Golf champion Jason Day, and his wife Ellie, welcomed a daughter named Lucy Adenil on November 12, a sister for their son Dash, aged 3. Lucy’s middle name is in honour of her grandmother, Jason’s mother. This year Jason won his first major tournament at the PGA Championships, scoring a record 20 strokes under par. In September he reached Number 1 in the World Golf Ranking.

Hockey player Glenn Turner and his wife welcomed their son Harlen on September 17. Glenn is a member of the national men’s squad The Kookaburras, and has won bronze at the London Olympics, gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and gold at the World Cup last year. Glenn has played for the Mumbai Magicians since 2012.

Former Olympian swimmer Brooke Hanson, and her husband Jared Clarke, welcomed their daughter Matilda Brooke in August [pictured]. Matilda has three brothers – Cooper, aged 5, Billy, aged 1, and Jack, who passed away in 2012.

Former cricketer and sports commentator Greg Blewett, and his wife Katheryn, welcomed their first child together on January 17, and named their son Samuel Hugh. Samuel is named after Katheryn’s father, who passed away suddenly in 2012, while his middle name is in honour of cricketer Phillip Hughes, who died in a freak cricketing accident last November. Greg has a teenaged daughter named Taylor from his previous marriage to Jodie Blewett, now Jodie Oddy, who has been featured on the blog as a celebrity mum.

NRL footballer Josh McCrone, and his wife Courtney, recently welcomed their son Archie Thomas, a little brother for their daughter Ava, aged 2; Ava’s birth was featured on the blog. Josh plays for the Canberra Raiders.

(Photo shows Greg and Katheryn with baby Samuel)