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Shores United beat MBVFC Skaters battle at Brunswick Marc Patten
Berri Drum
In last Friday night’s longawaited first-division match Shores United Brownsnakes downed Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley FC 6–1. It was a turnaround from the weekend before last when Shores’ thirds left MBVFC’s Pine Avenue field battered and bruised, on the end of a 4–1 defeat, to the red-hot Valleys side. Right from the first whistle on Friday night the Snakes put it to the young fellows from Mullumbimby. The Snakes controlled the ball and the first half well, dictating play. An own goal and a nice finish from Matt Rowland saw the Snakes up 2–0, before the Valleys scored a goal on the stroke of half time. This only seemed to stir up the Snakes, because the second-half performance was pure champagne. Both Brunos were unstoppable as raid after raid came at the brave MBVFC team. A fantastic effort from the Valley’s keeper stopped a rout. In the end, second-half goals from Jarvis, Dan, Matt and Bruno sealed it, 6–1 for the Brownsnakes. The mighty sixes took on Pottsville at Shara on Satur-
The Brunswick Heads Skate Park exploded with talent and dwetermination as daredevils of all ages gave their all at the Battle @ Bruns. The annual Youth Week event is run by Byron Youth Service, Byron Bay Skateboard School and Byron Shire Council as a way of promoting healthy outdoor activity in a family friendly environment. This year some new contenders blow the crowd away and take first place. Keep your eye on Byron Youth Service for the next competition.
Dylan House (red and white) controls the ball for Shores thirds. Photo Michelle Begg
day. Both teams were equal third on points. In a sometimes heated match, Potty seemed to have the upperhand and went into the break 1–0 up. Soon after Pottsville went 2–0 up and the Shores old boys were in deep trouble. Like so many times before, the old guard rallied. A beautiful through ball to the storming Jamaican import Lloyd saw him make no mistake against his old club, 2–1. Shores began to get the upper hand and Ray was brought down in the box, Andy slotted home the pen-
alty. Not our best game, but the 2–2 result fair enough.
Thirds Shores thirds took on travelling Woodburn andwanted to impress in front of a big home crowd. In a sometimes scrappy game Shores did look the better team. Fast flanking raids by Shores saw the boys from Woodburn start to crack. Some good finishing saw the Redbacks up 3–0 and cruising. Two very late Woodburn goals saw it end 3–2, but in the end Shores won pretty comfortably.
Brothers impress at Lennox Longboarders Crystal Cylinders
The 36 members who turned up for the Lennox Longboarders Mothers Day round got to enjoy a pristine day at Main Beach with one metre plus waves. Standouts for the day were the mums and their commitment to surfing. Voucher winners were Adele Purbrick and Roz Brown. The Martinovich lads, Kai and Dan (new to the club), were also standouts. Kai won the Firsts and Dan came third in the Seconds final. The commitment award for surfing some of the gunner sets on the bank outside went to Rob Rye and Will Petrie.
Results: Firsts: Kai Martinovich, Matt Durkin, Nelson Stevens, Steve Walshe, Aden
Results Girls: Izzy McPherson, Hailey Peet and Maddy McPherson
Plenty of rail grinding at Brunswick Skatepark over the weekend. Photo Jeff Dawson
U/8 Boys: Jaylen Jones, Archi McVergl, Ryder Johnson U/12s Boys: Ash Wilcomer, Kaedyn Collins, Jack Lewis U/16 Boys: Raife Quinn,
Keoni Swindells, Nakula Boag Open: Shaun Baucher, Sam Windhorse, Bailey Ryan Masters: Robert Brasher, Justin Jit, Chris Enwright
Billy Goats charge in Grafton
The Brunswick Billy Goats had a good win playing in Grafton. Photo supplied Alisha Bower
The U/13 Brunswick Billy Goats rugby union team defeated the Grafton Redmen on Friday night playing away
in Grafton. After a long drive the boys played exceptionally well, earning themselves a convincing 54–7 win in their second game of the season.
There was a great show of sportsmanship by the Billigoats as they loaned players to Grafton to even out player numbers. A great team effort by all.
Bladers vie for NSW title Bert Hardman
Mothers Day at the Lennox Longboarders. Photo supplied
Corbett and Greg Gover. Seconds: Will Petrie, Rob Rye, Dan Martinovich, Jim Baker, Terry Kay, Meg Smith. Thirds: Max Squires, Eleanor Robertson, Celine Walshe, Adele Purbrick. Fourths: John Eddy, Roz Brown, Tom Silver, Andrew Thomas. Fifths: Bob Mills, Jake
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Ryan, Heather Reynolds, Emily Simmonds, Liz Petterson. Sixths: Grant Ryan, Reuben Greentree, Veronica Silver. First Round contenders: Nathan MacKenzie, Nick Mitchell, Wayne Booth, Mal Lewis, Steve O’Neill and Dan Naughton.
The second annual Brunz Blade Battle was held at the Brunswick Heads skatepark on May 5 and decided the U/18 NSW champions in the skatepark and bowl division. Competitors came from Australia-wide and the level of skating was amazing and shows that, although it is a small scene, it is very strong.
Results Bowl U/18: Andrew Staszewski, Ethan Gray Bowl Bladies: Jenny Logue, Shine Au-Yeung Bowl Mens: Brad Watson, Martin Gade and Hayden Golder
A competitor gets plenty of air at Brunswick skatepark earlier this month. Photo Gerard Ahrens
Park U/18: Andrew Staszewski, Ethan Gray Park Bladies: Jenny Logue, Shine Au-Yeung Park Mens: Phil Moss, Thomas Dalbis and Tom Scofield
Best Trick: 900 Transfer by Tom Scofield Hellman Award: Phil Moss for breaking his face in his opening run in the finals and not only skating the whole final, but he went on to win it.
The Byron Shire Echo May 23, 2018 47