Alan Syd Campbell passed away on 19th April and is best remembered for his 40-year RAAF career at Richmond Air Force base, his life as a teacher at TAFE and his twin passions of surfing and photography. Born in Manly in 1947, Alan later moved with his family to Mayfield, Newcastle, during the 1950s. After […]
23 May 2024
THE Penrith Basketball Association’s latest recruit to the NBL1 East Men’s squad, Jack McWilliams, is extremely well-credentialed and will ideally be a key member of the team through the remainder of the season. Jack began his basketball career in the junior representative ranks with the Macarthur Heat, before moving to the Camden Valley Wildfire, where […]
23 May 2024
Hawkesbury Classic Champion Stella McGinley and Tony Weller (Manager, Bendigo Bank). Windsor CC, Lynwood CC and Richmond GC hosted the three rounds of the 2024 Ladies Hawkesbury Classic, over the 7-9th May, with 134 players representing 22 golf clubs competing in the event. The overall 54-hole Nett winner and Hawkesbury Classic Champion was Stella McGinley […]
16 May 2024
Visiting the Emergency Department (ED) at Nepean Hospital can sometimes be a lonely, intimidating and frightening experience, especially if you’ve attended for a potentially life-altering ailment or injury. However, a group of volunteers, consisting of members of the Rotary Club of the Lower Blue Mountains and community members, are on hand to offer assistance where […]
09 May 2024
Kevin Canning is one of the principals of the Penrith Men’s Walk & Talk, which starts every Thursday night in the Coffee Club opposite Tench Reserve. A Life Member of both the Emu Plains Junior Rugby League Football Club and the P&C Association, Kevin is driven by a desire to be actively involved in the […]
09 May 2024
A huge crowd celebrated a fantastic day of racing and entertainment at Hawkesbury’s 19th standalone Richmond Club Hawkesbury Cup meeting. Hawkesbury Race Club Chief Executive Officer James Heddo stated “We were very fortunate to miss a lot of the rain that fell throughout Sydney during last week and offered a complete package of high-quality racing, […]
09 May 2024
LOCAL identity Ross (Rossco) Hutchison has been immortalised in oils, the subject of an entry by artist Corrinne Hemsley into this year’s Archibald Prize art competition. Rossco’s painting is a striking composition, with his extensive and varied life history revealed in the brush strokes of the portrait. He has danced in front of the Queen […]
03 May 2024
Pendragons State paddlers. Photo supplied. ON April 19, six members of the Pendragons Dragon Boat Club competed at the Australian National Dragon Boat Championships in Perth, Western Australia. Kim Stein, Janine To’o, Julie Gray, Peter Fox (Senior B), Elaine McNaughton and Madeleine Jacques (Senior A) were all selected to represent NSW and fought hard against […]
03 May 2024
HAWKESBURY Race Club has received a record 245 nominations for this Saturday’s massive 10-race Hawkesbury Cup program. “We are thrilled with the response we have had to this Saturday’s stand-alone event, with record prizemoney of over $1.8 million on offer,” Hawkesbury Race Club CEO James Heddo said. “There are 29 entries for the $250,000 Group […]
03 May 2024
FOLLOWING the sudden death of Nepean News ‘Legend of the Nepean’ Bob Aitken AM JP, we would like to run this excerpt of our article, which ran on May 26, 2022, in his memory. In addition to running Bob Aitken Media, his own media company, Bob had been the Chairman of Rotary District 9685 Polio […]
26 April 2024
