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U/16 basketball Beez Giants charge home to take it to next level win local league derby David Garsed
Byron’s Remy Lewis-Clarke contesting hard for the rebound. Photo Kylie Robertson Alvyn Caoyonan ByronBay’s U/16 boy basketballers have qualified for the 2019 NSW Northern and Eastern Junior League finals in Gosford in late May. The team has had a solid season after stepping up into the Championship Division,
finishing third behind Newcastle and Gosford City, While only having eight players all season, the boys have lifted their game to become genuine contenders. It will be a tough weekend of basketball as the top four teams are all capable of beating each other.
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The Mullumbimby Giants have picked up their first win of the season after coming home strongly to beat local rivals Byron Bay 28–26 in a hard-fought encounter. Playing at home the Byron Red Devils raced away to an early 12–0 lead with tries to Gabe Belcher and Daniel Gibbons. But they received a body blow when in-form front-rower Kyle Kennedy succumbed to injury and left the field. The Giants lifted their intensity and after sustained pressure Sio Alefosio scored the first of his tries. The Devils kept turning over the ball and were eventually punished for
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On the rise: the Mullumbimby Ex-Services Bowling Club grade three Pennants winners. Photo supplied The Mullumbimby ExServices Bowling Club grade three side received their Pennant on Saturday from the district president Bob Raeburn. The Mullumbimby side went through last season undefeated in grade four,
Amy in action at the national finals in Perth. Photo supplied Byron Bay skydiver Amy Jamieson has finished second in the female intermediate division of the 2019 Australian and New Zealand Canopy Piloting Championships held in Perth during April. Amy, along with the six other females, made history for the most female competitors in a Canopy Piloting competition ever. In canopy piloting parachutist are judged on the speed, distance, and accuracy of their landing approach. Amy works at Sky Dive Byron where she is in training to become an instructor.
‘I try to get a jump in every day,’ she said. ‘A few of the guys at work are into canopy piloting; they gave me the push I needed to get into it,’ she said. ‘A bunch of the women competitors got together for training before the competition, which was really helpful. The more women see it as an option, the more will get involved,’ she said. Amy wants to stay in the intermediate division for another year before moving on to opens, so she can try for entry to the world championships. ‘It is definitely a goal of mine,’ she said.
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their sloppiness when Giants winger Rhys Curruth scored in the corner. Further tries to Byron’s Matt Gallagher and Mullum’s Brett Kelly Wirth saw the sides go to halftime oranges with the Red Devils hanging on to a six-point lead. The second half belonged to the Giants who looked far hungrier as the Devils lacked the fight in the contest. Against the run of play the Red Devils were first to score on the back of an Andrew Battese 40-metre solo effort. But the Giants took advantage of their sustained attack and added three tries to Zac Docking, Sio Alefosia, and Rhys Carruth to close out the game-worthy winners.
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Nina Colli leaps high to secure possession for the Brunswick Byron U/12 representative side. Photo Ryan Hamilton Ryan Hamilton Last Sunday marked another very successful Representative Netball Carnival hosted by the Brunswick Byron Netball Association. Teams from BrunswickByron, Tweed, Lower Clarence, Ballina, Casino, and Grafton associations competed at the carnival. There were approximately 330 players plus coaches, managers, umpires, volunteers, and supporters. Although competition
was fierce, games are not officially scored. Representative carnivals are held in order to give players a chance to develop their skills, as they prepare for two sets of statewide championships played in and around Sydney in June and July. It was a perfect day for netball, and as always, there were incredible aerial displays by the players as they jostled for possession. Teams range in age from U12s through to Opens. Netball was the winner.
Roisin and Ray star at Malibu Classic
and this year topped the grade three competition, which will earn them promotion to grade two next year. The team will now contest the Zone Finals in Iluka on May 26 to earn the right to play in the State Finals.
Byron Triathletes ready to race
Roisin Carolan and Ray Gleave celebrate their wins at the 39th Byron Bay Malibu Classic. Photo supplied
Over 1,000 competitors are ready for the 24th Byron Bay Triathlon this Saturday May 11. Last year’s men’s open winner Ben Cook will be looking to get back on the podium, with runner-up Lindsey Lawry also returning to try to go one better. After narrowly missing the podium last year, Travis Coleman will also be looking to step up. In the women’s pen, competition is expected to be tight between Emily Donker and Courtney Gilfillan, both coming off recent wins at the Tweed Enduro
Over 150 surfers competed in the 39th Byron Bay Malibu Classic held at Wategos Beach in late April. The longest-running single-fin surf competition in Australia was held in glorious weather and contestable waves. Ray Gleave, who recently had his 60th birthday, turned back the clock to win the open men’s and Byron local Roisin Carolan won the open women’s. Nic Brewer won the Men’s Logger. Sam Ticknor, who is a new member of the Malibu Club, won the junior boys’
and Kingscliff Triathlon respectively. The Byron Tri marks the final event in the Triathlon New South Wales Interclub Series, which has seen teams from Coffs Harbour, Yamba, Port Macquarie, Ballina and Hat Head, as well as the local Byron Tri Club battle it out across the region. Over 150 racers are expected to compete in this series, with the Hat Head Hammerheads currently leading by just one point. Roads will be affected between 10.30am and 3.30pm.
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and did great in the old mal. Luca Groh took out the junior girls’. Isabelle Braly won the women’s logger. Jack Norton displayed great style in winning the open old mal and he also won the McTavish board in the raffle. Special mention must go to Ben Hutchings, who won the over-70s. The standard of this final was phenomenal. Another highlight of the weekend was the 25th Future Legends event held by Max and Von Pendergast. All of the $15,000 raised this yeargoes back to local charities and community groups.
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