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Local Dragon Boats join national pride paddle
SPORTS RESULTS
BALLINA MAHJONG 2ND
SEPTEMBER 2022 Joy Lowien 1,Lorna Simpson 2, Bev Lasater 3, Diana Auret 4, Shirley Atkinson 5, Rosemary Russell 6, Shirley Coleman 7, Sally Lowry 8, Carol Meyer 9, Susan Scott 10, Pauline Kearney 11, Janene Jarvis 12, Jan Small 13, Jan Rhodes 14, Wendy Thornton 15, Gladys D’Anna 16, Margaret Bryant, Val Heinritz 17, Lisa Wong 19, Valda McLerie 20, Shirley Henry 21, Jan Henley 22. Mahjong is played on Friday at 12:30pm at the Ballina Bridge Club North Creek Road. Enquiries for new players phone Vanessa on 66874181.
CHERRY STREET CROQUET CLUB SPORTS RESULTS
16 N.Poynting R.Poynting 11 d D.Scott C.Lane 9 J.Hannigan P.Scott 12 d N.Barnes B.Wellings 7 N.Poynting B.Wellings 11 d M.Russell J.Hannigan 8 D.Scott 14 d P.Waters 8 B.Waters R.Poynting 8 d G.Drew P.Scott 8 GOLF CROQUET : Club Division 3 Championships Final : J.Hannigan 7 d D.Jones 4 Club Handicap Singles Championships Final : N.Poynting 7 d J.Hannigan 5 TOURNAMENTS : Qld Association Open Singles : Les Watson 26 d Keith Williamson 23 David Luxmore 26 d Kathie Grant 8 NSW Division 1 Golf Croquet Singles Champion and Runner Up Peter Freer, Ray Chapman.
CASINO RSM WOMENS BOWLS RESULTS
a representative from Legacy.
The semi-fnal for the Minor club championship was played today & the results were: A. Williams def C. Doyle it was a good game & congratulations to the winner. There were 2 games of social bowls & the winners for the day were: D. Grice & H. Lavelle def J. Creighton & R. Skirrey The other rink winner was D. Skinner, N. Moran & K. Jonsson def J. Cooke, J. Carthew & A. James
CORAKI VETERANS GOLF RESULTS THURSDAY 1/9/22
After the club championships for the last month it was a pleasure to play an 18 hole single stableford. Winner L Bonner, 2nd K Lloyd, D Vagne, free game I Welch, chicken/ball winners R Black, J Perkins, M Rodda, B Micheal, G Tait, M Fairfull, W Henwood, B Waterson, G Gibson, P Brophy, S Reddell, T Beemster, J Savins. Nearest pins 3rd/12th N Cupitt, 6th/15th R Webber. Golfers please note this change in our programme, next Thursday 8th will be an 18 hole single stableford followed on Thursday 15th by an 18 hole 4bbb and on Thursday 22nd the Monthly medal will be played and on Thursday 29th will be an 18hole single stableford followed by our monthy barbque all commencing with a shot gun start at 8.30am. AS USUAL TILL THEN GOOD GOLFING Max
The Rainbow Region Dragon Boat Club (Lennox Head-Ballina) will take to the water alongside almost 50 clubs across Australia with a Pride Come and Try session on Sunday 18 September as part of a national pride paddle to encourage participation from the local LGBTQ+ community.
Brooke Harris, Club Captain says “most people feel nervous embarking on something new, worrying whether they’ll ft in but for people in the LGBTI+ community it can be harder because of past experiences of homophobia they’ve endured. I love that our club and sport are joining ‘Pride in Sport’, to show ourselves as visibly inclusive”.
Rainbow Dragons and Rainbow Dragons Abreast have been based at Lennox Head since 2005 and will open their Ballina based doors to all community members as part of the event.
Jan Wright, Club President provides the practical details “the event will run from 9am - 11am at 26 Endeavour Close, Ballina. Members will “bring a plate” to enjoy at a post-paddle brunch. Wear comfortable sports clothes including covered shoes, bring your water bottle and remember the sunscreen.”
Australian Dragon Boat Federation Director of Inclusion and Diversity, Dr Ruth Bollard, says this event is a key step for the sport. “Over the past two years we have joined Pride in Sport and Diversity Council Australia, and reached out to our community for their thoughts and experiences. Overwhelmingly, our members support diversity. Dragon Boat is a sport for everyone, just as they are.”
Register here to join us for a fun morning: https://www.ausdbf.com.au/ events1/pride/ https://www.rainbowdragons.com.au/ contact-us/
Ruthless Rebels carve up Axemen
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By Tim Howard
The South Grafton Rebels have broken the mould for grand fnal football with their 36-8 grand fnal win over Orara Valley to clinch the Group 2 Premiership.
The Rebels set the Coramba Sports Fields alight with an almost faultless display of rugby league scoring six tries to two.
The Sam Burgesscoached Axemen, with Australian coaching legend Wayne Bennett as back up, were tough and tried hard, but had no answers.
The result put a dampener on the media contingent who have been following the Burgess saga and the will-he, won’t-he coach at the Dolphins story.
Reports say Bennett’s
arrival at the ground surprised Burgess, who recently turned down an assistant coaching role at the Dolphins.
But the pair were soon talking together and discussing tactics, but it all came to nothing against a punishing performance from South Grafton.
The relentless Rebels backed themselves with ball in hand but were also ruthless in punishing mistakes from their opponent.
They opened the scoring inside 10 minutes when Rebels half back Jordan Gallagher unleashed a 40-20 attempt which the Orara winger Ronan Singleton could only bat back into play.
Fullback Liam Dunn scrambled to pick up the ball, but was hit in a combined tackle of Gallagher and lock Grant Stevens, which knocked the ball free.
Skipper Lewis Cooper pounced on the crumbs and crashed over a few metres to the left of the uprights.
The two tacklers,
Stevens and Gallagher, were probably the best on ground for their team, but there were plenty of Rebels who came close to matching them.
Centres, Thomas and Nick McGrady were dynamic, fve eighth Hughie Stanley’s vision and timing were spot on, winger Luke French scored twice and was a threat every time he touched the ball The other winger, Brian Quinlin-Randall, didn’t have many chances in attack, but contributed plenty, taking some rugged hits-ups into the Axemen defence.
At the back fullback Keiron Johnson-Heron’s bottle blonde hair stood out, as did his safety under the high ball and his hard-running kick returns.
In the forwards Stevens set a high bar which the pack responded to. Fellow back rowers TJ Walker and Grant Brown had huge games in attack and defence.
In the middle props Ryan Binge and Lewis Cooper were relentless with their ball carries and punishing defence and hooker Cooper Makings mistake-free game and well-timed runs kept Orara back pedalling.
The Rebels bench was dynamic and none more so than Austin Cooper whose fearsome ball carries had the huge contingent of Rebels supporters on their feet when he got the ball.
And the Rebels three goal kickers, Brown, Nick McGrady and
Stanley did not miss all game.
After their frst score, the Rebels were in again a few minutes later after a high tackle penalty gave them an extra set on the Orara line an Nick McGrady burst through a tackle to score.
French was the next to cross for the Rebels when they spun the ball wide to the right, putting the winger away. He passed inside to a support and then backed up to get the return pass and crash over in the corner.
Nick McGrady scored again and Brown converted to make it 24-0 with half time looming, but the Axeman were able to drag one try back just before the break when Orara back rower Ryan Gill dragged a defender across the line to score.
In the second half the Axemen were frst on the board when second rower McAuley Dawson touched down, but when kicker Lathan Hutchinson-Walters’ shot at goal hit the upright and bounced out, you got the feeling it was not
going to be their day.
The Rebels pounced on another error when the Axemen spilled the ball coming out of defence.
With a pinpoint lasttackle grubber, Gallagher dribbled the ball into the in-goal and TJ Walker dived on it to score under the posts.
The try effectively snuffed out the game as a competition, although the Axemen plugged away until the end.
French scored his second with about 12 minutes and the Rebels might have added more as they hammered the Orara line in the closing stages.
Grant was sin-binned for a swinging arm in a tackle as Orara’s frustrations at the scoreline drew a response from the Rebels.
But when the fnal whistle blew, players from both sides shook hands and congratulated each other.
The relieved Rebels coach Ron Gordon was beaming amid hundreds of Rebels supporters who swamped their heroes after the fnal whistle.
“We were dominant and we won playing our football,” was his summary of the game.
He agreed with the ground judges, who gave the John “Tank” Mackay Memorial Award to the player of the grand fnal to Grant “Stumpy” Stevens.
“He was our best, his defence was outstanding,” Gordon said.
But he also heaped praise on his teenage halfback Gallagher, whose game management skills were way beyond his years.
“He’s been exceptional this year, his game has grown and developed so quickly,” he said.
Sadly the Rebels look like losing him next season as he heads to university to continue his studies.
But the veteran Stevens has promised to give the fans at least one more season, speaking as he accepted the player of the grand fnal award.
said. “It’s see you next season.”
The Rebels reserves lost their grand fnal 30-14 to Woolgoolga and the Ladies League Tag went down 42-0 in their decider against the Coffs Harbour Comets
Rebels supporters joined their heroes in a team photo after they won the 2022 Group 2 grand fnal against Orara at Coramba on Sunday.
Orara coach Sam Burgess consoles his battered skipper Ryan Gill after their team’s 36-8 grand fnal loss to the South Grafton Rebels.
Rebels coach Ron Gordon, right, thanks his two-try winger Luke French after their 36-8 grand fnal win over Orara Valley at Coramba on Sunday. Rebels skipper Lewis Cooper holds the Group 2 First Grade premiership trophy aloft after his teams dominant 36-8 win over Orara Valley at Coramba on Sunday.
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