Noemie Fox in action in the Kayak Cross – photo courtesy of Paddle Photography / Paddle Australia Noemie Fox will make her Olympic debut in Paris, with the 27-year-old selected by the Australian Olympic Committee to contest the new discipline of Kayak Cross. Noemie will join sister Jess Fox OAM, mother Myriam and father Richard […]

Greg Smith and Neil Holmes – photo courtesy of Greg Campbell / Prism Strategic Communications.  THE NSW Community Sports Awards were held at CommBank Stadium on Thursday night 20th June, recognising outstanding achievements and contributions to community sport in NSW, which is largely carried out by a volunteer workforce. The Penrith district featured heavily in […]

Reigning world champion Jessica Fox OAM will take winning form into the Paris Olympics, after taming an unruly Krakow course to take the Women’s Kayak (WK1), Canoe (WC1) and Kayak Cross titles at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Slalom World Cup. Jess’ feat of three gold medals at one World Cup meet was an historic […]

Photo courtesy of Nick Jones / Rowing Australia Australia were crowned Kings and Queens of Poznan, after a World Cup Gold rush on the weekend. The Australian Rowing Team (ART) has finished on top of the medal tally at World Rowing Cup III in Poznan, Poland, claiming 11 medals out of 13 events, including six […]

Jess Fox OAM in action in the WC1 Final in World Cup 2.  Photos courtesy of Paddle Photography / Paddle Australia. World and Olympic champion Jess Fox OAM has won back-to-back World Cup silver medals at the ICF World Cup 2 in Prague, finishing second in both the Women’s Kayak and Canoe Finals.  Jess added […]

Noemie Fox in action in the Kayak Cross in Prague.  Photos courtesy of Paddle Photography / Paddle Australia. NOEMIE Fox has delivered a fairy-tale finish at the ICF World Cup 2 in Prague, to earn Australia an Olympic quota spot in the Kayak Cross and all but consolidate her place in the Australian Olympic Team […]

Jess Fox OAM and Tristan Carter (below) in action in Augsburg.  Photos supplied by Paddle Australia Reigning World Cup Women’s Canoe (WC1) and Kayak (WK1) champion Jessica Fox OAM has experienced the highs and lows of her sport on the weekend, in the opening World Cup event of the season in Augsburg (GER), over 30 […]

Atien Acuel scores in the paint for Penrith against Albury.  Photo courtesy of Tanya Hawkins Photography. The Penrith Panthers senior men’s and women’s basketball teams have lost both games of their road trip to Albury on the weekend, with the women falling 99-76 and the men 86-71 in Round 8 of the NBL1 East Basketball […]

THE Penrith Basketball Association’s latest recruit to the NBL1 East Men’s squad, Jack McWilliams, is extremely well-credentialed and will ideally be a key member of the team through the remainder of the season. Jack began his basketball career in the junior representative ranks with the Macarthur Heat, before moving to the Camden Valley Wildfire, where […]

Hawkesbury Classic Champion Stella McGinley and Tony Weller (Manager, Bendigo Bank). Windsor CC, Lynwood CC and Richmond GC hosted the three rounds of the 2024 Ladies Hawkesbury Classic, over the 7-9th May, with 134 players representing 22 golf clubs competing in the event. The overall 54-hole Nett winner and Hawkesbury Classic Champion was Stella McGinley […]