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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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CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN EXPRESS. Australian softballer Rachel Lack at her family factory which makes trophies and medals. Rachel is a utility player who has her eyes an olympic team call up, photographed today 30th October 2019. (AAP/Image Matthew Vasilescu)

Quest to go from factory floor to Olympic pitch

In the first of a NewsLocal series tracking our athletes on the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, we meet a big hitting factory worker chasing Games gold.

Macarthur

Sydney Thunder legspinner Tanveer Sangha at Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney. Picture: Brett Costello

Leg spinner bowled over by BBL gig

He’s the Campbellown cricket teen keen to make his mark in the upcoming Big Bash after being signed onto the Sydney Thunder playing roster.

Local

BRASILIA, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 01: Noah Botic of Australia celebrates a scored goal during the FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup Brazil 2019 group B match between Australia and Nigeria at Valmir Campelo Bezerrao Stadium on November 01, 2019 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Noah Botic awarded Dylan Tombides Medal

It’s a very special football award and it has gone to a very special player currently representing Australia at the World Cup in Brazil.

Northern District Times

Madison De Rozario during the Women in Sport Awards in Sydney, Wednesday, October 16, 2019. (AAP Image/James Gourley) NO ARCHIVING

Racer on road to success thanks to Aussie great

In a NewsLocal series tracking athletes on the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, we meet a woman “who never knew what she wanted to be’’ until she met an Australian great.

Local Sport

The successful team which dominated their foottball competition.

Season to remember for soccer girls

Talk about a ripper season. It’s one any team in sport would be proud to boast but it belongs to a team of girls from the northern beaches.

Manly

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03: Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy of the Sixers leave the field at the end of innings during the Women's Big Bash League match between the Sydney Sixers and the Melbourne Stars at WACA on November 03, 2019 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Will Russell/Getty Images)

Alyssa Healy other sporting talent leads to title

Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry stunned with a record breaking partnership on the weekend. But Healy had turned heads with another win even before she arrived at the WACA.

Manly

Georgie Rowe after her world record time.

Georgie Rowe-ing to a world record

Her legs “were just like jelly’’ but this northern beaches nurse had something very special to show for her pain – a world record.

Macarthur

2019 Noosa Triathlon.Natalie Van Coevorden in the bike leg.Photo Warren Lynam / Sunshine Coast Daily

Silver lining for Tokyo Olympic triathlete hopeful

As one athlete made history, a Macarthur triathlete just quietly built on her form ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

Fairfield

Fairfield goalie on top of the world

Teenage goalie Adam Pavlesic has played a big part in a major success in Brazil with the Australian Joeys.

Manly

BRASILIA, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 01: Cameron Peupion of Australia struggles for the ball with Quadri Edun of Nigeria during the FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup Brazil 2019 group B match between Australia and Nigeria at Valmir Campelo Bezerrao Stadium on November 01, 2019 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Schoolboy says Joeys riding high at World Cup

Northern beaches schoolboy Cameron Peupion gives an insight into the emotion of the Joeys upset win at the FIFA U17 World Cup.

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