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New retirement role for Houchen

Stuart Houchen is finally dipping his toe into retirement after a false start unexpectedly put him back behind the desk at Cambridge Funerals. The call asking if he’d be prepared to provide a fortnight’s cover…

Kayakers make themselves at home

Cambridge is proving to be the perfect training ground for the NZ Men’s Kayak squad since the team moved here at the start of the year. The squad of Max Brown, Taris Harker, Kurtis Imrie,…

All go at Leamington School

There was colour flying everywhere on Saturday, October 27 at the Leamington School Colour Blast. Around 200 people got their clothes redecorated at the event, turning their whites to multicolours under a barrage of coloured…

His own seat, and a mince pie

A relaxed social gathering at Lake Te Kō Utu on Sunday will be an opportunity for friends and family of colourful Cambridge resident Crispin ‘Cris’ Love, who died last year, to celebrate the installation of…

Armistice, 100 years on

A week of commemorations for Armistice got underway on Sunday, with crowds flocking to the Town Hall for a WWI art exhibition and a photographic display of the liberation of Le Quesnoy by Kiwi troops…

Leamington lads back from Euro tour

A squad of 21 members of the Leamington Rugby Sports Club have arrived home safely after a tour of Europe. The 2018 Euro Tour over September 22 – October 19 was part of a three…

CHS artist a national finalist

Congratulations to Orla Anderson-Scott who was a finalist in the National Youth Art Award exhibition, with her work titled “Hand of fate” featuring in the four-week exhibition which wrapped up last month. At 16 years…

World Cup bronze for Cambridge track riders

Cambridge riders Ellesse Andrews and Rushlee Buchanan claimed bronze in a tight battle against Germany in the women’s team pursuit final at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup held October 26 – 28 – the…

Young entrepreneurs make finals

A team of St Peter’s entrepreneurs who created their own business product have been named finalists in the Waikato Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Annual Awards. The Get Heated business team of Sophie Brittenden, Juliet Fordyce,…

Locals smash K2 Cycle Classic

Cambridge cyclists dominated the Flight Centre K2 Road Cycle Classic in the Coromandel last weekend, smashing the opposition in the gruelling event that is regarded by many as the toughest one-day cycle challenge in the…

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