THE Minns Labor Government has announced a substantial $9.2 million investment aimed at enhancing Western Sydney’s premier swim spot, Penrith Beach, alongside upgrades to the Sydney International Regatta Centre and Penrith Whitewater Stadium. This funding, allocated in the 2025-26 Budget, signals ongoing support for the Penrith Lakes precinct’s development as a top-tier destination for recreation, […]
19 June 2025
Women’s Four, Women’s Eight and Erik Horrie . Photos courtesy of Rowing Australia. AUSTRALIA has claimed five medals at World Rowing Cup in Varese, including gold for former Penrith rower Erik Horrie OAM OLY in the PR1 Men’s Single Sculls, and gold (Women’s Four) and bronze (Women’s Eight) for teams based at the Hancock Prospecting […]
19 June 2025
Jonah Pares and Mia Heide (below) in action for the Panthers on Saturday night. Photos courtesy of James O’Donohue THE Penrith Panthers have endured a disappointing weekend of action at the Penrith Valley Regional Sports Centre, in Round 10 of the 2025 Mitsubishi Motors NBL1 East basketball competition. Two narrow losses to the visiting Hornsby […]
19 June 2025
Fox and Delfour (below) continue to impress in World Cup Two. JESS Fox OAM and Lucien Delfour have repeated their joint success from World Cup One in Spain, once again winning Gold (WC1) and Bronze (MK1) respectively. Jess added a second medal to her collection from Pau on the final day, winning Bronze in the […]
19 June 2025
John Vickers SES. JOHN Vickers has been a man of the world, throughout his lifetime, travelling the globe extensively, in all directions, during his time with both the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. John joined the Royal Navy in 1958 (aged 15 ¼) and attended HMAS Ganges, (a Boys Training establishment at […]
13 June 2025
Imports Jordan Vasquez and Oliver Amajoyi (below) in action this season. File photos by Noel Rowsell THE Penrith Panthers have a busy schedule this weekend, with two double-headers over Saturday night and Sunday in Round 10 of the 2025 NBL1 East basketball competition. The women’s competition has a mid-ladder log jam at present, with five teams […]
13 June 2025
THE opening two days of the 2025 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup in La Seu d’Urgell, Spain were full of surprises, as the world’s best paddlers got a taste of the newly-introduced single heat format that will be implemented in the Kayak (K1) and Canoe (C1) events in this year’s World Cup […]
13 June 2025
NextGEN Amateur Tour Castle Hill winner Darcy Mackay and tournament director Ewan Porter. DARCY Mackay (Twin Creeks / The Australian GC) has captured the NextGEN Amateur Tour event at Castle Hill and Oatlands golf courses, following a playoff with Kade Webber (Stonecutters Ridge / Concord GC). Darcy shot rounds of 3-under 69 and 3-under 33 […]
05 June 2025
William Hunt (above) and Xavier Curmi (below) in action earlier this year. Photo courtesy of RbMotoLens / Motorcycling Australia THE motorcycle racing spotlight will fall squarely on Warwick, Queensland and the multi-purpose Morgan Park motorsport precinct over 13-15 June, as it hosts the Australian Superbike and ProMX Championships over consecutive weekends, as part of a […]
05 June 2025
THE Blacktown Red Belly Warriors (BRBW) are seeking team nominations for the 2025 BRBW Knockout, which will be held on 20th September at The Kingsway, St Marys. The BRBW Knockout is the only Sydney knockout tournament played before the annual Koori Knockout, which will be held in Tamworth this year over the Long Weekend 3-6th […]
29 May 2025
