When Ella Yarndley graduated from the Special Olympics athlete leadership class at Parliament last week, she joined an elite group of Te Awamutu swimmers. But it nearly didn’t happen. She was struck down with an…
When Ella Yarndley graduated from the Special Olympics athlete leadership class at Parliament last week, she joined an elite group of Te Awamutu swimmers. But it nearly didn’t happen. She was struck down with an…
The final tournament of the winter season for the Kihikihi Bowling Club provided the club an opportunity to acknowledge the work of its greenkeeper. “Mark Tulip’s efforts over the last three seasons in bringing these…
He might be the mayor of Tauranga now, but Mahé Drysdale is still one of Waipā’s best Olympians. His two gold – won at London and Rio de Janeiro – and a bronze medal from…
Te Awamutu’s BMX club can take a slice of credit for Olympian Rebecca Petch’s Paris silver medal. Petch began riding for the club as a preschooler – and competed in the BMX event at the…
A Pirongia trio scored a clear win in the latest tournament at the Kihikihi Bowling Club. Skip Denise Te Mono steered the team including Lynda Bennett and Nevenka Drnasin to four successive wins – and…
Brisbane based Te Awamutu cruiser weight boxer Floyd Masson will launch his comeback next month against a fellow kiwi. Masson lost his IBO cruiserweight title when he was stopped in six rounds by Belgian Yves…
Hautapu dreamed to believe – and at one point midway in the second half it looked possible – but in the end the unbeaten Hamilton Marist premier rugby team was simply too good. The green…
In the summer of 1963, the New Zealand equestrian world changed forever. Dairy farmer Colin Clarke and his 12-year-old thoroughbred Town Boy became a unit. They were a force to be reckoned with as New…
Cambridge Bowling Club was well represented at Kihikihi’s tournament last week – and celebrated a win. Winter ills, and the weather, cast their shadow on the day. There were several teams that cancelled ,with flu…
Chiefs rugby star Cortez Ratima is now an All Black and the news has his family and friends thrilled, but not surprised. As a “motocross crazy” boy, rugby was his second sport. He learned ball…
