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Ichi Ban number one

Many people went sailing between Christmas and New Year, but only one Cambridge resident can say they were aboard the boat that won the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Anthony Merrington, whose yachting nickname is…

Cassidy gets European Tour status

Cambridge golfer Chantelle Cassidy who plays out of the Riverside Golf Club, travelled to Morocco last month to play in a rigorous qualifying series of tournaments to obtain her tour playing card for the Ladies’…

More medals for track cyclists

New Zealand’s Elite team of track cyclists bagged two victories and a silver medal on the final day of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Chile last Monday. The men’s team pursuit, made up…

Third place for Nick Ross at Taupo BNT V8s

Cambridge driver Nick Ross has come away from round two of the BNT V8s at Taupo third overall. Qualifying fourth, across the weekend’s three races Ross took his Total Lubricants Nissan Altima to fourth place…

Dream hockey sabbatical

Leamington School’s Kate Kernaghan is taking a six-month break from teaching next year to play for top English hockey club East Grinstead, near London. The 25-year-old striker has played elite-level hockey for the past nine…

Return to NZ racetrack pays off

Twenty Cambridge-trained horses attended the twilight meeting at the Ellerslie racecourse on Saturday 2nd December, which consisted of one winner, two seconds and one third. The Stephen Marsh-trained Kings Cross picked up where he left…

Cambridge horses out on top at Avondale meeting

The Cambridge Jockey Club had 17 horses on the card for the Avondale Jockey Club meeting on Thursday 30th November. The day consisted of two wins, one second and two thirds for the Cambridge-based trainers….

Five podium finishes for track cyclists at World Cup

New Zealand’s largely Cambridge-based Elite track cycling team gave strong performances throughout the three-day UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Canada, coming away with five medals and plenty of close finishes. The final day on…

Sevens tournament coming to Cambridge

Cambridge’s Memorial Park on Taylor Street will play host to the annual Northern Regional Rugby Sevens tournament on Saturday 9th December. The Waikato Rugby Union is organising the event, which will feature six provincial unions…

Softballers make regional teams

Cambridge has produced not one but three young softball players to make regional representative teams this season, hailing from the Tom Voyle Sports Club. Alyssa Fenemor and brothers Tyrone and Jordan West were each selected…

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