Cashmere High School created history by contesting the Maadi Cup’s blue ribbon boys’ eights A final for the first time at Lake Karapiro. “Before coming here we joked we were the Cool Runnings of school rowing,” MacDonald said, before Christ’s College’s No 1 crew beat Auckland Grammar by a touch over 6sec. Cashmere made good use of the gesture, winning their repechage after narrowly missing out of direct qualification for the A final when they were overhauled by Christchurch Boys High School and Christ’s College No. They placed 12th equal on the Star Trophy rankings for the top school, ahead of better-resourced programmes at St Andrew’s College, St Margaret’s College and Christchurch Boys’ High School. “To compete with so many strong schools from around the country and perform to our very best means a lot.”Christchurch Girls High School, St Andrew’s College and Burnside High School also won A final medals in the girls division while Christ’s College and St Bede’s College won gold in the boys events.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 01, 2021 02:37 UTC