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What s’ on? COMMUNITY EVENTS
NAIDOC Week 3 – 10 JULY 2022
Surfing NSW – Challenge Her Teams Classic
Various Locations
3 JULY 2022
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Seven Mile Beach, Lennox Head
This year's theme Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! can take many forms.
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We need to move beyond just acknowledgement, good intentions, empty words and promises, and hollow commitments. Enough is enough. The relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non‑Indigenous Australians needs to be based on justice, equity, and the proper recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights. Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! with us to amplify our voices and narrow the gap between aspiration and reality, good intent and outcome. Get involved in this year's events! For information on all NAIDOC Week events visit discoverballina.com.au
Annual Celebration Walk MONDAY 4 JULY FROM 10AM Starts at Ballina RSL Club Walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future in the annual Celebration Walk. Starting at the Ballina RSL Club and proceeding along River Street then Cherry Street to the Ballina Indoor Sports Centre (BiSC) for the official ceremony. Refreshments, BBQ, stalls and games at the BISC. For more information on activities planned for NAIDOC Week in Ballina Shire visit council’s website ballina.nsw.gov.au/naidoc-week-2022 or discoverballina.com.au
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THE MAGAZINE OF THE BALLINA SHIRE COUNCIL
The Challenge Her Teams Classic is an unprecedented three-event all-female series staged across three locations in NSW with the event coming to Lennox Head in July. The series is supported by the NSW Office of Sport’s Her Sport Her Way initiative that aims to build a sport where women and girls are valued, recognised and have equal choices and opportunities to lead and participate. Through Her Sport Her Way, Surfing NSW hope to create innovative and inspirational programs and opportunities that will shape a bright future for women in surfing. The Challenge Her Teams Classic (North – Lennox) event is a unique one-day all women’s surf event and will stage on Sunday 3 July 2022. It will engage recreational female surfers as well as female Boardrider club members. The main event will involve teams divisions where surfers can ride shortboard or longboards. The event format emphasises fun, collaborative surfing over individual competition and will be streamed live on Kayo Sports. Additionally, Surfing NSW will host a range of exciting workshops and technical skills sessions that collaborates with local service providers and will engage females from the local community and friends and family of the main event participants. The North – Lennox Head event is expected to draw 100 participants in the main event, 150 additional friends and family who will also be involved in the workshops and skill-based activities, and 30 staff along with local spectators throughout the day.
