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…
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…
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…
