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Byron Bay FC Wildcats win grandfinal
The Byron Bay FC third division Wildcats won the grandfinal in the penalty shootout after a torrid encounter against the Italo Stars last Sunday. The game was played in very windy and cold conditions and when Byron did score a... Read More →
6 days ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, Sport -
Shores United get three in grandfinals
Shores United thirds lost a fantastic grandfinal on Saturday afternoon to rivals Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley, but are looking to go one better in sixth and first grade after they played their way into grandfinals this weekend. The Shores thirds were... Read More →
6 days ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, Sport -
Basketball locals win senior tournament
The B-grade leg of Byron Bay Basketball’s sixth annual Seniors Carnival was won by a local team called ‘Level 47’ at the Cavanbah centre over the weekend. Teams came from Griffith University, Brisbane and Toowoomba. Players coming from all over... Read More →
6 days ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, Sport -
WAR make it five in a row
The Wollongbar-Alstonville Pioneers have won the Far North Coast rugby union premiership for the fifth year running by beating Lennox Head on Saturday in Lismore. The Pioneers won the close-fought game 19–14 after scoring three tries to two. Ben Damen,... Read More →
13 days ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, Sport
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Byron Bay FC Wildcats win grandfinal
The Byron Bay FC third division Wildcats won the grandfinal in the penalty shootout after a torrid encounter against the Italo Stars last Sunday. The game was played in very windy and cold conditions and when Byron did score a... Read More →
6 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Magpies collect two AFL flags
The Byron Bay AFL firsts have won their third premiership on the trot when they proved too strong for the Ballina Bombers playing at home on Saturday at the Cavanbah Centre. The Magpies put on seven unanswered goals in the first... Read More →
6 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Shores United get three in grandfinals
Shores United thirds lost a fantastic grandfinal on Saturday afternoon to rivals Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley, but are looking to go one better in sixth and first grade after they played their way into grandfinals this weekend. The Shores thirds were... Read More →
6 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Lennox longboarders make donations
Thirty members of the Lennox Longboarders enjoyed their monthly club round earlier this month at Main Beach on a pristine spring day with sun, favourable winds, tides and some swell to make it a fun morning. Nathan Mackenzie was a... Read More →
6 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Basketball locals win senior tournament
The B-grade leg of Byron Bay Basketball’s sixth annual Seniors Carnival was won by a local team called ‘Level 47’ at the Cavanbah centre over the weekend. Teams came from Griffith University, Brisbane and Toowoomba. Players coming from all over... Read More →
6 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
WAR make it five in a row
The Wollongbar-Alstonville Pioneers have won the Far North Coast rugby union premiership for the fifth year running by beating Lennox Head on Saturday in Lismore. The Pioneers won the close-fought game 19–14 after scoring three tries to two. Ben Damen,... Read More →
13 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Mullum league juniors win premiership
The Mullumbimby Giants Junior Rugby League finished a good year on a high note when the U/10s won the grandfinal on the weekend. The team was undefeated throughout the year, taking out the minor premiership, so the win was icing... Read More →
13 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Suffolk swing into Shand finals with strong win
After a week where the sky leaked more than the Turnbull cabinet the Shand series invisible committee ordered a pitch inspection before the first semi-final between the Lennox Head Ripstarters and the Suffolk Swingers. Merlin and the Central Scrutiniser waved... Read More →
13 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Wildcat thirds win shootout to make grandfinal
The Byron Bay FC third division Wildcats have played themselves into the grandfinal after a sensational come-from-behind win in tough conditions at Lismore Workers last Friday night. The game was a fast-paced end-to-end affair with both teams looking capable of... Read More →
13 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Magpies ready to swoop on flags
The Byron Bay Magpie AFL sides will look to make it a double-premiership day when they take on Ballina Bombers teams in the grandfinals at the Cavanbah Centre this Saturday from 10.30. The senior team has had a week off... Read More →
13 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Two and two for Shores United
This weekend saw another bag of mixed results for Shores United in the semifinals, but the day really belonged to those wonderful U15s Shores boys. In 1st division and the semifinals for the first time, the kids had already sent... Read More →
20 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Byron Snowboarders go National
The Byron Bay High School Snowboard team (yes there is such a thing) have made it to Nationals! Twins Jarra and Kai Millis are having a cracking season at Perisher – the pair competed at the Interschools on a regional... Read More →
20 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
It all comes down to this Saturday for union
It’s that time of year again when far north coasters head to the fields to see who will be victorious in the 2018 rugby union season. The preliminary finals were played on the weekend with Lennox Head, Ballina and Evans... Read More →
20 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Youngsters shine at karate seminar
Dedicated karateka (karate practitioners) from NSW and Victoria attended the Kase Ha Shotokan Karate Do self-defence seminar held recently in both Byron Bay and Bangalow. The workshops were delivered by two visiting senior 5th Dan Kase Ha instructors – Mark... Read More →
20 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Byron Community Primary compete at Coffs Harbour
Late last month 36 students from the Byron Community Primary School travelled to Coffs Harbour to compete in the North Coast Independent Schools (NCIS) Athletics carnival. The school had children aged between eight and 12 participating in event. All the... Read More →
20 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Mono a winner in Oahu
The 2018 AccesSurf’s Hawaii Adaptive Surfing Championships was held recently at Kuhio Beach, Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii. Byron Bay’s Mark ‘Mono’ Stewart won the Kneel division of the the event with only small surf on offer. In the final Mono waited... Read More →
20 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
NRRRL 2018 Grand Finals
First Grade will see that Ballina Seagulls take on the Tweed Coast Raiders, the Ladies League Tag features Marist Brothers Rams V Byron Bay Red Devils, the Reserve Grade clash is between Marist Brothers Rams and the Murwillumbah Mustangs... Read More →
20 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Dickens wins double again at the Oz titles
Lennox Head’s Ben Dickens has repeated his double victory in 2017 with another flawless performance at Cabarita Point on the Tweed at the 2018 SAE Group Australian Surf Festival. Dickens was undefeated the whole event winning all his heats and... Read More →
27 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Lennox Head play Ballina in rugby major semifinal
The Ballina Buccaneers and the Lennox Head Trojans will go head-to-head this weekend in far north coast rugby to decide who will play in the grandfinal against Wollongbar-Alstonville. The local derby was set up after Lennox Head had a convincing... Read More →
27 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Shores United prepare for semifinals
Shores United first and third division teams lost on the weekend but have an upcoming chance of redemption, while the U/15s will play for a place in the final this weekend. The Shores U/15 first division side have never been... Read More →
27 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Lyn and Margaret snare pairs at Brunswick Heads
Lyn Proudlock and Margaret Darby have claimed the open pairs championship at the Brunswick Heads Womens Bowling Club after beating Kerry Dexter and Lorraine McCormick 19–17 in the final. It was an extremely close game as Margaret and Lyn were... Read More →
27 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Rainbow Dragon boaters host regatta
Eighteen clubs from Camden Haven (NSW) to Redcliffe (QLD) competetd in the Rainbow Region Dragon Boat Cub’s August regatta in Ballina that marks the start of the 2018/19 season. The Shaws Bay course started out in brilliant conditions on Saturday... Read More →
27 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Local triathletes third in Ballina
True Wheel Cycles men’s relay team of Dean Cutting, Mick Donnelly and Andy Kean came third in the Ballina Triathlon Teams event last Sunday among a strong field of local teams in very wet conditions.
27 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Byron High boys narrowly miss out on Bill Turner Cup finals
Quarterfinalists: Byron Bay High School’s U/15 boys side. Photo Rachel Milgate Byron Bay High’s U/15 boys soccer team won their round-of-16 clash last week, but three days later went down 1–0 to Newcastle High in the quarterfinals, ending their stellar... Read More →
August 21, 2018 | The Echo | 0 -
Byron Bay bowlers claim top-four finish at state titles
The Byron Bay Sevens played the state pennant finals held at The Greens BC at The Entrance last week. Photo supplied The Byron Bay Bowling Club number seven pennants team missed out on a finals berth at the state... Read More →
August 21, 2018 | The Echo | 0
