It’s the only sporting event I can recall where the competitors make a point of approaching the media to say hello. The national Special Olympics in Hamilton wrapped up last weekend at the somewhat stunted…
It’s the only sporting event I can recall where the competitors make a point of approaching the media to say hello. The national Special Olympics in Hamilton wrapped up last weekend at the somewhat stunted…
With today being the opening of the Special Olympics games, competitors from all over New Zealand are preparing to compete. One of these competitors is Christina Crawford. Christina is 54 years old and has Williams…
Some of the country’s finest young rowers put on two days of outstanding racing on Lake Karāpiro last weekend. The regatta attracted a host of Waipā and Waikato rowing clubs and schools – and promising…
Courtney Duncan’s build up to the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Hamilton couldn’t go much better. The swimmer turned powerlifter is setting personal bests with just a couple of weeks to go to the…
Hautapu and Leamington will go head-to-head in a corporate ‘fight night’ next month. The boxing event will be headlined by a matchup featuring Hautapu’s former All Black forward Liam Messam. For the second time in…
A $900,000 project to provide two more year-round pitches starts next week at the home of Cambridge football. The work will involve two fields to the north of the existing playing fields outside the northern…
David Butcher and sons Zachary and Benjamin created history at the New Zealand Trotting Cup meeting in Christchurch yesterday, but it wasn’t for having prize-winning drives. Cambridge-based David, 58, has been involved as a driver…
Rowing legend Clive Steenson will be remembered at the Te Awamutu Rowing Club’s annual regatta on Saturday. “Without his tenacity and enthusiasm, I don’t think we would be here today,” said club treasurer Shane Swinerd….
Cambridge athletes brought home seven gold medals from the 2022 Aims Games last week. A total of 11,000 11-13 year-olds from 323 New Zealand schools converged on Tauranga to take part in 23 codes at…
Cambridge based Peter Setchell, founder and former proprietor of Millfield Stud, has died after battling cancer. His funeral service was scheduled for today at the Woodside Estate in Matangi. Setchell, his late brother Graham and…
