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“They (the Aussies) know where
Ngaruawahia High School is now!”
Fourteen-year-old paddler D J
Mahara won two golds in the rudder and
rudderless OC1 categories, both solo-
canoe races.
He said his first instinct when he
won Gold was to “throw my blade
(paddle) up in the air!
“I’ve never won gold before . . . I
felt really proud for the school.”
Seventeen-year-old Tyler Reid
picked up a gold as well as a silver and
bronze medal, despite having to adapt to
the smaller and tighter Australian canoes.
She described her reaction to
getting gold as being “pretty stoked” to
beat the Aussies.
Both paddlers (Mahara and Reid)
will vie for places in the New Zealand
squad going to the 2012 Va’a (Outrigger)
World Sprint Championships in Canada
next August.
Mr Simon said the trip would not
be a one-off venture for the school, as it
looked to expand the curriculum to
support similar opportunities in the
future.