Te Awamutu Sports Club sprinter Alex Schuler rode 10.155s for the flying 200m qualifying, which broke an eight-year old record of 10.223s set by Southland’s Bradly Knipe at the World Junior track cycling championships in…
Te Awamutu Sports Club sprinter Alex Schuler rode 10.155s for the flying 200m qualifying, which broke an eight-year old record of 10.223s set by Southland’s Bradly Knipe at the World Junior track cycling championships in…
Te Awamutu College celebrated some fine results in Waikato schools rugby last weekend. The first XV travelled to Hamilton and beat St Paul’s Collegiate seconds 14-10 to be crowned Under-18 division 2 champions while the…
Floyd Masson against David Nykia? It’s a cruiserweight bout between two Queensland based boxers which would command huge interest in the Waikato where both were born. Boxing scribe Benjamin Watt has suggested the matchup as…
Scouts Aotearoa Waikato Zone Kaiārahi, or leaders, spent a weekend on Lake Ngā Roto, near Te Awamutu, training and being assessed for water charge certificates. Under Scouts Aotearoa Waikato water activities advisor Dave Smith, five…
Safe sailing for the next Micah Wilkinson is Ngā Roto Sailing Club’s dream for three new yachts. Cambridge born Wilkinson is a club member – and he brought home a bronze medal form the Olympics…
Ngā Roto Sailing Club member Micah Wilkinson and sailing partner, Auckland’s Erica Dawson, picked up a bronze medal in the Nacra 17 mixed multihull event at the Paris Olympics. Wilkinson, 28, who helms, and Dawson,…
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…
