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Howzat? Cricket is back for summer

Three Cambridge High School cricket teams launched their 2023/2024 summer seasons at home on Saturday as the Hamilton and Waikato Valley Secondary Schools’ competition got underway. Cambridge High’s U19 1st XI squared off with the…

Protesters at the greyhounds

A teenage politician was at the forefront of a small protest against greyhound racing at Cambridge Raceway last week. Animal Justice Party’s Hamilton East candidate Lily Carrington – who turned 18 just before this year’s…

Hockey for fun

Music was drifting over Cambridge Middle School’s Clare St turf, the barbecue was cranking and sausages were sizzling on the grill as Cambridge High School’s social summer hockey league got underway in brilliant sunshine last…

Promotion list unveiled

Eight events will receive help from the $18,210 remaining in Waipā District’s Promotion and Community Event funds. The Takapoto showjumping classic in February gets $3000 while the New Zealand Big Air freestyle BMX nationals –…

Waddell and the kiwi advantage

One of New Zealand’s most respected sporting sons, Rob Waddell, attributes much of this country’s global sporting success to its ability to collaborate effectively. Speaking at this month’s Cambridge U3A (University of the Third Age)…

What a kerfuffle

Ava Jones of Leamington Primary School planned her ride in the Kids Kerfuffle event at Lake Karāpiro on Saturday weeks in advance. She even laid out her favourite dress to wear undaunted by the warning…

A crowning achievement

Cambridge Football Club’s 10th grade team had plenty to cheer about last weekend after their win at Australasia’s largest junior football tournament. The team played 12 other teams from around Aotearoa at the annual McCartney…

Brigitte’s diving is dynamic

Most sports people aspire to reach new heights. For Cambridge’s Brigitte Nathansen it’s the complete opposite – she is training with the target of plumbing new depths. Nathansen made a splash at her first freediving…

Bikes to fly at Karāpiro

Organisers are calling it a Kids’ Kerfuffle; kids are likely to call it a lot of fun. The new event at Lake Karāpiro on Saturday for pre-schoolers through to Year 8 is an obstacle course…

Leisure riders test their mettle

While last week’s ‘Ride the Raceway’ had nothing to do with racing per se, one of those taking part did himself proud by completing 15 laps of the 1000m Cambridge Raceway course in 30 minutes,…

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