Two weeks ago, Luke Brooke-Smith dreamed of becoming a professional football player. Now, he is one. “It just doesn’t feel real,” the 16-year-old Cambridge student said. “When people say congratulations on a professional contract that…
Two weeks ago, Luke Brooke-Smith dreamed of becoming a professional football player. Now, he is one. “It just doesn’t feel real,” the 16-year-old Cambridge student said. “When people say congratulations on a professional contract that…
Safe sailing for the next Micah Wilkinson is Ngā Roto Sailing Club’s dream for three new yachts. Cambridge born Wilkinson is a club member – and he brought home a bronze medal form the Olympics…
After refereeing more than 100 football matches, Liam Weston is no stranger to the tension a high-stakes game can generate. “You have to control players, and you know you’re going to make mistakes – and…
Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors get stopped in the supermarket a bit more now they’re Olympic champions – and they don’t mind at all. “The Cambridge community has been a joy to come home to,”…
Two Cambridge Middle School students won gold at this year’s Waikato Intermediate and Middle Schools cross country championships in Tokoroa. Mila Moore beat 48 year seven runners to win the junior girls’ race and Emily…
When Ella Yarndley graduated from the Special Olympics athlete leadership class at Parliament last week, she joined an elite group of Te Awamutu swimmers. But it nearly didn’t happen. She was struck down with an…
Presenting medals at the Olympic Games is something Sarah Walker has now got down pat – but emotions got the better of her when she put a gold medal around Dame Lisa Carrington’s neck on…
Cambridge’s Micah Wilkinson and sailing partner, Auckland’s Erica Dawson, picked up a bronze medal in the Nacra 17 mixed multihull event at the Paris Olympics. Wilkinson, 28, who helms, and Dawson, 30, have been competing…
Devon Briggs has a message for the kids who used to bully him at primary school – who’s got the last laugh now? The 20-year-old psychology student is in Paris about to compete at the…
August 12, 5am Gold for Ellesse Andrews in the women’s sprint, her second gold at the Paris Olympics. The Cambridge-based Kiwi has claimed three medals – two golds and a silver – at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome,…
