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Lacrosse: CHS vs Hillcrest

Cambridge High School demonstrated their tough resilience when they went up against Hillcrest on the weekend. The Hillcrest team’s absence of any subs wasn’t a problem as the athletic senior players presented solid stick handling…

Boomerang bags back in spotlight

Community-minded people up and down the country will be firing up their sewing machines on Saturday, taking part in the first national Boomerang Bag sewing bee. The Cambridge collective will be joining in, churning out…

Pōwhiri honours Joelle King

There was plenty of aroha in the wharenui at Maungatautari Marae last week, as iwi, whānau, friends, members of the Waikato squash community, council representatives and invited guests gathered for a pōwhiri in honour of…

Coach keen for first win

Cambridge football coach Paul Richardson hopes this weekend’s match against Auckland’s Onehunga Mangere United will give him his first win since taking charge of the Reds. Since becoming the club’s head coach in early May,…

Winners told to keep learning

Three apprentices who received Smiths Scholarship Awards last month were told their futures would be shaped by their willingness to undergo on-going training. Auckland’s Caroline Edwards and Ian Barnes, and Tauranga’s Jessica Liggett-Bowring were presented…

Elder abuse a hot topic

Those manning the elder abuse awareness stand outside Comins Pharmacy last Friday said there had been more interest shown in the topic this year than in previous years. They fielded questions around the different types…

Local musos top of Rockquest final

Two Cambridge bands took out the top two spots at the Smokefree Rockquest regional final on June 16. Hamilton Boys’ High School band Casper, with St Peter’s student George Roberts as lead singer and bassist,…

Parks taken by electric vehicle charging

Two prime parks outside The Warehouse on Wilson St have now been reserved for electric vehicle recharging, marked out with blue paint to deter other vehicles from parking there. Rather than put the recharging stations…

Defying the law of gravity

Cambridge Jockey Aaron Kuru showed his class when he and his mount Des De Jeu took out the ITM Frame and Truss Maiden Steeplechase (3200m) despite falling at Awapuni last Saturday. Kuru and the five-year-old…

Special week for volunteers

Cambridge’s robust volunteers were doing what they do best as the country marked National Volunteer Week over June 17 to 23 – just getting on with the job at hand. This is a town rich…

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