IT was quite a shock early this week when NSW Deputy Labor Leader, Londonderry MP Prue Car announced on social media that she has been diagnosed with kidney cancer and will be taking some time out to address the health issue. At just 39 years old, Prue has a nine year old son Max and […]
27 July 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
MEET Brianha (Bri) Auty – as of Sunday night, she will be front and centre on thousands of television screens around Australia on the series Beauty and the Geek. To say she’s excited is an understatement: “OH MY GOODNESS! I’m over the moon!” Bri exclaimed. “This is the most incredible experience I have ever been […]
22 July 2022
Marta Artemenko, Ukrainian refugee (centre) JUST three months ago, embroiled in a hostile war, Ukrainian refugee, Marta Artemenko, fled her home country. She left home early in the morning together with her 16-year-old daughter Khrystyna, a decision she made just half an hour before. “We didn’t have another chance… Russians were bombing the military […]
22 July 2022
Clinical trials are saving lives and PBS support is desperately needed WHEN father-of-two from Emu Plains, Paul Mazurkiewicz was diagnosed with rare stage 4 inoperable gastro-intestinal stromal tumours (GIST) in his digestive system, he was given 6 to 12 months to live. It’s now nearly five years since the diagnosis that rocked his – and […]
22 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
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 […]
15 July 2022
