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Cheerleaders on top

Cheerleaders from St Peter’s School finished ahead of teams from around the country when they competed at the Cheerbrandz Spring Carnival cheerleading competition in Auckland on Sunday, September 16, taking out the title for the…

Days for Girls sew for suffrage

 Anne Blewden shares the work local group Days for Girls does to help women around the world. A Cambridge group of 23 women sew once a month making sanitary shields to go in kits for…

Cambridge cyclists ready for action

Cycling New Zealand recently named a 37-strong squad of elite and junior riders set to contest the Oceania Championships in Adelaide next month, including several Cambridge riders. Former St Peter’s School students and Cambridge locals…

Gearing up for horse heaven

Mystery Creek is gearing up for the annual Equidays event, this month’s ‘must see’ fixture on any horse-lover’s calendar. Last year, more than 22,000 visitors flocked to Equidays and it’s hoped that the October 2018…

Dynamo team racing triumph

Cambridge cyclist Jim McMurray has continued his winning streak since his return from the 2018 UCI Gran Frodo World Champs, joining Heath Lett, Glen Carabine, Lee McLean, David Addison and Simon Hammond to secure the…

The ‘B’ came back

The power of social media has led to the speedy return of the custom-made ‘B’ from the Bunnies sign, which was prised off the fence at the Thornton Rd early childcare facility sometime early last…

Team wheels to victory

The Waikato A Wheelchair Basketball team were crowned 2018 Wheelchair Basketball National Champions in Tauranga last Sunday. Eight teams were competing over two pools in the competition, with Cambridge locals Maioro Barton and CJ Takiari…

Strong local showing at AIMS

Cambridge Middle School (CMS) was represented in cross-country, gymnastics, badminton, squash, rock climbing, multisport, netball, basketball, mixed hockey, girls’ and boys’ football, hip hop, swimming and BMX at last week’s AIMS Games in Mt Maunganui….

Altrusa rewards literacy

Altrusa International Cambridge has been organising the Literacy Award night since 1992.  This year 23 children were nominated by local schools in Cambridge and 19 of those received their award at Cambridge East School on…

Speech finals at CMS

I had the pleasure of judging the Year 8 speech finals at Cambridge Middle School recently and was quite blown away with the confidence that each student showed by getting up on stage in front…

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