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Anya Whitelaw

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Past articles by Anya:

The 2023 Bathurst Gold Crown Carnival will exceed one million dollars in prize money

Bathurst Harness Racing Club CEO Danny Dwyer and his team have worked hard to grow the Gold Crown Carnival. Picture by Chris Seabrook FIVE nights, 11 days and more than one million dollars up for grabs - it's a carnival that shines like gold and it will be based right here in Bathurst. → Read More

Western Rams women continue Country Championships preparation with Riverina trial

Marita Shoulders, pictured in action for the Country South Steelers, has been added to the Western Rams squad. Picture by NSW Police Rugby League A VENOMOUS prop who leads by example - it's those qualities that have earned Panorama Platypi gun Marita Shoulders a Western call up. → Read More

Bathurst St Pat's keen to start Peter McDonald Premiership with win over Dubbo CYMS

The Bathurst side was handed a heavy loss by Dubbo CYMS last season. → Read More

Dubbo CYMS and Nyngan will both contest the 2023 Western under 21s premiership

Dubbo CYMS playmaker Jordi Madden was a star of the 2022 under 21s competition then went on to play in the Peter McDonald Premiership. Picture by Amy McIntyre The draw for the third edition of the Western under 21s competition has been revealed and it features new clubs, a new format and returning guns. → Read More

Photos from the record breaking 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour

The 2023 edition of the Bathurst 12 Hour. Pictures by Phil Blatch, Warren Hawkless, Mark Horsburgh, Jack Martin A RECORD lap, a record distance, a record crowd - the 2023 edition of the Bathurst 12 Hour delivered on its promise to be the best edition yet. → Read More

Expanded grid, new cars, big name drivers, date change all on the Bathurst 12 Hour wish list

A NEW date, more big name drivers and an expanded grid with new GT3 machinery - they're all on the wish list as the Bathurst 12 Hour builds towards "something that's extraordinary". → Read More

Push for Western Division instead of Peter McDonald Premiership champions to play in Presidents Cup.

Alex Ronayne (right) and the Macquarie Raiders will face Orange CYMS to start the season. Picture by Nick Guthrie HELLO, goodbye and welcome back - the schedule for a new era in Western rugby league has been released and now board member Wayne Boyd says it's time to "get on with it". → Read More

Rory Thornhill puts on a blistering display in Bathurst Wallabies' annual Australia Day triathlon

Rory Thornhill won the Bathurst leg of the Central West Inter-Club series again on Australia Day. → Read More

Bathurst to meet Dubbo in yet another Western Zone Premier League grand final

Bathurst will meet Dubbo in yet another Western Zone Premier League grand final this weekend. → Read More

Penrith Panthers plan to tap into Western's women's ranks to build for the future

Western products Charlotte Gray, Taylor Keppie, Kirby Maslin, Marley Cardwell, Georgia Cole and Christine Sims have all made Penrith's final Tarsha Gale squad. Picture supplied The path taken by Isaah Yeo, Matt Burton and so many of the western area's top talents to the Penrith Panthers is already one that has resulted in huge success. → Read More

Captain-coach Zac Merritt labels Bathurst St Pat's new backline the best in Peter McDonald Premiership

The captain-coach coach is bullish about his side's quality ahead of season 2023. → Read More

Luke Goodwin dreamed of playing for Western, now coaches Canterbury women

Canterbury coach Luke Goodwin was not only happy with what his Bulldogs did in Saturday's trial, but was impressed by some of Western's talents too. Picture by Jude Keogh HE never got to realise his own dream of wearing Western Division colours, so even though the women in green and white were his rivals on Saturday Canterbury coach Luke Goodwin watched them with pride. → Read More

Highlights of 2023 draw for Peter McDonald Premiership and other grades released

The highlights of the 2023 draw have been revealed ahead of its official release. → Read More

Highlights of 2023 draw for Peter McDonald Premiership and other grades released

The highlights of the 2023 draw have been revealed ahead of its official release. → Read More

Western Rams women defeated by Canterbury Bulldogs at Orange

Western lost the high-profile trial match but coach Andrew Pull is feeling optimistic ahead of the Country Championships. → Read More

Bathurst's Norma Johnston, Australia's oldest Test cricketer, dies at 95

Norma Johnston was Australia's oldest living Test cricketer before her death at 95. → Read More

Western Women's Rugby League coach Andrew Pull rates his current squad as one of the the best

Goannas star Bec Smyth is one of a number of players in the Western Rams squad with a huge amount of representative experience. Picture by Amy McIntyre HE'S assembled what he believes is one of the strongest ever Western Women's Rugby League representative squads, now coach Andrew Pull plans to unite them through trials. → Read More

New South Wales Country Rugby Union board member Matt Waterford praises Central West talents

Dubbo Kangaroo Filisone Pauta is someone Matt Wateford rates as a 'phenomenal' talent. Picture by Amy McIntyre THEY'VE got the talent to end up anywhere in the rugby world - that is Matt Waterford's take on the current Central West talents. → Read More

Central West master mentor Dean Oxley is given 2023 NSW Country Cockatoos job

Blue Bulls leader Dean Oxley will now coach the NSW Country Cockatoos. → Read More

Increase in skill level has Andrew Pull excited to coach Western women for 2023 Country Championships

Bec Smyth will act as a player and mentor for the 2023 Western Rams Women's side. Picture by Lachlan Harper WHEN Western first entered a women's side in the New South Wales Rugby League Country Championships it was a struggle to find players, now five years on it's a struggle to narrow down which talents to include. → Read More