Summer Knowles in action. File photo courtesy of Click InFocus. Nepean Hockey Association junior representative Summer Knowles (Caroline Chisolm Catholic College, Glenmore Park) has been selected in the All-Australian Girls Team, following her performances for NSW at the 2024 School Sport Australia Hockey Championships.. Summer was a key player for the NSW 15 Years & […]
09 August 2024
Nathan Pentecost with the Panthers Wheelchair Rugby League team. Photo supplied. Nathan Pentecost’s dream of representing Australia internationally in a fourth sport is on the cusp of being achieved, with the former Emu plains resident (now at Thornton Place) chosen in the Australian Wheelchair Curling team to compete at the World Championships in Finland in […]
01 August 2024
Our very own local girl Jessica Fox OAM has been announced alongside hockey player Eddie Ockenden as Australia’s flag bearers in Paris!! Photo: Australian Olympic Team Facebook page PADDLER Jessica Fox OAM and hockey veteran Eddie Ockenden are leading the Australian Olympic Team as Flag Bearers in Friday’s Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony on the River […]
26 July 2024
Penrith Panthers U14 Boys 2024. THE Penrith Basketball Association’s U14 Boys and Girls teams have both qualified for the 2024 Australian U14 National Club Championships, which will be held in Melbourne from 21-27 September. Both teams have been confirmed as qualifying for the prestigious event, following last weekend’s final round of the BNSW JPL. “The […]
26 July 2024
Riders on the Start Line at Nepean Raceway. Photo courtesy of Total Focus Photos THE Henry Sports Club 2024 NSW Classic and Post Classic Motorcycle Championship and Charity weekend is being held on Saturday 3rd – Sunday 4th August 2024 at Nepean Raceway. The Championship event will be run in conjunction with the annual Charity […]
19 July 2024
Margaret Brandman is a highly experienced and accredited music educator, award-winning composer and a prolific author. She has published a wide and exhaustive range of innovative music education texts and highly-acclaimed compositions for orchestra, chamber ensembles and voice. A represented composer at the Australian Music Centre, many of her works included in AMEB and ANZCA […]
19 July 2024
Penrith GC’s 2024 Eric Apperly Shield squad. Left-Right: Co-manager Michael Organ, Kyle Armstrong, Zavier Button, Jessica Fog, Will Sherwood, Riley Cleminson, Ryder Jerzyna, Xavier Stamatakis, Aydan Crowe, Brent Gadd, Riley Stasiuk, co-manager Blade Gadd. Junior teams from two local golf clubs have entered this year’s Eric Apperly Shield Pennant competition, which begins this Sunday – […]
12 July 2024
Noemie Fox in action in the Kayak Cross – photo courtesy of Paddle Photography / Paddle Australia Noemie Fox will make her Olympic debut in Paris, with the 27-year-old selected by the Australian Olympic Committee to contest the new discipline of Kayak Cross. Noemie will join sister Jess Fox OAM, mother Myriam and father Richard […]
07 July 2024
David Trist – 1982 (below) and 2024. Photos supplied by Mark Pentecost. IN 1984, the Commonwealth government held a meeting in St Marys to discuss the possibility of a new airport in western Sydney. Legend of the Nepean David Trist AOM was the Bank Manager of the Commonwealth Bank in St Marys at that time […]
27 June 2024
Greg Smith and Neil Holmes – photo courtesy of Greg Campbell / Prism Strategic Communications. THE NSW Community Sports Awards were held at CommBank Stadium on Thursday night 20th June, recognising outstanding achievements and contributions to community sport in NSW, which is largely carried out by a volunteer workforce. The Penrith district featured heavily in […]
27 June 2024
