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Kurtley Beale and Lalakai Foketi during a visit to the Western Sydney Raptors JRUC

’Tahs star gives back

Kurtley Beale returns home to western Sydney to pay a special visit to Western Raptors Junior Rugby Club as part of NSW Rugby’s Junior Club Blitz initiative.

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7 year old Makayla Plain poses for photographs at Peter Van Hasselt Park.  Shalvey, Saturday, May 26th 2018. The TryTime team is a team for players with disabilities - and is growing with memberships. (AAP Image / Angelo Velardo)

Loud and proud lion

Willmot’s Makayla Plain — and her twin sister Katelyn — are excelling as part of the Mt Druitt Lions’ Try Time team, a rugby league side for kids with learning difficulties and disabilities.

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Tyarn Lees 10-years LSS Gymnast posing at the Sydney Academy of Gymnastics in Seven Hills, NSW, Australia. 4 May, 2018. Tyarn has just been named in the NSW team.(AAP IMAGE / Carmela Roche).

Like mother, like daughter

Tyarn Lees didn’t flinch when she competed against 140 other gymnasts — most of whom were older than her — for the NSW team. Now she’s off to nationals.

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Blacktown sprinter Anas Abu Ganaba will run for Australia at May's Oceania Athletics Regional Championships in Vanuatu.

Sprinting to top in Oceania

Anas Abu-Gabana will hit the track this week for Australia at the Oceania regional athletics championships. Off the track, he’s a role model for youth in Blacktown’s African community.

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