Local Sport

Hard-fought loss for lacrosse

Cambridge High School’s lacrosse team made it a hard win for Hillcrest when they faced up against the Hamilton team on Sunday. Undefeated at the top of the table, Hillcrest High School came away with…

Rugby players make TV but not victory

St Peter’s School’s First XV featured on the Rugby Channel recently when they went up against Feilding High School in the semi-final of the Central North Island Championship. The closeness of the game was perhaps…

Eight Hautapu players on Mitre 10 Cup team

Waikato’s Mitre 10 Cup team will play its first game of the 11-week competition this weekend against Manawatu. Announced last week, the squad includes Hautapu brothers Luke and Mitch Jacobson who both made the team…

BMX boys back with Aus titles

Two of Cambridge’s top BMX riders have returned home from the Australian National Series with good reason to smile. Tasman Wakelin and Bennett Greenough competed in three rounds of the event with enough race wins…

Sports boom in Cambridge

Cambridge has grown in leaps and bounds since this newspaper was founded ten years ago. We’ve added countless champions to our reputation and seen a number of excellent sporting facilities and events established, so it’s…

Lacrosse team back with victory

Cambridge High School’s boys lacrosse team bounced back from their previous loss against Te Awamutu with an emphatic victory over St John’s College on Sunday. With their opponents placed at the bottom of the table,…

Tough battle in Bowers Cup

Cambridge’s Bowers Cup team competing in the regional under-45kg rugby tournament had a few tough games against Morrinsville recently, playing two of the top teams in the intermediate boys’ five-week tournament. First up was a…

Goalkeeper sets up dream end to football career

Veteran goalkeeper Jen Hull has lined up the dream end to her football career after leading Cambridge to the final of this year’s Waikato Cup. Hull, 34, plans to retire after the final, ending a…

Woodall victory at Cambridge Classic

The Cambridge Golf Club hosted 120 of the country’s top amateur players over the weekend for the 46th Classic Builders Cambridge Classic. Cambridge’s Jordan Woodall, 19, was the leading player throughout the tournament and went…

Kenpo 5.0 students bring home trophy haul

The local martial arts school of Kenpo 5.0 sent a team to the Kenpo 5.0 World Tournament in Las Vegas late last month, with all competitors performing extremely well and all achieving at least one…

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