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New record and top placings for skier

A Piarere water skier came away from the recently Barefoot Water Ski National Champs with top placings and a trick ski record. Seventeen-year-old William Leigh competed at the competition held at Lake Karapiro, competing in…

Local horses shine at Te Aroha

Cambridge-trained Highlad won the J. Swap Te Aroha Cup (2200m) with a nail-biting finish last Saturday at the Te Aroha racecourse. Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman had hinted that he favoured the four-year-old son of High…

A weekend Taylor-made for football

Footballer Andrew Taylor had a weekend to relish as he helped Cambridge’s top men’s and women’s teams to impressive victories. Last Saturday, Taylor (30) scored three goals for Cambridge in their reserves’ 5-0 win against…

Cyclists earn national track titles

Cambridge Middle School now boasts two national champions and record holders following the National School Track Championships held late last month at the Avantidrome. Mackenzie Barnett and Jack Whittall, two Year 8 students who happen…

Cambridge High sailors flying high

Cambridge High School’s sailing team were kept busy last month competing in several events. A team of eight young sailors competed for the elusive Burgess Cup trophy at Hamilton’s Lake Rotoroa on Friday March 16,…

Basketballers off to the US

Twenty Cambridge High School students will embark on a whirlwind tour of the United States in July, spending just over a fortnight gaining invaluable experience in the game of basketball. The students have been fundraising…

Trail runner equals Everest

A local “running junkie” recently did what most people would deem to be crazy, making his way up and down Mt Te Aroha nine times over 28 hours to climb the equivalent of Mt Everest….

Lacrosse players take on NZ’s best

Two Year 11 students from Cambridge High School took on a huge task last month, playing against fully grown men in the 2018 National Men’s Lacrosse Tournament. Finlay Pirie and Alistair Hearmon, both 15, played…

Mixed fortunes for football sides

Cambridge football supporters had a weekend of mixed fortunes as winter season play got underway for all senior men’s and women’s competitions. In the Northern League, the Reds stumbled to a 3-0 loss at home…

Cambridge basketballer in Commonwealth Games

The 2018 Commonwealth Games got underway on Wednesday last week on the Gold Coast, where St Peter’s student Charlisse Leger-Walker is playing in the New Zealand women’s basketball team. At 16 years old Charlisse is…

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