Victoria Square shed revealed

Victoria Square shed revealed

Ever wondered what’s inside the old, small shed on Victoria Square? We’ve figured it out. The contents are not too exciting, it’s now used as a storage shed for the Cambridge Cricket Club, but the…

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…

Cambridge Leos give $500 to New Lives

The Cambridge High School Leo Club, a youth branch of the Cambridge Lions, recently made a much-needed donation of $500 to Cambridge-based charity New Lives Animal Rescue. Donna Young, founder of New Lives, visited the…

New AED for Matangi

Members of the Matangi community are now much more likely to be brought back from the brink of death after an automated external defibrillator (AED) was installed at the local Foursquare on Tauwhare Rd. “AEDs…

Thornton Club – 3 years on

The Thornton Club has reported an increase in membership since two of the town’s longest-standing clubs, the Cambridge Bowling Club and the Cambridge Club, joined as one inside the iconic Thornton Rd building. Now known…

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…

New quad bike to fix carpark dilemma

The Cambridge Lions were gifted a generous donation last week – a quad bike. It’s more of a long-term loan, which will come in handy for the charity organisation which has thousands of items donated…

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….