wanted to do something to support football across the region – he said it was a “no-brainer” and hoped it made a difference to those clubs and communities impacted by the foods”

Paschalidis was at Lismore recently, along with Chris Cahill (Tim’s brother), to present defbrillators to fve clubs from the Football Far North Coast region to help launch the partnership.

The clubs included Lismore Thistles SC, Lismore Workers FC, South Lismore FC, Uki Pythons and Woodburn Wolves FC.

NNSWF also funded one of the defbrillators to help ensure all defbrillators lost during the devastating foods earlier this year were replaced as part of its Flood Recovery initiative.

Socceroos legend Tim Cahill also sent a video message of support to the clubs.