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Reds face challenge this weekend

Cambridge face their biggest challenge so far in football’s Northern League when competition leaders Takapuna AFC visit this Saturday. The Aucklanders are the only unbeaten team in the Lotto NRFL second division and have become…

‘Ironman’ on his way to world champs

Hot on the heels of completing in his first Ironman event in March, ex-CHS head boy Taine Rose is already preparing for his next adventure – competing at the Long-Distance Triathlon World Championships in Denmark…

BMXers off to world champs

One third of the New Zealand team heading to the BMX World Championships this week hail from Cambridge. The ten-person team said they’re very excited for the event and feel more ready than ever, having…

Swimmers finish 5th in country

A contingent of 20 St Peter’s Swim Club members traveled to Auckland last month for the National Age Group Swimming Championships held April 17 – 21, coming away with a stack of medals and titles…

Goalkeeper finally makes Reds’ debut

  After six years’ waiting for his chance to play Northern League football, goalkeeper Fraser Nicholls has finally made his debut in the competition. Nicholls suffered a serious head injury during Cambridge FC’s pre-season programme…

Ponies prove most powerful

An equestrian rider and her pair of Welsh mountain ponies dominated their divisions at the recent North Island Carriage Driving Championships held at Whatatutu. Faye Flintoff, riding with 18-year-old pony Clyde and 20-year-old Coal, made…

Double win for local duo

Cambridge-trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman’s team were on top form at Rotorua last Saturday when they were victorious in the two Group Three races of the day. The training duo’s first feature win of…

Cambridge runners on top

New Zealand marathon titles were up for grabs at the Rotorua Marathon last weekend, which doubled as the national championships. So, when Cambridge local Alice Mason won the women’s open, it meant that she retained…

Jill Morgan: On the leading edge of women’s sport

A Cambridge woman is paving the way in more than one sport on the international stage, having made it onto the inaugural New Zealand women’s senior golf team. Jill Morgan will be one of four…

Kiwi makes history

Jonelle Price has made it into the history books early Monday (NZT) after becoming the first New Zealand woman to win the Badminton Horse Trials. The 37-year-old was partnered with her mount, Classic Moet. The…

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