27.6 C
Byron Shire
September 26, 2023
Byron EchoSport

Calling all local cricketers

By The Echo
0

Latest News

Byron EchoEcho - 0

Bangalow General Store 

The concept of the Australian general store is an old one, dating back to the time when our population was smaller, and transportation much more difficult. The whole town and surrounding area would purchase their food staples, dry goods and sometimes basic home and hardware from the general store.
Read more

Other News

Byron EchoRay Moynihan - 2

Splendour found in the brass 

The sound of music has well and truly returned to our schools, following the eerie silence of the pandemic. 
Read more
Byron EchoMichael Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek - 7

Already in ‘No’

When asked about the Voice referendum, Aboriginal performance artist and blogger, Briggs, summed it up pretty concisely: ‘Why would...
Read more
Byron EchoEcho - 0

School holidays: farmers’ market fun

It’s an image still with me, the little boy dancing in front of the stage, face split into a smile of pure joy, orange balloon floating from his fingers, his father bopping alongside.
Read more
Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Man dies at Dalwood Falls

A report will be prepared for the Coroner after a body was pulled from the water at the notoriously dangerous Dalwood Falls, about 14km west of Ballina on Sunday.
Read more
Local NewsMia Armitage - 0

Ballina Shire Council to consider relinquishing conservation zone powers

The future of conservation zones in the Ballina Shire could be left to private landowners in a council vote expected this week.
Read more
Byron EchoLindy Stacker , Binna Burra - 19

‘Yes’ posters dismantled

I’m feeling a ‘tad’ disillusioned with the human species. My two ‘Yes’ posters were violated and removed just last...
Read more

For more information contact your local club via websites, Facebook or Jason directly on 0488 996166.

The start of a new cricket season is fast approaching so new and returning players are welcome at the Byron Bay, and other local, cricket clubs.

Junior competition season is starting on Saturday 14 October.

‘We run a learning cricket program on Wednesday afternoons for beginners and also have an U/12 team in the Saturday morning competition,’ Byron Bay Cricket Club’s Jason Trisley said.

‘This season we are also hoping to field an U/11s team that will play after school games, home and away against local clubs,’ he said.

Seniors

Senior cricket competition across at least three grades will start on 7 October.

Players of all abilities are also welcome to join their local clubs that include Ballina, Byron Bay, Lennox Head, Ballina, East Tintenbar-Ballina, Alstonville and Mullumbimby-Brunswick Heads.

For more information contact your local club via websites, Facebook or Jason directly on 0488 996166.

Previous articleBasketballers head to the Cavanbah Centre for carnival
Next articleInterview with The Cat Empire

Support The Echo

Keeping the community together and the community voice loud and clear is what The Echo is about. More than ever we need your help to keep this voice alive and thriving in the community.

Like all businesses we are struggling to keep food on the table of all our local and hard working journalists, artists, sales, delivery and drudges who keep the news coming out to you both in the newspaper and online. If you can spare a few dollars a week – or maybe more – we would appreciate all the support you are able to give to keep the voice of independent, local journalism alive.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Byron Echo

Legend Pizza

Echo - 0
If you go back in time 32 years, Byron was very different, but Legend Pizza was already a massive favourite of locals. You’d have to be a bit of a legend to have a successful business that’s been right in the middle of Jonson St for 30 of those years; that’s been locally owned and operated the whole time.
Read more
Byron Echo

Voice referendum

Michael Trevaskis, Alstonville - 0
I’m really annoyed about all the things that are written and said about the referendum on October 14 which do not address the proposed...
Read more
Byron Echo

School holidays: farmers’ market fun

Echo - 0
It’s an image still with me, the little boy dancing in front of the stage, face split into a smile of pure joy, orange balloon floating from his fingers, his father bopping alongside.
Read more
Local News

Disaster management needs different approach, says NRCF

Paul Bibby - 0
Disaster funding must favour social capital and community building, rather than just ‘mopping up’, the head of the philanthropic organisation, Northern Rivers Community Foundation, says.
Read more

More Articles Like This

Local gets Australian call up

Byron Echo The Echo - 1
Tintenbar-East Ballina cricketer Steven Leahy has been selected to play for the Australian over 40s team to play at the inaugural World Cup, for the age group, in Pakistan next month.
Read more

Last chance to register for Lismore’s Masters Games

Local News The Echo - 0
Today Lismore City Council Mayor Steve Krieg has encouraged people to sign up for the 12th biennial Workers Masters Games, before registrations close tonight.
Read more

Free training to become a local cricket umpire

Byron Echo The Echo - 0
In an effort to boost local umpiring numbers for the upcoming season, the Far North Coast Cricket Council have secured international umpire, Claire Polosak,...
Read more

TEB takes one from two in cricket grand finals

Byron Echo The Echo - 0
Last Saturday saw grand final cricket action across all grades on the Far North Coast with Tintenbar-East Ballina (TEB) winning third grade, but losing...
Read more

The Echo is made possible by the support of all of our advertisers.

FEATURED STORIES

State government approves 60-day cap on short-term holiday letting in Byron

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 0
The state government has approved a new 60-day cap on non-hosted short term rental accommodation (STRA) for large parts of the Byron Shire. Most of NSW has no cap.
Read more

Disaster management needs different approach, says NRCF

Local News Paul Bibby - 0
Disaster funding must favour social capital and community building, rather than just ‘mopping up’, the head of the philanthropic organisation, Northern Rivers Community Foundation, says.
Read more

Pre-Incan mummies found in Peru by gas workers

Science Goes Viral Cosmos Magazine - 0
The mummified bodies of eight individuals have been found by city workers who were digging a natural gas line in the Carabayllo district on the outskirts of Lima, capital of Peru.
Read more

State government pledges $5m for Lismore’s Two Rooms project

Local News Paul Bibby - 0
More than 350 flood affected homes in the Northern Rivers region can now be repaired, getting vulnerable people back on their feet and into safe housing thanks to Resilient Lismore’s Two Rooms Project, backed by $5 million in funding from the NSW Government.
Read more

POPULAR POSTS

Kingscliff’s amenity or company profit?

Local News The Echo - 15
Kingscliff property developer Gales Holgins is seeking to increase truck movements by bringing in fill from the M1 road works rather than using fill from the development site. But Kingscliff Ratepayers and Progress Association say that the impact on residents and business is too high a cost to pay.
Read more

Car mania clogs Mullumbimby

Byron Echo The Echo - 39
It was a fatal error – driving half a kilometre into Mullumbimby to pick up a carton of milk. My partner drove while I conducted reconnaissance for that elusive parking spot. 
Read more

Byron Shire Mayor, staff mute over Council court loss

Byron Echo Hans Lovejoy - 0
Byron Mayor, Simon Richardson (Greens), is again remaining mute over questions around Council’s court loss, this time over a fencing dispute in Suffolk Park.
Read more

Local concert series organiser hit with $5,000 fine

Local News Paul Bibby - 15
When local musician Lisa Hunt arrived for a meeting with police last Thursday she was hoping for a somewhat friendlier reception than she had received on the last occasion.
Read more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

Give Website Feedback

FOLLOW US