Sport
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Junior basketballers triumphant at Northern League finals
The Byron Beez U/14 girls and U/16 boys were crowned Northern Junior League champions, while the U/14 boys came away from the early August tournament in Port Macquarie as runners-up. The U/14 girl Beez finished on top of the ladder... Read More →
One week ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, Sport -
Local rugby lines up to support mental health
Last weekend the Moonshiners hosted their second ‘Moonshiners for Mental Health’ Charity Day to raise funds and awareness for Beyondblue. A great crowd and some exciting rugby provided an excellent atmosphere.
One week ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, Sport -
Dickens takes two titles at Australian Surf Festival
Lennox Head’s Ben Dickens has won the double at the 2017 Australian Surf Festival held at Cabarita, taking out both the Over-40 Men’s Logger and Over-40 Men’s Longboard national titles with an impressive display of skill and self-belief on finals day.
One week ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, Sport -
Bombers beat Mullum Giants in final league game for 2017
To let your opponent’s dummy-half get across the white chalk for a try is a little bit on the slack side. To let him do it again is outright negligence. To have the number nine score a third time is enough to make you spew – but that’s what happened at Les Donnelly Field on Sunday.
One week ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, Sport
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Junior basketballers triumphant at Northern League finals
The Byron Beez U/14 girls and U/16 boys were crowned Northern Junior League champions, while the U/14 boys came away from the early August tournament in Port Macquarie as runners-up. The U/14 girl Beez finished on top of the ladder... Read More →
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Local rugby lines up to support mental health
Last weekend the Moonshiners hosted their second ‘Moonshiners for Mental Health’ Charity Day to raise funds and awareness for Beyondblue. A great crowd and some exciting rugby provided an excellent atmosphere.
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Dickens takes two titles at Australian Surf Festival
Lennox Head’s Ben Dickens has won the double at the 2017 Australian Surf Festival held at Cabarita, taking out both the Over-40 Men’s Logger and Over-40 Men’s Longboard national titles with an impressive display of skill and self-belief on finals day.
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Bombers beat Mullum Giants in final league game for 2017
To let your opponent’s dummy-half get across the white chalk for a try is a little bit on the slack side. To let him do it again is outright negligence. To have the number nine score a third time is enough to make you spew – but that’s what happened at Les Donnelly Field on Sunday.
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Rams winless but twin points championships still within reach
Matches between the Northern Hotel Rams and Richmond Rovers are always intense and fiery displays and the weekend’s clashes at the Byron Recreation Ground were no exception.
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Local pole dancer took on Queensland’s finest
Local pole dancer Christine Priestly was chosen as a finalist in the Queensland Pole Championships held in Brisbane in late July.
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Nixon wins at Teven
Rex Nixon has taken out the second of four Club Championship rounds at Teven Golf Club by winning an 18-holes stroke competition with a two-stroke lead. Dave Fowler beat John Selwood to the runner-up spot on a countback after they... Read More →
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Geckos defend 139 and push claim for Shand cricket Cup
Brian Mollet As the world dances along the knife edge of thermonuclear catastrophe the footsoldiers of the Shand series show us that we can play hard and well, but nobody has to get baked in their own skin for someone... Read More →
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Kyogle motocrosser crowned Australian champion
Kyogle motocross star Dean Ferris has been selected to represent Australia in the Motocross of Nations just days before being crowned Australian champion for the second consecutive year.
One week ago | Rodney Stevens | 0 -
Red Devils get 20k boost for club works
Red Devil Park has been in need of a bit of a spruce up and yesterday the club got a bit of a hand with some much needed funding.
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Last chance to register for Lismore Masters
Proving that it’s never to late to have a go, competitors in Masters events go from strength to strength. The 10th biennial Lismore Workers Masters Games will be held from Friday September 22 to Sunday 24.
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Lennox Trojan’s celebrate diversity
The Lennox Head Trojans rugby club are using their last home game to highlight the changing face of rugby in the Lennox area as they have their first welcome to country and smoke ceremony before the game.
12 days ago | Aslan Shand | 0 -
Sailors relish 18-knot winds on the Tweed
Bill Fenelon and Alison Blatcher The TVSC is having a good run marked by ideal sailing conditions two Sundays ago as a fresh northerly gusting to 18 knots, and blue skies, made for a refreshing afternoon. With 18 boats on... Read More →
13 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
BMX dreams come true for Darcy Harris
A new bike has made all the difference to 13-year-old Darcy Harris of Lismore Heights, who easily won his class and was runner-up in the open category of the Jacks Ridges cross-country mountain bike race at Nambucca Heads two weeks... Read More →
13 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Moonshiners host charity rugby day for mental health
The second annual ‘Moonshiners for Mental Health’ charity day is on this Saturday August 12 at Alby Lofts Oval, Brunswick Heads. The Mullumbimby Moonshiners Rugby Club will be hosting a day of rugby, raffles, giveaways, activities for the kids and... Read More →
13 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Lumsden and Leeson win Mullum pairs
Michael Burke The final of the Minor Pairs for Mullumbimby Ex-Services Bowling Club was played last Saturday and won by Lumsden and Leeson. In the final Jamie Ewin and Andrew Moroney took on Ashley Lumsden and Ben Leeson. Both teams... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
All Girls Surfriders enjoy Winter Classic
Marika Ilic vice-president Small conditions equalised the playing field for the All Girls Surfriders Annual Hardcore Winter Classic July prize round, giving everyone a chance to reach the finals. The day started with off-shore winds and 0.3–0.6 metre clean waves.... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Big loss to Kyogle brings Red Devils’ hard season to an end
John Campbell words and photo In their last game of the 2017 northern rivers rugby league season Byron Bay Red Devils lost 52–4 playing away against the Kyogle Turkeys on Sunday. To say the score was a fair reflection of... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Swingers collect Shand Cup win
Brian Mollet Mullumbimby’s oval glistened like a starlet’s lip gloss on Sunday for the east of the highway derby in the Nick Shand cup between the thoroughly workshopped Byron Full-Tossers and the libertines of local cricket the Suffolk Swingers. The... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Female footballers flock to MBVFC and set sights on finals
Kol Dimond As the sun begins to set on the 2017 football season Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley Football Club is already celebrating a terrific season of women’s football after boosting participation and delivering great results. For the first time in the... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Whyatt dominates Aus Surf Festival
Crystal Cylinders Suffolk Park surfer Jye Whyatt has won dual national titles at the Australian Longboard Titles as part of the Australian Surf Festival. Whyatt executed an exciting array of impressive manoeuvres to dominate the field in both the Junior... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Byron rugby wins charity day
Byron Bay has tightened its grip on a finals berth in the far north coast rugby competition after a 34–6 win against Lennox Head on Saturday. Playing in front of a home crowd on their charity day Byron posted six... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Bombers shot down by dogged Devils
John Campbell It’s a bit late in the day for Byron’s Red Devils to be showing their true colours, but it is immensely satisfying to see the boys at last rack up some hard-earned wins. Before a crowd of 3,814,... Read More →
21 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Ben named lifeguard of the year
Community-oriented Ben Mortimer (21) has been named as Ballina Lifeguard of the Year for 2016/17. Ben faced an extremely challenging situation on the second day of the patrol season when he was among the first on the scene of a... Read More →
21 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
17-day Surf Fest underway at Tweed
Crystal Cylinders Competition will be stiff at the 2017 Australian Surf Festival underway on the Tweed Coast and set to run for a marathon 17 days. Interstate entrants will come up against a strong field of local athletes keen to... Read More →
21 days ago | The Echo | 0
