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Thunder and lightning in netball

A Cambridge team formed two years ago with a player centric aim has taken out the secondary schools’ premier grade title at Hamilton Netball Centre’s Saturday competition. TVP Thunder beat Hillcrest High 33-31 in the…

Speed wobbles are out

Work is underway on Cambridge Bowling Club’s new bandstand green following the installation of floodlights over the clubhouse green. All should be finished in time for the club’s 125th anniversary later this year, club spokesperson…

Foes for one day

About this time every year, Cambridge resident and Matamata Primary School principal Glenn MacPherson undergoes an Incredible-Hulk-style transformation, morphing from a kind and supportive father into a man who puts victory above his own flesh…

Great job, Johanson…

Johanson Tamala is sure his selection into the Waikato Under 18 rugby squad would have made his grandfather Tauinaola Tanuvasamanaia quietly proud. “He was always the tough love type of person,” the Waipā student said….

Middle school’s three-peat

Cambridge Middle School has beaten nine other schools to win the Waikato Intermediate and Middle Schools cross country championships for the third year in a row. “Our whole team ran exceptionally well,” sports coordinator Anita…

Back to school for Cam

New All Black Cameron Roigard has returned to his first school. The halfback, 22, paid a Thursday visit to Karāpiro School before heading off to the World Cup. He brought back with him the card…

Jarrod’s golden slalom run

Jarrod Gilbert is about to trade the cold winter air of Wanaka for the warmer waters of the pool at Livingstone Aquatic Centre. And the Special Olympics Te Awamutu athlete will do so with two…

Sophia’s set for the manor

Her bags are packed – well, so far they almost are – and she’s ready to go. ‘Yes, mum’s been telling me I need to start thinking about that,” she said. On Saturday, “super excited”…

Girls on the ball

The Women’s World Cup has sparked a huge surge of interest in football – and it was on show in Cambridge last weekend as Te Awamutu and Cambridge battled out an entertaining seven-aside Under-10s game….

First XV’s sizzling win

What do you get when you mix a passionate team, a former Black Fern, an enthusiastic sponsor, 300 sausages and a haka? A day Cambridge High School’s 1st XV girls’ rugby team will remember for…

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