TV fitness coach Shannan Ponton, and his wife Kylie, welcomed their first child yesterday July 2, and have named their son Maximus Colin. Maximus Ponton was born at 8.24 am and weighed 3.9 kg (around 8 and a half pounds). It seems he will be called Maxi for short. The news was announced on Shannan’s Facebook page.

Shannan is one of the personal trainers from the Channel Ten weight-loss reality show, The Biggest Loser, and first joined the show in 2007. His first book, Hard ‘n’ Up, was published earlier this year.

Kylie (nee Stray) has a background working in sport, and is Shannan’s personal assistant. She and Shannan were married in a beach wedding in 2010, and then honeymooned in Bali.

Drummer Hamish Rosser, and his wife Kristy, welcomed their first child on June 22 and have named their son Oscar. Oscar Rosser was born at John Flynn Hospital, on Queensland’s Gold Coast.

Hamish has been drumming since he was 11, and joined his first band in high school. Since then, he has played with many bands, most notably The Vines. Recently he became the drummer for Wolfmother, and was on tour with them in Europe when Oscar was born. As well as his musical career, Hamish is also one of the co-founders of Brothers Ink Brewing Company, who make Skinny Blonde ale. Skinny Blonde, which is pale and low-carb, won the People’s Choice Award at the Australian Beer Festival in 2008. It also provoked some controversy, as the label for the beer shows a girl in a bikini top, which gradually disappears to show her nude form. Their latest offering is called Gold Digger ale, designed to “drain your pockets”.

Kristy (nee Ryan) is the sponsorship manager for the Splendour in the Grass music festival, which will be held at the end of July in the Rossers’ home town of Byron Bay. Hamish will be back from tour by then; in the meantime, he is getting to know his son via Skype.

Centrebet spokesman Michael Felgate, and his wife Jacqueline, welcomed their daughter Madison last weekend.

Michael was a sports reporter and presenter on Channel 7 for several years, and this year took up a new position as Media and Communications Manager for bookmaking agency Centrebet. Jacqueline (nee Freegard) is a reporter for Channel 9 News, and she and Michael were married last year.

AFL player Karmichael Hunt, and his fiancée Emma Harding, welcomed their first child this week, and have named their daughter Halo Amelia.

Karmichael is originally from New Zealand, and moved to Australia as a child. He began his sporting career playing rugby league, debuting for the Brisbane Broncos in 2004, winning the Dally M Rookie of the Year Award and the Brisbane Broncos Rookie of the Year Award. Despite being eligible to play for New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Samoa, he only ever played national rugby league for the Australian side. In 2009 he switched to rugby union, and played for the French team, Biarritz Olympique. Last year, he changed codes again, and began playing in the Australian Football League with the Gold Coast Suns. Although he has come under a lot of criticism over his decision to swap codes, he won his team’s Most Improved Player Award for 2011.

Emma is the sister of former AFL footballer Scott Harding, who now plays American football in Hawaii. Scott and Karmichael attended the same school together, the Anglican Church Grammar School. Emma’s brother Justin plays for Labrador in the North East Australian Football League. Her mother is from the Polynesian island of Tuvalu.

Rugby union player Berrick Barnes, and his wife Bec, welcomed their first child on June 16, and have named their son Archie. Archie Barnes was born six weeks premature, and weighed just 1.92 kg (about 4 pounds 4 ounces). Berrick and Bec knew that he would be early, but the fact that all their baby stuff is still in its wrappings tells you that Archie came even earlier than expected.

Berrick began his sporting career straight out of school, when he joined the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League in 2005. He then switched codes the next year, and began playing for the Queensland Reds; he has been with the NSW Waratahs since 2010. He made his debut for the national team, the Wallabies, in 2007.

Rebekah (nee Spratt) and Berrick were married in the regional New South Wales city of Orange, shortly before Christmas last year.

June 16 was a very memorable day for Berrick. He had been in Melbourne the day before preparing for a Test match when he was unexpectedly called back to Sydney for the birth of his son. Archie was born around midnight, and then Berrick had to fly back to Melbourne for the match. It was a case of planes, trams and taxis to get him to the ground, but in the end Australia beat Wales 27-19, and Berrick was declared man of the match.

Archie Barnes is the third celebrity baby named Archie this year – the other two are Archie Whitely and Archie Johnson.

News presenter Samantha Jolly, and her husband, Christian Wenck, welcomed their first child on May 25, and have named their son Harrison James. Harrison Wenck was born at St John of God Hospital in Subiaco.

Samantha is a reporter and presenter for Channel Seven News in Perth. Her husband Christian works in the north of Western Australia on a fly-in fly-out basis. Samantha will be taking a year’s maternity leave, and Christian has seven weeks leave.