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Jane’s two-day plus marathon

Cambridge’s Jane McAlpine set a New Zealand women’s record last week in Queensland at the Dead Cow Gully Backyard Masters, running 355km in 53 hours. The Te Awamutu College alumna is coached by fellow New…

Czyk burns out in Spain

Wotjek Czyz caused the big upset in the second round at the Parastanding World Tennis championships in Spain last week only to dip out in the quarter finals. The Cambridge Paralympian beat France’s Cédric Delmas…

Swim Fest launched

Lake Karāpiro will host a two-day festival of swimming next year, the first of its type in New Zealand, say organisers. The combination of swimming events, community activities and lakeside entertainment will make the lake…

New caps and victories

Te Awamutu Sports and Hautapu claimed wins on Matariki weekend, while the Cambridge-based side has a new All Black cap in their ranks. Chiefs prop Ollie Norris has joined fellow Hautapu club man Luke Jacobson…

Cambridge pays penalty

Elation morphed into devastation for Cambridge High School’s 1st XI Boys’ hockey players last Tuesday night (June 17), when a tantalising chance to make history was snatched away at the last minute. Playing for the…

St Peter’s trio make All Blacks

Eight years ago Ollie Norris, Samipeni Finau and Cam Roigard were part of a Cambridge St Peter’s School First XV team that won the national co-educational school rugby championship. In Dunedin next week, the school…

Teen on the podium

Cambridge teenager Lily Greenough has sped to her first podium at the second round of the UCI BMX Racing World Cup in Sarrians, France. The 17-year-old, who qualified for her first junior women’s final at…

Peace Cup gets a boost

Rugby’s Peace Cup has traditionally had it tough – after some unsympathetic handling it is considered among the less attractive in New Zealand sport, it went missing for several seasons – and as a symbol…

Hautapu win Waipā derbies

Saturday was a tough day at the office for Te Awamutu Sports as Hautapu pulled them apart in both premier battles of the Waipā at Cambridge Memorial Park. Hautapu first five-eighth Dillon Martin slotted six…

Strong weekend for Waipā premiers

Both Waipā premier teams were victorious in Waikato club rugby on Saturday, Te Awamutu Sports defeated University 27-12 in front of home fans and Hautapu beat Ōtorohanga 32-29. Halfback Coby Osborne scored a double for…

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