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Rockquest bands shine

Twenty-nine bands bravely took to the stage at the Clarence St Theatre last Sunday as part of the Smokefree Rockquest regional heats, battling their nerves of steel to perform their own original songs to an…

Double survivor hosts Pink Breakfast

Ruth Pidwell spent the last Sunday morning of May awash in a sea of pink. The two-time survivor of breast cancer hosted her first Pink Ribbon Breakfast, joined by family and a group of 16…

BMXers ready to shine in performance hub

Cycling New Zealand has officially launched the new High-Performance BMX Hub based in Cambridge, where four promising local riders will train alongside the country’s best under the hub’s newly-appointed coach Matt Cameron. “It’s exciting, it’s…

McMurray a cycling “master”

A Cambridge cyclist took out a massive title at this year’s Cycling New Zealand Sports Awards, winning the Male Masters Road Cyclist of the Year Award – the single biggest category of the night covering…

St John’s ‘Giant Totara’ falls

A man described as an outstanding New Zealander and a great servant of St John was farewelled at St Andrew’s Church in Cambridge on May 24. Jeremy Stubbs, a Knight of Grace of the Order…

Big win for St Peter’s golfers

St Peter’s School’s top young golfers have secured a spot at the National Secondary Schools Team Championship after winning the regional round at Hamilton Golf Club on May 14 – the eighth time the school…

Rowers preparing for Australian challenge

Three Cambridge rowers will take part in an Australasian showdown in the coming months, following selection in the Under 21 New Zealand rowing team. Lily Butler, rowing as a women’s heavyweight single sculler, Justine Hobbs,…

All piled up and nowhere to go

As the full effects of China’s decision to stop importing recycled rubbish from the West kicks in, the backlog of recycled waste at the Smart Enviromental plant near Thames is steadily growing, with Cambridge’s rubbish…

Gala for band’s trip

An afternoon gala concert at St Peter’s School on June 24 will be a major fundraising event in Cambridge Brass Band’s quest to support its first trip abroad. The band needs to raise around $75,000…

Snow skier back from Canada

It was the experience of a lifetime when St Peter’s School student Meghan Hood represented New Zealand last month at the 2018 Whistler Cup. The international event sees under 14 and under 16-year-old snow skiers…

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