This month This Sporting Life covers two major events of two of Bali’s most popular expat football codes – Rugby … More November 22, 2017 →

TRIATHLON NEWS 2017 Herbalife Bali Triathlon Australian Mitch Robins has won the 2017 Bali Triathlon that was held on October … More October 25, 2017 →

RUGBY NEWS Karma Bali 10’s 2017 It is that time of year again, the Bali 10’s are on again, on … More September 27, 2017 →

October 14-15 will be a busy sporting weekend with the Bali Rugby Fest in Jimbaran, the Bali Flames Netball Invitational … More August 30, 2017 →

Merdeka Challenge Golf Tournament (19 August) Merdeka or independence as it is translated to English.  It is derived from Sanskrit meaning … More August 2, 2017 →

AFL NEWS The 2017 Aquarius Bali Masters AFL 9’s The 2017 Aquarius Bali Masters AFL 9’s was held last month … More July 5, 2017 →

This Sporting Life profiles a number of events coming up in 2017 in Bali as well as roundups of sports … More June 7, 2017 →

February 04 2015 AFL NEWS That Bali icon the infamous end of season footy tour to Bali is now the subject of legal stoush in VictoriaAustraliaIn one corner the assistant coach of AFL club Essendonand good friend of the Bali Geckos Matthew Egan who has launched legal action for damages and costs from medical staff of the AFL club he previously played for Geelong in the other corner In reply the medical staff defend themselves by declaring that the Egan did not follow doctors orders and rest his leg and instead was involved in various activities in Bali including dancing that aggravated the injury Egan sustained a navicular fracture in 2007 and was delisted in 2009 after six further surgeries failed to get him fit to play again As reported by the Geelong Advertiser in defence documents lodged with the court Geelong medical staff Dr Bradshaw and Mr Blac

January 21 2015 BASKETBALL NEWS The 7th Annual Bali International School BIS Invitational Basketball Tournament will be held February 5th through 8th at BIS A tournament for secondary schools in Bali and Java this year for the first time the tournament will have its first international participant Dili International School and Surabaya powerhouse SPY will also attend The basketball tournaments continue with BIS hosting the IISSAC basketball tournament from February 27th through March 1st Meanwhile the second season of the Bali Wheelchair Basketball League got underway last Wednesday with six teams up from the four teams of the inaugural season last year Season continues through to the finals at the Coaltrans Friendly Games on June 7 The teams are lead by last years winners Mitrais together with Jimbaran Cahaya Mutiara Ubud Puspadi BIS and CiBO more

January 7 2015 EVENTS IN 2015 With the new year upon us it is time to have a look at what is in store sports wise for 2015 so This Sporting Life takes a look at the events coming up In January traditionally quiet due to the rainy season limiting the outdoor events so we have the Bali Indoor Cricket League played in a futsal stadium now in its second seasonwith increased teams and a womenrsquos competition for more information email wayansamgmailcom in February will see Bali International Schoolrsquos 7th edition of Invitational School Basketball tournament for high schools in Bali and nearby March sees the Bali Beach games at Sanur with Beach Soccer Beach Cricket Beach Rugby and Balirsquos Toughest on March 15 more info wwwbalibeachgamescom After the Nyepi break things start to hot up over the Easter weekend with th

December 24 2014 This Sporting Life wishes season greetings for the festive season Christmas Kuninganand Prophets Birthday and happy 2015 to its readers MOTORING NEWS BALI FORMULA ONE CIRCUIT The idea of a Formula One motoring circuit in Bali is back in the news Over the last 15 years or so This Sporting Life has seen proposals for a circuit ranging from Jembrana West Bali Pulau Serengan Turtle Island and the Bukit come and go Now we see the management of Indonesian National Sports Committee KONI Bali urging the Ministry of Youth and Sports Kemenpora to build a Moto GP and F1 racing circuit in Bali Although not yet approved by the relevant Minister apparently the provincial government of Bali has debated the development ldquoWe strongly support the cons

December 10 2014 INDOOR CRICKET NEWS 2015 BALI INDOOR CRICKET LEAGUE ndash Season III The 3rd season of the Bali Indoor Cricket League began on Sunday 30th November and as usual in sync with the beginning of the rainy season This season sees the league growing to 8 teams with 2 Denpasar High School teams SMA5 SMK2 joining the returning teams including the Defending Champions The Geckos Denpasar CC Bali United CC BSF Cricket Academy Flying Cooks and the guys from Canggu Inaugural Champions now known as the Bali Lost Boys Each round played fortnightly will see 4 games played from 11am to 5pm with each team playing each other once before the SemiFinals and the Grand Final on the 22nd March And a first for Indonesia will see the beginning

November 26 2014 As 2014 comes to a closeThis Sporting Life will start highlighting the upcoming events in 2015 so any event organizer is welcome to send details of their sports event to infobaliadvertiserbiz or infobalisportsmagcom for publication in this column TENNIS NEWS As regularly reported in this column the lack of success by Indonesia in the international sports arena can often be traced to the NSAs National Sports Associations and their inability for whatever reason to nurture and support Indonesian sports talent Case in point Balis own Tami Grende Indonesias best junior tennis player whose talents were considered not good enough by the Indonesian Tennis Association PELTI to include her in the Indonesian team for the recent Youth Olympics in China but good enough to be noticed half a world away by t

November 12 2014 NETBALL NEWS More than 200 longlegged beauties representing16 teams from Singapore Thailand Australia and Indonesia jetted in to Bali to take part in the SPURS Bali Flames Netball Invitational 2014 on 25 October the largest Netball tournament in Bali to date The tournament has been held at Bali International School annually since 2007 when it started with just a few teams playing some social netball in between shopping and pampering It has developed into a fullday roundrobin with simultaneous games on four courts and backtoback games across four divisions The competition was fierce but it was the Singaporeans and New Zealanders who took home the honours The A Division Grand Final was held between The Bangkok Barbarians a team of expatriates living in Thailand and Paua Rose a team of Kiwirsquo