Shirt swapping mayhem
Students got into the spirit of the Maadi Regatta by swapping shirts.
It was mayhem at the Maadi Cup regatta this afternoon as students from all parts of the country took part in the annual Shirt Swap.
To take part, students enter with a collection of their school shirts and bargain with other schools to walk away with as many different shirts as possible.
Sarah Dyke and Peitta from Craighead in Timaru entered the crowd together, hoping it would bring them more luck.
“She’s [Pietta] a lot better than I am at it. She hassles people and she’s so little that people just listen to her. I’ve only got two and she’s got 10 – that’s how good she is,” Sarah said.
Westlake Boys High School student Mitchell Hazelhurst, from Auckland, said it’s good to have the shirts to go back with.
“We train in them and it’s cool to have them to go into the new season with,” he said.
Molly Loren from Marian in Christchurch made the shirts she was hoping to swap.
“We’ve got seven shirts, and we don’t say yes easily, it has to be a good shirt and worth swapping,” she said. “We’re hoping to get a jersey, we’ll only try and swap one at time but sometimes more if we need to.”
It was a battle of who could yell the loudest and Jason Lee from Takapuna was a front runner.
“It’s just about talking and talking crap really. You’ve got to be real loud for people to listen,” Jason said, holding all of the shirts he had collected over his arms. “But it’s a lot of fun.”
Tauranga Girls’ College student Ruby Gooders agrees. “It’s heaps of fun, and it’s really cool to meet people from other schools in a fun way like this.”
