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BIVIANO AND SHELFORD SHARE NSW TITLE SPOILS

Photo: Courtesy of Butcher Photography

When it came to the at Hessions Auto Parts Grafton Speedway, there were plenty of big battles – and that was just with the threatening wet weather. However, when it came to the racing action on the track, it was Lismore’s Jordan Biviano and Queenslander Mick Shelford who came away with NSW Title glory.

Leading up the last there was quite a lot of wet weather that affected the Grafton Speedway facility, but the promotion team, which were helped along by the wonderful support of volunteers and sponsors, didn’t let it deter them and they pushed ahead. Despite the wet weather interrupting the race meeting at one stage for an hour, they pushed on and were able to get the race meeting completed.

Although the wet weather affected the track, it certainly didn’t stop the competitors from putting on a show and full credit must go to them for playing their part in getting the race meeting in.

The headlining acts were the NSW Titles for Production Sedans and it resulted in the wins going to Biviano and Shelford respectively.

In the NSW Title for Production Sedans, Biviano, who had started from pole position for the feature race, was amongst the front runners for the entire 30-lap distance. Biviano chased after pole sitter and long-time leader Michael Mason and took control of the lead on lap 17, and from there, he was never headed and scored the win.

Joining Biviano on the podium was Mason in second and current Queensland Champion Daniel Henshaw in by defending NSW Champion Joel Berkeley, who was guest driving for the Lester Motorsport team, and Dakota Laverty.

As the current Queensland Champion, Shelford headed into Sedan Title as one of the favourites. Shelford, the last running of the NSW Title, didn’t let the pressure of being amongst the favourites get to him. In what was a hard-fought featurerace battle, Shelford was able to stay out of harm’s way and moved into the lead on lap 23, when he took the lead away from front-row starter and leader Shane MacDonald after he had made a driver error and collected the wall. Once out in front, he went on to greet the chequered Shelford was fellow Queenslanders Shannon Blackburn in second and Shane MacDonald aboard his damage car in third.

To say that the NSW Title deciding feature race was a challenging one would be quite the understatement, and it saw several the favourites, including Kye Walters, Max Clarke (suspension damage), pole sitter and long-time leader Darran Lester (mechanical woes) and Nathan MacDonald (car damage), fall to the wayside in their attempts to capture the NSW Title honours. The most spectacular of MacDonald, who rolled over on lap 13 while attempting to make his way to the front of the

In the support class action, David Putsey Northern Rivers Rumble Series round for the RSA Street Stockers ahead of Luke Gray and Connor Reeves. The Northern Rivers Rumble Series point score was picked up by Connor Reeves after he action in third place. The other feature-race winners at the season (RSA Four Cylinder Sedans), Jeremy Wade (RSA Junior Sedans), Harry Fowler (SSA Junior Sedans) and Colin Crepin (Legend Cars).

The Grafton Speedway promotion team would like to thank everyone, including race fans, for helping make the 2021-22 season a successful one. The team is now preparing to work on making the 2022-23 season even better.

Grafton Speedway would like to thank Hessions Auto Parts for all their support throughout the 202122 season. Based in Grafton, along with their nearby Coffs Harbour location, Hessions Auto Parts stock a wide range of parts and accessories at competitive prices. Hessions Auto Parts, contact them on 0266 423 085 (Grafton) and 0256 456 361 (Coffs Harbour) or visit their website at www. hessionsautoparts.com. au.

Speedway results

May 28, 2022.

RSA 4 Cylinder Sedans. Heat 1: Brodie King 1, Dave Putsey 2, Ryley Smith 3. Heat 2: Shanae Smith 1, Dave Putsey 2, Brodie King 3. Feature: Brodie King 1, Dave Putsey 2, Nathan McGregor 3.

RSA Street Stockers Northern Rivers Rumble Gavin Wade 1, Adrian Williams 2, Greg Dickinson 3. Heat 2: Connor Reeves 1, Toby Hunter 2, Dave Putsey 3. Heat 3: Brock Armstrong 1, Luke Gray 2, Dave Putsey 3. Feature: Dave Putsey 1, Luke Gray 2, Connor Reeves 3.

SSA Junior Sedans. Heat 1: Harry Fowler 1, Levi Payne 2, Indi Butcher 3. Heat 2: Jayden Hancock 1, Sophie Santin 2, Brodie Hollyman 3. Heat 3: Harry Fowler 1, Brodie Hollyman 2, Indi Butcher 3. Feature: Harry Fowler 1, Brodie Hollyman 2, Indi Butcher 3.

SSA Production Sedans NSW State Title. Heat 1: Chris Pagel 1, Dakota Laverty 2, Zac MacDonald 3. Heat 2: Jordan Biviano 1, Ash Graham 2, Travis Hutchison 3. Heat 3: Jim Cowley 1, Lindsay Clapham 2, Michael Mason 3. Heat 4: Daniel Henshaw 1, Joel Berkley 2, Jordan Biviano 3. Heat 5: Zac MacDonald 1, Demi Clarke 2, Neil Keldoulis 3. Heat 6: Aaron Hall 1, Stephen Freeman 2, Michael Mason 3. Heat 7: Travis Hutchison 1, Lindsay Clapham 2, Zac McDonald 3. Heat 8: Neil Keldoulis 1, Matt Vicary 2, Aaron Hall 3. Heat 9: Richard Cook 1, Joel Berkley 2, Michael Mason 3. Feature (NSW Title): Jordan Biviano 1, Michael Mason 2, Daniel Henshaw 3. NSW State Title. Heat 1: Darran Lester 1, Kye Walters 2, Max Clarke 3. Heat 2: Shane MacDonald 1, Steven Quirk 2, Shane Langton 3. Heat 3: Shane MacDonald 1, Shannon Blackburn 2, Jason Beer 3. Heat 4: Darran Lester 1, Shane Langton 2, Michael Shelford 3. Heat 5: Michael Shelford 1, Nathan MacDonald 2, Kye Walters 3. Heat 6: Max Clarke 1, Shannon Blackburn 2, Stevie Love 3. Feature (NSW Title): Michael Shelford 1, Shannon Blackburn 2, Shane MacDonald 3.

SPORTS RESULTS

Ballina Croquet toasts the Queen

Ballina Croquet held a Friendship Day on Saturday 4 June. Players from across the Northern Rivers visited the Ballina Club house for a garden party celebrating the Queen’s platinum jubilee. Croquet was played, a wonderful afternoon tea was supplied, and many prizes won, concluding with a toast to the Queen. Sharon Cadwallader, Mayor of Ballina, pictured above, was the guest of honour.

Ballina Mahjong 3rd June 2022

Pauline Kearney 1, Margaret Bryant 2, Leslie Richie 3, Shirley Atkinson 4, Jan Rhodes 5, Janene Jarvis 6, Susan Allan 7, Sally Lowry 8, Lorna Simpson 9, Diana Auret 10, Gladys D’Anna, Joy Lowien 11, Gail McDonagh 13, Kathy Pickles 14, Jan Small, Kath Hubbard 15, Jan Boardman 17, Lisa Wong 18, Shirley Coleman, Wendy Thornton 19, Pauline Bolte 21, Shirley Henry 22, Pam Farrell 23, Coral Lavelle, June Grebert 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 Women’s Bowls

Winners from our recent Beef Week event.

M.Mead presenting prizes to our winners : S. Birrell, I. Watson, A. McLean

Results from Wednesday 1/6:

Today we played the 1st round of the Minor Singles championship, congratulations to the winners.

We also had a social game & the winners were:

N. Moran, R. Skirrey & D. Skinner def S. Birrell, C. Doyle & A. McLea

Cherry Street Croquet Club

ASSOCIATION CROQUET :

B.Hardy P.Hume 23 d S.Hume C.Woodlands 8

B.Reddy G.Porter 8 d H.Young 7

G.Drew P.Hume 13 d S.Hume 9

Club Championships :

Division 3 L.Hardy 13 d B.Reddy 8

Handicap Singles G.Drew 13 d G.Porter 9

Ricochet Croquet :

R.Chapman 12 d D.Scott P.Doyle 11

B.Wellings R.Allen 14 d C.Gale N.Poynting 12

J.Doust P.Bolte 12 d A.Kelly M.Russell 9

N.Barnes N.Watts 12 d G.Kerr J.Hannigan 11

R.Chapman 12 d D.Scott P.Waters 5

P.Scott P. Doyle 11 d B.Waters M.Russell 7

J.Hannigan 17 C.Gale 9

Club championships Handicap :

Division 3 P.Bolte 17 d N.Barnes 13

G.Drew G.Porter 13 d B.Wellings R.Allen 6

Tournaments :

QLD Mens Ricochet State Singles Championships :

Ray Chapman 3rd , Greg Porter 5th.

Penny Scott, Heather McCalman.

1st Division 3 Plate NSW Golf Croquet Championships 2022.

East Lismore Bowling Club

A Maslen, L Maslen, N Harding 22 def G Fields 16. 2022 Fours

B Lee, T Heffernan, J Heffernan, W Morrissey 21 def T Gibson, Rocco, G Painter, S Wade 19

R Mohr, R Prior, T Prior, M Prior 19 def J Bancroft, S Crowther, M Harding, S Gregory 15

A Maslen, R Parkes, N Scandrett, T Cheli 25 def G Finnigan, P Maloney, B Adams, P Russell 12

B Lee, T Heffernan, J Heffernan, W Morrissey 21 def R Mohr, R Prior, T Prior, M Prior 11

FINAL:

B Lee, T Heffernan, J Heffernan, W Morrissey 20 def A Maslen, R Parkes, N Scandrett, T Cheli 16

Social bowls results 28/5/21

J Burbidge, R McGuiness, G Painter 25 def T Swift, J MacRae, J Halwood 21

B Lee, A Gaggin 27 def J Essex, G Stewart 13

G Donnelly, S Gregory 25 def G Finnigan, B Adams 19

P Russell, N Harding 18 v T Cheli, N Scandrett 18

R Parkes, J Carrall 20 v

M Morrissey, J Carrall, G Painter 19 def J Burbidge, T Prior, W Woods 16

P Maloney, G Donnelly 23 def Rocco, M Prior 15

J Essex, T Cheli 16 drew B Lee, S Gregory 16

T Gibson, G Finnigan 27 def B Harmon, G Pollard 13

L Softley, B Adams 27 def t Alcorn, R Parkes 16

Thursday 2/6/22

Rocco, G McMahon, D Watson 28 def P Mazzini, B Adams, T Batchelor 17

Ballina celebrates 100 years of hockey

The hockey club are having a 100 year reunion on the 17th September this year at the Ballina Jockey Club.

Grafton District Anglers Club Monthly Competition

Grafton District Anglers Club held their monthly Rock, Beach and Estuary outing on 28/29 May 2022. There were 30 nominations for the outing with 21 catching

Krystal Pfeiffer and Terry Daly each had their possession limit of 20 Luderick but since Krystal has already won an outing this year, and thus has a 30 point handicap, she was relegated to second place. 1st place, in the seniors competition, went to Terry Daly with his possession limit of 20 Luderick. 2nd place in the seniors competition went to Krystal Pfeiffer with her possession limit of 20 Luderick. 3rd place in the seniors competition went to Phillip Sahlqvist with 17 Luderick. Phillip is the grandson of founding member Charlie Sahlqvist. Jensen Haynes took out the juniors competition for the 3rd time this year.

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Rebels unleash brilliance

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Not far behind McGrady was electric fullback Luke French who was superb at the back in both attack and defence. The home side held a slender 18-10 lead at the break however, the visitors kept within reach through their astute kicking game, turning the Rebels defence around through deft grubber kicks which resulted in three of their four tries.

The Rebels stretched their advantage to 32-14 midway through the second half with their forwards paving the way allowing their outside backs to run rampant. The Roosters continued to cough up the ball and proved their own worst enemy with missed tackles and silly penalties.

It was a gallant effort by the Rebels who had to back up after hosting the Woolgoolga Seahorses on Thursday night. coach Ronald Gordon, although unhappy with their narrow loss to the Seahorses, acknowledged his side the mid-week encounter.

“We knew we had to back up from Thursday’s game and to be honest, I thought it was a blessing in disguise,” Gordon said after the match.

“After all the washout games we needed some game time and I think it helped us today.”

Gordon admitted having star centre Thomas McGrady back on deck was a huge plus for his side and added the signing of French was another bonus.

“Thomas and Nick (McGrady) were both good for us today and it’s great to have Thomas back after he injured his hamstring in round one against the Ghosts,” Gordon said.

“If our forwards do their job there is always plenty of points on offer for those guys out wide. Luke has been a revelation this season, we had no idea he was a fullback, but he has grabbed his chance with both hands.”

The Rebels will no doubt be thankful for the long weekend bye but according to Gordon, another midweek game could be on the cards.

“We have the long weekend off but I’m pretty sure we are set down to play Orara next week before we take on the Ghosts the following Sunday in the local derby,” he said.

Gold Coast Championships: Pool Rescue – seven of our young members competed. Some great results at the Gold Coast Pool Rescue Champs last weekend and thankyou to Kloe Mills who managed the team. 1st Place: U15 100m Jack French: 2nd Place: U12/13 100m Patient Wellm, Phoenix Preston. U15 Male 50m Manikin Carry – Jack French. 3rd Place: U12 Male 100m Obstacle Race – Tim Wellm; U12/13 Male 4 x 50m Medley Relay – Tim Wellm, Tom Mison, Jack Cross, Phoenix Preston. U15 Male 200m Obstacle Race – Jack French: U17 Female 100m Manikin Tow with

The next championship carnival is the Sunshine Coast at Sunshine Coast Grammer, June 25th.

There was a great

rescue performed by our Cudgen Lifeguards at Fingal. Congratulations to Ty McCartney and Cody Bell.

Good conditions for the Coldies swimmers last Sunday with water temperature 22°.

Mikaela Den ‘nailed it’ swimming to her nominated time from Charlie Buchanan 104 secs and Chery Lewis 109.

On 26th June the Coldies are invited to the Gold Coast ‘Marlins’ 50th Carnival at Miami Pool and the following Sunday the ‘Dolphins’ at Greenmount Beach.

At the F.N.C. Branch Surf Sports Annual meeting recently, Cudgen members Adam Mills continues as team manager, Scott McCartney as coach, Harry Klouzal, coaching advisor, Gavin Marshall, gear steward and Kim Holdom Chief Scrutineer.

The Annual meeting of the Branch which was formed in November 1934, will be convened on Saturday 18th June at 3pm at the Branch facility at Ballina Shelly Beach.

Education – there are upgrades for Provide First Aid and Advanced Resuscitation Techniques. These will be rolled out from July.

A new Patrol Captain course which takes two days will be held prior to the start of the 22/23 season.

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Jensen weighed in 5 Bream and 7 Flathead. Largest being 1.850kg. He is now on a 135 point handicap. 2nd place in the juniors went to Mahkai Haynes weighing in 1 Bream and 2 Flathead.

The next Club outing will be 18th/19th June 2022 and will be held in conjunction with the Clarence Valley Fishing Clubs Association outing on 18th June.

Cudgen Surf notes

Arnold N Bodycote d J Roughsedge L Condon J Coston + 5, R Clark N Parker d P Crewe K Hayes + 2, W Farrell D Condon B Hyde drew with G Knapp T Burgess R Goebel 16 all. Championships - A grade singles S Hall d T Burgess 31 to 12, P Williams d G Knapp 31 to 19, B grade singles D Warren d P Costin 31 to 10.

Pictured: left to right, President Johnnie Busch with winners from Byron Bay: Yolanda Guterres, Anne Hadwell, Bev Gawned, Julie Higgins.

Thankfully the sun shone down on Ocean Shores recently for the bowling ladies Gala Day which coincided with the Country Club’s 50th Anniversary celebrations tables and other areas of the Club were suitably decorated for this special occasion.

Teams competing came from Tweed-Byron, Northern Rivers, and Clarence River Districts.

After 2 games of 11 ends the Overall winners were from Byron Bay (pictured), R/up Jess Alvaro’s team from Maclean, 1st Round: Kay Tyrrell’s team (Lennox Head), 2nd Round: Fiona McKenny’s team (Kingscliff). Apart from the above winners, 13 Friendship money prizes were given out most players were well rewarded and Ocean Shores thanks them very much for attending.