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The victorious MBC rowing crew, who won a national title. (L-R) Coxswain Walter Wickham (14), Stroke Fred Vavasour (17), Sam Feltham (17), Dylan Burton (17), Leon Poswillo (16), and Ashley-James Fitzgerald (16). Vavasour and Burton won a second gold in Pairs. Absent; Rhys Salvador.
A group of Marlborough schoolboys, rowing in an eight together for the very first time, squeezed out older and more experienced competition to snatch a national title and gold medal in Twizel. Despite never having trained together the chemistry of the composite crew “just clicked” the triumphant Marlborough Boys College rowing team said about their gold medal win at the rowing nationals.
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Mark O Sullivan s 1941 Harvard was one of the heavier aeroplanes in the line up at the Healthy Bastards Bush Flying Championships. The event is aimed at promoting safety amongst bush pilots, many of whom fly into remote back country areas for fishing or hunting, often landing in river beds or on beaches. Pilots participated in the Precision Landing and S.T.O.L. (Short Take-off and Landing) events, designed to test their bush landing skills. Baldwin also competed in the event, and said he “got the best results” he had ever achieved in the event.
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