Maadi is the New Zealand rowing championship for secondary schools and this year Meggie and her crew were chosen to attend to represent Marsden. Not all the rowers get to go to Maadi so she was thrilled that she and her crew qualified. Each year it alternates between a North or South Island venue and this year it was held down south in Twizel on Lake Ruataniwha. Dugald and I were very excited to attend for a few days to help out a little bit and cheer a lot.
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| Parental selfie in the rental car. |
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| Dinner the first night on beautiful Lake Tekapo. |
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| Twizel really welcomes Maadi - here a drawing in a store window with the Samuel Marsden zootie drawn on the bottom row. |
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| Day 1 |
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| Meggie and her quad row down to the start, she's farthest on the left. |
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| My friend Jen was camp mom and did a great job looking after the girls. Here she is with her daughter Annabel. |
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| Marsden hydrangeas outside the tent. |
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| Support team - L-R, Anne Field (teacher), Teresa, Rachel, Annette, Jen and me. |
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| Waiting for iced chocolates after a hard first day. Izzy (assistant coach) in front. |
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| Morning fog, day two. |
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| Cold girls! Lucy, Jesse, Meggie, Grace, Lily and Lucy. |
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| Proud parents. |
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| The novie eight rowing their hearts out. |
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| Getting the boat out of the water after their race. |
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| The novies! |
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| Meg and Soph. |
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| Hard working Izzy (assistant coach), Andrew (chairman of rowing committe) and Tamra (head of sport) were so supportive. |
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| The girls and their coaches before the big party with other schools on the last night. |
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