Local 17-year old hockey junior Coady Stone (Orchard Hills) has been selected for the NSW U18 Boys Blues team, which will compete in Brisbane, QLD in January at the Australian Indoor Hockey Championships. Coady began his hockey career at the age of 3, playing for Rooty Hill RSL in the Under 7 competition. He continued […]
16 December 2022
Exciting 15-year old Para-athlete Layla Sharp (Cranebrook) has won a Silver medal at the 2022 Australian All Schools Athletics Championships, which were held in Adelaide from 9th-12th December. Layla was representing Emmaus Catholic College and ran a personal best (PB) time in the Under 20’s 800m but had to settle for second place, beaten by […]
16 December 2022
The Ellerston Green team with their prizes. Photo supplied by Windsor Polo Club. IT was another big weekend of Polo at Windsor Polo Club over the 26th-27th November, with the Club hosting the Cutcliffe Properties Cup. In addition to local teams, organisers were pleased to attract entries from Melbourne and Ellerston Onassis Polo (Scone, NSW) to […]
02 December 2022
Penrith Mayor Tricia Hitchen, Belinda Simpson, Shane Simpson, Stuart Ayres MP. Penrith City Council has unveiled the restored historic Police Cottage at Emu Plains and the $3.2 million upgrade means more residents and visitors to our City will be able to enjoy the riverfront, with the café set to open in January 2023. Penrith Mayor […]
25 November 2022
Judy and Peter Watson (Dunheved GC Life Members). Photos by Noel Rowsell. JUDY and Peter Watson are both Life Members of Dunheved GC and between them, have won over 100 major titles / tournaments at the Club. Judy has been a prolific winner of major events, since joining Dunheved in 1974, including 22 Ladies Club […]
25 November 2022
Penrith GC Encourage Shield squad and staff: L-R Michael Organ (Manager), Ryder Jerzyna, Kyle Armstrong, Jessica Fog, Talia Govender, Zavier Button, Josh Bourke, Brent Gadd, Blade Gadd (Manager). PENRITH GC entered a team in the Golf NSW Encourage Shield competition this year, the first time in many years it had sufficient up and coming juniors […]
25 November 2022
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
