Local Sport

Para-cyclist smashes goal at world champs

Cambridge’s inspirational para-cyclist Eltje Malzbender has returned from the Para-cycling Road World Championships with more than one reason to smile, having made a top placing as well as smashing her goal with an unexpectedly fast…

Cricketers make promising squad

Cricket players at St Peter’s School have had their perfection on the pitch recognized by the leading cricket association in this half of the North Island. Northern Districts Cricket – the home of one of…

Runner racing mountains

A Cambridge runner will represent New Zealand at the World Mountain Running Championships this weekend. Matt Scott, a 2015 St Peter’s graduate, was selected for the New Zealand team following his third-place finish at the…

Youngsters take two cup finals

Junior football wrapped up for Cambridge over the weekend with five teams appearing in Waikato knockout finals. Playing at Hamilton’s Glenview Park, two of the Cambridge teams won their respective finals. Cambridge Victory won the…

Swimmers on top at regional awards

The St Peter’s Swimming Club has plenty of reasons to celebrate after dominating the 2018 Swimming Waikato Awards. The club itself, as well as several of its members, took out 24 titles and awards at…

New lacrosse team for Cambridge

A new sports team is being planned for Cambridge, and organisers are encouraging interested locals to come along to a muster on September 15 to check it out. With lacrosse becoming an increasingly popular sport…

St Peter’s win over CHS

St Peter’s First XV had a victory over local rivals Cambridge High School last Wednesday, winning 55-7 in trying conditions. The mid-week game meant crowd support was encouraging from both schools. St Peter’s were well-led…

Respectable finish for Reds

After six seasons out of the competition, Cambridge fans can be satisfied with the Reds’ mid-table finish in football’s Northern League. The club secured 7th place in the 12-team second division in its return season, creating…

Sudden-death final in lacrosse

Cambridge High School’s premier boys lacrosse team faced off against Hamilton Boys High School on Sunday in the last of the round-robin games before playoffs this weekend – where, due to how the season has…

GD Pringle/Spoken team to race

Spoken Cycles have confirmed that they will take to the start line at both of New Zealand’s premier UCI events in the 2018-2019 season; at the New Zealand Cycle Classic and the Gravel & Tar…

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