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The team from Queen Charlotte Yacht Club were due to host their biggest event for the year but Covid uncertainty has forced the club to cancel.
News that Auckland was to move into alert level 2, while the rest of New Zealand moved to level 1, came too little, too late for the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club, which was forced to cancel its biggest event of the year. It comes after three new cases were announced in the community on Wednesday. The cases were linked to the student that previously tested positive, announced on Sunday. Despite Auckland moving to level 2, and the rest of New Zealand level 1 at midnight on Wednesday, the club made the decision to cancel the South Island’s largest centreboard regatta in order to give early certainty to competitors.
Lawson s Dry Hills group marketing manager Belinda Jackson said Vinyl in the Vines had received a “huge level of interest”, with more than 500 people ‘interested’ or ‘going’ to the event on its Facebook page. “People are excited about digging out their vinyl and swapping, buying or selling their collections, or just listening to some fantastic playlists. “We ll definitely be going ahead with the event, but its timing may be in question now . People can rest assured we will follow the rules that apply to each [alert] level. If that means a postponement, we will do that, until such a time that the Government dictates we can host it.”