Sport
Mullumbimby juniors bring home tennis trophies Mullumbimby Tennis Club juniors competed in the KDV – Carrara tournament on the Gold Coast late last year, achieving top spots in both individual and teams events. Junior players Poppy Sexton (U/12), Ariah Smith (U/14), and Bodhi Smith (U/16) played in a team event with the ‘A’ Team North East Division, coming first, fourth and third overall. ‘This was a fantastic result as the other teams came from all over Queensland and Northern NSW,’ the club’s Jonathan Hartland said. Individual trophies were also won by Marielou Baudouin, who came first in the U/18s girls division, along with Onyx Cheong who won the U/18 boys division.
Local cyclist takes on Australia’s best
Locals Marielou Baudouin and Onyx Cheong, with their first place winners trophies. Photo supplied
Wet weather spoils local cricket In a round heavily affected by wet weather, the Colts did manage to post a win over Alstonville at Hill Park oval in Wollongbar in the Coastal League. After winning the toss, Alstonville elected to bat and scored 9/76 in 20 overs. Top scorer for Alstonville was captain Glen Hunter who hit 20 off 25 balls. Timothy Irwin’s 19 and Ben Gwilliam’s 11, were the only other double figure scores. Ben Barber-Hays picked up 4/21. The Colts chased down the total in 11.5 overs with eight wickets to spare. Sam Powell top scored for the Colts with 41no. Alstonville’s Brendan Saunders was the best of the bowlers with 1/11. At least two games were officially abandoned owing
Liam (in red) makes a charge at the Road Nationals last weekend in Ballarat. Photo Kane Richards ‘Unfortunately for Liam, this coincided with an attack by the largest and clearly strongest team in the pack – Jayco AlUla, also the only Australian team with a licence in the World Tour. ‘Riders from this team ended up filling the podium,’ Mat said. Liam rode a very strong race and finished in the top quarter of the field. ‘As a club we are
extremely proud of his effort. Just to be on the start line is an achievement that almost all of us could never achieve,’ Mat said. ‘It was a remarkable effort – not having any team support – and as an unsponsored rider. ‘This wasn’t lost on the local cycling fraternity with many groups watching and cheering Liam at venues in Yamba, Lismore and Byron’.
Free cricket programs for juniors
A Casino Cavalier lets one go in their T20 game against Ballina Bears last Saturday. Photo supplied to the weather. Following the win the Colts are in second place with nine wins, sitting behind Lennox Head, with Byron Bay and Terranora following. In the LJ Hooker league some T20 was played. Casino posted a good win over Ballina Bears in a game reduced to 16 overs. Casino chased down the
Byron Bay Cycle Club (BBCC) member Liam Bertuzzi competed in the elite men’s division of the cycling Road National Championships held near Ballarat last weekend. ‘Liam is in great form and has earned his position to race against Australia’s best for the honour of wearing the green and gold jersey for 2024,’ Mat Johnson BBCC secretary said. The race is the first Nationals on the World Tour calendar and had some big competition from Australia’s professionals. ‘The first half was at a furious pace with a large volume of attacks. Liam managed to stay in the main peloton and when that bunch was in danger of being eliminated from the race by the Commissaires, he attacked and made it into the breakaway lead bunch with two laps (11.6km) of the 16 to go,’ Mat said.
Bears’ 91-run total in their 11th over with the loss of two wickets. In perhaps the shortest game of the season Tintenbar East Ballina scored 1/54 in their alloted six overs, playing against Marist Brothers. Marist Brothers chased down the total with two balls to spare.
Cricket NSW is running three free cricket development programs for juniors over the coming weeks. The first, a holiday clinic, will be held on Thursday and Friday (18 and 19 of January) at Alstonville Public School and is part of the Share our Space program. The clinic is aimed at five to ten year-old children. It is predominately focused on developing Cricket Blast Skills – designed to teach children the fundamental skills needed to play Cricket Blast competitions and Junior Cricket. ‘New-to-cricket kids are as welcome as those that already play the sport,’ cricket manager, Far North Coast, Jacob Graham said. Next month Cricket NSW
Girls-only cricket training programs are being offered for free by Cricket NSW. Photo supplied is offering four-week skills development programs open to girls only. The first, held at Shultz Oval, Bangalow, starts on February 2 and runs for an hour from 4.30pm. The second will be held at Williams Reserve at Lennox Head from 4.30pm for four weeks starting on
Tuesday February 6. For more details email kyle.holland-sewell@ cricketnsw.com.au. Local clubs offering Cricket Blast for children include: Mullumbimby/ Brunswick, Byron Bay, Bangalow, Lennox Head, Ballina, Alstonville, Lismore, Casino and Kyogle.
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