Family and friends of Garry and Louise Rumble gathered at Pioneer Park, Alcoomie Avenue, South Penrith on Tuesday 14th March, for the unveiling of a memorial plaque in his honour. Garry (Garth) Lindsay Rumble OAM was a hugely influential identity in Penrith during his life, working as a Councillor from 2004-2008, voluntary work with Penrith […]
17 June 2022
Jessica Fox has celebrated a birthday gold medal in the Women’s K1 at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague on Saturday 11th June. Fox, who turned 28 on Saturday, said it was nice to return to the top of the K1 podium after winning bronze at last year’s Tokyo Olympics, and missing the […]
17 June 2022
Jackson Rowe (Whalan) is among fourteen of the country’s budding junior track and field athletes who will represent Australia for the first time at the 11th edition of the Pacific Mini Games, taking place in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands from 17-25 June. Following a whirlwind introduction to track running last year, 19-year old Jackson has […]
09 June 2022
Two teams from the Nepean Hockey Association will be competing in the 2022 Field Turf Open Hockey Championships, which are being held at the Newcastle International Hockey Centre over the long weekend of 11th-13th June. The Nepean Women’s team is playing in Division One, Pool B and is drawn to play Bathurst and North Sydney […]
09 June 2022
MULTI-AWARD winning composer/lyricist, musician, comedian, actor, writer, producer and director Tim Minchin took time out from his busy schedule last week to pay a visit to Noro Music Therapy HQ, to see first-hand the amazing work being done with their Music Therapy programs. When Noro first began providing clinical programs over two decades ago, the […]
03 June 2022
In addition to running Bob Aitken Media, his own media company, Bob Aitken AM JP is currently the Chairman of Rotary District 9685 Polio Committee, the Rotary International (RI) ‘END POLIO NOW’ Coordinator for Zone 8 and Chairman of the RI Zone 8 History and Archives Committee and, as such, he had charge of planning, […]
26 May 2022
Bullaburra sailor Kathy Veel is currently at the helm of locally-owned racing yacht ‘It Happens’ in the 2022 Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) Women’s Winter Series. The three dates for the Series are April 24, June 12 and July 17, with those three races interspersed between the ten races of the 2022 CYCA Winter […]
26 May 2022
Australia’s most successful paddler Clint Robinson OAM has won Olympic medals of every colour, along with a World Championship title, representing Australia at 5 Olympic Games. He won 36 Australian Championship medals, starring on still water and also becoming a record-breaker in the surf. Clint was honoured with the captaincy of many Australian surf lifesaving […]
26 May 2022
The NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and local state member and Men’s Shed Patron Tanya Davies visited the St Clair Men’s Shed on Thursday 5th May, to celebrate the welcome news the shed had received a CBP Grant from the NSW Government. Mr Perrottet showed a keen interest in the various equipment, current projects, the number […]
20 May 2022
Electrician Nick Tsanadis and his wife, school teacher Marly, had what would be regarded in NSW as a traditional family, with a 4-year old daughter (Demi) and a 2 year old son (Will). Like many others in our community, however, a tragic diagnosis has instantly changed their family’s lives for ever. As a pre-school teacher, […]
12 May 2022
