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Gaze passes final day test

Cambridge professional Sam Gaze produced remarkable ride to pass more than 50 riders to 12th place in the elite men’s cross-country on the final day of the UCI MTB World Championships in Switzerland. After an…

Football eyes on Luke

Cambridge footballer Luke Brooke-Smith has become one of the youngest players to debut for the All Whites. Brooke-Smith became All White No. 645 when he took the field against Australia in the second leg of…

High five and goals

Twenty-one Waipā teams braved wild weather to take part in WaiBop Football Federation’s junior 5-a-side tournament in Hamilton on Sunday. Despite torrential rain and gale-force winds at the start of the event, children from across…

Cyclones hit a Waikato storm

Community support was clear on Saturday as hometown hero Keelah Bodle and the Waikato Farah Palmer Cup rugby team defeated Manawatū Cyclones at Cambridge Memorial Park. Waikato’s 15-10 victory in driving rain and wind at…

It’s school cross country season

Primary school students around Cambridge have been hitting footpaths, trails and treadmills recently, preparing for their annual cross country events. Pupils from Horahora, Kaipaki, Karāpiro, Roto-o-Rangi and Te Miro schools put all that training to…

Riding, fighting to the top

Teenagers Liam and Zane Rutland are making waves across Australasia in their respective sports. From a family of five, the Waipā duo compete in show jumping and MMA (mixed martial arts) respectively. Growing up in…

Records tumble in powerlifting

Seventy New Zealand records and 18 world records were broken at Te Awamutu’s ASB Stadium during the Global Powerlifting Committee national championships. The August event attracted 85 competitors. Trainstation gym coach, event organiser and GPC…

Sharing the Aims spirit

Two teams from different countries have been working hard on and off the court to prepare for this year’s AIMS Games tournament. Waikato’s Cambridge Middle School (The Mighty Blues) and St Anne’s Primary School (Suva)…

Reds pipped at the post

Cambridge’s first season in the Northern League football championship finished in bitter sweet fashion on Saturday. The men were set a challenging target of beating Wanderers in Hamilton while hoping results elsewhere went their way…

Eti does the heavy lifting

To say hard work led 19-year-old heavy machinery operator Dylan Eti to his Waikato provincial rugby début would be an understatement. Dylan lives in Hamilton and works for Cambridge-based C & R Developments at the…

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