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Cleansweep for MBVFC girls Errors sink Red Devils
The MBVFC U/16 girls team in their new strip were winners last weekend. Photo supplied Kol Dimond
After all the rain in recent weeks it was fantastic to see the sun come out for the first weekend of junior / miniroos football down at the Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley Football Club home ground.
With around 20 games taking place the park was filled with good will and hot coffee. The club’s emphasis in the last season or two has been on female participation and with numbers on the increase it was fantastic not only to see all five female teams play-
ing at home last weekend, but amazingly see all of them come away with victories. How good does that feel. The club is indeed very proud of the coaches, players and parents who have all put huge efforts in to get this far. Go girls!
Danger stops All Girls surf comp Ebony Santamaria
The latest round of the All Girls Surfriders competition was cut short owing to ‘treacherous’ conditions. The event was held as part of the All Girls Surfriders campout at Fingal Head. The bank right in front of First quarter Full moon Third quarter New moon Day of Sun Sun month rise set 1 M 0613 1713 2 T 0613 1712 3 W 0614 1711 4 T 0614 1710 5 F 0615 1710 6 S 0616 1709 7 S 0616 1708 8 M 0617 1707 9 T 0617 1707 10 W 0618 1706 11 T 0619 1705 12 F 0619 1705 13 S 0620 1704 14 S 0620 1704 15 M 0621 1703 16 T 0622 1702 17 W 0622 1702 18 T 0623 1701 19 F 0623 1701 20 S 0624 1700 21 S 0624 1700 22 M 0625 1700 23 T 0626 1659 24 W 0626 1659 25 T 0627 1658 26 F 0627 1658 27 S 0628 1658 28 S 0628 1657 29 M 0629 1657 30 T 0629 1657 31 W 0630 1657
the campground turned it on for the Sunday morning of the competition. The waves were a hollow one metre, punching on a knee-deep sand bar and there was no reform action. The opens division enjoyed the speedy waves, allowing the girls to unleash
MAY 2017
May 3 14:46 May 11 07:42 May 19 22:32 May 26 05:44 Moon Moon High tide, rise set height (m) 1052 2150 1217,1.24 1146 2251 0051,1.74; 1330,1.19 1235 2351 0157,1.66; 1450,1.20 1319 0305,1.59; 1603,1.26 1359 0050 0411,1.56; 1704,1.35 1436 0146 0507,1.54; 1755,1.45 1511 0241 0555,1.52; 1838,1.54 1546 0335 0637,1.50; 1916,1.61 1621 0428 0715,1.47; 1952,1.66 1656 0521 0751,1.44; 2026,1.70 1734 0613 0825,1.40; 2059,1.72 1814 0705 0900,1.36; 2132,1.72 1856 0756 0934,1.31; 2207,1.71 1941 0847 1011,1.26; 2243,1.67 2029 0935 1051,1.21; 2322,1.63 2120 1022 1113,1.23; 2346,1.54 2213 1106 1136,1.17 2308 1148 0006,1.58; 1230,1.14 1229 0156,1.50; 1449,1.19 0004 1308 0300,1.50; 1557,1.29 0102 1347 0402,1.52; 1656,1.42 0202 1427 0500,1.55; 1749,1.57 0305 1508 0555,1.57; 1839,1.72 0410 1553 0647,1.57; 1929,1.85 0517 1641 0738,1.54; 2017,1.95 0625 1735 0829,1.50; 2106,2.00 0733 1833 0920,1.44; 2155,2.01 0838 1935 1012,1.37; 2245,1.97 0837 2038 1106,1.30; 2337,1.88 1030 2141 1206,1.25 1117 2242 0030,1.77; 1313,1.23
Astronomical data and tides Low tide, height (m) 0632,0.43; 1755,0.47 0740,0.48; 1902,0.57 0847,0.50; 2020,0.62 0951,0.49; 2138,0.63 1045,0.46; 2247,0.60 1130,0.42; 2345,0.56 1209,0.39 0033,0.52; 1243,0.36 0116,0.48; 1315,0.35 0157,0.46; 1345,0.34 0235,0.45; 1414,0.35 0314,0.46; 1444,0.37 0351,0.47; 1515,0.40 0431,0.50; 1548,0.45 0514,0.53; 1624,0.51 0600,0.56; 1655,0.51 0621,0.62; 1706,0.57 0652,0.58; 1757,0.64 0847,0.55; 2018,0.69 0943,0.50; 2134,0.66 1032,0.42; 2242,0.58 1119,0.33; 2344,0.49 1203.0.25 0040,0.40; 1247,0.19 0135,0.33; 1330,0.16 0230,0.29; 1415,0.16 0325,0.27; 1502,0.20 0422,0.29; 1551,0.27 0519,0.33; 1643,0.36 0617,0.38; 1739,0.46 0716,0.43; 1843,0.56
Times are Eastern Standard. Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Hwy Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 15 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.
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some awesome turns, and also have a good roll. Our brave beginners, intermediates and juniors showed fantastic commitment and put up some great scores in the tough surf. As the tide lowered the sandbank became even more treacherous so the contest directors made the call to finish the competition early, so the results below show the first- place winners in each heat of respective divisions.
Results Junior Beginners: Mahia Adams. Senior Beginners: Nardene Fry. Senior Intermediates: Rese Emanuel, Jenna Menzies, Deb Gordon. Longboards: Maz Pentecost, Margreet Wiegers. Opens: Ebony Santamaria, Maz Pentecost, Jane Collins.
Byron’s Toby ‘Spiderman’ Ryan gets the treatment from the Marist Brothers’ defence. Story and photo John Campbell
When the referee pings you for overstepping the mark from the kick-off, you can’t help feeling that it is not going to be your day. It’s one of those officious, ‘look at me’ penalties that could be blown nine times out of ten, but when it leads to a last-tackle try against the home side within the first couple of minutes, it makes you wonder: have we come to see the players or the whistleblower? This is exactly what happened to Byron Bay when they hosted Marist Brothers (Lismore) at Red Devil Park last Sunday in their round
three clash of the NRRRL. On a wintery afternoon, with the crowd not quite mounting to the gate-ladies’ anticipated 12,000, the Devils got done to the tune of 34–12. It was a scoreline that in no way reflected the toughness of the contest or, until the later stages, the closeness. Behind 12–0 after a couple more dodgy ref ’s calls, Scott ‘Debonair’ Stapleton put the bit between his teeth and barged over for the Devils. On the back of a couple of penalties, the Papists scored again, but when the Bay’s Tom ‘Deano’ Martin burrowed through from dummy-half to reduce the Brothers’ lead at the break to only a converted try, the momentum was with
the Bay and anything seemed possible. But Byron didn’t register another point after the resumption. And they have no-one to blame but themselves. At every opportunity they fell flat and not because the Marists’– defence was too good, but because the Bay’s attack was headless and without direction. Newcomers to the side, five-eighth Matt ‘Reg’ Hundy and tireless lock Matt ‘Liam’ Gallagher, made stand-out contributions to the combined effort. But until the Bay can find a way to eradicate countless simple errors the winter will be a long and fruitless one.
Ballina beat Shores in B-grade ANZAC Cup final Marc Patten
Shores United B grade contested its first ANZAC Cup final at Oakes Oval in Lismore but lost 5–2 to a tough and physical Ballina. A very even first half saw the teams deadlocked at 1–1 after Ballina opened the scoring with a well-placed free kick. Soon after, Shores striker Jarvis Van Gramberg was put through an opening and moments later he banged in the equaliser. Shores definitely started
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There was plenty of goal action in the ANZAC Cup B-grade final in Lismore. Photo Michelle Begg.
the second half stronger and were soon ahead after a fantastic header from the evergreen Super Ray. At 2–1 up and with just 20 minutes to go, it looked like Shores had done enough, but alas, football is a cruel game. A dubious penalty saw Ballina draw level; moments later the Shores keeper attempted clearance, which
bounced off the rear of a defender and back into the net. At 3–2 down and running out of time, Shores tried to play catch-up football. In the end we got caught out pressing Ballina. The final 5–2 scoreline certainly did not reflect the game, that’s for sure. Well done to make the final.
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