by Waimea Weekly | Sep 1, 2018 | Sport
Half a dozen local cyclists are competing at international events this year with 17-year Finn Fisher-Black the latest world champion among them. Shaane Fulton and Finn have recently competed at the UCI World Junior Track Cycling Championships in Switzerland, with Finn...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 25, 2018 | Local News, Sport
The hard yards of training paid off for Richmond’s Reuben Bensemann as he took out the 2018 overall downhill winter series title for his first time. With a series of five races, each of anywhere between 3-5 minutes, the avid mountainbiker says following a race he’d...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 25, 2018 | Local News, Sport
During the last term break from July 8-12, six Tapawera Area School students travelled to Christchurch for the National Area Schools Tournament. Principal Kelvin Woodley accompanied Shania Mckenzie, Mariah Goldsworthy, Clay Morgan, Logan Chetham, Phathisa Khumalo and...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 24, 2018 | Sport
This netball season Waimea College has seen a bit of sibling rivalry going on, with three sets of sisters in the same two netball teams, Waimea 9A and Waimea senior B. Waimea 9A coach Toni Burn says she noticed after the first couple of practices this year that there...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 23, 2018 | Local News, Sport
Murchison Pony Club, along with the Canterbury Mounted Games Association, held a Mounted Games skill learning workshop and Swinging Pairs competition over the weekend. Riders aged between 10-60 years travelled from all over the South Island for the event. Organiser...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 18, 2018 | Local News, Sport
The Tasman Drone Racing club has been flying out at Appleby since last year. Ben Henry, chapter manager and one of the founding members of the club, started building his own drone in 2017, after watching clips on YouTube, “you can basically build one yourself. If you...
