Layla Sharp training in Blind Cricket. Photo supplied. FOURTEEN-year-old Athletics and Cross Country para-record holder Layla Sharp is preparing for one of the best trips of her life, headed to Adelaide SA for a training camp for Australia’s blind female cricketers. The purpose of the camp in Adelaide is to prepare the players for competitive […]
25 November 2022
Adrian, Mental Health worker Lisa Crawford and Flourish Westclub band (D Street Riffs) member Karl Zirn. Photo supplied. ACCORDING to a report from Flourish Australia, one in five people suffer from mental health issues in Australia (20% of the population). 800,00 Australians are living with complex mental health issues, including anxiety disorders, depression, schizophrenia and […]
14 November 2022
BANKS PS ran two major events in the past two weeks, starting last week with Superhero Day. The students were asked to come to school dressed in their favourite superhero outfit, with money raised on the day sent to a company which manufactures superhero shirts for sick children in hospital. These shirts are especially designed […]
14 November 2022
Action from the Spring Cup 0-Goal game on Sunday at Windsor Polo Club. Photo by Noel Rowsell. IT’S great to see polo being played back in the Hawkesbury, after flooding once again inundated our polo fields,” said Kim McDougall, one of the organisers of Polo events at Windsor Polo Club. “We’ve had 12 teams competing […]
14 November 2022
Emily Griffiths in action at Coast Archers. Photo courtesy of Luca and Misi Kecskes. PENRITH City Archers, which is based adjacent to the Colonial Golf Course in Werrington, is celebrating two national title winners, with 14-year old Emily Griffiths (Wilberforce) and 68-year old Kevin Girard (Katoomba) winning their respective age groups. Emily was in action […]
14 November 2022
Paddler of the Year (Olympic Disciplines) – Jessica Fox (NSW) OLYMPIC gold medallist and world champion Jessica Fox was presented with the Athlete of the Year (Olympic Disciplines) at the 2022 Paddle Australia Awards night, which was held on Saturday night at the Stamford Plaza, 241 O’Riordan St, Mascot. Her mother Myriam was also recognised […]
04 November 2022
THE Western Sydney Whitewater Club hosted the Canoe Slalom State Championships on Sunday morning at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium, with Noemie Fox putting in two gold-medal-winning performances to win the Women’s Canoe and the Women’s Kayak. Noemie put down the fastest time in the first run of the WK1, then backed up with the fastest […]
04 November 2022
IN 2021, the Nepean News covered an up-and-coming young race driver, who was headed to Bathurst for his 2nd drive in the annual Bathurst 1000. Jayden Ojeda (Claremont Meadows) quickly put the result of that race, which ended on 112 laps with a DNF, behind him, suiting up again this year with Matt Stone Racing, […]
28 October 2022
THE Blacktown Red Belly Warriors Rugby League Club has enjoyed great success at the 50th Koori Knockout tournament, which was held in Nowra, NSW over the 1st-3rd October Long Weekend. BRBW entered six teams in the event, finishing as the most successful club over the weekend with some amazing results. In their 30th year of […]
20 October 2022
THE final two rounds of the inaugural FIM MiniGP Australia Series at the Oakleigh Go-Kart track in Clayton South (Vic) were a fitting finale to what has been a season of excitement, drama, and sensational displays of riding by the talented youngsters who age from 10-14-years-old. 12-year old William Hunt had a mixed weekend, recording […]
15 October 2022
