EDUCATION: WESTLAKE BOYS
Fun and fundraising at annual K-Night The combined Westlake Boys & Girls Korean Night was the place to be on Friday 3rd June, with more than 1500 audience members enjoying a lively and exciting cultural evening! K-Night concert-goers enjoyed a wonderful mixture of traditional and modern Korean performances, from Fan dance, Nanta drumming, and Mask and Doll dance, to Taekwondo, Samulnori and the popular K-pop bands. The audience supported and cheered passionately, creating an inspiring atmosphere for the night and an unforgettable experience for performers onstage. This highly anticipated event has been held annually for the past 11 years, and each year profits are donated to a charity. This year, $2022 was donated to Youthline on behalf of Westlake Korean Night 2022.
Cross Country Success Following on from a strong performance at the Auckland Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs where the team won five of the six team titles the Westlake Cross Country team headed to Nelson in June for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Association Cross Country Championships. The 42-strong squad – the largest contingent from around the country did not disappoint and the team came away with five gold, two silver, and one bronze medal. Alfie Steedman won individual gold in the Junior Boys’ race with Cameron Maunder picking up a bronze in the Senior Boys’ race. Other top 10 performances came from Juniors Max Tuttle (fifth), Jamie Maunder (ninth), and Year 9 Leo Wright (ninth).
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In the team events, Westlake placed first or second in all the boys’ team events. Seniors Jett Curteis, Nick Davies, Etienne Calonne, Roman Matson and Harrison Loretz combined to take the senior sixperson team gold medal, a race the Westlake team is undefeated in since June 2019. Other gold medal team performances came from the Year 9 six-person team consisting of Leo Wright, Lorenzo Ferguson, Connor Smith, Leo Hobson, Aiden Schuin and Henry Barr and the Junior Boys three- and six-person team of Alfie Steedman, Max Tuttle, Jamie Maunder, Charley Mueller, Keegan Burgess and Josh Glackin. Cameron Maunder and Alfie Steedman were named in the NZSSAA team to travel to Australia in late August.
