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WHS scales A grade ladder in schools netball champs

Wanganui High School has never finished higher than 12th in the A grade of the Lower North Island Secondary Schools Netball Championships.This morning they play ...
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High School scales A grade netball ladder

Wanganui High School has never finished higher than 12th in the A grade of the Lower North Island Secondary Schools Netball Championships.This morning they play for fifth and sixth, after ...
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Weather plays wild card in Heartland game

Wanganui weather watchers gained a few rugby converts on Saturday when their team squelched almost to a halt on a Cooks Gardens field struggling to drain after a late winter ...
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Wolfpack demolish a feast of Kingz

The Wanganui Wolfpack feasted royally last Sunday and the Taumarunui Kingz just happened to be the main dish.After the demolition basketball job against New Plymouth the previous weekend, the "pack" ...
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Nick set to get tyred on island

Wanganui tyre specialist Nick Hemingway has a wrist that needs surgery, but he's willing to put up with the pain for a few weeks longer.No way is he going to ...
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Friendship on hold just for two minutes

For about two minutes on Saturday a friendship generated by racing will have to be put on hold.But when the $200,000 Mudgway Stakes at Hastings is done and dusted for ...
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World endurance just another tough nut for Burke to crack

Melanie Burke will need all of her tough Wanganui breeding if she is to take the women's world duathlon crown in Edinburgh.Up against her will be local hero Catriona Morrison, ...
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Flu only blot as injury cloud clears

Only ill winger John Mow, of the physically fit players, appears likely to miss Saturday's opening Heartland Championship rugby match after some good news on the injury front for Wanganui ...
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Rider sweeps group races

If it has wheels - and most definitely an engine - then Dylan Hollenback is fascinated with it.Year 11 Wanganui High School student Hollenback had a clean sweep of his ...
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Tough times on and off the court for netballers

Rua Ponga was hoping son Seth would sleep well on Monday night - she needed to do the same.Twenty-four hours of sitting with croup-stricken 6-year-old Seth in Whanganui Hospital was ...
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