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Helen Harvey14:03, Jul 29 2021
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Black Caps star batsmen Ross Taylor and Will Young, with Ella, 10, and Thomas Hunter, 7.
A lot of New Plymouth youngsters were late for school on Thursday morning after queueing to get their photos taken with New Zealand cricket stars Ross Taylor and Will Young. The Black Caps won the ICC World Test Championship earlier this year and are touring the country with the trophy. The Amazing Mace tour arrived at the New Plymouth Golf Club, and Taylor and Young, who was back in his home town, were going flat tack signing cricket bats, posters and smiling at cameras.
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Declan Barrett was presented with the 2021 Cigna Victoria University Actuarial Scholarship by Cigna chief actuary Michael Bartram.
A New Plymouth man studying to join a specialised yet little known profession has been awarded a $5000 scholarship. Declan Barrett, a Francis Douglas Memorial College alumni, has received the 2021 Cigna Victoria University Actuarial Scholarship, which includes a three-month internship over the summer at Cigna. An actuary deals with the measurement of risk and uncertainty, and their work covers a range of disciplines including accounting, economics, modelling and communication. Barrett, aged 20, is in his second year at Victoria University of Wellington and is studying for a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science and Mathematics.