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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…

A special meeting

Athletes from around New Zealand were at the Livingstone Aquatic Centre as Special Olympics Te Awamutu hosted one of its biggest annual swim meets on Sunday. The long-standing meet attracted about 120 athletes representing 13…

Batting for a new sport

An inaugural open day has served up a winner – and the community appears to be rallying around the idea of adding a potential new Special Olympics sporting code in Te Awamutu. With a membership…

Silver linings

Two Te Awamutu Primary School students had the “best day of their lives” on Monday. Payton Dent and Frankie Britton, both eight, were among 30 students aged eight to 14 who had the chance to…

Te Awamutu wins ‘World Cup’

On a sporting weekend when the All Blacks suffered their first-ever loss in World Cup pool play, the Warriors went down to the Panthers in their NRL qualifying final and Te Awamutu born boxer Floyd…

Masson stopped in first title defence

“He couldn’t have taken a harder opponent if he tried.” So said the commentator watching Te Awamutu-born Floyd Masson early on in his WBO cruiserweight title fight – and eventual stoppage – in Brisbane on…

Admin honour for John

Te Awamutu Tennis Club’s John Robinson was named Administrator of the Year at the Waikato Tennis Trust’s 2022/23 awards. The accolade, club captain John says, was a “bit of a surprise” and one which caps…

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