THE Penrith & Districts Basketball Association will co-host the 2022 Australian Under 14 Club Championships from 25th – 30th September, with games in the Girls division being played at the Penrith Valley Regional Sports Centre, Herbert Street, Cambridge Park. The Hills District Basketball Association will co-host the Championships, with games in the boys division being […]

The premiership-winning U16 Blaxland Rovers.  Photos supplied.Under 16’s – Back Row (L-R): Campbell Wilson, Harrison Canning, Hugh Nibblett, Ann Walker, George Walker, Aaron Bhaumik, Elliott Vogel, Yvie Dunn (Coach); Middle Row: Willow Longhurst, Ruby Hammond, Georgia Hammond, Beau Hughan; Front Row:  Mackenzie Wilson, Xavier Canning, Keiraliegh McMartin.  THERE was playoff action all weekend at the […]

FOR 1000’s of football (soccer) players in the Nepean Football Association, this coming weekend signifies the end of the 2022 season.   Whilst the season itself has been impacted by shocking weather events, that hasn’t dampened the enthusiasm of the 13,000 players who play the world game each weekend.  On Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th […]

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) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Blacktown City’s fishiest event is back in 2022 – the family fish in! Mount Druitt Swimming Pool will be a fishers’ paradise over the first two weekends in August with the pool teeming with 600 succulent Snowy Mountains trout ready to be hooked. COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the 2021 family fish in, but the […]