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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…

Gold moments at games

Cambridge Middle School’s 90-strong team achieved a record medal haul at this year’s Aims Games, coming home with eight gold medals and one team bronze. Swimmer Alanna Rawson won every event she entered, powering her…

On the run

Five schools gathered for the 2023 rural schools’ cross country event at Lake Karāpiro last week. “We made a brave call, given the threatening weather forecast, and were super-lucky to end up running in windy…

First kicks, then picked

There are a couple of photos on Ricki Herbert Football Academy’s website showing a very young Natalie Young dribbling the ball and protecting her goal. The 15-year-old Cambridge High School student remembers those days well…

Ultra special finish for Chris

After finishing the race of his life in France on Sunday night Cambridge time, Chris Atkinson told his wife Dee that it ranked as the hardest thing he had ever done, and any subsequent trail…

It’s a kenpo medal haul

Jeff Speakman’s Kenpo 5.0 Cambridge martial arts members look set to kick on from impressive results at their first tournament in four years. About 20 competitors travelled to take on their west Auckland counterparts, and…

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