OFFICIALS from Basketball Fiji received a boost prior to the Fiji Cup, with a dedicated workshop empowering local participants to facilitate basketball competition in the region. Building professional capabilities and enabling national federations to organise FIBA events are two core pillars in the FIBA strategic objectives, which include empowering national federations. Debbie Keirs (Werrington County) […]
12 August 2022
Celebrating her 102nd birthday at The Royce with daughters Diana (left) and Doris (right) IRENE Beck turned 102 on Saturday 30th July and celebrated the occasion one day early, on Friday 29th July, surrounded by family, fellow residents and staff on the 5th floor of The Royce. Born in 1920 in Breslau, Germany, Irene was her […]
04 August 2022
Jess Fox has wrapped up the 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, winning one gold and two silver medals on an exciting weekend of racing at the iconic Augsburg Whitewater venue in Germany, the site of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. In an impressive performance in the last women’s event on the 3-day program, Jessica […]
04 August 2022
The Women’s 8’s won Gold in Lucerne.8’s:Top row L-R: Paige Barr, Bronwyn Cox, Ella Bramwell; Bottom row L-R: Eleanor Price, cox Talia Barnet-Hepples, Giorgia Patten, Georgie Rowe, Emma Fessey, Jacqui Swick THE Australian Women’s Rowing Squad, which is based in Penrith at the Hancock Prospecting Rowing Australia Women’s National Training Centre, has returned from a […]
27 July 2022
Jessica Fox in action earlier this year – photo courtesy of Caromoda Photography / Paddle Australia AUSTRALIA’S Canoe Slalom National Team have arrived in Augsburg, Germany for the 2022 ICF Canoe and Extreme Slalom World Championships. Nine athletes will represent Australia at this year’s World Championships, which marks 50 years since the sport made its […]
27 July 2022
ROB Wearn is a Foundation Member of Penrith’s Great Walk Foundation, the most recent of his family’s involvement with charitable causes in and around Penrith. The Walk is now in its 15th year, with the 10-strong group recently completing their 15th charity walk from Bathurst to Sydney. As owner of Mulgoa Quarries, part-owner of The […]
22 July 2022
LOCALLY-owned racing yacht ‘It Happens’ has taken out the Division One Non-Spinnaker Women’s Winter Series, which was held over three Sundays on Sydney Harbour. The predominantly Penrith / Hawkesbury-based crew, under the guidance of part-owners Craig Young (Caddens) and David Chesters (Glenmore Park), and helmed by Kathy Veel (Bullaburra), sailed It Happens (9889) to 7th […]
22 July 2022
William Hunt in action during the 2022 bLU cRU OJC Cup. Photo supplied LOCAL 12-year old junior motorcycle racers William Hunt (Mulgoa Rise) and Elijah Andrew (Marayong) will race with the bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup (OJC) at the legendary Phillip Island Raceway later this year, with their group having been added to the racing […]
22 July 2022
Local junior Coby Carruthers (Jordan Springs) has won the 2022 JNJG NSW Boys Junior Golf Championship in emphatic style, leading from the outset to record a narrow 1-shot victory. Playing his first round at Byron Bay GC, Coby. a member at Concord GC), shot the best score of the day, with his 68 giving him […]
15 July 2022
By Noel Rowsell THE dedicated and committed volunteers at Zig Zag Railway are among thousands of train / rail enthusiasts eager to see the heritage rail line re-open later this year. The numerous sagas behind the line’s closure back in 2012 would test the most ardent rail fan and it is a credit to the […]
08 July 2022
