2023 Men’s MVP Caleb Fetui-Fa’amoe and head coach Jarrod Moore. Photos by Noel Rowsell. THE Penrith Basketball Association has announced its senior representative coaches for 2024, with Jarrod Moore to continue in the head coach role with the NBL1 East Men, and Neil Offner to take up the role of head coach for the NBL1 […]

Jessica Fox OAM is unrivalled as the greatest Canoe Slalom athlete of all-time, reaffirming her status in world rankings with two gold medals and two World Cup Crowns in Paris over the weekend. Jess won the Women’s C1 on Friday night, the Women’s K1 on Saturday night, then added a bronze medal from the Women’s […]

The St Dominic’s College A Grade Basketball Team.  Photo supplied. THE ‘Knox Invitational’ stands as one of the most fiercely contested high school basketball tournaments in the Sydney area. Since its inception in 2018, it has evolved into an annual sporting spectacle, and this year celebrated its 6th consecutive edition. Notably, this year also marked […]

As the dust settles on the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Australia’s excitement is peaking for more than one reason. The Australian Canoe Slalom team wrapped up their campaign with an impressive medal haul totalling two gold and one bronze, as well as seven top-10 places and three Olympic quotas for next years’ Paris […]

THE NRL Telstra Footy Country Tour concluded it’s four-week journey around Australia’s footy heartland, arriving in Penrith for its final stop last week ahead of the 2023 NRL Telstra Grand Final.  Having clocked just over 9,500 kilometres as it ventured throughout footy country across regional Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, the tour descended on […]

Isaah Yeo. IT was a star-studded event at the Western Sydney Convention Centre on Wednesday night as players, Panthers admin, local politicians, sponsors and guests attended the Merv Cartright awards.  The roof was raised from the loud applause when the prestigious Merv Cartright Medal was awarded to Isaah Yeo. Congratulations to Moses Leota on being […]

“All Schools at SOPAC (Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre) – what an opener,” said Sam Sharp, mother of Para athlete Layla Sharp. “Gold in the 200m and a PB (personal best), couldn’t be more proud of her dogged determination to succeed and whats more, no coach, on her own and in sprints in which she […]

Jessica Fox OAM has won her tenth individual Canoe Slalom World title, winning Gold in the Women’s K1 at the Lee Valley Whitewater Centre in London on Saturday night (Australian time), following a bronze medal in the C1W on Friday. Australia collectively finished with four gold medals from two events, with Jess having partnered with […]

Australia has opened its 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships campaign on a high, winning gold in the Women’s Kayak Team event at the Lee Valley Whitewater Centre in London. The team of Jessica Fox (NSW), Noemie Fox (NSW) and Kate Eckhardt (TAS) secured the gold medal in a blistering time of 108.62, 0.29 seconds […]

More than 80 of Western Sydney’s aspiring Indigenous athletes headed to Western Sydney University in Kingswood on 29 August 2023 to attend our UAA Indigenous Talent Identification Day. It was a brilliant and sunny day in Kingswood, showcased with strength and conditioning, Athlete testing, Netball, Volleyball, Speed & Agility, Rowing, Cycling, and Golf. Our athletes […]