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Jade sets a Maadi target

Sitting in the skiff on Sunday, an excited Jade Hood is all smiles. The 12-year-old Pirongia School student is about to go for her first doubles row – under the watchful eye of the experienced…

Waka ama boost for Waipā

Accommodation providers district wide are reported to be “packed” as a consequence of Waipā hosting the national Waka Ama Sprint Nationals at Karāpiro. The event, which started on Sunday, has attracted almost 3300 competitors –…

Traditional support from ACC

ACC is providing rongoā Māori – traditional Māori healing – at this week’s national Waka Ama championships. Its partnership with Waka Ama is part of a strategy, Huakina Te Rā, which has the vision of…

Council eyes sports control

Waipā’s 17 ratepayer-owned sports fields could soon be managed by the council rather than the clubs which lease them. The proposal was considered by the council’s Service Delivery committee on Tuesday after The News went…

Trainer says ‘do some research’

Claims greyhound racing is animal cruelty and a blood sport which belongs in the past hurt everyone in the industry to their core, a prominent Waikato trainer says. Te Awamutu’s Te Mawhai Racing Kennels owner…

Golfers chip in with funds

A $50,000 paragolfer cart could be in use at Te Awamutu Golf Club within a year. Money for the cart were raised at a golf tournament last week organised by Mick Henderson. Henderson and John…

Tee time for Joe and the boys

That’s golf I suppose.” Rotorua’s Joe Flavell had a rather honest assessment of the changing nature of his round of golf as he was on the back nine during the first day of the 2023…

Rugby wraps up

Waipā teams were to the fore at Memorial Park on Saturday when more than 20 teams from around the Waikato region, including Ōtorohanga, Te Awamutu and Kihikihi, converged on Cambridge for the Waikato Rugby club…

Charlee gets a national call up

Te Awamutu College’s Charlee Neilson has been named in the New Zealand squash team for the Trans-Tasman junior team championships. The Te Awamutu Squash Club was also named club of the year at Squash Waikato’s…

Oarsome turnout for regatta

Rowing was back on the water at Lake Karāpiro on the weekend and it was the Te Awamutu Rowing Club which got the season off to a great start. Reporter Jeremy Smith was there to…

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