A Wollongong based wrestling troupe providing children's entertainment throughout Australia is going digital.
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Super Wrestling Heroes Digital Attack is a free download on iphone, ipad and android devices.
It comes at a time when Benny Coles and the super hero team are in so much demand they are having to find ways to be in many places at once.
All the characters are also now digital and the Super Wrestling Heroes have called on their fans to help them in the digital world to battle against two new villains called Glitch and El Virus.
Coles described it as an easy to play arcade adventure.
And he has called on children around Australia to help the super heroes protect their world from a digital invasion.The game was the idea of wrestler, Mick Moretti, of Beast 9 Studios Production.
Super Wrestling Heroes Team can also be found at superwrestlingheroes.com.au.
Bookings are already coming in from NSW, Victoria and Queensland for the real life team to perform during the school holidays and they will be appearing at a KidzWish school holiday children's disco in Wollongong.
"We have been doing the parties for a few years but the app is a new thing for us," Coles said.
"Obviously a game app is pretty cool and kids are loving them. There are three mini games in it."
Coles said it was amazing to look back as he prepared to celebrate Super Wrestling Heroes' third birthday.
"We started with small children's parties but have done many big discos and have started to go Australia-wide," he said.
"We have a troupe in Campbelltown ... and we have parties popping up in Victoria and Queensland. We obviously want to keep the momentum going so this app is the next big step for us. It is cool and free to download. And they will have access to the birthday club and competitions.
Purebred function
Thirroul butcher Purebred Meats has been chosen by the events co-ordinator for chef Pete Evans to supply its products for Wednesday's Learn to Cook The Paleo Way tour to Wollongong.
Details about Pete Evans' visit and what is happening at City Beach Function Centre from 6pm on Wednesday are available on the facebook.com/purebredmeats Facebook page.
Ratings winner
Horizon Credit Union showed you don't have to be the biggest to be the best when it topped the Canstar ratings for loans.
Canstar is an independent research comparison site that analyses financial products from over 300 institutions for their reviews and ratings and awards are based on both value and price.
Horizon topped Canstar's ratings with its platinum investment loan, one year fixed home loan, one year fixed investment loan, new car loan, personal loan and visa credit card 5 stars.
The awards were presented to Horizon Credit Union's chief executive at its Wollongong head office by Canstar's Jenny Pringle.
Small questions
The Northern Illawarra Chamber of Commerce is hosting a free coffee with the candidates on March 13 from 9.30am at Helensburgh Tradies.
The meeting is being held to ask small business candidates to reveal what they would do for small business.
They will each be asked to present a five minute speech and take part in a Q&A session.
Further information on 4294 1008.
Meal with minister
The Corrimal Region Uniting Church was the venue for a breakfast with the Minister for the Illawarra, John Ajaka, to kick off the PopUp Networking calendar for 2015, last Friday.
Corrimal Chamber of Commerce president, Paul Boultwood, said it was a well attended event and had included a passionate young local with political aspirations, Rita Andreos, who has been accepted to represent the Keira electorate in the YMCA Youth Parliament program. In question time the majority of interest was in changes to disability services.
But the final question was on train services to the Illawarra. The chamber will be hosting PopUp Networking meetings every two months in 2015 alternating between breakfasts and dinners.
Noisy maintenance
BlueScope Steel is expecting to do more blast furnace maintenance work at the Port Kembla Steelworks soon.
The work is the next phase of the No 5 Blast Furnace maintenance program and there may be some visible emissions and or loud noises which are a normal part of the regular maintenance operation of the furnace as it runs-down and then starts up again to allow for the replacement of parts of its cooling system.
Best lender
CUA was presented the best non-bank and best mutual awards at Thursday's Australian Lending Awards in Sydney.
CUA has six branches in the Illawarra at Corrimal, Wollongong, Figtree, Warrawong, Dapto and Shellharbour.