Local Sport

The killing of an industry

This story was subject of a critical finding by the New Zealand Media Council which can be read here: 29 May 2025 When Te Awamutu-based greyhound trainer Corey Steele heard racing minister Winston Peters’ December…

Waikato eyes place in final

The Waikato women’s rugby squad’s next step in retaining the Farah Palmer Cup will be taken this weekend. Should they weather the Auckland Storm in this weekend’s semi-final, Waikato will face either Canterbury or the…

Rep hockey

Waikato Hockey Association’s U16A boys’ and girls’ representative teams took on Bay of Plenty  sides at Gallagher Hockey Centre on Sunday. The warm-up matches were a chance for the newly selected teams to test their…

Shooting a hat trick

Cambridge High School’s shooting team has won the Inter-Secondary Schools Inter Island match for the third time in a row. The school’s top team, Annabel Goodrich, Zach Wood and Chelsea Bau, delivered a commanding performance…

Bronwen has a mountain to climb…

Cambridge runner Bronwen Rees-Jones has been hard at work in England training in the woods around her aunt’s home in Shiplake, preparing for the World Mountain Running Championships this weekend. The 18-year-old Cambridge High School…

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…

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