A Te Awamutu born boxer is to fight for title vacated by Joseph Parker’s last opponent. Brisbane based southpaw Floyd Masson fights Italian Fabio Turchi – also a southpaw – for the vacant IBO World…
A Te Awamutu born boxer is to fight for title vacated by Joseph Parker’s last opponent. Brisbane based southpaw Floyd Masson fights Italian Fabio Turchi – also a southpaw – for the vacant IBO World…
One of the best hockey players Waipā has produced has secured a professional contract with a leading Dutch club. Jackson Beale, 18, will make his debut for Hockey Club (HC) Houten sometime in the next…
The Te Awamutu BMX club returned from racing in the South Island Titles BMX event with five champions. Darci Dumbell, 8 year old girls, Baiden Prescott, 9 year old boys, Leon Dumbell, 11 year old…
Waipā golf clubs will continue a long tradition of supporting the Waikato Westpac rescue helicopter service next week. A full field of 34 four-player teams will contest the Waikato District Veteran Golf Association’s 2023 four-day…
It’s the only sporting event I can recall where the competitors make a point of approaching the media to say hello. The national Special Olympics in Hamilton wrapped up last weekend at the somewhat stunted…
Te Awamutu Special Olympian Matthew Smith has been chosen to represent New Zealand in the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin. Matthew has Russell-Silver syndrome, a genetic growth disorder, and is one of 40…
Special Olympics Te Awamutu hosted their final Special Olympics swim meet of the season on Sunday ahead of the national championships. Eleven clubs and 110 athletes from the greater Waikato region competed at the Te…
Waipā-born athletes have excelled at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Cambridge squash queen Joelle King picked up two gold medals in Birmingham this week to take her career medal tally from four Commonwealth Games to…
The Te Awamutu BMX Club is celebrating after one of its members picked up a Commonwealth Games gold medal and two others shone at the BMX world champs – where one finished with a ranking…
Street parades will be held in Waipā for the district’s Commonwealth Games athletes to recognise their achievements in Birmingham. The games still have another four days to go so there might be even more successes…
