A few hours after the Socceroos went down 3-1 to Chile, the Seahorses had a similar encounter at Bangalow. The similarities include the scoreline – a 3-1 loss and the fact that the result that did not reflect the tenacity of the Seahorses outfit. The major difference, however,  was the quality of the refereeing which...CONTINUE READING

Saunders Oval Ballina hosted a football spectacular worthy of the build-up hype surrounding this year’s world cup with the highly anticipated local derby between the Ballina Seahorses and the Tintenbar/East Ballina football club. This year is Tintenbar’s first year at premier level status in the FFNC competition and the latent rivalry between the two local...CONTINUE READING

It’s going to be a HUGE few days at Saunders Oval for the Ballina Soccer Club this weekend with plenty of junior and senior games and our annual Junior Carnival on Sunday. Our Grade 14 girls and Grade 15 girls are first up at 6.30pm on Friday night against Uki and Italo Stars respectively and...CONTINUE READING

The Seahorses had a much needed one- nil win over local rivals Alstonville last Saturday on the ruddy soils of Crawford Park. Both teams were fired up for a win, Ballina needing to move up the table (away from the relegation zone) and Alstonville were keen to get the three points in order to secure...CONTINUE READING

The Ballina premiers travelled to Lismore last Saturday with high hopes of securing some important competition points. However their hopes were shattered with a 9 -2 drubbing at the hands of a ruthless Rovers outfit. Rovers were coming off an embarrassing and highly unexpected 8 nil defeat at the hands of Byron the previous Saturday,...CONTINUE READING

Saunders Oval is Closed for Friday night and Saturday games this weekend.  The fields will be checked Saturday afternoon to confirm Sunday games. . Toni Caesar will be hosting a Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser for the Cancer Council Saturday May 17 from 10am onwards at the Clubhouse. Gold coin donation to join in.   . ....CONTINUE READING

Last Saturday heralded the fourth round of the men’s premier division soccer competition.  The Ballina Seahorses were defeated 3-1 in a close encounter of the ‘thistly’ kind at Saunders Oval. The extreme wet weather at the end of last week resulted in a sodden pitch which impeded both team’s efforts to play at their best....CONTINUE READING

The Junior Development Day has been rescheduled for SUNDAY 27 APRIL from 3-5pm. Chris Laylan (Premier Men’s Coach) will hold the Coaches Induction on the same day from 1pm.  That is for all junior coaches from Grade 6 through to Grade 11. This is also a reminder that there are players that are still unpaid...CONTINUE READING