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Amanda Lulham loves all things on and in the water from sailing surfing and kayaking to canoeing, ironman, triathlon and diving as well as, netball, basketball, rugby and sport in general – and the people who play it at the highest level. She is a group sports reporter for NewsLocal and CODE Sports.

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Wentworth Courier

Sydney to Hobart father, son chasing history

She already holds a unique record in the Sydney to Hobart but this famous old beauty is chasing another piece of history in the 75th Anniversary race.

Local Sport

WENTWORTH COURIER. Janelle Orth, doing her first Sydney to Hobart on a boat called Wings. Janelle is rating money for children cancer research as part of her Sydney to Hobart. Janelle photographed today 16th November 2019 at the CYCA in Rushcutters Bay. (AAP/Image Matthew Vasilescu)

Sydney-Hobart dream 30 plus years in making

It was a plan hatched as a child but it will be realised after more than three decades when the fleet sets sail in the 75th anniversary Sydney to Hobart on Boxing Day.

Inner West

HOLD DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM DAILY TELEGRAPH PICTURE EDITORS - Crew aboard Sunhungkai Scallywag during training on Sydney Harbour ahead of the 2018 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Picture: Brett Costello

Sydney to Hobart crew ‘like rugby on water’

Ego is one of the worst things on a Sydney to Hobart yacht according to David Witt and it’s why he has formed a very different type of crew to his rivals for the Boxing Day race.

NSW

SHOWTIME, Bow: 83, Sail n: 8338, Owner: Mark Griffith, State/Nation: NSW, Design: Ker 40. Source: © Rolex/Studio Borlenghi taken 29/12/2018

Showtime for little boat that could win Sydney to Hobart

It’s the little boat from Sydney’s northern beaches in the running to pull off a David beats Goliath moment in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Parramatta

BLACKTOWN ADVOCATE/AAP. Western Sydney Wanderers player Daniel Wilmering poses for photographs in Rooty Hill on Monday 25 November, 2019. Western Sydney Wanderers players in the A-League. (AAP IMAGE / Angelo Velardo)

Daniel having a ball in A-League before knee injury

Daniel Wilmering still remembers the lessons he learned as a ball boy and the one thing he hated about the job.

Wentworth Courier

Ichbi-Ban Skipper Matt Allen prepares for the Sydney to Hobart at the CYC Rushcutters Bay- Monday 18 December 2017. ( The Australian / Chris Pavlich).

Special thing Matt Allen does before Sydney-Hobart

Winning the Sydney to Hobart is the goal but there’s another reason businessman and ocean racer Matt Allen will be on the start line of the race for the 30th time on Boxing Day.

Wentworth Courier

SAILING - Sven Runow onboard super maxi Comanche Sydney, Australia - Dec 18th, 2018 (Photo by Andrea Francolini)

Deadly 1998 Sydney to Hobart remembered

He raced – and survived – the fatal 1998 Sydney to Hobart. Others never returned, but Comanche’s Sven Runow has good reason to race south each year.

Mosman

Last year's line honours winner Comanche with owner/skipper Jim Cooney with his daughter Julia in the Balast pumping section. Picture by Chris Pavlich for The Australian

Sydney-Hobart: ‘We need to get a buzz out of it’

It’s rough, tough and sometimes deadly. But the Sydney to Hobart is a family affair for Comanche supermaxi skipper Jim Cooney.

Mosman

WENTWORTH COURIER. James Watson young sailor taking on the Sydney to Hobart for the first time. James photographed today 16th November 2019 with the boat he will be on Wax Lyrical. (AAP/Image Matthew Vasilescu)

Sydney to Hobart rookie ready to race

Ignorance could be bliss for this teenager about to compete in his first Sydney to Hobart yacht race as the bluewater classic celebrates its 75th anniversary.

NSW

A sailor climbs the mast of a yacht enveloped in haze caused by nearby bushfires at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney on December 10, 2019. - The SOLAS Big Boat Challenge was cancelled after thick bushfire smoke sent visibility plummeting on Sydney Harbour. (Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP)

Sydney to Hobart: southerly buster could save day

Southerly busters are feared by crews in the Sydney to Hobart but one being forecast could help save the day for the Boxing Day race.

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