Local Sport

City teams celebrate wins over Waipa

Both Waipā teams fell short in the opening round of premier club rugby on Saturday, and both return to Hamilton this weekend looking to get off the mark. On a day when four Hamilton clubs…

Nicky’s Crazy armchair ride

Nicky Chilcott only had two drives at Cambridge Raceway on Friday night – the first just before 6pm and the last at 9.26pm. She failed to create some local history in the Dorothy Cutts Ladies…

Raceway is on the right track

Australian harness racing breeder-owner, administrator and benefactor Kevin Seymour praised Cambridge Raceway management and staff for the way they looked after him and his horse last week. Leap to Fame, in the hands of trainer-driver…

Two titles for Jakob

Cambridge High School student Jakob Robbers, 13, won two national titles at the New Zealand Secondary School Kayaking National Championships on Lake Tikitapu in Rotorua earlier last month. Paddlers aged Year 9 to 13 from…

Million dollar race

Champion Australian pacer Leap to Fame will contest the $1 million Race of Champions at Cambridge Raceway tomorrow night and caught the plane over on Sunday with two other Aussie contenders. Miracle Mile winner Don…

Cambridge drop points

Cambridge have tasted their first league defeat in more than a year. The newly promoted Northern League championship side was beaten 2-0 by former New Zealand footballing powerhouse North Shore in Auckland last weekend. Hamilton…

A Maadi regatta to remember

Estimating crowd numbers can be a fraught exercise unless you’re an expert like Mighty River Domain site manager Liz Stolwyk. Finals day for the Maadi Regatta on Saturday she put the numbers on the site…

Rowing’s in the family

Dunedin’s Columba College students were already winners before their boats hit the Lake Karāpiro waters for the Maadi Regatta which started on Monday. They took out the best banner award for what judge Waipā mayor…

It’s off to Maadi, rowing’s greatest road trip

More than 160 schools are making their way to the NZ Secondary Schools Rowing Championships in Cambridge, and they are coming from all corners. The annual guessing game about the time and distance that separates…

Youth drives Leamington

Leamington’s Senior A rugby team goes into this year’s competition with a younger team than last year. A number of last year’s players have gone overseas and will be replaced by players from last year’s…

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