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Up close with a massive trophy. Chris Bowater gets his hands on the Cricket World Cup.

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Today Bowater Hyundai CEO Chris Bowater got to get very close to the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy - the actual 25kg World Cup in all of it's gold and silver glory.

The trophy is doing a tour of the country ahead of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Tournament which gets underway this summer, with the first games swinging into action on Feb 14th 2015. Nelson is very lucky to also be a part of this global event, with the first of 3 games being played in Nelson starting on the 16th February.

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Bowater Hyundai are super excited to be a part of the action and have partnered up with the Nelson City Council to make sure everyone locally is as excited as we all are. It is a great opportunity to get involved with an internationally watched tournament, with some statistics stating that a billion people will be watching!

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The Cup comes to Nelson.

The front field at Nelson College came alive this morning with hundreds of kids and adults alike crowding in to take advantage of the festival like atmosphere surrounded the Cricket World Cup tour.

The field was full of Hyundai sponsored vehicles and there were plenty of activities to keep everyone entertained, from the cup photo booth through to an inflatable batting cage where you could take your chances against the automatic bowling machine.

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The queues were long but the rewards instant at the Trophy Photobooth. By the time you had your photo taken and moved to the area to enter your details into the tablet your photo was ready to be emailed. Technology is great!

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Once everyone had finished with photos of the trophy it went outside for sponsor duties, which meant the chance to actually feel just how heavy it was. For such a small trophy it was deceptively heavy, weighing in at 25kgs apparantly, and the fact that it travelled with it's own security guard is a bit of a giveaway!

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It was also a great chance for all of the event volunteers to get in and catch a quick snap and an impromtu team photo.

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.... and the kids from local primary school Hampden Street School just across the road were out in full force and full noise!

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Check out the other articles in the menu to our right, and get ready for a great summer of live cricket action at Saxton Field!

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