Local Sport

Sports students on world stage

August is an exciting month for a few local young cyclists and rowers. St Peter’s School students Ally Wollaston and Finn Fisher-Black are competing in the UCI Junior World Track Championships in Switzerland next week,…

Star Cars a good start in motor racing

Super Star Car racer Martyn Todd is hoping to see more people take up the sport, following on from a cracker two seasons where he won both series in 2017 and 2018. “I’m very happy…

Promising results in Bowers Cup

The Bowers Cup rugby tournament has kicked off for 2018 and the Cambridge team has already secured a massive 56-0 win over Hamilton. The intermediate schoolboys’ competition sees under-45kg rugby teams from Morrinsville, Te Awamutu,…

Lacrosse: Tough battle against TA

Cambridge High School’s boys’ lacrosse team went up against Te Awamutu on Sunday, hoping to redeem themselves following a 5-6 loss in June. Both teams were missing a key player – TA’s Dalton Hargreaves and…

Woodlock aims to end season on a high

Cambridge captain Patrick Woodlock has hinted he may be playing his last season of competitive football, but he’s determined to leave the Reds in a position of strength. If he does retire at the end…

Swimmers bring back Aus medal haul

Twenty six swimmers from the St Peter’s Swim Club took the town-of-champions status to Australia recently with fantastic results. Competing at the South Australian Short Course Swimming Championships over July 18 – 22 in Adelaide,…

Kiwis champions at Aachen

Cambridge’s Sir Mark Todd and Matangi’s Clarke Johnstone joined the New Zealand eventing team to notch their first-ever Nations’ Cup win in the CHIO Aachen in Germany recently, making history as just the second team…

Singapore veteran joins Marsh

Singapore star War Affair has joined Stephen Marsh’s barn after a six-month spell at Trelawney Stud and the Cambridge trainer is eyeing feature spring racing with the eight-year-old. “He recently joined the stable after having…

Victory for Voss at U23 world rowing champs

Cambridge’s Samantha Voss is on top of the world after winning the under-23 world title in the women’s single scull. The 22-year-old St Peter’s School graduate was a new comer to the single at an…

Lacrosse boys win over Hamilton

Cambridge High School’s boys lacrosse team went up against last year’s season winners – Hamilton Boys High School – at their first game back from the school holidays on Sunday. Hamilton Boys managed to get…

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