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BALLINA WOMEN’S BOWLING CLUB

18-01-22 SOCIAL L.Trott M.Grant 21 d H.Maish M.Soward 9 18.-01-22 CLUB FOUR’S CHAMPIONSHIP D.Francis J.Rhodes K.Albany B.DeRe 19 d V.Maxwell B.Lane J.Blay S.Baldwin 15, N.Holmes K.Elmes K.Huett S.Skennar 25 d A.Jackson E.Bosworth A.Percy B.Patterson 19, J.Pike S.Gordon A,Brown S.Grady 24 A.O’Brien J.Hourn F.Crowder L.Morton 11, P.Condon S.Gilbert L.Jackson E.Reid 21 d W.Threadgate J.Albany P.Johns B.Bennett 15, 21-01-22 CLUB FOUR’S CHAMPIONSHIP J.Pike S.Gordon A. Brown S.Grady 24 d A.O’Brien J.Hourn F.Crowder L.Morton 11 22-01-22 N.Holmes K.Elmes K.Huett S.Skennar 25 d P.Condon S.Gilbert L.Jackson E.Reid 23, 22-01-22 J.Pike S.Gordon A.Brown S.Grady won by a forfeit.

CASINO WOMEN’S BOWLS RESULTS

We returned to bowls for 2022, it was good to be back. If you would like to try a game of bowls, the ladies play every Wednesday & most Fridays from 9.00am to approx. 12.30pm, pop in & see us new members are always welcome. Results from Wednesday 19/1: Winners for the day were: J. Cooke, D. Skinner & A. Williams def C. Doyle, R. Skirrey & A. McLean The other rink winner was: J. Carthew, J. Dwyer & H. Lavelle def J. Creighton, I. Watson & A. James There is no bowling on Wednesday 26/1 as this is Australia Day. There will be bowls on Friday 28/1.

CHERRY STREET CROQUET CLUB SPORTS RESULTS ASSOCIATION CROQUET :

L.Hardy P.Hume 15 d B.Hardy S.Hume 12 B.Reddy R.Chapman 14 d G.Drew G.Porter 10 A.Du Preez 19 d J. Gilholy 19

RICOCHET CROQUET :

B.Waters N.Poynting 14 d R.Chapman B.Wellings 14 d N.Watts C.Gale 12 P.Scott J.Hannigan 8 d A.Du Preez C.Edlund 7 D.Scott 11 d P.Waters 6 R.Allen M.Russell 10 d N.Barnes J.Doust 7

GOLF CROQUET :

F.Frederiksen D.Jones 5 d M.Maloney J.Gilhooly 3 H.Young J.Bate 7 d J.OSullivan S.Scott 3 G.Patch M.Russell 5 d D.Casey F.Duncan 2 R.Poynting J.Saunders 6 d M.RennieN. Barnes 5 C.Edlund J.Huxley 6 d B.Wellings A.Du Preez 4 G.Frederiksen R.Allen 7 d C.Gale L.Whiteman 6 C.Edlund N.Watts 5 d S.Scott 5 F.Duncan M.Russell 5 d D.Jones G.Frederiksen 2 R.Allen R.Poynting 4 d A.Du Preez F.Frederiksen 2 B.Wellings J.Gilhooly 7 d J.OSullivan J.Campbell 4 H.Young 9 d M.Rennie C.Gale 2 J.Saunders J.Bate 7 d N.Poynting L.Whiteman 5 G.Frederiksen B.Wellings 6 d D.Casey M.Rennie 5 J.OSullivan F.Frederiksen 8 d C.Gale C.Edlund 4 R.Poynting G.Patch 8 d N.Poynting M.Maloney 0 N.Barnes J.Campbell 5 d N.Watts A.Du Preez 4 D.Jones S.Scott 7 d L.Whiteman J.Huxley 0 J.Saunders M.Russell 5 d H.Young J.Gilhooly 3

TWILIGHT CROQUET :

J.Huxley 25 E. Astley 24 J.Saunders 23 G.McDonahugh 23 M.Rennie 22 F.Duncan 22 V. Odoherty 22 L.Wesely 22 S.Scott 22 C.Edlund 21 M.ODoherty 21 R.Poynting 21 L.Whiteman 18 J.Bate 19 D.Jones 15 G.Porter 3

Winner J.Huxley Runner up E.Astley Jump shots C.Edlund 1 Hoop to hoop G.McDonahugh 1

Division 3 Ricochet runner up Helen Young receives her award from club Vice-Captain Penny Scott.

KYOGLE BOWLS RESULTS

Wednesday January 12 - B Ryan J Arnold P Doyle d P Crewe G Lavelle G Miller + 21, P Anderson D Warren N Bodycote d J Roughsledge T Burgess J Coston + 6, G Knapp N Parker B Hyde d M Brown R Clark S Colley + 4. Saturday January 15 - G Knapp G Miller P Doyle d B Ryan N Bodycote D Farrell + 17, T Burgess T Holder B Hyde d W Farrell R Felton S Hall + 5, D Graham J Coston R Rogers d P Crewe J Arnold M Harris + 1, P Anderson N Parker T Winkler drew with G Lavelle D Warren D Petherbridge 24 all. Wednesday January 19 - P Crewe N Parker P Doyle d M Brown J Watts N Bodycote + 5, J Roughsledge K Hayes B Hyde d B Ryan T Burgess S Colley + 2, P Anderson J Coston drew with G Knapp G Lavelle 18 all. Saturday January 22 - T Hoffman G Palmer M Harris d W Farrell N Bodycote S Hall + 16, K Walters K Hayes T Holder d G Knapp B Ryan P Doyle + 13, G Lavelle T Burgess B Hyde d L Condon B Ellis R Rogers + 5, P Bywater D Warren S Colley drew with M Brown J Coston G Miller 17 all.

CASINO GOLF CLUB

Tuesday January 18 Vets - Barry Kearns Memorial Stroke. Barry’s wife Jenny made her way back to Casino from Yass to be there for this special day. Winners - Trevor Wood 63 nett, Wayne Nowland 66, Peter Brophy 69, Ted Fogarty 70; Warren Walker with 72 on a c/b Terry Doyle. Saturday January 22 there were 103 in Jewellers trophies. A Grade - Andrew Campbell - 35 on a c/b from Steve Simpson. B Grade – Scott Stenner - 38 from Benn Heath 37. C Grade – Darcy Bird – 35 from Greg Ryan 34. Balls to 31 on a c/b.

Trevor Wood & Jenny Kearns

Wayne Nowland & Jenny Kearns

LISMORE WORKERS GOLF CLUB

GOLF RESULTS FOR LAST WEEK

Thursday: Single stableford;

A Grade: Winner - Michael Morrissey (39); R/Up - Brock Rhodes (38). Gross - Mark Wilson (38). B Grade: Winner - Mark Sharpe (41); R/Up - Phillip Dudman (39). Gross - Chris Macris (24). Ball run-down: 35 c/b. NTP’s: 2nd - Shane Costello; 5th - TBC; 11th - Anyhony Gordon; 16th - Stephen Ingram. Field size: 133.

Saturday: Oaten’s Monthly Medal

- Stroke, sponsored by Oaten’s Casino. A Grade: Winner - Shane Duffty (66); R/up Murray Kirshaw (67); Gross - Joseph McWilliam (73) B Grade: Winner - Michael Cahill (66); R/up Kye Kelly (67); Gross - Sergio Zanuso (81) C Grade: Winner - Mark Ross (63); R/ up Wayne Burgess (65); Gross - Noel Huxtable (86). Ball run-down: 71c/b

NTP’s:

2nd: David Hunter; 5th: Mitchell Wilson; 6th Chipshot: Wayne Burgess; 8th: Keith Doherty; 11th: Mark Rodda; 13th: Patrick Kable; 16th: Graeme Wilson Field size: 187.

LISMORE SPEEDWAY

Castrol Edge Lismore Speedway results, January 15, 2022. Northern Rivers Rumble RSA Street Stockers (Round 2). Heat 1: Greg Dickinson 1, Gavin Wade 2, Kyle Armstrong 3. Heat 2: Brock Armstrong 1, Connor Reeves 2, Dave Putsey 3. Heat 3: Adam Grill 1, Kyle Armstrong 2, Connor Reeves 3. Heat 4: Robert Grill 1, Brenden Hayes 2, Brock Armstrong 3. Heat 5: Jacob Leisha 1, Gavin Wade 2, Connor Reeves 3. Heat 6: Greg Dickinson 1, Kyle Armstrong 2, Dayna Jordan 3. Feature: Brock Armstrong 1, Kyle Armstrong 2, Connor Reeves 3. RSA 4 Cylinder Sedans. Heat 1: Ryan Green 1, Dave Putsey 2, Shanae Smith 3. Heat 2: Dave Putsey 1, Glenn Armstrong 2, Shanae Smith 3. Heat 3: Glenn Armstrong 1, Shanae Smith 2, Ryan Green 3. Feature: Glenn Armstrong 1, Shanae Smith 2, Nathan Harper 3. SSA Junior Sedans. Heat 1: Zac Brims 1, Jeremy Wade 2, Jacob Waller 3. Heat 2: Zac Brims 1, Jeremy Wade 2, Tom Effer 3. Heat 3: Jaiden Santin 1, Jacob Waller 2, Zac Brims 3. Feature: Jaiden Santin 1, Jeremy Wade 2, Jorja Woolfe 3. Wingless Sprints. Heat 1: Mitchell Bootland 1, Jacob Jolley 2, Errol Campbell 3. Heat 2: Trent Martin 1, Seiton Young 2, Warren King 3. Heat 3: Ian O’Toole 1, Ray Eggins 2, Jacob Jolley 3. Heat 4: Ben Hull 1, Bailey Goodwin 2, Mitchell Bootland 3. Heat 5: Warren King 1, Mitchell Bootland 3. Heat 6: Jacob Jolley 1, Trent Martin 2, Ray Eggins 3. Feature: Trent Martin 1, Jacob Jolley 2, Mitchell Bootland 3. Production Sedans. Heat 1: Aaron Hall 1, Myles White 2, Nathan Gordon 3. Heat 2: Daniel Bridge 1, Lindsay Clapham 2, Myles White 3. Heat 3: Nathan Gordon 1, Daniel Bridge 2, Myles White 3. Feature: Nathan Gordon 1, Daniel Bridge 2, Lyndall Allen 3. AMCA Nationals. Heat 1: Graeme

Brock Armstrong N83, winner of the second round of the RSA Street Stockers Northern Rivers Rumble at Lismore Speedway. Photo credit: Shaq’s Speedway Pics.

dcsportsphotography Connor Reeves N98, Dave Putsey N65 and Adam Grills N29 competing in round 2 of the RSA Street Stockers Northern Rivers Rumble at Lismore Speedway. Photo credit: Shaq’s Speedway Pics.

Holland 1, Shane Newstead 2, Steve Price 3. Heat 2: Shane Newstead 1, Steve Price 2, Paul Reeves 3. Heat 3: Steve Price 1, Shane Newstead 2, Graeme Holland 3. Feature: Shane Newstead 1, Steve Price 2, Paul Reeves 3.

RAINBOW DRAGONS’ SUNRISE PADDLER

Rainbows’ Sunrise Paddler, Brooke Harris Excited for 2022, Rainbows Dragons have added a 6am Sunrise session in Ballina to their program.

Club member, Brooke Harris says “I love kicking my day off early.” The availability of a hot shower before getting on with her day is a bonus.

A year ago Brooke started dragon boating, after moving from Melbourne to Northern Rivers, so her wife could be closer to family.

“I’d heard of dragon boating and thought it sounded fun. I’d never paddled with such a big team. Being new to the area it was also about meeting people” said Brooke. The twist in Brooke’s story is, she believed she’d left her competitive days well and truly behind. 22 years ago, she quit a world class kayak and outrigger racing career. Brooke was with the Australian Institute of Sport; she placed 9th in both the K1 42km Marathon World Championships and K4 500m Sprint World Championships and, as an Outrigger Paddler, along with her teams, won the “Na Wahine O Ke Kai” Molokai to Oahu channel crossing in Hawaii, 3 times! After quitting elite sport, Brooke led a sedentary life, she acknowledges developing an unhealthy relationship with alcohol and is proud to say, she quit alcohol 3 years ago. Continuing to switch old habits for new, she’s back on the water, loving gym, studying Fitness) and has nearly completed a L1 dragon boat coaching course.

Brooke’s Thursdays start with Rainbow’s Sunrise session in Ballina; then home to Lismore to study and back to Lennox Head to coach the afternoon session.

Does a Sunrise paddle sound good to you? Try a month for free!

ROWERS TO RELIVE GLORY DAYS

TIM HOWARD

About 50 former Grafton rowers are planning a reunion on the banks of the Clarence River later this year. Fifty-odd years ago reunion organiser Max Simmons, now living in was busy winning pennants and medallions rowing the heavy butcher boats that had been a feature of river life for almost a century.

Mr Simmons said the reunion, scheduled for March 18-20, would kick off with a dinner in the Crown Hotel above the scene of many contests and triumphs of the 1960s and 70s.

“We were all young blokes back then,” he said. “We rowed all over the place back then.”“

Mr Simmons said the rowing on the Clarence set him and a lot of others up for bigger competitions later in life.

“I went down to Sydney and rowed for Drummoyne,” he said. “A lot of us went on to win gold medals and big national and international competitions.

“But back in 1964-65 we were just kids having a lot of fun on the local river.”

Mr Simmons the reunion would also give them the opportunity to catch up with a lot former colleagues and competitors who had stayed in the region.

“There would be a lot of people who rowed or followed the rowing back then,” he said.

Racing butcher boats was a big part of Clarence life through a lot of last century.

Like the surf boats, which they resembled, the butcher boats originally started out as workhorses rather than racing thoroughbreds. would be rowed out from towns to supply provisions to farms cut off by the water.

But in between times the crews liked to keep and test themselves in competitions against other crews.

Here and in other areas of Australia butcher boat racing became a big sport with plenty wagered on the outcome.

The competition continued well after powered boats made the butcher boat crews redundant. Brigade, eventually merged with the Grafton Rowing Club around the turn of the century and the funds from the brigade purchased four new racing boats for the club.

No doubt this year’s reunion will bring back a lot of the memories created in those heady times.

Rowing in boats of all descriptions was a big thing on the Clarence in the early days of settlement and continued as a sport to this day.

TOM’S LOOKING GOOD IN THE GREEN AND GOLD

TIM HOWARD

Former Tweed Heads junior cricketer Tom Whitney’s rapid rise in the cricket ranks continues in the Caribbean with the Australian team competing in the ICC Under-19 World Cup.

Whitney opened the bowling for the Aussies in their opening game against the West Indies and struck with the second ball of the game, removing Windies opener Matthew Nandu, edging a short ball the to the keeper.

He snared two more playing a big role in an Australian victory over the host team.

The Australians didn’t fare as well in their second game against Sri Lanka three days later, collapsing to the Sri Lankan spinners for 175.

But Whitney and fellow quick William Salzmann did their best to keep the Aussies in the game and reduced in the early stages of the game.

He didn’t play in the game against Scotland, which the Australians won.

Beating Scotland has allowed the Australians to progress beyond the group stage where their opponent is likely to be

Selectors have always like Whitney’s pace and aggression which catapulted him into Brisbane Western last season.

Prior to that he had shown promise in cricket and rugby league, play for Tweed-Banora Colts, and winning selection in Northern NSW representative teams in both sports.

He converted his promise as a junior at Terranora public school and St. Joseph’s in Banora cracking

Tom Whitney dons the green and gold for Australia in the ICC Under-19s World Cup played in the s stages. the Ipswich Grammar still in year nine.

Last season he stepped up to play for Wests in Queensland Premier Cricket, which paid immediate dividends.

After a stint in the the Alan Pettigrew Shield, where he snared and enjoyed quick success. overs in one of his surprising batters with his pace and aggression.

Whitney’s extra pace has given the Australian team an edge in early games in the West Indies and will be invaluable in the knock out games coming up.

MORE REFEREES NEEDED TO MEET GROWING DEMAND CUDGEN SURF NOTES

North Coast Football (NCF) today put out a call for more referees to cater for the increasing popularity of football on the Coffs and Clarence coasts.

Already the biggest team sport on the North Coast, football’s popularity is expected to interest generated by the World Cup in Australia and NZ and the opening of the synthetic pitches in Coffs Harbour for six-a-side football.

In a record year for matches each weekend, a referee and sideline multiple matches each week.

NCF is planning to commence mid-week six-a-side competitions Sport and Leisure Park in April. Matches will occur several nights a week, and most will require referees.

Referees can earn this is tax-free as the a hobby.

To become a referee, a of age, undertake brief coursework and buy resources. More details are at: https://ncf.link/ refereeingcourses Courses for referees occur in Coffs and Grafton in early February: • Coffs – Saturday (Register: Link) • Grafton – (Register: Link)

Comments by Andrew Woodward, General Manager, North Coast Football

Refereeing is a great way to get into the game or keep involved after referee is in the centre of the action and critical to the success of matches and the game of football as a whole.

We’ll provide referees with ongoing training and mentoring to ensure they have the support they need to have fun and be successful. It’s also a great way to make some extra cash as we’ll be offering football all year round on more than just weekends.

Good referees are critical to the success of football, and we have lots of great opportunities for both young and older years ahead. Covid has recently forced the cancellation of the North Coast Surfboat Series at Scotts Head and the Cabarita carnival. The Omicron outbreak also forced the closure of the Surf due to a number of staff contracting the virus. The outbreak has also caused the annual car competition drawing date to be put back to ticket holders function can be safely done in the community.

The Club wishes to thank the anonymous donor for donating the boards and the Juniors four, with a cost of close to ten thousand.

With the border restrictions lifted some of our younger members at Bilinga, the girls U15 team won the board relay and most made the series at Mooloolaba, Jayden Beaty won Decan Streader the -15 Sam Davis took silver Preston the bronze in the girls.

The N.S.W. Country Titles were cancelled last season but will be held at Cape Hawke, Forster this Friday and over the weekend. the six branches.

Cudgen will be aiming to retain the point score title won at our beach in junior competitors who were presented with a T-Shirt last Sunday. Two rounds of the North Coast Surfboat series will also be done at the carnival to make up previous cancellations. Strict Covid precautions for competitors and RAT test each morning.

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TRIPLE TREAT FOR TWEED TENNIS MASTER STROKE

MARGARET DEKKER

Casuarina tennis pro, Brendan Moore, has lobbed into Australian tennis history books, take out the prized triple crown in the Australian Grass Court Series, held in Victoria and NSW in early January.

‘Moorzy’ as he’s fondly known around the Tennis Terranora clubhouse, won all three Mens Open Singles Championships at the ultimate Australian grass court series, which includes the Shepparton Grass Court Championship, the prestigious Margaret Court Cup in Albury and the Victorian Grass Court Championship in Wodonga. players who play are on the World Tour, with different players at all three events so yeah it was really good. I wasn’t aware no one had done it before, so it was quite a good feeling,” Brendan Moore, tennis professional, told The Northern Rivers Times just days after returning home.

Brendan credits his old-school ‘Serve-Volley’ game with giving him the edge, and grass suiting his game.

“Grass is a faster game, more serve-volley coming forward, the points are a lot shorter, and I tend to come into the net a lot more,” he said.

A powerhouse pace serve also held him good stead, but what made Brendan Moore’s historic winning of the triple crown of Australian grass tennis all the more remarkable was that he did it all while leading and coaching a squad of 21 young up-and-coming tennis players from the region.

Talk about lead by example!

“I was still doing my normal coaching thing and only decided to play because I was taking the Academy (Moore Tennis Academy) down to Victoria, to be a part a part of the tournaments .. yeah, the kids were pretty stoked for me,” Brendan Moore said.

And in a special kind of ‘doubles’.. The 35-year-old master and his apprentice both took out the Open Singles titles - Mens and Womens respectively - at the Victorian Grass Court Championship in Wodonga, with Brendan and 18 year old rising-star, Tweed Heads’ Laquisa Khan, both victorious.

The squad also spent two days at the Australian Open and visited the Margaret Court Tennis Academy where founder and the great namesake’s nephew, Phil Shanahan, described Brendan Moore, as

“An incredible player .. an incredible coach .. an incredible guy.”

At Tennis Terranora where Brendan runs his Moore Tennis Academy, the club was quick to congratulate its tireless pro, who’s widely credited with fostering and developing young tennis talent in the Tweed and beyond, with students from Southport to Mullumbimby.

“Well done Brendon, Tennis Terranora is very proud of your success!” Tennis Terranora posted.

Even prouder is his Nana, Joan Bryant from Lismore, who warmly shared with The Northern Rivers Times that her grandson “picked up a racquet at 14 years of age and hasn’t put it down since!”

But for this former world number 419, who can name (arguably the greatest of all time) Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal as his former hitting partners, could a tilt at Wimbledon - the ultimate in grass court tennis - be back on the cards after taking out the Australian triple crown?

“No, my coaching business is my priority now, and the kids I

coach,” Brendan Moore said.

Young local tennis champs of the future certainly have the advantage, with a coach of this calibre in their court.

Triple Treat! Casuarina’s Brendan Moore scoops the Australian Grass Court Series 2022 Inset: Game, set and match. Roger Federer and Brendan Moore.

STEAMY COMEBACK

STORY BY LARA LEAHY IMAGE BY LISA VANDERSTOK

It was all smiles for Cockatoo Lodge, taking three of the ten races at the Casino Greyhound Racing Club on Thursdays race day at Queen Elizabeth Park. The biggest success came from a sensational winner, Steamy Windows, who holds a special place in owner Sarah Monaghan’s heart.

Just over 9 months ago, Sarah thought Steamy didn’t look in her usual vet, immediately. Being after hours, it wasn’t easy, but Ray from Keen Street Vets in Lismore came to their aid, and it was found that Steamy’s spleen had been twisted and the blood supply to over half the spleen was limited. Sarah and Andrew Monaghan approved the operation needed to save her.

Once recovered, thinking that her racing days were over she went into retirement. But her recovery went very well, and she was still keen to run. Today’s win proves her love of running and hard work paid off. Not even the torrential rain could stop the windows steaming up as she won her race by 8 ¾ lengths.

Andrew and Sarah had another two wins with Rage Quit and Taylor Toves.