Hopes for a Waipā derby in the Waikato Draught Breweries Shield Premiership final on Saturday were dashed by Hamilton Marist last weekend – but Te Awamutu Sports still has a final to prepare for. Te…
Hopes for a Waipā derby in the Waikato Draught Breweries Shield Premiership final on Saturday were dashed by Hamilton Marist last weekend – but Te Awamutu Sports still has a final to prepare for. Te…
Te Awamutu Intermediate School deputy principal Jimmy Heta is set to make a splash on the world stage next month. He’s been selected in the New Zealand Black Dragons team to compete at the 2023…
With a new $35,000 roof over members’ heads, Kihikihi Rugby Sports Club members are kicking on with a simply-stated aim – grow rugby in the region. The roof, completed thanks to Grassroots Trust funding, was…
Waipā – and Cambridge – has its newest home grown All Black. On Sunday, after much buzz about his chances, former St Peter’s Cambridge 1st XV, now Hurricanes halfback, Cam Roigard was among five newcomers…
Alya Mexted is Te Awamutu Rowing Club’s inaugural winner of a best coach trophy awarded in honour of club stalwart Clive Steenson. Steenson was described as the “backbone” of Te Awamutu Rowing Club for more…
There have been many sporting highlights for me in a 40-year career as a journalist. Being waterside at the Sydney Olympics when Rob Waddell won his rowing gold medal, Auckland taking the Ranfurly Shield on…
The future of Waipā, and Waikato, football is likely already safe in the hands of Cambridge’s Liam Weston – and they’re about to get safer. In his fourth year as a referee, Liam, 17, –…
St Peter’s Cambridge has won the 2023 Battle of the Waipa Schools, beating Te Awamutu College and Cambridge High School to lift the trophy. The private school hosted the annual inter-school event, which involved hundreds…
A pair of relative newcomers to bridge are earning their stripes with the Cambridge Bridge Club. Sue Keating and Els Cochrane joined at the start of last year’s beginner bridge lessons series. After quickly getting…
Honours were shared in football’s Battle of Waipā in Waikato men’s division four on Saturday at John Kerkhof Park in Cambridge. The match finished 1-1 after two penalties were awarded in the final 15 minutes….
