Brian Charman, Greyhound Racing NSW Chief Racing Officer, Lorraine Barrington (Richmond Board member), Brian Barrington (Richmond Board member), Melinda Finn (Richmond Club President); and Troy Carney, Penrith Mayor. IT’S been quite a while between drinks, but Penrith Mayor Todd Carney still has an affinity with greyhound racing, and he ventured to his local track at […]
25 September 2026
Layla Sharp at the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games – photos courtesy of Michael Thomas / Australian Athletics WESTERN Sydney Academy of Sport celebrated the achievements of its athletes, coaches and community at its 2026 Annual Awards, with Para athlete Layla Sharp (Cranebrook) taking home both the Athlete of the Year and Athlete with a Disability […]
25 September 2026
The Walkers. Photos: Noel Rowsell CHRIS Barton completed his four-day fund-raising walk from Newcastle to Penrith on Sunday afternoon at the Penrith Paceway, cheered on by fellow walkers and members of the community who shared in the achievement of the feat on behalf of Steps for the Love of Living. “Action always starts with a […]
16 September 2026
Jess Fox OAM – World Cup Series WK1 Champion. Photos courtesy of Romain Bruneau / Paddle Australia THREE-time Olympic champion Jess Fox OAM has claimed her sixth women’s K1 World Cup title, with victory in the WK1 Final at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup Final in La Seu, Spain. Jess won her third women’s […]
16 September 2026
Jess Fox OAM – Gold in WK1. JESS Fox OAM continued her dream comeback season on the weekend, winning her second Women’s K1 gold medal of the 2026 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup series at the venue where she won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Following her outstanding 2026 World Championships results in […]
10 September 2026
WESTERN Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI) has welcomed a Jetstar trial flight – an A320 passenger jet – for the first time on Monday September 1, alongside hundreds of trial passengers, as it ramps up the final phase of its Operational Readiness Program ahead of commercial passenger services taking off from October 25. Federal […]
10 September 2026
(L-R) Tom Fekete – Senior Vice President, Brookfield; Bruce Baudinet – Chairman, Precinct Capital; Karen McKeown OAM – Member for Penrith; Dylan Baudinet – CEO, Precinct Capital; Matt Hawkins – Business Operations Director, FDC Group. PENRITH’S Great River Walk will finally connect the city centre to Western Sydney Lakes as part of a landmark commercial […]
02 September 2026
(L-R Leanne Pickering, Chief Customer & Strategy Officer, Endeavour Energy Group; The Hon. Penny Sharpe MLC; Danny Cooper, Chief Executive Officer, Endeavour Energy Group; Karen McKeown OAM, State MP for Penrith; Matthew Porteous, Head of Ausconnex; Brian Bird, Chief Operating Officer, Evo Power. THE Hon. Penny Sharpe MLC, Minister for Climate Change, Energy, the Environment […]
02 September 2026
Kaylen Bassett. Photos courtesy of Paddle NSW PADDLE NSW has announced that Western Sydney Whitewater club members Kaylen Bassett and Lucy Casserley were both successful in the 2025/26 Paddle NSW Annual awards. Kaylen has been named the Male Paddler of the Year. During the nomination period, Kaylen won the silver medal at the 2026 Canoe […]
02 September 2026
Western Sydney Alliance. Phto courtesy of ‘Captured by Cindy’ THE Western Sydney Alliance Under 15 AFL Division Two team has made history, completing the home-and-away season undefeated and claiming the minor premiership of the AFL Sydney Juniors competition. Western Sydney Alliance finished the season with 13 wins and one draw and a 808-476 points for-and-against […]
27 August 2026
