BOTTOM: lan Fergusson was a part of the kayaking assault on the world titles: the four-man team returned with silver medals from two events and three other sixth placings. But, below, the other “paddlers” were back on the loftiest perch: the rowing eight won the world championshp again and with it the New Zealand “Sportsman of the Year” title. MIDDLE: The monster trophy with which the national women’s softball team arrived from Taipei after the world championship. RIGHT: Craig Adair stormed all over the Commonwealth in the kilometre time trial and became only the third New Zealand cyclist to win a gold medal. FAR RIGHT: Matilda, the darling of the Queen Elizabeth II stadium in Brisbane. She did not win any medals, only thousands of children’s hearts.
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127BOTTOM: lan Fergusson was a part of the kayaking assault on the world titles: the four-man team returned with silver medals from two events and three other sixth placings. But, below, the other “paddlers” were back on the loftiest perch: the rowing eight won the world championshp again and with it the New Zealand “Sportsman of the Year” title. MIDDLE: The monster trophy with which the national women’s softball team arrived from Taipei after the world championship. RIGHT: Craig Adair stormed all over the Commonwealth in the kilometre time trial and became only the third New Zealand cyclist to win a gold medal. FAR RIGHT: Matilda, the darling of the Queen Elizabeth II stadium in Brisbane. She did not win any medals, only thousands of children’s hearts. Press, 31 December 1982, Page 11
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