Local Sport

First world-win for basketballers

The St Peter’s Premier Girls Basketball team said their farewells this week as they departed for Greece on their first world championship excursion. The team will be the first female team from New Zealand to…

Sailor wins championship twice

A Cambridge sailor has defended the JJ Gilitan trophy in stunning fashion after claiming the win in five of nine races in the JJ Gilitan Championship last month – the “world championships” of 18-foot skiff…

Reds set for new Northern League season

Cambridge Football Club’s Reds team are ready for their 2019 Northern League season after completing their pre-season campaign with a double header at Tauranga City United. The Reds headed over the Kaimai Ranges for their…

Maadi Cup on now

Over two thousand teenage athletes are racing across Lake Karapiro this week in the national secondary schools rowing championships, more famously known as Maadi Cup. A record 131 schools totalling 2,166 rowers are entered in…

Paddlers heading for world stage

Performance on the water for members of the NZ Men’s Kayak squad has improved tenfold since the canoe racing team moved to Cambridge at the start of last year. Now with their training base at…

Leamington fundraiser for Freshy

The Leamington Rugby Sports Club is putting on a special fundraiser for one of their players who was involved in a near-fatal traffic collision towards the end of last year. Matt Kennedy, or “Freshy” to…

Cambridge rowers earn 20 medals

St Peter’s School’s 77-strong team of rowers proved their worth at the 2019 North Island Secondary School Championships at Lake Karapiro over the weekend – winning the Derbyshire Shield for overall champion school with 61…

Bond back in the boat

Hamish Bond is switching back from bike to boat as he vies for selection into the New Zealand men’s eight crew. The double-Olympic gold rower has spent the past two years cycling at national and…

Record number qualify at Zonal Athletics Champs

A team of St Peter’s students competed in the Zonal Athletics Championships at Porritt Stadium earlier this month, securing the school’s record-number of athletes to qualify for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Championships. 39 young…

Four national titles for family at national track champs

Around 220 riders from around New Zealand were at the Avantidrome over March 8-10 to contest age group titles during the four-day National Age Group Track Championships. Cambridge teenager Jack Carswell secured a new national…

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