Local Sport

Running milestone for local

Local runner Dick Breukink has run just over the equivalent distance of driving from Cambridge to Dunedin in half-marathons over the past decade, clocking up 100 races to raise money for Red Cross. And it’s…

Head girl makes top team

St Peter’s School’s head girl Georgie Edgecombe is on top of the world after being named on the New Zealand Secondary Schools netball team. The Year 13 student will join the Kiwis in a test…

Dominant performances in Bowers Cup

Game six of the regional under-45kg rugby tournament known as Bowers Cup saw the Cambridge team face up against the Tritons from South Waikato over the weekend. The local lads started slowly but gained possession…

Reds ensure safety with big win

Cambridge have secured Northern League football for next year with an emphatic 5-0 win against relegation-threatened Te Atatu. The Reds needed three points from the match in Auckland to make sure the club could not…

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,…

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