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Reds player wins national selection

Cambridge footballer Elliot Cooper will represent his country at this year’s FISU World University Futsal Championship in Kazakhstan. The Reds midfielder has been selected for the NZ University Futsal team to go to the world…

Top title at BMX Nationals

Tasman Wakelin was one of seven Cambridge riders to win national titles at the BMX National Championships over Easter weekend, an impressive feat considering the Cambridge High School student was the youngest in his league,…

Victoria Square shed revealed

Ever wondered what’s inside the old, small shed on Victoria Square? We’ve figured it out. The contents are not too exciting, it’s now used as a storage shed for the Cambridge Cricket Club, but the…

New record and top placings for skier

A Piarere water skier came away from the recently Barefoot Water Ski National Champs with top placings and a trick ski record. Seventeen-year-old William Leigh competed at the competition held at Lake Karapiro, competing in…

Cambridge Leos give $500 to New Lives

The Cambridge High School Leo Club, a youth branch of the Cambridge Lions, recently made a much-needed donation of $500 to Cambridge-based charity New Lives Animal Rescue. Donna Young, founder of New Lives, visited the…

New AED for Matangi

Members of the Matangi community are now much more likely to be brought back from the brink of death after an automated external defibrillator (AED) was installed at the local Foursquare on Tauwhare Rd. “AEDs…

Kaivolutionaries wanted

  Five days a week, Hamilton food rescue organisation, Kaivolution, comes out to Cambridge to collect food for those in need.  Food that is still good enough to eat, but not good enough to sell,…

Local horses shine at Te Aroha

Cambridge-trained Highlad won the J. Swap Te Aroha Cup (2200m) with a nail-biting finish last Saturday at the Te Aroha racecourse. Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman had hinted that he favoured the four-year-old son of High…

Thornton Club – 3 years on

The Thornton Club has reported an increase in membership since two of the town’s longest-standing clubs, the Cambridge Bowling Club and the Cambridge Club, joined as one inside the iconic Thornton Rd building. Now known…

What next for State Highway 1?

With uncertainty surrounding the plans to extend the Waikato Expressway to the Tauranga turnoff, concerned locals are speaking out about the urgent need for improvements to the intersection of Karapiro Rd and SH1. Dave and…

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