Penrith Mayor Todd Carney with the athletes from the Western Sydney Academy of Sport (WSAS). Photo courtesy of Penrith City Council FIFTEEN high achieving young athletes from the Western Sydney Academy of Sport (WSAS) took time out from their sporting commitments on Wednesday to thank Penrith Mayor Todd Carney for Council’s support of the Academy. […]
07 May 2026
Jett Hickson in action this season. File photo, courtesy of Rex Bergas. THE Penrith Panthers senior men’s basketball team staged the greatest form reversal to date in this year’s Mitsubishi NBL1 East basketball competition, defeating the Sydney Comets 68-67 on Sunday afternoon at Minto Indoor Sports Stadium in Round Five action. The two teams met […]
07 May 2026
Xavier Curmi in action in the Asia-Pacific Championships. File photo by Noel Rowsell 14-YEAR-OLD Xavier Curmi (Wallacia) has continued his wonderful start to the Yamaha R3 Blu Cru Asia-Pacific Championship, grabbing a fifth place finish in the opening race of the 2026 Australian Superbike (ASBK) round at The Bend, SA. Surging from 10th to 5th […]
07 May 2026
4km Start Photos: Noel Rowsell OVER 20,000 people were at Western Sydney International on Sunday morning 26th April, participating in the WSI Runway Run/Walk. Celebrating Australia’s most significant aviation project in more than 50 years, the public had unprecedented access for one day to the runway at Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI), in […]
30 April 2026
Mr Gavin Herholdt (Managing Director, Laguna Lăng Cô), Coby Careruthers, Matthew Faldo (Director of Faldo Series) 21-year-old Coby Carruthers (Jordan Springs / Concord GC) has become the first-ever Australian player to win the Faldo Series Asia, following a thrilling playoff victory over 20-year-old Yuki Hari (New Zealand) at Laguna Lang Co golf club, Vietnam. Coby […]
30 April 2026
PENRITH City Mayor Todd Carney joined with Kelly Suber (COO Inclusive Housing Australia, Adrian Harrington (Chair of Investment Committee), Jo-anne Hewitt (CEO Achieve Australia), Andrew Kew (CEO Thorndale Foundation), Greg Paramor (Chair of IHA) and Lachlan Brown (General Manager – Cura Ability Developments) to officially open four new Assisted Living houses in the Kings Central […]
24 April 2026
Ellerston White has captured the 14-Goal 2026 Bentleys Morton Cup on Sunday afternoon at Windsor Polo Club, defeating Gardenvale 8 – 7 in front of a bumper crowd on the Number One field. Ellerston White was the best-performed team all week in the five-team competition, which also featured White Deer Park, Wright Pastoral, Ellerston Green […]
24 April 2026
MARY Snape continues to defy time, celebrating her 106th birthday recently with family and residents at Boronia House. Born in Greenwich, England in 1920, Mary was the third of seven children. She worked with her sister in the Land Army in Herefordshire at the start of WWII, then at Woolwich Arsenal (near London), making ammunition […]
16 April 2026
DEPUTY Premier Prue Car MP, Penrith City Mayor Councillor Todd Carney and State MP for Penrith Karen McKeown OAM joined with Nepean Business Park (NBP) Chairman Bruce Baudinet to officially opened the $2 billion site in Lugard Street on Monday morning. New businesses will soon open in the first stages of land released in the […]
16 April 2026
PARA Athletics rising star Layla Sharp (Cranebrook) has been awarded Emerging Athlete of the Month honours for February due to several achievements and records. Since making her international debut at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in the T38 200m and 400m, Layle has leaped and challenged herself in the new discipline of Long Jump, […]
16 April 2026
