Category: This Sporting Life

This month This Sporting Life covers two major events of two of Bali’s most popular expat football codes – Rugby Union and Australian Rules   RUGBY UNION NEWS National Rugby 7s Championships: Road to Asian Games – Bali right in the mix! Rugby Development Bali (PRUI Bali) recently sent two representative senior teams to Jakarta […]

TRIATHLON NEWS 2017 Herbalife Bali Triathlon Australian Mitch Robins has won the 2017 Bali Triathlon that was held on October 15 in Merstasari Beach in Sanur. This was the second Herbalife Bali International Triathlon win for Mitch. Coming in second and third as overall winners, respectively, were Indonesian athletes Jauhari Johan and Yan Bachtiar. Now […]

RUGBY NEWS Karma Bali 10’s 2017 It is that time of year again, the Bali 10’s are on again, on the weekend of October 14 and 15. One of Bali’s oldest non government sports events, now in its 23rd year, the Bali 10’s, now known as Karma Bali 10’s following the announcement of Karma Resorts […]

October 14-15 will be a busy sporting weekend with the Bali Rugby Fest in Jimbaran, the Bali Flames Netball Invitational in Canggu and the Bali Triathlon.   TRIATHLON NEWS  The 10th Herbalife Bali International Triathlon (HBIT) 2017 For the third consecutive year, Herbalife Indonesia is the title sponsor for this event that combines swimming, cycling […]

Merdeka Challenge Golf Tournament (19 August) Merdeka or independence as it is translated to English.  It is derived from Sanskrit meaning ‘rich, prosperous and powerful’ a more thorough definition of Indonesia having gained independence from the Dutch in 1945.  There isn’t a lot to say about this event except that members and guests are welcome to join […]

AFL NEWS The 2017 Aquarius Bali Masters AFL 9’s The 2017 Aquarius Bali Masters AFL 9’s was held last month at Finns Recreation Club in Canggu, Bali. Teams competed in two age divisions, the over 47s and the over 35s. There were 33 teams in total, making this the greatest number of teams to ever […]

This Sporting Life profiles a number of events coming up in 2017 in Bali as well as roundups of sports activities held recently. SWIMMING NEWS The 8th Bali Ocean Swim warm up for the 2017 Sea Games The annual Bali Ocean Swim held on Kuta Beach takes on added importance this year as a number […]

This Sporting Life profiles a number of events coming up in 2017 in Bali. RUNNING NEWS – Bali Marathon 2017 The organizers of Maybank Bali Marathon announced the official race date of the Maybank Bali Marathon 2017 (“MBM17”), an international race that will take place on Sunday, August 27, 2017 in Bali. Maybank Indonesia made […]

With Easter approaching, we report on a number of events held of the Easter break, like the Cricket Sixes starting their third decade.We cover the new Bali Tennis League using an online platform to arrange your games.   TENNIS NEWS – Bali Tennis Liga A group of tennis enthusiasts in Bali have set up an […]

We start this month’s This Sporting News with the sad news of the death of Bali based MMA fighter Casey Suire, in other news the Bali Rugby Club’s new committee and their activities for  2017 and a new event in May, Dragon Boat racing, part of the local government’s push to put Bali on the the global sports […]