Pirongia Rugby Sports Club have won a $20,000 field upgrade via the PGG Wrightson Turf, Field of Dreams competition – a great boost for the club after winning Waikato club of the year ahead of…
Pirongia Rugby Sports Club have won a $20,000 field upgrade via the PGG Wrightson Turf, Field of Dreams competition – a great boost for the club after winning Waikato club of the year ahead of…
It’s been a big year for Pirongia-based raw bench press specialist Delwyn Evans, 61, travelling around the globe and breaking records on the way. The former Cambridge High School student has been to Norway, Japan and Christchurch in the last six months…
Special Olympics Te Awamutu recently hosted a swim meet for 100 athletes from 13 North Island clubs in preparation for the Christchurch-based National Summer Games in December. There was plenty of excitement and many podium…
Te Awamutu’s Unity Collins, known for her success in tandem-cycling as part of the national para-cycling team, swimming and ukulele playing, won a ‘spirit of the game’ trophy at a national blind bowling tournament in…
Bev McLean loves organising events and her latest one – the Cambridge Golf Club 125th anniversary – was another success. Everything went to plan except for the downpour that struck the 90 golfers early in…
Te Awamutu athlete Mike Smith and the New Zealand GPC powerlifting squad have returned from the world championships in Brazil with 17 gold medals and nine world records. The Balneário Camboriú-based event had 1000 competitors…
Jesse Woods delves into the past to tell the story of a Waikato rugby rep turned businessman, golfer and bowler. The first line on Ōhaupō Rugby Sports Club’s Waikato honours board states ‘1925 Tom Kirkup’….
Waipā connected players are once again scattered across the Pacific following the 2026 Super Rugby squad namings last week. There are 12 players and coaching staff with Hautapu connections, eight Te Awamutu Sports alumni, one…
Six months ago, Waipā 18-year-old Lily Houben didn’t know where Uzbekistan was. Now she has won medals there as well as in Auckland, Japan and Indonesia across several martial arts disciplines. The airtime is certainly…
Waikato’s old current club has celebrated being named club of the year at the recent Waikato Rugby awards. Beginning under the name Alexandra in 1876, Pirongia is now among the 10 oldest in the country…
