Ponies prove most powerful

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…

CMS on top at Lit Quiz

The Kids’ Lit Quiz regional final held at Southwell School recently saw students from Cambridge Middle School pull off an excellent result. Neve Keightley, Ellessa Sanson, Hazel Tocker and Aviv Rachmani placed second overall at…

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…

Successful season for swimmer

A Karapiro School student has her eyes firmly set on gold, both in next year’s swimming season and on the future world stage, following on from a stellar performance in this year’s interschool, regional and…

Huge opportunity for Cambridge driver

When renowned rally driver Hayden Padden produced a clear win at the second round of the New Zealand Rally Championship in Whangarei last weekend, he did so with a Cambridge man by his side, co-driver…

Rowers set for world champs

Rowing New Zealand recently announced the national team which will contest the 2018 Junior World Rowing Championships in August. Two St Peter’s girls were named on the squad competing in the Czech Republic in August,…

Trans-Tasman success for Lakeview Archers

Four members of the local Lakeview Archers club have returned from the recent Trans-Tasman Archery event in Australia with an excellent collection of medals. The bi-annual competition was held in Morwell, Victoria, over four days…

Inspirational local aiming for gold

Para-cyclist Mitch Wilson has Olympic gold firmly on his radar, and he’s not letting the loss of his eyesight stop him. The 25-year-old became legally blind in his late teens due to a misdiagnosed brain…

Shooter has success in his sights

A Cambridge teenager has been selected for a special training programme after proving his skill with a gun. Liam McDonald was recently selected for Target Shooting New Zealand’s Junior Development Squad, having completed the organisation’s…