Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk greets competitors and supporters in Cambridge’s Victoria Square on Sunday to those attending this week’s National Secondary Schools Rowing Championships at Lake Karāpiro. Thousands of visitors have been in or are still in Cambridge – the Town of Trees – for a series of events including the Autumn Festival opening and prizegiving in Cambridge Town Hall, X-Race at Lake Te Koo Utu, Cambridge Football Club’s 75th anniversary, the Main Street Carnival and Art Market, the Maadi Cup Parade through the town, a celebration for Te Awa River Ride and the rowing. The News was here, there and everywhere to capture the action. Photos: Mary Anne Gill.
Maadi Cup Parade 2023
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- Imogen Short, 17, Waiuku, left and Hannah Stuart, 17, Roto-o-Rangi, right held the banner for St Peter’s School, Cambridge.
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- Imogen Short, 17, Waiuku, of St Peter’s School, Cambridge during the Maadi Cup Parade.
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- Richard Crease, Station Officer, Cambridge Fire Brigade was called in at the last minute to lead the Maadi Cup parade.
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- Cambridge High School head out on the Maadi Cup parade.
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- St Peter’s School, Cambridge leads the schools onto Victoria Square.
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- The schools crowded into the centre of Victoria Square.
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- Speeches were kept to a minimum with welcomes from left, Jackie Kiddle, world championships gold medal winner in lightweight double sculls, compere Phillip Wilson, gold medallist, eights, 2020 Olympic Games and Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk.
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- Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk welcomes competitors to Cambridge and the Maadi Cup on Victoria Square.
