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What a loverly day for the Sevens in Byron Bay
Story & photos Eve Jeffery
The annual Byron Bay Rugby Sevens was another sensational event at the recreation grounds. Hundreds of players, spectators, families and friends, as well as men dressed in women’s clothes, women dressed in men’s clothes, superheroes, rockstars, and
a penguin all converged on the hallowed fields in Marvell Street for the end-of-year cub outing for unionists. Thirty-men’s teams and 16 women’s teams battled it out on Saturday for a chance to be in the final knockouts on Sunday. The culmination of the weekend was the six final bouts between the 12 top
men’s and women’s teams. One of the many highlights of the day was the Women’s B Grade final, which saw newbie ref, Johnny ‘the Wild WA Penguin’ Hill, decided the entire game from beneath a yellow beak and a wiggly tail. The game was awesome and saw the Stingrays on 33 defeat Stade Caledonien 26.
The top women’s team was Redland Bay, whose Sasha Mahuika, lady of the fast legs (pictured left), ran half the length of the field to score the winning try. The top of the men’s table was fought out by The Shoremen who with final tally of 29 won over the Tribe on 19. In the Men’s B Grade finals the Silktails, beat the University of Queensland; the Men’s C Grade saw Mana Pacifika beat the Stingrays, and in the Men’s D Grade the Madmoose were victorious over the Sloths. Another great family fun day was had by all – it was a great day for the game.
Cape Byron basketball
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36 October 22, 2013 The Byron Shire Echo
The North Coast Independent Schools basketball competition was held in Grafton last Wednesday. Cape Byron Steiner School entered teams in all levels and took a large contingent of students down from years 5 to year 10. All teams performed well but the school was thrilled by the overall win of the Junior Boys from years 5 and 6 who brought home the shield. Pictured is Steven Richards, PDHPE teacher with the happy groups of boys.
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