Hey boys as this season is drawing to a close it has come to my attention that yet again no one has organised the end of season trip. So being on the committee i have made an executive decision and have decided that this year the end of season trip is going to be held leaving Ballina Friday 31/10/2008
from a point yet to be decided returning to Ballina Sunday 02/11/2008.

We will be going to Brisvegas staying at a bakpackers. Which one is yet to be confirmed (awaiting no’s.) hitting the town on friday night, followed by Derby Day races @ Doomben race course with an Op-shop theme for the day.

If you guys can hit me back with numbers by the end of the season we will be able to get this years end of season trip rolling and hopefully make it one to remember or not depending on how you are.

This Thursday night the Olympics kick off for 2008, and Ballina RSL is encouraging all locals to come down and watch the coverage. The Olyroos are playing against Serbia from 7pm , and the Ballina Soccer Club Mens Premier Team is hosting a sausage sizzle for all those in attendance.

All the squad will be there, so come down and meet your local heros. There will be prizes and giveaways so come down and enjoy a fun evening.

To all the boys, get there about 6:30 for the mustering session to sort out which sausage station you will be sizzling from.

Ballina Seagulls Rugby League Club is hosting the “2008 Relay for Life” at Kingsford Smith Park on Saturday 1st November and Sunday 2nd November.

Seagulls challenge all other codes in a competition to raise the most money towards this years relay with a very enticing prize of a keg of your choice, plus 6 bottles of wine and 3 cold food platters to be presented to the winning teams tent prior to the start of the event. If you are interested in meeting this challenge, ring Ballina Seagulls on 66868100 or 0401 597798 to register you team.

Hey boys lets show the other codes what we can do!!!

The Victory Hotel Brisbane is no longer with us.

Fire authorities sift through Victory hotel ruins (ABC News)

The old pub has been good to us for so many years, and although I have neglected her for the last few years, her memory still lives long in my heart.

Rest In Peace - Victory Hotel  - 2008

I am sorry to say this, but all you kids that were looking forward to having a kick after the school holidays will have to wait a little bit longer. All fields are closed for this weekend. With a few exceptions at this stage - Italo Stars, Pottsville and Kingscliff for senior mens games.

A decision is expected to be made this morning on those grounds. This will effect te Mens Premier Division who are due to play at Pottsville this afternoon. Stay tuned for a decision on that.

I will post here as soon as I know anything.

Registrations forms are now available for download on the Professional Soccer Academy page of the website. The Academy has been successful so far, with great reviews from all involved. If you are looking to give your children a bit more of a chalenge, seriously think about signing up. Head to the Academy page now for more details

The Ballina Soccer Club Junior Carnival is still on this Sunday, promising to be lots of fun for the kids who have not had much soccer lately due to the wet weather. The carnival page has now been updated to provide the lists of draws and rules for the different age groups. Please make sure you take a look to see where you need to be Sunday Morning.

Please note that all forms and monies need to be handed in by 9.00am. Kim and other volunteers will be in the canteen to collect copies of nomination forms. All fields will be clearly marked out for your convenience.

There have been some minor changes due to a lack of teams. We have ensured that there are plenty of tournament matches to be played and lots of fun to be had.

Coaches have a responsibility to referee some games. Please highlight your teams games and your refereeing duties.

Please click here to go to the Junior Carnival Page

Full canteen service will be available on the day.

Thank you all and see you on Sunday!

As part of the Volunteers Incentive Program, Dreamworld has donated a family pass for the person who helps out the most in the canteen. Put in the most amount of time and get the free tickets. Ask at the canteen for more details.

Ballina has succumbed to an unfortunate defeat in the final of the Anzac cup losing on penalties to some Lismore team.. . I don’t know which they all have the same vacant expression and shifty eyes.

The Balllina boys started proceedings well with some solid passing and constructive play only to allow the other team to net an easy goal. This however seemed to spur the seahorses on and they pushed forward repeatedly only to be denied time and again.

With Ballina enjoying the bulk of possession for the first half, the Lismore team were left looking ambulatory and disinterested, as if they were passing time until the centrelink opened the next day. This allowed Ballina to push forward and create holes with Troy Percival looking dangerous up front being supported by Shannon Macjieski (apologies for the butchering of your name dude) and Brent Manieri.

After the half time interval, the Lismore team still appeared disinterested and intent to only attack on the break. A tactic that was thwarted time and again by the Ballina backline, with big ups to Dave Betteridge, Dane Seymour, the unflappable Thommo and the webmaster himslef Lucas Wagland.

Apparently having not read (possibly due to lacking the ability to) the always entertaining football article in the local “newspaper” by their football “journalist” Lismore were again pedestrian at best after the half with Ballina able to turn concentrated pressure in to goals through a cracker from Phil Amery and penalty from Troy Percival after Cerys Hawkins expertly picked out a defenders arm in the box.

The seahorses pushed for a third goal to finish the tie, however this allowed the other team to score which brought the game back to evens. Then we scored through the ever reliable Adam Izzard and they got one back. It then went to extra time and then penalties. Afterwhich the game ended. Oh and Shaz got the player of the match. Huzzah for Shaz. Well deserved.

The Ballina squad did well in the game and should supporters should be bouyed by the teams efforts as the controlled the majority of the play and played some attractive football and created a lot of chances.

Oh and post script what the heck were the talking about in the “newspaper” article about them using the “spirit on Anzac day” to help them win? What the hell does that make us the Turks? They do actually read what he writes before they print it don’t they?

I hope that by the time you are reading this, the site looks a little bit better and brighter than it did before. You may notice that there are a few bugs around the place, but hopefully we will iron them out over the next few days (or weeks). One of the things I would like to draw your attention to is the extra number of pages that will need work. The site is now one of the main forms of information for the Ballina Soccer Club, so we need to put - you guessed it - information on the site.

If you see a page that is empty or in need of further development, please feel free to contribute. If you do not know how to use the Admin area, send me an email and I will show you how. Alternatively, just type something up and I will post it for you.

Remember that this is your site, so please use it to let peple know what is going on.

Thanks for all those that have freely offered there ideas to the project, and we hope you continue to enjoy.