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Victory for CHS netball

Cambridge High School’s Junior Premier netball team have finished up the netball season as champions of their age group, taking out the Year 10 league in Hamilton on September 8. “I’m really proud of what…

Sailor flies to victory

Cambridge sailor Micah Wilkinson and his Napier team mate Olivia Mackay have finished up the 2018 Flying Phantom Series as overall winners after dominating the grand finale in Cardiff, Wales. The Kiwi team, which finished…

Students race hard

Over 270 students from primary schools around Cambridge gathered at Karapiro’s Mighty River Domain recently for a combined schools’ cross-country. The event on Friday, September 14, organised by Goodwood School with the support of Project…

Paddle race sees record entries

More than 170 paddlers took to the river on Sunday, September 16, competing in the annual Cambridge-to-Hamilton Paddle Race. Starting in at the Riverside Reserve on Dominion Ave, they paddled the 23km downstream to the…

Barefoot medal haul

Local barefoot water skier William Leigh has returned from the sport’s world championships in Canada sporting a host of medals. The Year 13 St Peter’s student came home with a silver medal in junior boys’…

Cambridge cyclist a world champion, again

Jim McMurray has added another rainbow jersey and gold medal to his collection after a spectacular performance at the 2018 UCI Gran Fondo World Champs in Italy recently. The Cambridge cyclist reclaimed his men’s 55…

First XV national champions

St Peter’s School’s First XV has successfully defended the National Co-Ed title – becoming the only team to win it back-to-back since St Kent’s in 2011 – after an emphatic victory over Rangiora High School…

Sun welcome at cross country

Sunny weather came just in time for the Cambridge Combined Rural Schools Cross Country at Karapiro on September 7. Held at the Mighty River Domain, students from Karapiro, Kaipaki, Roto-o-Rangi, Te Miro and Horahora School…

Double victory for Cambridge shooters

Shooters from the Cambridge Small Bore Rifle Target Shooting Club have enjoyed two massive wins recently. Some of the club members were selected to represent the Waikato in an open competition against Taranaki on August…

Lacrosse boys finish third

Cambridge High School’s boys’ lacrosse team have finished the season off on a high note winning their final game against Hamilton Boys’ High School – earning third place overall in the season, behind Te Awamutu…

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