The story of a 1938 Empire Games medallistDAVID UNWIN/STUFF AKG. Jackson, grandfather of reporter Richard Mays, was a member of the New Zealand rowing eight to contest the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney and won a bronze medal. On the eve of the 21st Commonwealth Games an 80-year-old British Empire Games medal and a 100-year-old rowing shell rekindle a family Games connection for Richard Mays. A member of Whanganui's famous Union Boat Club, Gus – short for Augustus, was a type-1 diabetic and about to turn 34. It's then Evans reveals that the skiff raced by the 1938 Empire Games eight still exists, and what's more, is undergoing restoration by a specialist team in Palmerston North.

Source: Stuff March 23, 2018 16:52 UTC