Whilst Nelson has adopted Italy as their second team, Richmond (a satellite city of Nelson) has adopted USA.
Today Richmond started a couple of days of activities to make USA feel welcome and get some local support bind them. It all kicked off with a parade (all American style) down the main street.
Cheer leaders (from the local rugby union team) closely followed by some bikers.
A customary old style police car complete with siren
and even a mix of old army gear.
Following the parade were the welcomes from the local mayor, USA team manager, USA Ambassador to NZ etc.
Aidan and I escaped to take a few photos
whilst Abbey was happy some some of the freebies
A spot of shopping and Aidan got a welcome addition to his wardrobe for tomorrow nights game.
We're all looking forward to the Italy vs USA game tomorrow night and the tailgate party in Richmond prior to the game (complete with local wineries and breweries ;-) ).
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