What a difference a year makes. Just ask Jasmine Gaualofa. At the Leamington Pony Club’s Easter gymkhana last year, she and Balu, a 14-year-old station bred gelding, were reserve champions. This week they were the…
What a difference a year makes. Just ask Jasmine Gaualofa. At the Leamington Pony Club’s Easter gymkhana last year, she and Balu, a 14-year-old station bred gelding, were reserve champions. This week they were the…
A Cambridge Central combination won a successful tournament at Kihikihi last week. Skip Laurie Roycroft, with Ron Greenwood and Dennis Wilcock , secured first prize with four wins, 22 ends and 49 points. They headed…
Problems with people “pre-loading” before last year’s Grins Night of Champions at Cambridge Raceway has prompted officials to put a temporary liquor ban in place for next month’s event. The grassed paddock to the east…
They rowed in 16 A finals, 23 B finals and one D final – and came home to Waipā with nine medals – three gold, three silver and three bronze from the national secondary school…
Waipā’s velodrome has become the newest addition to an elite cycling programme. The Grassroots Trust Velodrome now has the status of UCI World Cycling Centre Continental Development Satellite for Oceania. Satellites are set up to…
Hundreds of fans have descended on Piarere to watch 109 water skiers from around the country compete in the New Zealand Water Ski Nationals. The March 26-31 event is held here every six years or…
Waipā and King Country riders are bringing 11 medals home from the Para Cycling Track World Championships in Brazil. Ōtorohanga’s Nicole Murray, now based in Cambridge, won five – gold, two silvers and two bronze….
She was a triple champion two weeks ago – now she has a Maadi medal in her sights. “Getting three gold medals in a regatta’s pretty unheard of, so we were ecstatic with that,” said…
About 2000 secondary school athletes are gearing up to compete at this year’s Aon Maadi Regatta in Twizel from March 18-23, hoping the hours they’ve poured into early-morning trainings will pay off. Behind the scenes,…
Venus was the brightest object in the sky and the Southern Cross was high up as more than 300 people took the opportunity to run the Hamilton Airport runway on Sunday. Maintenance work at the…
