Eleven medals for Otago rowers

Dunstan High School's gold medal-winning under-15 octuple sculls crew. Photo: Sharron Bennett
Dunstan High School's gold medal-winning under-15 octuple sculls crew. Photo: Sharron Bennett
John McGlashan College's Bradley Leydon alongside Bill English yesterday after his win in the...
John McGlashan College's Bradley Leydon alongside Bill English yesterday after his win in the under-18 single sculls. Photo: Sharron Bennett
Bradley Leydon is presented the Charlie Stapp Trophy by Prime Minister Bill English. Photo:...
Bradley Leydon is presented the Charlie Stapp Trophy by Prime Minister Bill English. Photo: Sharron Bennett
Bradley Leydon holds up the Charlie Stapp Trophy after winning the under-18 boys single sculls....
Bradley Leydon holds up the Charlie Stapp Trophy after winning the under-18 boys single sculls. Photo: Sharron Bennett
Bradley Leydon with the Charlie Stapp Trophy. Photo: Sharron Bennett
Bradley Leydon with the Charlie Stapp Trophy. Photo: Sharron Bennett
The Columba College under-17 coxed eight. Photo: Sharron Bennett
The Columba College under-17 coxed eight. Photo: Sharron Bennett
The St Hilda's Collegiate under-15 octuple sculls crew celebrate after winning bronze. Photo:...
The St Hilda's Collegiate under-15 octuple sculls crew celebrate after winning bronze. Photo: Sharron Bennett
The St Hilda's Collegiate under-15 octuple sculls crew celebrate after winning bronze. Photo:...
The St Hilda's Collegiate under-15 octuple sculls crew celebrate after winning bronze. Photo: Sharron Bennett
The Columba girls under-16 coxed four. Photo: Sharron Bennett
The Columba girls under-16 coxed four. Photo: Sharron Bennett

Otago has finished this year’s Maadi Cup with 11 medals.

It added eight to the three it won on Friday, to cap a successful weekend at Lake Karapiro.

John McGlashan College’s Bradley Leydon had a successful day, bringing home a gold and a bronze.

His gold came in the under-18 single sculls, which he finished in 7min 11.49sec to win by nearly four seconds.

It was an impressive performance which saw him win the Charlie Stapp Trophy.

He was at it again in the under-18 double sculls, claiming the bronze alongside Lochie Bain.

The duo rowed a time of 6min 53.39sec, half a second behind the second-placed St Peter’s College crew.

Leydon’s brother, Cameron, got among the action to make it a third for the family.

He coxed the school’s under-15 coxed quadruple sculls to the bronze medal.

The crew was stroked by Will Turner, who also claimed a medal on Saturday, as did Will Edwards. Bailey Dowling and Angus Kenny made up the crew.

They finished in 6min 49.66sec, to edge Glendowie College.

Jack McLaughlan added a silver for the school in the under-16 single sculls.

In what become a two-man race, he finished in 7min 41.37sec, edged by Jason Nel, of St Peter’s College.

Both were more than six seconds ahead of third.

Columba College won two medals within an hour.

In the under-17 coxed eight the school finished in 6min 47.68sec to claim bronze from Wanganui Collegiate by just under a second.

Four finals later, Amber Cunningham, Abby Anderson, Ellen Foley, Millie Wright and cox Megan Maslin won silver in the girls under-16 coxed four.

They finished in 7min 27.36sec, two seconds ahead of Rangiruru Girls School.

Dunstan High School added another gold for the region.

Its under-15 coxed octuple sculls crew was a comprehensive winners in 7min 16.81sec, eight seconds ahead of the next crew.

St Hilda’s Collegiate claimed a bronze in the same race. It finished in 7min 26.64sec.

The eights was won by St Andrew’s College, of Christchurch, for the first time. Auckland Diocesan School won the women’s eights.

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