Andy Posted July 20, 2005 Report Posted July 20, 2005 FED: Hewitt and Cartwright to wed in Sydney: report Australian Associated Press General News 20 July 2005 © 2005 Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved CARTWRIGHT SYDNEY, July 20 AAP - Pregnant soapie star Bec Cartwright and world No.2 tennis champion Lleyton Hewitt will marry tomorrow during an exclusive ceremony at the Sydney Opera House. The 21-year-old soapie actress had the final fitting of her white baby doll dress with fashion designer Alex Perry yesterday, News Ltd newspapers reported today. Cartwright's mother accompanied her daughter to the final fitting before the pair checked into the Hotel InterContinental in city's centre. According to the report, the 180 wedding guests will attend a pre-wedding drinks reception at the Club InterContinental before buses move guests to the Sydney Opera House for nuptials. Hewitt's coach Roger Rasheed will be groomsman and the couple will be married by Pastor Brandon Chaplin, the Port Adelaide football club chaplin based at the Bellevue Heights Baptist Church in Adelaide. This will be followed by a cruise to the reception, believed to be a Taronga Zoo. Guests will be taken to the wedding by bus and are not allowed to bring cameras or mobile phones with cameras. The couple became engaged in late January, only six weeks after they began dating, Hewitt proposed on the night of his loss in the final of the Australian Open. The couple has put on hold plans to visit Cambodia to check the progress of an orphanage they had committed to funding with money received from exclusive TV and magazine interviews about their relationship. The wedding caps off a big year for Cartwright, who has bought a house with Hewitt on Sydney's northern beaches. As well as winning a Silver Logie, the blonde beauty was nominated for the gold Logie for most popular TV personality. She also won last year's season of Dancing With the Stars, donating her money from the show to the AIDS Trust of Australia. Besides this she recently topped FHM magazine's poll of the 100 Sexiest Women for 2005. Hewitt recently starred in a cameo role for Home and Away, which screened in June.
The Cure Posted July 20, 2005 Report Posted July 20, 2005 Goodness. They must be loaded. Now, for the all-important question: Will Lleyton have enough cash left to spring for a hair-dryer in time for the nuptials??? One can only hope.
stra gilr Posted July 20, 2005 Report Posted July 20, 2005 Well Lleyton is loaded thats for sure...multi millionaire tennis player!
sir drinks alot Posted July 20, 2005 Report Posted July 20, 2005 What home and away cast members where at the Wedding anyone know.
Di Posted July 20, 2005 Report Posted July 20, 2005 Cheers Valk, nice venue can't you tell money talks.I hope their wedding goes better than most of the H&A ones Hayley's has been to.
Jackieleanne Posted July 20, 2005 Report Posted July 20, 2005 The wedding is on the 21st so is today in Australia. Hope that they have a nice wedding.
Andy Posted July 21, 2005 Report Posted July 21, 2005 Fed: Love match for Cartwright and Hewitt Australian Associated Press General News 21 July 2005 © 2005 Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved CARTWRIGHT SYDNEY, July 21 AAP - Celebrity couple Bec Cartwright and Lleyton Hewitt will marry today at a secret Sydney location watched by Australia's sporting elite and television personalities. A pregnant Cartwright has spent this week working on the final touches for her white baby doll dress with designer Alex Perry and staying with family at Sydney's InterContinental Hotel. The 21-year-old is believed to have spent yesterday indulging in a marathon beauty treatment while Hewitt drank beers at his bucks day. Details about the wedding are being kept quiet but it is believed that around 180 guests will spend the night at the InterContinental Hotel for the early afternoon wedding. Guests are believed to have been asked to gather for pre-wedding drinks at a reception on the hotel's 32nd floor at around 2pm (AEST). Guests are expected to include Cartwright's Home and Away castmates Kate Ritchie, Ada Nicodemou, Tammin Sursok, Ray Meagher, Kip Gamblin and Lynne McGranger. Hewitt's guestlist will read like a who's who of Australian tennis including Tony Roche, John Newcombe, Mark Woodford and Todd Woodbridge. Mate Mark Philippoussis is believed to be out of the country. Newspaper reports this week have suggested Hewitt's coach Roger Rasheed will be groomsman and the couple will be married by Pastor Brandon Chaplin, the Port Adelaide football club chaplin based at the Bellevue Heights Baptist Church in Adelaide. Cartwright's sister Kristy is head bridesmaid, with Home and Away publicist Victoria Supple and Hewitt's sister Jaslyn also bridesmaids. There has been much speculation as to the location of the civil service with several venues rumoured as possibilities including the northern foyer of the Sydney Opera House and the Taronga Zoo. All guests and people working on the event have been forced to sign strict confidentiality agreements and it is likely the couple have sold the rights to the event to women's mag New Idea, as they did with their engagement and pregnancy announcement. After the ceremony, it is believed guests will take a cocktail cruise of Sydney Harbour. Cartwright and Hewitt met five years ago at a Starlight Foundation charity tennis day. The couple became engaged in late January, only six weeks after they began dating. Hewitt proposed on the night of his loss in the final of the Australian Open.
Andy Posted July 21, 2005 Report Posted July 21, 2005 Guests gather for Hewitt wedding By Jonathon Moran and Amy Fallon July 21, 2005 From: AAP GUESTS have begun gathering in a top Sydney hotel today ahead of the wedding of tennis star Lleyton Hewitt and actress Bec Cartwright. After their brief courtship, the star couple tie the knot this afternoon in a service at the Sydney Opera House to be attended by television personalities and members of Australia's sporting elite. The wedding party will then take a cruise across the harbour to Sydney's picturesque Taronga Zoo, where the reception tonight will climax with a performance by singer John Farnham. While world number two Hewitt breakfasted at a cafe near his luxury home in Palm Beach this morning, his pregnant wife-to-be was believed to have spent the night with her family at Sydney's InterContinental Hotel. Guests began arriving at the hotel about midday, with tennis stars Todd Woodbridge and Wayne Arthurs among those gathering in the hotel's cafes and bars. After pre-wedding drinks, guests were expected to travel to the nearby Opera House, where flowers were being set up this morning in the northern foyer. Hewitt, 24, and Cartwright, 21, are trying to keep their wedding ceremony under a shroud of secrecy, and late this morning white sheets were being erected around the Opera House foyer to block prying paparazzi lenses. After the service, the newlyweds and guests will be ferried across the harbour to a wharf near Taronga Zoo at around 6pm (AEST), where they will board coaches to the zoo's Taronga Centre. The reception is expected to continue until at least midnight.
Andy Posted July 21, 2005 Report Posted July 21, 2005 Hewitt, Cartwright marry By Jonathon Moran and Amy Fallon July 21, 2005 From: AAP HUNDREDS of fans gathered outside the Sydney Opera House today as tennis ace Lleyton Hewitt married soap star Bec Cartwright. But the waiting fans and media were disappointed as Hewitt and Cartwright, arriving separately, drove straight into the Opera House's underground car park before the 3pm (AEST) civil service, avoiding the cameras. Secrecy surrounded the wedding ceremony, held in the Opera House's harbourside northern foyer behind protective white sheets. Outside, police are everywhere and personal security hired by a woman’s magazine to stop "TV media" speaking to any of the guests have ruffed a Channel Nine news team trying to speak to one of Bec’s former cast members. At least two other photographers' camera's have been smashed. Overhead, media helicopters tried to get a glimpse of the ceremony. The glamour couple have sold exclusive pictures of their great day to a magazine, and guests were forced to sign confidentiality agreements, and told they risked ejection if found with cameras or mobile phones. The wedding of the world number-two tennis player and the pregnant soap star was attended by up to 180 guests, including television personalities and members of Australia's sporting elite. Guests were taken in seven minibuses to the Opera House from the nearby InterContinental Hotel. "We're on a magical mystery tour – it's fantastic and we wish them all the best," said Cartwright's former Home and Away co-star Lynne McGranger. Hewitt's grandfather Max said the wedding was "terrific", while his wife Dawn said it was "a very happy day" for the family. Tennis stars of past and present were scattered among the guests, and predicted a "big test" for Hewitt. "After what he's been through, he can handle most things, but this is a completely different ball game," said former Davis Cup coach and Hewitt mentor Tony Roche. "It's a big test but I'm sure he's looking forward to it." Former Davis Cup captain John Newcombe said he was kept in the dark about the details of the day. "I don't ask questions – if you don't know anything you can't say anything." Also attending were tennis stars Todd Woodbridge and Wayne Arthurs. Watched by police and security guards, fans strained for a glimpse of the young couple. "It's true love," said Lisa Edwards, a 32-year-old Sydney sales representative. "It's a bit of a fairytale love story," added Mark Schilton, 32, on holiday with his partner from Hewitt's home state of South Australia. After the wedding, the wedding party will take a cruise across the harbour to Sydney's picturesque Taronga Zoo, where the reception tonight will climax with a performance by singer John Farnham.
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.