Aneka Mittendorff (Year 13) and Rene Wasi (Year 12) have both been selected for the New Zealand Under-19 Football (soccer) team that will be travelling to the Cook Islands in late August to compete at the Oceania Championship tournament. The winning team in this competition will them qualify for the FIFA 2020 Under-20 Womens…
Westlake Winners
Top recognition for Surf Lifesaving
Zoe Crawford (Year 9) has been recognised by the Northern Lifesaving Association for her outstanding contribution and achievements over the last year by being named as the Under-14 Northern Region Sportswoman of the Year at the annual Northern Region Surf Lifesaving Awards of Excellence prize-giving held in late July.
Two students selected for New Zealand Basketball team
Emme Shearer and Jordyn Maddix (both Year 13) are two of the four players selected for the New Zealand Under-18 3×3 (3 on 3) Basketball team to compete at the FIBA U-18 3×3 Basketball Asia Cup to be held in Malaysia in late August. As well, Emme has been selected to attend the 11th…
Student selected for New Zealand Hockey team
Orla Thompson (Year 13) has been selected for the Under-18 New Zealand Hockey team.
Student wins Silver medal at the Karate World Cup
Caitlin McPheat (Year 10) competed in the 3 KYU+ Division for 14 to 15-year-old girls at the GKR Karate World Cup, held in the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England in late June. Caitlin performed very well, reaching the semi-final of the Kumite event and winning a Silver medal in the Kata event.
Student wins 2 Gold Judo Medals
Lucy Brunton (Year 10) attended the New Zealand Secondary Schools Judo Championships which were held in Tauranga in early July. Lucy competed in both the Under-48kg and Under-52kg classes and did extremely well, winning a Gold Medal for 1st Place in each Division.
Chamber Orchestra wins International Award
In the July term break, the combined Westlake Chamber Orchestra travelled to Australia to participate in competitions in Brisbane and the Gold Coast as part of the ASPIRE International Youth Music Festival. There were about 600 students involve in a wide variety of groups from Jazz Bands to Choirs. The Westlake Chamber…
3 Medals at the Gymsport Championships
Three Westlake students won medals at the Auckland Secondary Schools Gymsport Championship held in late June. Layla Waggie (Year 11) won a Silver Medal for 2nd Place in the Overall Rhythmic Division, Kaitlin Viljoen (Year 9) won a Bronze Medal for 3rd Place in the Junior Women’s Tumbling Division and Lara Telford…
Student selected for the Junior World Rhythmic Championships
After a gruelling series of trials, Laylah Waggie (Year 11) has been selected to represent New Zealand in the Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships to be held in Russia in mid-July.
Student wins two Medals at the Oceania Championships
Kaia Tupu-South (Year 12) competed at the 2019 Oceania Area and Combined Events Championships in Townsville Australia at the end of June. There were 23 countries participating in the largest Oceania Athletics Championship meeting to be held so far this year. Kaia performed really well, winning a Silver medal for 2nd Place in the…
