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DşşƐćëōō ĈşëĈIJĶŕī ĈōĶŕĶĈ Ǖ ŕĎƆ ĶƐƆ ĪĕĕƐ EşōĪ ĈIJëŔżĶşŕƆIJĶż Ʊşŕ ćƷ ë ƆĶŕīōĕ żşĶŕƐ Ross Kendall Bouncing out of the COVID-19 lockdown of sport, a small team of local coaches have started a fully mobile football development school to bridge the gap between community and elite football. The OutoftheBox coaching team of Michael Leung, Andy Morrison and Albert Moses are all experienced coaches who have been a part of the Brunswick Valley Mullumbimby Football Club, as well as the Liverpool FC International Academy at the Southern Cross University. When SCU closed the academy as part of budget cuts, they needed to find new work and saw an opportunity. ‘Collectively we saw a need for more guided learning and mentoring of players wanting to be more confident on the field, but who were maybe not quite at a level of technical ability or dedication to be considered for elite programs,’ Albert said. ‘We noted that the SCU football centre was re-inveting itself as the Northern Rivers Football Academy and saw an opportunity to fill that niche between community and elite football. One thing lead to another and we began by offering to help a small group of players from our club with some extra coaching sessions. This rapidly and organically grew into a few different pop-up clinics in different locations,’ Albert said. The team now does events such as school programs, one-on-one coaching,
▶ Continued from page 11 will go through checks and balances,” he said. “We know some people just don’t like having short-term holiday rentals nextdoor to them”.’ Victims of Holiday Letting (VOHL) was appalled at the Minister’s comments. It reminded us ‘vexatious complainant’ is the favourite term used by many Byron Shire holiday let owners to justify themselves when complaints are made. Holiday letting is still illegal in Byron LGA (local
Lennox, Zeph and Harley enjoy a coaching session at Mullumbimby. Photo supplied development squads and holiday clinics for local community clubs to complement the incredible work that volunteer coaches already do from week to week. ‘We also do great Champions League themed kids’ birthday parties,’ he said OutoftheBox coaching now offer a weekly program at the Cavanbah Centre on Tuesday afternoons and are encouraging both girls and boys to come along and get involved. The program will run in eight-week cycles to coincide with school terms and can even be partly paid for using Active Kids vouchers. To get involved email: outofthebox2482@ gmail.com, go online at OutoftheBox, or phone: 0421 921 450 for more information.
government area) Residential Zones without development consent. There are still a number of these owners/ managers who fail to vet their occupants or to have ongoing management to prevent occupants from disrupting residential amenity. VOHL has always advised neighbours of holiday lets to contact the local police when there is offensive noise or other damage to their residential amenity. Next morning, contact the police again and ask for
information about what was done, request a CAD (computer aided dispatch) report number and report this information to Byron Council enforcement. This is the best form of evidence to lodge a complaint about host/guests to the secretariat that will administer the Code of Conduct. VOHL advises neighbours to not use the HLO Byron ‘A Quiet Time’ (previously called a Noisy Neighbours Hotline). VOHL members have consistently complained that
Sally Symons took on wind, rain, a challenging golf course as well as strong competition over three days to win the Byron Bay Golf Club ladies’ championship for 2020. This is the second time Sally has won the championship. She ended the three-year winning streak of Di Grieve, who is leaving the club for the Gold Coast after 22 years. Sally and Di also won the club foursomes championship earlier in the year. Although she led from the first day, the going was tough, but her hard slog was enough
point after the three days. Last year’s B-grade winner, Stella Reakes, was also the winner.
The Bangalow Summer 6s football competition may have taken a considerable COVID cut, but the community-based event has held on to its values and is well underway for 2020. ‘We had to reduce team numbers, and drop the junior competition altogether, but the competition is up and
running,’ organiser Paul Hanigan said. Instead of the regular 72 senior teams there are just 48 this year, evenly split between men and women. The junior competition is on hold. ‘It may be a quieter atmosphere at the Bangalow oval this year, but the competition has retained
its community-based and friendly playing environment,’ Paul said. There are already some standout teams. ‘The Goats are pretty successful and the Futsal Boys are showing red-hot form. In the women’s competition Kicking Balls are going alright,’ he said.
the NSW legal standard for offensive noise is not applied by them. On some occasions it has been witnessed that inadequate investigation has been undertaken by the security officer. VOHL does recognise that there are some responsible and conscientious hosts/ managers who properly vet their guests and have effective ongoing management and want to protect residential amenity who make themselves contactable 24/7. Doug Luke VOHL Coordinator
Floodplain planning
don’t support the stay-inhouse approach to flood safety, but are down to 10 volunteers, despite having 37 on the books. I want us to recognise two strings of flood planning: that for existing floodplain dwellers, and that for the future. Please let’s treat them separately. From a hydrologist with 50 years of experience in flood analysis and floodplain management, here’s an example; to alleviate risk on existing wet properties ▶ Continued on page 15
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to get her over the line. ‘It wasn’t pretty,’ she said. In a very tight field Sally managed to be ahead by one
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BBGC Ladies Championship grade winners (L to R) Robyn Knaus, Stella Reakes, and Sally Symons
Thanks to The Echo for last week covering what might look like small bickies, a Council committee meeting on flooding. On Thursday, 29 October the committee heard from experts and authorities like State Planning and State Emergency Services (the SES). Planners discussed the technicalities of land being promoted by Council for housing on the floodplains south of Mullumbimby (Council’s own Lot 22, plus several neighbours). SES
CHESS by Ian Rogers Chess has been largely absent from popular culture since Chess The Musical but the remarkable success of the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit may change that. The widely praised series is based on a Walter Tevis novel from 1983 of the same name and has been Netflix’s most streamed show in the US in recent weeks. The series charts the progress of an American female player, Beth Harmon, in the 1960s and is much closer to a fictional depiction of the rise and rise of Bobby Fischer (with gender reversed) than the novel. Like Fischer, Harmon has a troubled childhood but her struggles with pills and alcohol are all her own, though many chess players will be able to empathise with her acute depression after the loss of an important game. Ultimately, The Queen’s Gambit is a period drama, showing an era which has disappeared since the Berlin Wall fell; one where round-robin chess tournaments in Europe were held at opulent venues in front of large crowds. While the chess-technical side of The Queen’s Gambit is done
well (thanks to advice from Garry Kasparov and prominent US chess personality Bruce Pandolfini) and the main characters are wellschooled, the extras seem to have little idea how tournament players conduct themselves. Since showing Harmon’s crucial final game against the World Champion in Moscow would be too much of a spoiler, here is a position from another Harmon game in the series, supposedly from the 1963 Kentucky State Championship. In the diagrammed position Black could play 39...Rd3! with good chances, but incautiously grabbed the g6 pawn and after 39...Nxg6 40.Rf7+! Kh6 Harmon as White found the forced mate in seven moves with the queen sacrifice 41.Qxg6+!! Kxg6 42.R1f6+ Kg5 43.Rf5+ Kg6 44.R7f6+ Kh7 45.Rh5+ Kg7 46.Rg5+ Kh7 47.Bf5! Checkmate!
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