SBHS First XV victory parade in Invercargill CBD cancelled – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

A parade through Invercargill’s inner-city to celebrate Southland Boys’ High School’s win in the New Zealand 1st XV national championships has been cancelled because of “temperamental weather”.

However, Invercargill mayor Nobby Clark said he was still looking forward to welcoming the boys to a reception at the council on Wednesday to honour their win.

Boys’ High came from behind to beat Westlake Boys’ and take out their school’s first-ever national rugby title in its more than 100-year history.

As a bonus they also collected the prestigious 103-year-old Moascar Cup for the first time, as Westlake was the holder of the Ranfurly Shield of secondary schools rugby. .

A victory parade, organised by the Invercargill City Council and Great South to honour the success, was planned to take place in Invercargill on Wednesday afternoon.

Great South chief executive Chami Abeysinghe said a blustery and wet forecast had put a dampener on those plans, and the “difficult decision” had been made to cancel.

“It’s unfortunate we’re not able to proceed with this celebration. It would have brought real vibrancy to the central city, but the weather isn’t playing the game.”

The parade was to be held at 2.45pm.

Metservice meteorologist Juliane Bergdolt told Stuff strong westerlies were forecast in Invercargill on Wednesday, before easing in the…