Debutants Hills United leave rivals standing in FNSW Women’s One competition

Debutants Hills United are setting the pace in the FNSW League One Women’s competition, with nine straight wins under their belts. Led by a timely second-half brace from Isabella Sciberras, Hills United outclassed South East Phoenix FC 4-1 over the long Easter weekend at South Nowra Football Complex. Hills United were held 1-1 at half-time

Why female football is booming in the Hills

Female football is expanding fast after Hills United, the representative arm of Hills Football, was granted a full licence for the first time by Football NSW. This has opened up a full female pathway in the Hills starting with the Girls Skill Acquisition Program for U10s, through to senior first-grade football. This provides a clear and

Rams colour up for RFS

Rouse Hills Little Athletic Centre don’t do things by half. The club regularly produces top young athletes who compete at regional and NSW State Championships.  The club committee recently held their first fundraiser in support of our brave men and women at the Rouse Hill Rural Fire Service, matching the money raised on the day.

Tribute to my dear mum Margaret Machado: A life well lived for the glory of God

The outpouring of grief, messages of sympathies, assurances of masses and prayers, and the most amazing and touching tributes from all the world only emphasises what we have lost when our beloved Mummy breathed her last on Monday, November 1. Fittingly, Mummy died on the morning of All Saints Day as she was Our Saint

Cherrybrook Olympians add Champ power

Olympians Michelle Jenneke, Jenny Blundell and Georgia Winkcup are powering the Cherrybrook Home Athletic Movement Program (CHAMP) virtual challenge for Little Athletes, and their families. The trio started their illustrious careers at Cherrybrook LA – established in 1994 – and are sharing their experience and skills with the latest crop of Hills athletes. While Covid-19

Vasquez’s pro dreams on ice

Hills local and ice hockey star Jeremy Vasquez is back in Sydney after studying and playing in Canada and the US for several years. Vasquez has been playing ice hockey since he was eight years, after accompanying one of his Kings Langley primary schoolmates to a training session. “I could not even skate, but someone

In the company of The Greatest; interviewing my idol – rock legend Tina Turner

I have been blessed to not only see some of the greatest sportspeople, world leaders and entertainers in action but also to have been able to interview many of them during my career. Having said that, interviewing locals for the swag of newspapers and magazines I have worked for in Sri Lanka, the United Arab

A monster at the bottom of my garden

FOR months, the vine just grew on everything it could grab hold of, including the neighbour’s fence.Being the first time I have seen a sweet potato plant grow this well, I let it go wherever it wanted, exceptthe lawn. This sweet potato plant certainly knew what it wanted.Now I know why. When I dug up

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