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Toby’s living the Euro dream

For many, a ‘trip of a lifetime’ might come later in life. But for football-mad Cambridge 12-year-old Toby Cornegé, it’s already a reality. During a three-month trip to Europe, Toby has trained with top football…

Waka Ama gets ready for 35th anniversary

The Waka Ama Sprint Nationals held every year on Lake Karāpiro is the biggest event of its kind in the world. Raipoia Brightwell says it is hard to sum up the feeling at Lake Karāpiro…

On a fast track ….

St Peter’s Cambridge’s head girl for 2025 is a young woman of many talents. Madeleine Waddell shattered New Zealand under-17 and under-18 women’s 400m running records at the World Athletics Under-20 championships in Peru in…

Celebrating our champions

Waipā Olympians and Paralympians who trained tirelessly, sacrificed so much and showed extraordinary courage, grit and determination were honoured in Cambridge last week. Not all of the athletes could make it – the nature of…

It’s a top racquet

Cambridge Racquets Club has so much to celebrate, members decided to make an afternoon out of it. The club recently won club of the year in two sports – tennis and squash. Plus, club manager…

Trans-Tasman rower exchange

Rowers from St Peter’s School in Cambridge spent a week in Australia last week and are now hosting their Australian compatriots in readiness for a Lake Karāpiro regatta this weekend. The 28 senior rowers stayed…

Zak ton wraps up derby

Cambridge High School year 10 student Zak Anderson wrapped up his junior cricket season in style on Saturday afternoon, smashing 102 off 79 balls before retiring not out. The ton helped his Colts team chalk…

Brothers shin and wear it

Two enterprising Cambridge boys have launched their own afterschool business, combining their passion for football with a flair for creative shin pads. Lenny, 12, and brother Nate O’Leary, 11, originally from Liverpool, England, say they…

Thousands queue for Tryathlon

A post-event review will be held to work out how to improve access and transit times to a huge competition at a Cambridge venue which resulted in long Waikato Expressway queues on Sunday. The Weetbix…

‘It’s truly magnificent’

They say Ōhaupō’s new stables match anything in Kentucky. Mary Anne Gill checks out Breckon Farm. A Waikato horse breeding legend has described Breckon Farm’s new state of the art complex in Ōhaupō as   “world…

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