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Ross pair race at Taupō

Phill Ross and cousin Nick – of Cambridge family civil construction business C and R Developments – will be racing at Taupō when the V8 Utes join forces with the SuperV8s over three days starting…

Warren shows the way

Cambridge Senior As, led by a classy 82 not out by opener Scott Warren, saw off Melville in round three of the Hamilton and Waikato Valley senior competition at Victoria Square in Cambridge on Saturday….

Flyer costs explained

A suggestion that the entry fee for last month’s Karāpiro Flyer cycle race was too high for seniors has been brushed off by the event organiser. The Karāpiro Flyer was held on October 14, attracting…

Rugby wraps up

Leamington Rugby Sports Club has won the Waikato Rugby club sevens division 1 title for the fifth straight year. The last club rugby competition for the calendar year was played at Memorial Park on Saturday,…

Birthday roll up

It will be a long summer of celebration for members of the Cambridge Bowling Club which is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Mary Anne Gill was there on Saturday with her camera and notebook for the…

Marathon effort from runners

Very little about Chris Atkinson and Hughie Castle’s experiences running marathons in France and Antarctica respectively sounds like a walk in the park. The pair led a recent interview-style presentation at Cambridge Library, entitled Two…

No rainy day blues

Spirits were high at Cambridge Middle School’s annual athletics day at the Cambridge Athletic and Harrier Club in Vogel St last week despite the drizzly rain. Conditions were too slippery to run the high jump,…

Hautapu touch rugby action

Steph Bell-Jenkins captured Leamington 6 and Leamington 8 players in action as the Hautapu Sports junior touch rugby summer module started at Memorial Park on Friday night.  The module, catering for primary and intermediate school…

Howzat? Cricket is back for summer

Three Cambridge High School cricket teams launched their 2023/2024 summer seasons at home on Saturday as the Hamilton and Waikato Valley Secondary Schools’ competition got underway. Cambridge High’s U19 1st XI squared off with the…

Protesters at the greyhounds

A teenage politician was at the forefront of a small protest against greyhound racing at Cambridge Raceway last week. Animal Justice Party’s Hamilton East candidate Lily Carrington – who turned 18 just before this year’s…

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