by Waimea Weekly | Jul 28, 2018 | Local News, Sport
Louise Kelly recently spent six months overseas, two months in Scotland and four months in Budapest, at an Olympic training centre and competing in the junior European circuit. The 20-year-old brown belt has been training in Judo for nine years and has an impressive...
by Waimea Weekly | Jul 25, 2018 | Local News, Sport
Allegations have been made against the organisers of the MRF Mainland Series 2018 for rally car racing on an unpermitted stretch of road. Organised by Nelson Car Club’s Phil Collins for Saturday July 14, the fifth round of racing started and finished in Brightwater,...
by Waimea Weekly | Jul 21, 2018 | Sport
Shaane Fulton is one of fourteen, in a Kiwi riding team, who will be representing Cycling New Zealand in Switzerland in August. The Junior World Track Cycling Championships will be held at the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) headquarters in Aigle next month, and...
by Waimea Weekly | Jul 20, 2018 | Sport
Richmond’s Courtney Hawke is the only female from New Zealand to be selected to referee at the upcoming Youth Touch World Cup in Malaysia, in August. Courtney will be joining seven other Kiwis, as part of a 40-member team of referees, to officiate at the event. The...
by Waimea Weekly | Jul 14, 2018 | Sport
The 43rd Heaphy Shield was hosted by Marlborough Squash Club on July 7 & 8. The Heaphy has a proud history, contested annually between Nelson Bays, Marlborough, and West Coast regions. Representing Nelson/Tasman, the mens team comprised of Mark Kerr (captain),...
by Waimea Weekly | Jul 13, 2018 | Sport
This weekend sees the fifth round of the MRF Mainland Series 2018, with the rally course both starting and finishing in Brightwater. The event will be held on Saturday, July 14, and organiser Phil Collins says it will be a day that is sure to impress, “the forecast is...
