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Our riders aiming for gold in Israel

Last week we reported fundraising had started to get six Cambridge area cyclists to Israel next month for the Junior World Track Championships. Today we look at the six athletes who have been selected. Jaxson…

‘Fame’ at last for Bezzant  

Softball international Gaye Bezzant is to become the 41st inductee into Cambridge’s Sports Walk of Fame. The announcement was made this week – at the same time six inductees were announced for Te Awamutu’s Walk…

What a ride by Leo …..

His mum was wondering.  His dad was wondering.  The whole school was wondering. Could Leo Piper do it? Could a 10-year-old boy who had never ridden longer than 2.5 hours pedal for six hours straight…

On the ball

Cambridge centreback Maria Cameron intercepts a through ball during Cambridge’s 3-0 home win over Ngāruawahia in a Waikato women’s first division match last weekend. Cambridge, fourth equal on the points tables, travels to Melville on…

Ride on: Leo’s big target 

‘Outside the comfort zone is where you grow.’ “It was a saying on the Nutri-Grain box,” says Leo Piper, when The News asks if he’s daunted by the prospect of cycling for six hours straight….

A special mention for Jarrod 

Ask any cyclist at the Cambridge Velodrome who the most important person on the track is and most would point towards Jarrod Gilbert. As a world class competitor himself, the 28-year-old Cambridge caretaker understands the…

Schools return to battle 

The battle of the Waipā high schools saw Te Awamutu College, St Peter’s and Cambridge High back competing on the sporting fields for the first time in four years last week. It was Cambridge that…

Mud and glory

Appalling weather conditions meant the much anticipated “sea of red and white” at Hautapu’s Memorial Park in Cambridge on Saturday was more a small wave – but those who did participate, made a notable difference….

Teen’s Olympic dream 

It’s a jungle out there in the competitive swimming world, but Cambridge’s own ‘Tarzan’ is up for the challenge. At just 14, Cambridge High School year 9 student Corné Diener is nearly two metres and…

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