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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…

Students secure shield for 2nd year

Cambridge Middle School retained the Maeroa Jubilee Shield earlier this month when their team of 25 swimmers competed at the Waikato Intermediate and Middle Schools Swimming Championships in Morrinsville on March 12. The school won…

Record fundraiser for Lifeskills

A record amount of funds was raised at the Cambridge Lifeskills golf tournament on March 21, as 128 golfers across 32 teams competed in the Twilight Ambrose Golf Tournament at the Cambridge Golf Club, traversing…

Clarkin emerges as goal-scoring hero

Teenager Josh Clarkin has emerged as Cambridge’s goalscoring hero, helping the Reds take an early lead in football’s Northern League competition. After two rounds of games, Cambridge sit atop the second division having beaten Waikato/Bay…

Local sailor makes close second

A Cambridge sailor took to the sea outside Muscat, Oman last week competing in the Flying Phantom Series, traversing an 18ft flying catamaran over four days of competition. Micah Wilkinson, a former Cambridge High School…

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