A highlight of the Maadi Cup is a swap meet – as students exchange school regalia. One in particular looked delighted with her trade. Photo: Roy Pilott
Cambridge High trio Isabelle Murray, Tegan O’Dwyer and Lucy Eastwood all picked up three gold medals at the Maadi Cup secondary school rowing regatta completed on Lake Karāpiro on Saturday.
Their school competed in three A and 10 B finals.
St Peter’s School was represented in 11 A and eight B finals and won the Under-17 coxed quad sculls and Harrison McClintock collected a gold and silver.
A week of parades and rowing culminated in what has been described as the greatest race for the Maadi Cup itself – won by a fraction of a second by St Bede’s College (Christchurch) from 2022 winners Hamilton Boys High.
Our gold medal winners: St Peter’s, Under-17 coxed quad sculls – Harrison McClintock, Joshua Yeoman, Khaidar Tuikin, Valentine Barro Frojan, cox – Letizia Hay. Cambridge, Under-17 quad sculls – Isabelle Murray, Libby Tonks, Tegan O’Dwyer, Lucy Eastwood, cox – Jack Charlton. Under-17 single sculls – O’Dwyer. Under-17 double sculls, Murray, Eastwood. Silver, St Peter’s, Under-17 single sculls – McClintock. Bronze, St Peter’s, Under-16 single sculls Finn Scragg.
