SPORT RESULTS
ATHLETICS
Tweed Seagulls Little Athletics
Tweed Seagulls Little Athletics have seen some fantastic records being broken over the past couple of weeks, including the following:
Curtis Marsden – U16 Boys (both Week 10 of competition) 1,500m run; 5:19:46. Curtis has broken his old record that he set earlier in the season of 5:22:59. Long jump; 5.65m. Curtis has broken the old record, which has been held since 2012.
Eva Pietraszkiewicz – U9 Girls (week 8 of competition) 50m sprint; 8.51 seconds. Eva has broken the old record, held since 2010, of 8.82 seconds.
Matthew Bollard – U9 Boys (week 8 of competition) 50m Sprint: 7.72 seconds. The old record of 8.21 seconds has been held since 2010 also.
Absent: James Mellor (U8 boys) – 50m sprint (week 8 of competition) ran 8.44 seconds, breaking another record held since 2010 of 8.52 seconds.
Great results from our athletes.
BOWLS
Brunswick Heads Men
Wednesday January 22 – 1st B Bolland, M Guest, F Marks; 2nd K Hosie, R Roberts, B Montgomery: Cock of the Walk B Bolland Sat 25th Social Open Jackpot Pairs Winners; 6 Wins R Tonkin, J Hay; 2nd 5 Wins C Woods, J Mills Minor Jackpot Winners j Sanderson, E Marks,
*** Major Jackpot $240 next Saturday. Get your team in – 6 x ends, 6 games. Major Singles Entries Close February 8
Kingscliff Men
Social Bowls Results: The Kingscliff Meat Gallery Tuesday Morning Open Pairs: January 21: Winners: R Phipps, J Brinsmead. Runners up: J Yule, S Spencer. Plate Winners: L Spencer, M Howarde.
Thursday January 23 Triples: Winners: A Lavelle, M Scott, K Taylor; A Reid, R MacDonald, J Cromie; J MacDonald, B Raeburn, G Steinhardt. Plate winners: Grumpy, R Ford, Magic.
Saturday Triples January 25: Results not available.
*** Club Championship News: The next round of the Men’s Open Fours will be played Sunday February 16.
Super Challenge: Round 2 will be played on 1st February. Section 3 travels overseas to play Macleay Island on Macleay Island and Section 4 plays Condong at Kingscliff. Please check the board for teams.
District Events: The District Fours commence Sunday, February 2.Kingscliff has three teams in the Open division being played at Condong and three teams in the Over 60s division being played at Cudgen. I am sure all teams would appreciate plenty of support.
Tweed Valley Shield: Round 3 will be played at Tugun on Monday February 3. Kingscliff will play South Tweed.
Mullumbimby Ex-Services Men
18/1/14 Saturday Social
L Bechley H Mcwain L Henry 23 d A McKenzie J Canabou S Doherty 20
R Wrigley R Fenwick J Morgan 22 d M Burke D Burke T Fenwick 11
G Porter K Wrigley 21 d I Pettendy G McKenzie 19
Ash Lumsden J McKay 21 d R Wainwright D Blake 18
22/1/14 Wednesday Social
J Breckenridge G Porter D Baker 24 d G Naoum S Johnston M Johnston 13
D Dunn B Neate L Henry 19 d J Bathy J Canabou T Fenwick 9
D Burke M Burke T Johnston 22 (J/pot winner) d S Purdie B Ball D Blake 15
Mullumbimby Ex-Services Women
Tuesday January 21 – Social : J.Kidman, J.Towner (Rink W) def. H.Robb, G.Henry : R.Wrigley, B.Croft def. J.Beaumont/S.Thomas , S.Brown : Raffle- S.Brown.
*** Club Championships – Fours Commence early February. General Meeting – February 11 at 10.30 AM, all members welcome, spinners please.
Ocean Shores Men
Monday 20/1/14 Triples 1st T Larsen P Quirke L Hoffman 2nd M James P Hain R Ellis 3rd K Kennedy J Sullivan B Gibson
Tuesday 21/1/14 Twilight Bowls 1st T Johnston G Llewellyn 2nd E Miller M Fredericks T Baggio
Sunday 26/1/14 Australia Day Bowls
Spider winners D Mangleson M Haines 1st N Kiel D Mangleson D Moor 2nd H Roberts B Roberts J Roberts R Roberts 3rd M Franks P Quirke D Taylor 4th J Williams M Flesser L Johnston.
Ocean Shores Women
Wednesday January. 22: Only a few brave (or were we silly) mixed bowlers endured the heat and played in the competition which was “out of the hat”. Lucky winners were J. Seamer, B. Sprengel who def D. Gardiner, N. Gartner. Winners on the other rink were S. Woolford (swinger), M. Bertoli, J. Williams who def S. Woolford, W. Sprengel, G. Johnston.
Friday January 24: Weather cooler so a good roll up for the game which was “Highest margin”. This was won by J. Payne, C. Timewell, N. Gartner who def D. Gardiner, J. Seamer, G. Johnston; in other games M. Hosie, M. Farquhar, B. Sprengel narrowly def. A. Slater, F. Crowder, L. McGowran; J. Busch, J. Williams, M. James def P. Sullivan, M. Bertoli, M. McConville.
Pottsville Men
Monday January 20: Tweed Valley Shield – Pottsville teams played out very close scoring games but both grades were unlucky to go down to South Tweed Heads in Round 1. Monday 3 February – Round 3 will be at Tugun against Tugun teams.
Wednesday January 22: Denis Appleton, Ron Parker and Jim Banks were the days lucky winners with Ray Daunt, Bob Wilson and Trevor Wignall collecting the runners-up money. Saturday 25 January: Merv Brady, who is playing really well at present, and Ray Chandler with his reconditioned peepers, joined forces to take out the winners cash today. Ivor Sullivan and Ron Appleton were the worthy runners-up. Club Championship Fours – In an extremely close game Kev Hall, Jim Field, Doug Moir and Phil Bennett defeated Alan Meighan, Brian Pollard and Paul Earl by one shot. Well done, chaps.
Sunday January 26: Australia Day Shirts Vs. Skirts – The greens were full to overflowing for this annual fun event. The girls put up a great fight with several games going down to the wire. Nevertheless, the boys were able to maintain their yearly domination to once again come out victorious. Great to see Bill Stephen enjoy a few ends today after an absence due to a leg injury. Best shirts team was made up of Bob Wilson, Ron Appleton and Jim Field. Well done, guys.
Tweed Australia Day Achievement Awards were presented to Tony Halloran and Alan Meighan. Congratulations Tony and Alan on your richly deserved awards. Many thanks to Don Macdonald, Pottsville Delegate to the T.A.D.C. President Jim also had a very special award from the mens club for one of the members. Heartiest congratulations to Ronald George Parker who was named Clubman for 2013. Well done, Ron. (R.I.P.)
*** Diary Dates: Club Championship Triples commence 8 February. Please check the draw for your game. February 2 – All TBDBA Fours Championships commence.
Play days are Wednesdays (Mufti) and Saturdays (Creams) with start of play at 1 pm. Names to be in by 11.30 am. Please phone the Club on 6676 1077, follow the prompts, and leave a message and contact number.
Pottsville Women
Thursday January 23: Social Bowls – A good roll up again this week. Winners (hws)l were Wendy Fielding, Jan Appleton and Robyn Booth. Runners-up (lwm) were Jenny Porter, Lorraine Rice and Carol Shaw. Well done, ladies. Raffles were won by Carol Shaw and Lil Bennett. Nancye Gleeson collected the lucky numbers prize again as well as being the days’ lucky bowler. Way to go, Nancye. The tinger linger award this week goes to the lovely Merle Jackson. Good one, Merle.
Sunday January 26: Australia Day Skirts Vs. Shirts. A super roll up for our Aussie Day celebrations. Following the raising of the flag at 9,15 am, the festivities began in spite of threatening skies. The cooking competition was a huge success. Roy Gleeson, one of our men bowlers, took out first prize with his beer permeated Damper and Aileen Swift collected first prize for her super Anzac Biscuits.
Out on the greens the ladies made life hard for the men with some really great bowling and tight scoring. Regrettably, the men had the upper hand but only by a very small margin overall. Best women’s team went to Dee Donges, Caryl Parker and Narelle Tait. Well done, girls. Tweed Australia Day Awards went to Coral Withers for her Achievement in Sports and Robyn Booth for her Contribution to Bowls. Congratulations ladies on your richly deserved awards. A big thank you goes to Don Macdonald, Pottsville Delegate to the T.A.D.C.
*** Diary Dates: February 4 – Club Championship Fours commence. Please check the draw for your game. Best wishes for good bowling to all contestants. February 6 – Club Monthly Meeting. All members requested to attend for an update on club activities. February 13: Entries close for Club Championship Pairs. Please ensure your nominations are in by that date. Sheet now on board for entries.
Social bowls are on Thursdays at 9 am. Names to be in by 8.30 am please. Free coaching is available for new members as well as members wishing to freshen up their game. Please phone the Club on 6676 2206, follow the prompts, and leave a message and contact number.
BRIDGE
Brunswick Valley
North/South
Winners Jannine Murray & Patricia Hems
2nd Phyllis Keyte & Peter Baldwin
3rd David Dare & Hilary Kerr
East/West
Winners Alleyne Withey & Gerry Withey
2nd Pat Janda & Silvia van Rossum
3rd Gwenyth Falson & Barbara Simons
Ocean Shores
22-01-14.
5 Table Mitchell . N-S:1st gross :E Wright/M Porter;2nd gross: B Stephens/B Hurst .E-W:1st gross: P Sullivan/P Quirke;2nd gross : G Carson/C Blacker.
*** We meet @ Ocean Shores Country Club every Wednesday evening.Seated by 6.15pm.Contact Pam 6680 3871.
TABLE TENNIS
Mullumbimby
The round-robin singles competition was won by Fred Newman with John Harrison second. Chris Strybos & Peter McKenzie defeated Mark Smith & John Harrison 2-1 in the doubles competition final.
*** All welcome, play is at the Mullumbimby Tennis Clubhouse, Byron Street Mullumbimby, Thursday evening 6.30pm start. Enquiries phone Mark 0409 473 517 or Chris 6684 1468.
SPORT DRAWS
BASKETBALL
Monday February 3
4:30pm Court 1: Spurs vs Bulls Court 2 : Thunder vs Lakers 5:15pm Court 1: Warriors vs Atomic Dynamites Court 2: Clippers vs Woodenbong 6:00pm Court 1:76ers vs Mighty Mustangs Court 2: Heat Vs Mavericks 6:45pm Court 1: Hawks Vs Pistons Court 2: Suns Vs Wolverines 7:30pm Court 1: Devils Vs Rockets Court 2: Bolts Vs Wildcats
Referees: 4.30pm Zoe, Maddison, Johnny, Alissa Mc, Jacob H (L), Cameron (L) 5.15pm Sam, Zoe, Maddison, Johnny, Isaac Mc (L), Makayla G (L) 6pm Kiara, Jay W, Teagan, Jess A 6.45pm Jay W, Jess A, Katie, Teagan 7.30pm Jay W, Tim A, Tyler M, Deb A
Tuesday February 4
Little Stormers and Storm Troopers 4:30pm to 5:45pm
A Grade Women February 4
6.00pm Court 1: Oddshots Vs Breakers Court 2: Social Scrimmage vs Aussie Dent Girls 7.00pm Court 1: Cougars Vs Black Panthers Referees: 6.00pm Court 1; James, Jay W 7:00pm Court 1 Jess A, Teagan
Wednesday February 5
6:00pm Court 1: Nads vs Dreamers Court 2: Hooters vs Boomshakalaka
7:00pm Court 1: Flying Dutchmen vs JW Team
Court 2: Fighting Irish vs Black Panthers
Referees 6pm Tony G, Katie, James, Jess A 7pm Len, Phil, Jess A, Katie
For more information go to www.lismorebasketball.net.au or Phone Tanya 0410 777 572.
SQUASH
Brunswick Heads
Round 3 – 29/1/14
The Potato Works v Brunswick Heads Pharmacy – B Trivett v G Davis, A Li v P Chaffer, Y Gottlieb v S Schubert, J Gribble v G Carter, B Doran v F King
Ocean Shores Glass v Inky Business – K Parolin v A Attewell, N Moon v R King, A Chaffer v W Knight, C Booth v R Cameron, R James v C Naughton
Occupational Health & Rehab Services v Cape Byron Medical Centre – C Littlewood v P Jones, C Walsh v W Ferrier, C Sinclair v T Candy, P Hill v J Nicolson, C Louwen v J Hodges
Monday 3/2/14
Round 3 – Byron Health Foods Comp
Division 1 – 5pm G Davis v M Curran, L Tomasella v T Kropp, B Trivett v C Littlewood; 5.30pm V Pires v L Powell;6.15pm A Attewell v P Jones
Division 2 – 5pm P Chaffer v S Moon; 5.30pm R King v Kijay, A Li v N Moon
Division 3 – 5pm C Sinclair v T Candy, M Cassidy v S Schubert, Y Gottlieb v C Walsh
Division 4 – 5pm J Gribble v R Draper, C Johnston v V McAllister; 5.30pm B Schubert v G Carter; 6.30pm A Cox v L Scott
Division 5 – 5.30pm F King v C McAllister, C Naughton v R Cross, P Begg v J Hodges. B Doran bye
Division 6 – 5pm D Collins v J Burley, R Costinzo v B Alander. O Hamama bye
Wednesday 5/2/14
Round 4 – Byron Trophies Comp
The Potato Works v Cape Byron Medical Centre – B Trivett v P Jones, A Li v W Ferrier, Y Gottlieb v T Candy, J Gribble v J Nicolson, B Doran v J Hodges
Ocean Shores Glass v Occupational Health & Rehab Services – K Parolin v C Littlewood, N Moon v C Walsh, A Chaffer v C Sinclair, C Booth v P Hill, R James v C Louwen
Inky Business v Brunswick Heads Pharmacy – A Attewell v G Davis, R King v P Chaffer, W Knight v S Schubert, R Cameron v G Carter, C Naughton v F King.
*** Phone 6685 1794 to play.
VOLLEYBALL
Brunswick Heads
Tuesday 28/1/14
Finals & Play-offs – Slice Pizzeria Comp
6pm Harold v Goodies, Express v Mangoes. Duty – Flash
7pm Dominators v Kriss Kross, Flash v Jets, Shrooms v Sweaties. Duty – Mangoes
Thursday 30/1/14
Round 3 – Ocean Shores True Value Hardware Comp
6pm Rappez v MJS, Divas v Mum’s the Word, Dashes v Exodia. Duty – Ice Blocks
7pm Chilli Twist v Ice Blocks, Bingergeers v Fireflys. Wam bye. Duty – MJS
Tuesday 4/2/14
Round 1 – Slice Pizzeria Comp
Draw not available at time of publication.
*** Anyone wishing to play in this 3 a side mixed comp phone 66851794 to play. Beginners welcome
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