Local Sport

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…

Chance to see masters at work

The Avantidrome has been a hive of activity on Sundays recently, with masters cyclists preparing for this weekend’s Cambridge Drome Masters. Around 70 cyclists have entered so far, with 30 from Cambridge and the rest…

Three judo medals for Camkada

Three members of Camkada Judo Club took part in the Auckland International Judo competition last week, coaches Harry Smith and Ross Beale and judoka, Jack. First up was Jack, who despite losing once, pulled off…

Highs and lows at junior world champs

New Zealand’s team of cyclists competing at the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Switzerland returned home this week with two medals from their team pursuit finals, and several placings just off the podium….

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