Badminton wins New Zealand title

The Westlake Girls Premier Badminton team won the New Zealand Secondary Schools Division 2 Badminton title in convincing fashion in early September. They played a total of 42 games in the tournament and won 41 of them. They beat St Margaret’s College (6-0), St Oran’s College 2 (6-0), Newlands College (6-0), Waitaki Girls’ High School (6-0), St Mary’s College (6-0) and St Oran’s College 1 (6-0). These results put the Westlake team into the final where they beat Burnside High School (5-1).