Rugby’s new alumni club

Rugby’s new alumni club

Former King Country coach and 2026 Hautapu head coach Isaac Boss is one of many rugby lovers across the Waipā and King Country to be excited by the new Ruakura Rugby Football Club. Ruakura RFC…

Home win in polo

Waipā men John-Paul Clarkin and Dean Fullerton shone on home soil as New Zealand  beat a Rest of the World team 8-7 at Mystery Creek Polo Club late last month. Captain Clarkin knocked in a…

Kiwis to take on rest of world

Waipā duo John Paul Clarkin and Dean Fullerton will once again don the New Zealand jersey on home soil at Mystery Creek Polo Club this week. Kaipaki-based Clarkin and Ngāhinapōuri resident Fullerton, will take part…

Project gets te reo award

A project run under the umbrella of Rob Waddell’s business Waddell, the New Zealand Sport Collective (NZSC), has won an award in partnership with Whakaata Māori. The former New Zealand high-performance athlete has been encouraged…

Gibbes gets down to business

Jono Gibbes’ first pre-season in charge of the Chiefs rugby franchise is underway. The former player and assistant coach – and Te Awamutu Sports player – has transitioned smoothly into his new role as head…

Eight decades, still on a roll

December 2 marked 80 years since Central Bowling Club Cambridge started and the following week it hosted its 15th annual Sistaz tournament. The club’s upcoming Christmas tournament will be the lowkey, official celebration with a…

Calves score for rugby

Ōhaupō Rugby Sports Club held their annual calf rearers’ day in Ngāhinapōuri last month a great initiative to raise funds to help keep the club running in the summer months. The day was well attended…

Big Bang theories abound ……

Plenty of theories have arisen as to why “Howard Wolowitz” from the Big Bang Theory was in the Waipā on November 30. American actor and comedian Simon Helberg, and fictional aerospace engineer/astronaut, fittingly dined at…

Feral cat call gets support

Waipā has welcomed the announcement that feral cats will be added to New Zealand’s Predator Free 2050 strategy. Last week conservation Minister Tama Potaka confirmed feral cats will join possums, rats, stoats, weasels and ferrets…

Evans keeps lifting her game

It’s been a big year for Pirongia-based raw bench press specialist Delwyn Evans, 61, travelling around the globe and breaking records on the way. The former Cambridge High School student has been to Norway, Japan and Christchurch in the last six months…