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The South Grafton defence worked just as hard as the attack in the 40-14 win over Sawtell Panthers.

Speedway results

Carina, Bundaberg

Queensland State Title results, April 30, 2022. Heat 1: David Clark 1, Josh Rose 2, Ray Klarich 3. Heat 2: Ray Phillips 1, Kevin Britten 2, Chris Corbett 3. Heat 3: Chris Corbett 1, Sam Bruggy 2, Mitch Randall 3. Heat 4: Terry Leerentveld 1, Scott Cannon 2, Kevin Britten 3. Heat 5: Kevin Britten 1, Mitch Randall 2, Ray Phillips 3. Heat 6: Geoff Phillips 1, Darren Tindal 2, Josh Rose 3. A-Main: Kevin Britten 1, Mitch Randall 2, Chris Corbett 3.

AMCA Nationals Queensland State Title results April 30, 2022 (Night 1). Heat 1: Brett Robotham 1, Shannon Singleton 2, Bruce Marshall 3. Heat 2: Steve Price 1, Shane McKinnell 2, Kevin Stow 3. Heat 3: Graeme Holland 1, Scott Hitchcock 2, Tim Gamble 3. Heat 4: Troy Price 1, Tony Blanch 2, Rhys Tomkins 3. Heat 5: Matt Hardy 1, Cody Simmons 2, Steve Potts 3. Heat 6: Shane Newstead 1, Maverick Dack 2, Russ Hardy 3. Heat 7: Nathan Tomkins 1, Mark Horstman 2, Paul Reeves 3. Heat 8: Lewis Gamble 1, Tony Blanch 2, Bruce Marshall 3. Heat 9: Mark Horstman 1, Shane Newstead 2, Shane McKinnell 3. Heat 10: Thomas Vickery 1, Russ Hardy 2, Mark Taylor 3. Heat 11: Kevin Stow 1, Steve Potts 2, Steve Price 3. Heat 12: Nathan Tomkins 1, Glenn Boulter 2, Michael Denning 3. Top 12 Shootout winner: Matt Hardy.

AMCA Nationals Queensland State Title results May 1, 2022 (Night 2). Heat 13: Shane Newstead 1, Steve Price 2, Matt Hardy 3. Heat 14: Shane McKinnell 1, Steve Potts 2, Glenn Boulter 3. Heat 15: Tony Blanch 1, Brett Robotham 2, Nathan Tomkins 3. Heat 16: Troy Price 1, Bruce Marshall 2, Tim Gamble 3. Heat 17: Matt Hardy 1, Michael Denning 2, Graeme Holland 3. Heat 18: Cody Simmons 1, Kevin Stow 2, Paul Reeves 3. Heat 19: Tony Blanch 1, Shane McKinnell 2, Scott Hitchcock 3. Heat 20: Bruce Marshall 1, Mark Horstman, 2 Nathan Tomkins 3. B-Main (Top 6 into A-Main): Paul Reeves 1, Thomas Vickery 2, Troy Price 3, Tim Gamble 4, Lewis Gamble 5, Rhys Tomkins 6. A-Main: Tony Blanch 1, Steve Price 2, Natham Tomkins 3.

Rebels pounce on Panthers

TIM HOWARD

The South Grafton Rebels have bounced back in emphatic fashion with a 40-14 thrashing of the Sawtell Panthers at Rex Hardaker Oval, Sawtell, on Sunday.

The Rebels scored eight tries to three but had to overcome some last minute player issues when several players were involved in a minor car accident on the morning of the game.

Rebels coach Ron Gordon said it was important for the team conceding a heavy scoreline to cross-town rivals the Grafton Ghosts the previous week.

“Yeah, we needed a win after last week’s performance,” Gordon said.

“And it was a good result because the scoreline didn’t really was played.”

Gordon said the Rebels jumped out to an with Nicholas McGrady, Michael Wright and Keiron Johnson Heron scoring tries as the Rebels piled on 16 unanswered points.

“We had to make some interchanges soon after that and we lost a bit of momentum after the good start,” Gordon said.

“They were able to score one or two tries before halt time. So it was all to play for at half time.”

Gordon was delighted with the way the Rebels put away the Panthers after the break.

“The Panthers never gave up, so it was a good effort from us to put them away like that,” he said.

Gordon said his young prop Jack Pitkin was his pick for a non-stop 80-minute effort.

“I coached him in under-18s and brought season,” the coach said.

“He got all the boys’ votes for players player after the game.”

Gordon was also impressed with the effort of Johnson-Heron at fullback.

“Keiron was one of the players called up after the car accident this morning,” Gordon said.

“He was thrown in at the last minute and he did everything you could ask of him.”

Skipper Lewis Cooper also had another blinder, leading from the front.

Gordon said he hoped all players would be available for next week’s game at home against the Orara Axemen.

“Young Brian Quinlan out choice for fullback and he was in the car accident,” he said.

“He was probably more shaken up than hurt, but I didn’t want to put him under any more pressure after what happened this morning.

“I don’t think there were any serious injuries, we’ll be right next week.”

Gordon said he is looking forward to getting a home game at last.

“We were scheduled to play at home last week and this week, but couldn’t because the ground’s been too wet,” he said.

The visit to Sawtell was a clean sweep for the Rebels with the reserve grade winning 38-32, the under-18s 30-18 and the Ladies League Tag 2-nil.

All other Group 2 games in the round were postponed due to the state of the grounds.

SOUTH GRAFTON 40: Tries (8) Nicholas McGrady, Michael Wright, Keiron Johnson-Heron, Austin Cooper, Austin Cooper, Luke Walker, Lewis Cooper, Luke Walker. Nicholas McGrady 4 conversions. Def SAWTELL 14: Tries (3): Tyke Kemp, Cooper Robertson, not available. Damion Dumas 1 conversion.

Cudgen Surf notes

Club patrols for the season have now been concluded. Council Lifeguards will patrol Tweed major beaches during the break.

The 21-22 season has with Covid and border closures, restrictions to the number of members who could patrol and train as groups, Clubhouse closure. It also caused the cancellation of competition of all pool rescue titles from Branch to Australia, N.S.W. Inter-branch, most of the North Coast surfboat series, whilst surf conditions caused the N.S.W. Senior and most of the Junior Titles.

With limited competition in the F.N.C. Branch, our Club hosted the Titles and retained the point score and also the N.S.W. Country by a narrow margin at Cape Hawke. In the N.S.W. Junior Titles, our members gained carnival was suspended, and at the Australian six medals were won.

The Club Championships were held last Sunday:

Results: Masters – Stephen George – Janthea Anderson; Senior – Kai Onley – Hayley Smith; 19 yr. – Sienna Lee; 17 yr – Zane Chisholm – Kloe Mills; 15 yr. –

Sports results

Claudia, Kai and Jack.

Jack French – Claudia Arghyros:

The Cudgen Coldies after being in recess last year due to Covid, Sunday and will have their annual ‘Mothers’ Day swim next week and their A.G.M. on 15th May.

Tickets for our 100 year reunion on 21st May are available at the Surf Club. It will be held at the Twin Towns Services Club from 12 noon.

The following Saturday the postponed 60 year North Coast Branches and 50 year N.S.W. Country will be held at South West Rocks.

Ballina Mahjong 29th April 2022

Shirley Atkinson 1, Lorna Simpson 2, Gladys D’Anna 3, Carol Meyer 4, Janene Jarvis 5, Joy Lowien 6, Margaret Bryant 7, Lisa Wong 8, Shirley Coleman, Coral Lavelle 9, Jan Rhodes 11, Jan Boardman, Pauline Kearney 12, Sally Lowry 14, Gail McDonagh. Ronda Taylor 15, Kathy Pickles 17, Susan Allan, Pam Farrell 18, Shirley Henry 20, Jan Small 21, Kath Hubbard 22, June Grebert 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.

Cherry Street Croquet Club

ASSOCIATION CROQUET:

G.Drew C.Woodlands 11 d B.Hardy B.Reddy 8

Club Championship Division 3 :

H.Young 14 d L.Hardy

4

H.Young 10 d B.Reddy

6

RICOCHET CROQUET :

P.Scott M.Russell 11 d N.Watts J.Hannigan 10

H.Young D.Jones 10 d A.Du Preez C.Lane 6

M.Russell 23 d E.Astley 15

B.Waters C.Lane 13 d C.Edlund 12

G.Kerr P.Waters 12 d G.Drew D.Scott 8

J.Doust P.Scott 11 d H.Young N.Watts 8

R.Chapman C.Lane 8 d D.Jones D.Scott 8

Club Championship Handicap Singles :

P.Scott 13 d H.Young 11

N.Watts 19 d J.Hannigan 16

Club member Albert Biggs becomes the oldest male member of the club 90 years old.

The club now has four

Sport Australia launches worldclass course for community coaches

Sport Australia has launched a free, online course to help the 500,000 community coaches across the country deliver worldclass, fun and inclusive sporting experiences for everyone.

The new Community Coaching Essential Skills Course has been developed in collaboration with sports whole sector, supporting local clubs, their volunteer coaches and most importantly every player and athlete.

Australian Sports Commission (ASC) CEO Kieren Perkins OAM said the launch of this free course was a key part of Sport Australia’s new approach to community coaching.

“Being a coach is more than just skills and drills. The environment a coach creates is critical to delivering a positive sporting experience, encouraging more people to play and stay in organised sport,” Perkins said.

“To help coaches achieve this, we’ve designed the new Essential Skills course to shake up traditional community coach education.”

Over the coming months, Sport Australia will deliver more resources to support coaches including webinars, new podcasts, and master classes.

The new Essential Skills Course replaces the Community Coaching General Principles Course and can be accessed via the Australian Sport Learning Centre. 90 year plus members Joan Campbell, Ros Whiteman, Albert Biggs.

Croquet a sport to be enjoyed by all ages.

Evans Head Women’s Bowls Fours Championship 2022. Final played 17-02-22.

Winners - V. Hart (Skip), B. Montague, L. Vidler, J. Beckett.

Runners/up - K. Robson (Skip), K. Hickey, J. Fernance, B. Parkes.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Competition.

Ladies Social Day - 27-04-22 - Winners - M. McPherson, K. Townsend, L. Stratton, M. Carey.

Runners/up - B. Hancock, K. Robson, J. Fernance. Kyogle Bowls

Wednesday April 27 - P Crewe S Colley T Burgess d G Knapp J Coston N Parker + 2, B Ryan K Hayes d J Roughsedge N Bodycote + 1, T Hoffman R Goebel drew with J Arnold B Hyde 23 all. Saturday April 30 - G Knapp P Doyle d P Bywater T Holder + 14, D Wolliams J Watts S Colley d B Ryan G King T Burgess + 5, P Anderson T Hoffman J Coston d M Brown P Coston D Petherbridge + 5, W Farrell N Bodycote d P Crewe N Parker + 1. Championships A grade pairs D Zelcer R Goebel d J Arnold B Hyde 28 to 13, P Anderson P Doyle d D McQuilty M Doolan 18 to 14. Triples M Rogers L Condon R Rogers d M Harris B Creighton D Farrell 18 to 17.