Local Sport

Stand and deliver

A race on the river from Cambridge to Hamilton attracted 300 paddlers on Sunday. They completed a 25km journey from Cambridge – or 11kms from The Narrows boat ramp – to reach the Grantham St…

The four tops

Cambridge Racquets Club was a big winner at this year’s Waikato and Thames Valley 2022-2023 Tennis Awards, scooping four of the eight categories. Sheryl Carpenter was named Volunteer of the Year, while Coach of the…

Tennis volunteer aces it

At 9am on Friday outside Cambridge Racquets Club’s main doors, Sheryl Carpenter reaches into a green plastic crate with both hands and pulls out two neon yellow tennis balls. She gives each a firm squeeze,…

Kayaker’s secret battle

On the surface, the silver medal around Nick Collier’s neck represents a young kayaker near the top of his game, a history-making athlete, a potential Olympic champion in the making. But underneath that glossy narrative…

Aussie test for disc ‘jockey’

Cambridge’s Liam Weston wants to see those Aussies in a spin. The 17-year-old headed to Sydney yesterday as part of the New Zealand U20 Ultimate Frisbee open team to take on their Australian counterparts –…

White knuckle jumper heads to Florida

One of the country’s top water skiers, Cambridge-based Alex King, left for the United States this week to take part in October’s IWWF World Waterski Championships in Florida. The October 8-15 event will be the…

Successful season for Cambridge High hockey

Cambridge High School’s teacher in charge of hockey Glenys Bichan is thrilled with the school’s success this season. The U18 boys’ team, coached by Cameron Bichan and Michael Atkin, made history in Wellington by competing…

There’s a good boy, Jock…

Tracy Munro took to competing in dog agility competitions when she could no longer ride in horse show jumping events. While there are similarities – the dog runs around a course conquering a variety of…

At the end of the battle …….

All together now – the annual community day which doubles as a highly social Battle of the Bridge produced one perfect result last weekend. Hautapu and Leamington’s over 45 veterans fought out a 10-all draw…

School trio on target

Cambridge High School’s Blake Allison, Zach Wood and Annabel Goodrich have shot their way into a national team which will compete against their British counterparts. Cambridge Target Shooting hosted the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Inter-Secondary Schools…

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