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Much to the joy of everyone, the regatta was back.
Chalker brothers Geoffrey, 8, left, and Kip, 6, right, of Pouch Cove, are shown with their inflatable banannas they won at the 204th. Royal St. John’s Regatta at Quidi Vida Lake while there with their dad Tim Chalker on Thursday, August 4th., 2022. -Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram - joe gibbons There was a scattered visitor who strolled down to the lake in 2021, but nothing like the numbers that showed up this year.“Yes, we had to make up for it in other ways, but we survived,” said St. John’s Lions Club secretary Sam Wells.
Who knows what they ended up with when everything is counted, but that is secondary to being able to help more people. Kaleb Tucker, 10, and his sister, Lydia, 8, of Mount Pearl were at the Royal St. John’s Regatta at Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John’s on Thursday, Aug. 4. Kaleb holds the stuffed white tiger he won on tickets, while Lydia enjoys an ice-cold treat. Joe Gibbons • The Telegram - joe gibbonsThe J&E Enterprises Ltd. team, an all-female crew made up of nine- and 10-year-olds, became the youngest crew to row this year when they competed in one of the squirt women’s races.
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