From March 13 to 15 Westlake Girls high school competed against almost 2,000 students from 100 schools at the North Island Secondary Schools Rowing Championships held at Lake Karapiro.

Westlake produce a stunning finals day performance, for the first time in our history we medalled in every age group (u15-18 & u18 N). We finished the day with eight top 8 finishes and a further six podium finishes. Overall, we had 26 medallists, 14 of whom were first time medallists.

The squad’s performance in eight oar events continues to be the highlight of this seasons results – for the first time in our history we made A finals in all six 8 oar events, claiming medals in the Gu16 & Gu17 8. For the first time since 2014 we boated a u18 8 in the A final, finishing a highly credible fifth in a field where first to last were separated by only 10 seconds. We look forward to taking another run at the u18 eight in the 2020-2021 racing season.

Any students interested in becoming a part of the Westlake Girls Rowing programme, can learn more about the sport on the school website – https://www.westlakegirls.school.nz/rowing/. We will be recruiting for the new season in June 2020.