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Jessica going to Youth Olympic Games
15 year old Jessica Fox from Leonay has been selected to represent Australia in the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics in August. She will be competing in the K1 women’s canoe sprint and the canoe slalom events.According to the Australian Canoeing website, at the Australian Youth Olympic team selection trials at Penrith Jessica’s result was fantastic. [...]
Continue reading...BMX Champions
31. May 2010
Last week 5 riders from the Emu Heights-Leonay area contested in the BMX Australian Titles in Shepparton Victoria. Ben Clarke, siblings Nicole and Ian Docherty, and father and son Jason and Reece Crutch all performed extremely well. Nicole Docherty finished 4th in the 15-16 girls cruiser and 8th in the 16 girls after being hit by another [...]
Continue reading...Gold for Jessica
16. March 2010
Jessica Fox from Leonay is only 16 years old and a student in year 11 at Blaxland High School but she has won the Women’s C1 Canoe Slalom event at the 2010 Oceania Open on Sunday 21st February. On the www.canoe.org.au website Jessica said “I’m delighted with the result. I nearly lost it right at [...]
Continue reading...Local BMX Winners
9. February 2010
Penrith Panthers BMX Club had 5 riders make the trip to Victoria to contest the BMX Victorian State Titles. Local Leonay girl, Nicole Docherty, triumphed, winning the Victorian titles for the 15 year old girls and backed it up with a second in the A pro open ladies. She also finished 3rd in the National champbix [...]
Continue reading...BMX State Champion
17. November 2009
Leonay student, Nicole Docherty won State Champion the 15 year old girls event in the NSW State Titles in muddy and wet conditions. She came second in the the A open ladies class. Ian Docherty also competed and was racing strongly till he had a fall. He still qualified for the final of the AA open [...]
Continue reading...Good Sports At Emu
3. September 2009
Primary children at Emu Plains Public School were running, jumping and throwing to their heart’s content at their annual athletics carnival held on Tuesday 18th August. On a beautiful, warm, sunny winter’s day the members of Mitchell, Cox, Dawes and Lennox houses lined up to determine which house would be the champions of 2009. [...]
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22. June 2010
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