by Jacob Page | Jun 18, 2020 | Sport
Waimea College will have some familiar former faces coaching some of their teams. Lucy Ingham and Kalyssa Rasmussen are coaching junior netball while Hannah Taylor is coaching basketball. All three represented Waimea successfully for their given sports and now as...
by Waimea Weekly | Mar 20, 2020 | Local News, Sport
Hundreds turned out on Sunday for the Muddy Buddy challenge fundraiser for Tasman School. The weather was perfect, and the crowd was in good form. It was Gaynor Fisher’s first time, but it won’t be her last. “This is brilliant, you can’t help trying to stay clean at...
by admin | Mar 14, 2020 | Local News, Sport
Waimea College’s Adam Stack smashed the over-16’s high jump record this week, beating a record that was set by James Campion in 1986. James set the record at 1.9 metres in 1986, a record he shared with Neil Gardener, Adam’s uncle. He still remembers the day in 1986....
by Waimea Weekly | Mar 1, 2020 | Sport
Richmond’s Reuben Bensemann has produced his biggest win on a bike by claiming the New Zealand down hill title. The 23-year-old was the most consistent rider across four rounds of racing to take the title at his first attempt. “I wanted to give it a crack and see how...
by Waimea Weekly | Feb 24, 2020 | Sport
Nelson teenager Niamh Fisher-Black sprinted her way to a national title at the Vantage National Road Cycling Championships in Cambridge while Tasman teammate George Bennett had to settle for a second placing. Fisher-Black, 19, was part of a four-strong chasing bunch...
by Waimea Weekly | Feb 23, 2020 | Sport
Youth met experience at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway last Saturday night. The ‘Racing for the Kids’ Child Cancer fundraising meeting saw the Donaldson Civil youth ministock- mania be the feature grade along with the closed super stock club title and...
