Local Sport

Golfers: home on the range?

Waikato’s oldest golf club wants to free up part of its land so developers can create new housing and the club can undertake much-needed course improvements including fairway watering. Members at Cambridge Golf Club, founded…

Boh’s an Aussie champion

Tamahere runner Boh Ritchie, 15, has burst onto the international athletics scene, winning gold at the 2022 Australian Track and Field Championships in Sydney. The St Peter’s School, Cambridge student also smashed six seconds off…

Champs in the saddle

There are national champions galore at Cambridge High School and St Peter’s School following the BMX and cycling track nationals. Cambridge High School students picked up several national titles in the cycling at the Velodrome…

Waterskiing with soul 

Barefoot water skiing is not for the faint hearted or soft headed. It is one of the trickiest and most skilful sports and is set to return to Lake Karāpiro at the Piarere Ski Club…

Sentch skips team to victory

Meanwhile the St Patricks Day bowls tournament was well supported with a full green of bowlers, with many visitors. The annual event was  as usual very colourful especially with many participants dressed for the St…

Antiques skittle Rogues

The clash between Waipā’s more senior cricketers provided plenty of entertainment for spectators at Cambridge’s Victoria Park on Sunday in the Sunday League. Cambridge Antiques won the toss and scored 216/9 off their 40 overs…

Our rowers sock it to ‘em

Brylee Deacon is in a race against time. Planting an oar on the pontoon, she lifts herself out of her boat, grabs a water bottle, swigs deeply and begins peeling off her bright blue Rick…

Two weeks, two tons for Lennox

Riley Lennox of St Peter’s School continued his dream season with the bat by scoring a second consecutive century in the Waikato Secondary School colts’ competition on Saturday in Cambridge. St Peter’s Colts finished their…

In it for the long run

Boh Ritchie is running her way into the record books. Last month the Tamahere teenager made history by winning Athletics New Zealand’s first ever U20 mile race. She was just 14 when she achieved the…

Trumpeting our Elephant

A Cambridge racehorse named Elephant has been winning hearts across Australasia with his quirky personality, goofy grin and athletic prowess. The five-year-old gelding got his name because when he curls his top lip it looks…

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