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How Lismore saved the future of All-Star baseball team

It's a win-win situation for baseball fans and the Australian Baseball League.

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20th Jan. 2021 12:01 AM

ABL action will return to Lismore’s Albert Park this Friday. PHOTO: Steve Bell/SMP Images

Skydiver flown to hospital after collision during free fall

Two people collided after jumping from 10,000 feet, before deploying their parachutes.

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15th Jan. 2021 11:01 AM

Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter in flight. Picture: Surf Life Saving Australia

Ballina Open proves to be ace once again

The New Year Open saw 266 participants from across the East Coast participate.

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06th Jan. 2021 11:01 PM

AMT men's finalists Winter Meagher and Brendon Moore with AMT women's finalists Sienna Leeson and Emerson Jones. Picture: North East Tennis

Stumps pulled on cricket carnivals after 30+ years

The popular cricket tournaments have helped develop some promising young players.

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05th Jan. 2021 11:01 PM

The annual Lismore and Ballina cricket carnivals have been cancelled due to COVID-19. Photo Ursula Bentley@CapturedAus.

2020 on the Northern Rivers: in photos

From fire aftermath to floods, Black Lives Matter protests and COVID-19, it has been an eventful year for the Northern...

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30th Dec. 2020 9:12 AM

Member for Page Kevin Hogan and Member for Clarence Chris Gulaptis reflect on the Pacific Highway upgrade being open.

90-year-old takes a plunge in breathtaking skydive adventure

MAVIS was keen to try the adventure sport a decade ago but at 80, she was talked out of it.

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07th Oct. 2020 10:10 AM

Ballina woman Mavis Austen, aged 90, went skydiving with Skydive Australia Byron Bay on Sunday, October 4.

Young North Coast surfers clean up in Coffs groms series

NORTHERN Rivers groms were a stand out at event three of the 2020 Woolworths Surfer Groms Comps Series.

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27th Sept. 2020 5:09 PM

Byron Bay surfer Leihani Kaloha Zoric claimed her second title in as many days, taking out the Under-10 Girls division of the Woolworths Surfer Groms Competition at Coffs Harbour.

'Fly high': Promising sportsman and 'larrikin' remembered

EDDIE Allen’s life has been remembered in a moving service.

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25th Sept. 2020 1:09 PM

Edward "Eddie" Allen has been remembered in an emotional funeral service in Lismore.

Footy club rallies to help injured player

AFTER a tackle put Nigel Marshall in the emergency room, Marist Brothers have united to help.

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11th Aug. 2020 2:08 PM

$RAMS REQUEST: Marist Brothers Ram are asking the Northern Rivers league community to help out player Nigel Marshall a self-employed landscaper who fractured his arm during a match last month. "Nige is the first to help others and now it's out turn to help him," said the club.$

Switch flicked on $3.2 million sport complex

A light has been shone on the Kingscliff Regional Sports Complex Masterplan – literally.

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11th July 2020 8:07 AM

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