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Cycle team enjoying local support

The GD Pringle/Spoken Cycles team has received a boost from Cambridge businesses to support the local elite cyclists in their racing campaign over the coming months. Windsor Nissan Cambridge has (temporarily) gifted the team with…

Relay for Life at CHS

Relay for Life was back at Cambridge High School last week even bigger and better than before. The Cancer Society fundraiser used to run at the school each year in conjunction with the national event…

Sculpture off, everything else on

The Le Quesnoy Memorial Sculpture has been put on the backburner until next year, while final details of its placement are ironed out. Due to delays in sign-off by the relevant parties and then an…

Another big win for winemaker

Karapiro winemaker Andy Anderson has good reason to feel jubilant over his latest win. His meticulously-crafted 2014 Takapoto Gibbston Valley Single Vineyard Pinot Noir vintage has won the prestigious International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC)…

Sevens students off to nationals

Twenty-five high school sevens teams battled it out for a spot in the national final at the Waikato Secondary Schools Condor Sevens qualifying tournament at Memorial Park in Cambridge last week. The event on Wednesday…

Local rider toughest of the tough

Cambridge rider Dylan Yearbury has taken out the annual Husqvarna Hard Adventure Enduro, proving once again that he is the toughest of the tough in a back-to-back win of the gruelling event. The third annual…

Rock ‘n’ Roll dreams come true

Cambridge Cruisers Rock ‘n’ Roll club dancers Anna Hastings and Joel Armstrong cleaned up at the NZ Amateur Rock ‘n’ Roll Association Senior Championships October 20-21, winning the novice best dressed and taking out first…

Ross expects tight V8s battle

It will be a measured approach to the BNT V8s season for Nick Ross and his Total Lubricants Nissan Altima when the championship gets underway at Pukekohe today. It will be the Cambridge driver and…

Pool cost up $1.6M

Council has entered into a $17.6 million fixed-price contract to build the long-awaited Cambridge pool complex – an increase of $1.6 million on the construction works forecast 18 months ago. Material and fuel price increases,…

Sports kit spring clean out urged

Poppy Wortman caught up with Hannah Newlands recently on a new initiative which helps to put sports items and active wear to good use… Hannah Newlands is calling for locals to donate their surplus sports kit…

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