The Eights following their World Cup victory.  Photo courtesy of Benedict Tufnell / Rowing Australia ROWING Australia (RA) has named crews for 13 boats to race at the 2026 World Championships held on the Bosbaan international course at Amsterdam, Netherlands from 24-30 August. The Rowsellas Team for Amsterdam comprises 61 athletes from across RA’s Men’s, […]

Jess Fox – KX Time Trial Action 2026 Worlds. JESSICA Fox OAM has completed a comeback story for the ages, claiming her fifth women’s Kayak (WK1) title in Oklahoma at the 2026 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. After being unable to defend her 2023 K1 World Championship title on home soil last year, Jess started […]

THE Penrith Panthers senior men’s and women’s basketball teams wrapped up their 2026 Mitsubishi Motors NBL1 East season on the weekend with two road trips, playing the Sutherland Sharks on Friday night and the Illawarra Hawks on Sunday. All three teams contesting the two women’s games were well out of playoff contention, the only prize […]

WALLACIA Country Club has won the Division Four Pennant in the 2026 The Master Pennant competition, defeating Bingara Gorge 5.5-2.5 on Sunday morning at Lakeside Camden GC. For Wallacia, Justin Woodward produced the standout individual result of the Final, cruising to a 7&6 win over Leigh Sienkiewicz. Christopher Holmes backed him up with a 3&1 […]

Jesse Weinstein in action against the Bruins.  Photo courtesy of flicksby.tessa PENRITH’S senior men’s team has grabbed a strong 98-91 win over the Albury Wodonga Bandits on Sunday afternoon at the Minto Sports Stadium, in Round 13 of the 2026 Mitsubishi Motors NBL1 East basketball competition. The victory was some consolation for a disappointing loss […]

Jack Passfield. File photo by John Pickett JACK Passfield (Bidwell) collected full points on the weekend in his battle for the 2026 Superbike Masters crown, after taking first place in all three races at the Penrite Australian Superbike Championship presented by Pirelli round at Qld Raceway. Passfield trailed Ashley Woolford coming into the weekend’s action […]

Jess Fog in JNJG action earlier this year.  Photo courtesy of Ethan Keane / JNJG PENRITH junior golfer Jessica Fog (The Lakes GC) is one of twenty-six of the state’s most promising junior golfers named in the 2026 Jack Newton Junior Golf Development Squad. The group has already enjoyed a two-day training camp at Riverside […]

SEASONED five-year NBL1 East basketball player Hannah Griffin signed on with the Penrith Panthers for the 2026 season and was enjoying a break-out year, averaging 20.29 points per game, before suffering a heart condition in May. “Heading into the Central Coast game on Sunday 24th May, I was experiencing some chest pain and a heavy […]

Action from Saturday’s packed race program.  Michael Rowell.  Photos by Noel Rowsell THE Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) hosted Round Three of the 2026 NSW Motor Racing Championship at Sydney Motorsport Park on Saturday 20th June, providing a thrilling, action-packed day/night race program. Categories included the MSA NSW Sports Sedans & Production Sports Cars, HQ […]

U14 and U16 Girls (below) teams.  Photos courtesy of Jeff Cooper and James O’Donohue THE Penrith Basketball Association was represented by three teams (U14 Girls, U16 Girls and U16 Boys) at the 2026 National Junior Classic, held at the State Basketball Centre (VIC) from June 6–8. NSW had a total of 29 teams at the […]