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Bevan Cup highly contested

With nearly 200 students performing as musical soloists, St Peter’s School’s Bevan Cup competition remains a tightly contested celebration of musical excellence. The event, held on Monday, September 24, was split into four categories –…

Close racing at challenge

The BNZ Corporate Challenge finals night was a huge success last weekend on Saturday night, attracting 43 teams to race across six categories. The Avanitidrome’s programme and events manager, Del Woodford, said he couldn’t have…

Armistice sculpture nearly underway

Ground is due to be broken at the site of the Le Quesnoy Memorial Sculpture in the next few weeks, with construction scheduled to start on the plinth to hold a six-metre high sculpture to…

Bond 25th at world champs

Cambridge cyclist Hamish Bond has wrapped up his campaign at the UCI Road World Championships, finishing 25th from 53 starters in the 52km individual time trial at the competition in Innsbruck, Austria, September 22 –…

Special kiwi released on maunga

The beginning of a journey for 500 kiwi started with one very special chick on October 1, coinciding with the start of Save the Kiwi Month. The eight-month-old Western Brown Kiwi chick, named Tahi, is…

Cricket and football under one roof

The Cambridge Junior Cricket Club, the largest of its kind in the Waikato, is working to accommodate Cambridge’s growing population by joining with the Cambridge Junior Football Club to share their facilities and fields. Planning…

Walker back to third in world

Cambridge’s BMX superstar Sarah Walker fought back from years of injury-laden adversity in Argentina over the weekend to finish on the podium at the UCI BMX World Cup. Sarah finished third in the penultimate round…

Karapiro kids on green mission

25 Year 3 students from Karapiro School headed along to Nick and Michelle Rolley’s farm on Luck At Last Rd on September 25 for a very special mission. The students were there to help with…

Mindfulness for kids

Cambridge kids have been getting the chance to learn the gentle art of mindfulness, with after school classes running at Cambridge Primary School. The initiative is the brainchild of local mum Rachel McAllister, who said…

Swimmer returns from Red Sea

Cambridge swimmer Hannah Blackwood had returned from the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championship in Eilit, Israel with a 25th-place finish and some cool memories after representing New Zealand at the competition last month….

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