102 Education: Westlake Boys High School
Term Two Sports & Cultural Highlights WBHS Premier Touch Team
Squash Championships
Congratulations to the team who have been undefeated all season. They have won both the North Harbour Championship and the Auckland Zone Championship. A new achievement for the team is that they are the 1st qualifiers for the Nationals at the end of the year in Palmerton North. The team is made up of: Jamie Williamson (Vice Captain), Brady Page, Callum Law (Captain), Sean Law, Troy Leo, Jesse Williamson, Matt Phillips, Sam Winks, Ben Bugg, Tai Webster, Kyle Smith, Callum Reed, Danyon Morgan- Puterangi, Maraenui Te-wano.
The Auckland Secondary Schools Premier Squash competition was hosted at the North Shore Squash Club over 21-22 June 2011. Westlake Boys High School started the AKSS Competition seeded second behind a formidable line up from Auckland Grammer who fielded a far stronger team (on paper) than WBHS. WBHS cruised through the first round with a convincing 5/0 victory over St Peters College.The second round match against Rangitoto proved much more challenging. WBHS finally put them away with a 3/2 score line in a hard fought contest. The above wins resulted in the much awaited final which was played out in front of a strong crowd and the WBHS team were well supported by Westlake Girls who were between matches. This was a great clash where all the boys punched above their weight. However, the depth of players at Auckland Grammar proved too much and WBHS narrowly lost 3/2.
Jaime Williamson touches down.
Cross Country Championships
NZ Youth Squad Selection
Congratulations to all the Cross country runners who were successful at the North Harbour West Auckland championship. Junior Boys (Under 14): Three and Six Person Team Champions; 1st Joseph Wales Earl; 2nd Mitchell Watts; 3rd Joshua Hansen. Intermediate Boys (Under 16): Three and Six Person Team Champions;1st Rasmus Bengtsson; 2nd Troy Lonergan; 3rd Cameron Tier. Senior Boys (Under 19): Three and Six Person Team Champions. 2nd Thomas Sussex. At the Auckland Regional Cross Country Championships, our Junior Boys are the Auckland champions in both the Three Man and Six Man teams with three boys in the Top 10. The Intermediate Three Man and Six Man Teams were both second with four boys in the Top 10, as were the Senior Boys Three Man and Six Man Teams. The New Zealand Cross Country Championships is the biggest event in terms of the number of schools participating and second to the Maadi Cup in terms of individual participation numbers. In the Junior Boys category, our Three Man and Six Man Team were both Runners Up, while our seniors achieved a 5th place.
Jordan Raymond in Year 10 has been selected in the Youth Squad NZ Free ski team for 2011.
Stroke Play Golf Championships Golf Captain Jason Gulasekharam fired a 73 to finish in 3rd place out of 50 in the Auckland Secondary Schools Senior Boys individual strokeplay championships held at the Huapia Golf Club. He was two shots behind the winner. Jared Bellas shot 74 and Jayson Zulch 76 which placed them both in the top 10.
Volleyball NZ Reps Congratulations to Jesse Hawkins and Mitchell Hobson who have been selected for NZ Volleyball U19 to play against Australia in June.Tom Hartles was also selected for the NZ Beach Volleyball to play in the World Championships this year in Europe.
Athletics Congratulations to Richard Callister who has recently been selected to represent New Zealand at the Youth Commonwealth Games in September at the Isle of Man. He will be competing for the Track and Field Team and is entered in discus. There are 17 athletes selected from across New Zealand.
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Surf Life Saving Izaak Scheib won the Northern Region Surf Lifesaving Sportsman of the Year in the Under 14's category at the awards for excellence evening held at Eden Park. Izaak a student at Westlake Boys High School in the 3rd form was recognised for his achievements at both provincial and national levels. Westlake 4th former, Jake Hurley was also a finalist in this category.
BMX World Championships BMX star, Ryan Berney (Year 10 student) is off to the Junior World Championships in Copenhagen to represent NZ at BMX later in the year. He has had a fantastic season and is currently ranked number one in the cruiser class in NZ for his age.
Hockey The 1st X1 won the North Harbour competition for the 5th consecutive year, while the 2nd X1 qualified for the Auckland Inter City competition for the first time, while the 3rd X1 qualified for the North Harbour Grade 1 competition for the first time as well, displaying the high level of depth in hockey at Westlake.
Westlake Boys 1st XI Hockey.
Chamber Music Nationals One of our chamber music groups has qualified in the top 12 groups for the National Finals in Wellington. The group is made up of: Jacky Siu (WBHS) on Cello ; Britta Balzat (WGHS) on violin Lixing Wei (WGHS) on piano.
Guys and Dolls Production Auditions for Guys and Dolls started in November 2010 and rehearsals began in earnest in Term 1. We rehearsed every Thursday night and Sunday, we had several days in the holidays and these were all Some members of the cast of the supplemented by a weekend Westlake Guys and Dolls production. camp in Hamilton where we bonded as a show ‘family’. The performances showcased the talents not only of the actors and singers,