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Long day for footballing trio

Three Cambridge teenagers played a football marathon on the weekend, featuring in three matches that lasted more than five hours in total. Their testing Saturday began with a school match in the morning and was…

Championships at Cambridge Golf Club

Golfers young and old will head to Cambridge this weekend for two of the major golfing events of the calendar year. This Saturday and Sunday, Classic Builders Cambridge Golf Club plays host to the 20th…

Left in the lurch

Parents on the Leamington side of the river have been left scrambling, after a Ministry of Education ruling which means Year 9 and 10 students will be ineligible to catch the bus to Cambridge High…

Maioro behind plastic-free July

Well-known Cambridge wheelchair athlete Maioro Barton has thrown his support behind Plastic Free July, signing up to be one of four locals taking the Waipa District Council’s Top 4 challenge this month. In return for…

Leamington colts steal the win

Senior A vs SURF Leamington started slowly with only a penalty to show for the first half. SURF (Southern United Rugby Football Club) created pressure and converted to points, 24-3 by half time. Leamington responded…

Huge victory for Hautapu

Premier A Hosting Morrinsville sports in the last home game of the regular season, the team was looking to put together a good performance for their supporters and cement their place in the top four….

Cambridge galloper doing well overseas

Cambridge-trained The Bostonian added a second Australian stakes race to his resume when he took out the Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m) at the Sunshine Coast last Saturday. The Tony Pike-trained son of Jimmy…

Community events boosted

Eleven community events in the Waipa have been named as the first recipients of a new Community Event Fund established by Waipa District Council. The $30,000 fund aims to support grass-roots events which help build…

Road marking fail

A dead pukeko received an unexpected paint job last week, courtesy of council contractors. The bird was sprayed over on Peake Rd – assuming it wasn’t taken out by the road marking truck in the…

Club’s youngest coach wins volunteer award

Hamish Durran-Wolff has learned at an early age the value of giving back to his community. The 11-year-old footballer is one of the youngest volunteers at Cambridge FC where he referees and coaches a 7th-grade…

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