WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK 2014 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 2014 2014 PREFECTS

Back Row: Cody Williams, Caleb Gemmell, Tayne Pryde, Harry Bauer 4th Row: Danyon Morgan-Puterangi, Matthew Bilton, Kalani Partridge-Fruean, Mitchell Dye, Oliver Fetherston, Carl Razon, Mostafa Youssef, Jeman Park, Jacob Siermans, Danial Valikhani 3rd Row: Wesley Healiss, Jayden King, Bradley Leuila, Judd Baker, Ugo Pierantoni, Yanni Wetzell, Sam Sherriff, James Pearce, Olivier Stroomer, Campbell Wang, Cameron Nayler 2nd Row: Rohan Luthra, Ben Partridge, Nathan Regal, Edward Jelley, Matthew Roets, Ray Ong, Omar Hassan, Jono King, Joshua Hansen, Leewaine Scott Front Row: Radi Baboe, Benedict Tan, Mac Jordan, Mr D Ferguson (Headmaster), Christopher Hagan (Deputy Head Boy), Michael Lough (Head Boy), Samuel Brotherton (Deputy Head Boy), Mr J Cachopa (Deputy Headmaster), Joseph Sajjaphanroi, Chad James, Benett Tan Absent: Brett Bakkerus, Michael Coetzer, Callum Blackburn, Matt Southey CONTENTS FORMAL REPORTS CULTURE Headmaster's Report 2 Library, Future Problem Solving 96 Head Boy's Report 7 Culture Week 97 Board of Trustees Report 8 Chinese Night, Korean Evening 98 High Achievers 9 Nga Manu Korero,- Positive Thinking 99 Successes at Westlake 12 School Production 100 E.R.O. Visit 14 Year 13 Ball 102 Staff 2014 16 Debating 104 Amnesty International, Robotics 105 FACULTIES Art 106 Art History, Careers 20 SPORT Commerce 21 Badminton 112 Computing 22 Adventure Racing, Chess 113 Drama 23 114 ESOL, FPS 24 116 English 25 Cross Country 118 Gateway 26 Cycling 120 International Department 27 Dragon Boating, Duke of Edinburgh 121 Languages 28 Football 122 Learner Support, Ways of Seeing 29 Hockey 124 Mathematics 30 Golf, Petanque 126 Media Studies 31 Lacrosse 127 Music 32 Orienteering, Sailing 128 Outdoor Education 35 Road Running 129 Outdoor Pursuits Centre 36 130 Peer Mentoring, Peer Tutoring 37 Rugby 132 Physical Education 38 Rugby League 134 Science 39 Skiing, Snowboarding 135 Social Science 40 Squash, Surfing 136 Sports Institute 41 Swimming 137 Technology 42 Table Tennis 138 Te Tari Maori 43 Rugby Sevens, Ultimate Frisbee 139 Tennis 140 HOUSES Touch Rugby 141 Hood 44 Track and Field 142 Pupuke 51 Volleyball 144 Murchison 58 Waterpolo 145 Smale 65 NZ Representatives 146 Ururoto 72 Sports Teams A-Z 147 Stanley 79 Groups A-Z 182 WW01 86 OVERSEAS TRIPS WESTLAKERS Languages Exchange to France 87 Westlakers Report 184 Music Tour to Europe 88 Old Boys Profiles 190 Hockey Tour to Melbourne 90 Football Tour to Spain 91 Language Trip tp China 92 TO FINISH Long Serving Staff 198 Cricket Tour to South Africa 93 Editor's Note, Property 200 Distance Running Tour to Africa 94 Staff Travel Awards 95 FORMAL REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 1 Mr Ferguson speaks to Danyon Morgan-Puterangi, Charlie Crabbe and Vili Tu'ipulotu. HEADMASTER'S REPORT HEADMASTER'S ANNUAL REPORT FROM SENIOR PRIZEGIVING

2014 has been another year to remember for our school. Planet”, we hosted the Schools’ KBB Festival and the New Zealand Boys’ Schools’ Deputy Headmasters’ Conference, we So much happens at Westlake Boys that it is easy to forget some of our had some more exams, Nigel Latta came and spoke at the school, we accomplishments, as well as taking them for granted. Our young men won a few national titles, we won a few titles, we appeared achieve so much on a weekly basis. It has been a pleasure this year to on another live TV 1st XV game where we beat Rosmini in the 4th report on so many of their achievements in the Newsletter every Friday minute of injury time, we had the start of the Westlakers $100 Club, for their parents and our wider community. the start of the new gymnasium, a new astro turf , sports teams from Here is a quick summary of some notable things from 2014 so far: Chile and Tonga visited us…. I could go on. And who knows what Term One included news on our best ever exam results, and we had the Term Four will bring. measles, we hosted the New Zealand Cambridge awards for the first Who wants to work in or attend a school where not much happens? time, had our first ever lock down emergency rehearsal, three reunions in I know there is a lot of disruption, I know we ask a lot of our students Australia, Duncan Garner at our Father Son breakfast, and said goodbye and I know how hard our fantastic staff work. But it makes our school to three staff who had contributed a combined 60 years to our school. a terrific place to be part of, where we try to create opportunities for

In Term Two we welcomed ERO as well as Jerome Kaino. We had our students that they enjoy, take advantage of and learn from so they first ever Knight, Sir John Hood who, in Term Three, hosted a dinner become a better person. for us in Rhodes House at Oxford University. The drama department Henry David Thoreau the American philosopher said that “Success presented “Once On Chunuk Bear”, the 1st XV were live on TV, we usually comes to those people who are too busy to be looking for it”. squeezed in some exams, Ray Ong won Westlake’s Got Talent, Jayden We should all take credit this year for the seal of approval we received King won the Auckland Maori Speech Contest. We hosted the North from the Education Review Office. They were incredibly impressed Shore schools’ Kapa Haka Festival and we finished the term wishing 130 by our staff and students alike and the phrase that stays with me of our musicians all the very best for their trip of a lifetime to Europe, five months after they have gone, is that we are a kind school and the biggest ever overseas trip we have ever undertaken, along with they hadn’t necessarily expected this is in a large boys’ school. They Westlake Girls. talked to me further about this at a debrief meeting and commented Term Three saw a brand new prospectus translated into four languages, that they noticed people are nice to each other in all areas of the a new school promotional video, there was “A Return To The Forbidden school. Again, this is something that will be taken for granted by

The trophies to be presented at the Sportsman's Dinner. The Headmaster with the Junior Cross Country Team at Auckland Champs.

2 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FORMAL REPORTS HEADMASTER'S REPORT The Prefects are announced at School Assembly.

most people here. We treat each other well. Occasionally there are proud of and the 125 Scholarships our young men achieved at the end disagreements, there are bound to be with two and a half thousand of last year were very much the icing on the cake. This placed us in the of us working here every day, but I like to think that when there are, top three schools in New Zealand, closely behind Auckland Grammar we deal with them sensibly and move on. School and Wellington College. How brilliant it is that there are three boys’ schools sitting at the top of the Scholarship league table. Thank The Education Review Office described our school as positive, you to Miss Harland for her leadership of our scholarship programme. settled and as being a very high performing school, which was We are looking forward to more successes again next year. reflected in them telling us that they wouldn’t be back to see us for another five years. Our young men showed a sense of belonging, Our top seven scholars at our Scholars’ Assembly this year achieved show pride in their school and perform at a high level in Sport, Arts, 38 Scholarships. This has never been done before. Well done to Sam Culture and Leadership. They said a lot more and whilst we like to Walsh, our Dux for 2013, Jesse Medcalf, our Proxime Accessit, and think that Westlake is a happy, high achieving institution, it is nice to the other students in the top six: James Rankin, Tom Wang, Kevin have it confirmed by people who go into a lot of schools. Howe, Max Rogers and Sam Lie. Also for the first time, we had a Level 3 NCEA student achieve 102 Excellence credits, an incredible Academic achievement from Joel Zaia. This is my fifth Prizegiving as Headmaster and each year I have been In our strategic plan five years ago and our subsequent annual plans, very proud to be able to report on us achieving our best every exam we had set very detailed, carefully thought through goals. Our most results. I’m delighted that this has happened again this year. recent five year plan, that we have spent a long time on this year, now The headline combined pass rates of 97% at IGCSE or level 1, 95% at talks of us improving our exam results every year. We know that this AS level or level 2 and 93% at A2 or level 3 are something to be really is getting harder, an inevitable consequence of the high pass rates we

Some of the Westlake Student Coaches of 2014.

FORMAL REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 3 The boys support the 1st XV in the North Harbour Final against at North Harbour Stadium.

The challenge I give to all of our senior students is to try and make the at premier grade, we can be proud of our sporting efforts this year. 2014 results our best ever. What they need to focus on individually are The 1st XV won the North Harbour title for the third year in a row after their own results. Their job is to do themselves justice and to feel good a thrilling final. about the effort they have put in. It would be easy for them convince Compared to the last few years, this has been a quiet year as far as themselves that they have done enough; it’s easy after thirty minutes sporting achievements have been concerned. None the less we are study to convince yourself that you deserve a break, will just check right up there at the top of New Zealand secondary school sport in a your phone, just get something to eat, just go on Instagram or have a vast range of sports and we will continue to work as hard as we can sleep so you feel better afterwards. And you’re regularly told that it’s to improve. harder for this generation, there are more distractions, there is more pressure. It is more competitive but the formula is the same as it always Individually the major sporting achievement of the year must have been has been. The more work you do, the better results you will get and Dan Hoy’s silver medal at the Youth in the triathlon as I said to a group of 6th form students recently; the ‘try your best ‘ where he lost on a photo finish in a 50 minute race. The margins of victory mantra is one that I’m starting to feel is less likely to bring success than are often fine, sometimes they will go your way, other times they won’t. a mindset which links hours worked to marks achieved. Of course the Well done to Mr Taylor, Mr Buckingham, Mr McGahan and all of the relationship will not be directly proportional and there will inevitably be other staff who work so hard with school sport and of course thank diminishing marginal returns, but it is hard to argue against its validity you; a word I can never say often enough on behalf of all of our young as a strategy compared to a subjective judgement that your inner voice sportsmen. Next year we will finally have some first class facilities to go makes, to enable you to reinforce your decision to stop studying and do with the programme. something less taxing or more enjoyable. Arts The more willing you are to make sacrifices, the better you’ll do. In the arts we have had another year to remember. Only two weeks The more you waste time, get distracted and procrastinate the worse ago we saw the launch of our first ever Westlake art exhibition with you will do. Westlake Girls’ High School. Many of our current and former staff and It’s up to you: I wish you all well. students showcased some very impressive work. Hopefully this will be an initiative we will see more of in the future. Sport “Return to the Forbidden Planet” was a production to remember in Term In assembly we acknowledged two of our premier teams who had Three, with many memorable performances and costumes. Under the finished second in New Zealand, having been New Zealand champions direction of Ms Walsh and with some excellent music and choreography, for the last two years. Both teams were disappointed they didn’t win but the audiences were treated to a memorable week. I would like to thank Mr Rea put it into perspective for me later in the day when he pointed out Ms Walsh for her outstanding leadership of the drama department over that there are close to 400 high schools in New Zealand, and second is the last few years. pretty good. He was right. Our debaters once again were dominant across North Harbour and In 2014 our Premier Badminton and Table Tennis Teams were New the Auckland Region, winning the Auckland Premier title, the Auckland Zealand champions. Football, Basketball, Chess and Squash all finished Junior title, the Impromptu Cup and the Thorburn Debate against their second in New Zealand, with five more teams finishing in the top five in female counterparts from down the road. Mr Coetzee has once again the country. done a tremendous job in leading the most successful schools debating With six premier Auckland titles and eight Auckland runners up spots programme in the city.

4 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FORMAL REPORTS The Westlake Archway planned for 2015.

Music another hockey tour to Europe and Mr Reed is taking 20 students to some of the best universities in the world throughout the United States I attended the annual Music Awards dinner on the 14th of October and Europe including Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford and Berkley with Board Chairman, Mr Sclater. I commented in my closing remarks Universities respectively. that the music calendar is so full every year, that the courageous and ambitious decision to add a three week, one hundred and forty person We have said, and will say, goodbye to some long serving staff this tour at a cost of close to a million dollars and then host the biggest year as they enter retirement, many of whom will see their names schools’ music festival here at school a few weeks after returning, made on the long serving staff honours board. At the end of Term One we this probably the busiest music year ever and it would be fair to say that farewelled Mrs Gratton, Mrs Kim and our Property Manager Mr Kotze it has also been probably our most successful year ever. after 60 combined years at our school (Mrs Gratton alone spending Platinum for the 5th year in 6 for our combined choir with Westlake 32 years here). At the end of this term, we say good bye to Mr Noble Girls, Choralation. More regional and national accolades for Voicemale and Mr Rein who have given so much over their 29 and 20 year again including the best individual performance at the Auckland Finals. associations with the school. Our Barbershop group were Auckland champions again. Mr Noble, a Northern Irish mathematical genius with a keen interest in At the KBB festival, New Zealand’s premier schools’ music festival, we chess and Mr Rein a passionate South African scientist and technologist (Westlake Girls and ourselves) picked up five of the top eight awards. with a heart of gold and a keen interest in sailing (indeed our first South African teacher at the school). Two absolute gentlemen who love what And then there was the Summa Cum Laude Festival in Vienna, Austria, they do and who know that being a teacher is far more than just teaching one of the top youth music festivals in the world, held in one of the homes your classes every day. We hope these two gentlemen have a long and of classical music. Mr Robinson told me we needed to see how we healthy, happy retirement, they deserve it and we will miss them. They compared to other groups from all over the world. The plan was to enjoy have both been wonderful colleagues, selfless and positive, will be very it, do our best and hopefully learn from the other groups that were there. difficult to replace. Instead what happened was that we achieved more than any other We also say goodbye to Mr Bright who has given so much to the school had ever done, winning three of the five categories and picking up school in his fifteen years here. A Head of two departments, a Deputy a third place as well. They have now changed the rules so a school can Headmaster at one point, a staff trainer, a football coach, manager never win more than two categories. So in time we may become the only and referee. schools ever to achieve what we did. A trip of a lifetime made possible by the bravery and vision of our music staff and the support of our music And all the very best to Mrs Walsh, Miss Harland, Mr Glen and Mr Wills community. Thanks to Mr Robinson, Mr Squire and Miss Barker. who will also move on to new opportunities at the end of the year. We wish you all the very best with your futures. Speaking of trips of a lifetime. We were recently doing some work on scheduling overseas visits for the various groups that are going away in At the start of next year we will have two, probably three, prefects from 2014 and 2015 and we worked out that we had 17 groups going away in 2009 coming back to work at the school as well as Mr Latimer, a prefect a two year period. from 2006 who joined us earlier this year. I am delighted that we have young men who stay associated with our school and want to be part of Also this year our footballers have been to the United Kingdom what we are trying to achieve here. and Spain, visiting the homes of Manchester United, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Barcelona. Our cricketers to South Africa and With a school of our size, inevitably people here are going to be touched runners to . In the next six months our basketballers go to the east by tragedy, illness, misfortunes and sadness from time to time. When coast of the USA, a group of biology students head to Africa, we have this happens we need to pull together, be there for one another and FORMAL REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 5 The Prefects at the ANZAC Day Parade in .

remember that nothing is more important to any of us than our health, even success. Success is defined in a myriad of ways and you will find our families and our happiness. that people will no longer be grading you. Success will come from your own internal sense of decency.” Samuel Johnson, the 18th century English poet, said “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing I don’t get many chances to say thank you at a formal ceremony to the for him”. This is worth remembering next time you are faced with a people that make this school great. The success of our school is not situation where you have the chance to do some good for someone else. about me, or our New Zealand Champions, it’s not about our buildings or the money we have or our wonderful music groups. It’s so much Property more than this. At long last we have begun construction of our new gymnasium almost Our school does well because day in day out, people (staff and students) simultaneously with the astro turf project. The Board of Trustees and come here and do their best. They go the extra mile, they put their hand our Property Committee have had to show patience, persistence and up to volunteer, they know that giving their time is every bit as important positivity in order to make these projects a reality as well as some and rewarding as anything else they do. We make each other laugh creative thinking. We are very excited about these plans becoming a and we help each other. The adults here believe in what we are trying reality in the coming months. Having sports facilities we can be proud of to achieve and they know that New Zealand will be a better place if the will be a significant milestone in the life of our school. young men at our school continue to show the same attitude to their Next year we will also be able to fully renovate our Languages lives as they do to their education. If they do, then they will become great as well as our Mathematics and ICT block. These renovations are husbands and great fathers. They’ll be leaders in all walks of life and will long overdue and we look forward to their completion. I would like know that doing the right thing is always the correct thing to do. to acknowledge the work of our property committee at this point, in So thank you very much to all the young men at our school for what you particular Tim Dromgool, Jeff Moore and Judith Clough for their work in do, and to their parents, thank you for choosing to send your sons to creating some real legacy buildings for the school. Westlake Boys’ High School. Another exciting initiative due for completion in the coming months Thank you to our Board of Trustees led by James Sclater for your is the Westlake Archway which will take pride of place at the front of continued dedication and support of our school. To our Foundation and our school. The archway, as well as being a symbol of academia and Westlakers, Vicki Fowler and Christine O’ Dowd, thank you. a stunning piece of art, will also enable us to utilise it as a ceremonial sculpture. Our new third form students every year at their powhiri will To the people who I work most closely with: Messrs Reed, McCracken, pass through the archway as boys and will walk through it again as van den Heuvel, Cachopa, Jackson, Young and Borok, Mrs Mills, Mrs they leave our school as men at the end of their seventh form year. Clough and my wonderful Executive Assistant Mrs Sandra White – I am We are grateful to Dugald Page, a long standing former member of incredibly grateful for what you do, thank you. our Art Department, Mark Masterton, Vicki Fowler and Jeff Thompson Finally to all of our other staff; our Deans, subject leaders, teachers the sculptor, designer and Westlaker, for their efforts in making this and non-teaching staff. The Board of Trustees and I are appreciative visionary concept a reality. We are excited about it. of everything you do for our young men and our school. Belonging to a To our 7th form this year, thank you for what you’ve done in your five community that is responsible for social engineering and for ensuring years at our school. I will acknowledge you at greater length at our that our country will be led by great people can only continue to be a graduation dinner. You will be missed next year. Go and find what you rewarding and enjoyable vocation and profession. love doing and are passionate about. Go and make us all proud. Virtute Experiamur John Stewart, an American TV show host, once said about University Mr David Ferguson - Headmaster that “it is something you complete, whereas life is something you experience. In life you don’t worry about your grades, or the results, or

6 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FORMAL REPORTS Michael Lough with the Year 13 Students who took part in the Buddy Programme. HEAD BOY'S REPORT

How can you summarise so many events, experiences, and boys for making Westlake what it is. Every day, it was a pride and joy thoughts into half a page of a school magazine? We’ve had to simply be at this school and for an out-of-zoner nowadays it’s like I some stunning results and achievements this year, which Mr was granted a stairway to heaven for my high school experience. Ferguson has accurately portrayed. Yet ultimately, while results When it comes down to it, Westlake is where it is today because being are important, what is more telling is what made those results in a Westlaker is more than just an ID number, it’s about the people you the first place. meet, and the experiences you have. All of you are more than just From top scholars, to sports teams and music groups, too often mere numbers, and that’s what makes Westlake stand strong both we focus on number one; that singular output compared to the nationally and internationally.

years of hard work and input. All of you have spent hours of time For boys still at Westlake in 2015, don’t take this school for granted, at this school, in the classroom, in assemblies and all of you give yourself, your parents and teachers what they deserve by should understand that you are all a reflection of its success. establishing awesome goals and caring for those boys around you as While we can’t all be crossing stage and receiving awards, you would for yourself. the thing that I’ve realised that makes Westlake stand out is For the year 13’s, it’s been an honour being with you guys the last five not how many medals or awards we have, but that we are a years; remember what you’ve learnt at Westlake, because Westlake community that acknowledges and recognises these successes will be with you forever. No doubt I will see you around some time. in a powerful and consistent way. All the best for the rest of the year, and I hope you have all have an My appointment as Head Boy is a reflection of my parents, amazing holiday. teachers, friends, and classmates. I am forever grateful for the Thank you for making Westlake what it is. support I have had, and I would like to thank each and every one of the staff, students, coaches, conductors, bus drivers and old- Michael Lough – Head Boy

Head Boy Michael Lough. Michael with his brothers Daniel and Matthew and Michael addressing the school at Senior Prizegiving. their mum Andrea at the Mothers Sons Breakfast.

FORMAL REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 7 Westlake Boys High School Board of Trustees 2014 Back Row: Mrs Sandra White (Board Secretary), Mrs Tracy Houzet (Staff Representative), Mrs Suzanne Donovan-Skeens, Mr Gary Rohloff, Mrs Jan Gumbley, Mr Jeff Moore, Michael Lough (Student Trustee 2014) Front Row: Mr Andrew Nicoll, Mr David Ferguson (Headmaster), Mr James Sclater (Chairman), Ms Donna a’Beckett BOARD OF TRUSTEES REPORT

In my report last year I talked about the significant improvement • education outside the classroom Westlake had made in the last 5 years across all fields of school life • recruitment and retention of staff and students. including Academic, Sports, Music, the Arts and in Teacher and The Board believes these priorities will help the school continue to deliver Student Development. The 2014 year was no exception with some of the outstanding supportive learning environment for our young men. the significant achievements being: There were two other major highlights for the year. In Term Four we • 125 Scholarships started the construction of our new gym, which will be completed in • Pass rates of 97/95 and 93% across 5th, 6th and 7th Forms August 2015 at a cost of $4.5m. All of this funding has come from the • National Titles in 3 Music Events. school and the community. I would like to thank everyone who has • National Titles in 2 Sports. been involved in this project, which was first started in September 2012. • Auckland and North Harbour Titles in 7 Sports. In May The Education Review Office completed its external review of the The Board of Trustees goal is to be the No 1 Boys School in New school and we received an outstanding report. This report is testament Zealand. Although this is a subjective measurement we believe we to the exceptional work being completed by the staff and students at are now well within the top 3 Boys Schools in the country. Westlake. I would encourage all parents to read the report.

There are several groups of people that I would like to thank this Thank you to our students for the part you have played in making year for their contribution and effort in making Westlake such an Westlake what it is today. There are an enormous number of amazing school. There is something very special about Westlake opportunities for you at Westlake and I would encourage you to look for and a large part of this has to do with the staff at Westlake. They are these opportunities and benefit from them. Seize the moment now – do incredible with a passion and dedication I have seldom seen in other not leave it to tomorrow. professions. They are extremely well led by David Fergusson and his Senior Management Team. Westlake is extremely fortunate to have Finally I would like to leave you with the 8 thoughts that have helped someone as capable as David leading the school. Thank you to David me over the years: and all the staff for their work in 2014. 1. Fitness and success are brothers. I am very fortunate to have such a remarkable group of people who 2. Don’t live on the internet. Go out and experience real life. represent the School on the Board of Trustees. Throughout the year I 3. Read – a lot. have been constantly impressed by the quality of the decision making, 4. All adventures in life start by just showing up. judgement and work ethic shown by all trustees. They always have the 5. Money comes and goes. Time just goes. interest of the school at heart and spend a significant amount of time 6. Always make new mistakes. and energy on Board matters. On behalf of the School I would like to 7. Be like the Boy Scouts – seek to do a good turn every day. 8. If in doubt ask yourself – what would Mum think? thank all the Board trustees for their work this year.

Thank you to the PTA for all the work you do throughout the Virtute Experiamur school by way of morning teas, running the school uniform shop, Mr James Sclater – Chairman Board of Trustees fundraising and other events. Each year the PTA contributes a significant financial sum to the school and your support is very much appreciated by the Board.

During the year the Board developed a new 5 year strategic plan. The plan sets out the following 6 strategic priorities:

• student learning and achievement • biculturalism in a multicultural environment • modern and flexible learning environment • the wider community

James Sclater, 8 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FORMAL REPORTS BOT Chairman. Special Award Winners at Senior Prizegiving. BOARD OF TRUSTEES REPORT HIGH ACHIEVERS

SPECIAL PRIZES Michael Lough PTA Award for Head Prefect Mac Jordan The Ambassador’s Trophy for Chinese Essay Brendan Patterson Award for Excellence in Acting Writing AUT Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship

Harley Ofoia Senior Acting Excellence Trophy Jeffrey Choy Chairman of the Board of Trustees Award for (The Wells Family) Special Endeavour Joseph Kim Pursuit of Excellence Award for Cultural Don Johnson Trophy - 1st in Form 7 Activities Sam Brotherton Arthur Schubert Award for Outstanding and Oliver Fetherston John Gales Award for the Most Promising Selfless Contribution to WBHS Senior Musician Yang Award for Excellence in Commerce

Benedict Tan Award for Service to the School Library Matthew Bilton Lex Lewis Memorial Trophy for Debating

Mostafa Youssef Award for Service to the School Library John Patterson Memorial Award for Effort, Involvement Pasifika Award for Excellence and Loyalty Mike Tully Artie McVeigh Award for Excellence in SCHOLARSHIPS Technology Sam Sherriff Westlake Boys’ High School Teaching Andrew Thompson Bedford Award in Languages Scholarship

James Lee Language Perfect Scholarship Christopher Hagan KPMG Scholarship

Patrick Chambers Benefitz Scholarship Award for 7th Form Carl Razon Unitec Partner School Scholarship Graphics and Design Thales Farias Unitec Success Pack Scholarship

Warakorn Jetlohasiri Douglas Foote Award for Special Endeavour Jayden King AUT Significant Student Scholarship in Engineering Michael Lough AUT Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Ian Chen Haxell Award for Special Endeavour in Form 5 Rohan Luthra Otago University Leaders of Tomorrow Eugene Park Rotary Club of Milford Award for Service to Scholarship School and the Community Toby Major Victoria University of Wellington Excellence Tyler Smith School Council 1977 Award for School Scholarship Service by a 6th Former Joshua Hansen Victoria University of Wellington Excellence Ross Ter Braak Josef Humphrey Memorial Award for a 6th Scholarship Former Zack Lindsay Victoria University of Wellington Excellence Matthew Roets Wayne Reynolds Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Award Benjamin Partridge Victoria University of Wellington Excellence Mitchell Dye Takapuna RSA Award for Work in the School Scholarship and Community Nico Phillips Victoria University of Wellington Excellence Six Star Hospitality Scholarship Scholarship Danial Valikhani Headmaster’s Prize for Personal Academic Nathan Regal Victoria University of Wellington Excellence Excellence Scholarship Jayden King Peri Award for Academic Excellence and Leadership in Senior Maori Juke Jamieson Memorial Award AUT Significant Student Scholarship FORMAL REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 9 SCHOLARSHIPS ANNOUNCED AFTER PRIZEGIVING As Head Prefect, Michael has been an outstanding role model, Matthew Bilton Auckland University Scholarship contributing an exceptional amount to our school during his time with us, and involving himself in a huge range of activities. Apart from his Ray Ong Auckland University Scholarship dramatic performances, he is one of the top singers in New Zealand’s Caleb Gemmell Auckland University Scholarship top boys’ secondary school choir and participates in a number of sports and voluntary activities. Jeffrey Choy Auckland University Scholarship He has achieved excellent academic results. He picked up two Harry Bell Kelliher Economics Award Scholarship awards at the end of Year 12, and in his AS Levels last year, Radi Baboe Kelliher Economics Award Michael achieved an A grade in all four of his subjects. He has also Rohan Luthra Kelliher Economics Award managed to complete a huge amount of voluntary work, leading the Academic Council, the Peer Tutoring programme and also acting as Board of Trustees representative. He has a great sense of community Christopher Hagan is awarded a KPMG Scholarship at Senior Prizegiving. and is selfless, perhaps too selfless, with his time.

Michael has also represented the school in four sports during his time here and continues to be an important member of our school 2nd XI football team, travelling to the United Kingdom and Spain on a football tour earlier this year. He has achieved regional success in Debating, Young Enterprise and as a UN Ambassador.

Michael is an exceptional young man whom we all have enjoyed getting to know. He is positive, enthusiastic, conscientious, and diligent – and has been an outstanding Head Boy. THE DON JOHNSON TROPHY FOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN YEAR 13 AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ AWARD FOR SPECIAL ENDEAVOUR – JEFFREY CHOY TAKAPUNA RSA AWARD – MITCHELL DYE The Chairman of the Board of Trustees Award for Special Endeavour and The winner of the Takapuna RSA Award for Work in the School and the Don Johnson Trophy for coming first in Year 13 goes to Jeffrey Choy. Community was Mitchell Dye, who was also awarded the Six Star Jeffrey is an unusually intelligent, multi-talented and determined young Hospitality Scholarship, which is worth around $25,000. man. Equipped with a sharp mind, a willingness to work hard, and a quiet, When Mitchell decided on a career in Hotel Management everyone who reflective personality, Jeffrey has given a huge amount to Westlake in his knows him well said ‘of course’. He is a natural host with a genuine time at the school. What many people may not realise is that Jeffrey had desire to make the people around him comfortable and cared for. He is a hard time when he started here, and missed much of his first year at well organised and writes interminable to do lists, he is dedicated and our school. Typically, though, this did not discourage him, and instead he works hard in all his subjects. This scholarship will pay his tuition fees found his feet and showed the kind of determination that leads to the kind in Queenstown for two years and provide him with an outstanding start of exceptional marks that will take a student to top in Year 13. to his career. It can rarely have been awarded to a more suitable or In his academic work, Jeffrey has consistently performed at a level deserving candidate. well above that of his peers. He achieved A* or A grades in all his And, as we all know, Mitchell has been one of those presences around IGCSE subjects in 2012. Last year, he managed 92% in English Westlake who makes everyone else feel better about themselves. He’s Literature, 93% in Physics, 94% in Chemistry and a very impressive always the first to volunteer to help out, and this was exemplified when 95% in Year 13 A Level Mathematics. Jeffrey has also won a I needed prefects at 24 hours’ notice to act as waiters for a conference. range of school prizes in his time here, scoring Distinctions and He volunteered without hesitation. He’s an organiser of the Graduation High Distinctions in Australian Maths Competitions. His teachers Ceremony, on the cultural council, has been involved in drama recognise the range of his ability, and his ability to combine astute productions, Imprints… you name it. A student always willing to help communication with precise thinking and calculation. others and a genuinely lovely person. Beyond the classroom, Jeffrey is one of our most committed choristers. He is a key part of ‘Voicemale’, he plays tennis, table tennis and football HEAD PREFECT AND THE BRENDAN PATTERSON for the school, and has been a valuable addition to the editorial team of AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ACTING ‘Backspace’, the school’s student magazine.

– MICHAEL LOUGH Jeffrey is an exceptional academic student. And also a reflective, The PTA Award for Head Prefect and the Brendan Patterson Award for determined person who is destined to do great things! Excellence in Acting go to Michael Lough.

The Brendan Patterson Award comes as no surprise. Michael has THE ARTHUR SCHUBERT AWARD – SAM BROTHERTON been in every musical since he has been at school, progressing from This This year’s winner of the Arthur Schubert Award for Outstanding his first role as ‘Big Jule’ in Guys and Dolls to the Artful Dodger in and Selfless Contribution to Westlake Boys high School is our Deputy Oliver and most recently Captain Tempest in Return to the Forbidden Head Boy, Sam Brotherton. Planet. He is a skilled performer, able to sing, act and dance to a Sam is an exceptional young man who has achieved across all areas very high level, but it is his modesty, reliability and his enhancement of school life throughout his time with us. He has been an exceptional of every cast he is in that makes him outstanding. Fortunately for leader in many ways during his time here. He has always understood Westlake, he has two younger brothers! that his academic work should be his priority: last year, he achieved three A grades in his AS Level examinations in English, Biology and Accounting. And in 2012, Sam achieved both A and A* grades in all of 10 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FORMAL REPORTS his Cambridge IGCSE examinations and was top in New Zealand for IGCSE Business Studies. In Year 10, Sam achieved the award for being the top all round student in Year 10 at our annual Prizegiving.

In 2014, Sam has been an excellent Deputy Head Boy and Sports Captain. We’re all familiar with the regular Sports Captain slots Sam delivers in assemblies: he offers information that the whole school values, alongside words of wisdom on the values we stand for as a school when we are playing sport. He has also been Captain of the 1st XI Football team this year where the team has consistently been one of the top two teams in Auckland, and Sam has played a huge part in this success. Last year Sam was Vice Captain of the New Zealand Secondary School football team who toured the United Kingdom with some considerable success. He has also represented the school at water polo, is a peer mentor this year, and has taken an active role as an organiser of Matthew Bilton was awarded The John Patterson award and the Lex Lewis Memorial Trophy for Debating. the graduation ceremony to come next month.

Sam is a role model for younger students in our school and has deserved all of his Michael Lough awarded with Head Takapuna RSA Award – Mitchell Dye. Prefect and the Brendan Patterson successes while he has been with us. He has offered the school leadership and Award for Excellence in Acting. humility, and is a deserving winner of this year’s Arthur Schubert award. THE JOHN PATTERSON MEMORIAL AWARD – MATTHEW BILTON

The winner of the Lex Lewis Memorial Trophy for Debating and the John Patterson Memorial Award for Effort, Involvement and Loyalty goes to Matthew Bilton, our Academic Captain of 2014.

Matthew is an exceptionally talented young man. He is a scholar of the very highest quality, a gifted public speaker and debater, wholly dedicated to his community, and one of the most unassuming, modest young men I have ever met.

Matthew’s academic achievements have been remarkable for their range. Matthew is part of the school’s Academic Institute, taking examinations in English Language and English Literature a year ahead of his peers. Last year, he passed A Level [Year 13] English Literature with an A* grade and a percentage pass rate of 92%. Peri Award for Academic Excellence Award for Service to the School Library & Leadership in Senior Maori and and Pasifika Award for Excellence - Alongside this accomplishment, he achieved Grade A passes in AS Levels in Biology, Juke Jamieson Memorial Award – Mostafa Youssef. Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics, his 92% in Chemistry a particular stand-out. Jayden King. His teachers are unusually effusive about his talents, describing him as “intelligent and articulate”, and “tackling literature and debating with the same precision as he does in his studies in the Sciences.” Matthew is a student with genuinely impressive, all-round academic abilities. He has won school prizes in Chemistry, Geography, Accounting, Science and English, and in 2012 won the Haxell Award for the top Year 11 student in the school.

He was also the uncontested winner of the Lew Lewis trophy for Debating. He is one of the most accomplished young debaters in Auckland: in 2013 and 2014, he was part of the team that won the Auckland Impromptu Cup for a remarkable second year in succession, also winning Top Speaker in 2014. He was a key part of the team in 2013 that won the Auckland Advanced Premier title as well as the Seasonal Tournament; and in 2011, he even led the Junior Premier team to the Auckland title. Matthew also represented Auckland in the National Championships in both 2013 and 2014. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees’ Award for Special Endeavour As Deputy Head Boy and Academic Captain, Matthew has demonstrated an – Jeffrey Choy. enormous range of leadership qualities. He runs the school’s Academic Council, and has this year developed the school’s Study Breakfast programme, which provides breakfasts and tutoring from Year 12 students to Year 9 students, into a fearsome machine. He is an active Peer Tutor as well, and has taken full part in the community activities the school runs: SEED and Travelwise have both benefited from his efforts.

I think, though, that it is the affection Matthew inspires that makes him such a remarkable student. When he won Top Speaker at the Impromptu Cup a few weeks ago, it was obvious that he was an immensely popular winner, one of the judges giving him a huge hug. His teachers all commend his work ethic and his humility, and they all also point to his integrity and commitment to working for others. It’s rarer than it should be to hear the words “kind” and “considerate” in speeches like this, but Matthew is one of those students who really, really deserves those epithets. He’s also very funny, though I’ve seen many people a little perplexed at times, unsure whether to take him seriously. I think he likes this.

Matthew is a lovely, deserving student whom I feel honoured to have known well. He’s destined for a great future, and I’ll miss him.

Mr A Reed – Associate Headmaster FORMAL REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 11 Choralation performs in The Musicverein. SUCCESSES AT WESTLAKE!

NEW ZEALAND SCHOLARSHIP SUCCESS COMPARATIVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS • 125 New Zealand Scholarships – ROLL-BASED DATA • 15 Outstanding Scholarships • 96% of Year 11 boys at Westlake passed their NCEA or Cambridge • The third best score in New Zealand assessments • Top Scholarship school in the country in English, Media and • 65% of Year 11 boys passed their NCEA level in New Zealand Art History • 95% of Year 12 boys at Westlake passed their NCEA or Cambridge assessments NCEA SUCCESS • 68% of Year 12 boys passed their NCEA level in New Zealand • 95% of students passed Level 1 [a school record] • 92% of Year 13 boys at Westlake passed their NCEA or Cambridge • 59% of students were endorsed with Merit or Excellence at Level 1 assessments [a school record] • 51% of Year 13 boys passed their NCEA level in New Zealand • 94% of students passed Level 2 [a school record] • 82% of Year 13 boys at Westlake achieved University Entrance • 30% of students were endorsed with Merit or Excellence at Level 2 • 45% of Year 13 boys passed their NCEA level in New Zealand [a school record] • 89% of students passed Level 3 [a school record] • 28% of students were endorsed with Merit or Excellence at Level 3 SPORT [a school record] New Zealand Champions Auckland Schools’ Champions CAMBRIDGE SUCCESS • Badminton • Squash • 100% of students passed their IGCSE exams in Year 11 [equalling the • Table tennis • Road running school record] New Zealand Runners Up • Chess • 63% of students achieved an A or an A* in their IGCSE exams in Year • Basketball • Orienteering 11 [a school record] • Football • Badminton • 95% of students passed their AS Level exams in Year 12 • Chess • Table tennis • 58% of students achieved an A or an A* in their AS Level exams in Year 12 [a school record] 3rd In New Zealand Auckland Runners Up • 99% of students passed their A Level exams in Year 13 • Squash • Tennis • 66% of students achieved an A or an A* in their A Level exams in Year 13 • Swimming • Football 4th in New Zealand • Hockey James Rankin being honoured at Sportsman of the Year Dan Hoy with his Scholars Assembly. Mother at Sportsman's Dinner. • Water polo • Lacrosse • 3 man X Country • Basketball 5th in New Zealand • Rowing • Hockey • Sailing Rugby • North Harbour Champions 2014

12 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FORMAL REPORTS SUCCESSES AT WESTLAKE! The 2014 Senior Prefect Scolars with their awards at Scholars Assembly.

MUSIC Barbershop – Close Harmony. Big Sing Regionals

• VOICEMALE: Best Recital by a Male Choir, Best Performance of an Unaccompanied Work, Most Outstanding Performance of a Single Work • CHORALATION: Best Recital by a Male Choir • Big Sing Nationals • VOICEMALE: Silver Award, Auahi Kore Award for the Best Performance of a work with a Maori Text • CHORALATION: Platinum Award – Supreme winner of The Big Sing 2014

KBB Festival

• CONCERT BAND – Gold + Most Outstanding Concert Band Sports Captain Sam Brotherton wins the Colin Pascoe Trophy for Sportsmanship • SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Gold + Best Performance of a NZ Work • CHAMBER ORCHESTRA – Gold + Most Outstand Chamber Orchestra + Best Performance of a NZ Work • BIG BAND - Gold + Best Performance of a NZ Work • CAMERATA - Silver • SYMPHONIC BAND - Bronze • STAGE BAND - Bronze • TAHAROTO ORCHESTRA - Bronze

Summa Cum Laude Festival

• CONCERT BAND – 1st Place Overall with Outstanding Success • SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – 1st Place Equal with Outstanding Success Westlake Concert Band. • CHAMBER ORCHESTRA – 3rd Place with Outstanding Success • CHORALATION – 1st Place Equal with Outstanding Success

Other notable achievements

• BARBERSHOP QUARTET – “Close Harmony” Auckland Regional Barbershop Champions • RAY ONG – Winner of Westlake’s Got Talent Interschool Competition. FORMAL REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 13 "Students demonstrate a sense of belonging and pride in their school". E.R.O. VISIT

THE EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE VISIT WESTLAKE wellbeing is increasingly a key priority for trustees, school leaders and BOYS HIGH SCHOOL teachers. School values clearly underpin a positive and settled school environment. Students are proud of their school and benefit from In May, the Education Review Office visited our school for their regular teaching that promotes high standards of achievement and increasing check up on our work. We spent a great deal of time preparing for their levels of success in qualifications.” visit, pulling our documentation together and answering their initial questions: we wanted to make sure that they got an accurate picture They said a range of other things too, of course! Here are a few of them: of the successes of our school. And we wanted to make sure that they “The school’s clearly articulated vision and traditional values underpin knew all about the hard work of our students and of our staff. a positive school culture. High expectations for achievement and The team of four E.R.O. reviewers arrived on a windy day of the behaviour promote the settled environment.” second day of the second term, blown in on a fresh wind of energy and “Students demonstrate a sense of belonging and pride in their school.” enthusiasm for the kind of boys’ education offered by Westlake. Led by Jennifer Heath-Shaw, they were keen to see what we were doing that “The school continues to operate a dual assessment pathway in Years ensured that our students scored so highly in their NCEA assessments, 11 to 13. The majority of the top group of Year 9 and 10 students pursue in their Cambridge examinations and in Scholarship examinations. They qualifications through the Cambridge were also interested in how we helped our students to feel included in school life, and in how we made sure that our students’ wellbeing was International examinations (CIE) pathway. The remainder of the the most important thing in all that we did. These were good questions! students, with a few exceptions, enter the National Certificates in Educational Achievement (NCEA) pathways. In both pathways, After four days of observing lessons, reading documents, listening to students achieve very well. Most noticeable are the increased levels of presentations and asking searching questions of teachers, curriculum leaders, and students, the team of reviewers were impressed by what achievement for students in NCEA.” they saw. Mrs Heath-Shaw was particularly taken with what she saw as “In NCEA, school information shows increased numbers and levels of the “kindness” she saw all around her. Perhaps not a quality traditionally endorsed certificates, highlighting more students are achieving and at associated with boys’ schools, she saw kindness in the way the school higher levels. More students are also gaining worked, in the ways boys talked to each other, and in the ways teachers University Entrance across both pathways. Scholarship success has and students worked together. continued to increase and sustainable programmes are in place to help They saw other things too, of course. I’ve begun with their conclusion: students better manage the challenging demands of Scholarship, NCEA “Westlake Boys’ High School continues to be a high performing and/or CIE assessments. The very positive results in the school. It provides young men with a broad range of curriculum NCEA pathway indicate the learning interests and needs of students are and co-curricular opportunities. The school is well led and student well catered for.”

Enjoying lunch - Edward Jelley, Joshua Hansen, SuSeong Kim Jordan Te Aukura,Jaranpat Thamapibarn, Jeman Park, Ben and Cale Tu'inukuafe. Mitchell, Montana Northcroft and Harry Bauer

14 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FORMAL REPORTS Conductor Mr David Squire.

“Students with additional and individual learning requirements receive Mr Russell demonstrates a Chemistry experiment of the distillation of copper sulfate solution. good support.” “The school’s curriculum is very effective in promoting and supporting student learning.” “Subject options in Year 11-13 have expanded to cater for students’ interests. There is more choice for learners and more opportunity to pursue a variety of pathways to tertiary and employment. Careers education and pastoral care have been strengthened. Academic counselling and additional staffing have been well used to provide more helpful advice and guidance to students.” “Students experience wide co-curricular opportunities and demonstrate high performance in sport, the arts, culture and leadership. Global experiences and opportunities are part of the Westlake experience for some students. This wide range of activities and opportunities engages many students and helps promote positive outcomes for student wellbeing. The curriculum has a strong focus on Sheldon Pretorius, Mr Rein, Anthony Po-Ching, Cameron Bruce and Callum Diprose. supporting second language learning. This is a well-considered strategy to prepare young men for global citizenship.” “The school is very effective at promoting educational success for Maori.” “The school is well placed to sustain and improve its performance.” “School leadership is highly effective. The school is well led by the headmaster who models a high level of care and concern for student wellbeing and achievement.” “Governance is well led and understood. Trustees have a positive and effective working relationship with the headmaster and senior leaders. Financial and property management decisions are well considered. Effective strategic planning is evident and the ongoing strategic priority to maintain effective and positive relationships with the community is also clearly evident.” Nate Virapriya making use of the Library facilities. “The school continues to provide good quality pastoral care and support for international students.” The E.R.O. team was, as you can see, quite impressed. So impressed that their next check on us won’t be until 2019!

Mr A Reed – Associate Headmaster

FORMAL REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 15 STAFF 2014 The lovely ladies of the Languages Department. BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEADS OF FACULTY Dip.Graphic Design, Dip. Mr David Ferguson Headmaster B.A.(Hons), PGCE, PG Dip Mr M Masterton Art Tchg Mr James Sclater Chairperson BCom, CA Mr T G Weal Commerce BCom, Dip.Tchg Cert Contemporary Ms Donna a’Beckett Policing Mr A W Berry English BEd, MEd, Dip.Tchg

Mr Jeff Moore BBS, CA Ms T Kwok Languages MA(Hons), Dip.Tchg

Mr Andrew Nicoll B.A,LLB,LLM (Lond) Mr M R Lee Mathematics BSc(Hons), FDE, HDE MMus(Hons), ATCL Dip Mrs Suzanne Donovan-Skeens BTchLn, Dip.ICT.Ed, M.Ed Mr W Robinson Music Tchg Mr Gary Rohloff MBA (Dist) Mr C Meredith Physical Education BSc(Hons), PGCE Mrs Jan Gumbley B.Tech Mr M W Russell Science BSc, GDTSE Mrs Tracy Houzet Staff Trustee BA, H.Dip.Ed Mr J Foden Social Sciences BA(Hons), PGCE Michael Lough Student Trustee BEd(Hons), TEC Dip.Fur- Mr C Clark Technology Board Secretary, niture Studies, H.Dip Ed Mrs S White Headmaster’s EA DEANS SENIOR STAFF 3rd FORM DEANS 6th FORM DEANS Mr D R Ferguson Headmaster B.A.(Hons), PGCE, PG Dip Mr P G Rea BA, Dip.Tchg Mr J J Hall H.D.E MA (Cantab), PGCE, MEdLM(Hons), Mr A B Reed Associate Headmaster Mrs R Peak Mr K Jacobs H.D.E N.P.Q.H. MLitt BA, Dip.Tchg

Mr M P Jackson Deputy Headmaster Dip PE, Dip.Tchg 4th FORM DEANS 7th FORM DEANS BCom, Dip. Mr S G Young Deputy Headmaster BCom, H.Dip.Ed Mrs K Russell Mrs T Houzet BA, H.Dip.Ed SecTchg BA,(Hons), H.Dip.Ed, Mr J S Cachopa Deputy Headmaster BA(Hons), MA.Ed, PG Dip Mr A McBride Mr B Coetzee BA, PGCE PGCE MSc(Hons),BSc, BA, Cert Mr A W Van den Heuvel Deputy Headmaster SMM, PG DipSc, Dip.Tchg 5th FORM DEANS ACADEMIC DEANS Mr S McCracken Assistant Headmaster BSpLS, B.Tchg PG Dip Mr S BA, Ed(Hons) Mrs H Greenhill TTC, Dip.Tchg Zimmermann Mrs J Clough Business Manager CA BA (Hons), Dip. Ms A Hamp BSc(Hons), PGCE Ms Ms S Lecourt Mrs P A Mills Human Resources Manager Tchg

Mr G Saul Director ICT BSc, Dip.Tchg INTERNATIONAL DEAN KAITIAKI Director of International MA(Hons), Dip. BA(Hons), Dip. Mr L Borok M.A.(Hons), Dip.Tchg Ms T Kwok Mr H Te Wano Students Tchg Tchg B.A, PG Dip Guid. In Ed. Mr R C Taylor Director of Sport Dip.Tchg Community Relations and Ms V Fowler BBS (Marketing) Development Manager STUDENT SUPPORT BA(Hons. Counselling), H.O.D. Guidance Mr J Kirstein MNZAC, HDE B Ed; H. Dip. Ed; Counselling Counsellor Mrs M Cachopa PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION Cert Mrs Mandy Curry (Chairperson) Bachelor of Social Services Careers Practitioner Mrs J Renton-Rooney Dip Career Guidance. Mrs Macy Cheuk (Secretary) (CDAA/CDANZ) MSc, Dip. EP, MNZPI, Dip in Gateway Mrs D Hipkins Ms Evelyn Martin (Treasurer) Career Guidance Star Coordinator Mrs L Baker BHSc (Psychology) 16 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FORMAL REPORTS POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY SUPPORT SERVICES STAFF Biology Mr D W Wedderburn BSc, Dip.Tchg Headmaster’s EA Mrs S White Chemistry Mr J Webster BSc(Hons), PGCE Snr Management Team PA Mrs B Sutherland Classical Studies Miss A Burney MA(Hons), Dip.Tchg Office Manager Mrs S Dick Computing Ms J Wilkinson BSc, PGCE Mrs C Murphy Adv Trade Cert, NZ Design Visual Communication Mr P Tisdall Dip.SS(Sec), Dip.Tchg Administration Mrs J Anderson Mr T Buckingham Drama Mrs C Walsh BA(Hons), PGCE Events and Marketing Ms C O'Dowd BA(Hons), MBA(Dist), Assistant Economics Mr A Marshall Dip.Tchg Enrolment Officer Mrs M Cain English (CIE – IGCSE) Ms S Lecourt BA (Hons), Dip.Tchg English (CIE – AS and A Deans' Secretary Mrs T Simpson Mr G Blanchard BSc, PGCE Level) School Supply Manager Mrs L Burton-Brown English (NCEA) Level 1 Miss H Booth BA, Dip.Tchg English (NCEA) Level 1 Mr K Jorgensen BA, Dip.Tchg Student Support Services Mrs R Bowman Foundation MA(Hons), BA(Hons), Attendance Officer Mrs D Pryde English (NCEA) Level 2 Mrs C Kelsey PGDID International Department English (NCEA) Level 2 Mrs J McGahan Mr H Nola BA, Dip.Tchg Manager Foundation English (NCEA) Level 3/ MA(Hons), Dip.Tchg, Homestay Manager Ms H Martin Mr D Smale Scholarship CELTA Mr K Ahn English (Junior) Miss J Thew BA(Hons) PGCE, MEd International Services Mrs S Limpapath - MPA, BA(Ed) Mrs J Tang - BEng, BAcc, Post Grad Dip (Finance) ESOL (Senior) Mr D Syme BA, Dip.Tchg Mrs C Knight Adv Trade Cert, Grad Food Technology Mrs B Trotman Mrs G Alex Dip Bus Mge, Dip.Tchg Canteen Mrs S Smith Geography Mr A Jones BSc, PGCE Mrs G Bennett

History Mr S Smith BA, TTC, Dip.Tchg Copy Centre Mrs S Maddren EdD, MEd(Honour), Languages: Asian Dr A Ho Mr M Murphy DipTching, BA Grounds Mr S Feast Languages: European Miss M Kopf MA, PGCE Mr T Gielen BAEd, Dip S.E, Dip. Learner Support Mr T Strydom Health Centre Mrs C Sefont - Reg.Com.Nurse, Lab.Nurse Tchg Mr R Feng - BSc Mathematics (Junior) Mr S King BA HDE ICT Mr L McClymont Mathematics (Senior) Mrs R O’Gram BSc(Hons), PGCE Mrs G Crowley - BA,Dip.Tchg Ms A Ebbett Media Studies Ms A Palmer BA, Dip.Tchg Mrs S Newby Outdoor Education Mr W Gage-Brown BRecEd, Dip.Tchg Learner Support Mrs R Shepherd - BA Mrs A Staub Physics Mr R Paton MSc, Dip.Tchg Mrs L Sergant Physical Education (NCEA) Mrs L Wiseman - BEd(Hons),PGBus, Dip.Tchg Mr R Scivier Bsc, Dip.Tchg Level 1 Mrs J Ottaway - BA,Dip.Tchg,NZLib Cert Library Physical Education (NCEA) Ms K McKee - BA, Dip.Libr Mr M Butler BSr, Dip Tchg Level 2/3 Property/Operations Mgr Mr G Hodder Science (Junior) Mr N Bithell BSc(Hons), PGCE Mrs B Naylan - NZCS Science (Senior) Mr A Brown BSc(Hons), Dip.Tchg Science Technicians Mrs M Bedwell Mrs L Metcalf Social Studies Ms C Nolan BA, Dip.Tchg Staffroom Mrs L Williams Scholarship Coordinator Ms C Harland BA, Dip.Tchg

Mr Smale was awarded the Staff Mr Masterton assembles the balloon Mr Feng won the Support Staff Miss Belcher, Mr Smith and Mr van Travel Award for 2014. sculpture in The Street Foundation Award. Rossen at House Athletics Day.

FORMAL REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 17 Westlake Boys Support Staff. Mr King with his son Jono.

Staff Netball Team Mr Blanchard, Mr Russell, Miss Booth, Mrs Russell and Mr Foden. The Teachers relaxing at St. Gilgen on the Music Tour.

TEACHING STAFF

Miss S Ahn BA, Grad Dip Tchg Mr A James BSc, BA, Dip.Tchg Mr C Solomons BCom, F.D.E, Dip.Tchg

Mr P Andrews BSc(Hons), PGCE Ms V Jang BA, Grad Dip Tchg Mr D Squire PGDipMus, BMus DipTchg

Ms C Bader MA, Cert Tchg Mrs L Keen BBA (Hons), Dip.Tchg Mr N Sullivan BA(Hons), Dip.Tchg

Ms H Barker BMus(Jazz), DipTchg Mr N Kennard BSc,HDE Mrs M Thorpe BCom, Dip.Tchg BA, LTCL, TESL, Dip TEFL, Mr M Barry BEd, Cert Tchg Ms A Kerbellec MA Mrs C Tonei Dip.Tchg Miss O Beattie BSc, Grad Dip.Tchg Mrs C Labuschagne BCom, Higher DipED Mrs S Van den Heuvel BA, Dip. Tchg, Cert SMM Ms S Belcher BRecEd, Dip.Tchg Mr J Latimer BMin, BA, Dip Tchg Mr S Van Rossen BSc. Grad Dip.Tchg BSc, PGDip Diet, NZRD, Ms J Birch Ms P Law BA, Grad. Dip. Tchg GDip Tchg Mr A Vinicombe BA, DipEd, Dip.Tchg Ms N Leighton BA, Grad. Dip. Tchg Mr R Bright BA, Dip.Tchg Mrs I Wahab BIT, MSc Adv Trade Cert, NZ Mr B Mackle Dr I Burnett BSc, PhD, PGCE DipSS(Sec), Dip.Tchg Ms P Weakley BA(Hons), PGCE Mr M Calver BSc, Dip.Tchg Ms N Marriott BSc, DELF, Grad Dip Tchg Ms J Wilding BA(Hons), PGCE BA(Hons), MA, Grad Dip. Mrs A Clark BEd(Hons) Miss H Manning Mr J Wills BSc, GDipTchg Tchg Mr A Clarke BA, Dip Ed Mr R Yeo MA, BA(Hons), PGDE Mr J McIntyre BEd(PE), Grad Dip.Tchg Mrs V Clarke BEd(Hons), BSc, MA, PGCE Miss S Yoon BA, Dip. Tchg Mrs K McKean BMin, Dip.Tchg Ms N Chorley BEng, PGCE Mrs S Young Bsc, H.D.E Mr H McKerrow BA, Dip Tchg Mr N Dale BEd, Dip.Tchg Mr A Vinicombe BA, DipEd, Dip.Tchg Ms H Na BA, Grad Dip.Tchg BSc(Hons), HNC Mech Eng, Mr P Davies Mrs I Wahab BIT, MSc PGCE Mr A Naranji BSc, MSc, Grad Dip.Tchg Ms P Weakley BA, (Hons) PGCE Ms J El-Labany BSc(Hons), PGCE Mr R Noble BSc(Hons) Mr J Wills BSc. Grad Dip.Tchg Mr S Enefer BA(Hons), PGCE Mr S O'Brien BA(Hons) QTS PG Dip, BSc, Grad Dip Sec Mr R Yeo MA, BA(Hons), PGDE Mr B Emslie BA, PGCE Mrs P Pevreal tchg Mr J Gibson BA,BBS,Grad Dip Ed Ms S Yoon BA, Dip.Tchg. Ms J Park BFA, MFA(Hons), Dip.Tchg Mr J Glen BPE Mrs S Young BSc, H. Dip. Ed Mr C Rein BSc, UED Ms T Groves BFA, PG. Dip.Tchg Mrs B Russell BA, HDE Mrs C Gouws BSci, BPsy(Hons), PGHE Mr R Ryan BSc, Dip.Tchg Mrs H Harrington BA(Hons), Grad Dip. Tchg Mr N Salmon Beng (Hons) ACSM, PGCE PhD, BSc(Hons), HTEC, Dr T Holden PGCE Mr J Saville BSc(Hons), MSc, PGCE

Mrs L Hooks BSc, Dip.Tchg Ms R Shanley BSc, Dip.Tchg

Mrs N Jalloul BEd, Dip.Tchg Mr C Shong BSc, Dip.Tchg STAFF 2014

18 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FORMAL REPORTS

Ms V Jang, Mrs C Murphy, Mrs R O'Gram, Mr A Naranji, Mr C T Shong, Mr K Ahn, Miss S Lecourt, Mrs L Hooks, Ms C Labuschagne, Ms N Chorley, Ms H Booth, Mr R Yeo, Mr C Solomons, Mrs M Bedwell, M Bedwell, Mrs C Solomons, Mr Yeo, R Mr Booth, H Ms Chorley, N Ms Ms C Labuschagne, Hooks, L Mrs Lecourt, S Miss K Ahn, Mr C T Shong, Mr Mr A Naranji, R O'Gram, Mrs C Murphy, Mrs Jang, V Ms B Coetzee, Mr S Enefer, Miss N Leighton, Mr A Marshall, Mr D Wedderburn, Mrs D Pryde, Ms B Trotman, N Marriott, K Russell, Mr R Feng, Dale, Miss J El-labany, Birch, McKean, Coetzee, S Enefer, Leighton, A Marshall, Wedderburn, Mr S Young, Mr A Reed, Mr D Ferguson, Mr M Jackson, Mr S McCracken, Mr R Taylor, C Meredith, Clark, J Foden, M Masterton, A Berry, Ms Wilkinson, G Saul, Van den Heuvel, S Young, Reed, D Ferguson, Jackson, McCracken, Ms J Tang, Miss C Kelsey, Mrs L Metcalf Mrs B Sutherland, J Wilding, Ms C Harland, Walsh, Ottaway Mr R Noble, J Glen, A McBride, Ms C Nolan, Bader Mrs S White, Mr J Hall, B Emslie, H Nola, G Blanchard, Latimer Mr T Strydom, M Lee, W Robinson, Ms Kowk, Russell, Weal, Mrs P Mills, H Greenhill Ms I Wahab, Ms P Law, Miss Q Jin, Mrs S Van den Heuvel, Ms H Martin, Mrs M Mrs J McGahan, R Pevreal, Ms S Yoon, H Barker, Renton-Rooney, K McKee, Miss L Beattie, Manning, Ahn, I Wahab, P Law, Q Jin, Van den Heuvel, Martin, M Cachopa, Mrs N Jalloul, Ms T Simpson, C Tonei, Miss H Na, A Burney, Harrington, Mr D Syme, J Clough Ms T Houzet, Mr R Bailey, Mrs M Cain, Miss J Park, Mrs C Gouws, Mr P Rea, Mr Miss A Kerbellec, Mrs R Bowman, Mr P Tisdall, J Webster, Paton, Vinicombe, N Kennard, Ms M Thorpe, S Young, T Houzet, Bailey, Cain, Park, C Gouws, Rea, P Davies, Dr I Burnett, Mr N Bithell, A Jones, Sullivan n, Mr C Rein, Mr R Ryan, Mr N Salmon, Mr S McWilliams, Mr A Brown, Mr K Jacobs, Mrs H Cooke, J Gibson, Wills, P Andrews, Dr T Holden, S King, A James, Jorgensen, Warre n, C Rein, R Ryan, N Salmon, McWilliams, Brown, r T Buckingham, Mrs C O'Dowd, Mr B Mackle, Mr R Bright, Mrs L Baker, Miss B Shanley, Mrs L Williams, Dr A H Ho, Mr S O'Brien, J Thew, Hamp, Zimmermann, G Hodder, Ms V Fowler, M r T Buckingham, C O'Dowd, Mackle, R Bright, Baker,

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FORMAL REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 19 ART HISTORY The Art History and Classical Studies Departments continue to churn out capable, cultured, Renaissance Men. These guys can wax lyrical about the aesthetic attributes of a Greek vase, explain the impact of Neo-Platonism on the oeuvre of Michelangelo, engage in Socratic dialogue and explain the ideas and values of the ancient Greeks as manifested in Sophoclean tragedy.

Westlake's Art Historians and Classicists have an advantage over the Mathematicians and Scientists- they can take their girlfriends on dates to art galleries and museums and impress them with their 'cultured-ness'. So there you have it juniors, if there was ever a reason to take a subject- there it is. More importantly, I can assure you will discover a passion for Art and Ancient History that you never knew you had. You won’t be able to help it, your teachers will see to it that you’re swept up in the hype of it all. Oliver Reeves listening intently Miss C Harland – HOD Art History & Classical Studies

Miss Harland's Year 13 Art History class

We have continued to develop our ilearn page – log into this careers http://ilearn.westlake.school.nz – My Page – ‘Careers’. This page has the answers to many questions and several links to support The Heron House Careers Department has been as busy as ever with student research. We also have a very successful ‘Westlake Boys many boys’ proactively making career counselling appointments Careers Page’ on Facebook. This is where we post all information and beginning their career research early. This year we also had the about upcoming events and updates regarding entry requirements Education Review Office visited the Careers Department of Westlake or part time jobs etc. Boys and was very pleased with what they saw and gave us very Mrs Baker has continued to grow in her careers role and assists with positive feedback on our service and our careers council. our Year 10 boys for their ‘Dream Catcher’ classes in groups of 6 Early in the year we hosted the forces in school to run a ‘Officer students. ‘Dream Catcher’ is our internal careers programme. Mrs Training Day’. This was great fun for the boys to get a taste of military Baker has also begun career guidance to our junior students and will life and we thank the NZ Army, Navy, and Airforce for providing us continue to grow in this role. with this day. We had a few potential officers show through. Mrs J Renton-Rooney – Careers Practitioner In May we ran our annual Westlake Boys/Westlake Girls Careers Evening, with over 60 providers present. I would like to give a huge thank you to my current Careers Council for all their assistance with this and to Mrs Baker on this evening.

There is always the very busy period in August when students are selecting subjects for the next year and we often have lengthy wait times, but we do our absolute best to get to all these students within the time frame allowed.

I was fortunate to have a really strong Career Council this year with a few stand-out leaders on board. The role of the Careers Council is to raise the profile of the Careers Department and careers research. One of the key tasks I had given the boys was to encourage students to begin their career research early, join the careers ilearn and careers Facebook page and to encourage students to be proactive and get involved in their own career pathway.

WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTIES 20 Kalani Partridge-Fruean, Mostafa Youssef, Dwight Nicolas, Joe Sajjaphanroj, Chris Hagan with Mrs Renton-Rooney and Mrs Baker. COMMERCE Year 13 Economics at the Waihi Gold Mine.

The world of Commerce is constantly moving and changing. 2014 TRIPS has been full of both National and International Commercial intrigue Year 13 Economics visited the Waihi Gold Mine to learn about and drama, the September election being a strong focal point in externalities of production. The trip gives students a much larger class discussions. One class even held its own political debates and understanding of all that is involved in extracting gold, running election. This makes our Commerce Department highly relevant a profitable business and ensuring that our environment and and interesting to students. Skills and understanding in Business, communities are preserved and strengthened at the same time. Economics and Accounting give students a good grounding for their Year 13 Accounting visited PricewaterhouseCoopers to get a real future. We are pleased, therefore, to share with you some of this world perspective about Queen Street Accounting. Visiting the year’s highlights: largest accounting firm in New Zealand students gained a complete New Subjects: 2014 gave students the opportunity to take Year 13 feel for what accountants do and were able to ask questions while Business Studies for the first time. Business Studies is a relatively meeting on the 23rd floor of PWC Building, overlooking Auckland new subject in New Zealand and has been eagerly selected by an Harbour. Westlake Boys High School has a long standing relationship increasing number of students who want to learn practical, real with PWC as is evidenced by the many scholarships our students world business knowledge and skills. have gained from them over the years.

Teachers: We happily welcomed Mrs Keen back to our department Mr T Weal – HOF Commerce after 12 months on maternity leave. Mrs Keen demonstrates a real dedication to her students and classroom teaching and students and staff were very pleased to have her back again. We also congratulate COMMERCE SUCCESS DURING 2014 Miss Wright who was married in October and is now ‘Mrs Russell’. COMPETITION STUDENTS We will all have to try hard to remember her new surname and wish Business Case Competition Jordan Andreassen, George Han, her every happiness. National champions Liam Rawlings, Aidan Scott Extra Curricular: The practical aspect of Commerce subjects means Business Case Competition Harry Bell, Chris Hagan, Rohan that there are numerous opportunities for students to get involved Runners Up Luthra, James Pearce outside of the classroom. This year saw the first CETA Accounting Chris Gray, Daniel Lai, Moneil Business Studies Boot Camp, a week long School Holiday live-in Third Place Masters, Keegan Thedore, experience where students had an opportunity to learn from some Campbell Wang of New Zealand’s best business leaders and University Lecturers. Students were able to visit businesses on site and speak personally CETA Business Studies Sam Brotherton, Chris Hagan, with the business leadership. Businesses included Air New Zealand, Champions Scott Jarrold, Nick Jarrold, Chelsea Sugar and Drake Personnel. Students returned highly Leewaine Scott motivated and energized to fulfill their dreams and ambitions. CETA Economics Radi Baboe , Harry Bell, George Champions Han, Rohan Luthra, Liam Rawlings Young Enterprise students were again supported in starting up and Massey University Economics Radi Baboe , Harry Bell, Rohan running their own businesses. In the past students have continued Champions Luthra these businesses post school and have turned them into successful real-life businesses. For any keen budding businessman out there, KPMG Chris Hagan this is a golden opportunity. Scholarship

Javy Aranas and Harry Bell, Liam Rawlings, Radi Baboe, Rohan Luthra, George Han Year 13 Economics visited the Waihi Gold Mine to learn Henry Sclater at after winning the CETA Economics Competition. about externalities of production. Market Day for a Business Studies NCEA Internal.

FACULTIES WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 21 COMPUTING Neel Patel and Gareth Wallis in their Year 10 Class.

We started the year with a series of presentations from industry Taking advantage of the new NCEA Digital Technologies experts through the ICT Connected Programme including: Achievement Standards at Level 3, the course has introduced the • Ray Delany, the CEO of DesignerTech, a software development students to complex digital concepts such as Video and Audio company based in Auckland discussed how wide the IT industry post-production and advanced database production. Introducing is, what kind of people are in IT roles and the benefits of being students to industry standard software and practices aims to inspire in IT including flexible hours, working from anywhere, travel and them to further develop their interest in tertiary education. great pay! This year we also had the Code Club, which met once a week on a • Craig Bayley from Telecom started out as a Scientist who got into Thursday after school. Its prime aim is to bring together like minded computers. He shared his various IT roles through development, students that want to learn how to program in a computer language. design, team leadership, management and architecture including The club has a mix of expertise and whilst there is a teacher on hand the opportunities it has given him. to offer guidance, it is generally run by the students themselves with • Neil Elson from Datacom shared his 17 year journey in IT to the role support from staff. Some of the programming languages on offer he has now as a Service Delivery Manager. include C#, Python, HTML & Javascript and one of the themes for It was a great insight into the variety of roles in the IT industry and Terms 3 and 4 was creating a ‘Flappy Bird’ game using the Unity the skills required for a successful career. Game Development platform. There is a skills shortage in this area

An exciting change to the Year 13 NCEA pathway in 2014 was the so it’s definitely a good interest to pursue. introduction of the University approved 13DTC course. Mrs J Wilkinson – HOD Computing

Dan Barrington completing an assessment in Mrs Wilkinson's 10ICT Class. Mr Andrews with his 13CPX Class – A Level Applied ICT.

22 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTIES Colonel Connolly (Harry Davies) has a difference of DRAMA opinion with Sergeant Frank (Josh Wyatt).

2014 has been another hectic year in the Drama Department. Chunuk Bair at the Auckland Theatre Company. Levels 1,2 and 3 each put on a production of ‘Once on Chunuk Bair’ by Maurice Shadbolt detailing the New Zealand forces defeat at Gallipoli. There were many assured and effective performances and Excellences grades were awarded at Level 3 for Harry Davies, Oliver Haywood and Josh Wyatt, who managed an outstanding performance despite recent surgery and a subsequent infection. We also went to watch the Auckland Theatre Company production of the same play at The Maidment.

Other highlights have been acting and studying Brecht’s Epic Theatre and watching Robyn Malcolm in the title role as ‘The Good Soul of Szechuan’ in August.

The last performance of the year was the ever popular Monologues Otaki George (Jamal Tiatia) discusses their chances of survival with Fred (Noah Kemp). Evening where Sam Sherriff gave an outstanding performance as Atticus Finch in an excerpt from ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and Jake Konia, Harley Ofoia and Elliott Dawson all gave Excellence grade performances.

It was also my last performance at Westlake; I’m moving schools and starting a Youth Theatre Company for boys when they leave school. Thank you for all the support we have had from the ‘Drama parents’ through the years, nurturing them through their lines and always being there in the audience. We have had a great time.

Mrs C Walsh – HOD Drama

Dylan Sommerville played Colonel Connolly in the Year 11 performance. Sergeant Frank (Josh Wyatt) shows Mac (Matthew Connew) and Scruffy (Keagan Moses) how to fix a machine gun.

FACULTIES WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 23 esol 2014 was a great and busy year for the ESOL Department. The beginning of the year saw a school wide focus on priority learners. This opened up many positive cross curriculum discussions with implications for ESOL programmes this year and for future planning.

In Term One, we saw the valuable addition of Mr. Emslie to the

ESOL team and in Term Two the addition of Miss Ahn. Both Year 13 ESOL Student Yuan Zhang. teachers brought new energy, experience and ideas to the ESOL department and courses they were part of. Mr. Emslie joined the Year 9 ESOL programme and Miss Ahn in Term Two the senior ESOL programmes.

In Term Two we started with the ERO visit. Though it was a busy start to the term, it was great having this opportunity to discuss with ERO the way we structure our courses and affirming to get their positive feedback.

Term Three saw pleasing results from the senior ESOL classes in 12ELP and 12ELI classes with Miss Ahn, Mr. Gibson and Ms. Tonei. This is a testimony to their dedication and effective pedagogy within Runze Na, Leming Zhao, Zebin Chen and Tony Yan practising their classes. As a result students this year made significant progress conversation in their Year 11 ELP Class. in their writing and comprehension in comparison to previous years.

Other noteworthy moments of 2014 were the excellent results that As a department, the ESOL department is looking forward to 2015 Mrs. Jalloul’ s junior Science and Maths programs again produced. and helping ESOL students with the language, curriculum and literacy Similarly, Mrs. Cachopa, Ms. Zimmermann and the 9ELP team, Mr. demands of their subjects. Many thanks to the hard work of the ESOL Gibson and Mr. Emslie, also worked their magic with the junior ESOL team in 2014, as their dedication worked to help many ESOL students programmes helping students progress in their literacy and language improve their language skills as well their academic knowledge. skills. Mr. Gibson was also pivotal in introducing new exciting ICT skills into the junior programmes. Mr D Syme – HOD ESOL

off the prize, which in their case is passing their Scholarship exams. Constantius I am so proud of these boys who have managed a taxing academic workload whilst still being inspiring school leaders, prefects, involved This year’s Scholarship class were a very special group of young men in sports, the arts, culture and service. This is proof that they are who I have no doubt will go on to better the record 125 Scholarships quite simply exceptional and real role models for the rest of the the class of 2013 achieved, placing us third in the country. Our 55 top school- teachers included. academic Year 13 students took on the challenge of pursuing NCEA To the boys themselves- I miss you already. Your intelligent banter, Scholarship in-timetable (a Westlake first), alongside their Cambridge quick wit, youthful optimism and fantastic attitudes have left an and NCEA subjects. imprint on me that will not be forgotten.

Living up to their collective name, Constantius (a Latin word that Go well boys, live the lives you dream of, and please- stay in touch. derives from Constantia, an ancient Roman virtue) these boys have Virtute Experiamur. remained utterly constant in terms of focus, never taking their eyes Miss C Harland – Scholarship Co-ordinator

Constantius Class 2014.

24 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTIES ENGLISH Staff of the English Faculty. 2014 started with exciting news that the WBHS English Faculty the junior school. The faculty also returned to T Block following had achieved the best results of any school in New Zealand in refurbishments over the summer. As Head of Faculty I would like the University Scholarship exam with 34 students achieving congratulate all students on their achievements this year and wish scholarships (the next highest was 18), four of which were them a happy and successful 2015. To the English faculty staff, Outstanding Scholarships. Levels of achievement across all year you are an inspiring and talented group of professionals who work groups and courses continued to maintain or improve on existing tirelessly for your students. Well done. pleasing results. The Media students also topped the country Sadly this year we bid farewell to long-serving English teacher Mrs with 20 scholarships and Jack Meng was the top Media student Christine Gratton. Mrs Gratton has been an integral member of the in New Zealand. On the staffing front the faculty welcomed first English Faculty for over 30 years. She has inspired and challenged year teachers Ms Manning and Mr Latimer as well as Mr Barry (ex her students to achieve their potential and has been an exemplary Rosmini), Mr Emslie (ex South Africa) and Ms Wilding (ex UK). teacher. Mr Richard Bright is also leaving after more than 15 years Highlights during the year included the Drama Department’s at WBHS. Mr Bright has been an influential figure both within the production of 'Escape from the Forbidden Planet' directed by Mrs faculty and across the school during his time here; we wish him Walsh and the Year 11 Production of 'Once Upon Chunuk Bair' all the best for his new role as HOD at Blue Mountain College in directed by Ms Amos. The Media departments annual ‘Oscars Tapanui and thank him for his valuable contribution to the English Night’, was a sell-out again as the senior media students showcased Faculty. Finally, Mrs Caroline Walsh, Head of Drama, leaves after their work to great acclaim. The school newspaper ‘Backspace’ 6 years at Westlake. Mrs Walsh has been very popular with both also continued to prove a popular platform for student voice students and staff alike and her enthusiasm for English, Drama and thanks to co-editors Ian Lim and Jeffrey Choy who had the expert the Performing Arts will be missed. The English faculty wishes Mrs guidance from Ms Thew and Mrs Wilding. As always, the junior Walsh all the best in her new role at Pinehurst and in her personal speech competition produced some outstanding and humorous ventures into the world of dramatic productions. performances while the junior reading challenge continued to be a popular and effective program to encourage reading in Mr A Berry – HOF English

Guy Forsyth with his Year 9 Globe Theatre The students in Miss Booth's 10ENX class take Ollie Banks and Harry Searle partcipating in the project. notes from group presentations. Reading Challenge for Mrs Greenhill's class.

FACULTIES WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 25 Contemplating life as a TV Presenter - Jono Houzet and Mitchell Dye GATEWAY Gateway is proving to be a popular choice amongst our students Alex Dee at NZ Blue Light. and this year was no different. We were presented with a variety of career pathways with building, plumbing and sports the more popular choices and TV and radio presenting, as well as event management and engineering, more challenging options.

As always, we began the year with the important job preparation skills; CV preparation, dress and appearance, interviewing techniques and goal setting. Suitable work placements were only sought after an acceptable CV was completed, a challenge and a reality check for some of our boys as they learnt first-hand about the value of marketing themselves to future employers. Several students were placed early and the remainder during Term Two and the beginning of Term Three, with a few boys leaving during Eldrick Snyman did his Gateway placement at Link Market Services the year to take up apprenticeships offered to them as a result of - a share registry company. the fantastic work they did at their gateway placement.

Gateway classes focus on work skills and work preparedness as well as giving students a lesson to use to catch up on work missed while away on their work placement. It is an exciting and challenging year in the classroom as our young men mature and learn how to set goals for their future. Discussion around flatting, savings, mortgages and credit card use are always enlightening and fun as students start to realise how much money they need to live the lifestyle they dream about.

We continue to rely on the goodwill of our employers and are appreciative of the time and effort they put into our students, helping them realise their dreams and make decisions about their Jay Salvador on placement at Cameron van der Riet at Albany Hill Auto. The Warehouse in Milford. future careers. Gateway could not be successful without them; thank you, your support is much appreciated.

To all the students who completed Gateway this year, we wish you well in your future careers. We have enjoyed helping you and watching you mature into fine young men. Congratulations to the boys who have gained apprenticeships and paid work as a direct result of their Gateway experience; hard work and effort continue to reap the rewards!

We look forward to hearing about your successes in the future.

Mrs T Houzet and Mrs D Hipkins

26 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTIES Mr Syme, Ms Kwok, Mrs McGahan, Ms Martin, INTERNATIONAL Mr Borok, Ms Tang, Mr Ahn. DEPARTMENT

It has been an exciting year for the International Department. We Henry Ho with his NZALT Certificate for gaining NCEA Level 2 welcomed over 70 new International Students to our school, all of Chinese endorsed with Excellence. whom bring vibrancy and a global perspective. We are grateful to all our International Students for making our school community much more culturally diverse and responsive.

We said goodbye to Ms Gaddis, the Homestay Co-ordinator and Mrs Kim, the Korean advisor. I wish to once more acknowledge their contribution to our community over the years. We are very lucky to now have Ms Martin to work with our Homestay families and Mr Ahn to provide first language support to our Korean families. Their expertise and enthusiasm make them a real asset to our school.

We are also thrilled to see our International Students blossom with their school work. In Term Two, we celebrated a set of outstanding Mid-Year Exam results: 12 out of 17 Year 9 students were promoted after the Mid- Year Exams. Dokeun An and Yunjae Kim moved from C5 to A4. Daeyoung Han received nine A grades for Effort, and was 1st in Japanese, 1st in Information Technology and 5th in Maths.

Nine out of 12 Year 10 students were also promoted. Conrad Luka stood out as he moved from C2 to A6. He came 1st in Social Studies; 2nd in the Rowing Institute; 4th in English and 5th in Maths.

Our Senior Boys have also achieved well. To date, 15 out of 39 Level 1, 17 out of 46 Level 2 and 11 out of 25 Level 3 International Students have all achieved 100% of their internal credits attempted. We must again express our sincere gratitude to all the Teachers and Peer Tutors who Tianyi Zhang with his art work. have worked hard with our students to produce such wonderful results.

In sport, we have had the highest participation rate in co-curricular activities. Many International Students represented our school competitively. Our International Students also enjoyed a number of excursions to explore Auckland this year.

Westlake is actively looking to diversify further, seeking students from different parts of the world. This year for the first time we visited South America, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. The more countries represented in our school community, the greater our understanding of our world.

To conclude, 2014 has been a full on year for the International Department. We have accomplished a lot and this could not have happened without the dedication of all the staff in the department. To all the students and staff of the International Department: Thank you for a wonderful year and Happy Holidays!

Ms T Kwok – Head of International Department FACULTIES WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 27 LANGUAGES Year 10 Students Practising Taichi at Foguang Temple

2014 marks the year of adventure and achievement for the contributed towards the Cultural Week, ran the Languages Week, Languages Faculty. Josh Hansen was one of ten students chosen supported the Kapa Haka Competition and organised numerous nationally to participate in the Young Ambassadors’ Tour for the cultural events for our students. We recognise the importance of Commemoration of WWI in France. Jae Ho Shin represented New the transferable skills and qualities students gain from participating Zealand in the International Chinese Bridge Speech Competition. in these activities. We believe by maximising students’ exposure to The German Department also had an outstanding year, producing different cultures and value systems we help our students develop two national representatives - Andrew Thompson competed empathy, understanding and respect. in Deutscholympiade and Arthur Close won a 10-week ILEP We could not have achieved so much without the commitment scholarship to Germany. Also congratulations to James Lee who from our students, the support and trust from our parents and the won the first ever Language Perfect Scholarship, which is worth dedication of our teachers. A special thank you to Language Perfect $500, and Mac Jordan who won the Ambassador’s Trophy for the who generously offered a $500 Scholarship to our top language 2014 Confucius Institute Essay Competition. student. Finally, a very special message to our Year 13 students who This year we continued to offer global experiences to all our leave us at the end of the year: Maya Angelou once said, “Perhaps language learners. Our very first trip to France was successful. travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples Students spent five weeks in a total immersion environment, gaining cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try a first-hand experience of French school, home living and a ‘White and understand each other, we may even become friends.” This, to Christmas’. In April, the Chinese Department visited two sister us, is the essence of second language learning. We learn to respect schools in China and in July we were delighted to reciprocate the the differences between various cultures, but more importantly, we hospitality to a group of visitors from one of our sister schools. learn to appreciate what we have in common. Thank you to all our Year 13 students for sharing this journey with us and we wish you all The Languages Faculty is committed to developing multicultural the best for the future. competencies in our students through the learning of a second language, and through a range of school-wide activities. We Ms T Kwok - HOF Languages

Senior German Students enjoying Schnitzel and Kaesspaetzle. Matthew White and Alan Chen with their Calligraphy.

28 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTIES Learner Support

2014 has been another very busy, successful and rewarding year for the Learner Support Department.

This year the Department welcomed Mr Strydom, Ms Simpson and Ms Dimaya and also bid farewell to Mr Gary Francis. Mr Francis has been a great asset to the department and has ensured the successful introduction and Learner Support Staff Ms Dimaya, Ms Simpson, Ms Staub, implementation of a number of programmes, to our students to reach Mrs Crowley, Ms Shepherd, Mrs Newby and Mr Strydom. their full potential. His expertise will be truly missed.

We have seen an increase in student numbers and we are currently providing support to a group of over 180 students. With research showing up to ten percent of students require some kind of learning assistance, the Learner Support Department is bound to grow even bigger over the next few years.

At the centre of all that we do, are the students and we place a high priority on their views and feelings about the support they receive. Each learner is unique and we respect their individual personalities, their strengths and weaknesses. In responding to this diversity, we are constantly open to learning about new conditions, alternative teaching methods and strategies and our progress and interventions are regularly discussed and reviewed. Alex Peagram works with Mrs Ebbett. The Learner Support Team is available to work with students at all levels and in any area of the curriculum. Through initial testing, groups of students are identified early in the year. These students will receive help in small groups, one on one or within the regular classroom.

We also have a number of dedicated Seniors tutoring Junior students across the curriculum. This is a student driven programme and tutoring occurs before and after school as well as during lunchtimes. The programme has become extremely successful again this year and the benefits are reaped by Seniors and Juniors alike.

Many thanks must go to all the Learner Support Staff for their dedication, hard work, team spirit and good sense of humour. The very positive environment you create for our students to work and develop in is much appreciated. Joel Kibblewhite and Mrs Dimaya. Mr T Strydom – HOD Learner Support

Ways Of Seeing Richard Zhang and Henry Li listen to Matt Morrisey's passionate plea for progress in science.

The second year of at Westlake saw a slight shift in focus, but remained an equally challenging course designed to make our young men see the world in different ways. Treated to enthusiastic lectures on Art History from Miss Harland, to a huge variety of topics on the subject of comparative Chinese culture and history from Ms Kwok, to all manner of discussions on unanswerable philosophical questions with Mrs Kelsey, and to facts, figures and equally unanswerable political questions from Mr Reed, fifty young men learned to open their eyes a little wider.

At the start of the course, they wanted to know why the course wasn’t assessed – what’s the point? they said. By the end of the course, they were converts to education for education’s sake. It’s not all about the Tension was running high in the Year 12 Philosphy debate over exam after all! stem cell research for the future. Highlights from the boys included philosophical arguments that could never be resolved, Chinese films of a kind they’d never seen before, and discovering that Ms Harland was indeed susceptible to the charms of modern art, despite her attachment to the Renaissance. All of the teachers involved enjoyed the course, and all have signed on again for another year of gently – and not so gently – prising wider open the eyes of our young men.

Mr A Reed – Associate Headmaster

FACULTIES WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 29 MATHEMATICS Staff of the Mathematics Department. What a successful year we have enjoyed as a Department. We We were a little disappointed with the drop in Scholarships from 21 consistently encourage our students to work smartly and to to 18 and have set a goal of 25 Scholarships in Mathematics and respect one another. We also encourage each of our students to Statistics for 2014. I would like to thank Mrs Van den Heuvel, Mr set challenging goals for themselves as they embark on a life-long Nobel, Mr Wills and Mrs Clarke for the extra work and programs they journey of learning. have put in place this year to ensure our top students work towards this goal. It is with respect and sadness that we bid farewell to Messrs Noble and Wills. Mr Noble has finally decided to hang up his chalk after Congratulations to our two junior Mathex teams who both in finished dedicating 29 years to the Westlake’s Mathematics Department. 5th and 11th (out of 100 teams) in the greater Auckland Competition. We wish you the very best as you embark on your next journey. Mr A number of our students also had great success nationally and Wills has matured into a fine teacher during his two years with us and internationally in the various Olympiads this year: George Han has done much to develop ICT and Statistics in the department and (Silver Medal) and Peter Huxford represented NZ in the World Maths across the school. We wish him well. Olympiad in South Africa; Robbie Agnew, Francis Thorp, Jun Hong Lim and Winston Yao finished in the Top 30 across the country in the It was with mixed feelings that we congratulated Mrs Houzet on her Otago Maths Olympiad; and Peter Huxford gained a magnificent 3rd appointment to the Deans team earlier this year. We thank her for place in the Eton Maths Olympiad. her unwavering support and the touch of class she brought to her role as 2IC. A well-deserved congratulations to our new 2IC, Ms A sincere thanks to our wonderful staff who are so dedicated, O’Gram, we look forward to what she has to offer our department committed and determined to provide the best possible and our students. We have been very fortunate to welcome Mrs Mathematical experience for our students. It is a pleasure to work Cecilia Gouws to the team and have all been astounded by her in such a supportive and caring environment. We wish our students positive approach to everything – we congratulate you on your well for their upcoming Finals and look forward to another set of appointment as acting NCEA-Coordinator. A hearty thanks to Mr great results to be proud of. Ellis, Mr Jamieson and Mrs Wiseman for stepping in to help the Mr M Lee and Ms B O’Gram department with timetabled classes. Their expertise, experience and patience have been a tremendous help to our department during some very difficult times. David Lee and Tom Donnelly-Chisholm talk Geometry.

2013 saw another outstanding set of NCEA results – Level 1 provided our best pass rate to date of 87.5%. It was encouraging to note the increased number of Merit (38%) and Excellence (10%) grades our students provided. At Level 2, I am pleased to report that we had a fine improvement (82%) overall with a 31.4% and a staggering 10.9% success rate at Merit and Excellence grades respectively. At Level 3 our Level 3 Calculus pass rate jumped to 84% (from 68%) – and our Statistics pass rate to 77.4% from 74%.

Our Cambridge results continue to be very strong. We are particularly proud of our 100% pass rate in IGCSE – third year in a row. A goal for this year has been to identify and support our lower-end AS students. I am happy to report that we increased our pass rate to 91.5% (up from 89.9%) and we also improved our failure rate from 10% to 8.5% - very happy about this!! Our A2 students provided an impressive 98.4% pass rate, up from 97.3% which included no less than a record 23 A* grades; in fact 44.3% of the cohort scored an A grade or higher - incredible.

30 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTIES Winners at the Media Oscars. Taylor Conod, Isaiah Lustre, Finn Johansson and MEDIA STUDIES Cameron Lloyd. The Media Department started off 2014 with a bang! 20 Sadly, this year we say goodbye to Richard Bright. Mr Bright has Scholarships! The boy’s hard-work, dedication and passion had been teaching at Westlake Boys High School for the past 15 years certainly paid off. With three ‘Outstanding’ Scholarship awards and has been an integral part of the Media Department. His practical and the news that Jack Meng had been awarded the top Media skills, passion and knowledge have inspired many boys over the Scholar of New Zealand, Miss Palmer couldn’t be more proud. These years, and he will be sadly missed. achievements were truly exceptional accolades. I look forward to another fantastic year of Media in 2015! Media Studies students from years 10- 13 have been busy learning Miss A Palmer – HOD Media about a vast array of interesting topics. Year 10 enjoyed learning about the history of media, the superhero genre, marketing, New Matt Bruce checks his footage for his Zealand representation and, of course, completing the film and Year 10 Film Trailer Task. feature article practical assignments! For year 11 the horror genre was definitely a thriller, along with a study of the Dark Knight and the creation of some superb CSI films. Year 12 Media boys learnt about the representation of Italian-Americans in the media, the war genre and created some scarily good horror films! 13 Media Print and Visual also worked hard in their senior year of media.

The Media Council continued to grow in 2014. This year the Media Council consisted of 32 dedicated Media boys. Our Friday meetings were a great chance to get together and discuss pressing issues within the Media. But of course, the biggest task for the group was organising the annual Oscars Night! The first step was to decide on a theme. This year we thought that the idea of the big, bustling city – New York - would be appropriate as the metropolitan city environment is indeed synonymous with the fast paced nature of the Media. As just like New York – the Media never sleeps! Our Print Media specialists Miguel Errazo, James Brown and Andrew Miss Palmer acknowledges the dedication of Jack Woodgate Thompson designed the poster, tickets, programme and certificates and Joe Canham. in line with this theme and our visual specialist Joe Canham created a superb trailer advertising the event.

The night at the red carpet turned out to be a fantastic evening of glitz and glamour. Students and parents came dressed to the nines, and we really enjoyed the music from Westlake old boy Brendon Thomas and the Vibes. Our celebrity guests Duncan Garner, Johnny Givins and the Media and Design School made the event extra special. Congratulations to all of the Oscar winners, your practical work is high quality and inspiring.

FACULTIES WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 31 Westlake Concert Band, 2014 Most Outstanding MUSIC Concert Band at the KBB Festival

Although the European Mega Tour was certainly the largest event in Once again 5 of the 8 top awards at the KBB Festival were given to our music calendar, there were so many other successes and stories Westlake groups. The Westlake Symphony Orchestra gained a Gold worth recalling. award and the award for Best Performance of a New Zealand Work for Douglas Lilburn’s Overture: Aoteroa. The Westlake Big Band gained a Each year the Westlake music departments run a series of annual camps Gold award and the Best Performance of a New Zealand Work for Doug for our premier groups. This year Voicemale camp was held at Karakariki Caldwell’s Coolin’ Off, made all the more noteworthy as it is the first time Christian Camp, and featured an old-school Saturday night sing-along in over 15 years that a Big Band with a female director (Hayley Barker) around a campfire. To help save money for the European Tour, the 2014 has been invited to play in the KBB Gala Concert, and the first time the Concert Band camp was held in the WBHS Auditorium; during the camp Westlake Big Band has won the New Zealand work award. The Westlake weekend the venue was unrecognisable as boys built chair-forts and Concert Band also won Gold gaining a near perfect score of 99% and the pitched tents indoors to sleep in. Though 90% of each camp involves Westlake Chamber Orchestra gained a Gold award and the award for intensive rehearsals and technique workshops, the remaining 10% is the Most Outstanding Performance by a Chamber Orchestra and Best filled by games, fear factor style challenges and lots and lots of eating. Performance of a New Zealand Work and also the award for the Best The music department is a place where any student at Westlake Boys can Performance of a New Zealand Work for their rendition of Tiaho Mai by have music lessons on an instrument of their choice. Group or individual Westlake old boy Alex Taylor. Our other entries in the festival, Camerata, lessons, each lasting half an hour, are run on various days throughout Symphonic Band, Taharoto Orchestra and Stage Band received either the week. In total there are 13 different part-time music teaching staff Silver or Bronze awards. Conchordia, our junior string orchestra, also who work hard each week to raise the standard of instrumental and vocal participated in the fringe section of the festival. music at the school. In 2014 we say goodbye to our long standing drum The annual clash of pop talents from Westlake Girls and Boys High teacher, Barry Young, who has worked at Westlake Boys for 20 years. Schools was again in full view at the Westlake’s Got Talent Final. Barry has taught rhythm, fine motor skills, hand eye co-ordination, stick This event is one of best attended of the year and was made even technique and notation reading to musicians at Westlake Boys since more exciting this year with some very impressive lighting and sound the 1990’s, and has in recent years played a major role in training the production from the WBHS sound crew. The standard at the WGT Final Westlake Concert Band percussion section. was very high and in the end 1st place was awarded to violinist Ray Ong – Our barbershop quartet Close Harmony (Oliver Fetherston, Thomas violinist in year 13. Song, Arthur Close and Matthew Bennett) once again won the YSIH Mr W Robinson – HOD Music Auckland Championship trophy. Momentum continued to improve

under the direction of former Head Boy Benjamin Tan, and participated Ben Webster busting out a solo with the Westlake Big Band at in the Auckland Regional Big Sing and the Westlake Gala Concert. the KBB Gala Concert. Voicemale was generously decorated at the Auckland regional Big Sing competition, winning the “A-Capella” cup, for their performance of the Korean folk song Arirang, the Best Single Item trophy for their performance of “He Himene” by Christopher Marshall, and the Best Recital by a Male Choir trophy for the second year running. They went on to receive a silver award at the Big Sing National Finale and to win the coveted Auahi Kore award for their performance of He Himene. To top it all off, Choralation also won the Best Recital by a Mixed Choir at the Big Sing regional festival, before going on to become the first choir to win the platinum award five times at the national finale.

32 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTIES MUSIC GROUPS

Barbershop Close Harmony Big band

Matthew Bennett, Thomas Song, Oliver Fetherston, Arthur Close Back Row: Nick Curry, Ben Partridge, Roykhien Wanglert, Benjamin Webster 2nd Row: Julia Wiener, Varun Giridharan, Max Bensley, Ross Ter Braak, Taylor Sussex, Henry Li, Shunji Takano, Miss H Barker (Teacher) Front Row: Michelle Wang, Zahira Ali-Champion, Delaney Lush, Esther Simpson, Sarah Fox, Annie Ma, Caitlin Evans

concert band Back Row: Otto Anukarnsakulchularp, Henry Close, Ji Chang Hwang, Ben Partridge, Edward Zhang, Joseph Kim, Varun Giridharan, Eric Lee, Longee Guo, Shunji Takano, Sean Yang, Roykhien Wanglert 3rd Row: Samuel Yang, Hubert Lao, Anthony Ji, Max Bensley, Thornton Townsend, Tony Liu, Ross Ter Braak, Campbell Wang, Taylor Sussex, Luke Jennings, Callum Post, Josh Webster, Henry Li, Andrew Lee, Daniel Yim 2nd Row: Riley Cahill, Selina Cheng, Cecilia Lao, Purnna Jin, Centaine Townsend, Michelle Wang, Zahira Ali-Champion, Sarah Fox, Julia Wiener, Delaney Lush, Esther Simpson, Emily Chan, Annie Ma, Caitlan Evans, Mr W Robinson Front Row: Amanda Yap, Arthur Close, Su-In Jeong, Nick Curry, Charis Woon, Jerry Shen, Veronica Lush, Benett Tan, Yune-Sang Yune, Gautam Pathumanithy, Angela Sun, Benjamin Webster, Louise Hwang, Rafi Baboe, Clara Lui

camerata momentum choir

Back Row: Henry Close, Bryan Lin, Mohan Cao, Jun Lee, John Yi, Eden Li Back Row: Andy Kim, Juancho Soriano, Paul Quizo, Joshua Tan 2nd Row: Arthur Close, Daniel Lee, George Wang, Roy Yang, Matthew Bennett, 3rd Row: Dhilesh Vasan, Jonathan Lau, Jimmy Chen, Joseph Sajjaphanroj, Benedict Tan, Mr W Robinson (Conductor) Shaninka Perera Front Row: Joseph Kim, William Hung, Ji Reh Yoo, Oliver Fetherston, 2nd Row: Benett Tan, Pui Lai To, Ben Ko, Carl Liu, Jake Junior Joaquin, Paul Weichselbaum, Hao Jia Tan, Thomas Song, Kevin Lee Miss L Beattie Front Row: Kevin Chen, Tobias Asti, Abram Mathew, Francis Thorpe, Tony Guo

FACULTIES WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 33 MUSIC GROUPS

Back Row: Jordan Kim, Alfred Kim, Nick Curry, stage band Jesh Sebaratnam 2nd Row: Corbin Cantell, Andrew Clark-Howard, Cameron Ellett, Jonathan McConchie, Varun Giridharan, Jin Lim, Miss H Barker (Teacher) Front Row: Nic Knowles, Azarish Ali, Daniel Lough, Shunji Takano, Leon Le, Byung-Joe Kim, Rafi Baboe Absent: Peter An, John Lee

Back Row: Jordan Kim, Nick Curry, Byung-Joe symphonic band Kim, Gautam Pathumanithy, Alex Mei, Je Huang, Otto Anukarnsakulchularp, Daniel Paek 4th Row: Benedict Tan, Daniel Lough, Shunji Takano, Jerry Shen, Leon Le, Longee Guo, Joseph Kang, Ian Chen, Sam Nicholson, Jonathan Lau, Kevin Kim 3rd Row: Azarish Ali, Arthur Close, Tianren Shen, Jun Kim, Varun Giridharan, Samuel Yang, Daniel Yim, Byung Chan Kim, Edward Zhang, Charlie Im, Sean Yang 2nd Row: Riley Cahill, Andrew Clark-Howard, Jonathan McConchie, Carl Liu, Dom Park, Taylor Sussex, Jonathan Wang, Campbell Wang, Luke Jennings, Anthony Ji, Hubert Lao, Miss H Barker Front Row: Blake Scanlen, Henry Close, Nic Knowles, Benett Tan, Earl Nodalo, Alex Im, Alfred Kim, Warakorn Jetlohasiri, Benjamin Webster, Jesh Sebaratnam, Rafi Baboe

Back Row: Mohan Cao, David Lin, Ian Chen, voicemale choir Benedict Tan, Matthew Bennett, Jae Ho Shin, Azarish Ali, Isaiah Lustre, Jae-Hoon Yoo, Sam Nicholson, Gautam Pathumanithy, Thomas Nell 5th Row: Matt Lagos, Edward Zhang, Jun Kim, Matthew Van Orton, Thomas Song, Riley Cahill, Joseph Lee, Nicol Lin, Danny Jeong, Aidan Elliot, Gun Woo Song, Jeffrey Choy 4th Row: Benett Tan, Chang Guen Choi, Dylan Carlyle, Daniel You, Jacob Siermans, Anthony Ji, Oliver Fetherston, Dom Park, Blake Nicholson, Hubert Lao, Ernest Quimba, Samuel Yang, Chris Min 3rd Row: Max Bensley, Dylan Somerville, Isaac Lee, Phillip Fan, Jayden King, Sam Love, Ross Ter Braak, Callum Post, Paul Weichselbaum, Carl Razon 2nd Row: Caleb Nell, Blake Scanlen, Matthew Lough, Matt Bruce, Nic Knowles, Nick Curry, Henry Close, Jesh Sebaratnam, Brian Jiang, Mr D Squire Front Row: Charlie Im, Leon Li, Daniel Lough, Chris Hong, Jordan Te Aukura, Michael Lough, Daniel Lee, Michael Oentardi, Tiger Li, Arthur Close, Kangseok Lee 34 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTIES Preparing to paddle from Albany to Riverhead Corey Annandale, Scott Meiklejohn, Thomas Patrick and Matthew Connew.

Outdoor Education THE OUTDOOR EDUCATION HAS HAD YET mentally, emotionally and physically to the limit for 48 hours. ANOTHER BUSY AND ADVENTUROUS YEAR. The 13OEM students struck it lucky on their Advanced Diver trip to the Bay of Islands. They scored 15m visibility on their deep dive on The 12OEM students started the year off with SCUBA Diving and gained their PADI open water and underwater naturalist certifications. We had the HMS Canterbury wreck, which was an outstanding experience. a busy schedule working with the Dive Centre fitting in the pool sessions Two boys managed the famous Titanic pose on the bow of the wreck and the weekend open water dive trips for three classes. The students 26m underwater. loved the new experience and exploring the underwater realm. Several The 13OEM students did a great job and stepped up their leadership and boys went on the hunt for Crayfish but came back with planks of wood, organisational skills helping run the 12OEM Sea Kayak trips. Many of old masks, golf balls and rusty fishing rods. the students worked hard to gain their Boat Master qualification worth The 12OEM students have also gained their Day Skippers qualification, a massive 16 credits. The 13OED students were given the same task learning valuable Seamanship skills if they are to continue Diving and of organising and help run the Adventure race for the 12OED students; Boating. The boys put the qualification into practice when they went on many of them were on a steep learning curve and they got to see first- their overnight Sea Kayak expedition. With stunning weather on the first hand how much work goes on behind the scenes to make such an event trip one class managed to get all the way out to Home Bay on Motutapu happen and how quickly things can change. Island, camp the night and with a tail wind on the way home, sailed back Many of the 13OED boys were put out of their comfort zone as they were to Mission Bay. Less than ideal weather on the other trips forced us to stay closer to land and venture around the Mahurangi Harbour and tasked to Lead Climbing. This is a big step up from Top Roping in year 12. Wenderholm regional parks. The students had to focus on their partners, be very vigilant about safety and really back their climbing ability. It was pleasing to see them progress The 12OED students started the year scaling vertical and beyond and improve. Both 13OEM and 13OED students also went on the famous vertical walls at the Birkenhead Leisure Centre, learning the ropes of Survival Camp to the Coromandel where the students have to build their Rock Climbing. We ventured down to South Waikato to Wharepapa to own shelters, ration the food they are given, make animal traps, and light chance our arms at climbing on real rock. This is always a highlight of fires. When the boys had some spare time they were tasked to foraging the year and provides great challenges for the boys. for more food. Students made their own fishing lines from their survival The annual pilgrimage down to Waitomo to head underground for a kits - with limited success, dived for mussels and oysters and chased wild couple of days was again a highlight for the boys. We are privileged to Turkeys! This year the boys managed to chase down several Turkeys. have Kieran McKay, New Zealand’s Cave expert and explorer work with However we told them, whatever they catch they must eat. We had us for this trip. He is a wealth of knowledge and is truly passionate about three turkeys on a rotisserie we made over an open fire – this was an Caving. His enthusiasm and tenacity rubs off on the boys and they impressive to sight and the students were stoked to eat something they thrived on the challenges the Caves offer. had caught with their own hands. This year we also ran the inaugural Westlake Adventure Race. This Onwards and Upwards for 2015. was a large undertaking for the staff to organise and in hindsight was pitched a little too high for the boy’s abilities. The students were pushed Mr W Gage-Brown – HOD Outdoor Education

Deep underground in Waitomo, Steven Yan and Descending to the Canterbury Wreck, Bay of Islands with Tony Rodokal, Tyler Reidy - "I'll put it back miss!" Patt Phungsoonthorn. Michael Coetzer, Clayton Floyd, Tom De Jonge and Ollie Gardiner.

FACULTIES WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 35 Outdoor Pursuits Centre

During the last week of Term Four 2013 students yet again boarded in pursuits such as Caving and Mountaineering followed by an the bus to head down to Tongariro National Park for four days of overnight in the bush. By this stage the rain was pouring down outdoor activities, at the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre. in typical Central North Island fashion and students were now in survival mode. The OPC Leadership Camp takes place at the end of each year. It gives 6th Form students the chance to develop their leadership skills A 4am wake up call followed by a tramp back to civilization, in a challenging environment, while making new friends and stepping surprisingly accompanied by smiles from the boys, saw the end to a outside their comfort zone. great trip. Needless to say it was a very quiet bus ride home.

This time around saw the attendance of 70 students, 40 of which The positive experiences these students had plus the friendships had been nominated as prefects for 2014, the other 30 came to push they have made along the way is now evident in the interactions they themselves and learn new skills along the way. have with each other. They all hold a smile and grin knowing that they made it; they survived the 2013 OPC Leadership Camp. The week was kind to the students to begin with. The first two days were filled with sunshine and team building activities, high ropes Thanks to the fantastic staff team of Mr Glen, Mr Sullivan, Mr Gage- Brown, Miss Marriott, Miss McLeod and Miss Leighton who helped and navigation that enabled the students to become familiar with make this trip a success once again. each other. Once that hurdle was crossed things became a little more challenging. The students spent a day pushing themselves Miss S Belcher – TIC OPC

Matthew Roets on the trapeze high ropes. Miss Marriott Miss Leighton’s group about to embark on their team building exercise against the rapids. and Jordan Jessup.

36 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTIES Peer Tutors of 2014.

student every Tuesday morning. The scheme, once again, was very Peer Tutoring successful and was met with praise from tutors and tutees alike. 2014 was also the first year that the Academic Council organized an For the past 7 years, the Academic Council has helped improve the online Silent Auction. Evolving out of Quiz Nights held by the council in learning environment of all students at Westlake, especially those who are previous years, the silent auction was created in order to help subsidise struggling with their studies. 2014 was an excellent year for the council, the tuition costs of students who attended Term Three revision courses which saw the continuation of previously run schemes and new initiatives. and were unable to afford the cost of tuition. The auction was a huge success, running over the course of two weeks and raising over $700. The council in 2014 was composed of Liam Rawlings, George Han, Caleb Gemmell, Dwight Nicholas, Rafi Baboe, Winston Yao, Daniel Lee, Michael As with any success story, the council would have been completely lost Lough, Daniel Lough, David Lin, Alex Jeen and Matthew Bilton who, as without the continual support we received. A huge thanks goes out to Academic Captain in 2014, led the council. Mrs Mills who tirelessly worked with the council on the study breakfast and silent auction, to Mr McWilliams who helped the council secure One of the council’s largest initiatives this year was the annual Study prizes for the silent auctions and to all the other wonderful assistants Breakfast. Held over the course of eight weeks, the breakfasts provided who helped us during the study breakfasts. about 40 3rd form students who were identified as needing help with their studies with a hot breakfast and one-on-one tuition with a senior Matthew Bilton and Liam Rawlings

Kevan Leadbetter talks with Zae Wallace.

improvements in effort, attainment, personal and social skills, confidence and behaviour. Students enjoy and benefit from the peer mentoring experience, and feedback from mentors is that they too have found being part of the scheme personally rewarding.

We also have a group of Year 13 Students who are Peer Mentors to The Student and Peer Mentoring programmes continue to be an some of our Year 9 and 10 students. Not only do the younger students important part of the school’s pastoral commitment to our students. gain the same benefits from having a mentor, but the senior students Once again we owe a huge debt of thanks to the mentors, including have the opportunity to develop their interpersonal and leadership teachers at the school, Old Boys, and volunteers from the skills during the process, which is invaluable to them in future life. community, who generously give their time on a voluntary basis to New mentors are always welcome and full training and regular support our students. support is given.

Mentors guide, support and encourage students, leading to Mrs D Hipkins and Mrs B Sutherland

FACULTIES WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 37 Mr Butler's Year 10 Class with their best Usain Bolt impression. PHYSICAL EDUCATION It has been another year of change for the Physical Education The main area of focus that started last was to achieve Physical Department. At the start of the year we welcomed Mr Gary Francis Education Scholarships and under the excellent tutorage of Mr Butler into the department as a part time staff member. Gary’s specialism the boys managed 6 Scholarships. The second area of focus was was in swimming and in particular coaching Paralympic swimmers. to change the assessments. This has been tough on both staff and Unfortunately for Westlake, but excellent for Gary he was offered the pupils but the overall results so far have been positive. We are still position of NZ High Performance Director of Paralympic Swimmers. It trying to encourage more students to bring in their own devices and was a dream job he couldn’t turn down and so we wished Gary all the shall continue driving this throughout next year. Our final focus is the best at the start of Term Three. To make matters even more interesting physical wellbeing of many pupils in the senior school. As Physical in the Physical Education Department, Mr Strydom was promoted to Education is no longer compulsory after Year 9 we worry our boys are HOD of Learner Support. This left a hole in the PE Department and not physically active enough but we have plans to change this and hope thankfully our old friend Mr McKerrow answered an SOS and filled in the we can! gaps left by Gary and Mr Strydom. Mr C Meredith - HOF Physical and Health Education More recently two of our young and energetic staff members decided it was time for their OE. Mr Dale and Mr Glen are heading overseas. Both staff members have taught extremely well and have put in many extra hours for Hockey, Football and Cricket. It’ll be a strange next year but we look forward to hopefully seeing at Westlake again after their travels. Luckily for the Department we will have Old Boy and Cricket/Football Coach Andrew Cowell. Mr Cowell has worked in the Department on and off since he left school and now he is a fully qualified Teacher. He will be a great asset to the Department and School.

More good news was announced during the year that the new gym is going ahead. This started in October and will continue until winter next year. On top of this, the Headmaster managed to secure funding to turn our number 2 Football pitch into an artificial Football turf. Jackson Tu'inukuafe and Winston Yao apply their sport science knowledge to the shot put.

Mr Meredith's Year 9 Class protect the 'Tupu' in a game of Ki O Rahi. Andre Jackson completes the Level 2 assault course.

38 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTIES Steven Yoo in his Biology Practical, PHYSICAL EDUCATION measuring with a syringe in an experiment with yeast. SCIENCE Congratulations were in order at the beginning of this year as the of a new course, Level 2 General Science, taught by Mr Simon van Science Faculty celebrated another set of outstanding results Rossen, which has proven to be very popular. obtained by our students in 2013. Over the summer break two Joining us from in Term One was Ms Pevreal, and of our talented young science students, Jeffrey Choi and Albert in Term Three, Miss Chorley from . I am very pleased Chan, attended the 24th annual Rotary National Science and to welcome them both into the Science team. Some staff were also Technology forum. They spent 14 days with other Year 12 students kept busy in 2014 with the arrival of three gorgeous babies, sired by from all across New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, working in laboratories and field stations in Universities and research Messrs Brown, Burnett and McWilliams. companies across Auckland. To conclude I must mention the dedication of our team of During 2014, a record eleven Year 12 students were accepted Technicians for another successful year of preparation and into the New Zealand International Biology Olympiad training purchasing, issuing and returning, mixing and washing up, without programme, and six students into the Chemistry Olympiad training whom the Faculty could not operate. To the Science faculty staff, programme organised by Dr Tim Holden and Mr Jonathon Webster thank you for sharing your talents and endless enthusiasm with your respectively. Our junior students took part in the Education Perfect students, and for being such great people to work with. Science Championship, an online Science competition where I wish our students all the best for their exams, and the Science students had to answer a range of questions correctly to gain points. Faculty looks forward to another enjoyable, successful and inquiring I’m pleased to announce our first effort in this competition saw our year in 2015. students gain third place in Auckland, and fourth out of 33 schools in our category across Australasia. 2014 also saw the introduction Mr M Russell - HOF Science

Oliver Wu working hard in a Chemistry Practical. Kaiwei Wu in his Physics Practical, timing a cup falling through water. Daniel Psaila during his Biology Practical.

FACULTIES WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 39 Patrick Chambers enjoying Black Water Rafting on an AS SOCIAL SCIENCE Geography Trip It has been a busy 2014 in the Social Sciences Faculty. We started through Takapuna. This was very successful and allowed for study in the year with some great results across our NCEA and CIE the local environment. For AS Geography we had a new trip to visit courses, especially with IGCSE Geography and History as the the Waitomo Caves for a study of the limestone environments, plus top two subjects in the school. Our Scholarship results were also we couldn’t miss the opportunity for a little black water rafting. Next exceptional with 23 scholarships, 8 in Art History, 7 in Classics, 6 year we have a trip to Hawaii to look at a wide range of geographical with History and 2 for Geography, two of which were outstanding. topics from Tourism to Volcanicity. We also welcomed Mr Clarke who joined us as part of the Geography It is with sadness that we bid farewell to Ms Harland as she moves on Department in January. to a new chapter in her life after dedicating seven years to teaching We introduced Senior Social Studies at Level 3 this year, which has at Westlake. Her passion for Art History and Classics has inspired run with two classes looking at a variety of really interesting topics her students to develop a great interest for the subject and has also such as writing proposals for a new policy/course in the school’s ‘stoked the fire’ for many to continue on with their studies after 7th curriculum to looking at gun culture in the USA. The new CIE History Form. As a faculty we will really miss her and wish her all the best for course at AS level has also been successful and continues into a new the future. A2 course next year. I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank all the members of the faculty for their hard work and dedication to their students. Within As a faculty we have continued to offer great opportunities to the the faculty we have a wide range of gifted teachers who encourage boys for education outside the classroom, with a range of field trips their students to think critically and achieve their potential. across our courses. In Geography we changed the focus of the Level 1 research, which now looks at variations in climate along a transect Mr J Foden – HOF Social Sciences

Denzel Foley, Louis Simpson, Chris Simpson, Nick Burt, Jason Handley and Miss Leighton's Year 10 Social Studies Class preparing for their Common Year 9 Student Quinn Klijn with his Corban Wedlock-Aston with their Trench Model. Assessment Task. Carbon Cycle Model.

40 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTIES 5x World Hockey player of the year and Olympic Champion Jamie Dwyer helps the Hockey Institute. SPORTS INSTITUTE CLASSES

The Sports Institute programme, led by an exceptional staff, has skills and most importantly to support each other. This has indeed continued to challenge our young sportsman to perform. 2014 has created a most healthy environment to ensure our young men are again seen our junior Football, Rugby, Basketball, Hockey and Cricket provided with the opportunities to reach their potential. teams take on and beat the best across Auckland and NZ. Our junior Our strength and conditioning programme has continued to develop Hockey side won the Tanner Cup the top junior Hockey tournament in with the ADA staff building on the work set up over the last 3 years. It NZ, the junior Basketball side triumphed in the North Island, our U15 is indeed pleasing to see those students, who have worked accurately rugby team were runners up in the Hurricanes Rugby Tournament the U13 and U14 football sides are Auckland Champions. in the gym, progress. The individual programmes established for most of our students will see these boys be fitter, faster and stronger in the In football Callum McCowatt played for the 1st XI and Clarke Foulds years ahead. I am delighted that Mr Fraser Brown has been appointed represented Oceania in the Nike Cup in Manchester. In rugby the full time next year as fitness centre manager. His work this year has North Harbour age group sides had a number of our boys in their added to the programme. representative teams. It was pleasing to see Leon Thambarin play 1st XV rugby straight out of our Form 4 te programme. The Hockey It has been another great year working alongside quality staff and group were given a great opportunity when Jamie Dwyer the world’s watching our young men develop as sportsmen and also as the future best hockey player ran a coaching session with our Sports Institute leaders of the school. class here at school. It was a great experience with all the group getting “There maybe people that have more talent than you but there’s no a chance to perform against Australia’s best hockey player. excuse for anyone to work harder than you” NY Yankee Baseball player Within the programme itself our staff coaches have worked hard on the Derek Jeter basic skills and continued to extend our young sportsman to perform I look forward to another successful year in 2015. to their highest ability. The “coaches club,” formed last year, has seen all coaches across the institute meet regularly to share coaching ideas, Mr R Taylor – Director of Sport

Sports Institute Football mix with the Tongan National Teams at the Westlake Sports Institute Football compete end of an excellent series of games. for the ball in the air against Tonga U15.

FACULTIES WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 41 TECHNOLOGY Sam Cato in the Workshop with his Teacher Mr Rein. This year marks the end of an era. We are saying goodbye to Mr Rein who has taught Technology and Science here at Westlake for the last twenty years. He has made an invaluable contribution to the Faculty not only in the classroom but also with his dedication to Vex Robotics and the ever popular Hobbies Club. He will be sorely missed by both staff and students alike and we all wish him a long and happy retirement.

Mr C Clark – HOF Technology

Year 11 Students Yekang Kwon Food Technology and Junlin Qiu making Bagels.

Food Technology is a popular subject amongst the boys at Westlake, and is recognised as a University Entrance subject. The subject also continues to grow in popularity. In 2012 we had just over 180 boys choosing to take Food Technology; we now have an enrolment of just under 300 boys for 2015. In Year 10 the boys learn basic food skills and become familiar with working in a commercial kitchen. Continuing on into their senior years they start the development of their own products and understanding the science behind food. The boys are learning lifelong skills whilst enjoying a hands-on, very stimulating subject, producing dishes they can be proud of.

Ms B Trotman – HOD Food Technology

Design and Visual Bujith Munasinghe and Wency Santos in the Workshop. Communications

This has been a busy year with the Year 13 class designing baches out of two shipping containers and Year 12 designing tree houses. We have two Year 11 classes designing a coffee shop for their NCEA folders and the Cambridge students are a talented group who have been designing all sorts of different products. In the Junior school we have four classes at Year 10. These students had a project designing a sleep out for a site on the caretakers back lawn and there was a varied array of designs.

Mr P Tisdall – HOD Design Visual Communication

Luca Te Rito in Year 12 Technology. Kazaf Tse and SuSeong Kim provided SuSeong Kim, Trent Maxted and Jay Salvador and Tanawat a wonderful Barista service. Harry Davies at the NZ Culinary Salon Sermpornvivat. National Competition.

42 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTIES Westlake at the North Shore Schools Matariki Kapa Haka Festival held at Westlake Boys. TE TARI MAORI

Senior Te Reo students at work. Isaac Gibbons, Finn Tito E ngā mana, e ngā reo, rau rangatira mā, and Mitchell Daniels.

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa

It was another fantastic year for the Māori Students at Westlake 2014.

As has become custom, a pōwhiri (welcome) was held for all new students and staff. Jayden King spoke on behalf of the school, and Jackson Birdsall spoke on behalf of the new students and staff. Jayden King and Danyon Morgan-Puterangi were prefects who gave outstanding service to the school and for the fourth year running all Houses were led by Māori boys. Congratulations to Jayden King and Pupuke House who won this year’s competition.

For the 5th year running; the Senior Māori XV played , and again retained the Burley Cup. For the third year Students at Omahu Marae in Napier, during the trip to Nga Manu Korero. running, a Junior Māori XV played for the Te Wano Cup. For the first time Westlake won. An addition to this year’s competition was a basketball cup, played for by a Senior Māori open team. This was won by Westlake. Overall, a clean sweep by Westlake. Ngā mihi ki te whānau o Hato Petera!

Another highlight of the year was when Jayden King represented Westlake at the Auckland Ngā Manu Kōrero speech competitions and placed 1st in the Senior English section. This qualified him to attend the National competition held in Napier. A strong contingent accompanied Jayden, who spoke very well, and was well received by the audience. Congratulations Jayden!

2014 also gave us the inaugural achievement night which was held Mr Te Wano with Year 9 Te Reo Maori Students. to acknowledge the successes of Māori boys in 2014. Families and friends attended to acknowledge the great achievements of some of our boys and the evening was a great success.

Thanks to all the boys, whānau, and friends of the school for their support in 2014. Well wishes also to all our Māori boys leaving Westlake. Mā te Atua koutou e manaaki, e tīaki,

Na Matua H Te Wano - HOD Maori

FACULTIES WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 43 Stefan Baumgartner, Thomas Taylor, Hood Harry Davies and Jack Benbow.

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 1ST Anxious to put the 2013 House Competition behind them, the Junior’s One of the highlights of the year has been the honouring of Dr gave Hood the best possible start by putting us in front by one point John Hood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list as Westlake after winning the Reading Challenge and the Tug Of War. In February Boys’ first Knight of the realm. Furthermore, our 2014 House however, Hood struggled once again in the Haka Competition and Captain Jacob Seirmans was able to meet and present to Sir was lucky to come fifth. Those that went to the Swimming Sports Hood a specially made Hood House tie, while he briefly visited faired a little better and as a House we came a credible third. With the school. an even spread of athletes among the Houses the School Athletics day promised to be a close contest. With a strong showing in the After the Term Three exams, the lunchtime sports, Debating Intermediate grade from Anthony Kouch and Anthony Nobilo, and then and the General Knowledge Quiz were the last activities in the enough athletes in the finals, Hood were victorious. competition. The ‘Boys from the Hood’ attended and participated well enough to hold on and win a 4th House Competition. More The last big event of the Term was the Cross Country, an event that importantly though they will now be able to join those, who have Hood traditionally struggle in. However, thanks to a strong group of worn the maroon T-shirt before them, in honouring the name of Senior runners such as Finn Mason and Louis Abplanalp, Hood won Sir John Hood. The new challenge now is for the Hood House of the Cross Country for the first time. These victories, and a reasonable 2015 to start again and maintain the tradition. showing in the Term Two Maths Competition, gave Hood House a strong lead going into the final lunchtime activities at the end of Term Mr J McIntyre – House Leader Three.

Anthony Nobilo, Jack Anderson and Anthony Kouch Finn Mason in the Senior Cross Country Race. Tupe Haku leads Hood House in the Haka. sprint for Hood at Athletics Day.

44 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS hood 1

Rear Row: Carl Kirstein, Tymon Porter, Danny Jeong, Josh An, Jacob Urquhart-Waitai, Yilhwan Jung Row 3: Daniel Randall, Louis Brabant, Dylan Tuddenham, Tom Bradfield, Alexander Peagram, Louis Abplanalp, Jeremy Qu Row 2: Aden Zhang, Hagen Schickedanz, Dorian Popovich, Tom Newland, Jake Thompson, Scott Telfer, Michael Li, Mr D. Wedderburn (Teacher) Front Row: Callum Banks, Jerald Guillermo, Shunji Takano, Zane Carbines, Cameron Notton, Jien Lim, Batu Yazici Absent: Kyle Bond, Bhunyapat Pongpobpaibool, Oliver Moffitt, Aditya Patel hood 2

Rear Row: Kadon Seidel, Joel Remigio, Aaron Capill, James Keeley Row 3: Baoji Lu, Logan McDougall, Chris Julian Edwin Quizo, Carl Zhang, Jaydon Maire, Joe Angus, Samar Singh Row 2: Rae Courtenay, Jack Anderson, Hongming Yan, Declan Barbarich, Jake Welch, Simon Lao, Miss H Na (Teacher) Front Row: Amir Saranj, Paul Kim, Hayden Bell, Jay Adams, Mitchell Watts, Fine Inisi, Edward Zhang Absent: Jasper Burchardt, Pierre Harrison, Alexander Iles-Nyberg, Wilson Longhurst, Michael Vete, Roykhien Wanglert, Peter Hu

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 45 hood 3

Rear Row: Mark Ventura, Yiwei Song, Jake Junior Joaquin, Peter Xie, Yichi Zhang Row 3: Ollie Jones, Jack Huang, Jayden Hogg, William Abraham, Jackie Li, Sepeti Funaki, Bujith Munasinghe, Daniel Pushenko Row 2: Joshua Storm, Matt Peagram, Aidan Scott, Ryan Hiskens, Robbie Blount, Seb Parker, Chris Casey, Miss N Marriott (Teacher) Front Row: Gene Offwood, Hao Kang, Harry Kim, Kalani Partridge-Fruean, Sam Wallis, Luke Scott, Jake Wise Absent: Dash An, Riley Miller, Caleb Nell, Jeman Park, Jiaming Chen, Brendan Herbst, Connor Hutchison, Bailey Moffitt, Jacob Wu

hood 4

Rear Row: Taran Young, Luke Ranson, Jack Oh, Ibrahim Khattab Alani, Roy Johansson Row 3: Olly Watts, Jesse Buskin, Liam Sheils, Chen Zhong, Cameron Hey, Derek Choi, William Meng Row 2: Blair Duan, Kazaf Tse, Angus Shotter, Riley Martin, Sean Vete, Raymond Kim, Anmol Thapar, Dr. T. Holden (Teacher) Front Row: Simon Su, Josh Young, Thomas Taylor, Hamish Casey, Eshil Singh, Dominic Porter, Michael Agno Absent: Jason Handley, Aly Refaat, Thomas Ross, Ma'afu Taungakava, Josh Webster, James Wilson

46 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS hood 5

Rear Row: Toma Takahashi, Benjamin Webster, Trent McGregor, Kevin Zhao, Titan Suvannathat, Wilson Su Row 3: Matthew White, Ben Ross, Thomas Goodin, Jordan Olivier, Sam Hudson, Adam Curlewis, Jimmy Wang Row 2: Griffin Liang, Thomas Howe, Steve Park, Jordan Laing, James Wisniewski, Leon Thambiran, Mr C Solomons (Teacher) Front Row: Tiger Li, Mohammed Al-Hilali, Damien Tao, Ollie Clarke, Dominic Sanicas, Oscar Ramsay, Humza Butt Absent: Carlin Diver, Ji Chang Hwang, Angelo Munoz, Yichao Ruan, Jin Myung Seo, Joseph Taungakava

hood 6

Rear Row: John Lee, Hyunsang Lim, Seamus McCarthy, Cheye Chisholm, Alan Chen, Ji Sang Hwang Row 3: Thomas Fyfe, Corbin Cantell, Wenjie Wu, Jarrod Wagg, Ethan Amos, Zhaoji Li, Daniel Dorward Row 2: Chad Ockerse, Sam Parry, Anthony Kouch, Tyler Duffield, Simon Woods, Patt Phungsoonthorn, Eric Huang, Mr R Ryan (Teacher) Front Row: Kaleb Boyce, Todd Milliken, Jack Benbow, Carl Liu, Finn McAteer, Chris Jeong, James Small Absent: Brendan Bond, Finn Hansen, , Thomas Nell

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 47 hood 7

Rear Row: Jamie McDowell, Ben Kim, , Max Cantell Row 3: Andrew Oh, Ho Tung Wong, Donte Whimp, Louis Pablo, Griffin Shields Row 2: Jimmy Luo, Patrick Morada, Matteo Brown, Hemi McCarthy, Lewis Jang, Asad Parwaiz, Mr P Andrews (Teacher) Front Row: Ricky Liang, Sid Mahajan, Jayden Whitelaw, Kanui Walker, James Trotman, Jordan Andreassen, Dylan Verdonkschot Absent: Joe Benbow, Aaron Cordes, Matt Cross, Tupe Haku, Harry Hong, William Hung, Toby Major, Ray Ong, Rene Owen, Benedict Tan, Matt Farmilo, Patrick Movada hood 8

Rear Row: Kenton Wong, Sean Yang, David Lee, Anthony Nobilo, Campbell Jordan, Bradley Cain, Rafa Yam, Dylan Whale Row 3: Eric Lee, Ben Steele, Patrick Dyke, Chris Hagan, Finn Mason, Logan Rainey, Eric Park Row 2: Santiago Munevar Aquite, Ryan Lim, Moses Leo, Quinn Trethewey, Sam Reese, Ben Angus, Samuel Li, Mr H McKerrow (Teacher) Front Row: Jack Osborne-Tueton, Ilham Harahap, Jay Cho, Thomas Song, Andy Cao, Kent O'Dea, Bill Song Absent: Samuel Bathan, Benett Tan, Robert Eliezar, Adam Watts, Osuka Weheragoda Arachchige

48 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS hood 9

Rear Row: Kevin Tan, Tyler Howarth, Joshua Aschebrock, Sarel Labuschagne, Jayden Brewer, Oliver Boyce, Jordan Kim Row 3: Thomas Edwards, Kevin Liu, Jun Kim, Scott Prentice, Stephen Li, Daniel Yip, Calvin Feng Row 2: Cain Nuttall, Andrew Cox, Matthew Randall, Mathew Barry, Thomas Cadell, Jonah Theyers, Cole Pake, Miss A Palmer (Teacher), Izac Han Front Row: Ginho Choi, Jerry Wang, Gi Hyun Lee, Nathan Regal, Stefan Baumgartner, Harris Butt, Raven Valencia Absent: Sam Hagan, Ricky Lai, Callum Post hood 10

Rear Row: Johnny Cheng, Paul Quizo, Daniel Yang, Daniel Kim, Harry Griffin, Matthew Edwards, Kai Clauberg, Pierce Blomfield Row 3: Jack Collinson, David Lin, Gareth Wallis, Aidan Phillips, Koya Yamada, William Li, Charlie Im Row 2: Jay Pake, Adam Maxey-Morrison, Zach Newton-Cross, Hwan Yoo, Ben Western, Benxi Zhang, Daniel Russell, Dr. I. Burnett (Teacher) Front Row: Taylor Sussex, Jadyn Dixon, Jacob Siermans, Alex Im, Mac Jordan, Tom Roberts, Aaron Kurte Absent: Eugene Blankenbyl, Adyn Kettle, Trent Maxted, Kaleb Rona

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 49 hood 11

Rear Row: Ej Briones, Anthony Tan, Whan Jung, Cris Tan Row 3: Udayan Basu, Saiga Otsubo, Anthony Dennis, Harry Davies, Marco Lammers, Sam Collinson, Vachiravit Sripiromya Row 2: Trent McCarthy, Alex Yang, Philip Kang, Jack Ma, Vaughn Hamill, Ashraf Al-Tamimi, Henry Mitchell-Hibbert, Ms R Pevreal (Teacher) Front Row: Enzo Fletcher, Dan Barrett, Max Bensley, Michael Coetzer, Brayden Print, Yousef Rashid, Keejon Sloan Absent: Benjamin Callister, Alex Moore, Thornton Townsend, Alistair Wright, Jingwen Wu hood 12

Rear Row: Joshua Briones, Ha Min Jang, Andrew Wickens, Benjamin Wong, Jamie Paul, Aiden Young Row 3: Taylor Yang, Shaninke W M K Perera, Andrew Kim, Keegan Russell, Max Namkung, James Poole, Andrew Park Row 2: Jarrod Hunt, Jesse Kim, Lotu Inisi, Boyi Zhao, Arun Strickland, David Xu, Jake Good, Miss J Park (Teacher) Front Row: Daniel Young, Mitchell Fickling, Jakub Cwik, Paul Weichselbaum, David Scott, Joshua Tan, Jason Martelletti Absent: J P Aucamp, Ian Blount, Max Lewis, MingYu Sun

50 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS Pupuke

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 2ND EQUAL 2014 was always going to be a strong year for Pupuke. Captain The prefect team continued to produce strong performances later Brett Bakkerus began his leadership campaign as one of 12 Pupuke in the year. Mathew Bilton once again ensured the House Debating prefects. Including senior prefects Matthew Bilton (Academic trophy was ours, while Sam Brotherton assembled an all-star team Captain) Oliver Fetherston (Cultural Captain) and Sam Brotherton for the Senior House Football. They went undefeated through the (Sports Captain), it is the first time in the history of the House round robin stages, but needed Uzoma Unamadu to do his best Competition that a single house has performed a clean sweep of ‘Mario Gotze’ impression in the Final, smashing home the winning these roles. Bakkerus’ leadership support grew as Mostafa Youssef goal just seconds before the game went to penalty kicks. Carl Razon and Sam Sherriff were named prefects later in the year. helped build for the future by captaining the volleyball team to victory, using a team featuring many younger players. Pupuke will The Haka Competition was once again a highlight. Jayden King miss the leadership of these three boys, who have given much to choreographed a new formation, and was inspirational in leading their House during their 5 years wearing the mighty blue shirt. Pupuke to its third win in the event. Jake Konia was strong as deputy leader, and it is pleasing to know that Pupuke leadership will be in his For the third year in a row Pupuke surpassed the 200 point mark in safe hands next year. the House Competition, coming within a sniff of the Championship. Although we farewell some outstanding leaders, we look forward to Disappointing results in both Athletics and Swimming saw a drop to seeing who will step up for Pupuke in 2015. fourth place by the end of the first term. However, a strong saw a fight back in the competition’s second half. Following the rebuild Mr K Jorgensen - House Leader it was rare to see Pupuke finish in the bottom three in any event.

Sports Captain Sam Brotherton at House Athletics. Matt Blackmore, Harley Kelly, Michael Booth, Harrison Bolton-Roberts, Arshia Moradi in the Year 9 Cross Country Race. Sam Brotherton, Callum Diprose, Keegan Kelly, Tim Hawes and Uzoma Unamadu win House Football.

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 51 pupuke 1

Rear Row: Jin Han, Kenny Jung, Alex Dalum, Schup Cong, Yekang Kwon, Woojin Lee Row 3: Cam Styles, Matthew Van Orton, Jonathan Ko, William Guntur, Russell Or, Mitchell Murphy, Blake de Nys Row 2: Tremaine Meshach Ioane Zombos, Joel Curran, Scott Manion, Angus McKenzie, Callum Gilmour, David Waddell, Jonny Cui, Mr S O'Brien (Teacher) Front Row: Dylan Hollick, Matthew Copeland, Andrew Kim, Zae Wallace, Samuel Brewis, Suchan Lee, Jasim Mohammed Sali Absent: Sam Babb, Tom De Jonge, Jung Hyun Lee, Ethan Highet, Nathan Leslie, Cullen Beattie, Benet Kumeroa pupuke 2

Rear Row: Harry Ye, Sean Kim, Jackson Rowe, Aidan Bonneau, Justin Raeburn, Eden Li, Blake Sunde, Darshil Patel Row 3: Grierson Fox, Nathan Bilton, Brian Lee, Joshua Gower, James Maber, Sean McFadyen, Louis Mackessack Row 2: David Zhang, Jerry Liu, Jake Konia, Ambrose Bennett-Burkhardt, Zhenxiang Xie, Jack Hall, Mrs C Walsh (Teacher) Front Row: William O'Donnell, Harrison Bolton-Roberts, Lance Walsh, Bradley Leuila, Tom Chang, Tianyi Yu, Matthew Shepherd Absent: Jakob Abery, Trey Lassen, Jeongmin Shin, Henry Matuku, Taiwei Zhang

52 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS pupuke 3

Rear Row: Quinn Sunde, Damin Lee, Connor Lowther-Smith, Max Broadhurst, Leo Li, Jeff Choi Row 3: Bryan Lin, Andrew Hsu, Lachlan de Jonge, France'yen Siakisini-Lauaki, Daniel Negus, Cameron Lloyd, Callum Payne, David Xiao Row 2: Martin Mendez, Aaron Wakely, Carl Bennett, Daniel O'Connor, Trent Ormsby, Liam McStay, Zach Huxford, Mr H Nola (Teacher) Front Row: Ho Lun Cheung, Kang Hyun Lee, Jowis Lau, Ian Verdadero, Anthony Ji, Glen Hill-Rennie, Anthony Lim, Wang Lin Kim Absent: Luis Corrales, Jim Quito, Luke Walker, Yiming Li

pupuke 4

Rear Row: Hao Jia, Jack Melville, Alex Divall, Ollie Burnett, Joshua Lloyd, Sipu Liu, Ramith Ediriweera Arachchige Row 3: Matt Bullock, Tony Xiao, Chris Ho, Ernest Quimba, Connor Langley, WooJin Kim, Jacksyn Siakisini Lauaki, Mitchell Blackburn Row 2: Ross Hill-Rennie, Daniel You, Mitch Hazelhurst, James Parkes, Wesley Healiss, Harry Collard, Tianrui Guan, Jack Askew, Miss N Leighton (Teacher) Front Row: Murray Stoute, Julian Orejana, Henry Morrison-Jones, Kangseok Lee, Dane Hohepa, Joshua Asi, Arnav Nair, Hadleigh Bickle Absent: Connor Matthews

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 53 pupuke 5

Rear Row: Joel Litterick, Josh Bonsay, Harry Kim, Wency Santos, J P Rossouw, Daniel De Ramos, Juan Viana, Devansh Shah Row 3: Zachary Lim, Tristan Morris, Harrison De Nys, Jackson Hobson, Ollie Banks, Connor O'Leary-Lodge, Callum Diprose Row 2: Tim Wheeler, Abram Mathew, Michael Linggoputro, James Moors, Nick Francis, Daniel Binnie, Alexander Lochore-Ward, Mr R Paton (Teacher) Front Row: Andrew Stanaway, Benjamin Cresswell, Stephen Summers, Sam Sherriff, Uzoma Unamadu, Ali O'Gram, Joshua Wyatt Absent: Albert Chan, Nev Karan, Bronson Kelly, Ben Park, Stefan Wiig pupuke 6

Rear Row: Minyong Shin, Bradlee Wong, David Qiu, Hao Jia Tan, lo Wa Leong, Chanapol Pattanapongpaibul Row 3: Jun Hong Lim, Oskar Farwell, Jonathan McConchie, Leo Chen, William Harrison, Byung Chan Kim, Jarrod Leuila Row 2: River Riini, Peter Huxford, Andy Yang, George Martin, Mostafa Youssef, David Ko, Mr P Davies (Teacher) Front Row: Ryan Zent, Tom Donnelly-Chisholm, Sheldon Pretorius, Arthur Close, Anthony Chan, Simote Ta'ai, Charl Ulrich Absent: James Banks, Albin Bengtsson, Kyle O'Brien, James Pearce, Peter Yoon, Oskar Farwell

54 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS pupuke 7

Rear Row: Terence Tahumar, Jesper Bengtsson, James Thornton, Raymond Sue Row 3: Arshia Moradi, Jarod Scott, Sione Ta'ai, Brayden Allen, Chris Min, Aldrein Sepnio, Liam Higgins Row 2: Shahid Dawad, Bruce Xiao, Jackson Munday, Corban Wedlock-Aston, Keegan Kelly, Jordan Morris, Luke Dewar, Ms T Groves (Teacher) Front Row: Howard Guan, Jeongwoo Shin, Anaru Molving, Ethan Bartholomew, Jason King, Andy Paek, Jamie Shin Absent: Ryan Black, Shaun Bowyer, Oliver Fetherston, George Han, Raygjon Hohepa, Mark Kim, Go Limwatthana, Got Limwatthana, Ahmad Mohammadi pupuke 8

Rear Row: Blake Scanlen, Joshua Orejana, Max Rankine, Byung-Joe Kim, Jesse Kim, Jake Han Row 3: Stuart Hofmeyr, Yea Kang Chu, Jinjie Wu, Liam Kennedy, Eliot Hayes, Bobbie Ware, Jafar Maash Row 2: Jae Eon Lim, Cameron Gumbley, Joshua Zhang, Jarvis Jensen, Matt Blackmore, Kieran McCullough, Mr S. McWilliams (Teacher) Front Row: Jack Wang, Benjamin Edwards, Jordan Wedlock-Aston, Matthew Bilton, Henrik Molving, Timothy Vaughan, Bill Zhao Absent: Nauman Ahmed, Henry Close, Longee Guo, Josh Schaaf, Alex Xia, Samuel Harkin

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 55 pupuke 9

Rear Row: Pawan Deo, Matt Morrissey, Timmy Song, Charlie Ware Row 3: Nabeel Ahmed, Dylan Boot, Sachin Chhiba, Charles Cruz, Jacob de Jonge, Campbell Henderson, Seth James Row 2: Zak Noble, Qingshan Wang, Faris Abu-Obeid, Callum Blackburn, Tyler Beaman, Adrian Young, Mr B Emslie (Teacher) Front Row: Ashton Howard, Jonathan Wang, Eugene Park, Brett Bakkerus, Ji Reh Yoo, Euan Grigor, Liam Wedlock-Aston Absent: Tashreeq Brown, Cameron Hardy, Bailey Harkin, Timothy Hawes, Connor Kim, Harry Searle, Jack Woodgate, Dan Yoo, Fernando Avalos Oviedo pupuke 10

Rear Row: Patrick Peou, Annan Chen, Ben Mitchell, Jason Gao, Finn Ramsay, Ben Partridge Row 3: Felix Wierlemann, Hugo Evans, Khamis Shiblaq, Jack Harris, Michael Booth, Daniel Kim, Hugh Douglas Row 2: Ethan Martin, Dean Bakkerus, Carl Razon, Benjamin Castle, Max Martin, Jonathan Wilton, Mrs M Thorpe (Teacher) Front Row: Chris Simpson, Renato Ferrer, Luca Invernizzi, Daniel Lee, Albert Andrew, Adrian Demafilez, Dominic Bigsby Absent: John David, Daniel Hoy, Pengda Huang, Tamaiti Marino, Steven Yoo

56 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS pupuke 11

Rear Row: Ardri McArthur, Lawrence Gao, Sam Murphy, Jack Cummings Row 3: Harrison Piper, Thomas Applegath, Jake Leith, Bradley Aitchison, Aidan Elliot, Cameron Jones-Moore Row 2: Kurt Russell, Tyler Housden, Scott Macky, Daniel Redpath, Jack Castle, Trent Butterworth, Dr. A Ho (Teacher) Front Row: Raphael David, Shreyas Borgaonkar, Max Dalum, Sam Brotherton, Jackson Searle, Shi Xiong Tang, Kieran Tarrant Absent: Liam Cole, Layne Colson, Joshua Hidalgo, Ju-Yeol Kim, Finn Patterson, Ryan Sleith, Kevin Tang, Jack White, Tyson King

pupuke 12

Rear Row: Mack O'Brien, Lester Quito, Nicoli Demafilez, Marcel Thomatis, Leo Kim, Ishmael Joseph-Palu, Mina El Komos, Tom Castle Row 3: Tony Jung, Tanmay Patel, Jonathan Brewis, Jamal Tiatia, Hunter Poore, Tianren Shen, Jason Cho Row 2: Ro Bin Jeong, Miguel Errazo, Tony Liu, David Harris, Flinn Medemblik, Sam Crosby, Josh Copeland, Mrs C Tonei (Teacher), Shane Karan Front Row: Olivier Stroomer, Riley Collecutt, Jimmy Chen, Harley Kelly, Matthew Bennett, Igor Markovic, James Mackessack Absent: Junlin Qiu, Nick Solomon, Yuan Zhang, Chris Tarrant HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 57 murchison Murchison go hard at the Tug of War.

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 4TH With the junior events, at the end of 2013 starting off the points for A highlight for Murchison however, was in the Maths Quiz, where the 2014 House competition, Murchison made a great start across an outstanding effort from all our Junior, Intermediate and Senior the 6 events that counted. We won the Junior Swimming, with teams led to our Maths teams winning overall and gaining valuable fantastic participation levels and brilliant individual efforts from our points. This certainly shows that Murchison also has some very strong swimmers. We also won the Junior Speech Competition for strong academic students. the first time with Jesse Chen and Nick Curry speaking strongly and With points still available before the presentation of the House confidently in front of such a large audience. A third in the Tug of War Trophy for 2014, we look to our seniors to come up with the goods and second in the Junior House Activities gave us a strong position in the Senior House sports, which will have been decided by the time to begin 2014. this goes to print. With the Haka Competition being the first event of the year the boys I would like to thank all the boys of Murchison for their contribution worked hard in the lead up to maintain our strong record. Practice in and effort for their House this year, and especially to those who have form class prior to the event underpins the strength of Murchison’s gone the extra mile and stepped up to assist when needed. Seniors Haka and the majority of our boys know the Haka well. Unfortunately who spring to mind for the assistance they have given are Alex Dee, we only gained third in the competition, despite great leadership on Edward Jelly and Mitchell Dye. I would also like to thank my House the day from Pierce Bryers, Ngawati Edmonds and Levi McBirney. It Captain, Taine Pryde, for all your assistance this year. Having a was an enjoyable and rousing event filled with enthusiasm from the House Captain you can rely on to do their best to help is crucial and boys, regardless of the result. is very much appreciated. As the year progressed a disappointing performance in the House Mr N Bithell – House Leader Swimming Sports, in which we usually do well, together with a similarly disappointing result in the school Athletics Day resulted in our dropping down some places.

Callan Pryde on the track at House Athletics Cameron Naylor at the Javelin for Murchison Levi McBirney leads the Murchison House Haka

58 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS murchison 1

Rear Row: Rafi Baboe, Andrew Govinden, Jackson Ephraims, Mark Khuwattanasenee, Kade Scheib, Kevin Tablizo Row 3: Ben Adkins, Jake Atkinson, Kostya Kechin, Chad James, Callum Jarvis, Joseph An, Hisashi Oda Row 2: Will Hemmington, Kevin Shin, Joshua Sim, Max Falldorf, Daniel Gao, Reece Thurston, Mr A Naranji (Teacher) Front Row: Jono King, Scott Jarrold, Finn Pethers-Boak, Sam Whiddett, Dylan Somerville, Thales Farias, Kevin Lee Absent: Jaylen Gerrand, Shawn Hiew, Eric Lee, Flynn Story, Gabe Yam

murchison 2

Rear Row: Liam Jefferson, Chris Bae, Matt Kelly, Kayden Miles Row 3: Uros Djuric, Hunter Pethers-Boak, Isaac Alexander, Thomas Kang, Allen Zeng, Connor Dean, Elijah Llanes Row 2: Denzel Foley, Uwais Hussein, Reuben Barr, Ivan De Guzman, Ethan Thomas, Trent Baker, Keagan Moses, Mr M Barry (Teacher) Front Row: Callum McIntyre, Xuanzai Du, Eddy Kim, Victor Ma, Lochie Mansfield, Tian Han Wang, Mike Lee Absent: Campbell Dye, Joshua Mazciritis, Foley Lio, Ashton Philo, James Tulloch, Daniel Wilson, Dominic Soljan, Mingyang Shen, Oliver Ding HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 59 murchison 3

Rear Row: Caleb Barr, Akito Hirata, Harrison Caldwell, Max Tu'inukuafe, Dylan Maynard, Cameron Dagger Row 3: Scott Ma, Benjamin Jury, Colin Chan, Akram Alhilali, Joshua Lee, Nathan Mallard, Dan Barrington Row 2: Nick Jarrold, Adeesha Seneviratne, Junbin Choi, Leo Kao, Jacob Reeves-Parmenter, Bays Williams, Sebastian Filo, Mr A Brown (Teacher) Front Row: Jared Dixon, Ryan Walker, Levi McBirney, Ross Ter Braak, Jaiden McIntyre, Ugo Pierantoni, Rikuro Iwasaki Absent: Matt Lambert, Jack McBride, Anthony Po-Ching, Yanni Wetzell, Yoshiki Okada, Koichi Kurino murchison 4

Rear Row: Charel Jodinata, William Samonov, Ryan Tan, Tony Zeng, Thomas Fritzen, Thomas Baldwin Row 3: Bryan Jiang, Victor Wei, Bryn Tutill, Justin Kim, Callan Pryde, Colin Liu, Kevin Lee Row 2: Jack Gemmell, Connor Stephen, Owen Hu, Bronson Van Zyl, Liam Pugh, Josh Parkinson Front Row: Ethan Rix, Harry Lim, Tak Shimura, Cameron Nayler, Cameron Gilmore, Radi Baboe, Lloyd Rosenberg Absent: Yi Biao Ang, Tj Milne, Matthew Newick, Mitchell Ottow, Jordan Raymond

60 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS murchison 5

Rear Row: David Lee, Jack Hobden, David Wang, Daniel Kim Row 3: Riley Milne, Joseph Lee, Cale Tu'inukuafe, Sam Adkins, Nicolo Oporto, Josh Poffley, Taine Goonan Row 2: Enock Mgendi, Kyle Shears, Zade Al-Ali, Peter Felstead, Ethan McQuaid, Quentin Austin, Marko Mitrovic, Mr J Webster (Teacher) Front Row: Jordan Ashby, Simon Max, Ryan Berney, Pierce Bryers, Tyson Somerville, Declan Enstrom, Nicol Lin Absent: Jesse Chen, Jiehao Huang, Hyeon Jin Kang, Tony Lee, Charles Suligan, Aaron Thongmeesuk, Keigo Fujiwara, Kento Uchida

murchison 6

Rear Row: Tiarn Pryde, Bright Wan, Konnor Baker, Sam Fleming, Dan Kanchanakphant, Oscar Guo, Conor Jackson Row 3: Callum Jefferson, Eamonn Jack, Junseo Park, Josh Shaw, Chris Lee, Daniel Lim, Ben Ko, Jesse Crisp Row 2: Ivan Muir, Joseph Chua, Matt Lupton, Jake Jones, Josh Reilly, Keshav Manivasakan, Blake Nicholson, Ryan Schierhout, Mr M Butler (Teacher) Front Row: Sam Van Oosterom, Calvin Stanford, Alex Ogle, Edward Jelley, Joseph Wales-Earl, Robert Nah, Edward Ang, David Axmann Absent: Brian Lee, Jak Lorimer HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 61 murchison 7

Rear Row: Do-Yeong Kim, Zak Chhour, Sam Nicholson, Isaiah Lustre, Dylan Neville, Sigmund Bangcong, Victor Axmann, Jerome Ray Bayutas Row 3: Bernie Miao, DongJu Seon, Tom Hemmington, Simon Meng, Kieren Muna, Jason Kwon, Jonathon Lee, Mark Zhang Row 2: Jay Ok, Liam Sheehan, Ben Julian, Michael Stern, Zach Douglas, Ray Cassim, Harry Forgesson, Aldwin Matawaran, Mrs J Wilding (Teacher) Front Row: Allan Kuo, James Tiffin, Timothy Zouch, Ivan Fan, Ollie Gardiner, Jack Dromgool, Aigo Suzuki, Matt Lagos, Jonathan Lau murchison 8

Rear Row: Bishoy Mekhaiel, Tanawat Sermpornvivat, Ahmad Duais, Joseph Glover, Sonny Wen, Peter An Row 3: Leo Kinsley-Smith, Vladislav Babanov, Devin Grenfell, Benjamin Crosland, Luke Barker, Joseph Zhang, Hayden Mallard Row 2: Colin Zhang, Ha Seong You, Jun Woo Park, Rhemzhen Sese, Drew Scott, Ryan Farrell, Do Hyun Kim, Mrs C Gouws (Teacher) Front Row: Zech Nabakewa, Tayne Pryde, Ethan McCafferty, Judd Baker, Lateef Zainudin, Wilfred Lan, Dalton Lim Absent: Conor Burling, Alex Dee, Hamish Forde, Tyler Moon, Pongsathorn Trisuriyasaengchot, Yutong Yang

62 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS murchison 9

Rear Row: Jonas Wan, Daniel Gray, Trent Walker, Aidan Cook, Barnaby Hope-Simcock Row 3: Quintin Lynch, Adam Price, Vincent Fegan, Eric Kim, Simeon Joubert, Alex Kelly, Callum Beech Row 2: Kevin Li, Joe Jackson, Luca Te Rito, Sam Jones, Ethan Schaumkel, Louis Philo, Shawn Zhang, Ms P Law (Teacher) Front Row: Jiawei Chen, Chenhao Zhuang, Ben Roberts, Christopher Ronalde, Bryce Taylor, Josh McLaughlan, David Hoggard, Kenneth Li Absent: Freddie Cleverley, Rory Douglas, Harrison Dye, Caleb Kim, Michael Sinclair, Steven Barrington

murchison 10

Rear Row: Rory O'Keeffe, Eric Lee Row 3: Oscar England, John Manimtim, Nick Handey, Jae-Hoon Yoo, Luke Han, Je Hwang, Jeremy Valerio Row 2: Daniel Kim, Junhao Wei, Chenye Zhuang, Vladimir Kvasnicka, Yifan Bai, Gun Woo Song, Jeffery Guan, Miss L Beattie (Teacher) Front Row: Clayton Floyd, Clark Froude, Jesse Neville, Liam Hobson, Casey Forsyth, Sean Bouwman, Mike Tully Absent: Bailey Atkinson, Cedric Chavez, Cyrus Chavez, George Harpur, Quinn Klijn, Jacob Mazciritis, Kevin Li, Chris MacFarlane, Alex Wheeler, Leon Joost

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 63 murchison 11

Rear Row: Jeremy Hayes, Ziyuan Lin, Baylin Watson Row 3: Schumann Liu, Finn Jackson, Alex Meng, Maric Kim, Guy Forsyth, Roy Yang, Ryan Hudson, Jae-Hyuk Yoo Row 2: ZhiZhao Lu, Boseok Jang, Po-Yao Lu, Michel Baudouin, Cameron van der Riet, Charles Li, Joshua Christiaan, Miss N Chorley (Teacher) Front Row: Tao Liu, Roderick Chan, David Sim, Chris O'Ferrall, Mitchell Dye, Alex Rohloff, Andy Shen, Yihua Lian Absent: Daniel Frial, Reuben Soares, Jackson Tu'inukuafe, Vincent Yang, Wil Dawkins murchison 12

Rear Row: Issac An, Ej Manimtim, Hakim Ijas, Park Ratintorn, Alex Taylor, Yash Lal, Dan Liu Row 3: Shinuk Kang, Luke Forgesson, Patrick Mau'u Filipo, Garrick Rollinson, Kieran Bray, Geoffrey Heck, Chris Nah Row 2: Benjamin Holmes, Michael Kang, Zach Turner, Murdoch Dagger, Izaak Scheib, Ali Youssef, Jason Bouwman, Mr J Saville (Teacher) Front Row: Siwon Jun, William Zhang, Joseph Kang, Nick Curry, Yomal Athukorala, Patrick Yam, Hugo Bedford Absent: Connor Beamish, Tom Hall-Taylor, Changda Zhang

64 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS Montana Northcroft leading the smale House Haka for Smale. CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 2ND EQUAL After the success of the previous competition I was excited and narrow margin. To date these are our standout performances in a eager to begin the role of Smale House Leader. The challenge had completion that continues to be very tight and where the difference been set by Miss Lecourt through her organisation and enthusiasm between the top Houses, and those below, are being decided by the shown during her tenure. The 2014 Competition began in the same smallest of margins. fashion as the last one had ended, with the Smale House Juniors I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Smale Staff taking out the Activities Day at the end of 2013. Come the New and Students, particularly those Year 13 Students, who have led Year and the boys again showed their strength as athletes taking the House this year through effort and the example they have out the Senior Swimming Competition and finishing Runner-Up at set for others. From painting faces, participating in the weekly the Athletics Day in Term One. In the pool Jason Churches, Scott House Quizzes to competing in the various House Activities there Fairburn, Matt Martin, Andre Jackson and Logan MacKintosh shone has been a fantastic feeling of comradery this year. In particular in a dominant display. Notable mentions on the track go to Ben to our 2014 House Captain Matt Southey whose positivity and Williams for winning the Senior 400m and Jake Hurley taking out the energy helped to motivate those around him to achieve their best. Senior 200m with Second placings in the 100m and the Long Jump. Other honourable mentions must go to Montana Northcroft for This solid start to the year was followed up with a Third placing in the his leadership in the House Haka Competition, Joe Clark, Callum Inter-House Maths Competition in Term Two. A strong involvement McCowatt and Abdul Al-Majmuei for taking out three of the top four in the Senior Inter-House Sports to close out the year has seen the spots in the Year 10 Cross Country and to Michael Lough, Head boys finish Second in the Football, Volleyball, Dodgeball and Quiz Boy, for representing all students but particularly those in Smale House so admirably this year. and a Third placing in the Debate. Hugo Verdonk, Kelby Cai and James Brake put in a huge effort to take out the Rowing by a very Mr A James – House Leader

Joe Clark in the Year 10 Cross Country Race. Kelby Cai gives it heaps at the Long Jump. Year 13 Student Henry Strawbridge tearing up during the 200m.

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 65 SMALE 1

Rear Row: Alfie Heckett, Rory Burnell, Nick Thompson, Bailey Smith, Earl Nodalo, Tristan Shepherd Row 3: Joshua Chin, Matthew Eccles, James Brown, Jeffrey Putra, Mathew Connew, Joseph Thorns, Nathan Sawell Row 2: Hsi Iyn Wong, Andy Ma, MingKang Liu, Aaron Isaacson, Andrew Clark-Howard, Sherwin Santos, Diego Soriano, Mr N Kennard (Teacher) Front Row: Toki Cho, Nigel Vongalay, Alex Cassidy, Elliot Nuttall, Duncan Anderson, Jeremy Reyes, Kevin Sun Absent: Mark Ma, Scott Robinson, Jamie Stubbs, Herbie Wasson SMALE 2

Rear Row: Jackson Hemmingsen, Graysen Brown, Oscar Watson, Divesh Ragu, Michael Bui, Rhys Leong Row 3: Aaran Brabant, Greg Haumaha, Jack Lloyd, Cameron Bruce, Charlie Brock, Young Min Kwon, Joshua Adam Row 2: Adam Moore, Dallas Penlington, James He, Marco Javate, Steven Zhao, Christian Umanzor Osegueda, Mr A Clarke (Teacher) Front Row: Matthew Seddon, Mohammed Al-Tamimi, Taylor Stancombe, Lucas Hay, Scott Honeyman, Kieran McCahon, Hugo Verdonk Absent: Jake Hurley, Dennis Kwon, Jigar Patel, Eldrick Snyman, Leon Pollard, Haowen Lu

66 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS SMALE 3

Rear Row: Vaughn Moller, Kunj Joshi, Yao Ruibin, , Murilo Tordivelli Gonzales, Kevin Zhu Row 3: Ritchie Li, Jordan Jessup, Matt Cals, Isaac Winter, Mark Seddon, Feng Zheng, Nathan Bulawan Row 2: Sam Kim, Logan Fuller, Aleksa Sibinovski, Blake Houghton, Benjamin Reidy, James Brake, Matt Mihaljevich, Aaron Song, Miss C Bader (Teacher) Front Row: Jonathan Hsu, Joon Lee, Rory Johnson, Elliot Le Petit, Sam Cato, Chlinton Frans, Andrew Jacobs Absent: Joseph Kim, Jacques Pretorius, Jerico Portugal, Jake Sturrock, Johno Yoo, Yijie Zhang SMALE 4

Rear Row: Milahn Ward, Juancho Soriano, Allen Zhu, Alex Reid, Jared Cepeda, Kourosh Maghsoudi, Daniel Tancio, Connor Smith Row 3: Stefanos Bokos, Daniel Lough, Reagan Hargest, Luke Mihaljevich, Finn Nicholson, Campbell Knowles, Jason Yoo Row 2: Yoon Ho Song, Scott Fairbairn, Ben Pearce, Matthew Martin, Sione Fonua, William Burt, Mr N Dale (Teacher) Front Row: Jason Churches, Leewaine Scott, Brad Geary, Henry Strawbridge, Jordan Greenaway, Christopher Lu, Josh Palmer-Gibson Absent: Jinyang Huang, Ken Liu, Kimsong Lor, Yeon Woo Kwak

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 67 SMALE 5

Rear Row: Shazaad Surran, Kees Burgess, Nate Virapriya, Waren Soriano, Brian Jung, Zai Baholyodhin Row 3: Nic Knowles, Sam Pennington, Oliver Kelsey, Saqib Sahib, Shaun Lee, Callum McCowatt, Thomas Rangihuna Row 2: Nick Burt, Kamen Cowie, Ryan Hilhorst, Griffin Wynyard, Greg Nimmo, James Marsh, Ms C Nolan (Teacher) Front Row: Edwin Lie, Regan Hill-Male, Denzel Williams, Joel Coffey, Yujin Kim, Jono Ross, Alex Burton Absent: Max Carter, Bowen Chen, Josh Fairbairn, David Song

SMALE 6

Rear Row: Damon Harrison, Yaomin Wang, Patrick Corcoran, Damian Gloor, Andrew Liu, Kaden Sutton, Quinn Williams Row 3: William Xiang, Bishoy Mekhaiel, Jack Tidswell, Juntong Yang, Calvin Vari, Alex Freeman, Liam McAteer, Max Brown Row 2: Injae Park, Yuan Wei Qi, Regan Menzies, Trevor Zwetsloot, Thabo Manyere, Vuki Muna, Morgan Cadell, Leo Kim, Ryo Sugiyama, Mrs N Jalloul (Teacher) Front Row: Oliver Schmid, Henry Whitfield, Brandon Butterworth, Joseph Heo, Robbie Agnew, Jitphanu Taerattanachai, Tyrelle Thompson, Jamie Nimmo Absent: Scott Meiklejohn, Matt Howe-Smith, Phoenix Smith

68 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS SMALE 7

Rear Row: Tremaine Wilkinson, Deevan Patel, Ryan Quinn, Arno Mouton, Benjamin Clark, Gautam Pathumanithy Row 3: Bill Zhou, Asti Tobias, Jarryd Eccles, Joseph Clark, Liam Brown, Tony Brinkman, Kevin Huang Row 2: Gilhun Park, Luka Cirilovic, Thomas Milne, Jaeden Allott, Sascha Gaudlitz, Tianyi Zhang, Mr R. Noble (Teacher) Front Row: Anthony Liu, Ken Yang, Mitchell Carlyle, Joshua Young, William Zhu, Iesu Hermanoche, Matthew Lough Absent: James Byrne, Seung Won Kim, Sung Jun Park, Jay Salvador, Bailey Sutton, Dylan Wright, Chris Chen

SMALE 8

Rear Row: Joel Munro, Duncan Tolmie, Zonal Ali, Samuel Liu Row 3: Justin Mendoza, William Fenton, Soo Hyun Jeon, Andrew Kamel, Randel Vongalay, Benjamin Beecroft, Dwight Nicolas Row 2: Dylan Penlington, Stephen Su, Jakob Peek, Isaac Levido, Allen Guan, Caleb Macdonald, Cole Mirabito, MrB Mackle (Teacher) Front Row: Connor McNall, Joshua Dahlberg, Adam Ciochetto, Riley Cahill, Leo Hong, Harry Deare, Jaidyn Hendriks Absent: Trent Burton, Terawee Kangwannarakul, Jonathan Lawson, Tom Li, Alex Phillips, Neil Von Molendorff, 'Eliesa Vea, Randy Wang

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 69 SMALE 9

Rear Row: Ezra Pearce, Ho Young Choi Row 3: Abdul Al-Majmuei, Jay Lee, Benjamin Xie, Josh Hamilton, Leon Li, Ammon Moller Row 2: Brian Bugay, Lucas Martin, Daniel Jarvis, Jaranpat Thamapibarn, Deelan Prabhu, Ethan Macdonald, Miss S Yoon (Teacher) Front Row: William Cho, Mohan Cao, Ben Lie, Joshua Tan, Eric Hsieh, Duncan Chang, Nicholas Lin Absent: Chris Dilks, Michael Fowler, Ben Fraser, Jake Kim, Matthew Park, Liam McCook, James Robson, Ricky Huang, Chitiphat Buranadilok, Ben Williams, Tony Rodokal, Matt Southey SMALE 10

Rear Row: Talon Anderson, Brad Rogers, Rohan Thomas, Johnson Ye, Harry Milne Row 3: John Bag, Connor Hill, Adam Wiener, Reuben McDonald, Kelby Cai, Matthew Thornton, Joelson Villanueva, Charlie Lee Row 2: Casey Sturrock, Nick Geaney, Pavly Ibrahim, Kevin Yang, Andre Jackson, Chris Thomas, Aaron Gillespie, Tigerson Cao, Tyrell Snelling, Miss A Kerbellec (Teacher) Front Row: Matt Robinson, Ki Hun Kim, Sam Jennings, Vincent Mendoza, Chris Lee, Kyle Rawlings, Barrett Han, Myles Ronne Absent: Hamish Sellar, Ammon Buchan, Runxuan Lin

70 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS SMALE 11

Rear Row: Levi Rutherford, Neel Patel, Kenneth Parado, Nick Thomas, James Park, Joshua Burger, Ross Ronne Row 3: Jae Jun Park, Glen Jeffrey, Liam Rawlings, Han Park, Matt Jacobi, Nic Reid, Zion Song, Azarish Ali Row 2: Ian Chen, Hadley Carter, Malte Engelbracht, Daniel Williams, Shaunak Patel, Jack Ewen, Jaehui Sim, Mrs S Van den Heuvel (Teacher) Front Row: Edwin Zhang, Logan MacKintosh, Tamati Munroe, Michael Lough, Dylan Carlyle, Alex Qin, Keagan Corns, Tony Chen Absent: Mat Moore, Young Chan Kim, Barry Zhou

SMALE 12

Rear Row: Daniel Mitten, Andy Kim, Sho Sugiyama, John Hollingsworth, Connar Wise, Andy Kei, Jong Sung Chun, Stefan Ivanov Row 3: James Abercrombie, Daniel Psaila, Daniel Choi, Cam Houston, Omar Ali, Cameron Ward, Arran Wright Row 2: Ben Sellar, Finn Martin, Dylan Heathcote, Eriq Martin, Max Watson, Sunjae Park, Joshua Song, Mrs B Russell (Teacher), John Lee Front Row: Jarrod Clinch, Oliver Li, Luke Houghton, Luke Wang, Chris Hong, Josh Brabant, Samuel Lockhart Absent: Kayden Mildon

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 71 Danyon Morgan-Puterangi ururoto leads the House Haka. CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 5TH At the time of compiling this report the House is in Fourth place To be competitive however we need to look to raise our performance in the overall standing; awaiting the result of the Senior House in the team events. activities, prior to Year 13 pupils leaving. This is a little disappointing, So what is next? There will always be the need to engender the particularly when we got so near to winning the title last year. We desire in the boys to take part and represent the House. Whether had a slow start to 2014 with the juniors suggesting Swimming and they win or not, I hope they will gain enjoyment and satisfaction from Junior House activities was not their strongest suits. Since then the act of participating. A disappointment this year was the lack of however, we have progressed steadily and, in terms of results have support given to the ‘In-House’ events; unlike last year. I would like to been placed in the top three in six of the ten events; unfortunately think this can be resurrected in 2015. however with no victories. I cannot end this account without special thanks to the House Outstanding performances were displayed by Sam Love and Jae Captain Troy Lonergan who has worked to ensure Ururoto was Yun Lim in the swimming, both of who broke school records in the prominent throughout the year. Also thank you to Alex Owen and Senior 25m Backstroke and Intermediate Freestyle respectively. Kellen Farmer who played leading roles in ensuring participants In Athletics Kainoa Moller won both Junior sprint titles, Bradley were at the right place, at the right time in the major sporting events. Hall won the Intermediate 1500m tiles as did House Captain Troy Similarly, the sterling work conducted by Form Teachers who have Lonergan, who also came home first in the 800m. This was carried steered the boys through the year both in the sporting and academic forward to the Cross Country where Bradley and Troy also won their arenas; my sincere thanks to you all. respective grades. In this event Matt Conroy also won the Year 9 race. Best of all was to see so many different ‘bodies’ participating. Mr A Jones – House Leader

Angus Nicoll competing on House Min Jeon in the Year 10 Cross Senior House Cross Country Tyler Zaia, Sam Love and Corey Annandale prepare for the House Haka. Athletics Day. Country race. Champion Troy Lonergan.

72 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS ururoto 1

Rear Row: Matt Conroy, Keanu Fisher, Caleb Clayton, James Grieve, Josh Hack, Anton Hine Row 3: Myron Ganzan, Prajwal Bhagath, Jaepeth Tiakia, Jeong In Kim, Wichayut Vicheansil, Jordan Atkins, Rajan Gupta Row 2: Jong Ho Kang, Yunqi Shen, Corey Annandale, James Lilley, Rowan Angelo, Ashton Reiser, Yuta McNay, Mr D Smale (Teacher) Front Row: Dominic Schutt, Caleb Gemmell, Cory Cannings, Patrick Chambers, Rayne Townsend, Simon Tse, Williams Wu Absent: Thomas Burton, Jb Dar Juan, Zackary Lindsay, Tevita Tonga, Zhaocheng Liang, Raymond Liu

ururoto 2

Rear Row: Finn Drummond, Pierce Olsen, Vili Tu'ipulotu, Alex Kim, Logan Xu, Kale Townsend Row 3: Min Jeon, Richard Claxton, , Liam Aliimatafitafi, Javy Aranas, Sun Kroongjit, Racso Dela Cruz Row 2: Sandeep Perera, George Wang, Oliver Baker, Sean Greaney, Ihtishaam Muhammed, Brandon Van Kan, Su Hyun Hwang, Miss H Manning (Teacher) Front Row: Hamish Watt, Andrew Li, Paul Kim, Ronaldo Gozali, Lochie Chambers, Omar Hassan, Syvert Hansen Absent: Josh Chapman, Naifan Chen, Myles Stubbs, Kurt Skelton, Ziqi Xie, Jamie Old

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 73 ururoto 3

Rear Row: Jak Gibson, Chad Clark, Ben Sutherland, Ahmad Khan, Konradt Marx, Sang Jin Jang, Jack Zhang, Sam Old Row 3: Finn Croft, Cooper Green, Cammeron Adcock, Luke Lombard, Finlay Harvey, Lance Corcega, Jae Yun Lim, Ryan Thomas-Munns Row 2: Lukas Haryowiseno, Jacob Fitzgerald, Matt Monkton, Alesh Sukha, Keefe Tan, William Li, James Mitchell, Mitchel Siddins, Mr S Van Rossen (Teacher), Jamie Bowie Front Row: Desmond Chin, Niccolo Tagle, Jack Huang, Yoon Ho Cho, Matt Goodman, Oliver Reeves, Keison Tang, Leon Le Absent: Tham Palasmith ururoto 4

Rear Row: Moses Lee, Flynn Green, Eugene Lee, Justin Dulangon Row 3: Dylan Acheson, Michael Jang, James Watt, Haru Yasutomi, Ryan Williams, Tahlequah Tiakia, Jackson Greig Row 2: Darius Shazell, Xavier Fenton, Cameron Ellett, Angus Nicoll, George Blackmore, Christian Ma'anaima, Arian Ahmadi, Mrs P Weakley (Teacher) Front Row: Cameron Price, Nicolas Tanu, Andre Edmondson, Adam Talma, Qi Jun Wang, Keshwan Hamad, Tommy Tan Absent: Earl Corcega, Josh Day, Yang Qiu, Luke Sayer, Shaun Summerfield, Zhaorui Ding

74 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS ururoto 5

Rear Row: Ephraim Morgan-Irvine, Oliver Lawrence, Caleb Gunther, Pierce Corcega, Abdullah Qaiser Row 3: George Ghattas, Kishan Ranchhod, Joel Yoon, Greg Scott, Jordan Te Aukura, Stephen Zhao Row 2: Trent Meehan, Nicholas Wilson, Alec Wise, Luke Day, Bradley Hall, Alex Owen, Ryotaro Ozaki, Mr A Vinicombe (Teacher) Front Row: Harley Ofoia, James Lee, Troy Mansfield, Rory Harvey, Danyon Morgan-Puterangi, Josh Yang, Luke Jennings, Nikolai Kedrinski Absent: Jayden Costa, Brad Graham, William Laurie, Wei Khung Shong, Roger Wang

ururoto 6

Rear Row: Paul Jin, Jhustin Sagayno, Angelo Francisco, Urban Elwin Row 3: Simon Mang, Phoenix Corcega, Satid Khajornjitnon, Fredrick Dela Cruz, Andrew Niu, Jack Sutherland, Zac Stevenson, Tim Cahyanto Row 2: Ryan Dawson, Dion Lee, Grant Shang, Zach Lassen, Campbell Teixeira, Oli Pym, Tyler Zaia Front Row: Joon Park, James Usher, Nicolas Haryowiseno, Willy Lea'ae Toa, Hamza Qaiser, Tom Burcher, Andrei Popovici, Ford Gooch Absent: Liam Jury, Marc Malingin, Julian Smyth, Nathan Teasdale, Zibin Ye

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 75 ururoto 7

Rear Row: Bailey Dawson, Alex Guo, Jansen Pallesen Row 3: Samuel Readman, Sean Skeens, Logan Ofoia, William Armstrong, Rishaan Gupta, Don Sansalian, Oscar Andrew Row 2: Ivan Yang, Oliver Wu, Brayden Morris, Chris Lawrence, Yilin Jia, Tony Guo, Jacob Lassen Front Row: David Liu, Luke Steyn, Nick Bell, Darren Zhang, Levi Wang, Andrew Thompson, Donghwi Cho, Corey Worthington Absent: Asher Atiga, Ivan Bagsic, Joe Bell, Nick Bell, Billy Chavanaprayoon, Albert Park, Terrious Park

ururoto 8

Rear Row: Josh Robertson, Charlie Crabbe, Ji Lee Row 3: Alex Jeen, Zhelin Wang, Huyue Wang, Netesh Sukha, Logan Lee, Nico Sansalian, Finn Buckeridge Row 2: Jorden Mace, Min-Sang Ju, James Dickison, Robbie MacGregor, Dem Sattayabandit, Jack Anstis, Jordan Zaia, Mr C Shong (Teacher) Front Row: Kane Lu, James Wang, Tony Shen, Henry Angelo, Danial Valikhani, David Chen, Runze Na, Leon Joost Absent: Jee Chavanaprayoon, Jordyn Goddard, Oscar Gunderson, Logan Hohaia, Tayler Read, Greg Vukets, Danyon Beaven, Reilly Chalmers, Tianyi Song

76 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS ururoto 9

Rear Row: Soo-Myoung Jang, Richard Chen-Yang, Jinwon Kim, Joel Gailer Row 3: Shawn Tang, Keanen Bhagaloo, Ekin Yilmaz, Conor Gemmell, Tommy Shiferaw, Solomon Yoo Row 2: Emmanuel Vergel De Dios, Owen Pengelly, Luke Bloxam, James Port, Jack Heighton, Darran Pickering, Miss JThew (Teacher) Front Row: Kevin Huhn, Samuel Farmer, Max Macready, Henry Li, Cody Williams, Blake Taylor, Troy Lonergan Absent: Oliver Crews, Felix Garcia, Theo Harbers, Oliver Jones, Joshua Mitchell, Francis Thorpe, Flynn Willemse, Conaugh Jacob, Shengyu Cui ururoto 10

Rear Row: Brandon Hall, Andrew Chen, Jae-Young Lee, Max Rickards, Darren Wellacott, James Kim, Jason Olis Row 3: Steven Choi, Sean Crombie, Jackson Port, Jered Aitken, Oliver Ray-Chaudhuri, Emery Ning, Kainoa Moller Row 2: Changsheng Sun, Jonathan Zou, Xian Xin Huang, Ming Yu Shu, Naveen Shonal Perera, Sam Wright, Chengyang Xia, Mrs C Labuschagne (Teacher) Front Row: Scott Doran, Yewoon Kim, Kellen Farmer, Alex Ma, Kevin Zhong, Mike Blackmore, Neil Shum Absent: Jae Won Choi, Daniel Crisp, Taylor Lietz, Jacob Mitchell

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 77 ururoto 11

Rear Row: Rafael Paredes, Andy Park, Matei Cristea, Jiwoon Kim, Ellie Siena, Harry Pottinger-Coombes Row 3: Jin Lim, Mark Wellacott, Mitchell Gemmell, James Thornton, Robin Xie, Jonathan Lay, Luke Mercieca Row 2: Matthew Pollock, Thomas Patrick, Callum Pirie, Oliver Gibel, Tim Faimoa Magele Filiese, Ian Chen, Edward Sheehan, Mrs I Wahab (Teacher) Front Row: David Wang, Ryan Wang, Michael Ou Yang, Brian Jiang, Elliot Dawson, Abdallah Abou El Ela, Sam Love Absent: Sam Baker, Dru Fenton, Keri Hutchinson, Casey Sturrock ururoto 12

Rear Row: Tom Roycroft, Ethan Usher, Smit Patel, David Broad Row 3: Sam Kang, Warakorn Jetlohasiri, Aditya Chemburkar, Jun Park, Jackson Trim, Eric Jang, Elliot Brown Row 2: Jack Chu, Andrew Kim, Jack Pirie, Krishna Mishra, Rex Wang, Luke Jones, Syady Syarief, Ms V Jang (Teacher) Front Row: Jeru Baxter, David Matthews, Matthew Abe, SuSeong Kim, Hunter Bao, Simon Guy, Liam Edmeades Absent: Dong An, Harry Bell, George Casement, Clarke Foulds, Linzhou Liu

78 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS stanley Boys at the annual Haka Competition. CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 6TH Overall 2014 has been an up and down year for Stanley House. On several House Captain Joshua Hansen has been a pleasure to work occasions, the boys were doing well but then fell away when it mattered in alongside. He has been tirelessly trying to get numbers to the play offs/finals. events and pump the lads up, when required, at events. Thanks again Josh for your effort this year, in which has been Again Stanley started the House Points Year well in early December 2013, a tough one for the fighting Stanley. coming first in the Junior Athletics afternoon. This was a great effort from the juniors, due to great participation and a solid effort from all. I would like to thank the Staff and Form Class Teachers who have helped with the House activities this year. This fantastic The first major event of 2014 was the House Haka Competition and support has resulted in the House events running smoothly the boys did a superb job this year coming in Second, which was a vast and most importantly has allowed boys the chance to improvement from that of last year. In the Swimming we again struggled represent the House in a wide variety of contexts. with our lack of depth, which meant we came in sixth place, but the boys that turned up gave it a top effort and really got involved. We performed Stanley next year needs to make sure that they get good well on the whole at the Athletics Day at Millennium Stadium, coming in numbers to events and work hard on the day, to turn some Third thanks to a fine effort from Hamish Gill. We fought well in the Cross mixed results into more consistent ones. Country with some good Stanley runners coming in a respectable third place. Well done to the majority of the boys giving it a good go and getting Mr R Scivier – House Leader some good placings for Stanley.

House Captain Matt Bruce in the Year 10 Cross Country. Rahman Bashir on the track at House Athletics. Tre'Vae Maclean at the Shot Put. Joshua Hansen in the senior Cross Country.

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 79 stanley 1

Rear Row: Muqun Ma, Jack Li, Neil Malonzo, Liam Everson, Bronson Cheeseman, Jichun Li Row 3: Mitchell Armstrong, Ting Shuen Chia, Adam Baard, Michael Ings, Henry Sclater, Cameron Falloon, Paul Kim Row 2: William Tian, Jason Wahid, Oliver Howard, Scott Lonergan, Aitken Lau, Daniel Yim, Mrs L Keen (Teacher) Front Row: Takahiro Ishiguro, David Lee, Alex Mei, Thomas Young, Jordan Whitehead, Aaron Shi, Wilf Sergant Absent: Jono Houzet, Billy Katavich-Barton, Edmond Li, Cam Olsen, Avi Sharma, Joshua Taplin, Aidon Robinson

stanley 2

Rear Row: Corbin Cheeseman, Josh Espejo, Shane Wei, Andrej Serafimovski, Evan Lai, Mervin Umali, William Kim Row 3: Zi You Du, Ben Whittaker, Michael Oentardi, Kevin Chen, Kim Burgos, Ben Streten, Jarrod Ferguson Row 2: Joel Kibblewhite, Kieran Bridge, Josh Jenkins, Tyler Lindsay, Callum George, Alex Towers, Jason Tijono, Mr T Strydom (Teacher) Front Row: Rengen Parlane, Hamish Cooper, Haochen Yu, Seong Jun Kwak, Shaofu Li, Victor Hung, Joe Canham Absent: Rahman Bashir, Daniel Hor, Anthony Talafou, Kaiwei Wu

80 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS stanley 3

Rear Row: Patrick Barton, Sangwoo Lee, Jordan Quinn, Tyler Leggett, Joshua Rosa Row 3: Kunj Mehta, Tyler Reidy, John Kim, Callum Harfield, Karl Wu, Yaser Rezaee, Varun Giridharan, Graham Legge Row 2: Do Hyung Lee, Joshua Park, Jack Fuller, Conrad Luka, Daniel Lai, Kip Watson, Callan Smith, Oliver Soons, Mrs C Kelsey (Teacher) Front Row: Andy Choi, Corey Fenton, Nikhil Luthra, Matthew Lucente, Liam Walker, James Kwon, Topher Sumagaysay, Luca Chang Absent: Harry Calverley, Minhan Cho, Edi Chen

stanley 4

Rear Row: Jose Lin, Connor Wong, Darrien Devereaux, Ryan McIntyre, Trey Tupu-South, Otto Anukarnsakulchularp, Michael Georgy Row 3: Liam Stone, Alex West-Hill, Noah Kemp, Paul Taylor, Jordan Shoston-Burnett, Harry Forbes, Baxter Holgate-Simpson, Linhong Ren Row 2: Ben Feng, James Lee, Jake Smith, Campbell Wang, Oliver Haywood, Sammy Ji, Hasan Ali, Mr J Glen (Teacher) Front Row: Alfred Kim, Isaac Armstrong, Michael Li, Joshua Marshall, Jake McRae, Jack Winfield-Pitt, Kazu Saito, Jarrad Harford Absent: Nic Bizaoui, Josh Hughes

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 81 stanley 5

Rear Row: Robin Jo, Charlie Potts, Apinun Maholan, Kevin Jo, Torin Lance, Grant Busico Row 3: Jae Ho Shin, Jean Kim, Oakley Stewart, Taylor Haynes, Ryan Jenkinson, Min Ghi Park, Todd Min Row 2: Bradley Williams, Josh McIntyre, Stuart Martin, Dan Richards, Hayden Peeperkoorn, Jason Mei, Elijah Lepper, Mr R Yeo (Teacher) Front Row: Cody Doherty, Liam Wong, Alex Kalachov, Samuel Yang, Liam Pollock, Ken Wu, David Rong Absent: Mason Fuller, Harris Keenan, E J Labis, Weihao Sun, Zewen Sun, Donglin Tan

stanley 6

Rear Row: Jake Beresford, Yunjae Kim, Jackson Chi, Daniel Paek, Johnson Lin, Nishaan Patel Row 3: Simon Weng, Logan Burton-Brown, Ting Kai Chia, T Naidoo, Ian Lim, Will Clough, Zebin Chen Row 2: Kieran Reid, Finn Johansson, Paul Han, Angelo Chong, Cooper Spiller, Keegan Olzen, Taylor Conod, Mrs S Young (Teacher) Front Row: Oliver Bauer, Joshua Mittendorff, Joshua Lepper, Nafe Helu, Joshua Hansen, Blair Niuelua, Jamie Sun Absent: Matthew Freeman, David Goncharov, Cameron Krog, Isaac Letoa, Lewis Wyld, Alex Crowe

82 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS stanley 7

Rear Row: Thomas Mexted-Bragg, Ayden Robinson, Dhilesh Vasan, Tane Cullen, Lewis Potts, Parmjot Singh Sagu Row 3: Andy Suh, Jin Lim, Blake Bradshaw, Trent Robertson-Moylan, Antoine Ellis, Jun Paek, Desmond Wong Row 2: Matthew Wood, Billy Freeman, Mitchell Prouse, Thomas Reid, Tony Tang, Braedan Acarapi, Rueben Johnston, Mr N Salmon (Teacher) Front Row: Finlay Brewis, Chang Guen Choi, Daweet Kim, Matthew Crankshaw, Matthew Roets, Arlo Grey, Weber Wang Absent: Billy Armstrong, Logan Hunt, Callum McGaw, Jackson Stent, Riley Johnston

stanley 8

Rear Row: Ronan Mackenzie-Smee, Harrison Roth, Sean Hu, Alex Huh, Tian Zhong, Sung-Guen Choi, Udit Khambholaja Row 3: Zachary Strawbridge, Antony Shim, John Shin, Bunyuu Hasegawa, Greig Tuaine, Kevin Kim, Logan Maddren Row 2: Jack Shearer, Michael Remiens, Aidan Search, Jack Skinner, Tommy Ellery, Chris May, Eric Wong, Mrs K McKean (Teacher) Front Row: Anshul Kumar, Ryan Scott, Tristan Williams, Dom Park, Jack Smith, Yasser Saeed, Joshua Roach Absent: Harry Bauer, Jack Jiang, Jacob Lepper, Brendon Venter

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 83 stanley 9

Rear Row: Alan Zhu, Jake Wightman, Oliver Heal, Richard Zhang Row 3: Markku Venter, Quin Zhang, Matthew Budd, Jayden Tabani-ivi, Kouki Hasegawa, Brendon Wang, Calvin Cen Row 2: John Yi, Stanley Liu, Connor Bentin, Tyrone Stretton, Harry Bell, Ethan Clews, Ron Salunga, Mr G Blanchard (Teacher) Front Row: Matt Bruce, Biho Shin, Tiecheng Wu, Harry Crean, Tony Yan, Laith Saeed, Ollie Charlesworth Absent: Dan Baard, Josh Down, Moses Dyer, John Jiang, Millan Keshaw, , Dylan Burns

stanley 10

Rear Row: Liam Morell, Winston Yao, Jeffrey Choy, Moneil Masters, Evan Wong, Xavier Ram Row 3: Lyle Cueto, James Xu, Brett Phillips, Andre Vachias, Rada Sovljanski, Dion Mittendorff, Hai Hong Yang Row 2: Finn Tito, Sean King, Brandon James, Drew Bridge, Edward Yoo, Kevin Park, Mr J Gibson (Teacher) Front Row: Kevin Hajderaj, Sharaf Mohamed Rizwan, Bill Qi, Shivneel Chand, Michael Wong, Jacob Crean, Ethan Gregerson Absent: Jolo Baculo, Leo Copley, Warren Johnson, Matthew Kitney, Matej Minic, Jared Greenfield

84 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE REPORTS stanley 11

Rear Row: Harrison Sutcliffe, Lucas Williams, Tony Jung, Merlyn Remiens, Moses Ford, Mikey Trifunovich, Troy Gregerson, Luc Vachias Row 3: Ryan Williams, Samuel Lockhart, Connor Marshall, Josh Handa, Keegan Thedore, Rodney Liu, Jonathan Cen Row 2: Ryan Reader, Zane Price, Wenxin Zhong, Brad Crankshaw, Jackson Mulholland, Yaoyuan Shen, Neil Mancita, Mr P Tisdall (Teacher), Devanshu Patel Front Row: Rohan Luthra, Henry Ho, Jerry Shen, Andrew Lee, Joseph Sajjaphanroj, Zac Buchegger, Césaré Saseve-Niuelua Absent: Joshua Cooke, Hubert Lao, Angus Murphy, Bradley Oh stanley 12

Rear Row: Jesh Sebaratnam, Louis Simpson, Thomas Chen, Eric Lee, Matthew Kim, Yong Kweon Row 3: Foo Yuen Chong, Mitch Whitehead, Daniel Lutterman, Hubert Leem, Saint Chong, Stan Hitchcock, Vinit Patel Row 2: Jun Lee, Andrew Mei, Clinton Lok, Isaac Lee, Isaac Sohn, Kj Spargo, Jason Kwon, Tom Taylor, Mrs L Hooks (Teacher) Front Row: Sean Reader, Luke Davies, Hamish Gill, Phillip Fan, Liam Alderson, Victor Pollett, Jacob Stutton Absent: Peter Phaeng, Luke Taplin, Best Niyombundit, Pui Lai To

HOUSE REPORTS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 85 ww01

Rear Row: Ryu Nightingale, Mackey Davis-Faulkner, Asher Robb, Isaac McQueen, Tre'Vae Maclean, Riley Urlich 3rd Row: Justin Bulkeley, Quinn Harris, Trent Bassett, Tyler Smith, Mitchell Daniels, Lachlan Macintosh, William Collings 2nd Row: Jacob Katipa, Luke Pile, Duaine Parata, Baylee Katipa, Iziah Mahe, Luka Urlich, Cahlyn Houghton, Mr N Sullivan (Teacher) Front Row: Casey Smith, Ngahere Ririnui-Ryan, Jayden King, Josh Atkinson-Dagg, Jake Antonio-Rooney, Neihana Watters, Spencer McDowall Absent: Jackson Birdsall, Isaac Gibbons, Ariki Hood-Kaitapu, Montana Northcroft, Nico Phillips, Jarred Yates, Josiah Dawson, Ngawati Edmonds Whanau Form Class WW01 Morning Form Period.

Kia Ora,

2014 was the second year of existence for our Westlake Whanau Form Class. It was great to have all the boys from 3rd through 6th form in 2013 returning for 2014. They all made the new 3rd formers and other Maori students welcome in P1 our Whare; helping the new comers get fully involved in the form class from day 1 by teaching them our Karakia and the Westlake Haka.

The year started off strong for our Maori boys, who were able to showcase their leadership and Maori culture with Westlake’s annual Isaac McQueen chats with Josh Atkinson-Dagg and Jarred Yates during Form Period. House Haka Competition. All six houses had a member of WW01 in their leadership group; Jayden King leading Pupuke, Jackson Birdsall taking Stanley, Montana Northcroft lead Smale, Mitchell Daniels and Baylee Kapita with Ururoto, Isaac Gibbons helping Hood and Jake Antonio-Rooney, Tyler Smith and Trent Bassett assisting Murchison. After a hard fought competition, Jayden lead Pupuke to victory in the final over Stanley.

This was the start of a great final year for our Prefect Jayden who also took out the Nga Manu Korero (Maori Speech Competition) title for the Northern Auckland Region in Senior English. Many of the other WW01 boys were down in South Auckland to support Jayden. They Ngahere Ririnui-Ryan and Iziah Mahe outside their Form Room. also accompanied him down to the National Competition in Napier, in which Jayden did extremely well finishing 10th in the country.

It was great being able to lead this fantastic group of young Maori men and to get to see them every morning. A huge thank you to Matua Te Wano and McCracken for their help and support they offer the class.

Matua N Sullivan – Whanau Form Class Teacher

86 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS REPORTS EXCHANGE Tour

In front of the Languages to France 'Tour Eiffel'.

The French Department organises overseas trips every 2 At the 'Pont du Gard', an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge in the South of France. years. After New Caledonia, the most recent trip was to France. In December 2013, 6 Westlakers and 22 Mount Albert Grammar students were given the opportunity to participate in a stunning five-week exchange with the Lycée Sainte Croix, a private High School, located right in the heart of Paris.

The first two weeks were dedicated to school. While this may sound like a lot of hard work, school was an absolute blast for us English speakers: we taught excited juniors on several occasions and helped them with their spoken English. Then every day, in the afternoon, we were treated to historical visits around Paris, such as Notre Dame Cathedral, the Catacombs, the Arc de Triomphe or even a cruise on the river Seine for instance.

We then spent the two-week Christmas holidays with our homestay families. Many students were taken on trips, while others explored more of the City of Lights. The festive season was a little hard being away from family, but the hospitality of our French families was really quite overwhelmingly lovely and made for very special memories. Liam Stone, Zeeshan Shaikh and Jacob Siermans at their Farewell Party at Sainte Croix High School. Au revoir Paris. To end our time in France, our group embarked on a Southern Tour, visiting many medieval cities. We saw some of civilizations most impressive structures, such as the Pont du Gard near Nimes and prestigious castles like Chambord. But also, we built life-long friendships with the other students.

Back in New Zealand, my confidence and ability with languages have improved immensely, as well as my knowledge of world cultures. I am extremely grateful for this opportunity, and it just goes to show where languages will take you!

On top of that, I have been very lucky to be chosen to return to our sister school for a full year in 2015, except this time, I will be part of the staff as an English Language assistant. I can’t wait for my new French adventure to begin!

Jacob Siermans

OVERSEAS TRIPS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 87 The Tour Group, outside the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, just after their epic win.

Music Tour to Europe Logistics Manager; Mr Russell. Packing a truck is a fine art. The 2014 European music tour was the culmination of over 16 months Checking into the hostel in Munich was the first of many of planning and organisation undertaken by the music departments accommodation “experiences”. The hostel was very comfortable, of both Westlake Boys High School and Westlake Girls High School. very functional and very German; echoing concrete corridors, endless After having looked into some touring options for destinations in North stairs, small lobby and staff with less-than-fluent English. Checking into America, we settled on the idea of taking all of our premier groups on a this hostel took nearly two hours. However, as the trip progressed the tour of central Europe. The main aim of the trip was to participate in the students (and staff) became much more accustomed to the process 2014 Summa cum Laude International Music Festival, one of Europe’s of managing 140 hostel guests, and things became progressively most prestigious youth classical music festivals. Our focus was to give smoother. On our second night in Munich, after a day of walking tours of Westlake’s most talented musicians the chance to experience music the city, we travelled out to the nearby University town of Garching for a making in the wider world outside Auckland, New Zealand. combined concert with the Garching Blazorchester (wind band).

Fast forward to the end of July and 140 passengers, including students From Munich, Germany the tour group travelled by coach to Salzburg and staff, boarded a Singapore Airlines flight bound for Munich, in Austria – home of Mozart, the Pretzel and The Sound of Music. The weather in Austria was stunning and after spending two full days in the Germany, with a two day stopover in Singapore. Prior to Singapore centre of Salzburg soaking up the art, music and culture, we travelled the Westlake musicians had put in countless hours of rehearsals, by coach to the nearby lakeside town of St Gilgen to deliver an outdoor fundraising and preparation for the trip, so they were given the concert in the afternoon. The performance venue was a modest looking opportunity to live it up in Singapore for 2 nights, including trips to the wooden sound-shell in front of some bench style seating - not much Singapore Night Safari, Sentosa Island and Universal Studios. to look at (albeit in a picturesque Austrian alpine town) – but what After a second long haul flight, the group arrived in Munich. Mr Russell stunning acoustics the groups experienced in that little valley. Far from and Mr Tan were in charge of managing all of the percussion gear being lost into the wide outdoors, the sound of every note from the Big and from this point onwards. Over the next three weeks they, with Band right through to Choralation was heard perfectly by the holidaying their team of students, packed and unpacked over 1 ton of orchestral audience, who swelled to a crowd of several hundred over the course of percussion gear from the truck around 25 times. the afternoon.

Sam Yang and Riley Cahill warm up their brass instruments in Concert Band performs at “MuTh”, home of the Vienna Boys Choir. St Gilgen, Austria.

88 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL OVERSEAS TRIPS Big Band performing outdoors in Debrecen.

Logistics Manager; Mr Russell. Packing a truck is a fine art. In front of a famous Gazebo on “The Sound of Music” tour, Salzburg.

From Salzburg the group headed by coach to Vienna – the undisputed It wasn’t until the musicians arrived at the Town Centre in the late home of classical music. Upon arriving in the city the tour group was afternoon on the following day that they realised a full scale outdoor taken to St Stephen’s Cathedral, where suddenly the size, scale and concert stage had been built just for their performance. That evening importance of the Summa cum Laude Music Festival became apparent. the Westlake Musicians gave an outdoor performance that dwarfed all Groups from all over the world were participating – Russia, Australia, their previous open air performances. At the end of the 2 hour concert, Malaysia, Ireland, Finland, America, Canada and many more the audience began rhythmically clapping for an encore – to which Westlake responded with all 125 performers delivering orchestral/choral What happened over the next two days was life changing for the arrangements of both the Hungarian and New Zealand National anthems. musicians involved in the Tour. The competition took place in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein. Perhaps it was the months of The cultural epicentre Debrecen and Zolnay-ceramics-famed Pecs were preparation, perhaps it was the incomparable acoustics in the venue the next two cities on the Hungarian itinerary - broken up by a day trip to but for whatever reason, as each of our four competitive groups the Hungarian national park where the musicians bought all manner of took the stage they delivered performances at standards they have cowboy hats, bull whips, pocket knives and Russian dolls. The outdoor never before attained. Choralation, Westlake Concert Band, Westlake concerts in Debrecen and Pecs were on an even larger scale than in Chamber Orchestra and Westlake Symphony Orchestra clearly Budapest. impressed the judges. At a festival where Westlake musicians’ stated The end of the tour was something of a blur for all involved – a 15 hour intentions were to participate and be inspired by the music making coach drive from Pecs back to Munich, a night in an airport hotel, nail- of other international level youth ensembles, all expectations were biting moments as the group checked in overweight luggage, and two overturned. Choralation Choir placed first equal in their category with ten-hour flights to connect back to New Zealand via Singapore. the University of Pretoria Choir. The Westlake Symphony Orchestra also placed first in their category with the New Jersey Youth Symphony Mr W Robinson – HOD Music from USA. The Westlake Concert Band placed first in their category outright, and the Westlake Chamber Orchestra placed 3rd in their Choralation boys perform in St. Gilgen, Austria. category. To top it all off the Westlake Symphony Orchestra was chosen as the Festival Orchestra, and played the accompanying music for the SCL anthems.

But the tour was far from over – there was so much more left to see and do. The next day we boarded our coaches again and set off for Hungary. As soon as the musicians crossed the border they began to notice the fact that they were in a country completely unlike New Zealand. Bright yellow fields of Sunflowers that stretched beyond the horizon, magnificent historical buildings set against a background of drab Soviet era tenements and signs written in a language so foreign that even good guesses were useless. When the group arrived in Budapest they were immediately struck by the contrasts of a country rising out of the ashes of Communism. Beauty and dilapidation seemed to be present in equal measures – the famed Romantic-era splendour of Hungary set against the burdens of the 20th Century. Early the next day the group was driven into the centre of the city, to the lookout across the Danube river; the view was one of the most spectacular and memorable parts of the trip. OVERSEAS TRIPS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 89 The 1st XI Hockey squad with the winner’s trophy for the Melbourne Grammar School International Hockey Tournament. TO Hockey Tour MELBOURNE

The Westlake Boys High School 1st XI Hockey team travelled to also outplayed by the Westlake side with the final score being 5-1, Melbourne the week before Easter to participate in the inaugural meaning Westlake finished top of their pool and into the Semi-Finals. Melbourne Grammar School Invitational Hockey Tournament. Scotch College from Melbourne were the Westlake opponents in the Westlake were the only team from New Zealand invited to the twelve Semi-Final, and Westlake proved too strong for them. The game was team tournament, that was hosted by Melbourne Grammar School. delicately poised in the first half with the score being locked at 1 all. Most of the schools participating were from Victoria, but there were However, superior speed and skill from the Westlake side saw them also three from Western Australia. pull away to a 3-1 victory and into the Finals. Playing shortened matches to complete the tournament in the The Final was between Hale School from Western Australia and allocated four days, Westlake first faced hosts Melbourne Grammar School, who had recently toured Europe for two weeks. Westlake Westlake Boys. Hale were the fancied side by the local supporters, went ahead by two goals early in the match, but were clawed back as they had two National Squad players in their team. Westlake to be level at half time. In the second half Westlake dominated started very strongly however, and raced out to an early 2 nil lead. the hosts and pulled away to a 4-2 win. That afternoon, Westlake Hale’s key players linked together well to grab a goal back just before were faced with a tough challenge against Christ Church, another the half time break and keep them in the match. Hale scored early Melbourne School. The game concluded in a 1-1 draw and left the in the second half as well, to lock the scores, but Westlake opened Westlake team rueing missed opportunities. the margin up again through two further goals from well taken set piece plays. Hale weren’t finished though and pulled one back before The second day of the tournament Westlake wanted to stamp Westlake completed the scoring leaving the final score as a 5-3 win their authority on the tournament and they certainly did that. to Westlake. Brighton Grammar School were outclassed by Westlake with the game finishing with an 8-0 Westlake win. Eltham College were Mr S McCracken – 1st XI Coach

Benji Edwards is congratulated by team mates after scoring the 5th goal. The winning 1st XI Hockey squad after their 5-3 defeat of Hale school in the Final.

90 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL OVERSEAS TRIPS WBHS with the World Cup and European Championships Trophies at the Spanish FA Museum in Madrid. FOOTBALL TOUR TO SPAIN

Touch down in the UK – First stop, a guided tour of Old Trafford. Over the Term One holidays, Westlake Football embarked upon their first ever European football adventure – a trip of a lifetime that took in visits to Manchester, London, Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. On our travels we stopped off at places such as Old Trafford, Etihad Stadium, Wembley, Santiago Bernabeu and the Camp Nou. These stadium visits and live matches gave us a sense of the magnitude of European Football and the huge public interest and support that forms the heartbeat of some of the biggest clubs in the world.

Also involved in our tour were games against Academies, Club Teams and Schools. We had a mixture of results with wins and narrow losses against the best teams we have ever played. Regardless of the score line, we represented the school with pride, dignity and determination. The games were punctuated with elite level training sessions at some of the best facilities in the world, namely, Manchester City FC, the English FA HQ –St George’s Park, Fulham FC, the Spanish FA, Valencia CF and RCD Espanyol. At these facilities we learnt from top coaches and put into practice the principles and philosophies of some of WBHS Football arrive at St. George’s Park, the new National Football Centre. the leading coaches in Europe.

Away from the Football, we visited the historic sites of London, Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona city centres, taking in the European culture and architecture along the way.

Throughout the tour, Westlake received numerous accolades, not only relating to their Football ability, but their attitude, manners and friendliness towards all who they met. Undoubtedly this was the trip of a lifetime we had hoped for and the memories created by will stay with our young men for the rest of their lives. The trip was the perfect pre-cursor to our Football Season.

For more highlights, photographs and reflections from our tour please visit www.westlakefootball.blog.co.nz

Mr A Berry – 1st XI Manager OVERSEAS TRIPS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 91 Sightseeing around Beijing, at Tiananmen Square TO languages trip CHINA What a once-in-a-life-time experience! We visited 4 cities; First day at Dongguan No.6 High School, meeting homestay families Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shanghai and Beijing, where students experienced the school life and visited famous attractions in China. These experiences gave students insight into the Chinese culture, lifestyles and customs. Most importantly, students were able to improve their Chinese proficiency as they used Chinese every day in a full immersion environment.

Many students mentioned their highlight of the trip was the 4 days at Dongguan No.6 Senior High School, where they attended mainstream classes and mingled with the local students. The school also planned many cultural lessons for us, including Chinese language classes, Calligraphy and Kung Fu. Students thoroughly enjoyed the lessons and many discovered their hidden talents. Ms Kwok and Miss Law also taught English lessons, led the English Corner and presented Last day at Dongguan No.6 High School; Boys performing Haka in the farewell a PD session on the New Zealand Curriculum and Teaching and Learning. Homestay arrangements also provided an opportunity for students to have a first-hand experience of the Chinese family life and we were all pleasantly surprised by how generous and welcoming our Chinese homestays were.

Throughout the trip we visited many popular attractions, which showed both the historical and modern sides of China. While students enjoyed these majestic architectures of ancient China, they also learned about the history behind each of them. Students were taken up to the Oriental Pearl Tower and The Bund in Shanghai, where they could see the modern development of China. The breath-taking view was a true testament of China’s rapid economic growth. Daniel Wilson enjoying Chinese painting at Jincai High School in Shanghai This school trip not only helped students open up their horizons, it also provided an opportunity for students to further develop resilience, adaptability to a different culture, empathy for others and experience many valuable, personal experiences. This was definitely an unforgettable and awesome trip! Thank you to all the people who made this trip a success and to all the boys for all the fun and fond memories.

Miss P Law – Languages Department

92 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL OVERSEAS TRIPS SACS and WBHS after the match. DEVELOPMENT TO SOUTH AFRICA TO CRICKET TOUR A Cricket squad toured South Africa from 23 September – 10 we played Durban High School, who scored 219/10 after being 160/9. October 2014. After a long flight via Perth and Johannesburg, the William O'Donnell again picked up claiming 4 with support CHINA from Angus McKenzie who got 3 himself. Westlake then started the boys spent the first day at Canal Walk Mall and Camps Bay beach in Cape Town. The second day consisted of a training practice at chase well, getting to 100/1. William O'Donnell was 29* and Ross ter Wynberg Boys, followed by a drive to Hout Bay. The first game Braak 31*. What was looking like a good chase, ended with bad light was against SACS, which is located at the base of beautiful Table and drizzle. The boys were then billeted by the Durban players. The Mountain. Westlake batted first in a 30 over match and to total 169/7 next morning we went go karting before we drove to Pietermaritzburg mainly due to Jack Dromgool’s 75 and Ben Beecroft 37. Westlake and settled into the Maritzburg College hostel. then restricted SACS to 135/9 with 2 wickets a piece for Keegan The first day of the Michaelmas Tournament was a tough one. We Russell, Angus Nicoll and Dhilesh Vasan. were bowled out for 99 with Ben Beecroft getting 34*. In response On the fourth day we ferried to Robben Island followed by a dinner Jeppe High School knocked off the total with 3 down. The second day at the impressive Waterfront. On Sunday, 28 September, the was just as tough against Pretoria Boys where we managed to get team played a double header of Twenty20 at Wynberg Boys High 140, with William O'Donnell and Angus McKenzie both getting late School. The first game was against their 2nd XI and we restricted 30's in a well-built hard grafted partnership. In reply the aggressive them to 108/8 with the wickets shared. We then chased the total Pretoria Boys chased down the score without losing a . with 4 wickets down in the 18th over, after Adam Baard scored 34 The next game was played at the Richmond Country Club against and William O'Donnell made 31. The Wynberg 1st XI was a different Afrikaanse Seuns Hoerskool (Affies). We batted much better to reach kettle of fish; they are the current Western Cape T20 champions 234/7, losing 4 wickets in the last over. William O'Donnell made a and were off to Nationals later in the week. They smashed their way solid 84, with twenties from Ben Beecroft, Ryan Schierhout and to 168/4. We then struggled our way to 103/9, with Ross ter Braak Adam Baard. Affies managed to acquire the runs in the 47th over, (33) and Keegan Russell (25) hitting some big blows along the way. with 4 down, as one of their players scored a century. It was a much This made it two wins each in our four games between the schools improved performance from us in hot weather. The last T20 game over the years. against St. David's was played in 38 degrees. We bowled very well on a fast outfield and restricted them to 138/7. In response we had a bad On Monday we made the drive out to Aquila Game Reserve, which start losing 4 wickets before the 6th over but this didn't stop Angus was a superb experience for the boys where they saw some great McKenzie smashing a solid 68. We unfortunately fell 21 runs short. wildlife. The next day, the team headed to Paarl, just outside Cape Town to play a 40 over game in overcast cool conditions. Paarl Overall, the boys learnt a lot along the way about their own game and Boys made 174/10, after William O'Donnell picked up 3 wickets. In what it takes to become a better cricketer. Although the results didn't reflect it, it was a successful tour with the boys learning a lot about the chase we managed to acquire 142/9 in our 40 overs with Adam themselves and the wide variety of cultures and attractions in South Baard making 41 runs, falling 32 runs short. On the last day in Cape Africa. They were a wonderful group of boys together. Gratitude must Town, we climbed Table Mountain on a very warm day. It was a be extended to Messrs, Kirstein and Cachopa for assisting me and tough steep walk up the Platteklip Gorge, but the views from the looking after the boys. top were amazing. We then went to the mall for lunch and a bit of shopping before we flew to Durban. In drizzly overcast conditions, Mr R Scivier – Tour Manager

The boys at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town. The tour group at Aquila Game Reserve. The view from Table Mountain after the tough walk up it.

OVERSEAS TRIPS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 93 The boys with double World Champion Abel Kirui.

Distance TOUR TO SOUTH Running AFRICA & KENYA Once again a Distance Running Tour to South Africa took place with an Our last part of the journey took us to Kenya for our third and final exciting addition this year of visiting Kenya. After months of hard work, week. After a night “glamping” in Nairobi we drove 6 hours, crossing planning and fundraising, 13 Year 11 runners, two staff and two parents the equator and into Iten– the home of champions! The boys spent 7 embarked on a journey of a lifetime. For a tour that was to provide boys days learning from and training with some of the best runners in the the opportunity to train and compete in new environments, interesting world as they were put through their paces on the Kamarin Track. terrain and most importantly high altitude, it certainly exceeded our The high altitude and clay terrain was a notable difference felt by all expectations. and it is no wonder that the High Altitude Training Centre is a popular training facility for local marathon athletes and visitors from all around The journey began on the 4th of July when, after a 6 hour stopover in the globe. Other highlights included visiting St. Patrick’s High School, Perth, the group arrived in Cape Town. We enjoyed four sunny but cold running with the local primary school children on their way to school, days there as we crammed as many wonderful things in as possible. watching the Kenyan runners in the Fartlek and meeting NZ Runner Highlights included curio shopping at the roadside markets, Canal Walk, before he left for the Commonwealth Games. We Table Mountain, Cape Point, Groot Constantia and of course visiting also met 4 times World Champion Lornah Kiplagat and double World Robben Island. On the “business” side of things the boys had their first Marathon Champion Abel Kirui, which was very inspirational for the race on the second day in the country. It was a cold, rainy morning boys. We finished the week with a rare treat at the Kerio View Hotel, with as we drove into the Gugulethu Township but as the race started the our fantastic local guide 800m Runner Timo Limo, which overlooked rain subsided and the boys really enjoyed participating with the local the spectacular Rift Valley. Finally, before flying back to Nairobi the runners. They were very welcoming and excited a group from New boys had one final event, competing with the runners from a local Zealand had come to compete in their event. Our time in Cape Town school in either the 800m or the 1500m race. It was time to put all finished with a group run along Chapman’s Peak Drive at sunset and that hard training to the test and what better way to do it than on the fish and chips in Hout Bay. newly opened Lornah Kiplagat Sports Academy Tartan Track. What a wonderful finish to an amazing time spent in Iten. From here the group flew to Johannesburg and drove onto the Mountain Lodge where we would stay the next three nights, just outside A special thanks to all the parents who supported the boys with their of Pretoria. The boys enjoyed visiting the local attractions of Gold Reef fundraising efforts and for giving this fantastic opportunity. Thank City, Lesedi Cultural Village and the delicious cuisine of crocodile and you to Mr Richard Jackson and Mr Alan Hall for all your support ostrich meat. The boys also enjoyed practising their bartering skills at and assistance on this tour. To Mr Strydom without you, your hard the African Market where they ended up purchasing many interesting, work, commitment and dedication this tour would not have been colourful items – whether they wanted them or not. On the morning of possible. Thank you for all that you do for the runners and the running our last day in Pretoria the boys we competed in the Springbok Vasbyt, programme. It was certainly an experience that we will never forget. a tough 10.5km course along the road, up cattle paths and around the Miss H Booth historic Voortrekker Monument.

Max Rickards and Sam Hagan enjoying the The next 4 nights were spent in Mpumalanga where we spent 4 fantastic close encounters. days “spotting animals” in Marloth Park, a private wildlife sanctuary, and Kruger National Park. It was such as amazing experience and each van had a different story to tell, whether it was tracking two lioness for an hour or getting “rather close” to a bull elephant. The boys all took amazing photographs and thoroughly enjoyed being able to walk around with these magnificent animals in Marloth.

94 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL OVERSEAS TRIPS Mr Smith at ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli. STAFF TRAVEL AWARD

In 2013 I was awarded the WBHS Staff Travel Award. My plan was to France saw a two-pronged attack as it were: the D-Day beaches of visit sites from both World Wars which emphasised New Zealand’s World War Two and the Western Front of World War One. The beaches role in events over the last 100 years. of Omaha, Utah, Sword, Gold and Juno witnessed the 1944 Normandy invasion. The American Museum and cemetery overlooking the beach First stop was the Gallipoli Peninsula with my tour guide giving his at Omaha were a poignant reminder of the waste of war but were Turkish perspective of the campaign. This was an eye opener and I nothing compared to the slaughter that was the Western Front. The was lucky to look at both the historical truths and legends that had superbly maintained cemeteries there were usually situated where developed after the ANZAC landing. My understanding of the history today are spots of beauty which belie the carnage of 100 years ago. of the landing and subsequent events such as the battle of Chunuk One grave had the epitaph of “ I fought and died in the Great War to Bair gave me a good comprehension of the terrain and problems end all wars. Have I died in vain?” faced by our soldiers. I was able, due to my trip, to experience the terrain of the battles, see Germany,and Colditz Castle near Leipzig was my next stop. This was the depths to which man can plumb, enjoy the solemnity of the resting the supreme POW camp of World War Two where the best and most place of thousands and be thankful I did not have to do my part in war. persistent of Allied escapers ended up…an escape-proof castle. And I can now teach with a clearer understanding of the difficulties faced indeed for most it was but it was also the home for New Zealand’s by some, or the stupidity faced by others. Charles Upham, VC and Bar, who ended up here in 1944 after Mr S Smith – HOD History becoming a continued problem for the Germans. A night spent in the youth hostel there was followed by a tour of the castle. All of the tour party were Antipodeans or British who like me had been brought up Mr Smith and his wife Sue go for a Hot Air Balloon ride in Cappadocia on the Anatolian plains. on various books, movies and TV series about Colditz.

Next were the double death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau. No interior photography of the collected human hair, or the labelled suitcases, or the hairbrushes, or the toilet pans or other signs of individuality of mass humanity was allowed but the sight of them did serve as a terrible reminder of the horrors of the ex-Polish army barracks that were to become Auschwitz. In contrast the outdoor situation of green grass, leafy trees and neatly presented barracks did not for me represent the terrible elements of human degradation that occurred here. Simply put it was too neat, too nice and too clean. Moving through the barracks in a line of tourists gave me a surreal impression of how the Jews may have felt when given directions in the 1940s.

The ancient ruins of Ephesus in Turkey. The Trenches at Gallipoli.

OVERSEAS TRIPS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 95 Librarian Antoine Ellis at the issuing desk. Chlinton Frans, Raymond Sue, Thales Farias, Cesare Saseve-Niuelua work at the library computers during lunch.

Our Library has been busier than ever this year, with consistent updates on our displays and the selection for book boxes on curriculum topics, including top quality fiction and non-fiction. We would like to thank our Head Librarians, Benedict Tan and Mostafa Youssef for their industrious and cheerful support and also our deputies, Kalani Partridge- Fruean and Eshil Singh. This year our team of 29 librarians have worked hard to provide a cheerful, helpful, and efficient service to the school.

The Library has provided displays on topics including war, survival, adventure, Matariki, Commonwealth Games, Winter sports, Gaming Reads, Soccer World Cup and, as always, the Library is heavily used by students studying, printing and

researching before and after school. Our Library Computer Library Staff Mrs McKee and Ms Ottaway. Room is also well utilised by students, including at lunch time.

Once again, this year, the Library was well patronised at Open Evening and our student librarians were most helpful, showing prospective students and their families around the library facilities.

What were the three most popular books in 2014? Catching Fire and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins and Man vs Beast by Robert Muchamore. Driven From Within by Michael Jordan, Faster than Lightning: My autobiography by Usain Bolt and in third place, True Grit: The epic true stories of survival and heroism that have shaped my life by Bear Grylls

Ms J Ottaway and Mrs K McKee future problem solving

It has been another busy year for our Future Problem Solvers and with Junior and Senior FPS teams with their coaches four Junior teams and five Senior teams, we have certainly expanded Miss Law, Miss Shanley and Miss Palmer. our problem solving capacity. This year the key topics we worked on were ‘Social Isolation’, ‘Desertification’, and ‘Surveillance Societies’. Modern technology plays an integral part into this phenomenon, as we have become increasingly reliant on communication through social networking and the like. The boys felt that this topic was very relevant to them and enjoyed discussing what measures need to be taken to reverse this trend.

Desertification was also an interesting topic, and something that many of the boys were not aware of. The topic focused on how desert-like conditions that exist in regions are becoming more prevalent and is often as a cause of human interaction with the environment. Indeed, desertification is one of the most serious ecosystem changed facing people who live in poverty. Kevin Park and Steven Yoo supported by James Kim and Toki Cho Our final topic for the year was Surveillance societies. This topic also really struck a chord with the boys and generated some stimulating discussions. Do CCTV cameras keep people safe? How far is too far in terms of surveillance? How do you know when and where you are being watched? Who controls the data that is gathered?

If any of these issues interest you, we would love to see you in 2015 for another fantastic year of problem solving! Well done to the boys who completed their first Qualifying Exam – you really raised yourself to the challenge. Finally, a big thank you to Miss Shanley and Miss Law, your help and expertise are truly appreciated.

Miss A Palmer – TIC Future Problem Solving

96 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL CULTURE Charlie Lee, Cameron Houston, Joe Sajjaphanroj enjoying the Korean Tea Ceremony. CULTURE WEEK

Westlake Boys High School has a strong sense of collective identity. Tim Aspinall – the margarine sculptor, Geshe Jamyang – the Tibetan How we dress, the way we treat one another, the way we strive to Monk, who creates a sand mandala every year, Pasifika carving excel both in the classroom and on the sports field. Every day we see and of course a spectacular evolving art installation in the atrium - the fresh potential of what we can achieve as a co-operating unit. conceived by the Art Department.

But what are we like as individuals? Who are we when we are at Then of course there was the food. Every lunch time during Culture home with our families, or out in our communities, or taking our Week was a smorgasbord of cuisines from around the world; the place in the wider cultural landscape of New Zealand? What is our life smells and sights proving too tempting to resist. Hundreds of like when we are out of school uniform? students funnelled through the quad each day to sample foods from China, Korea, France, the Pacific, Indonesia and the Middle East. Culture Week at Westlake Boys is a five day celebration of all of our amazing differences: our heritage, our art, our music, our pastimes, Culture Week 2014 concluded with our annual Proms Concert – our festivals, our society and of course, our food! an evening of extreme cultural sophistication with the Westlake Symphony Orchestra, Choralation Choir, The Westlake Concert Culture Week 2014 (March 31st – April 4th) was an extravaganza of Band and Soprano soloist Morag Atchison. entertainment, music, visual art and games. We had performances from Voicemale Choir, The Tai Kwan Do club, Brendon Thomas and Special thanks to all the staff and students who undertook the The Vibes and The Polynesian Club. Throughout running and management of so many events during the week, to the week there were various cultural demonstrations including a parents and community leaders who participated in and supported Korean Tea ceremony, an Amnesty International debate, the Staff the events, and the students of Westlake Boys for their whole- vs Student debate, Petanque, Chess, a children’s birthday party, hearted participation in the week’s activities. Juggling Sumo Wrestling, Chinese Calligraphy and portraiture. There Mr W Robinson – Culture Week Coordinator were many displays of the visual arts on offer as well, including

Kevin Yang and Sang Jin Jang at the Balloon Khamis Shiblaq, Ibrahim Khattab Alani and Omar Ali at the Middle East Food Stall. Vili Tu’ipulotu at the Polynesian Club demonstration. Sculpture in The Street.

CULTURE WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 97 Chinese Night

Westlake Boys Chinese Night is a celebration of culture where students are given the opportunity to share both the modern and traditional culture of China. The event brings together the Kelby Cai and Yuan Zhang Chinese community from Westlake Boys and Girls to deliver an perform on Chinese Night. evening of exceptional performances rich in culture and talent. This evening experienced great success this year, attracting an audience of one thousand people and boasted a diverse range of performances with the addition of performers from our sister school in China, Dongguan Number 6 High School.

As a student run and non-profit organisation sponsorships are greatly appreciated and help to make the event the best experience possible. It is captivating to see the support within the Chinese community as this year local Chinese establishments enthusiastically contributed to the night by

sponsoring prizes and food for the event. Most notably was Ryan Lim, William Hung and Matt Lagos. Skykiwi, who generously sponsored a Samsung Tablet with the

acknowledgement of Westlake’s new BYOD policy. The Girls perform a Traditional For the Chinese youth living in New Zealand it is easy to Chinese Dance. assimilate into kiwi culture, however we should never forget our roots. Whether it is students who have lived here their whole lives, or those who have recently moved to New Zealand, we must take pride in our culture and share it with those around us and Chinese Night is a perfect platform for this.

Samuel Li

Korean Evening

Just as it had done in previous years, the Westlake Boys’ Auditorium hosted our annual Westlake Korean Night: an exhibition of culture and talent from both the Girls and Boys school. Over 1500 people turned up on Thursday the 10th April to a hotly anticipated evening, which culminated into another hugely successful event filled with fun, excitement and amazement. The 16 performances, which ranged from K-pop singers and dancers, to more traditional Jae-Eon Lim and Paul Kim show off their Tae-Kwan-Do skills. groups such as ‘Tae Kwon Do’ and the ‘Fan Dance’, were met with a thunderous response from our ever-fervent crowd, which only helped to enlighten the buzz on stage.

Following on from the success of Korean Night 2013, we once again made positive strides in both attendance and organisation of the event. A special thanks to the performers for preparing high quality performances and an extra special thanks to the committee for weeks of preparation and hard work, which was ultimately rewarded by a very satisfying evening. Further praise also goes to the teachers Ms Park, Miss Na, Miss Jang, Ms Yoon, and Ms Furtado and Miss Lee The girls perform a Korean Traditional Fan Dance. Korean Committee from the Girls’ school for their unwavering support and dedication towards putting on another memorable event. Jeman Park gets amongst his audience. Yewoon Kim with his solo performance. Not only did the Westlake Korean Night help to promote the Korean culture among the North Shore community it helped to remind us of the unique cultural diversity we can appreciate in New Zealand. Now, having etched itself into the very diverse culture of Westlake, there is no doubt the Korean Night will continue to play an integral part in both Westlake Girls and Boys High Schools in the future.

Daniel Kim and Thomas Song

98 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL CULTURE Nga Manu Korero

In late September Jayden King, of Westlake Boys High School, travelled to A lot has changed since Maori were punished at school if they spoke Napier to compete in the Nga Manu Korero, Maori Speech Competition. their own language and it was remarkable to see so many young people The competition was established in 1965 to continue to promote the who were fluent speakers of their own language. It is a credit to the self oratory skills in the Maori language of Secondary School Students, as well determination of Maori to revive the language through initiatives such as English speaking by Maori students. The competition is designed to as Kohanga Reo and Kura kaupapa Maori (full immersion schools), promote not only the public speaking of prepared speeches, but also the which have created a new generation of rangatahi with confidence in ability to give impromptu speeches as well. their own language and culture.

Jayden, of Te Atiawa decent, was representing the Northern Auckland Mr J McIntyre and Mr H Te Wano region in the English section of the competition and was accompanied by a handful of Maori students and Westlake Boys’ Kaitiaki, Matua Hemi Te Wano to tautoko him after his speech. For all of the students it was a fantastic educational experience, not only at the speech competition every day, but while staying at Omahu Marae and in essence being immersed in Maori tikanga for the week.

In the speech competition itself, Jayden gave a fine impromptu speech on the topic ‘social media has destroyed the art of face to face conversation’. He used his sharp wit and large stage presence to Jayden King being acknowledged at Senior Prizegiving. entertain his large audience. At the end of the same day, Jayden was required to give his prepared speech on the topic of ‘Education is the most powerful tool-use it’. Though his speech was well prepared and managed for the occasion, on reflection Jayden felt he could have done a better job as he struggled without the large audience he had had earlier that day. Overall, Jayden was placed 4th in the Impromptu Speeches and a little further back in the prepared speeches. Though it was not the result that he would have desired, it was a great learning experience for the Year 13 student who plans to study communications at AUT next year, with ambitions to go into broadcasting. Students with Mrs Herena Te Wano at the Ngati Tuwharetoa Office in Taupo, on the way back from the Competition. PasifiKa Evening Taro Patch On Saturday the 18th of October we held our annual Pasifika Co-ordinated by the Pasifika Parents Komiti, the Pasifika Community Celebration Night. Despite low attendance the event went incredibly and Westlake Staff, the Taro Patch is a weekly informal grouping of well. The students and families, that were present, thoroughly Pasifika students for the purpose of working on homework, study enjoyed themselves and appreciated the acknowledgments support and of course breakfast! made. A huge thank you also, to Suzanne Donovan-Skeens for her The boys cook and serve breakfast, which is often helped by parents, attendance at this event. The awards received were in three broad at 7.30am and then staff and older students help and support categories, ‘Extra-Curricular’, ‘Special’, and ‘Academic’. Mostafa younger students in their studies and encourage them in other areas Youssef was awarded the Overall Excellence Award for his efforts of school life. throughout his five years at Westlake. His contributions to school this year were immense and include being a School Prefect, a School We also welcome inspirational Pasifika speakers regularly from the Librarian, on various School Councils and Committees, as well as an world of Sports, Media and Music, which the boys also really enjoy. integral participator in the Taro Patch. On top of this, he was one of Hip Hop singer King Kapisi and Stan Wolfgramm, the founder of the top Pasifika academic performers. Pacific theatre, film and event company Drum Productions, were particularly memorable this year. Mr S McCracken The Taro Patch gives students the opportunity to have a hearty Bradley Leuila, Cesare Saseve-Niuelua, Mostafa Youssef, Jamal breakfast, as a great start to the school day, and to study in a Tiatia serve up Pasifika food during Culture Week. supportive and friendly environment.

Mr S McCracken and Mrs D Hipkins.

Mostafa Youssef was awarded the Matthew Fesili, Westlaker, shares advice Overall Excellence Award. and knowledge to Pasifika boys in the Taro Patch.

CULTURE WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 99 The chorus performs in Act One. SCHOOL PRODUCTION After months of preparation, workshops and rehearsals, this year’s of Michael and Daniel Lough were joined this year by their little production took place during Week One of Term Three. The show brother Matthew; how one family can have so much talent is hard takes the plot of The Tempest, Shakespeare’s language culled from to believe and doesn’t seem fair! I also must mention the amazing several plays and the ‘Rock and Roll’ favourites everybody loves. Charlotte Rankin, Charisse Uy, Maddie Bullock and Natalie Groen Combine them all and you get a series of wild and funny nights. Our from Westlake Girls, they were not only highly talented, but a Tech boys salivated at the chance to incorporate video, live feed delight to work with as well. I must make a special mention also to from a TV studio, Go Pro footage and an impressive light show and Grace Stevenson, who not only played the role of Gloria, but should their inventiveness was inspiring. Our band led by Miss Beattie was probably have had directing and choreographing credits as well. She very tight and she has definitely earned her Musical Director stripes. is a complete professional. Finally, a special thank you to Mac Jordan for creating the original production poster you see above. This We had a few novices in main roles this year who absolutely whole cast were a joy to work with from start to finish and I will miss deserved the confidence I had in them. I would like to congratulate Sunday afternoons with them and their good humoured enthusiasm. Jacob Siermans, Jayden King, Matt Bruce and the beautifully over the top Mitchell Hazelhurst. Harley Ofoia had already proved himself Now the show is over and my room is filled with smelly costumes, a skilled actor in previous Drama productions, where his ability to interesting props (a hairy chest piece) and forlorn looking people waiting for the next one. get humour out of almost any line is legendary, but this time we found out he could sing as well. The tried and tested combination Mrs C Walsh - HOD Drama

Michael Lough as Captain Tempest. Mitchell Hazelhurst as Cookie and Daniel Lough as Bosun.

Jacob Siermans and his Mitchell Hazelhurst as Cookie, Matthew Lough as Ariel, interesting chest hair. Daniel Lough as Bosun and Harley Ofoia as Dr Prospero.

100 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL CULTURE The chorus performs in Act One.

Grace Stevenson as Gloria with Mitchell Dye and Jake Thompson.

Inspired by the motion picture ‘Forbidden Planet’ courtesy of Turner Entertainment Co Entertainment of Turner courtesy Planet’ ‘Forbidden picture motion the by Inspired By kind arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia PTY Ltd on behalf of Joseph Weinberger Ltd Weinberger Joseph of behalf on Ltd PTY Australia Leonard Hal with arrangement kind By 22nd - 26th July 2014 SCHOOL PRODUCTION RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET Grace Stevenson and Harley Ofoia. Matthew Lough as Ariel and Daniel Lough as Bosun.

Grace Stevenson’s thank you speech.

Harley Ofoia as Dr Prospero, Jacob Siermans as Captain Tempest, Matt Bruce as Ariel

Jayden King as Dr Prospero. Harley Ofoia’s Prospero discusses his marriage breakdown with Gloria.

CULTURE WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 101 Westlake 2014 Ball

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D 21st Juneate 2014: Time 7:30 till Midnight:

Skycity ConventionVenue Centre : Year 13 Ball (Albert st entrance)

In recent years, the Westlake Ball has gained a reputation for being some tried and tested experience, before Mr Coetzee took up the one of the highlights of the school calendar. With over a thousand reins in Term Two with classic gusto and enthusiasm. The Lads on students in attendance from all over the city, it is little wonder that the committee would like to thank our Chairlady Shivani, Montana, our ball has become renowned for both style and excitement. The Ashley, Shirley and Millie for adding their individual touches of class Ball Committee is therefore both ecstatic and relieved to say that the and beauty to committee meetings, as well as their families who really 2014 Ball was a huge success. After months of planning and decision went above and beyond expectations when it came to decorations. making, the 21st of June arrived and we are delighted to say everyone Thanks to James Pearce, William Hung, Danny Jeong and our Chairman made the most of a very special night. Chris Hagan for your determination and laughs too. The success of the 2014 Ball came down to the way we all worked together – not just the “Midnight in Paris” would not have been possible without the organisers, but the guests too. It is a true credit to the 2014 Westlake extraordinary cooperation between the two schools. The amount 7th Form that we all enjoyed our night, as a single cohort. of behind the scenes work from Mrs Wright and Mrs Cachopa from Westlake Girls was truly incredible. Mrs Gratton, too, provided Jacob Siermans

1st XV team photo Mitchell Dye with his date.

Nicolas Tanu and Susan Kostelijk Ms Jang, Mr Ahn, Mrs Harrington, Miss Park.

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CULTURE WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 103 Advanced Premier Debating Auckland Champions Ian Lim, DEBATING Jono King, Liam Rawlings and Matthew Bilton.

Westlake Boys has again had an extremely successful year in the fact that, also for the first time in Auckland Schools Debating Debating, building on the enormous success that it enjoyed last year. history, Westlake was able to secure the trophy for best speaker in With the Premier Advanced, Junior Premier and Senior Open teams the Auckland final for the second year in a row, with Matthew taking all making their respective finals, this year has definitely been a home the prestigious award. Westlake’s Form 7 Team also won the notable one for Westlake Boys Debating. annual Thorburn Cup against Westlake Girls in what has a highly entertaining debate on gender issues. Westlake began the year strongly, winning the Auckland Seasonal Championship convincingly, in a final where the boys had to argue In another Auckland Schools Debating record, Westlake’s Premier that if there was knowledge about an impending apocalypse, it Junior team won their grade for the fourth year, hopefully placing should be withheld from the public. Westlake in a prime position to complete half a decade of dominance over the grade next year. This team consisted of Dylan Maynard, 2014 was also the third year in a row Westlake has won the Ford Gooch, Sean Yang and David Lin. Impromptu Cup – a tournament in which teams are only given 5 minutes to prepare an unseen motion before speaking for 5 Matthew Bilton also made the Auckland Regional Debating Squad, in minutes. The two-time winners of the Impromptu Cup, Matthew which he won a Highly Commended speaker award at the National Bilton and Liam Rawlings, were awarded Best Speaker and a Highly competition in June. Further to this, Liam Rawlings and George Han Commended award respectively. also made the Auckland Regional Development Squad, meaning that both speakers are in a great position to make the Auckland squad In the top Premier Advanced grade, Westlake Boys made the final next year. against Sacred Heart. In a tough debate, Westlake had to affirm the motion that ‘Kim Dotcom has been good for New Zealand A special thanks to all the Coaches and Managers who have made politics’, Westlake was able to successfully argue that Kim Dotcom’s this year such a successful one, especially to Miss Thew for her work involvement in politics had enfranchised youth and had increased with Senior Open, and Mr Coetzee, who as coach of both the Premier political engagement. This meant that, for the first time in the history Junior and Premier Advanced teams dedicated enormous amounts of Advanced Premier Debating, Westlake, with a team consisting of time and effort to ensure that both teams were able to be as of Liam Rawlings, Jono King and Matthew Bilton, was able to win successful as they were. back to back titles. This feat was only made more impressive by By Matthew Bilton and Liam Rawlings

David Hoggard, Matthew Bilton, Mac Jordan winners of the Thorburn Debate against WGHS. The Junior Prem Team David Lin, Dylan Maynard, Ford Gooch and Sean Yang are Auckland Champions

104 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL CULTURE Amnesty International

The Amnesty International group is relatively young group and still finding its way in many areas. However, this has not prevented 2014 from being an eventful year for the group.

On the educational front, we managed to pursue our goals with some success. Through assembly presentations, speaking to social studies classes and holding a variety of promotional debates, we were able to slowly but surely inform Westlake students about the values and principles of Amnesty International. Despite this, there is still a lot of work to do in order to make Amnesty International a well known cause, something that will need plenty of consideration in the years to come. Miguel Errazo, Juancho Soriano and Rengen Parlane A definite highlight for the year was Freedom Challenge Week in which serve up a sausage sizzle. we held numerous events in order to promote and fundraise for Amnesty International. During the week, we held a debate, a gaming event and a sausage sizzle, all on top of selling badges, stickers and wristbands. Of particular interest was the debate, centred around the moot of whether it was acceptable to torture terrorists, which was met with great interest from a wide variety of students, and, packed with vivacious action, certainly didn’t disappoint. In total, we managed to raise in excess of $450 and obtain countless signatures on our petitions, making this year’s Freedom Challenge Week one of Westlake’s most successful ever.

All members should be very proud of themselves for having contributed to

what was, overall, a very successful year. Students cheer Tyler Duffield on in a video game fundraiser. Rengen Parlane HOBBIES CLUB Vex Robotics

Instead of starting off the year allowing boys to make their own items The boys have spent many hours after school and over the holidays everyone was given the same initial project to cover skills in both perfecting the operation of their robots for interschool competitions woodwork and metalwork. Making a small naval canon, from the otherwise known as scrimmages. The teams have attended days of sailing ships, meant learning to work carefully with tiny parts, scrimmages all over Auckland, had heaps of fun and learnt plenty. using machines such as a metal cut-off saw, drill press, scroll saw Thank you to the parents for assisting with transport to these and lathe in addition to the usual hand tools. The boys thoroughly events. The excellent leadership and assistance from the Year 13 enjoyed the project and learnt various skills enabling them to work Boys will be missed but with the promising Junior lads, who will be safely and with confidence on their own projects later in the year. the experienced ones left to run the club from next year, matters are in good hands. Through their weekly after school meets, they Another activity the boys enjoyed was dismantling broken have learnt RobotC programming language, which had translated equipment, like projectors and printers to find out how they work into the programming sequence for their robots. The students have and to recover usable parts and materials for recycling. The successfully programmed a variety of movements to allow the activities proved popular, membership grew over the year and robots to successfully complete some of the tasks set for the 2014 hopefully the skills learnt will stand the boys in good stead for many and 2015 National Competitions. years to come. Ms I Wahab Mr C Rein – TIC Hobbies Club and Robotics

Duncan Anderson, Cameron Dagger and Duncan Anderson and Charlie Lee at an Charlie Lee working hard on their robot Interschool Scrimmage.

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CULTURE WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 111 Badminton The winning teams after the Finals.

WESTLAKE IS NEW ZEALAND’S BADMINTON CHAMPIONS Westlake’s Premier Badminton Team, consisting of Niccolo Tagle, Farmer, Brendon Wang and Tigerson Cao participated in the Oscar Guo, Callum Harfiel, Jowis Lau and Ben Lie, were the unbeaten second section of the Nationals Tournament and won all ties against champions at the 2014 National Secondary School Tournament this Rangitoto College, Tauranga Boys, Western Heights College, year. All players left their hearts out on the court and the team didn’t Bethlehem College, Wanganui High, Wahi College and Hutt Valley drop a set in any of the matches, winning each tie 6-0. High. The team will now be eligible to play in the Championship Competition next year. In the final against Auckland Grammar, who were seeded first, it was the on-site physiotherapist who played an important role strapping Badminton has continued to be a popular sport at Westlake Boys. Westlake players’ shoulders and knees, for the team to pull off the Monday afternoon has seen seventeen Senior teams play during victory and regain the national title. Term Two at Badminton North Harbour. Westlake Red won the A Grade Competition by defeating Westlake Yellow in the Final. Then Matches were played against Auckland Grammar 2, Palmerston during Term Three nine Junior teams took part in the after school North Boys 2, , Palmerston North Boys 1, Verdon competition. This year Westlake had a total of more than 150 players College, Hamilton Boys High and . and we look forward to another successful year next year. Westlake’s Second team with Sascha Gaultz, Ben Feng, Sam Mrs M Thorpe – TIC Badminton

2014 NZSS Champs, Niccolo Tagle, Oscar Guo, Premier 2 Team Sascha Relaxing at Mt Maunganui Beach before the Final. Callum Harfield, Jowis Lau and Ben Lie. Gaudlitz, Tigerson Cao, Sam Farmer, Brendon Wang and Ben Feng.

112 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT Adventure Racing

2014 has seen Adventure Racing at Westlake Boys High School double in size. There have been highs and lows over the year with each event posing its own challenge. This was the first year we entered a Junior team into the OPC “Get 2 Go” challenge, a 6 hour race consisting of four stages (Rock Climbing, Kayaking, Orienteering and Mountain Biking). Taylor Haynes, Oliver Lawrence, Ashton Philo and Campbell Knowles competed alongside four girls from Westlake Girls High School and placed in a very close 2nd in Auckland and missing out on a place in the 5 day final at Great Barrier Island.

Next up we entered the Hillary Challenge Qualifier and unfortunately the day was not to be ours. We entered two teams this year and neither Tristan Williams, Dylan Carlyle and Andrei Campbell Knowles and Ashton Philo Popovici strategise over the next leg of the battle with tyres at the Get 2 Go managed to find a spot in the New Zealand finals. Next year the team is OPC Hillary Challenge Auckland Competition. looking promising and we will try again.

Our success has come from a Rogaine series that has been running over the course of the year. A Rogaine consists of orienteering and collecting points along with problem solving activities. Westlake Boys High School has entered each event so far and has placed 1st and 2nd in the secondary schools section and often 1st or 2nd overall. This is an outstanding result for the team and we’ll be aiming for the same result next year.

The boys have had to build skills in fitness, orienteering, kayaking, mountain biking and team building. Each year new challenges arise and the team trains harder. Thanks to Tristan Williams for his commitment to the team over the past few years and the leadership role he has played. Bring on 2015! Oliver Lawrence and Taylor Haynes paddle their hearts out with the Miss Sarah Belcher – TIC Adventure Racing teams support at the Get 2 Go Competition. CHESS

The Chess Club opened in February and within a few weeks it was full of enthusiastic players during lunchtimes. Four teams completed the preliminary rounds of the Auckland Zonal Secondary Schools’ Competition. The Junior A and Senior A Teams qualified for the Auckland Finals. The Junior A Team achieved a creditable 4th placing overall. The Senior A Team came close to winning Second in New Zealand William Zhang, Hao Jia , William Li and Winston Yao the Auckland Championship, finishing second behind Auckland with their Coach Mr Van den Heuval. Grammar School.

The Senior A Team qualified for the National finals and achieved second place in New Zealand - an excellent result for Westlake Boys High School.

The Senior Champion is William Li and the Junior Champion is Thomas Chen.

I would like to thank Mr Masterton, Miss Ahn, Mr Bithell, Ms Bader and Mr Noble for their support in the management of the Chess Teams and Chess Club. Finally, I would like to thank the Chess Club members for their enthusiasm and participation for making Chess at Westlake Boys High School a success in 2014. We look forward to another great year in 2015.

Mr A Van den Heuvel – TIC Chess

Team Preliminaries Auckland Finals Auckland Finals Senior A W17.5/L2.5 W11/L5 2nd W21/L7 2nd Senior B W3.5/L20.5 Junior A W11/L9 W8/L12 4th

Junior B W6.5/L13.5 Darren Zhang thinks about his next move.

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 113 U15 A2 celebrate their Championship win over Basketball with their Coach Mr Jorgensen.

After taking out the National Basketball Title in 2013 and becoming extremely tenacious, they needed to win and they played like it! back-to-back Champions once again, Westlake Boys Premier Even though WBHS were down all game, we ground away behind Basketball Team was always going to have a tough year to try and very spirited played by Captain Ugo Pierantoni and a big offensive win the elusive three-peat. spark by all our guards, pulling through for the win 98-87. Through as the top seed out of pool 2 we faced St Johns, Hamilton, in the Carl Stent (Head Coach), Mr Phil Campbell and I (Assistant quarter-final, in another back and forth game. Westlake pulled it Coaches) were fortunate enough to bring back a number of players out in the final few minutes behind some great free-throw shooting from the title winning 2013 team. Many of our Premier players by Jaylen Gerrand, 80-75. The semi-final matched us up with St were involved in New Zealand age grade teams. Matt Freeman Pats, Wellington. It was another back and forth game for Westlake, and Jackson Stent were part of the U18 team, and both Isaac who had to rely on it tough defence throughout the game as the Letoa and Logan Hunt were also reserves for this team. Matt had offence was quite stagnant for both teams. Their star guard Izayah a very successful year and was invited to be part of three major Mauriohooho Le’afa played well getting 28 points, but the constant international age group camps. One of these was the Adidas Nations Westlake pressure defence from Logan Hunt, Jackson Stent and Camp in America which Jackson also won an invite too. Matt is also Jaylen Gerrand started to wear him down. In another tough game we currently in the final pool of players to make the Junior Tall Blacks managed to hold a slim lead and went on to win 67-59. for December. One of your promising younger players, Thabo Manyere was part of the U16 team. Many of the boys were absent In the final it was a North vs South game as we took on Otago at various times throughout the season, this along with a number of Boys. The scoring load was carried inside by impressive offensive injuries, meant we relied heavily on the depth of our program. performances by Matt Freeman and Yanni Wetzell. Westlake guards, especially Isaac Letoa, did a good job on the defensive end. The The season kicked off with our Premier Team taking out the North game remained tight throughout the final quarter but in the final Island Tip-Off Pre-season Tournament in Rotorua. Our regular minutes Otago pulled ahead and took the title away from Westlake, Auckland Premier Competition started with a huge win over 74-69. Both Jaylen Gerrand and Matt Freeman were named in the Avondale. We started the season well but due to players being away Tournament Team. So close, but unfortunately we could not get the overseas and some injuries we had a mid-season dip before finishing elusive three-peat. A great effort by the boys and all those involved strong. Third on the ladder for the playoffs we once again had to face in making it through to the final for the third year in a row. We could our North Shore rival Rangitoto in the semi-final. Unfortunately, even not have done this without the big contribution of coaches Carl Stent though we hung in there for most of the game, they had our number and Phil Campbell and our exceptional manager Louise Freeman. once again, getting the win 72-64. Thank you also to Franco Pierantoni, our statistician, and, Dave At the Nationals Qualifying Tournament during Winter Tournament MacKay and Fata Letoa for their coaching expertise. week the boys managed to get into the final after an epic comeback League 1 enjoyed another successful year. The well drilled Senior A overtime win against Auckland Grammar in the semi. We faced our team finished the year second in Harbour and did well against other rival Rangitoto again. After a tight first half, Rangi pulled away for the schools’ ‘A’ teams in the Nationals Qualifying Tournament. The win 99-89, seeding us second for Nationals. U17A team rolled through the Harbour Competition and took out We were back to Palmerston North in the first week of the October the greater Auckland Competition. Our Junior Premier team won holidays for Nationals. Our first three pool games were very solid the Pre-Season Tip-Off Tournament for the second year in a row wins over Onehunga (121-55), Hamilton Boys (96-45) and St and after a slow start at the Upper North Island, finished strong. A Patricks Silverstream (92-54). Our final two pool games were tough. huge thank you to all those Coaches and Managers that made all this New Plymouth Boys were well drilled and played hard all game success possible. but our boys came out firing and played a great structured game Mr N Sullivan - TIC of League 1 Basketball to come out with a 73-53 win. Hasting Boys were undersized but

114 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT Junior Premiers. Winner of the North Island Tip-Off Basketball Tournament.

Matt Freeman ready to attack in the National Semi-Final against St Pats, Wellington. League two Basketball enjoyed a successful year in 2014, with 26 teams competing across three levels of social competition. One in every six Westlake student’s now represents their school on the basketball court, making it one of our most popular co-curricular activities. It was pleasing to see how competitive Westlake managed to be despite having the majority of our talent in league 1.

The Under 15 A team went undefeated for the season. They won their final against Northcote College behind an impressive offensive performance from Amir Saranj. Riley Milne provided a solid defensive effort, disrupting Northcote’s passing play and preventing them from scoring from set plays. Justin Dulangon always looked threatening from the point guard position, making sure to involve his teammates in the game.

Westlake had potential at Under 17 level. The Under 17 A and Under 17 G teams went unbeaten in pool play and made the semi-finals. However the run ended there, as both squads fell to deserving opponents. Anthony Ji Matt Freeman dunking at the Nike Asia Camp. was instrumental in the 17 A team’s successful season. Playing a point forward role, he set an example as a positive leader and did whatever was needed to win games. Jim Quito and Kimsong Lor made up one of the most feared backcourts in the Under 17 league, leading the 17 G team through productive transition play and fast-break offence.

It was a rebuilding year for the seniors. The Under 19 D team was our best placed team, finishing fifth overall. The young squad of year 12s who won the Under 17 league in 2013 will have another shot at the senior title in 2015. Josh Dahlberg acted as a player and coach for the team.

A huge thank you goes to all the staff who helped with coaching and supervising this season, and to the 24 student coaches who volunteered their time to share their basketball knowledge with social teams. Without them our Basketball Programme could not be the success that it is. Yanni Wetzell with the Tip-Off in the 2014 National Final. Mr K Jorgensen – TIC League 2 Basketball

Westlake Boys 2014 National Championship Runners-Up.

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 115 Cricket Wizard Wesley Healiss at the crease.

This year we entered ten teams into the Auckland Secondary it is pleasing to see that cricket is still a popular game at Westlake. School cricket competitions. Six of these teams played in the wider Hopefully the 2015 World Cup being played here and in Australia will Auckland area and four teams on the North Shore. Most teams have be exciting and encourage more into the game. had varying degrees of success and as I write this the 4th XI and I would like to thank all of our teacher coaches who give freely of Colts 1 and Colts 3 are in with a chance to take out their respective their time to look after our teams. Many thanks also to professional championships. The Senior Morning team which played in Term One coaches who have worked diligently to improve our students playing only lost in a very exciting final. ability. Lastly I would like to thank the parents, grandparents, The 1st XI play in the Premier A competition and the 2nd XI and 3rd brothers and sisters and other family members and friends who XI in the Premier B Competition, and mainly against other school’s support the boys each Saturday. Your attendance and support at the 1st XIs. Competition is always tough and it is pleasing that many of game is greatly appreciated by school and the boys. our younger players have developed well in the 2nds and 3rds and Mr J Kirstein - MIC Cricket will push for higher honours in 2015.

The 4th XI under the astute guidance of Mr Meredith are in a strong Clayton Floyd on the defence. position to win their competition. This team has a habit of producing top results and is made up of students who love their cricket and play with a real passion on a Saturday.

Colts 1 and Colts 2 play in the Auckland competition and each Saturday is a real challenge with the best cricket schools playing in it. This age group is highly competitive and our students are developing well in their quest to make our Premier teams in the years ahead. Colts 1, under Coach Mr Dale, made the top section for the play offs and Colts 2, under the perennial Mr Wedderburn, played in the group below. Colts 3 played in the North Harbour competition and Mr Coetzee has done a great job with them making the Final. Mr James coached our Senior C team. This team played in Term One only. Because of the pressure of end of year examinations this has proved to be a very popular competition and the final was an exciting game and our students did themselves proud by finishing as runners up.

The two Junior Morning teams are made up of students who love the game and want some fun on a Saturday morning. The Green team is coached by Mr Cachopa who has been involved with many championship winning 1st XI teams and he enjoyed being with these students on a Saturday morning. The Red team was coached by two past pupils, Antonio Gargiulo and Imesh Ediriwerra. It was great to see these two young men come back to help in the game they loved so much when they were here.

Cricket has struggled for numbers in clubs and schools in the past few years. There are many other attractions for our students but

116 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT Captain Courageous Stefan Baumgartner. Sam Hudson and Matthew White confer after another good shot for Colts 3.

FIRST XI CRICKET important toss and chose to put St. Kent’s into bat on a green and damp pitch. The Westlake bowlers showed greater discipline against The Westlake first XI’s year can be described as a year of growth. Not St. Kent’s the following week and struck at regular intervals and were a team of stars but one of contributors. There were most certainly able to restrict St. Kent’s to just 115 in 46.3 overs. However, from the difficult periods where significant cricketing lessons were learned outset Westlake fell behind the meagre asking rate as wickets tumbled and like all such experienced the future will bear the fruit. An example at a constant rate and finished with a paltry 80 all out. of such growth can be seen in the comparison between our first The Westlake 1st XI was back to winning ways the next weekend with term match against St. Kentigern College. Against St Kentigern a a convincing 180 run routing of Avondale College and followed this disciplined bowling performance saw the 1st XI dismiss the opposition up with an 88 run victory over in tricky conditions. for just 115. This proved a difficult challenge for the batsmen and However, Westlake received a cricketing lesson from MAGS in the last Westlake were all out for 80 in 40 overs. The juxtaposition to this round of the one day competition losing by eight wickets. came early in term four against Sacred Heart. Again a disciplined In the first game of the two day competition Westlake found bowling performance saw Sacred Heart bowled out for 113. This time themselves on the wrong end of a 22 run victory. Auckland Grammar the Westlake batsmen showed greater maturity and proof that they won the toss and elected to bat and posted 182 all out with Wesley had learned from previous lessons. They chased down the score Healiss picking up 4/50 and Clayton Floyd 3/33. However, the comfortably with four wickets in hand and 16 overs remaining. This Westlake openers struggled against the new ball and ended the day on is proof of the development the team has experienced under the 106/7 and 147 all out after the first innings. Set a target of 181 from 46 tutelage of Messrs Kirstein and Scivier. overs Westlake began their second innings optimistically. However, The 1st XI kicked off their season with a traditional fixture against this was momentary as the top order collapsed to 3 wickets with only local rivals, Rangitoto College. As the first outing of the season there 3 runs on the board and they were eventually all out for 159. were sure to be some uncertainties and the Westlake top order found Westlake went some way to making up for that loss by beating it tough going. Wickets fell at regular intervals with Jack Dromgool’s Sacred Heart in the following game with 16 overs and 4 wickets in 33 being the sole notable contribution. A defiant 9th wicket stand hand. Following this was a 1st innings win against MAGS, with William between Luke Steyn (34*) and Brett Bakkerus (25) helped Westlake O’Donnell top scoring with 89. reach 150 all out. The Westlake attack had to bowl well to rectify the wobbly performance. With just 30 runs needed Rangitoto had It has been a challenging year for the boys and they have learnt much four wickets in hand and seemed to have the game all but wrapped about themselves and each other. We look forward to the end of the up but a fighting spirit saw the last four wickets fall for just 20 runs season and next year where the team will find the opportunity to resulting in a Westlake victory by 10 runs. develop and fulfil their potential.

The following week Westlake Captain, Stefan Baumgartner, won an Mr J Kirstein – 1st XI Co Coach.

2013 Auckland Aces player James Fuller Jack Dromgool all serious intent. gives Keegan Russell some tips.

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 117 Joshua Hansen, Dan Hoy, Finn Mason, cross country Bradley Hall, Louis Abplanalp, Angus Nicoll.

AUCKLAND REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Venue: St Kentigern College Date: 5 June 2014

The Westlake Cross Country team, consisting of 72 runners, boasted Also having solid efforts for Westlake in the junior grade was Aaron a solid season in 2014 with our boys running to seven Top Three Capill 18th, Ethan Rix 21st and Troy Gregerson 22nd. finishes at Regional and National level. Leading the way in the Senior Grade was Finn Mason. Finn turned in Dan Hoy helped kick-off the season at the Auckland Regional Cross an outstanding performance taking 8th place. A solid performance Country Champs finishing 1st overall to lead the Intermediate Team also came in from Troy Lonergan 9th, Josh Hansen 14th, Angus to a victory in the three and six person team competition. He was Nicoll 16th and Louis Abplanalp 21st. The seniors nabbed a well- very well supported by Tommy Shiferaw 7th, Bradley Hall 10th and deserved second place overall. Joe Jackson 11th to give Westlake four runners in the top eleven. It was pleasing to see the number of boys competing for the school, Paced by outstanding efforts the junior boys took third place in the especially in the Year 9 age group. The school congratulates all these athletes and thanks all parents who have constantly encouraged and six person competition with Stuart Hofmeyr leading from the front. supported the boys. Stuart, the Year 9 Captain, crossed the line in 12th place closely followed by the talented and ever improving Wilf Sergeant in 15th.

Aaron Capill at the Auckland Champs. Joe Clark in the Intermediate Race followed closely by Joe Jackson.

118 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT Dan Hoy in the Senior Race at the NZ Champs in Palmerston North.

NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Venue: Palmerston North Date: 22 June 2014

Following the Gold medal performance in the Intermediate Grade In the Year 9 Team Stuart Hofmeyr once again emerged as the top at the Auckland Regional Cross Country Champs, we travelled to runner finishing 15th in a field of 162 runners, to lead the Westlake Nationals with high hopes. The team had to make do without two of Team to a 5th place finish. We are very proud of this result as most their top runners – Dan Hoy and Bradley Hall, as they had moved of our boys are first year runners and still very young. The other into the Senior Grade. team members all contributed well with Wilf Sergant 34th, Troy Gregerson 39th, Hunter Pethers-Boak 53rd, Jack Winfield-Pitt 63rd Joe Clark paced the Westlake effort crossing the line in 5th place - an and Matthew Edwards 65th making up the six person team. impressive performance. Joe finished 4th in the National Road Race Champs at the end of 2013 and has now established himself as one The Senior Team closed out their season with a 4th place finish in the three person team competition. Dan Hoy led by example running of the best in his grade in New Zealand. With continued hard work, a well-planned race in very muddy and windy conditions to finish determination and focus an individual medal at National Level is second. Dan was well supported by first year senior Bradley Hall in within his grasp. 37th and Finn Mason 42nd. Tommy Shiferaw 30th and Joe Jackson 31st had high hopes of For his efforts, Dan was named in the New Zealand Secondary finishing top 10 and will be disappointed with their performances. School Cross Country team. A wonderful achievement keeping in Oliver Heal 33th, Aaron Capill 44th and Ryan Williams 47th all had mind that he is a Year 11 student. outstanding performances and contributed well, to help the team to a Silver medal. Mr T Strydom – TIC Cross Country

Charl Ulrich at NZ Champs. Stuart Hofmeyr in the Year 9 Race at NZ Champs.

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 119 Cory Cannings leads the Senior A Team of Josh Reilly, Nick Wilson, cycling Scott Jarrold and Dominic Porter in the Nationals Team Time Trial.

Westlake Boys Cycling Club gathered at Castle Rock in southern of the event went to Scott Jarrold who finished 5th in a select Te Awamutu to start make a start to the 2014 season. Joining the group that had left the rest in tatters over a hilly and tough U20 established cyclists of the club were a bunch of lads of all shapes, sizes Road Race. and backgrounds that had two things in common: they’ve had nothing to The culmination of the season was held in Palmerston North, do with a road bike and were very keen to learn the trade. What followed a current stronghold of Schoolboy Cycling and famous for its was a weekend of hard work on the road with the groups putting in a solid crippling crosswinds and tough courses. The weather didn’t effort in testing conditions. More importantly, a strong team bond was disappoint as the boys were treated to gales. Thankfully, the fostered through the leadership of Cycling Captain, Scott Jarrold, the wind eased for the Team Time Trial and the boys produced their Coaches and the infamous Woolshed. finest performances of the season, with a notable effort from The teams saw their first taste of racing in the Auckland Team Time Nicholas Wilson who stepped up incredibly well for his first race Trial Series, a seven race series throughout the winter. Senior A, was in senior A. Strong winds and torrential rain saw the cancelation represented throughout the series by Scott Jarrold, Cory Cannings, Dom of the Road Race leaving all schools with only the Points Race Porter, Josh Reilly, Henry Morrison-Jones and Lachlan Macintosh and to prove their worth. Again, Westlake competed strongly in competed consistently against classy competitors from rival schools this complex event with members of the Junior team fighting it to finish 4th in the series. The Junior teams learnt a lot throughout the out at the front of their field, a testament to their development series and continued to improve their performance against the more across the season. fancied and experienced Junior teams of other schools. The significant development of a young and largely New to the school Cycling Season, was the Three Race Road Series with inexperienced team can be accounted for by the guidance the first race held at Pukekohe Raceway. The Senior race was highlighted of a great bunch of seniors, led by Scott Jarrold, who always by some smart cycling by Ryan Berney and Dom Porter as well as a lone pushed themselves and set the high standards of training and break by Mountain Biking convert, Josh Reilly. The whole club competed performance. The contribution of the coaching team consisting strongly in the second event, the North Harbour Tour and, in atrocious of Eric de Freitas, Andy McNab, Ryan Davenport, Ayden conditions, Dom Porter won the sprint for the third race in Counties Reynolds and Head Coach, Tim Gudsell, has been pivotal in Manukau. The strong performances across the series netted Dom 1st getting the best out of our cyclists this year. Finally, the support place in the series, as well as top Senior Team alongside Josh and Ryan. by Mr Clarke and a dedicated and positive committee has made the success of this season possible and puts the club in a good North Island Champs was the first real test of how our Cyclists stacked position for future achievement. up against our main opposition and for many of our riders, their first experience of road racing in a top class field. The standout performance Mr S van Rossen – TIC Cycling

Kip Watson fighting it out in the Nationals Points Race. Kip Watson leading the Junior A Team of Joshua Rosa, Sam The Senior riders logging some miles in South Te Awamutu Jones and Zi You Du in the Nationals Team Time Trial. during Training Camp.

120 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT dragon boating

Dragon Boating is a summer sport we compete in once a year at Lake Pupuke within the Auckland Regional Secondary Schools Championships. Dragon Boating is a variation of rowing that originated in China and is still associated with the traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival or Tuen Ng Festival in Hong Kong. Here in New Zealand it is a fun team sport where teams paddle on water using traditionally decorative boats. The length of the race is 500 metres and the normal crew number is 22, including 20 paddlers, 1 Steerer and 1 Drummer. The timing and pace of each boat is essentially driven by the beat and rhythm of the drum. Our 19 crew members trained hard twice a week at Lake Pupuke and have thoroughly enjoyed working together as a team, alongside Westlake Boys Dragon Boating Team 2014 the professional coaches provided by the Dragon Boating Association- Trevor Esera and Fan’e Vasi. The Boys Open Grade Final Trophy

On Sunday the 23rd of March 2014, our Dragon Boating team lined up against various mixed teams from around THE TEAM Auckland. We won all four races whilst continuing to George Casement, Lochie Chambers, Harry maintain the fastest time of all races. Congratulations Davies, Phillip Fan, Matt Goodman, Jordan to the team who took home the Gold medal and were Jessup, Jason King, Hubert Lao, Joshua awarded the Boys Open Grade Final Trophy when placed Lepper, Kane Lu, Anaru Molving, Henrik 1st against Lynfield Saints, Epsom Girls and Lynfield Molving, Cameron Nyler, Elliot Nuttal, Brothers. Hamish Sellar, Jacob Seirmans, Nicolas Tanu, Thomas Taylor, Feng Zheng (Captain) Ms T Groves – TIC Dragon Boating

Sean King, Oliver Lawrence, Clark Froude, Juancho Soriano, Reagan Hargest, Ashton Reiser duke of Edinburgh planning their expedition.

This year we have had over 50 boys register for the award across the three levels. Between them they have completed hundreds of hours across a whole wealth of different activities and disciplines. This includes sports ranging from Rugby to Adventure Racing; services in the school and the wider community and a variety of skills including many musical instruments, driving and debating. In addition to this they have all completed at least two expeditions the shortest being 18km and the longest around 40km.

The Bronze group were lucky with the weather and had two excellent expeditions to Rangitoto and the Pinnacles in the Coromandel. Both tramps involved two days and one night with a distance of up to 20km. We were really spoilt on both trips as we were almost the only people staying on Rangitoto, with a huge campsite to spread across and we pretty much Oliver Lawrence on his tramp at The Pinnacles. had the almost luxurious (compared to the campsites) Pinnacles hut to ourselves.

The Silver group were a little unlucky with the weather and had to battle the elements a little with a practice expedition in the Waitakere Ranges and a long final expedition in the Hunua Ranges. The boys did exceptionally well to keep their morale high and complete the 40km trip with some great team work and support for each other. They really showed that they could overcome the challenges in front of them and pull on their group’s strengths to complete the expedition. We have a group working towards the skills, service and physical sections of the award. They hope to complete their expeditions over the summer.

Mr J Foden and Mr M Russell - TICs Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Award

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 121 WBHS 13A1 Auckland Champs football with their Coach Mr Dale.

Football has had another very busy and successful year in 2014. First XI. In July 2015 we will also see our Institute Footballers Twenty-Seven teams have regularly represented the School in compete in Australia against a host of talented teams as we embark competitive games that have taken us across Auckland, the whole of upon an A League football experience at the NSW Football Academy New Zealand and even as far away as England and Spain. in Sydney.

In many grades this year, we have been able to secure First or Looking further ahead in 2015, Westlake will see past and current Second place finishes in our respective leagues, which is no mean First XI players represent New Zealand in the U20 World Cup that feat given the amount of Football that takes place on both the North is hosted on our shores. This is a huge achievement for all involved Shore and in Auckland City. Our First XI team achieved a credible and will be great opportunity for Westlake players to showcase their ‘Second in New Zealand’ at the NZ Secondary Schools Tournament talent on home soil in a pinnacle FIFA event. in Napier this year and the 13A1 side were Auckland Champions in As a school, we would like to thank all of the Teachers, Coaches their respective league. and Parents who have given their time to supporting and organising Our Senior Social League has grown once again this year, with more training sessions and games. This is a significant aspect of our teams entered and the title changed hands this season from KFC to programme and our gratitude to these dedicated people is Two Goals FC. something we are exceptionally grateful for. Particular thanks must go to Mr Buckingham for running all of the administrative elements Regardless of the team that each student has played in this year, the of such a huge programme – a task he performs excellently, often values and principles that each player displays is the same, namely, without being seen. to represent the school with honesty, integrity and a genuine love of football. A Westlake Footballer this year has been someone who Westlake Football has had a great year and we hope that we can plays the game with pride, passion and loyalty, as well as enjoying continue to grow and develop further in the future as we unveil a new artificial pitch, create more avenues for overseas tours and produce playing with their friends and learning from their coaches. more players that can feature for the First XI, Professional Football The Football Institute has also gone from strength to strength this Teams, US Scholarship Colleges and even their respective countries. year and has benefitted from having excellent coaches working with Good luck to you all and thank you for all of your hard work. all of our players. We will continue to invest heavily in the Football Institute programme as we can see the impact it is having on our Mr A McBride – TIC Football

Adyn Kettle goes on another mazy dribble. Goalie Alex Cassidy. Leewaine Scott looks to make inroads into the opposition penalty area.

122 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT 1ST XI Side.

FIRST XI The team travelled to Napier for the Lotto Premier National Runners up Auckland Premier League Tournament, determined to end the season on a high. Napier boys Runners up Lotto Premier National Tournament (5-0) and Cashmere High School (3-0) were brushed aside as P 25 W 17 D 4 L 4 GF 74 GA 29 Westlake topped their qualifying group, resting key players in the Golden Boot: Sam Brotherton: (13 goals) final group game – a 2-3 loss to PHBHS. Quarter final opponents Greatest Contribution to Senior Football: Sam Brotherton Wellington College were overwhelmed 4-0 in a commanding Coach’s player of the year: Harrison Bolton-Roberts performance, which led to a semi-final against Hamilton Boys. In Most promising Senior Player: Sean Skeens a dramatic match Westlake took an early 2-0 lead with Crombie scoring a spectacular second goal. Hamilton pulled one back but The Westlake first XI, building on the progress of the previous two the team showed true Westlake spirit to defend their lead for the years, established itself as a force to be reckoned with in 2014. The remaining 50 minutes and progress to their first National final team can reflect on a season of high quality and dedicated Football and in ten years. As predicted they faced off against old foes Sacred it was only the finest of margins that denied them the silverware they Heart. Westlake were slow to start and soon found themselves deserved. 0-2 behind, talismanic Captain Sam Brotherton scored to put his The Premier League Campaign quickly developed into a two horse race team back in the game, which was delicately balanced at half time. between Westlake and Sacred Heart. An unbeaten Westlake led the Despite a valiant second half effort Westlake could not find the league at the half way mark after a gutsy ‘come from behind’ 2-1 home equalizer and conceded late in the game to go down 1-3. win over Sacred Heart. Other notable victories over MAGS (3-0) and In a season that contained many more highs than lows this AGS (4-2) were the highlights of the first round. A sluggish start to the team showed tremendous unity and spirit and an unswerving second round saw points drop to MAGS and Macleans College and this commitment to playing possession based, attacking football. was to cost the team the title as, despite an epic 2-2 draw at Sacred Captain, and golden boot winner with 13 goals, Sam Brotherton Heart, Westlake finished runners up to the East Auckland School. led from the front and set a school record with over 80 Westlake punctuated their fine league form with a long Knock Out appearances in first XI colours, a great achievement. Coach Mr Cup run that saw them beat (5-0) and TGS (3-0) McBride must take a bow for all his efforts in shaping and leading before dispatching AGS 7-2 in the quarter final. Unfortunately they this team, humbly assisted by Mr Berry and the idiosyncratic Mr were denied a final show down with Sacred Heart, after a disgraceful Buckingham. refereeing performance saw them bundled out on penalties in the semi- Mr A Berry – 1st XI Manager final by Macleans College.

Sam Brotheron looks to Moses Dyer with a left Sam beat his marker. footed strike at goal. Brotherton moves the ball quickly to evade a tackle.

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 123 Sachin Chhiba shave tackles an unaware Takapuna hockey Grammar defender whilst Thomas Taylor looks on.

It has been yet another superb year for Westlake Hockey. We have The season was an enjoyable one with a number of outstanding won numerous North Harbour titles and have shown great depth results including a 5-1 win over Rangitoto College 2nd XI to wrap with our hockey program, with both our junior and senior teams. up the grade title. Although Marco Lammers was deemed MVP

Three of our students made New Zealand representative teams, and James Wisniewski Most Improved, the team as a whole were congratulations go to Benji Edwards, Mitchell Ottow and Chad James fantastic all season. for being selected. A truly fantastic achievement, well done!! Mr Enefer has been incredibly proud and impressed with the The 2nd XI has had a very successful season. The season started off developing maturity of all the players in Westlake Green Team. a bit slow and they lost two of their first 6 games. It was great news Despite losing two players to higher graded teams, and playing with that there has been a change in the intercity competition and the 2nd a revolving goalkeeper, the team recorded an amazing score sheet. XI were allowed to go on and play in the 2nd tier of this competition. Winning both the 4th grade and progressing on to win the 3A grade They played against some of the very best schools in Auckland as well. Our Senior Red side also deserves special mention as they and each week was tough, as they generally came up against other were a solid team who were committed, supportive and striking. schools 1st teams. Denzel Williams and Matt Goodman did an They enjoyed their hockey season together and looked forward to outstanding job as Captain and Vice-Captain respectively. The team facing their opponents every week. The team kept things simple by worked hard in preparation for their games. They only narrowly lost never giving up and trying their best at all times. They came out 2nd one of their intercity games, which happened to be the semi-finals. in the 4A grade, narrowly missing out by one point. The score in this game was 1-1 at full time, 4-4 after strokes and we The Junior 1 Hockey team had another great season in the North lost 1-0 on sudden death strokes. We drew in 2 others. The team Harbour competition. They began the year in Grade 2 and after came out 3rd equal. Winning 4-0 against Pinehurst in the final, they then moved into The 2nd XI went on to play in the Galletly Cup 2nd XI National the North Harbour 1A competition. While in this grade they came Tournament. It was a great tournament and the team did really well up against some tough competition in the form of Long Bay and to bounce back from their earlier defeat against Palmerston North Mahurangi 1st XI and our WBHS 3rd XI. Boys. It was a really tough final as the boys had 3 goals disallowed and we were 1 – 0 down at half time. They did not drop their heads, The boys showed some great heart against these teams who were but kept on fighting and came through strong and went on to win. bigger, faster and stronger than them. They ended up finishing 4th Well done team!! A huge thank you also goes to Ms Belcher for in this competition which was a great result for the team. The Junior helping with the management of the team throughout the season.

Everything ran like clockwork under her watchful eye. NZ Rep Chad James fends off a tackle whilst looking for a pass. The 3rd XI boys had a challenging year. It took a bit of time for the team to find their rhythm but they finished off the season well, coming second in the 1A Grade. We would like to thank Reesan Naidoo and Dr Burnett who coached them this year.

The Westlake Boys’ 4th XI were the winners of the North Harbour 2A Grade, but the team were ultimately frustrated at missing out on promotion after a tough loss to Kristin’s 2nd XI on penalty strokes.

124 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT The 2nd XI Champions with their Coach Mr Jacobs and Manager Miss Belcher.

1 team then travelled down to Hamilton to compete for the Tanner 1ST XI REPORT Cup. They had a great start to the tournament beating Kings High It has been another successful year for the 1st XI Hockey Team. School and then losing to Lindisfarne in the pool matches. Some We started by accepting an invitation to Melbourne to compete great tenacity was shown during their quarter final win against in a pre-season International Tournament. The boys performed AGS. They went on to beat Christ’s College in the semi-finals and outstandingly well and managed to win the tournament. At the Lindisfarne in the final. A great season for the boys, showing a high start of Term Two we were back playing in the North Harbour level of ability and being rewarded with a national title. A huge thanks Competition, after playing the whole of 2013 in the Super City to Mr Glen and Husmit Uka for coaching the team this season. Competition. The team dominated the League and won the Final Junior 2 had a great start to the season coming in the top 3 of 9-2 over . The team then continued their strong Grade 3. This meant that Junior 2 was moved up to Grade 2 for the performances in the Intercity League, until coming up against Kings competition which is a huge achievement. Westlake has never had College where we unfortunately lost with the last hit of the game. a Junior 2 in Grade 2. The boys trained hard and gelled well as a Westlake then beat St Kentigerns in the Semi-Final, but lost again to team. However, they were playing senior 1st and 2nd XI teams which Kings in the Final. meant they had a tough season. They finished off 6th in grade 2A. A The following week we headed to Palmerston North to play for big thanks goes to Ms Kelsey and Lee McClymont for coaching and the National title - Rankin Cup. We again had a tough group but managing the team. managed wins over Christs College, Nelson and Palmerston North. The Junior 3 team had a very successful season. The team finished We then played Wellington College in the Quarter Finals and although top of grade 5 at the end of round 1, but narrowly missed out to end we dominated for most of the game only scored one goal. In the final 2nd in the end. And the Junior 4 Hockey players had a fun filled and 5 minutes we gave a penalty corner away and we ended up drawing fairly successful season under the guidance of Edward Jelley and the game. With no extra time we went to strokes and after 5 we were Jono King. The team won the majority of their games against more level and then lost of sudden death penalties. It was hard to recover senior sides. Considering the fact that some of the boys were playing after that but the boys picked themselves up and beat St Andrews Hockey for the first time, this was a great performance. I must thank the following day leaving a 5th/6th playoff against arch rivals Kings the parents for all their support and lollies at half-time. The team College, which was drawn. finished off 5th in the 5th grade. On a positive note, three of the team made the New Zealand U18 Mr K Jacobs – TIC Hockey squad – Chad James, Mitchell Ottow and Benjamin Edwards. Even better news is that two of these players are back next year!

The Westlakers Team and the 1st XI after their annual fixture. Thanks must go to the 7th Form boys who have put their heart and soul into the team for several years and also into Westlake Hockey for 5 years. Special thanks to Captain Olivier Stroomer and Vice- Captain Chad James for all their effort both on and off the field.

Finally, a big thank you to Master in Charge of Hockey Mr. Jacobs and Assistant Coach Garrick Frittelli for all their hard work and commitment to the success of the 1st XI team.

Mr S McCracken and Mr C Meredith - 1st XI Head Coaches

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 125 Golf

The Senior Golf team, led by Sam Reese, had a mixed season in This was indeed a great result for the North Harbour 2014. In the local North Harbour Competition they finished in Second Schools filling the top two spots in the Auckland individual place behind Massey High School. This meant in the crossover for Championships. In the North Harbour Schools Team the Greater Auckland Championship, they had to play the top ranked Championships Westlake finished in Third place 4 shots behind Auckland Grammar School. Played at the Grange Golf course AGS the winners. In the NZ U19 Championships Sam Reese finished proved too strong, winning by 16 shots with the 3 best scores to count. in 8th place just 7 shots behind the winner. Mr R Taylor – TIC Golf In the annual exchange with Hamilton Boys High School, Westlake bounced back with a 9 shot win again with the 3 best scores to count. Captain Sam Senior Team 2014 Reese led the way with a fine 78 in very challenging conditions. Sam Reese Captain Louis Pablo Sam then followed this up in the Auckland Secondary Schools Individual Stroke Play Championships firing an even par 72 at the Leo Hong Jesper Bengttson Manukau Golf Course. This placed Sam as Runner Up just one shot Ian Blount Robbie Blount behind the winner from Massey High School. Petanque Ray Cassim, Antoine Ellis and John Jiang waiting for their next game.

After practicing every Thursday after school, in the first weeks of Term One, the following boys were selected to represent our school in the 2014 Auckland Schools Triples Tournament, organised each year by the Alliance Française. The team were: James Mackessack, Jacob Siermans, Sam Sherriff, Antoine Ellis, John Jiang, Ray Cassim, Matt Robinson, Logan Rainey, Ben Streten , Campbell Jordan, Juancho Soriano and Michael Li.

We all had a beautiful day at the Herne Bay Pétanque Club on Friday 14th March. The boys competed against 37 teams, displaying strong skills of precision and strategy in this authentic French game, invented in 1907 in the south of France, and now played all around the world in local, regional and even international tournaments. All the boys arrived bright and early to practice before the tournament and had excellent energy throughout the day.

Among the schools represented were Rangitoto College, Takapuna Runners Up - Antoine Ellis, Juancho Soriano, Campbell Jordan, Ray Cassim, Michael Li and John Jiang. Grammar School, Northcote College and Saint Kentigern School but in an unprecedented situation for us, two Westlake Boys teams competed against each other in the semi-finals. After winning 5 games in a row, Antoine, John and Ray came 2nd, while Jacob, James and Sam made it to 4th place and we were also runner up in the fourth pool. It was excellent performance from all the teams leaving us with high expectations of bringing the cup back to our school in 2015. Well done boys!

Miss A Kerbellec – TIC Pétanque

126 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT The Westlake Lacrosse Team with their Coach Lacrosse Ben Gilmore and his assistant Stefan Vidal.

Following a successful year in 2013, the Lacrosse team began their A few weeks later, the team made their way across the bridge to take preparations for this year’s season early, training on Sundays and on Mt Albert Grammar School in an Auckland Regional Semi-Final. in the mornings before school right through winter. The 2014 team MAGS put up the best challenge Westlake had seen so far, but we was a mixture of experience and new talent, with all of the boys managed to hold on through some nail-biting minutes at the end to demonstrating plenty of enthusiasm for the sport and a desire to come away with another win. improve their skills. The Auckland Final was played against old foes and defending The team’s hard work paid off when the season finally started in champions . Michael Park had an intimidating list August. The Friday afternoon games were often played in a chilly of results – unbeaten with winning margins of twenty goals or more. southerly wind or a decent dousing of rain, but the boys powered Westlake put up a good fight, with some outstanding individual displays, through their early North Harbour pool games with impressive but unfortunately Michael Park were too strong on the day, winning the wins against and , to reach a North final 11-0. We were proud to have held their goal count lower than any Harbour Final against Rosmini College. other team and rookie goalkeeper Campbell Wang was accordingly The Rosmini match was played on their infamous second field, named man of the match for his great work in front of the net. well-known for its boggy mud. The unfamiliar terrain at first looked Overall it has been another great year for the Lacrosse team – North as though it might upset the unbeaten Westlake team, who found Harbour Champions and Auckland Runners-Up. The Team are ever themselves 4-1 down with a little over half of the match left to play. thankful to their coach, Ben Gilmore and his assistant, Old Boy Stefan However, some great play from Team Captain Jung Hyun Lee gave Vidal who gave up so much of their time throughout the season to help inspiration when it was needed and the boys made a spectacular the boys get these excellent results. Bring on 2015! comeback, winning the match 5-4 to take out the Jack Hutton Cup for the third year running. Miss N Marriott – TIC Lacrosse

Jung Hyun Lee Oliver Howard, James Mackessack and Campbell Wang. Timothy Zouch and Ben Partridge in and Ben Callister action against Rosmini College. working hard on attack against Orewa College.

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 127 Orienteering

The Orienteering Squad has had a successful run the last few years, and 2014 was no different, with Westlake dominating the Intermediate grade and many runners progressing past school level events.

The year started with victories, with Andrei Popovici and Ryan Williams placing first and second respectively in the intermediate grade at the Auckland Sprint Series and Liam Stone finishing a very respectable fifth in his first year of orienteering in the junior grade. Andrei proved to be Westlake’s champion runner throughout the year, continuing with a string of titles; winning the Auckland Individual Championship, North Island Championship, both in the Sprint and Long, as well as the New Zealand Championship Sprint. Competing with teammates Ryan The Westlake team that competed in the 2014 Auckland Secondary Williams and Luke Merceica, the Intermediate team also won both the Schools Rogaine Champs at Shakespere Regional Park. Auckland and North Island Relay Championships. Caleb Gemmell, Runner Up in the Matthew Abe taking part in the 2014 Sprint Senior Age Group. Series Competition. The senior team has also garnered some success, with Caleb Gemmell, Tristan Williams and Michael Lough making up the relay team that took out second place at the Auckland Relay Championship. The team closed the year on a high with Caleb Gemmell and Tristan Williams taking out third in the senior grade, and Andrei Popovici and Ryan Williams winning the intermediate grade at the Auckland Rogaine Championship.

Westlake has proven themselves to be one of, if not the, best Orienteering Schools in Auckland. Not only has the squad managed to gather a large collection of trophies, but many runners were also selected to represent Auckland at the Queens Birthday Regional Championship. 6 runners were chosen, the most out of any school in Auckland. Thomas Applegath, Luke Merceica, Ryan Williams, Andrei Popovici, Tristan Williams and Caleb Gemmell all helped Auckland win the title over the 3 event weekend. Andrei Popovici was also selected for the New Zealand Secondary Schools team where he represented the country in Perth, Australia.

Mr J Saville – TIC Orienteering

sailing Michael Stern and Blake Nicholson in 25kts.

The Premier Sailing Season began in late September with the team heading off to the Interdoms in Australia. The interdoms is an elite regatta for the top three teams from Australia and New Zealand. Despite missing a key skipper the team performed well and managed to earn Third place at the regatta. Beating two Australian teams and one New Zealand team, this placed them Third in Australasia.

In mid-December the boys travelled to Kerikeri to race the top teams from the North Island, including the current New Zealand Champions, Kerikeri High School. Here the team sailed brilliantly and were placed First going through the event unbeaten.

Before Nationals the team competed in two qualifying events, the Westlake Sailing Team training hard off Milford Beach. Auckland Regionals and the Upper North Island Regionals. Against the best teams in the Country they were placed second in both events, which meant they qualified for the Gold Fleet at Nationals.

Nationals 2014 was a difficult regatta with very little breeze for most of the days and with only a third of the scheduled races completed due to light winds, the boys found it difficult to build momentum. In the end they were unsuccessful in their goal to achieve a top three placing. An unfortunate end to a successful year however we look forward to another promising season next year.

Josh Handa

128 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT Senior Boys Race. Finn Mason 4th (right) and Road Running Troy Lonergan 5th (left) in the leading pack. AUCKLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS REGIONAL ROAD RUNNING CHAMPS Venue: Bruce Pulman Park, Papakura Date: 24th September 2014

A Strong Westlake team competed at the Auckland Regional Road Man competitions. Quality running were also put in by Joe Jackson Race Champs in very windy conditions this year. 11th, Sam Hagan 15th, Oliver Heal 19th, Max Rickards 20th and Euan Grigor 21st. Winning six National Titles over the last two years we It was a fantastic day out, with some great results as our current look forward in following the progress of this group of boys at the strength in all grades were demonstrated. Winning one Auckland Title upcoming National Road Race Champs in December. is a great achievement; winning five on the same day is impressive. The results represent a real achievement for all on the team, reflecting A day of strong performances assisted the Senior Team to become their determination and consistent hard work over the last few years. Auckland Champions. Standout performer Finn Mason led the senior boys with a fourth-place finish in the 6km race. Troy Lonergan was A very encouraging future of this race was the performance of our once again solid as a rock to finish 5th. Other dominant performances Junior Boys, as they competed over a 4km two lap course. The Junior include Josh Hansen 12th and Louis Abplanalp 13th. Noteworthy was Three and Six Person team were in a class of their own taking out Gold the performance of the two Intermediate runners in the Senior race. in both competitions. Stuart Hofmeyr ran extremely well and was Lawrence Gao 18th and Oliver Ray Chaudhuri 19th contributed well our best finisher in 3rd position over the flat course. Stuart was very helping Westlake take out the Auckland title. closely followed by Matt Conroy in 4th place. Another solid run also Joshua and Troy have served Westlake Distance Running with distinction from Aaron Capill 6th, who was followed by Ethan Rix in 8th place. over the last few years and must be applauded for their loyalty. Running well too, were Hunter Pethers-Boak 11th, Charl Ulrich 15th, Jack Winfield-Pitt 17th, Rhys Leong 22nd , Mitchell Carlyle 24th and Every team member deserves praise for tenacious effort and Blake Scanlen 38th. contribution to the overall result. We congratulate all boys on achieving their personal best through hard work and commitment and thank all In the Intermediate Boys 4km event our boys were up against some parents who have constantly encouraged and supported the boys. tough competition. Led by the dynamic duo of Tommy Shiferaw 5th and Joe Clark 7th the team placed first in the Three Man Team and Six Mr T Strydom – TIC Distance Running

Intermediate Race. Joe Clark 7th (left) and Joe Jackson 11th (right) Junior Boys Race. Charl Ulrich 14th and Jack Winfield-Pitt 17th. Junior Boys Race. Stuart Hofmeyr, 3rd running in the leading pack with Sam Hagan and Max Rickards following. with the leading group.

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 129 U16 Maadi Gold 2014. Hugo Verdonk, Matthew Barry, James rowing Brake, Mitchell Hazelhurst, Coxswain Ben Adkins.

After a previous season of great achievement for Westlake, there was After a brief break over Christmas, the boys were headed to the a very high benchmark for the rowers to beat. Crews were anxious infamous Epworth Camp. We had a long week of brutal, painstaking to test themselves against a very strong field in all age groups. training ahead of us, but we all knew it would be worth it: Epworth The Westlake rowers worked as a team and developed a highly is where Westlake rowers go from boys to athletes. Long morning competitive rowing ability. rows, fast afternoons of speed training and plenty of seat racing put the boys in great stead for future races. James Lassche, a New The crews started the pre-season with a bang. The U16’s U17’s and Zealand elite lightweight rower, visited us at camp to give an inspiring U18’s worked hard on the land four mornings a week with long rows on speech on what it takes to achieve greatness. The U18 squad also the weekend whilst the U15 novices learned all about the basic rowing had the pleasure of James jumping in their boat to offer some tips for technique from Mr Rea’s “Learn-to-row” program on the famous improving their movement. barge. When it came down to the first regattas, Westlake was going to be ready to take on the Auckland schools at Lake Pupuke. After Epworth come two of the three big regattas: Head of Harbour Auckland Championships and North Island Secondary Schools Throughout the early Pupuke Regattas the crews were getting their Championships. The boys had a great performance at Head of bearings and getting as much race experience as they could. This Harbour where the U15 Four received a silver in their race, the U15 was helped by the fact that each grade had competitive crews in the Eight got a bronze and the U16 Four and Quad won their races. The Division One races, in all events that we entered. These small regattas U18s received gold in the Lightweight Four and a painfully close at Pupuke do not count for much but are paramount for practice and silver in the coveted Senior Eight. Following this the North Island for getting the psychological edge over the competition. Championships presented further success for the Westlake rowers. Come summer we were down at Karapiro. Racing over two kilometers The U16 Quad received a silver medal, the U16 Four with a bronze was a true test of a crew’s fitness and technique and again Westlake medal, the U18 Lightweight Four achieved a gold medal and the U18 was showing strong in all categories, particularly the U16 coxed four, Eight had a great performance to bring home a silver. With a great U18 coxed four and U18 eight were all showing great promise. range of success at Head of Harbour and North Islands, the boys were keen to pack their bags and head to Twizel.

U18 Win Gold at North Island Championships. Ben Partridge, Gold medal winners in the Coxed 4 James Brake, Matthew Callum Blackburn, Oliver Howard, Dion Lee. Barry, Hugo Verdonk, Mitchell Hazelhurst , Ben Adkins (cox).

130 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT Winning Bronze at Maadi Cup Baxter Holgate-Simpson, Conrad Luka, Sam Jones, Jake Jones, Coxswain Kyle Rawlings

Jack Taylor, Conrad Luka, Baxter Holgate-Simpson, Jake Jones, Harry Collard, Kip Watson, Sam Jones, MAADI CUP Ben Jury (Coxswain Timothy Zouch) After many hours of travelling not to mention stories about the geography of the South Island, the boys made their way to the quaint little town of Twizel with a population of just over one thousand. However, during Maadi Cup week, thousands more people descend on this place to row and support. The vibe is electric. There are minivans of rowers everywhere and the town is alive with rowing on everyone’s mind. After making their mark at the annual Maadi Cup Parade, the boys were ready to race.

After four days of epic heats, repecharges and time trials, it was time for the Finals. The boys had A Grade finals with all of their main crews and everyone was itching for success. The highlights of the regatta were the U15 four getting a well-deserved bronze and the U16 four taking the title in an excruciatingly close finish.

Unfortunately, the senior squad fell incredibly ill and left the crew depleted meaning the Senior Eight and Lightweight Four, who were the defending champions and favourites to win, were not able to give their best performance. This was certainly a lesson in humility for the boys.

After many months of hard work and dedication, all the boys should be pleased with their efforts achieved things they never thought they would be able to do. This year’s season is a testament to the hard work, determination and grit of Westlake rowers; no matter how little we are compared to the rest in the field, we will never give up because we are Westlake and competition is second nature.

Ben Partridge – Rowing Captain 2013-2014

Callum Gilmour, Matthew Martin, Finn Pethers-Boak, Campell Teixeira. Oliver Howard, Ben Partridge, Dion Lee, Callum Blackburn (coxswain Timothy Zouch)

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 131 rugby The winning Westlake 1st XV with Captain Brett Bakkerus.

1ST XV RUGBY REPORT 2014 This year’s group were successful in winning the North Harbour 5th The team continued in their winning ways, including wins over Tauranga Grade title in 2011, under the coaching of Valie Bakkerus and there and New Plymouth to win the Quad trophy. A heart stopping victory at were hopes that this feat would again be achieved this year at 1st Rangitoto in blustery conditions almost brought the unbeaten run to an XV level. The squad started their fitness training in early February end. The last game of the regular season was away against Massey and and had an opportunity to play a curtain raiser to the Blue’s Super the team racked up a record victory 50 – 10 before winning the Semi- XV game at Eden Park. A squad of 26 players took on the highly Final against Orewa. By winning the Semi-Final the team had defended fancied St Peters College who would go on to have a very successful the Woodhouse Shield successfully in 5 Home Games and earned the season, eventually losing out to Auckland Grammar in the Semi- right to put their name on the shield again. Final. The team were competitive at times and showed promise but The Final was against Rosmini for the third year in a row, televised the outing was an indication of the work that still needed to be done. at QBE stadium. Shortly after half-time we lead 19 – 8 and looked Our pre-season was busier than usual this year. The team travelled to remain unbeaten in the last 7 North Harbour 1st XV finals, before to Christchurch to play in the Christchurch Boys High Easter Rosmini’s tactics paid off and in the 68th minute they kicked another Festival. It proved to be our most successful run at the Festival. penalty to lead 20 – 19. Then a remarkable passage of play, Westlake The team went unbeaten and in the process beat Christ’s College, held onto the ball for 25 phases during 5 minutes of nail-biting rugby, Rangiora and St Thomas. Unfortunately the game against the the referee then awarded Westlake a penalty after the final hooter had hosts was cancelled due to poor weather and the fields being sounded, Brett Bakkerus made the decision to tap and go rather than waterlogged. The team continued to train during the holidays and kicking for posts from the touchline. Another 5 phases of play ensued faced Mount Albert Grammar and St Paul’s Collegiate. We lost both and Izaak Scheib broke two tackles to score next to the posts and win these matches, another wake up call for the season ahead. the game for Westlake in dramatic fashion. Heart-breaking for Rosmini and their supporters, but absolute euphoria for Westlake. The team The team responded well. They did not lose another game and went could not pick themselves up to that level again for the Whangarei play- unbeaten for 16 games before losing to Auckland Grammar in the off but managed to win 19 – 15. Our final game was a loss to Auckland Final of the Blues Regional play-off. After a bye in the first round Grammar at Eden Park. We managed to hold them to a 21 -14 score they trounced Takapuna Grammar 47 – 0. Massey was their next line in the last 50 minutes of the game but the 26 points scored in the opponent at North Harbour in a televised game at QBE Stadium. second 10 minutes of the game was enough for the score to blow out. The rain set in shortly after the start of the game and the first half was a real battle, with the score locked at 3- 3. A brilliant second Coaches Valie Bakkerus and Blair Urlich need to be thanked and half, including 4 tries and the team had a near record score against congratulated for the time and effort they put into moulding one of Massey 32 – 3. The next weekend the team had to travel to Orewa Westlake’s more successful teams in recent years. The team went in a Woodhouse Shield Challenge. The team scored 11 tries in a unbeaten for 16 games, retained the Takapuna Cup, won the Quad 65 – 9 win to regain the shield, that had been lost to Massey last trophy, won and retained the Woodhouse Shield and won the North year. In our first home game of the season we were firm favourites Harbour title. Thanks also goes to Richard Barlow as physio of the team, to beat perennial rivals Rosmini College. Rosmini defended with Hugh McGahan for his support as Director of Rugby and everyone else all their might and Westlake crossed the line no fewer than 3 times who supported the team this year. We acknowledge our sponsors Gavin and dropped the ball. Eventually the game ended in a draw, despite Roberts from Prestige Realty, Physio Action and SAS clothing. Bradley Leuila’s final minute try being unsighted and called held up Mr S Young – 1st XV Manager by the referee.

132 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT Sebastion Filo on the charge against Glenfield. Jason Churches in aggressive form running against Glenfield College.

Westlake flanker Izaak Scheib bursts through the Rosmini defenders to score the winning try. Leon Thambiran on his way to assist Garrick Rollinson in a tackle.

2014 SEASON RUGBY REPORT The 2014 Rugby season has again been a successful one winning all and we look forward to his progress as a career beckons in Rugby. five finals it competed in. Other representative players this season were:

The 1st XV, 2nd XV and 3rd XV won their respective grades and in Blues 18’s: Willy Lea’ae Toa, Jacques Pretorius and Jake Antonio- doing so, Westlake Boys has become the first school to win all three Rooney. Brendan Bond and Levi McBirney were not considered due to Senior Grades in the same year. An extremely high achievement for all injury at the time. the coaches involved. Congratulations to Mr Valie Bakkerus, Mr Blair Harbour 18’s: Ammon Moller, Bradley Leuila, Brendan Bond, Brett Urlich (1stXV), Mr Emslie, Mr Brown (2nd XV) and Mr James (3rd XV) Bakkerus, Danyon Morgan-Puterangi, Harry Calverley, Jake Antonio- in claiming their respective titles. Rooney, Levi McBirney, Willy Lea’ae Toa, Izaak Scheib and Luke Dewar. Our 5A team dominated its grade again with comprehensive wins Harbour 16’s: Sam Babb, Casey Forsyth, Jack Fuller, Jacob Katipa, throughout the season. Coaches Mr Taylor and Mr Aaron Katipa were Arno Mouton and Leon Thambarin. relentless in the drive to keep the boys’ minds focused, only on the next game. Congratulations to both the coaches and players on a Harbour 14’s: Jackson Tu’inukuafe, Cale Tu’inukuafe, Connor O’Leary highly successful season, which included runner up in the prestigious Lodge, Jackson Ephriams and Tom Hemmington. Hurricanes U15 tournament and defending their North Harbour U15 Congratulations to all boys selected and it was evident that the boys Sevens title this season. Keep an eye on a couple of these boys Westlake Boys were strong characters and leaders in all teams they as they will be making an impact soon at top level rugby. represented; well done.

The 6A Team also won their Final with a standout performance against Despite success in playing terms it is hoped we can secure increased a red-hot Rosmini team. Their second half effort into a blustering numbers playing rugby in 2015. Our development plan is to increase wind was a lesson on how to play to the conditions and frustrate the the skill base of each and every. We also seek the assistance of opposition into mistakes. Coach Mr Barry had these boys peaking at parents for both coaching and managing of teams and if you think the right time and his efforts throughout the season forecast success you can help in any way, please contact me at school on hmcgahan@ for this team. westlake.school.nz .

All A Grade teams contested in finals football this year, but it was Finally, the Rugby Fraternity at Westlake cannot let the opportunity unfortunate both 4A and 7A lost their respective semi-final after pass by without a special mention to Mr Young who stands down as having such good seasons. TIC of Rugby and 1st XV Manager, a role he has coveted since 2004. Thanks to all Coaches and Managers this season as your efforts are Mr Young has been tireless in his role as Manager and we know a team not underestimated and the school appreciates your time and effort. is ineffective without good management. He epitomises the words The same can be said of Ms Simpson who does an outstanding job in efficient, meticulous and leader; everyone who has had anything to administering the rugby programme internally and liaison with North do with him in the past 11 seasons would have experienced his control Harbour Rugby Union. She is an efficient and effective person in this over his teams, without noticing the work being done. Thank you for all role and I thank her greatly for what she has done this year. of your efforts. Westlake Boys have secured its success over this time, because of your influence. Representative Honours were earned by a number of boys this year highlighted by the selection of Brendan Bond in the NZ Schools Mr H McGahan - Director of Rugby Barbarian Team. Brendan has had an outstanding year again in 2014

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 133 Rugby League Jake Rooney on the burst.

The 2014 season for Westlake Boys Premier League side saw some to Tokoroa and Aorere but then nearly caused the upset of the significant changes, only two of the 2013 squad remained and a new tournament narrowly losing to St Pauls 22-18. The boys thrashed coaching team of Dan Hurley and Annabelle Hohepa were brought Western Springs but narrowly lost to Mt Albert Grammar to finish on board. The season always promised to be a rebuilding stage for 10th in New Zealand. the team, with several young players being introduced and for other boys who had come from non-rugby league backgrounds. The first U85KG RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM game of the season was against New Zealand and eventual CRL This year Westlake entered an U85Kg side in the North Harbour Champions Kelston Boys High School. Westlake went down 30-10 Rugby League Competition. The boys started the short five week and it was evident immediately the difficult task that the team would competition with a 40-4 victory over Hato Petera and then won a be up against. Comprehensive wins over Massey, Henderson and crunch local rival game 20-12 over Northcote College. The boys then the Seventh Day Adventists saw the confidence grow in the team, had to play Orewa College in the Semi-Final and narrowly defeated unfortunately a loss to Western Springs High School saw the team Orewa 25-18. The Grand Final of the competition would see Westlake finish third in their pool and meant that they would be in the Cup Boys come up against the also previously undefeated Rangitoto Pool in the CRL. Good wins over Papakura and Henderson were College, with the game being played at Rangitoto College. Westlake highlights in the Cup round and the team only just lost to Aorere and dominated throughout and ran out 20-8 winners. The victory was eventual Champions Southern Cross. Back to back narrow loses saw especially pleasing as it was Willy Lea’ae Toa’s final game for the the team finish 10th overall in the CRL Competition. One of the real school after proudly representing the school for the last three years. highlights of the season was at the CRL Prize Giving Breakfast, in Coaches Mr Nola and Jamie Williamson reunited and the future looks which Nafe Helu was named in the CRL Team of the Year. The team bright indeed for Rugby League at Westlake. then attended the NZRL Secondary Schools Nationals Tournament Mr H Nola – TIC Rugby League for its second year in a row. The team struggled initially going down

The Premier League team coming down to the number one field. The U85kg North Harbour Champions for 2014.

134 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT skiing

The Westlake Boys High School Ski Team once again brought their talents to Turoa Skifield on Mount Ruapehu to compete in the North Island National Ski Competition. 115 teams from around the North Island took to the slopes in a three day Skiing event. Westlake combined an ideal mix of veteran talent and youthful flair, with Josh Reilly captaining the squad for the second year in a row, and Bailey Dawson competing as the team’s lone Year 9 skier.

Weather conditions were not perfect. On the first day of the competition, the boys managed just a few practice runs before competing in the Slalom. Near whiteout conditions meant limited visibility on the course, and racers could only see two gates ahead of them. This made it difficult to plan a course route in advance, or judge the quality of the snow below them. Despite the difficulties presented, all boys managed to complete the course, registering competitive times. Our fastest skier, Josh Reilly, recorded the sixth fastest time on the Senior boy’s course.

Poor weather conditions again on the second day of the competition saw the cancellation of the slope style event. This was bitterly disappointing for Oliver Kelsey, who had put in a large amount of training in the offseason to transform himself into one of the competition favourites. Hopefully 2015 will present him with clear skies and the chance of the podium placement he deserves.

The final point tally saw the team placed 17th in the North Island. Thank you to Assistant Coach Mr Cowell for all your help on the slopes and to Teacher in Charge Miss Lecourt for all the hard work that went into preparing the team for the competition. James Wisniewski, Ryan Dawson, Bailey Dawson, Oliver Kelsey, Josh Reilly and William Burt. Mr K Jorgensen – Ski Team Coach Snowboarding Adam Price (left) came 3rd place in the Slalom.

On the 21st of September the Westlake snowboarding team left Auckland for the annual North Island secondary schools snowboarding competition. Forecasts for the 21st were disheartening and Mother Nature decided to bless us with a slightly overcast day. The mountain was open and that was all that mattered. This was a free day as competition was not due to start until the 22nd and Sam Readman took the opportunity to throw his first backflip.

The next day the mountain was closed. However, the team took the opportunity to ‘borrow’ a rail from the community Skate Park and drive up the mountain until the gates would no longer allow us to pass. From there we hiked until we found a spot where we setup a rail jam. Dan Lutterman rode away from a front-side nose-slide 270 out and Hamish Sellar managed to do some great blunts which the whole team was impressed by. Nick Burt (Year 9) also impressed by hitting a street entry rail for the first time. Sam Readman competing in the Boarder X. Casey Sturrock Slope Style.

The 23rd was the first day of competing in the Slalom and Slopestyle events. Hamish and Dan both landed solid first runs qualifying them for finals. However, the standout performance of the day was Adam Price who came 3rd in Slalom. This is even more impressive as he did this on a rental snowboard he had been riding for only that day.

The 24th was our last day and the weather was great. It played host to the last competitive event; Boarder X. Dan Lutterman advanced through many rounds just missing out on making in the semi finals while Sam Readman progressed through 4 rounds. At prizegiving Westlake Boys was awarded 3rd place overall team, which was the icing on the cake to an absolutely awesome trip. A big thankyou to Mrs Peak and Mr Smale for managing the team and making it such a great team to be a part of.

Glen Jeffrey SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 135 squash

August 2014 saw the team travelling to Nelson for the 30th NZSSS out and with more determination he won the match. This first win set championships with the same 3rd seeding as in 2013, and hoping to us up to gain 3rd place in the tournament. emulate or better that year’s result which led to a 2nd placing overall. The team had a successful tournament overall and individual Dunstan and Hamilton Boys proved to be no challenge and we successes were Matthew Lucente being selected for the Junior found ourselves in a semi against the 2nd seeds Christchurch Boys NZSSS team to travel to Australia and Rafa Yam being selected as High School. Winning this encounter would have meant 2nd place non-travelling reserve for the Senior team. More success through guaranteed and the possibility of upsetting the powerful Tauranga the year was the team winning the Auckland Secondary School’s Boys team but, although all the games were close, we lost 1-4. tournament and the Auckland championship. The team members all The last day of the tournament saw us playing Palmerston Boys High return next year and a repeat of the committed approach employed for 3rd and 4th. The first match involved Stuart Martin against an this year should see further individual advancement along with team opponent who was nearly 500 points behind him on the grading list. success. That is light years distance in squash grading terms and it should Special mention must be made of the many hours and expert have been a walk in the park for Stuart. His opponent however coaching that parent Manu Yam provided. Without this assistance, thought different and he had the best of the opening exchanges. the achievements would have been at a lower level. Suddenly, Stu was staring down the barrel at an embarrassing Mr M Calver – TIC Squash defeat. But to the rescue came the Westlake girls. Their cheers and exhortations had a galvanising effect which saw Stu puff his chest

Premier player Rafa Yam. At Nationals David Matthews, Matthew Lucente, Soo Myoung David Matthews to serve. Jang, Gabe Yam, Jien Lim, Rafa Yam and Stuart Martin.

surfing

2014 has been a strong year for Westlake surfing, with boys taking As a consequence of these results Leo was selected for the Auckland great interest in competing for the School. At the Auckland Regional Scholastics Team to travel down to Taranaki in the October holidays. Scholastics Tri-Series, which was completed in Auckland West Well done Leo. Coast surf the boys did very well. A summary of our scholastics The surf conditions for our annual trip down to Raglan to compete in placings are below: the New Zealand Schools Surfing Championships were the best we have had since we have been attending and some great surfing was Lochie Mansfield 3rd in Event 1 demonstrated by all. However, the high level of competition evidently Shaun Bowyer 6th and 4th in Events 1 & 3. meant our team was unable to progress beyond the second round of the competition. Overall it was a great effort by all the boys and we are Leo Copley 1st in Event 2. very grateful to Mark Scheib who accompanied the team. Joseph Wales-Earl 2nd in Event 2. Many thanks to all the boys for their involvement and to parents for Ollie Charlesworth 4th, 6th, 5th in Event 1, 2 & 3. their continued support.

Kade Scheib 5th and 4th in Event 2 & 3. Mr N Bithell – TIC Surfing

Ollie Charlesworth heading down the line. A stoked Izaak Scheib. Joseph Wales-Earl poised in the lip.

136 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT swimming Swimming House Swimming Sports.

We have had another successful year for Westlake swimming, with students Record breaking 15 and under Relay Team. needing to compete for places to be in the swim team at College Sport level .With the many talented swimmers available we are hoping we will be able to field larger teams as the rules of entry are reviewed and amended for future events. Westlake competed well in all the College sport team and individual events with our swimmers showcasing their talents and representing the school with pride at the same time.

The inter house swimming competition continues to be a huge success with swimmers from all ability levels swimming to gain points for their houses. This year a number of long standing school records were broken setting the tone for the big event in September. Matthew Lough competes for Smale House. The highlight this year has to be the NZ secondary Schools Swimming Champs. A team of 14 competed in Wellington against 62 boys’ schools and after a gruelling 3 days of competition finished a respectable 3rd in New Zealand. The boys were fantastic and a credit to Westlake. We broke 4 meet records, won 17 medals and all swimmers swam personal best times in at least one of their races. Joshua Lee’s 400m freestyle final was an unbelievable race – he started the race ranked 10th and swam an 8 second personal best time to finish 3rd overall. Jason Churches had an outstanding time; 3 individual meet records and 1 relay meet record. JaeYun Lim, Oliver Wu, Scott Fairbairn and Joshua Lee (year 9) all medalled (and broke the relay record) and Scott took out the 50m Breast Skins event, a huge accomplishment as he had to swim 4 races every 2 minutes; very exciting. Gary Francis (newly appointed Para Olympic NZ coach) assisted Jason Churches receiving one of 3 individual Gold Medals. tremendously throughout the championship coaching and guiding the boys with each swim, thanks for that valuable input!

Six swimmers spent the rest of the week competing in NZ short Course Champs and again some great results were achieved. Three swimmers medalled in a number of individual events: Jason Churches (gold and silvers in 200m, 50m and 100m backstroke), Scott Fairbairn (silver and bronze in 100m and 50m breaststroke and bronze in 100m fly) and Oliver Wu (bronze in 100m Individual Medley). Jae Yun Lim, Scott and Jason represented the Auckland region in the 400m relay events all swimming for gold.

Thanks to all the parents and support teams who assisted me this year, we Oliver Wu in the pool for Ururoto House. could not have achieved these successes without you. I wish all our Year 13’s well, thanks for your participation in events over the years, especially in our relay teams. Sam Love, our departing captain for 2014, I have enjoyed working with you - our next captain has big shoes to fill!

Mrs T Houzet – TIC Swimming

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 137 Tabletable Tennis tennis Roger Wang with the serve.

Table Tennis has been a popular and very competitive sport for a St Kentigern College and International College. This time we reversed long time now at Westlake Boys High School. We had another record the “tables” on Auckland Grammar, thrashing them 5-2 in the finals. number of players this year – 230 and still growing. Our Goal for this Two down with the Nationals to come.

year was to win every one of the 3 main tournaments for the best NZ National School Table Tennis Championships 2014 season on record. We went into the Tournament as favourites and never looked like losing our title. Our Premier Team convincingly beat all our rivals in the Premier A Team for 2014: Premier B Team for 2014: lead up to the Finals. This left Auckland Grammar as the only obstacle between us and a third successive National Title. As hoped we out- • Victor Pollett (Captain) • Logan Xu played Grammar 5 games to 2 and completed our goal for the season. • Victor Ma • Andrew Mei Our best season to date.

• Roger Wang • Chris Jeong To show our depth in the sport our Second Team played their hearts out finishing an incredible 7th in NZ. • Wilfred Lan • Nicholas Lin International Success We congratulate both Victor Ma and Victor Pollett who represented North Harbour Championships 2014 New Zealand this year; we are awaiting news from Victor Ma’s current We were convincing winners again for the 12th successive year. One Table Tennis Tour to Singapore – the World Juniors. Roll on 2015! down in our quest Mr M Lee – TIC Table Tennis Auckland Secondary Schools Championships 2014 This is always a great rivalry between WBHS, AGS, Macleans College,

Team Champions Victor Pollett, Wilfred Lan, Victor Ma represented NZ at the World Juniors. Victor Pollett in his match against Macleans College. Roger Wang, Roger Ma.

138 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT rugby SEVENS

The Westlake U15 travelled to sunny Mount Maunganui to take on the top U15 Rugby 7 sides in March during NZSS Summer Sports Tournament Week.

On Day One they played 5 games for 5 wins. A great day. Top try scorer with 10 tries was Jack Fuller, while Lotu Inisi 4 and Casey Smith and Ariki Hood Lotu Inisi had a good year in 7's. Katipu with 3 also made major contributions. A great team effort from all concerned, especially on defence.

Overall this was a top effort by the team and Coach Mr Aaran Katipa. He ensured each of the 12 in the squad contributed. They played a well- structured game that nearly took them into a final. Jack Fuller again top try scorer with 11 tries followed by Lotu Inisi with 6. Lotu Inisi was also selected in the Tournament team.

The Westlake U15 team swept away all those before them again on Saturday Mr Taylor speaks to the Year 9 Team at Regionals. October 18 at the North Harbour Stadium in the North Harbour 7’s Regional Tournament.

They were unbeaten in pool play and defeated Massey in the Semi-Final, then demolished Rosmini 42 – 0 in the Final. Westlake will now play in the Condor 7’s Tournament on Friday Nov 28 where all the top schools in New Zealand will compete. The Third Form Team also competed and won the Plate Final defeating 17 - nil. They were captained by Jarrod Ferguson who did a grand job leading by example all day. He was ably supported by Spencer McDowell and Sione Fonua. Jack Fuller scoring for the U15 A team who swept all before them at the Nth Harbour 7’s Tournament. Mr R Taylor – Director of Sport ultimate frisbee

This has been a fantastic year for our teams. It started off with the senior members were great at giving advice and guidance to the North/West Zone outdoor competition where we entered 6 teams. younger players. We also had three team members: Billy Armstrong, Playing at Hato Petera every Wednesday afternoon in Term One was Alex Cassidy, and Harry Crean head to Italy for the Under 19 world great fun for the boys, and our 1st team took home the cup for first championships where they had a great time competing against place, and our other teams all played well. We also had the inaugural players from all around the world. New Zealand Secondary Schools tournament in Taupo. We had a Term three saw the indoor league where we had two teams entered, great run, undefeated until the finals where we were beating Auckland and Westlake 1 narrowly lost out in the Semi Finals against Auckland Grammar until the extra time buzzer sounded and they narrowly Grammar, but the tournament was enjoyed by all. beat us. The boys hoped to turn this round at the Auckland one-day tournament and again we were undefeated until the finals against Next year we lose all our current national representatives from the Auckland Grammar where we again lost in the final points. team, but we have a good crew of up-and-coming players who, while they have big shoes to fill, will do well. Term two brought on the indoor mixed league where we teamed up with girls from Baradene College and Westlake Girls. The teams all Mr J Wills - TIC Ultimate Frisbee had fun playing every Tuesday night at Auckland Grammar and the

Harry Crean, deep in concentration. Just out of reach for Earl Corcega. The team at the Nationals with Auckland Grammar

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 139 Intermediate A2 Team. Dylan Neville, Jake Thompson, Nick tennis Jarrold, Bailey Sutton, Connor Skeens and Kaden Sutton.

GENERAL TENNIS REPORT FOR 2014 PREMIER TENNIS REPORT 2014 Tennis at Westlake Boys High School continues to be a popular TEAM: Summer Sport. This was evidenced by the 17 teams enthusiastically Matej Minic No1, Ben Holmes No2, Yanni Wetzell No3, Ethan competing in the ASSATA and North Shore League Competitions McCafferty No4, Elliot Le Petit No5, Danyon Morgan-Puterangi, Luka that are held in Terms One and Four. All boys who participated Cirilovic No6. represented the school with pride and played with focus and determination. RESULTS: Second in the Auckland Champions Senior A1 Boys ASSATA LEAGUE All teams representing the School competed in Saturday Morning AUCKLAND PREMIER COMPETITION: matches at venues across Auckland. Matches across all grades were We started the Competition with an easy victory against Rosmini characterised by good sportsmanship and the desire to win. Stand College and the team started off as expected, which gave us hope out teams were Mr Kennard’s Intermediate A2 Grade Team and Mr of a good year. However, we were bought back to reality when King’s Junior Team, who came second in their respective leagues. Auckland Grammar came to visit. This was expected as Yanni had Both the Senior A1 and Intermediate A2 Teams made it through to injured himself at Basketball and was out for several weeks, making the play- off rounds with Senior A1 finishing third and Intermediate it difficult for the other team members to step up. An easy victory A2 second in the Auckland region. against Kings College and a narrow loss at Sacred Heart meant we had to win well against Mt Albert to ensure finishing third and a place NORTH SHORE LEAGUE in the Semi-Finals against Sacred Heart. These matches were played midweek in Terms One and Four at various venues on the North Shore, with ten Westlake Boys High Having achieved this, we qualified for the semi-final at Sacred Heart School Teams enthusiastically competing against other schools. College. The team easily defeated Sacred Heart 7 – 2, which again Westlake acquitted themselves exceptionally well with the A Grade qualified us for the Final against Auckland Grammar at Scarbro Team leading their grade for the first term. The convenience of Tennis Centre. This time we were more confident as our team was playing during mid-week has proven to be popular, resulting in team back at full strength. numbers increasing from 2013. We started badly by losing all the Doubles in close matches and we unfortunately could not recover. The matches were all very close but WBHS MANAGERS in the end went Auckland Grammar’s way leaving us Second in the Grateful thanks to Mr Weal, Mr Van den Heuvel, Mr Naranji, Mr Auckland Champions. Vinnicombe, Mr Russell, Mr Solomans, Mr Smale, Mr Jorgensen, Miss Nolan, Miss Harland, Mr King, Mrs Burton-Brown, Mrs Gouws, Mrs CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS SENIOR: Pevreal and Miss Yoon for supervising and managing teams this year. We had Matej and Ben representing us. Ben made it to the Quarter- Mr N Kennard – TIC Tennis Finals in the Singles and Matej made it into the Semi-Finals. They were both knocked out in the Semi-Finals in the Doubles.

Bailey Sutton plays for Intermediate A2. NATIONAL QUALIFYING: We were unfortunate to miss out on selection for Nationals this year. We had to play Saint Kenigern College in the qualifier with Yanni injured. Ben Holmes played well, but this being the only victory.

TRADITIONAL FIXTURES: We travelled to Christchurch Boys High School without our full strength side and lost 13 - 9. Tauranga Boys visited us and we had an easy victory 15 – 7.

Overall it was another enjoyable season and the team thanks all the parents for their support.

Mr T Weal – Premier Tennis Coach 140 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT Touch Rugby Zae Wallace gains some territory over Orewa College.

The first half of the Westlake Senior touch season started with the North Harbour Touch Competition in Term One. The premier team looked to dominate, however Rosmini College finally entered a competitive team and in their first game the Premiers had to score a final minute touchdown to secure the victory 4-3. Meanwhile the development team ended up third in the competition, their best performances were frustrating Rosmini in two close defeats. In mid-March Westlake hosted Tauranga Boys and though they claimed 3 comfortable victories, it helped the team prepare to face Rosmini again at the Harbour competition, playing their 5th game in two days to win 4-3.

After securing another North Harbour title the team moved on to the National qualifying tournament. Their first game against Whangarei Boys was difficult but they eventually came out on top with a 5-1 victory. Their second game, against Rodney, was far more convincing; 13-0. Their third game, against Massey, was closer than it should have been; a fatigued 5-3 win. Kelston Boys were next and they had a point to prove after last year’s 12-5 demolition and they did just that going out to a 3-1 lead at half time. Westlake did well to come back in the second half, but ran out of time and lost 5-4. So to secure a spot at Nationals the Premier team had to beat Rosmini again. In another intense local derby, Westlake Boys scored 3 unanswered touchdowns in the second half to dash Rosmini’s chances of qualification winning 3-1.

Credit must be given to Captain Danyon Morgan-Puterangi for his leadership and pulling together a very new team after the exodus of so many year 13s last year. He was well supported by Tupe Haku and they allowed the up and coming Zae Wallace to shine. We look forward to the second half of the season when the team prepares for Nationals and will welcome the return of experienced players such as Foley Lio, Tyler Smith and Moses Leo from injury. Special thanks must be given to Mrs Labuschagne for all the efforts into managing the team this year.

Mr J McIntyre – TIC Touch Rugby Captain Danyon Morgan-Puterangi leading by example.

Garrick Rollinson with the try. Tupe Haku on the charge.

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 141 Dan Hoy competing at track and field Auckland Champs.

NORTH HARBOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS Venue: Millennium Stadium Date: 6th March 2014

Westlake Boys High School led by their captain Hamish Gill had gold in the penultimate event, a closely contested 4 x 100m along an outstanding Track and Field season with multiple records and with Garrick Rollinson, Hamish Sellar and Ben Callister. personal bests achieved across events both on the track and field. Isaac Letoa had an outstanding day in the Intermediate boys section The North Harbour Track and Field Championships, which were securing victory in both the Long Jump (5.62m) and High Jump held at Millennium Stadium on a beautiful summer’s day, attracted (1.75m). Two outstanding performances from a young man who record entrants by many schools. These Championships were the represents the school in several sporting events. qualification vehicle for the Auckland Regional and the North Island Bradley Hall who encapsulates the ethos that hard work equals Championships. results, secured a gold in the 3000m (9:35.50) and a silver in the The Westlake team enjoyed a productive day with numerous 1500m (4:27.65). personal bests from a young team who were full of passion and drive Finally, Matt Conroy in his first year at school has shown he will be a to represent their school. In total they achieved 15 gold, 13 silver and force to contend with in the coming years, securing gold in the Junior 15 bronze medals, which was an outstanding medal haul. boys 800m (2:18.05) and 4x100m relay and silver in the 300m There were numerous outstanding performances, but special (40.99). mention goes to our multiple gold medal winners of Troy Lonergan, Other Gold’s came from Levi McBirney and Yanni Wetzell (High Jake Hurley, Isaac Letoa, Bradley Hall and Matt Conroy. Jump), Dan Hoy (1500m), Sean Vete (Shot Put) and the Junior boys Troy Lonergan, who is in his final year at Westlake Boys High School, 4 x100m relay with Kainoa Moller, Luke Mihaljevich, Adam Weiner dominated the middle distance events securing gold in the 800 and Matt Conroy. metres (2:04.60), 1500 metres (4:10.82) and the 3000 metres Added to these outstanding performances were the other 13 silver, 9:13.18. This is a fabulous end to a school career for a hardworking 15 bronze medals and a host of personal bests achieved by a team and talented runner. who were simply “on fire”. These fine young men represented Jake Hurley is also in his final year and achieved his best results ever Westlake Boys High School in a spirit, which made their parents and achieving gold in the Long Jump (5.99m), 100m (11.32) and winning staff very proud.

Dan Hoy (1st ) leading in the Intermediate 1500m race. Bradley Hall (2nd) Max Rickards (4th) Joe Clark (3rd ) Dan Hoy (1st) Intermediate Boys 1500m.

142 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT Stuart Hofmeyr (2nd) in the Junior Boys 1500m.

AUCKLAND REGIONAL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Venue: Mt Smart, Auckland Date: 20th March 2014

The Auckland Regional Championships were held at Mt Smart all Westlake Boys students, parents and teachers screaming and Stadium on 20th March with our students providing the bulk of willing the boys across the line. A fantastic Championship event for athletes representing the North Harbour team. Despite the step up our boys. in competition our students achieved some excellent results. A special mention must go to Anthony Nobilo who achieved a silver Outstanding performances came from Dan Hoy who secured gold medal in the Intermediate Boys Hammer at the recent North Island in both the 1500m (4:07.55) and 3000m (8:51.09) for Intermediate Championships in Masterton. Boys, Hamish Gill received gold in the Long Jump (6.94m) Senior Finally, our Captain Hamish Gill competed in the Australian Junior Boys, Brandon James with gold in Discus (45.04m) Intermediate Track and Field Championships in March this year and achieved a Boys, Anthony Nobilo got a gold in the Hammer (51.54) Open Event new National New Zealand Long Jump record of 7.25m. The original and Matt Conroy with a gold in the 800m (2:09.42) Junior Boys. record was set by the legendary Dave Norris in 1956 (7.07m). Adding to the six impressive Championship titles were other Hamish Gill has an outstanding future ahead of him and we look memorable performances from James Moors achieving silver in the forward to celebrating his future successes. High Jump (1.60m) Junior Boys, Troy Lonergan silver in the 800m Lastly a big thank you to Miss Booth and Mr Strydom who have (2:02.18) and bronze in the 1500m (4:06.32) Senior Boys, Hamish helped with the organisation and running of the team with limitless Gill silver in 200m (22.05) Senior Boys, Bradley Hall bronze in the enthusiasm in a role which requires a huge amount of personal time 3000m (9:26.03) Intermediate Boys and Jake Hurley bronze in the and commitment. 100m (11.05). Finally, the Senior Boys 4 x100m relay where Jake Hurley, Garrick Rollinson, Hamish Sellar and Hamish Gill narrowly Mr M Butler - TIC Track and Field missed gold by three thousandths of a second in an event which had

Hamish Gill received gold in the Long Jump (6.94m) Corban Wedlock-Aston (3rd) Junior Boys Long Jump. Troy Lonergan (1st) and Finn Mason (3rd) in the 1500m Senior Boys.

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 143 volleyball Greg Vukets goes up for the ball.

VOLLEYBALL BEACH VOLLEYBALL In March this year the Senior Volleyball Nationals were held in In February Mount Maunganui was host to the 2014 National Palmerston North. Secondary Schools Beach Tournament. With 143 teams and 30 courts, this was the largest schools beach tournament in history. We lost our first pool game with a close 3-2 loss to the South Island Champions Tikipunga High School. We followed this with a 3-0 loss to Following the 2013 North Islands Beach Volleyball gold medal Otumoetai College, who were eventual finalists. Our final pool game success Greg Vukets and Greg Nimmo continued with their involved a 3-1 win against Aranui High School placing us third in our pool. fine form. With solid wins in their pool games they easily came through to the quarter finals against a strong Tauranga team From here we entered Division two. Unfortunately all but 2 of our team and won 2-0. The semi-finals were a close fought contest came down with a sickness bug, which meant it was hard to find 6 people between arch rivals Orewa College. With strong blocking from to play the following games. Our first game was a 3-1 loss to Bayfield Greg Nimmo and consistent serving by Greg Vukets they made High School followed by another close 3-2 loss to , the finals with yet another 2-0 victory. With intense heat on the eventual Division 2 finalists. Westlake came back to close a 3-0 centre court the boys faced the top Tauranga Boys team in the victory against Timaru Boys. Unfortunately the scores were so close Finals. Greg Vukets displayed some excellent defensive work that the positions in that pool were decided on sets ‘for and against’ and and Greg Nimmo attacked with confidence to hold the first set. Timaru then went on to be placed top of the pool. The second set, first to 21, was close with the boys leading at Following this game, although the boys were still sick, we managed a 20 points to 14. Tauranga began to climb back with strong 3-2 loss against Shirley Boys 10-15 in the fifth set and then ended the serving bringing the score to 20-19. With the crowd on the tournament on two victories, 3-0 against Taradale High School and a 3-1 edge of their seats, a last serve in the net by Tauranga secured win against Palmerston North putting us at 13th place overall. The senior the title of Junior Beach Champions 2014 for Westlake Boys boys now look to improve upon their 2014 season next year. High School 2-0.

We now move onto the junior program where students are regularly In the Senior Competition Adam Talma and Logan Hunt made attending 6:30am Friday trainings in preparation for starting in Term Division 1 and Luka Urlich and Aleksa Sibinovski, who were a new Four. They have combined this with Wednesday 7am weights sessions pair for 2014, secured a silver medal in the Senior Division 2. with a program geared towards Volleyball. With all this training we look Miss A Hamp – TIC Volleyball forward to another successful season and we hope to retain the North Islands title in 2015.

Coach John Howard takes a team talk. Blocking - Ashton Howard and Logan Hunt. Junior Beach Champions Greg Vukets and Greg Nimmo.

144 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT Andre Jackson fighting it out waterpolo against Rangitoto College.

The Water Polo programme at Westlake Boys High School is proving Auckland Grammar eventually saw the final score end 9-8 – but not to be a popular choice, with two Junior teams and two Senior teams. in Westlake’s favour and the boys achieved a respectable 4th place It is great to see old boys back coaching this year with Jake Bennett in New Zealand. Top goal scorers at the National Championships taking the Premier Team again, Owen Chambers and Sam Morgan included Andre Jackson (15), Jono Houzet (14) and Captain Patrick the Junior A team, and current premier players Jono Houzet and Chambers (12), with the team scoring 72 goals altogether. The Captain Patrick Chambers coaching the Junior B team. Premier team are now preparing for the Trans-Tasman Cup at the end of the year, held at AUT Millennium Pool. The Premier side had a promising start to the season, which saw the annual Bennett-Buck Shield Match up for grabs at AUT Millennium Westlake has again had several New Zealand representatives this Pool. A large crowd turned out in force to support the boys against year: Andre Jackson and Patrick Chambers – NZU17, Ethan Thomas fierce rivals Rangitoto College. Unfortunately, Westlake lost out and Jarvis Jensen – NZU16 and Wilson Longhurst in the NZ Youth by 4 goals to 5 in a tightly contested game. The remainder of the Development team. Jono Houzet and Patrick Chambers made the Auckland League saw Westlake lose some crucial games and NZ Schoolboys squad with the team being named later in the year. eventually resulted in the team not making the semi-finals. The The Westlake Junior A team had a successful start to the year, taking boys quickly turned that around with a third place at North Island out the Challenge Cup in Hamilton over Queen’s Birthday weekend. Secondary Schools Champs, prevailing over Wellington’s St Pat’s in After scoring 46 goals during pool play they were part of a nail-biting the bronze medal game. semi against Rangitoto, eventually beating them in penalties for a The boys were eager to keep improving as they headed to Wellington place in the final. Facing Tauranga’s Aquinas College, the boys took for Nationals. A good run of results in pool play saw Westlake make it out the title with a close 5-4 win. The Junior A team have the North to the semifinal against Rangitoto. At the end of a tightly fought four Island Championships to work towards in Term Four. quarters the scores were locked up at 2 all. Having lost the National Thank you to all the Managers and Coaches for giving up your time Final on penalty shootouts for the previous two years, the team was this year to help this wonderful programme succeed at Westlake Boys. keen to make amends. Unfortunately, third time wasn’t the charm and Westlake ended up second best after the shoot out and it was Patrick Chambers - Premier Captain 2014 a bronze medal match they had to prepare for. A close affair with

Captain Patrick Chambers. Team talk poolside between quarters of the Rangitoto Game. Wilson Longhurst in the pool against Rangitoto College.

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 145 Hamish Gill, in his club uniform, representing NZ at the Junior Athletics Champs in Australia.

NZ Representatives

This year we had 35 boys represent New Zealand in 15 different Dan Hoy representing NZ in the U18 Boys Triathlon at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, Sports at different age group levels. Some of the highlights were in Nanjing, China. Dan Hoy wining a silver medal in the closest finish possible in the Senior Boys triathlon at the Nanjing Youth Olympics. The Triathlon consisted of a 750m Swim, 20km bike ride and 5km run. Dan finished in an overall time of 53 minutes 43 seconds. After recording the same time as the GB triathlete on the finish line, the photo finish determined that Dan was second. Dan has just recently been selected for the NZ Junior High Performance Triathlon. Also at Nanjing, Finn Croft finished 6th place in the Techno Board Sailing Event. Harry Crean, Alex Cassidy and Billy Armstrong travelled to Italy to compete for New Zealand in the Junior World Ultimate Frisbee Championships and Victor Ma travelled to Barbados to compete in the World Cadet Table Tennis Championships. We also have a number of boys trialling for the NZ U20 Football side including Sam Brotherton , Moses Dyer and Judd Baker, which will be named later in the year as they prepare for next year’s U20 World Cup here in NZ. Jake Hurley went to Japan and won a Gold medal in the Junior World Surf Life Saving Championships Beach Flags event, as well as Silver and Bronze in the relay events. From Gymnastics to Waterpolo, Westlake Boys students continue to excel and fly the flag of Westlake across the world sports stage as well as representing their school.

Congratulations to all and the best of luck for the future.

Mr R Taylor – Director of Sport

Matthew Lucente at the Oceania Junior Age Groups for Squash. Greg Vukets represented NZ in the USA World Champs in March.

146 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z

Athletics Junior Rear Row: Conor Burling, Tom Hemmington, Ben Mitchell, Max Tu'inukuafe, Saiga Otsubo Row 2: Miss H Booth, Mr M Butler, Brad Graham, Sean Vete, Corban Wedlock-Aston, Liam Wedlock-Aston, Aaron Gillespie, Adam Wiener, Mr T Strydom Front Row: Joe Benbow, Matt Conroy, Aaron Capill, Stuart Hofmeyr, Ethan Rix, Kainoa Moller, Jae- Hyuk Yoo

Athletics Intermediate Rear Row: Ryan Williams, Max Rickards, Tommy Shiferaw, Nicolo Oporto, Luke Mercieca Row 2: Mr M Butler, Hagen Schickedanz, Daniel Hoy, Eamonn Jack, Ariki Hood- Kaitapu, Miss H Booth, Mr T Strydom Front Row: Joseph Clark, Bradley Hall, Jack Anderson, Brandon James, Corey Annandale, Anthony Kouch, Joe Jackson

Athletics senior Rear Row: Ben Williams, Troy Lonergan, Louis Abplanalp Row 2: Mr M Butler, Sepeti Funaki, Joshua Hansen, Finn Mason, Garrick Rollinson, Miss H Booth, Mr T Strydom Front Row: Hamish Sellar, Angus Nicoll, Brandon James, Hamish Gill, Bronson Van Zyl, Yanni Wetzell, Jono Houzet

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 147 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Badminton Junior A Badminton Junior B

Back Row: Mrs S Van den Heuvel, Sung-Guen Choi, Mr C Shong Back Row: Jesh Sebaratnam, Eric Lee, Alfred Kim, David Xiao, Biho Shin, James Front Row: Terry Chen, Peter Xie, Jun Paek, Byung-Joe Kim, Jitphanu Park, Jose Lin Taerattanachai 2nd Row: Mr C Shong, Jun Lee, Edmond Li, Hsi Iyn Wong, Ting Kai Chia, Ting Shuen Chia, Tianren Shen, Kenneth Li, Mrs S Van den Heuvel Front Row: Daniel Kim, David Lee, Desmond Wong, Daniel Paek, Paul Jin, Min Jeon, Siwon Jun

Badminton Junior B2 Badminton Premier 1

Back Row: Joshua Tan, Bhunyapat Pongpobpaibool, Chenye Zhuang, Kenny Jung, Back Row: Jowis Lau, Ben Lie, Mrs Thorpe Kevin Tan Front Row: Oscar Guo, Niccolo Tagle (Captain), Callum Harfield 2nd Row: Mr C Shong, Jun Hong Lim, Kostya Kechin, Brian Bugay, Rhemzhen Sese, Wichayut Vicheansil, Kevin Shin, Mrs S Van den Heuvel Front Row: Luis Corrales, Jb Dar Juan, Shawn Tang, Kaleb Boyce, Paul Quizo, Chanapol Pattanapongpaibul, David Broad

Badminton Premier 2 Badminton Senior A

Back Row: Brendon Wang, Mr Ellis (Coach/Manager) Back Row: William Hung, Ej Briones, Oscar Guo, Mrs Thorpe Front Row: Tigerson Cao, Ben Feng (Captain), Samuel Farmer Front Row: Jordan Jessup, Niccolo Tagle (Captain), Callum Harfield Absent: Sascha Gaudlitz

148 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Badminton Senior A2 Badminton Senior B

Back Row: Ben Feng, Evan Wong, Warakorn Jetlohasiri Back Row: Jack Wu, Zhaoji Li, Duncan Chang 2nd Row: Brendon Wang, Jowis Lau, Ben Lie, Hai Hong Yang, Mrs S Van den 2nd Row: Julian Orejana, Neil Shum, Dalton Lim, Lateef Zainudin, Keison Tang, Heuvel Soo Hyun Jeon, Mr C Shong Front Row: Andrew Mei, Eric Park, Tony Liu, Ritchie Li, Carl Liu Front Row: Scott Ma, James Kim, Joseph Sajjaphanroj, Ugo Pierantoni, Radi Baboe, Andrew Hsu, Jitphanu Taerattanachai

Basketball Institiue F3 Basketball Institiue F4

Back Row: Sam Old, Taylor Yang, Josh Robertson Back Row: Vaughn Moller, Quintin Lynch, Joshua Hidalgo 2nd Row: Mr N Sullivan, Nathan Sawell, Ben Ross, Jae-Hyuk Yoo, John Manimtim, 2nd Row: Mr N Sullivan, Aldrein Sepnio, Jack Shearer, Marc Malingin, Matteo Mr P Campbell Brown, Mr P Campbell Front Row: Ryan Reader, Cain Nuttall, Colin Chan, Alex Freeman, Mark Wellacott Front Row: Ethan Martin, James Moors, Luke Bloxam, Dorian Popovich, Kieran Bridge

Basketball Premier Back Row: Mr P Campbell, Isaac Letoa, Logan Hunt, Corey Annandale, Mr N Sullivan Front Row: Jackson Stent, Matthew Freeman, Ugo Pierantoni, Yanni Wetzell, Josh Day Absent: Jaylen Gerrand, Benjamin Castle, Zac Buchegger, Keejon Sloan, Mr C Stent

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 149 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Basketball Junior Premier Basketball Senior A League 1

Back Row: Quintin Lynch, Colin Chan, Matteo Brown Back Row: Marc Malingin, Alex Wheeler, Luke Day, Thabo Manyere, Greg Vukets, 2nd Row: Mr P Campbell, Jack Shearer, Ethan Martin, Mr N Sullivan Mr M Jackson Front Row: Taylor Yang, Aldrein Sepnio, James Moors, Mark Wellacott, Front Row: Alex Yang, Brandon James, Keejon Sloan (Captain), Joel Coffey, Corey Vaughn Moller Annandale

Basketball Senior B League 1 Basketball Senior c League 1

Back Row: Adeesha Seneviratne, Drew Bridge, Adam Talma, Dem Sattayabandit Back Row: Joshua Hidalgo, Tommy Shiferaw, Aldrein Sepnio, Matteo Brown, EJ Front Row: Alex Dalum, Matej Minic, Mitchell Prouse Manimtim, Mr A Day Absent: Zech Nabakewa, Tremaine Meshach Ioane Zombos Front Row: Jack Ma, James Moors, Brendon Venter, Jack Castle, Jack Shearer Absent: Luke Bloxam

Basketball U15 A2 Basketball U15 B League 2

Back Row: Ting Kai Chia, Jeremy Qu, Ting Shuen Chia, Ryan Jenkinson, Mr K Back Row: Logan Burton-Brown Jorgensen (Coach) 2nd Row: Anthony Ji, Han Park, Nico Sansalian, Graham Legge, Raymond Kim, Front Row: Josh Bonsay, Riley Milne, Amir Saranj, Justin Dulangon, Bill Song Lisa Burton-Brown Absent: Joshua Briones Front Row: Ji Lee, Joshua Orejana, Mark Ventura, Saint Chong, Aidan Cook Absent: Hao Jia, Jackson Mulholland, Jared Cepeda

150 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Basketball U15 Green League 1 Basketball U15 Green League 2

Back Row: Alex Yang, Alan Chen, Nathan Sawell, Rory O'Keeffe, Adeesha Back Row: Henry Whitfield, Alex Reid, Jansen Pallesen, Longee Guo (Coach) Seneviratne Front Row: James Banks, Jacob Lassen, William Samonov Front Row: Jae-Hyuk Yoo, Colin Chan, Sam Old, Ryan Reader, Ben Ross Absent: Eliot Hayes, Jack Melville, Jacob Mitchell, Daniel Valikhani (Coach), Nauma Ahmed (Coach)

Basketball U15 RED League 1 Basketball U15 Red League 2

Back Row: Alex Yang, Mark Wellacott, Adeesha Seneviratne Back Row: Joshua Dahlberg (Coach), Kellen Farmer (Coach), Michael Li, Henry Front Row: Matthew Lucente, Alex Freeman, John Manimtim, Cain Nuttall, Taylor Sclater (Coach) Yang Front Row: Samuel Brewis, Hamish Forde, James Keeley Absent: Josh Robertson, Patrick Morada Absent: Andrew Niu, Joel Gailer, Sharaf Mohamed Rizwan, Schumann Liu, Oliver Boyce, James Xu, Zac Stevenson

Basketball U15 White League 2 Basketball U17 A League 1

Back Row: Harry Lim (Coach), Byung-Joe Kim, Daniel Dorward, Jordan Back Row: Alex Dalum, Joshua Hidalgo Whitehead, Ben Ko, Campbell Wang (Coach) 2nd Row: Marc Malingin, Jack Ma, Corey Annandale, Brendon Venter, Jack Front Row: Harry Pottinger-Coombes, Daniel Gray, Josh Hughes, Joshua Burger, Castle, Mr A Day Andy Kim Front Row: James Moors, Brandon James, Keejon Sloan, Thabo Manyere, Absent: Nabeel Ahmed, Jeremy Valerio, Drew Scott Luke Day

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 151 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Basketball U17 A2 Basketball U17 B League 1

Back Row: Han Park, Tyler Lindsay, Nick Francis, Khamis Shiblaq, Mr K Jorgensen Back Row: Corey Annandale, Quintin Lynch, Jack Shearer, Ethan Martin, Logan (Coach) Hunt, Josh Day Front Row: Louis Pablo, Raymond Kim, Anthony Ji, Byung Chan Kim, Charles Cruz Front Row: Tommy Shiferaw, Matteo Brown, Ej Manimtim, Aldrein Sepnio, Vaughn Moller Absent: Dorian Popovich, Luke Bloxam

Basketball U17 B League 2 Basketball U17 C League 1

Back Row: Jake McRae, Eugene Park (Coach), Simon Su (Coach), Ivan Yang Back Row: Kieran Bridge, Mark Wellacott, Mr N Sullivan Front Row: Zach Lassen, Scott Telfer, Edward Yoo Front Row: Darren Wellacott, James Abercrombie, Alan Chen Absent: Caleb Gunther, Jordan Laing, Mitchel Siddins, Luke Pile Absent: Patrick Morada, Daniel Russell, Joshua Song

Basketball U17 C League 2 Basketball U17 D League 1

Back Row: Nick Handey, Mr J Gibson, Greig Tuaine Back Row: Sam Old, Taylor Yang, John Manimtim Front Row: Max Tu'inukuafe, Shaunak Patel, Aaron Cordes, Cale Tu'inukuafe, 2nd Row: Alex Yang, Jae-Hyuk Yoo, Nathan Sawell, Adeesha Seneviratne, Jackson Tu'inukuafe Mr P Campbell Absent: Jerome Ray Bayutas, Jack Tidswell, Joel Remigio Front Row: Ben Ross, Ryan Reader, Colin Chan, Alex Freeman, Cain Nuttall Absent: Josh Robertson, Mark Wellacott

152 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Basketball U17 D League 2 Basketball U17 E League 2

Back Row: Jimmy Luo, William Li, Sonny Wen, Steven Choi, Radi Baboe (Coach) Back Row: Ivan Fan (Coach), Tj Milne, Casey Sturrock, Jordan Te Aukura, William Front Row: Tianrui Guan, Dalton Lim, Tommy Tan, Carl Liu, Min Ghi Park Hung (Coach) Absent: Isaac Sohn, Zach Lindsay (Coach) Front Row: Josh Young, Patrick Corcoran, David Harris, E J Labis, Ej Briones

Basketball U17 F League 2 Basketball U17 G League 2

Back Row: Max Martin, Uwais Hussein, Sarel Labuschagne, Scott Telfer (Coach) Back Row: Ivan Bagsic Front Row: Jong Sung Chun, Jack Heighton, Min Jeon 2nd Row: Ryotaro Ozaki, Harris Butt (Coach), Tyler Beaman, George Blackmore, Mostafa Youssef (Coach), Mr Smale (Coach) Front Row: Arian Ahmadi, Yuta McNay, Jim Quito, David Qiu, Kenneth Parado Absent: Kimsong Lor

Basketball U17 I League 2 Basketball U17 K League 2

Back Row: Greg Vukets (Coach), Shahid Dawad, Thomas Ross, Jarred Yates, Back Row: Aldwin Matawaran (Coach), Haru Yasutomi (Coach), Sipu Liu Dylan Tuddenham, Jack Ma (Coach) Front Row: Daniel You, Angelo Chong, Hwan Yoo Front Row: Ryan Williams, Neil Mancita, Matt Monkton, Ben Whittaker, Alex Kim Absent: Ha Seong You, Todd Min, Leon Le, Andrew Oh, Finn Hansen, Harry Absent: Ray Cassim, Isaac McQueen Hong

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 153 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Basketball U19 A League 2 Basketball U19 B League 2

Back Row: Javy Aranas, Eugene Park, Leo Chen Back Row: Wenjie Wu, Shaofu Li, Yifan Bai, Damien Tao, Junhao Wei (Coach) Front Row: Benxi Zhang, Jingwen Wu Front Row: Haochen Yu, Boyi Zhao, Muqun Ma Absent: Joshua Asi, Earl Corcega, Minhan Cho

Basketball U19 D League 2 Basketball U19 E League 2

Back Row: Sean Reader, Oscar Gunderson, Daniel Redpath Back Row: Danial Valikhani, Jackson Huang Front Row: William Xiang, George Harpur, Connor Stephen, Joshua Dahlberg, Front Row: William Hung, Harris Butt, Victor Hung Louis Abplanalp Absent: Shawn Hiew, Longee Guo, Nauman Ahmed, Eshil Singh

Basketball U19 F League 2 Basketball U19 H League 2

Back Row: Andrew Kim, Gun Woo Song, Simon Su Back Row: Jonathan Brewis, Jay Adams, Darren Zhang Front Row: Jae-Hoon Yoo, Philip Kang, Thomas Kang, Yunjae Kim, Eric Lee Front Row: Haru Yasutomi, Nikhil Luthra, Aldwin Matawaran Absent: Andrew Kim, Hongming Yan Absent: Mitch Whitehead, Toki Cho, Kevin Li

154 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Basketball U19 I League 2 Basketball U19 J League 2

Back Row: Andrew Kim (Coach), Ron Salunga, Joshua Cooke, Allan Kuo, Philip Back Row: Radi Baboe, Kane Lu, Dominic Sanicas, Harry Lim Kang (Coach) Front Row: Julian Orejana, Ivan Fan, Billy Armstrong (Captain), Campbell Wang, Front Row: Jimmy Chen, Leo Kao, Trent Maxted, Duncan Chang, Myron Ganzan Joelson Villanueva Absent: Zackary Lindsay

Chess B1 Heuvel Chess B2

Back Row: Darren Zhang, David Rong, Luke Wang, Mr A Van den Heusel Jordan Jessup, Cameron Nayler, Patrick Chambers, Miss S Ahn (Teacher) Front Row: Brendon Wang, Andy Yang, George Wang, Weber Wang, Joshua Zhang

Chess Junior Team Chess Senior A

Back Row: Byung-Joe Kim, Shane Wei, Jun Hong Lim, Mr A Van den Heuvel Back Row: Kevin Lee, William Li, Winston Yao, Mr A Van den Heuvel Front Row: Caleb Barr, Thomas Chen, Sho Sugiyama Front Row: Hao Jia, Oliver Li, Campbell Wang, Andrew Li, William Zhang

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 155 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z

cricket 1st XI Back Row: Keegan Russell, Jono Ross, Benjamin Beecroft 2nd Row: Mr B Emslie, Mr R Scivier, Clayton Floyd, Daniel Redpath, Jack Dromgool, Mr J Kirstein Front Row: Michael Coetzer, William O'Donnell, Stefan Baumgartner, Wesley Healiss, Ross Ter Braak Absent: Brett Bakkerus

cricket 3rd XI Cricket 4th XI

Back Row: Liam Brown, Adrian Young 2nd Row: Oliver Baker, Ethan Schaumkel, Ashton Howard, Andrew Clark- Back Row: Dylan Carlyle, Euan Grigor, Adeesha Seneviratne, Corbin Cantell, Mr C Howard, Mr C Meredith Meredith Front Row: Dhilesh Vasan, Max Lewis, Logan McDougall, Scott Prentice, Mitch Front Row: Hamza Qaiser, William Burt, Shreyas Borgaonkar, Arthur Close, Callum Whitehead Jefferson Absent: Thomas Rangihuna

Cricket Colts 1 Cricket Colts 2

Back Row: Jacob Urquhart-Waitai, Matthew Thornton, Luke Ranson Back Row: Liam Morell, Ryan Zent 2nd Row: Mr T Buckingham, Nick Thompson, Ryan Quinn, Matthew Wood, 2nd Row: Mrs S Young, Mr J Wickens, Aditya Chemburkar, Neel Patel, Elliot Campbell Knowles, Mr N Dale Brown, Mr D Wedderburn Front Row: Jarrad Harford, Alex Divall, Ryan Schierhout, Samuel Brewis, Quinn Front Row: Connor Dean, Daniel Young, Sid Mahajan, Sam Collinson, Andrew Sunde Wickens Absent: Josh Hamilton, Torin Lance

156 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z

cricket 2nd XI Back Row: Carl Kirstein, Keegan Russell, Nikhil Luthra 2nd Row: Mr S Young, Jono Ross, Oliver Kelsey, Ryan McIntyre, Jonathan Brewis, Mr S McWilliams Front Row: Angus Nicoll, Josh Young, Tayne Pryde, Cooper Spiller, Angus McKenzie Absent: Harry Bauer

Cricket Colts 3 Cricket Junior AM Green

Back Row: Liam Higgins, Nick Burt, Carlin Diver Back Row: Aidan Cook 2nd Row: Sam Hudson, Callan Pryde, Josh McIntyre, Oliver Ray-Chaudhuri, 2nd Row: Samar Singh, Jayden Hogg, Divesh Ragu, Yomal Athukorala, Mr J Uwais Hussein, Mr B Coetzee, Matthew White Cachopa Front Row: Henry Close, Sam Baker, Shaunak Patel, Trent Walker, Nic Knowles Front Row: Jasim Mohammed Sali, Max Cantell, Gautam Pathumanithy, Osuka Weheragoda Arachchige, Liam Jefferson

Cricket Junior AM Red Cricket Senior Social

Back Row: Jackson Rowe Back Row: Tom Roberts, Nathan Regal, Timothy Hawes, Mr A James 2nd Row: Yash Lal, Prajwal Bhagath, Humza Butt, Konradt Marx, Front Row: Mike Lee, Harris Butt, Joshua Hansen, Toby Major, Ronaldo Gozali Mr T Buckingham Absent: Jarrod Clinch, James Mackessack, Victor Pollett, Tom Burcher, Front Row: Kaleb Boyce, Rory Burnell, Ramith Ediriweera Arachchige, Shaninke W. Taylor Lietz M. K. Perera, Mitchell Carlyle Absent: Mack O'Brien, Parmjot Singh Sagu, Jack Hobden

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 157 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Cricket Institute F3 Cricket Institute F4

Back Row: Josh Young, Wesley Healiss, Sam Collinson, Jacob Urquhart-Waitai, Back Row: Luke Ranson Connor Dean, Samuel Brewis, Mr R Scviver 2nd Row: Nick Thompson, Daniel Young, Ryan Quinn, Ryan Schierhout, Campbell Front Row: Quinn Sunde, Torin Lance, Liam Morell, Ryan Zent, Jarrad Harford Knowles, Mr J Kirsten Front Row: Alex Divall, Matthew Thornton, Sid Mahajan, Aditya Chemburkar, Andrew Wickens Absent: Josh Hamilton

Crosscountry/Road Running Back Row: Charl Ulrich, Rhys Leong, Mitchell Carlyle, Lawrence Gao, Troy Gregerson, Blake Scanlen 3rd Row: Aaron Capill, Rory Johnson, Jack Winfield-Pitt, Stuart Hofmeyr, Hunter Pethers-Boak, Oliver Heal, Tommy Shiferaw, Quinn Williams, Ethan Rix 2nd Row: Miss H Booth, Mr M Butler, Nicolo Oporto, Luke Mercieca, Sam Hagan, Joshua Hansen, Louis Abplanalp, Max Rickards, William Meng, Mr T Strydom Front Row: Finn Mason, Joe Jackson, Bradley Hall, Angus Nicoll, Henry Morrison-Jones, Euan Grigor, Joseph Clark, Harry Forbes, Andrew Clark-Howard

Cycling Senior Back Row: Sam Cato, Dominic Porter, Blake Sunde 2nd Row: Mr A Clarke, Lachlan Macintosh, Matthew Martin, Eamonn Jack, Joshua Aschebrock, Mr S van Rossen Front Row: Jordan Morris, Nicholas Wilson, Henry Morrison-Jones, Cory Cannings, Scott Jarrold, Chris Thomas

158 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z

Cycling Junior Back Row: Joshua Rosa, Finn Buckeridge, Zi You Du, Ayden Robinson, Aidan Cook 2nd Row: Mr A Clarke, Adam Curlewis, Brayden Allen, Kip Watson, Hugh Douglas, Finn Ramsay, Mr S van Rossen Front Row: Tristan Morris, Seb Parker, Sam Jones, Jake Jones, Bays Williams, Lucas Martin Absent: Benjamin Clark

Dragon Boating Back Row: Jordan Jessup, Nicolas Tanu, Thomas Taylor, Kane Lu 2nd Row: Joshua Lepper, Matt Goodman, Jacob Siermans, Hamish Sellar, George Casement, Ms T Groves Front Row: Cameron Nayler, Jason King, Elliot Nuttall, Henrik Molving, Anaru Molving, Lochie Chambers Absent: Feng Zheng, Harry Davies

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Silver-Gold

Back Row: Dwight Nicolas, James Kim, Laith Saeed Back Row: Soo-Myoung Jang, Juancho Soriano, Rengen Parlane, Nikhil Luthra, 3rd Row: Ian Chen, Jae-Hoon Yoo, Rajan Gupta, Jae Yun Lim, Ha Seong You, Antoine Ellis, Reagan Hargest, Dhilesh Vasan William Meng, Ford Gooch, Oliver Lawrence 2nd Row: Thomas Ross, Ashton Reiser, Dylan Carlyle, Sean King, Michael Booth, 2nd Row: Nicol Lin, Simon Su, James Parkes, Anthony Ji, Eamonn Jack, Alex Alexander Lochore-Ward, Byung Chan Kim, Mr J Foden Yang, Andrew Kim, Mr J Foden Front Row: Michael Stern, Rowan Angelo, Eugene Park, Jono King, Daniel Lee, Front Row: Edward Zhang, George Wang, Tommy Tan, Adeesha Seneviratne, Max Edward Jelley, Drew Bridge, Alesh Sukha Watson, Carl Liu, Daniel You, Kevin Li Absent: Mr M Russell Absent: Mr M Russell SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 159 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z

Football 1st XI Back Row: Adyn Kettle, Oscar Ramsay, Leewaine Scott 2nd Row: Mr A Berry (Assistant Coach), Mr T Buckingham (Manager), Harrison Bolton-Roberts, Judd Baker, Harley Kelly, Greg Nimmo, Sean Crombie, Mr A McBride (Coach) Front Row: Daniel Lough, Jack Benbow, Alex Cassidy, Sam Brotherton, Cameron Nayler, Sean Skeens, Mitchell Watts

Football 2nd XI Back Row: Max Falldorf, Trent Baker, Braedan Acarapi, Jack Pirie 2nd Row: Jared Dixon, Jacob Reeves- Parmenter, Keegan Kelly, Oliver Gibel, Liam McStay, Jaidyn Hendriks, Mr R Scivier (Coach) Front Row: Hakim Ijas, Chris Hagan, Cameron Nayler, Michael Booth, Flinn Medemblik, Michael Lough, Keanen Bhagaloo

Football Institute F3 Football Institute F4

Back Row: Ethan Usher, Matt Conroy, Ibrahim khattab Alani Back Row: Yea Kang Chu, Tom Taylor, Matthew Wood, Clarke Foulds, Bradley 2nd Row: Harrison Piper, Matthew White, Tyrone Stretton, Kangseok Lee, Stan Williams Hitchcock, Mr N Dale 2nd Row: Trevor Zwetsloot, Jordan Olivier, Isaac Levido, Oskar Farwell, Mr A Front Row: Jason Handley, Thomas Baldwin, Daniel Mitten, Joe Benbow, Michael McBride Lough Front Row: Callum McCowatt, Jack Cummings, Abdul Al-Majmuei, Bronson Kelly, Conor Jackson Absent: Jamie Paul 160 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Football Senior O'Gram Football Senior B O'Brien

Back Row: Ahmad Duais, Charles Li, Akram Alhilali, Jonathan Brewis, Matthew Back Row: Ahmad Duais, Charles Li, Akram Alhilali, Jonathan Brewis, Matthew Van Orton Van Orton 2nd Row: Arthur Close, Jason King, Ryan Farrell, Jordan Jessup, Patrick 2nd Row: Mr S O'Brien (Manager), Ryan Farrell, Jordan Jessup, Patrick Chambers, Tim Wheeler, Mr S O'Brien Chambers, Tim Wheeler, Mr D Naik (Coach) Front Row: Nikhil Luthra, Paul Kim, Wesley Healiss, Riley Cahill, Dhilesh Vasan Front Row: Nikhil Luthra, Paul Kim, Wesley Healiss, Riley Cahill, Dhilesh Vasan

Football U13 A1 Football U13 A2

Back Row: Thomas Baldwin, Matt Conroy, Samuel Brewis, Daniel Mitten Back Row: Bradley Cain, Darrien Devereaux, Tyrone Stretton, Oliver Moffitt, 2nd Row: Bradley Cain, Saiga Otsubo, Tyrone Stretton, Kangseok Lee, Matthew Jeongmin Shin White, Harrison Piper, Mr N Dale 2nd Row: Jiwoon Kim, Sam Murphy, Alfie Heckett, James Keeley, Ms N Leighton Front Row: Matthew Lough, Ethan Usher, Ibrahim khattab Alani, Ryan Zent, Joe Front Row: Jamie Nimmo, Tom Donnelly-Chisholm, Sam Collinson, Pierce Benbow, Jason Handley, Quinn Sunde Blomfield, Jason Handley

Football U13 B Green Football U13 B Red

Back Row: David Lee, Jonathan Hsu, Johnny Cheng Back Row: Taran Young, Ezra Pearce, Joel Munro 2nd Row: Mrs L Burton-Brown, Jonathan Brewis, Victor Wei, Christian Umanzor 2nd Row: Nikhil Luthra (Coach), Mrs J Clough (Manager), Liam Higgins, Zion Osegueda, Jun Paek, Barnaby Hope-Simcock, Dhilesh Vasan, Song, Issac An, Sung-Guen Choi, Jakob Abery, Michael Georgy (Coach) Mr C Solomons Front Row: Connar Wise, Oliver Pym, Will Clough, Mark Seddon, Tom Hall-Taylor, Front Row: Brian Jung, Jake Beresford, Andrew Cox, Logan Burton-Brown, Jack Vachiravit Sripiromya Sutherland, Jack Hobden, Jamie Bowie Absent: Nabeel Ahmed Absent: Talon Anderson SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 161 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Football U14 B White Football U15 A1

Back Row: Baxter Holgate-Simpson, Aaron Cordes, Enzo Fletcher Back Row: Kevin Hajderaj, T Naidoo, Yuta McNay, Arran Wright, Abdulrahman 2nd Row: Mark Khuwattanasenee, Zi You Du, Joe Angus, Jackson Greig, Sean Bashir Yang, Ms C Nolan (Manager) 2nd Row: Miss S Lecourt (Manager), Adam Moore, Joe Bell, Alistair Wright, Felix Front Row: Neel Patel, Ha Min Jang, Ben Sutherland, Andy Kei, Eric Jang Wierlemann, Mr M Butler (Coach) Front Row: Kaden Sutton, Daniel Lim, Callum Diprose, Aaran Brabant, Ardri McArthur Absent: Zade Al-Ali

Football U15 A2 Football U15 B Green

Back Row: Adam Price, Aidan Search, Reuben Barr, Ben Whittaker, Kenton Wong Back Row: Randel Vongalay, Jay Cho, Daniel Yang 2nd Row: Hugo Evans, Ryan Williams, Bobbie Ware, Adrian Young, Vladislav 2nd Row: Sunjae Park, Tobias Asti, Daniel You, Mr T Buckingham Babanov, Cameron Jones-Moore, Ms V Fowler (Manager), Darren Front Row: Rafael Paredes, Naveen Shonal Perera, Jun Kim, Laith Saeed, Jeff Choi Whittaker (Coach) Absent: Aidan Phillips, Jake Wise, Malte Englebracht Front Row: Aly Refaat, Dylan Tuddenham, Matt Mihaljevich, Clark Froude, Joseph Lee

Football U15 B Red golf

Back Row: Mr A Reed (Manager), Ben Steele, Tom Newland, Jeru Baxter, Robbie Back Row: Leo Hong, Ian Blount, Mr R Taylor Blount, Dion Lee (Coach) Front Row: Jesper Bengtsson, Sam Reese, Louis Pablo Front Row: Jarod Scott, Alexander Peagram, Daniel Negus, Rajan Gupta, Josh Hack

162 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z

Hockey 1st XI Back Row: J P Rossouw, Thomas Taylor, Chris May, Peter Felstead, Troy Mansfield, Mat Moore, Josh Down 2nd Row: Mr C Meredith (Coach), Mr G Frittelli (Assistant Coach), Olivier Stroomer (Captain), Maximilian Simon, Lucas Hay, Benjamin Edwards, Hamish Sellar, Mr S McCracken (Coach) Front Row: Mitchell Ottow, Sachin Chhiba, Denzel Williams, Harry Deare, Keegan Russell, Ben Williams, Chad James

Hockey 2nd XI Hockey 3rd XI

Back Row: Denzel Williams, Dylan Carlyle, Harrison Dye Back Row: Luke Mercieca, Jack Smith, Kieran Reid, Dr I Burnett (Manager) 2nd Row: James Parkes, Warren Johnson, Michael Stern, Alesh Sukha, Chris Front Row: Tiarn Pryde, Cameron Jones-Moore, Chris Casey, Konnor Baker, May, Mr K Jacobs Blake Sunde Front Row: Netesh Sukha, Matt Goodman, William O'Donnell, Campbell Dye, Absent: Rory Douglas, William Harrison, Taylor Stancombe, Josh Young, Carl Arnav Nair Kirstein, Oliver Kelsey (Captain), Reesan Naidoo (Coach) Absent: Jack Dromgool, Aaron Kurte, Jarrod Wagg

Hockey 4th XI Hockey Institute F4

Back Row: Mr S McWilliams (Manager), Ms N Chorley (Manager), Tony Brinkman, Back Row: Matthew Kitney, Netesh Sukha, Oliver Lawrence Jake Thompson, Alex West-Hill, Thomas Patrick, Lucas Hay (Coach) 2nd Row: Ben Sellar, Ryan Quinn, Ashton Philo, Ryan Hiskens, Daniel Young, Mr S Front Row: Marco Lammers, Cooper Green, Cam Styles (Captain), Rajan Gupta, McCracken Konnor Baker Front Row: Samuel Readman, Mitchell Carlyle, Tayler Read, Dylan Wright, Nishaan Absent: Max Rankine, Max Macready, James Wisniewski Patel

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 163 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Hockey Institute F3 Hockey Junior 1

Back Row: Bailey Dawson, Stefan Wiig, Aaron Gillespie, Oscar Watson, Mr C Back Row: Jarrad Harford, Nishaan Patel, Oscar England, Flynn Green, Charl Meredith Ulrich Front Row: Charl Ulrich, Andrew Jacobs, Nic Knowles, Flynn Green, Tom Roycroft 2nd Row: Oliver Lawrence, Ryan Hiskens, Ryan Quinn (Captain), Samuel Readman, Mr James Glen (Coach) Front Row: Ben Sellar, Ashton Philo, Dylan Wright, Aaron Gillespie, Felix Wierlemann Absent: Matthew Kitney, Husmit Uka (Coach)

Hockey Junior 2 Hockey Junior 3

Back Row: Nic Knowles, Tayler Read, Oscar Watson, Mitchell Carlyle, Thomas Back Row: Thomas Nell, Anton Hine, Connar Wise, Todd Milliken Mexted-Bragg 2nd Row: Troy Mansfield, J P Rossouw, Luke Ranson, Francis Thorpe, Finn 2nd Row: Callan Pryde, Nick Thompson, Stefan Wiig, Daniel Young, Grierson Fox, Nicholson, Alesh Sukha Mrs C Kelsey Front Row: Denzel Foley, Caleb Nell, Liam Morell, Nick Thompson, Matthew Front Row: Tom Roycroft, Kayden Miles, Oakley Stewart (Captain), Luca Chang, Copeland, Millan Keshaw, Flynn Story Andrew Jacobs Absent: Bailey Dawson Absent: Cameron Falloon

Hockey Junior 4 Hockey Senior Green

Back Row: Elliot Brown, Alfie Heckett, Renato Ferrer Back Row: Mr S Enefer (Staff Coach), Michael Stern (Student Coach), Robbie 2nd Row: Mr S Zimmermann, Asad Parwaiz, Baxter Holgate-Simpson (Captain), Blount, Euan Grigor, Matthew Randall, Bradley Aitchison, Dylan Carlyle Richard Claxton, Sarel Labuschagne, Jono King, Edward Jelley (Student Coach) Front Row: Jeremy Hayes, Connor Smith, Mack O'Brien, Aidan Bonneau, Milahn Front Row: Connor Wong, Matthew Budd, Scott Meiklejohn, Kenton Wong, Jake Ward, Riley Urlich, Devanshu Patel Good

164 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Hockey Senior Red Lacrosse

Back Row: Josh Fairbairn Back Row: James Mackessack, Kelby Cai, Daniel Redpath, Jack Li 2nd Row: Jono King, Regan Menzies, Jonathan Wilton, Mitchell Dye, Rohan 2nd Row: Miss N Marriott, Oliver Howard, Campbell Wang, Leon Zoost, Benjamin Luthra, Mr J Cachopa Callister, Mr B Gilmore Front Row: Liam Wong, Marko Mitrovic, Alex Ogle, Edward Jelley, Donte Whimp Front Row: Nick Curry, Dylan Penlington, Dallas Penlington, Jung Hyun Lee Absent: Sean Greaney, Michael Remiens, Arun Strickland, Cam Olsen (Captain), Thomas Patrick, Ben Partridge, Timothy Zouch Absent: Rowan Angelo, Mitchell Fickling

NZ Reps

Back Row: Dominic Bigsby, Finn Croft, Daniel Hoy, Jarvis Jensen, Matthew Lucente, Rafa Yam 2nd Row: Ethan Thomas, Kaleb Rona, Jackson Stent, Thabo Manyere, Greg Vukets, Harry Crean Front Row: Jung Hyun Lee, Patrick Chambers, Matthew Roets, Danyon Morgan-Puterangi, Henry Morrison-Jones, Alex Cassidy Absent: Jake Hurley, Caleb Barr, Billy Armstrong, Mitchell Fickling, Hamish Gill, Benjamin Callister, Greg Nimmo, Victor Ma, Matthew Freeman, Mitchell Ottow, Chad James, Benjamin Edwards

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 165 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z

Learn to Row Back Row: Xavier Ram, Matt Lambert, Moses Ford, Louis Simpson, Jack Melville, Liam Jefferson 3rd Row: Stephen Zhao, Jayden Tabani-ivi, Max Brown, Yaoyuan Shen, James Mitchell, Ollie Jones, Ben Ko 2nd Row: Mr P Rae (Coach), Miss N Marriott (Coach), Blake Bradshaw, Malke Engelbracht, Alexander Iles-Nyberg, Luke Walker, Abram Mathew, Angus Shotter, Miss J El-Labany (Coach/ Teacher In Charge) Front Row: Caleb Nell, Thomas Nell, Hayden Mallard, Hunter Pethers-Boak, Callum Jarvis, Dylan Maynard, Ethan Rix Absent: Guy Forsyth, Pierre Harrison, Oscar Andrew

Orienteering Back Row: J P Aucamp, Andrei Popovici, Dylan Carlyle, Alex Yang, Simon Su, Alex Burton, Owen Pengelly, Krishna Mishra, Liam Stone 3rd Row: Adeesha Seneviratne, Sean King, Tony Liu, Dem Sattayabandit, Matthew Shepherd, Josh Reilly, Ashton Philo, Max Watson 2nd Row: Ryan Williams, Dwight Nicolas, Daniel Lough, Max Rickards, Michael Lough, Thomas Applegath, Oliver Lawrence, Lawrence Gao, Mr J Saville, Quinn Klijn Front Row: Luke Mercieca, William Meng, Jordan Jessup, Caleb Gemmell, Ian Lim, Tristan Williams, Taylor Haynes, Cheye Chisholm

Petanque Racing Adventure Senior

Back Row: Matt Robinson, Ben Streten, Juancho Soriano Back Row: Max Bensley, Alesh Sukha, Simon Su, Sean King, Caleb Gemmell 2nd Row: Antoine Ellis, Ray Cassim, Logan Rainey, Campbell Jordan, Front Row: Andrei Popovici, Dylan Carlyle, Tristan Williams, Ian Lim, William Meng Miss A Kerbellec Absent: Chris Lawrence, Miss Belcher, Miss Birch Front Row: Michael Li, James Mackessack, Jacob Siermans, Sam Sherriff, John Jiang

166 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Racing Adventure Junior Rock Climbing

Back Row: Bradlee Wong, Taylor Haynes, Reuben Soares Back Row: Jordan Jessup, Ben Partridge, Cameron Nayler, Mr A Nyhoff Front Row: Ashton Philo, Oliver Lawrence, Campbell Knowles Front Row: Oliver Lawrence, Max Bensley, Alexander Lochore-Ward Absent: Miss Belcher, Miss Birch Absent: Nick Curry, Thomas Ross, Blake Scanlen

Rowing Novice 8+ Rowing U15 8+

Back Row: Jin Lim, Brayden Allen, Liam McAteer, Miss N Marriott Back Row: Miss J El-labany, Baxter Holgate-Simpson, Harry Collard, Benjamin Front Row: Matthew Park, Sam Love, Joe Canham, Aaron Cordes, Jack Taylor Jury, Miss N Marriott In Front: Hugo Bedford Front Row: Conrad Luka, Sam Jones, Jake Jones, Kip Watson, Jack Taylor In Front: Hugo Bedford Absent: Mr A Zouch

Rowing U15 C4+4X+ Rowing U15A 4X

Back Row: Miss J El-labany, Miss N Marriott Back Row: Miss J El-labany, Miss N Marriott 2nd Row: Lucas Martin, Jin Lim, Riley Martin, Jarrod Leuila Front Row: Baxter Holgate-Simpson, Jake Jones, Sam Jones, Conrad Luka Front Row: Hugo Bedford, Gene Offwood In Front: Kyle Rawlings

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 167 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Rowing U15B 4X Rowing U16 2X

Back Row: Miss J El-labany, Miss N Marriott Present: Liam Pugh, Kelby Cai, Miss J El-Labany Front Row: Harry Collard, Jack Taylor, Kip Watson, Benjamin Jury Absent: Mr C Cole In Front: Gene Offwood Absent: Mr A Zouch

Rowing U16 8+ Rowing U16A 4+

Back Row: Matthew Martin, Campbell Teixeira, Mitch Hazelhurst, Miss J El-labany Back Row: Hugo Verdonk, Miss J El-Labany Front Row: Hugo Verdonk, Callum Gilmour, James Brake, Mathew Barry, Finn Front Row: Mathew Barry, James Brake, Mitch Hazelhurst Pethers-Boak In Front: Ben Adkins In Front: Timothy Zouch Absent: Mr C Cole, Mr M Stanley Absent: Mr C Cole, Mr M Stanley

Rowing U16A 4X+ Rowing U16B 4+

Back Row: Mitch Hazelhurst, Miss J El-labany Back Row: Matthew Martin, Miss J El-labany Front Row: Hugo Verdonk, James Brake, Mathew Barry Front Row: Campbell Teixeira, Callum Gilmour, Finn Pethers-Boak In Front: Dylan Whale In Front: Dylan Whale Absent: Mr C Cole, Mr M Stanley Absent: Mr C Cole, Mr M Stanley

168 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Rowing U16B 4X+ Rowing U16C 4X+

Back Row: Kelby Cai, Miss J El-Labany Back Row: Campbell Teixeira, Miss J El-Labany Front Row: Matthew Martin, Liam Pugh, Callum Gilmour Front Row: Jack Anstis, Finn Pethers-Boak, Jared Greenfield In Front: Ben Adkins In Front: Greg Scott Absent: Mr C Cole, Mr M Stanley Absent: Mr C Cole

Rowing U17 4X+ Rowing U18 4X+

Back Row: Dion Lee, Miss J El-Labany Back Row: Brendan Herbst, Miss J El-Labany Front Row: Rowan Angelo, Matt Lupton, Robbie MacGregor Front Row: Rowan Angelo, Matt Lupton, Robbie MacGregor In Front: Ben Adkins In Front: Tamati Munroe Absent: Mr C Cole, Mr M Stanley Absent: Mr C Cole, Mr M Stanley

Rowing U18B 8+ Rowing U18B Lightweight 4+

Back Row: Ben Partridge, Dion Lee, Callum Blackburn, Miss J El-labany Back Row: Ben Partridge, Miss J El-labany Front Row: Robbie MacGregor, Rowan Angelo, Oliver Howard, Brendan Herbst, Front Row: Callum Blackburn, Oliver Howard, Dion Lee Matt Lupton In Front: Timothy Zouch In Front: Tamati Munroe Absent: Mr C Cole, Mr M Stanley Absent: Mr C Cole, Mr M Stanley

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 169 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Rugby 1st XV

Back Row: Sam Babb, Césaré Saseve-Niuelua, Leon Thambiran 3rd Row: Danyon Morgan-Puterangi, Calvin Vari, Levi McBirney, Izaak Scheib, Jackson Searle, Jake Antonio-Rooney, Adam Watts 2nd Row: Blair Urlich (Assistant Coach), Mr S Young (Manager), Pierce Bryers, Benjamin Reidy, Jacques Pretorius, Bradley Leuila, Lochie Chambers, Valie Bakkerus (Coach) Front Row: Garrick Rollinson, Luke Dewar, Harry Calverley, Brett Bakkerus (Captain), Connor Hill, Willy Lea'ae Toa, Ammon Moller Absent: Brendan Bond, Ethan Clews, Richard Barlow (Physio)

Rugby 2nd XV Rugby 3rd XV

Back Row: Zane Carbines, Jamal Tiatia Back Row: Fine Inisi, Cameron Gumbley, James Tulloch, Cooper Green 3rd Row: Thomas Reid, Declan Barbarich, Jake Sturrock, James Port, Luke 3rd Row: Adam Baard, Rada Sovljanski, Jack Anstis, Ashton Howard, Ryan Jones, Callum Blackburn, Miss N Marriott McIntyre, Ryotaro Ozaki, Sam Crosby 2nd Row: Mr A Brown, Henry Strawbridge, Angus McKenzie, Bronson Van Zyl, 2nd Row: Kanui Walker, Jake Konia, Angus McKenzie, Drew Bridge, Casey Luke Houghton, Jayden King, Ethan Bartholomew, Mr B Emslie Forsyth, Angus Nicoll, Mr A James Front Row: Quentin Austin, Connor Stephen, Tayne Pryde, Regan Menzies, Front Row: Justin Mendoza, Henry Sclater, Jamal Tiatia, Joshua Dahlberg, Sepeti Montana Northcroft, Cameron Gumbley, Joshua Roach Funaki, Trent Bassett, Zae Wallace Absent: Liam Brown, Nafe Helu, Jacob Katipa, James Maber, Arno Mouton, Absent: Josh Copeland Blair Niuelua, James Robson

170 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Rugby 4th XV Rugby 5th XV

Back Row: Lochie Mansfield Back Row: Cameron Bruce, Fine Inisi, Liam Rawlings 2nd Row: Thomas Milne, James Trotman, Lochie Chambers, Henrik Molving, 2nd Row: Thomas Cadell, Jake Konia, Kyle Bond, Declan Barbarich, Sam Crosby, Stephen Summers, Mr D Wedderburn Sean King Front Row: Nathan Regal, Trent Meehan, Yaser Rezaee, Trent Robertson-Moylan, Front Row: Sepeti Funaki, Jamal Tiatia, Hadleigh Bickle, James Tulloch, Angus Jack Dromgool, Ian Blount, Christopher Ronalde Nicoll, Dan Baard, Zae Wallace Absent: Bryce Taylor, Tamati Munroe, Miguel Errazo, Morgan Cadell, Hubert Absent: Conaugh Jacob, James Maber, Nathan Mallard, Liam McCook, Angelo Leem Munoz, Jerico Portugal, Ryan Walker, Ben Western, William Xiang

Rugby 4A Rugby 4B

Back Row: Ms B Trotman (Manager), Luke Lombard, Jarvis Jensen, Brett Phillips, Back Row: Tj Milne, Jack Gemmell, Casey Sturrock Finn Tito, Geoffrey Heck, Trey Tupu-South 2nd Row: Mr D O'Neil (Coach), Mr B J Mackie (Manager), Ethan Schaumkel, Jake 2nd Row: Mr S McWilliams (Coach), Mitchell Daniels, Thomas Ross, Sturrock, James Dickison, Tamaiti Marino, Mr G Hodder, Mr A J Hewns Trent Butterworth, Zach Lassen, Tyler Duffield, Tommy Ellery, Front Row: Benjamin Wong, Sam Cato, Isaac Alexander, Mackey Davis-Faulkner, Mr N Salmon (Coach) Mathew Connew, Chad Clark, Waren Soriano Front Row: Corey Fenton, Ethan Thomas, Reece Thurston, Kellen Farmer, Absent: Ben Angus, Jordan Ashby, Connor Bentin, Shaun Bowyer, Joshua Campbell Henderson, Patrick Corcoran, James Abercrombie Marshall, Connor McNall, Joshua Mitchell, Trent Ormsby, Jack Skinner, Absent: Josh Shaw, Callan Smith Jake Welch Rugby 5A Rugby 5B

Back Row: Ollie Banks, Jacksyn Siakisini Lauaki, France'yen Siakisini-Lauaki, Jack Back Row: Jackson Port, Jordan Quinn, Vili Tu'ipulotu, Louis Pratt Fuller, Jackson Tu'inukuafe, Casey Smith, Simeon Joubert 2nd Row: Mr T Vinicombe (Manager), Tevita Tonga, Sebastion Filo, Vuki Muna, 2nd Row: Mr A Katipa (Coach), Sione Fonua, Harry Collard, Luke Walker, Blake Harry Forbes, Aaron Isaacson, Logan Ofoia, Mr F. Brown (Coach) Houghton, Sean Vete, Finlay Brewis, Lotu Inisi, Mr R Taylor (Coach) Front Row: Conor Burling, Todd Milliken, Kieran Bridge, Jason Churches, Jack Front Row: Cameron Hey, Ariki Hood-Kaitapu, Ben Mitchell, Baylee Katipa, Jack Askew, Jayden Hogg, Somote Tui Heighton, Nathan Leslie, Matt Jacobi

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 171 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Rugby 6A Rugby 6B

Back Row: Graysen Brown, Markku Venter, Tom Hemmington, Flynn Willemse, Back Row: Callum Jefferson, Syvert Hansen, Kale Townsend, Hugo Bedford, Oakley Stewart Ronan Mackenzie-Smee 2nd Row: Harry Milne, Spencer McDowall, Connor O'Leary-Lodge, Rae 2nd Row: Samuel Lockhart, Zac Stevenson, Murilo Tordivelli Gonzales, Jacob de Courtenay, Ashton Philo, Luke Mihaljevich, Neihana Walters, Jonge, Bradlee Wong, Reuben Soares, Tyler Smith Mr M Barry Front Row: Thomas Applegath, Callan Pryde, Blake Bradshaw, Josh Hamilton, Front Row: Ben Fraser, Oliver Heal, Tristan Shepherd (Vice Captain), Max Jacob Lassen, Andre Vachias, Oakley Stewart Tu'inukuafe (Captain), Jarrod Ferguson (Vice Captain), Olly Watts, Cale Absent: Jacob Urquhart-Waitai, Jay Pake, Ethan Gregerson, Liam Aliimatafitafi Tu'inukuafe Absent: Jackson Ephraims, Mr Dean Nicol (Manager) Rugby 7A Rugby 7B

Back Row: Trevae McClean, Louis Simpson, Cade Shieb, James Small Back Row: Flynn Story, David Broad, Callum Banks, Tom Roycroft, Shazaad 2nd Row: Charlie Crabbe, Keanu Fisher, Nick Solomon, Ben Ross, William Laurie, Surran Joshua Burger 2nd Row: Rhys Leong, Hamish Bond, Chlinton Frans, Troy Gregerson, Jackson Front Row: Kees Burgess, Max Cantell, Griffin Shields, Ollie Charlesworth, Luc Hemmingsen Vachias, Rory O'Keeffe, Jarrad Harford Front Row: Daniel Gray, Callum Jarvis, John Hollingsworth, Nathan Sawell, Riley Absent: Kainoa Moller, Mr W Gage-Brown (Coach), Mr R Ryan (Manager), Mr S Milne Mullholland (Assistant Coach) Absent: Seamus McCarthy, Damon Harrison

Rugby Maori U15 Open Team Back Row: Jordan Quinn, Trent Bassett 3rd Row: Trent McCarthy, Finn Tito, Isaac Gibbons, Tamaiti Marino, Mitchell Daniels, Jamal Tiatia 2nd Row: Trent Robertson-Moylan, Lochie Chambers, Ethan Schaumkel, Jake Konia, Tupe Haku, Jonah Theyers, Zane Carbines, Mr N Sullivan Front Row: Vuki Muna, Kanui Walker, Jackson Birdsall, Jayden King, Montana Northcroft, Iziah Mahe, Sione Fonua

172 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Rugby League

Back Row: Anthony Po-Ching, Leon Thambiran, Zane Carbines, Hemi McCarthy, Willy Lea'a Toa, Harry Calverley, Zae Wallace 2nd Row: Mr H Nola (Manager), Montana Northcroft, Raygjon Hohepa, Luke Houghton, Stefan Baumgartner, Bradley Leuila, Bryce Taylor, Annabelle Hohepa (Coach) Front Row: Christopher Ronalde, Zach Turner, Dane Hohepa, Jake Antonio-Rooney, Pierce Bryers, Joseph Taungakava, Quentin Austin

Rugby League U85Kg Running INStiTUE F4

Back Row: Anthony Po-Ching, Caleb Macdonald, Sione Ta'ai Back Row: Oscar England, Aaron Capill, Ethan Rix, Mr T Strydom 3rd Row: Sepeti Funaki, Joseph Taungakava, Tamaiti Marino, Trent Bassett, Front Row: Oliver Heal, Harry Forbes, Joseph Clark, Oliver Ray-Chaudhuri, Jamal Tiatia, Nafe Helu, Fine Inisi Lawrence Gao 2nd Row: Zane Carbines, Patrick Mau'u Filipo, Ben Western, Tupe Haku, Daniel O'Connor, Cameron van der Riet, Isaac Gibbons, Mr H Nola (Coach) Front Row: Ethan Amos, Dru Fenton, Zae Wallace, Willy Lea'ae Toa, Moses Leo, Hemi McCarthy, Mitchell Gemmell

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 173 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Sailing Ski Team

Back Row: Harry Milne, Blake Nicholson, James Grieve, Mr P Davies Back Row: Mrs S Lecourt (Coach), Mr K Jorgensen (Coach), Mr A Cowell (Coach) Front Row: Thomas Fyfe, Michael Stern, Sam Wallis, Josh Handa, Tom De Jonge Front Row: Bailey Dawson, William Burt, Ryan Dawson, James Wisniewski Absent: Josh Reilly, Oliver Kelsey

Smallbore Shooters Back Row: Darshil Patel, Ethan Gregerson, John Lee, William Meng, Yi Biao Ang, Bishoy Mekhaiel 3rd Row: Charlie Im, Conor Gemmell, Ricky Liang, Kieran McCahon, Nikolai Kedrinski, Joshua Lepper, Mitchell Gemmell, J P Aucamp, Kunj Joshi 2nd Row: Sammy Ji, Alex Burton, Reuben McDonald, Ashton Reiser, George Martin, Sam Whiddett, Ihtishaam Muhammed, Reuben Barr, Connor Kim Front Row: Dr T Holden, Yuan Wei Qi, Joseph Sajjaphanroj, Henry Li, Jono King, Hubert Lao, Longee Guo, David Ko, Mr S King

Snow Boarding SPI Rugby F3

Back Row: Mrs R Peak, Casey Sturrock, Mr D Smale Back Row: Tom Hemmington, Luke Mihaljevich, Connor O'Leary-Lodge, Jacksyn Front Row: Samuel Readman, Adam Price, Daniel Lutterman, Glen Jeffrey, Nick Burt Siakisini Lauaki, Flynn Willemse Absent: Hamish Sellar 2nd Row: Blake Bradshaw, Aaron Isaacson, Sean Vete, Luke Walker, Ben Mitchell, Kainoa Moller, Mr R Taylor Front Row: Ollie Charlesworth, Kade Scheib, Markku Venter, Jackson Port, Graysen Brown

174 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z SPI Rugby F4 Sports Institute - Rowing

Back Row: Spencer McDowall Back Row: Jin Lim, Jack Taylor, Benjamin Jury 2nd Row: Simeon Joubert, Matt Jacobi, Baylee Katipa, Finlay Brewis, Jackson 2nd Row: Riley Martin, Baxter Holgate-Simpson, Aaron Cordes, Mr S Van Rossen Tu'inukuafe, Mr R Taylor Front Row: Harry Collard, Kip Watson, Sam Jones, Jake Jones, Conrad Luka Front Row: Jackson Ephraims, Jarrod Ferguson, Ollie Banks, Casey Smith, Tristan Shepherd

Squash Premier 1 Squash Premier 2

Back Row: Soo-Myoung Jang, Gabe Yam, Matthew Lucente, Manu Yam (Coach) Back Row: Zonal Ali, Mr Calver Front Row: Stuart Martin (Co-Captain), Rafa Yam (Captain), David Matthews Front Row: Tom Taylor, Cameron Gumbley, Jonathan Ko

Squash Senior B1 Squash Senior B2

Back Row: Eric Park, Mr Marshall Back Row: Oliver Soons, Mr P J Andrews Front Row: Daniel Randall, Kieran McCahon, Hamza Qaiser Front Row: Jonathan Lay, Jordan Jessup, Fredrick Dela Cruz

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 175 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Squash Junior A Squash Junior B

Back Row: Thomas Applegath, Azarish Ali, Tom Hall-Taylor, Mrs R O'Gram Back Row: Jamie Bowie, Yunjae Kim, Sean Kim, Mrs C Gouws (Manager) (Manager) Absent: Barnaby Hope-Simcock, Mack O'Brien Front Row: Rory Burnell, Matt Peagram, Pawan Deo

Swimming Back Row: Hunter Pethers-Boak, Eric Park, Jae Yun Lim, Sam Nicholson 2nd Row: Wilson Longhurst, Dylan Heathcote, Jason Churches, Andy Yang, Oliver Wu, Mrs T Houzet Front Row: Zach Newton-Cross, Jono Houzet, Sam Love, Jae Eon Lim, Kai Clauberg Absent: Patrick Chambers, Scott Fairbairn, Joshua Lee, Logan MacKintosh, Darran Pickering, Kyle Shears, Jaepeth Tiakia

Table Tennis Premier A Table Tennis Premier B

Back Row: Victor Ma, Mr Lee, Roger Wang Back Row: Chris Jeong, Harry Kim, Mr Lee Front Row: Victor Pollett, Wilfred Lan Front Row: Logan Xu, Andrew Mei, Nicholas Lin

176 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Tennis Intermediate A2 Tennis Intermediate M5 A

Back Row: Daniel Lough, Jake Thompson, Nick Jarrold, Mr N Kennard Back Row: Antoine Ellis, Ryan Williams, Mr D Smale Front Row: Dylan Neville, Kaden Sutton, Bailey Sutton Front Row: Benjamin Crosland, Nick Francis, James Thornton Absent: Sean Skeens

Tennis Intermediate M6M5 BA Tennis Intermediate M8 C

Back Row: Jason Yoo, Mr K Jorgensen Daniel Yang, Jason Cho, Andrew Oh, Jack Huang Front Row: Shane Wei, Matt Jacobi, Dwight Nicolas

Tennis Intermediate Social Tennis Junior M1 B

Back Row: Matthew Van Orton, Tony Brinkman, Connor McNall, Mr C Solomons Back Row: Jarrod Ferguson, Mrs L Burton-Brown Front Row: Peter Yoon, Rengen Parlane, Kevin Liu, Edward Zhang, Lawrence Gao Front Row: Thomas Fritzen, Tane Cullen, Logan Burton-Brown

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 177 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Tennis Junior M2 C Tennis Junior M3 C

Present: David Goncharov, Tim Cahyanto, Jackson Greig, Mrs C Gouws Harry Pottinger-Coombes, Jonathon Lee, Robin Jo, Ms R Pevreal Absent: Griffin Shields

Tennis Junior M4 C Tennis Junior Social

Back Row: Barrett Han, Jacob Crean, Miss S Yoon Back Row: David Goncharov, Mr S King, Matthew Lough Front Row: Ronan Mackenzie-Smee, Steve Park, Bright Wan Front Row: Jordan Quinn, Shaun Lee, Oliver Ding, Jacob de Jonge Absent: Joel Gailer, Sean Kim

Tennis Premier Back Row: Matej Minic, Mr T Weal, Benjamin Holmes Front Row: Danyon Morgan-Puterangi, Ethan McCafferty, Yanni Wetzell, Luka Cirilovic, Elliot Le Petit

178 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z Tennis Senior A M7 Tennis Senior A M8

Back Row: Koya Yamada, Nikhil Luthra Present: Quinn Sunde, Ivan De Guzman, Stuart Martin, Mr A Vinicombe Front Row: Eric Park, Kevin Sun, George Harpur Absent: Koichi Kurino, Stephen Summers Absent: Mr M Russell

Tennis Senior A2 Tennis Senior Social 3

Back Row: Dylan Boot, Ben Park, Tianyi Yu, Mr A Van den Heuvel Back Row: Isaac Sohn, Haru Yasutomi, Mr A Naranji Front Row: Kevin Sun, Rohan Luthra, Ivan De Guzman, Ben Roberts, Front Row: Michael Lough, Joseph Sajjaphanroj, Jordan Jessup Dem Sattayabandit Absent: Roderick Chan

Tennis Senior Social 4 Touch Senior A

Back Row: Omar Hassan, Mr N Kennard Back Row: Oliver Heal, James Brown, Ariki Hood-Kaitapu, Mitchell Gemmell, Front Row: Alec Wise, Eugene Park, Charlie Im Mr J McIntyre Absent: Brad Crankshaw Front Row: Spencer McDowall, Ethan Amos, Casey Smith, Cameron Hey, Jackson Ephraims

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 179 SPORTS TEAMS A-Z

Touch Rugby Premier Team Back Row: Jack Heighton, Montana Northcroft, Levi McBirney, Moses Leo, Tyler Smith 2nd Row: Mrs C Labuschagne (Manager), Jake Antonio- Rooney, Tupe Haku, Thomas Reid, Baylee Katipa, Mr J McIntyre (Coach) Front Row: Zae Wallace, Connor Hill, Ethan Amos, Danyon Morgan-Puterangi, James Brown, Casey Smith, Tyrelle Thompson Absent: Garrick Rollinson, Sam Adkins, Foley Lio, Mr H Te Wano (Coach)

Triathlon Squad Back Row: Scott Jarrold, Troy Lonergan, Joseph Clark, Jason Churches, Bradley Hall, Herbie Wasson, Mr J Saville Front Row: Nicolo Oporto, Daniel Hoy, Matthew Roets, Tommy Shiferaw, Oscar England

Ultimate Frisbee Back Row: Eliot Hayes, Earl Corcega, Humza Butt, Paul Kim, Jean Kim, Liam Kennedy, Aidan Elliot, Longee Guo, David Lin 4th Row: Dominic Sanicas, Sammy Ji, Scott Honeyman, Harry Crean, Jono King, Billy Armstrong, Julian Orejana, Rayne Townsend, Jordan Jessup 3rd Row: Myron Ganzan, Joshua Cooke, Caleb Gemmell, Simon Su, Hwan Yoo, Ian Lim, Chris Nah, Campbell Jordan, Mr J Wills 2nd Row: James Thornton, Michael Jang, Ryan Tan, Finn Buckeridge, Rafa Yam, Hamish Forde, Joshua Orejana, Kevin Jo, Isaac Armstrong, David Lee Front Row: Kieran McCahon, Blair Niuelua, Ryan Lim, Lateef Zainudin, Jack McBride, Alex Cassidy, Victor Hung, Arlo Grey, James Mackessack Absent: Ryan Sleith, Javy Aranas, Daniel Binnie, Jason Bouwman, Nick Curry

180 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT SPORTS TEAMS A-Z

Waterpolo Premier Team Back Row: Logan Fuller, Connor Beamish, Logan Hohaia 2nd Row: Wilson Longhurst, Jordan Wedlock-Aston, Andre Jackson, Jono Houzet, Jackson Birdsall, Mrs K Russell (Teacher In Charge/Manager) Front Row: Jarvis Jensen, Liam Sheehan, Patrick Chambers (Captain), Thomas Edwards, Ethan Thomas

Volleyball Waterpolo Senior B

Back Row: Mrs P Weakley, Joelson Villanueva, Luke Lombard, Carl Razon Back Row: Jordan Te Aukura, Brayden Print, Sam Whiddett, Reuben Barr, Front Row: Corey Fenton, Ryan Hiskens, Luke Jones, Sean Greaney, Jarrod Shahid Dawad Ferguson 2nd Row: Mr M Kerr, Zach Newton-Cross, Hamish Casey, Iziah Mahe, Spencer Absent: Jack Gemmell, Callum George, James Maber, Jackson Hobson McDowall, Mrs R Peak Front Row: Murray Stoute, Antoine Ellis, James Mackessack, Logan Rainey, Kyle Shears

Waterpolo Junior A Waterpolo Junior B

Back Row: Kyle Shears, Zach Newton-Cross, Stuart Hofmeyr Back Row: Udayan Basu 2nd Row: Spencer McDowall, Corban Wedlock-Aston, Liam Wedlock-Aston, Iziah 2nd Row: Patrick Chambers, Brian Lee, Jackson Munday, Kieran Bray, Mahe, Campbell Knowles Joshua Lee, Mrs P Weakley Front Row: Matthew Edwards, Aidan Elliot, Caleb Barr, Hunter Pethers-Boak, Front Row: Tyler Howarth, Alex Taylor, Logan Rainey, Leon Pollard, Jackson Rowe Hyunsang Lim Absent: J Houzet

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 181 GROUPS A-Z Backspace Careers Council

Back Row: Eric Park, Ihtishaam Muhammed, Liam Rawlings, Kevin Chen Back Row: Rengen Parlane, Simon Tse, Eshil Singh, Kane Lu, Dwight Nicolas Front Row: George Han, Jeffrey Choy, Jay Adams, Omar Hassan, Ian Lim 2nd Row: Mrs Baker, Chris Hagan, Danny Jeong, Joseph Sajjaphanroj, Leo Hong, Mrs Renton-Rooney Front Row: Rohan Luthra, Mostafa Youssef, Cameron Nayler, Kalani Partridge- Fruean, Daniel Lee

Debating Premier Advanced Debating Premier Junior

Back Row: Liam Rawlings, Matthew Bilton, George Han, Mr B Coetzee Back Row: Winston Yao, Mr B Coetzee, David Lin Front Row: Mac Jordan, Jono King, Caleb Gemmell, David Hoggard, Ian Lim Front Row: Sam Baker, Dylan Maynard, Ford Gooch, Sean Yang, Lawrence Gao

Debating Advanced Open Debating Senior Open

Back Row: Jacob Siermans, Eshil Singh, Ryan Scott, Miss C Harland Back Row: Chris Tarrant, Andrew Wickens, Laith Saeed Front Row: Omar Hassan, Nathan Regal, Harris Butt, Jayden King, Michael Lough 2nd Row: Ian Lim, Darren Zhang, Glen Jeffrey, Kevin Chen, Oliver Lawrence, Miss Amos Front Row: Eric Lee, Brayden Print, Jake Thompson, Harry Hong, George Wang

182 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SPORT GROUPS A-Z

Librarians Back Row: Bishoy Mekhaiel, Evan Lai, Sam Jennings, Renato Ferrer, Dwight Nicolas 3rd Row: Daniel Kim, Tahlequah Tiakia, Steven Choi, Uwais Hussein, Eric Lee, Tymon Porter, Seth James, John Yi 2nd Row: Ms McKee (Librarian), Tyrell Snelling, Cameron Falloon, Alexander Iles-Nyberg, Tom Bradfield, Jonathan McConchie, Francis Thorpe, Antoine Ellis, Jeremy Hayes, Mrs Ottaway (Librarian) Front Row: Liam Rawlings, Isaac Lee, Eshil Singh, Mostafa Youssef, Benedict Tan, Kalani Partridge-Fruean, Paul Weichselbaum, Michael Oentardi

Production Cast Back Row: Sam Nicholson, Matthew Van Orton, Oliver Haywood, Carl Razon, Dylan Carlyle, Rory Burnell 2nd Row: Ms C Harland, Joshua Wyatt, Kelby Cai, Mitchell Dye, Scott Telfer, Harley Ofoia, Henry Mitchell- Hibbert, Mrs C Walsh Front Row: Jordan Te Aukura, Daniel Lough, Mitch Hazelhurst, Michael Lough, Jacob Siermans, Jayden King, Matt Bruce, Jason Wahid

NZ Young Physicists Team Robotics

Back Row: Matthew Bilton, Mr A Brown, Campbell Wang Cameron Dagger, Duncan Anderson, Charlie Lee, Ms I Wahab Front Row: Charlie Lee, George Han, Danial Valikhani, William Hung, John Bag

SPORT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 183 The momentum of the Westlakers community across the globe continued to grow throughout 2014. Reunions were held in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, London and San Francisco as well as the local Recent Leavers event; Westlakers Annual Reunion and rugby and hockey matches in Auckland. Amongst the many highlights was a Westlakers dinner held at Rhodes House, Oxford University hosted by Westlake Boys’ first knight, Sir John Hood. One other outstanding highlight was the launch of the annual Westlakers $100 Club which saw almost 70 old boys contribute $100 each into a fund to go towards Westlake students. With their inspirational stories characterised by typical Westlaker The involvement of Westlake old boys and former staff at Westlake traits of determination, self-belief, humility, and good humour, enhances our school in many ways from the Westlakers who Westlakers always add a certain richness to school life. Read the contribute their time as sports coaches, mentors, tutors and guest profiles on the following pages for a snapshot of Westlakers from the speakers to those who serve on the Westlakers Committee and the past 52 years and what they’re up to now. Westlake Foundation Board or help out with school property projects. To all those Westlakers who remain connected to the school, It’s also fantastic to see Westlakers reconnecting with the school as and to those who have reconnected for the first time during parents and some coming back to school as staff members. In 2015 2014 – and especially to President Richard Stevens, long-serving Westlakers Jordan Stanley, Fraser Brown and Andrew Cowell will committeemen Lester de Vere and Andrew Howson and the join Peter Rea, Simon Smith, Tony Buckingham, Ryan Scivier, Grant other Westlakers Committeemen - our sincere thanks for your Hodder and Kevin Ahn as old boys on Westlake Staff. time, passion and dedication. Westlake is a better school for your We continue to work in collaboration with our sister school and continued involvement. their alumni activities – thanks to the efforts of the Heads of Art The images on the next few pages tell the story of a productive, of both schools, Mark Masterton and Kheang Ov, 2014 saw a very fun-filled Westlakers year. To all the 2014 school leavers, we look successful art exhibition staged at NorthArt Gallery featuring works forward to seeing you at the 2015 Recent Leavers Reunion in the of former and current Westlake Schools staff and students. The Uni semester break next July. Until then, don’t forget to ‘Like’ the exhibition entitled 3.15 – Westlake Artworks – Past and Present was Westlakers Facebook page and let us know of any Westlaker news a tremendous success. Westlake Boys artworks were exhibited by you’d like us to share. Thank you! Jeff Thomson, Reg Mombassa (of Mambo fame), Dean Buchanan, Paul Dibble, Tony Ogle, Dugald Page, Mark Masterton, Max Rogers, Vicki Fowler and Christine O’Dowd, WBHS Community Tommy Jiang, Joon-Hee Park and Albert Folasa-sua Relations Office

FAREWELL TO A WESTLAKE LEGEND

The Westlakers section of the 2014 Yearbook wouldn’t be complete without an official farewell to Mr Ian (BIF) Hall, a popular Westlake Maths teacher through the late 70’s and early 80’s who went on to spend 18 years of his retirement tracking down and chatting to Westlake old boys around the globe and preparing hundreds of profiles for yearbooks over those years. BIF, as he was affectionately known (short for Bernard Ian Frederick), passed away on 22nd October aged 96 years young. Westlakers and Westlake Boys High School owes a huge debt of gratitude to BIF. He spent thousands of voluntary hours compiling a card register consisting of 13,000 records and it is BIF’s data that we still refer to on a daily basis. A mammoth task and an incredible display of loyalty and commitment. We remember BIF as a true gentleman, a very humble, generous man who loved Westlake (and especially Westlake rugby and cricket) and made a difference to the lives of many. Farewell to a true Westlake Legend. Rest in peace BIF.

A true Westlake legend, former Maths teacher and old boys researcher, Mr Ian (BIF) Hall pictured at the 50th Jubilee celebrations in 2012.

184 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL WESTLAKERS Westlakers involved at school

We enjoyed the involvement of many Westlakers in various school to Young Enterprise students ; WBHS Foundation pupil Andrew events throughout the year. Amongst others, Westlaker broadcaster Cross returned to Westlake for the first time in 47 years and Duncan Garner was guest speaker at our annual Father Son attended assembly; 80’s Westlaker Pau Likiliki brought two teams of Breakfast; former school parent and Board member Sian Jaquet Tongan schoolboy footballers on a sports exchange; Mathew Fesili spoke to students and their mothers at the Mother Son Breakfast; spoke to the Pasifika students’ ‘Taro Patch’ group and 2008 Deputy Radio Sports “Sport Vox” Kent Johns gave a memorable speech at Head Boy Garrick Frittelli spoke to the 2014 Prefect group at their Sports Dinner; Westlakers President Richard Stevens, Foundation Annual Breakfast. Our thanks to all! Board member Bill Smale, and 2010 leaver Ben Reynolds presented

Angus Nicoll and his Westlaker Dad, Foundation Board and Westlaker Bruce Fowler with son Michael and Westlakers Board of Trustees member Andrew Nicoll at the Westlakers Committeeman Lester de Vere Fathers and Sons event

1980’s Westlaker Pau Likiliki returned to Westlake in Westlaker broadcaster Duncan Garner was a popular guest September with two Tongan national age group football teams speaker at the annual Father Son Breakfast. Pictured here with on a trip of a lifetime. It is Pau’s dream that his sons also Head Boy Michael Lough receive a Westlake education

Radio Sport’s “Sports Vox” Westlaker Kent Johns donned his Westlakers Richard Stevens, Ben Reynolds and Bill Smale Westlake football colours tie that he earned 19 years ago and (Smale House Patron) addressed 2014 WBHS Young Enterprise did the honours as guest speaker at the 2014 Sports Dinner students at a breakfast at the Spencer on Byron Hotel

WESTLAKERS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 185 2014 Westlaker Events

RHODES HOUSE DINNER, OXFORD UNIVERSITY – 10TH JULY 2014

One of the year’s many highlights was a dinner hosted by Westlake’s his recent knighthood, Mr Ferguson presented Sir John with a gold first knight and former Vice Chancellor of Auckland University Westlake Leaver’s ring. Pictured above, guests included David Simpson and Cambridge University, Westlaker Sir John Hood. The dinner, (1983-87), Stephen Bendall (1980-84), Bryce Clark (1970-74), David co-hosted by Headmaster David Ferguson, was held at Rhodes Ferguson (Headmaster), John Hood (1965-69), John Burland (1961- House at Oxford University in July. As an acknowledgement of 66), Tom Elton (2004-2008) and Tony Evans (1957-1961).

2014 WESTLAKERS GOLF DAY, WAITEMATA GOLF COURSE – THURSDAY 20TH MARCH 2014

Team Dataprint with Richard Penberthy, Jeff Knight and Team Colliers International winners of the John Patterson Andrew Mexted-Bragg Memorial Trophy with Jimmy O'Brien, Andrew Hiskens, Charlie Waide and Kevin Sunde

2014 WESTLAKERS HOCKEY MATCH 2014 WESTLAKERS RUGBY VS YOUNG SWANS

Westlakers vs WBHS 1st XI Hockey – the match went Westlakers Rugby team vs WBHS “Young Swans” at Onewa Westlakers way 5-0 on a chilly July evening at Rosedale Park Domain 18 July 2014

186 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL WESTLAKERS 2014 WESTLAKERS INTERNATIONAL REUNIONS Westlakers gathered across the globe during 2014 with reunions held in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, London and San Francisco.

Westlakers London Reunion was held in July at the Samuel Westlakers Chuck Buckley, Scott Maud and Josh Tasman- Pepys Bar in Central London. Jones with Headmaster David Ferguson at the London Reunion

San Francisco based Westlakers gathered at a local Italian San Francisco based Westlakers Bowen Pan, Arkesh Patel, Restaurant in July and enjoyed an evening connecting with Heath Vinicombe, Luke Baxter, Sze Tan, David Hughes and fellow schoolmates Stanford University Professor Roland Horne

2014 WESTLAKERS RECENT LEAVERS REUNION - FRIDAY 4TH JULY

Associate Headmaster Alex Reed and Westlaker staff member Westlakers President Richard Stevens with Committeemen Tony Buckingham joined 130 Westlakers at the 2014 Recent Andrew Howson and Dale Gooding on BBQ duties at the Leavers’ Reunion in the July University Semester break Recent Leavers Reunion

WESTLAKERS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 187 WESTLAKERS ANNUAL REUNION – FRIDAY 15TH AUGUST 2014

At the Annual Westlakers Reunion, special guest Peter Rea Riley Duff, Andrew Howson, John and Bruce Penberthy all delivered an entertaining speech on the highlights of his years as joined the 2014 Westlakers $100 Club a Westlake student and staff member

Current staff member Heather Greenhill with Westlake’s longest serving staff member Joan Farrell and one of her Westlakers Jimmy O’Brien, Brendan Smith and Bob Mills enjoy students, former school parent and Board member, the 2014 Annual Reunion John McFetridge

3.15- WESTLAKE ARTWORKS – EXHIBITION

Westlaker artists, including Mr Masterton and Miss Park Westlaker sculptor Jeff Thomson and former Head of Art exhibited worksin conjunction with Westlake Girls artists at Dugald Page ponder models of the ceremonial archway. Both the ’3.15- Westlake Artworks – Past and Present’ Exhibition at artists exhibited at the ‘3.15 – Westlake Artworks Past and Northart Gallery Present’ Exhibition in October

188 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL WESTLAKERS WESTLAKERS $100 CLUB

The Westlakers $100 Club was launched with great success Jubilee Chairman Ant Ford and Westlaker Committeeman at the 2014 Westlakers Annual Reunion in August. The fund Lester de Vere did a sterling job of drumming up Westlakers provides assistance to Westlake students who need financial $100 Club memberships support to realise their potential. The 2014 fund will remain open for donations until the 2015 Westlakers Golf Day.

WESTLAKE GIVING PROJECTS – TODAY TOMORROW TOGETHER

Westlaker artist Jeff Thomson, former Head of Art Dugald Page, purchasing a ‘Westlake Word’ that will be forever etched into the 80’s Westlaker Kim Martinengo and current Head of Art Mark sculpture that Jeff is crafting. Masterton joined forces this year to work on the exciting Westlake Archway project which will be funded by donations to the Westlake For information regarding Westlakers or the Westlake Foundation Foundation. School parents and old boys have the chance to make please contact Vicki Fowler [email protected] or Christine their mark on this project by helping with the fundraising efforts and O’Dowd [email protected]

The Westlake Archway and Westlake Sports Centre – both projects due for completion in 2015 are subjects of the inaugural Westlake Giving campaign launched by the Westlake Foundation in 2014

WESTLAKERS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 189 well as the big school races, the Schools’ Head of the River, and the National Schools’ Regatta (Maadi Cup equivalent).

From 2007 I started work at the Godolphin and Latymer School in West London. It is here that I am Head of Rowing, as well as Head of Information Services. The rowing programme has expanded from just 6 girls in 2007, to 53 girls this year, with J14, J15, J16 and J18 squads. I also coach rowing for Kings College School Wimbledon, and it is from their boat house that Cambridge prepares for the Boat Race, so I have seen both crews prepare. 2014 sees me very busy EDWARD BENTON with work, and coaching rowing for two schools. Westlake taught me 1988-1992 the importance of hard work and high standards, which hopefully I can help pass on to a new generation of student rowers.

I attended Westlake from 1988 until 1992, and I enjoyed almost every minute. I didn’t know much about rowing when I started, but being 6 Rowing has been a huge part of Westlake for over four decades. foot 3 and 77 kgs as a third former (putting on another inch in height It’s a shame Ed is based so far away because it sounds like he’d and 10kgs by seventh form), I was soon identified by Mr Mike Stanley as be a great contender for the annual Old Boys race featured at a potential recruit. Rowing was to be the making of me as a schoolboy the Westlake-hosted Head of Harbour Regatta on Lake Pupuke athlete, and I was lucky to start rowing during a renaissance of the sport in February every year. If you’d like to be part of the 2015 at Westlake, under the leadership of Mr Stanley. We respected Mr Stanley Westlakers crew please get in contact with us. immensely, as he was a WBHS old boy, World Champion and Olympic rower. The pain of finishing second in the U15 8s at the 1989 Maadi Cup, drove us on to train much harder, and the following year we won the U16 8s by 2-3 lengths, and were National Champions. Many other races were rowed, and Westlake medalled in almost all Maadi Cup eights events, at each age level, making us a very successful school during my time at WBHS. In my final year I was lucky to be selected to row for the New Zealand Juniors, alongside future Sydney 2000 Olympic Gold medallist, .

The teachers I remember most at WBHS are Mr Glackin of the History department, Miss Burney for Classics (in which I was lucky enough to get a scholarship in), Mr Rea, for his involvement in rowing, and Mr Pascoe (RIP), the Head master, who travelled around New Zealand to support us rowers at regattas in both the South and JAMES BRADDOCK North Islands. 2002-2006

After school I attended Auckland University, where I did a bit of I started Westlake as a boy in 2002 and left in 2006 feeling like a man. rowing, played rugby for Takapuna RFC, and studied for a Bachelor I began in third form feeling overwhelmed, excited and ready to start of Arts in History and Politics. In my final year at uni, in 1995, we won the last stage of schooling. From the start my mind was put at ease; it the U21 North Harbour Rugby Championship for Takapuna against was a great school with great support and I formed a network of close Massey. I followed my BA with a Masters degree, in which I gained friends that I still share today. 2.1 honours in History. During my time at Westlake I was heavily involved with student life, I Soon after graduating I travelled to London, with the benefit of a played rugby right through school, with a notable highlight being part British passport. Working to fund travelling gave me many sightseeing of the French tour in 2004 when we toured France and England for opportunities around Europe, Northern Africa and the USA. I was four weeks and played in an U15’s World Cup. At the age of 15 this was lucky (or unlucky depending how you view the end result) to go to all a major stepping stone in my own personal development and it has the All Blacks games in the 1999 World Cup, as well as a few in 2007. I created memories that I will remember forever. As well as playing Rugby started working in schools in 2002, firstly at University College School, I took part in Squash and Debating and was part of the choir in third and and then at Westminster School, 2003 – 2007. As a Kiwi sightseer, I fourth forms until certain bodily changes put a halt to that. I also took enjoyed sitting in Westminster Abbey, next to the Queen’s seat, in my part and benefited greatly from the buddies scheme in my seventh form academic gown, and taking in the views twice a week. year as well as running the 40hr famine programme, being chairperson It was at the ancient school of Westminster that I had the opportunity for SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) on the North Shore and to coach rowing for WSBC. Rowing training on the fast tidal stream most proudly being selected to be a Prefect for the school. of the Thames made for some interesting times, notably when not Notable teachers during my time at Lake were Mr Ferguson and Mr being able to start the outboard engine on the coaching launch, and Markham. Markham or Matty as we called him, took us for A-Level floating with some pace towards Putney Pier, or dealing with the high geography and with a class of only eight in our final years, we became tides that came across the road, making landing boats difficult. For good friends who all shared many a field trip up and down the country the Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race, I was lucky to have a view from exploring the geographical landscape our country has to offer. the inside, as Oxford trained and raced from WSBC’s boathouse on Upon leaving Westlake in 2006 I set out into the working world as I Putney Embankment. I also went to the , as

190 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL WESTLAKERS didn’t want to rush into studies straight away. I started building the day after my last exam at the end of 2006 and by the beginning of 2008 had begun a building apprenticeship through the BCITO which I planned to complete and then go on to study architecture. During my time on the tools I came to appreciate a hard day’s work and learnt a lot about my own will and determination. Throughout a few detours along the way I completed my apprenticeship in early 2012 with a National Certificate in Carpentry Level 4 and soon became a Licensed Building Practitioner.

I’ve never been one to be held back by the thoughts of others or become stagnant with my progress - something that Westlake helped shape out TONY BUCKINGHAM in my personality. At 23 I started my own building company, JJ Build, 1963-1966 in an aim to stamp my mark on the construction industry. Not to be taking small steps, I also started a Bachelor of Construction Majoring I attended Westlake from 1963-1966 and fondly remember the great in Construction Management and Quantity Surveying at Unitec which I football and cricket games we played at lunchtime and any other should be finished within 2 years’ time - all going well. activities that involved a ball. There was a shooting range down Since starting my own business I have come to realise how beneficial where the bus lane is now ran by fellow student Malcolm Cooper who not only the teachers who taught me at Westlake were but also the went on to become an Olympic Gold medallist and World Champion friends and those in my year as well. It allows me to call upon the shooter. We had military training one afternoon a week which allowed network of Westlakers almost on a daily basis. us the chance to fire a round or two at the range.

I now employ five people and undertake jobs ranging from fences all the In those days Westlake’s roll was about 600 pupils, who could all fit way up to multi-million dollar commercial projects. Running my own into the old assembly hall. We used to sing hymns and had to take a company is fun and stressful all in one; we have a great team a lot of hymnbook to assembly and I remember the time they checked if we fun doing our work. The work, although not for the faint hearted, is also had our hymnbooks, those who didn’t received one stroke of the cane. very rewarding and allows you to set your own goals and strive to take My most memorable teachers were Mr Rimmer, the music teacher yourself wherever you wish to go - even if that is for a round of golf early who went on to great things musically and Dugald Page, my form and on a Friday afternoon or many an overseas travelling adventure. As they art teacher and I still love seeing him around at Westlake. say (whoever they are) ‘my future is firmly in my hands and I choose to I left after school certificate and served an apprenticeship as a take and make what I want of it’. Stereotyper at the Auckland Star newspaper. Technology was very I feel that my time at Westlake was the time I grew from a boy into quickly entering the printing profession and therefore I had to retrain a a man and those I surrounded myself with and the great teachers number of times. Many of my work colleagues fell by the wayside but I who taught me - though they may say different - really did set me up was lucky enough to have had over 40 years in the trade before joining to become the person I am today and the person I will endeavour to the Westlake staff in 2009 as sports administration and sponsorship become in the future. coordinator. In my role I’ve been fortunate to have participated in a number of memorable overseas sports tours with the football and James dropped into school this year and kindly offered to cricket teams. We’ve toured England twice and have gone to Holland, mentor a Gateway student who was interested in becoming a South Africa, Spain and Australia. builder when he leaves school. Westlake’s Gateway programme Working in sports at my old school is truly a pleasure and I’ve noted enables Westlake students to gain work experience for a day that the biggest impact Westlake has had on me has been in the last per week in their last year of school. If, similarly to James, you six years. I’m in awe of our students who work so hard to achieve, both have the urge to contribute to Westlake by becoming a Westlake in the classroom and outside of it. They are committed to being the mentor, we’d be very grateful! best they can be and it is a pleasure to watch many of them achieve their goals and dreams.

I have been happily married to Carol for 37 years and we have a daughter who teaches and a son who is a Property Manager - who also went to Westlake and very much enjoyed his time at the school.

Rather than slowing down in the latter part of my working career, I am being driven along by the enthusiasm of the countless staff members at the school. Unfortunately this does limit the time for my other great passions; gardening and fishing. Hopefully I’ll have plenty of time for that later.

Tony is a highly respected member of Westlake staff evidenced this year by him being awarded BOTH a Westlake Foundation Staff Award (for commitment and service) and a Westlake Sport Staff Award (for outstanding contribution to Westlake Sport). Tony is a mentor to thousands of young footballers and cricketers and we are proud to have him on our team every day.

WESTLAKERS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 191 ANDREW RICHARD ANDREW CROSS COWELL 2005-2009 1960-1962

In my years at Westlake from 2005-2009 I represented the 1st XI My first recollection of Westlake was my entry year at, what is Cricket, 1st XI Football and the 1st XI Hockey, and was part of the now, the Girls School. As the Boys School was not yet ready for team that won the 2008 National Rankin Cup - the only Westlake occupation, my year started down at the Girls School, and as team to ever win hockey nationals. I have great memories of the classrooms became finished, we boys trekked up the hill on the 2007 Holland and UK cricket Tour, an experience of a lifetime metal road to have classes in the very new classrooms. If my being able to travel back to the country where the history of cricket memory serves me well, this would have been for at least a year started. Even though the weather (it was the wettest summer in 30 around 1959-60. One thing I do remember is that the boys would years at the time) meant we didn’t play many games, the chance to have to walk up (and down) the hill, while the teachers whizzed past travel the country and experience the English madness was enough in their cars - most infuriating! to satisfy us all. I never really excelled at sports, although I represented the school Thinking back to the teachers that were most memorable, it must at Hockey and Swimming at a minor level and found academia a be Mr. Murchison. He was a teacher who showed infectious respect definite challenge. However, Art & Design, under the tutelage of and kindness and he would do anything that allowed me to be Mr Dugald Page seemed to hit the spot and this set me up on my successful throughout my time at Westlake, even co-coaching the career path into the world of advertising agencies and creativity. 13A1 football team with Mr. Dale. The “No Emo” mufti day was a Having completed a few superb, unforgettable years at Westlake moment of pure genius and comedy, one that the students present managing to get my School Certificate, I decided that I should set at the time, would remember fondly as one of Mr. Murchison’s out for the UK as it was then the centre of excellence for graphics funniest moments. and advertising. So, as a young lad I set off for London by way of a During my last year at Westlake I was awarded the Crosfield School six week journey by ship, via Singapore, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Aden, Gap Year in Reading, England. The experience saw me working as Port Suez, Naples and then Southampton. In those days, and as a an assistant PE teacher at the private school for a year and allowing young lad, this was a real adventure! me the opportunity to play cricket and travel around Europe for My grounding in graphic art at Westlake set me up extremely well two months. It was such an amazing experience where I met so in the UK, and after gaining my degrees at Art College in the South many people, formed many life-long friendships and spent every of England, I started a career in advertising. My dreams of returning last pound experiencing the highlights of countries such as Croatia, to New Zealand kept being put back and as I got deeper involved Italy, Austria, France and many others. in the European advertising “scene” they became more and more My life nowadays seems rather straightforward. After finishing became distant. my Bachelor of Sport and Recreation – Coaching and Health and I still live in the UK with my grown-up family - my son having followed P.E. (AUT) and Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) I “eat, in my footsteps and is now an accomplished creative in his own right. sleep, rave, repeat” and am finishing up my Post Graduate Diploma I have clients in the USA, Hong Kong and many European countries - in Teaching. Thankfully, I’ve secured a job at Westlake in the P.E. so visits to New Zealand will be limited to holidays, I fear. department starting fulltime next year, and I continue to play and enjoy my sports throughout the year and enjoy life with friends, just In the 47 years of my career, I have been fortunate enough to work the way it should be. in many of the world’s major cities. I’ve been the Creative Director of one of the largest advertising agencies in the world and run a highly successful agency of my own. All of this is thanks to the We look forward to having Andrew on the Westlake team in career direction given to me by Westlake Boys High School. I try 2015. He will be the eighth Westlaker on staff joining Messrs and devote part of my time to working with charitable organisations Rea, Smith, Buckingham, Scivier, Stanley, Ahn and Brown. that need marketing help and I am a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Marketors.

In September of 2014, I was visiting Auckland and was fortunate enough to be invited back to the school and to attend morning assembly - an honour that I will never forget. A lasting memory will be the gift of a school scarf from the Headmaster - highly appropriate for the forthcoming UK winter about to beset me.

I will now ensure that I keep in touch by way of Westlakers and keep an eye of the progress the school makes.

192 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL WESTLAKERS MATHEW FESILI NEVILLE GILES 1999-2003 1984-1988

I have been very fortunate to have been able to attend Westlake I attended Westlake Boys High School from 1984 until 1988. Boys High School. Having just arrived from Samoa to pursue a Turning up to school, I was the archetype tiny third former better education and a better life, along with my family, it took tipping the scales at a svelte 39kg. An early highlight of my time some time to get used to the Kiwi life where the pace of things was at Westlake came on the rugby field. I played on a historical 7A a lot faster, than what I was used to. We lived in a Housing New Westlake team coached by Westlake legend Peter Rea which was Zealand and single-parent home, so money was always sparse. the last Westlake team to win an Auckland Secondary Schools title My twin brother Timothy and I even shared the same two sets of in 1984. We beat Auckland Grammar at Grammar 10-8 in the last school uniforms right throughout high school, but with the support year before the North Harbour Union was formed. of teachers and friends along the way, the experience was made a My main memory from my time at Westlake was the impact of lot easier and enjoyable. two extremely influential teachers in Mr Weal and Mr Borok. Mr My most memorable teacher would be my PE teacher Mr Brendon Weal was always very well prepared and inspired me to never Horlock who continually encouraged our Pasifika students to do be happy with what I had achieved. Mr Borok was an exacting well. He always did his best - together with the school - to sponsor taskmaster who demanded high standards but provided endless us financially when times were tough. It meant that Timothy and I encouragement along the way. I distinctly remember an English could attend school trips and participate in sports. I was privileged essay was returned with an “Ex” at the end (short for Excellent). As to represent Westlake in volleyball and rugby, and even got to someone who always taught students to be precise with language, captain some of the teams. you knew anything deemed “Excellent” by Mr Borok was something to be very proud of. I left WBHS with a sixth form certificate and did some odd jobs before landing a job at General Electric (Finance). This is where I Following school, I attended Auckland University and embarked began my journey in the corporate world, where I started out as on BCom/LLB. After graduating in 1993, I took a slightly different a credit controller in 2006 and moved on to different team leader OE experience and headed to Chicago for a year which was a roles, soon after. great time. I took a career turn in 1998 and started working in the financial services industry culminating in my recent appointment Currently, I work as a portfolio leader managing more than 70 as a Private Banker with ANZ and achieving Authorised Financial people. The skills I gained while at WBHS have continually helped Adviser status with the FMA. me throughout my career. Some of these skills include leadership, communication and knowing the value of hard work Probably one of my major achievements post Westlake was in and perseverance. 2008 when a friend and I cycled the entire 2007 Tour de France route. It took us six weeks to traverse over 2,500 kilometres but it This year I was fortunate to be a guest speaker for Westlake’s Taro was a tremendously satisfying experience. And it taught me that Patch Group. It is something that I have always been passionate about; any goal, no matter how large, can be achieved by continuously to be able to play a role in helping and encouraging Pasifika students to focusing on the next small step in front of you. do well in life by sharing my own life experiences with them.

Thinking back now, I feel very blessed to have been given the opportunity to be part of a school with a very proud history, and Neville has recently joined the Westlakers Committee which has had a positive influence in my life. – thank you to Neville, that’s a significant display of commitment to his school! We look forward to Neville’s involvement over the next few years and will make sure We were very excited to learn that the accomplished young that we’re on hand with a camera when he reconnects with man who was talking to our Pacifica students at one of both Mr Weal and Mr Borok who are both still on staff! their Taro Patch Breakfasts this year was once a Westlaker himself. Mathew’s story was very inspiring and we look forward to seeing him at Westlake again next year.

WESTLAKERS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 193 COLIN GRAINGER IAN GRANT 1966-1970 1965-1969

I attended Westlake from 1966-1970 at the same time as my friend I started Westlake in third form in 1965 with Mr Black as my form teacher. Bill Smale and I remember the years fondly. I was part of the Rowing My schooling through primary and intermediate had been reasonably Eight 1969 and 1970 under Mr Eric Craies and I was a prefect in my successful, but I have to admit looking back through my Westlake reports, last year. I will forever be indebted to my Headmaster at the time, Mr it doesn’t make particularly pleasant reading. I found it difficult to get MacMillan. It was in my last year at Westlake that I was considering into study mode, which was reflected in my exam results, much to the a drafting career due to my passion for Technical Drawing. I was disappointment of my teachers, and no doubt Mum and Dad as well. If you thinking of obtaining a New Zealand Certificate in Drafting (NZCD) wanted to follow an excellent example of how to do it all correctly, John but Mr Mac suggested that I instead try for a degree. Given that no Hood, now Sir John Hood, was the one to look up to as he was also in that one in my family had attended university this was a big ask. However, third form class. For me it really was a case of poor application, although I took Mr Mac's advice and went and obtained a Bachelor of Science geography, in particular New Zealand geography, did light the wick and (Surveying). it came as a great surprise to Mr Curran when I did get 10/10 for a New Zealand geography project. I did not stop there. After a successful career in surveying working on projects such as the Tongariro Hydro Power Development and During my time at school the new library was built and I thoroughly enjoyed Auckland Motorway construction, I went on and obtained a Masters my time as a librarian, working with Mrs Potter. Having been blessed with in Business Administration (Technology Management) from Deakin a neat hand, one of my primary jobs was to receive the books back from University, Victoria, Australia in 1998. being repaired and then, using the electric stylus, write the title and author on the re-bound spine. I now reside in Sydney and have my own successful consultancy practice, Consultz International Pty Ltd a company that provides 1969 was a horror year for both teachers and students as it was during strategic advice to large multinational companies and Road this time that the motorway was extended from Northcote Road to Authorities in Australia and New Zealand. Since moving to Australia Tristram Avenue. The playing fields were lowered by some distance so in 2009, I have become one of Australia's leading experts in road we had to put up with very heavy machinery working in close proximity tunnel operations and maintenance and participated in some of to the classrooms and a greatly reduced area for outdoor activities. This Australia's largest infrastructure projects. More recently I have construction work made it very difficult for teachers to lecture, having to added Precognitive Communication seminars to the suite of tools compete with the noise, and during the warmer months, we were in class I offer my clients. I realise there is a need to constantly change and with all of the windows closed because of the dust - the dust, the dust, it got innovate if you want to be a leader. into everything.

Having worked for 40 years in Engineering and Transportation it may I played cricket for the school, and during that last summer was a team seem incongruous that I’m also a poet and novelist gaining insight captain and managed to take 5 for 1 with my off-spinners in one match and from the timeless words shared through generations by my family. also scored my highest innings of 67 down at Takapuna Grammar. But it The way words come together in rhyme have long since fascinated was golf that became the main attraction and, after taking it up in 1968, me and it was my wife Jacqueline, owner of Poeology, who saw I had a handicap of 4 by the end of 1970, including a personal best of a something in my writing that I did not. I am especially proud of our 4-under-par 67 at Peninsula. children's books, The Adventures of Mario and Tilly, two mischievous University definitely wasn’t a possibility, but at the end of 1969 the time had and playful cats.Sometimes I wonder what it was that Mr Mac saw in come to leave school and I successfully applied for a job with a BMC vehicle me that no one else did. I am grateful that he did because he set me dealership. The work was very interesting and enjoyable, especially in the on a successful career path that has exceeded all my expectations. parts department. It was during this time in the 1970s that my interest in MGs manifested itself and I bought my first one in 1974. I’ll be celebrating 40 years membership of the MG Car Club later this year. Westlaker Reunions are held in Sydney every year – we hope that Colin will be able to join other Sydney-based Westlakers In 1979 I was offered the parts manager’s position with one of Sir Colin at the April 2015 event. We love having copies of books by Giltrap’s companies, looking after Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen, Suzuki and Westlaker authors in the school library so will track down a a few others, all of which were starting to make their presence felt in New Mario and Tilly book – they sound fantastic! Zealand. When I took over, the previous twelve months parts sales were $150,000 and when I stepped aside seven years later we had an annual turnover of $1.2million. Westlake did teach me you do get the results when you apply yourself to the task at hand, pity I didn’t realise that while still at school.

I moved from the motor trade to the relatively new computer industry specialising in automotive based software for parts and workshop

194 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL WESTLAKERS operations. The company wanted someone with industry knowledge to Alec Black dictating notes in Fifth Form Geography who produced lexical train their client’s staff on the new system and over the next twelve years I exchanges like ‘a riverhole in the waterbed’ in place of ‘a waterhole in did so with around 500 customers throughout the country. The travelling the riverbed’, before waterbeds had become popular. The University was great and expanded my knowledge of New Zealand accordingly. Scholarship examination was a high point. This tough, ten-paper examination completed in about ten days was certainly taxing. A complete change presented itself in 1998 when I was approached to take on the newly created Golf Manager’s role at the North Shore Golf Club. In After school I attended Victoria University of Wellington graduating 2007 I moved to the Waitemata Golf Club in Devonport, where I still carry with a Masters in Arts in English, trained as a high school teacher at the out that role and work with the team when Westlakers have their Annual Christchurch Teachers’ College, married and then taught for one year Golf Day. An integral part of the work is a good working knowledge of the before going to graduate school at Simon Fraser University in Canada rules of the game and I secured a 100% pass in the National Rules Exam graduating with a PhD in linguistics. We returned to Christchurch and back in the early 90s and followed that up with a top-of-the class 96% in in 1975 I joined the English Department of the University of Canterbury. the International Rules Exam in 2003. Would my Westlake teachers ever Since then I have held various positions at the University of Canterbury believe that was possible? I have been a rules official at eleven New Zealand including Dean of Arts, Head of the Department of Linguistics, Head of the Open Championships and at a number of international matches and the School of Classics and Linguistics besides teaching undergraduate and match referee for on a couple of occasions. graduate linguistics and supervising students for their graduate research. I have held two Fullbright Fellowships in the USA, one in upstate New I can look back on a 44-year working career in three different industries York and one in West Virginia, a Fellowship at the Netherlands Institute with six organisations with a degree of pride, in that I only applied for one for Advanced Studies in Wassenaar near The Hague, and had shorter position, the first one, as I was head-hunted for the rest. I have been a periods of research leave at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie Glenfield resident since 1979, married to Joanna for 36 years with one der Wissenschaften and the Max Planck Institut für Psycholinguistik in daughter, Erin. Nijmegen. These are great places to visit if you are interested in research The best advice I can give the younger folk today is find what lights your and the locations are an added bonus. I was able to resurrect my mother fire and follow it with a passion. I read a quote from American author and tongue with two longish visits to the Netherlands. humorist Mark Twain years ago that has stayed with me since, “The secret Being an academic you do research as well as teaching and so I have to success is making your vocation your vacation”. written or edited 13 academic books and about 75 articles and book chapters. I received at DSc from my university for my research work It’s always a treat to discover that our partners are Westlakers and the university’s teaching medal for my teaching. I retired in 2011 and that was the case when we first started working with Ian 8 just before the earthquakes destroyed the inner city of Christchurch years ago. He does a great job of looking after Westlakers when and reminded me of the bombed city in the Netherlands from which our Annual Golf Day takes over the Waitemata Golf Course in my family emigrated 60 years before. I have also published four books March or April every year. If you’re interested in being part of this of poetry. event and a great afternoon out, please let us know. In 2014 my wife and I live in Sydney and I continue with my research and writing, and spend time with two grandchildren here. My school interest in music has continued since Sydney has so much wonderful music on offer.

I learned many things at Westlake, some to do with the school curriculum. I have retained a curiosity in many things, not just my own personal research. Others were extra curricular. There was the music, sport and drama. There was also a deal of bullying at school in the 60s. There was a deal of unjustified and unjustifiable caning. I have retained a strong sense of injustice from those experiences. As a result I strongly believe that education should try to elicit the best from human beings and not the worst. KOENRAAD KUIPER 1958-1962

I attended Westlake High School in its second year and so, when the school split in 1962, I was a foundation pupil of Westlake Boys High in my final school year. There were many things to enjoy at Westlake in the early years. Unlike many other schools, Westlake introduced hockey for boys and I found myself playing and coaching hockey thereafter for another 20 years. Westlake had great music under Stuart Mannins who founded the madrigal group so that, in the sixth form, the building up of a solid group of singers enabled a production of The Pirates of Penzance to take place. I PAU LIKILIKI have been going to concerts ever since. 1986-1989 English was a highlight with wonderful classes from Jack Bremner, Helen Ryburn, Rowan Kelly and Rod Orange. The addition of Russell Aitken to I was at Westlake from 1986-1989 and it was during my first month at the staff in 1962 led to a production of Shakespeare’s Tempest. Very school that we went away to Form 4 Outdoor Camp. The long walks, memorable. I developed an interest in slips of the brain from listening to staying in the mountains and crossing rivers remain a highlight to this day.

WESTLAKERS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 195 We all had great time and it helped me to make a lot of friends; it was a always a good friend. He always had time for me. wonderful way to break the barriers between me and the other students. After school I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in I also remember from my first year when we prepared for athletics, the Marine Affairs and Marine Biology from the University of the South Pacific athletic coach had called me in and we had a chat. It was something like… in Fiji. I won a United Nations and Commonwealth scholarship to study “You must be a fast runner ‘cause you’re from the Islands”, to which I just in Iceland where I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Fisheries Policy smiled (this was the 80's and I was one of very few Pacific Island students and Management. It’s one of the highlights for me because of the freezing at Westlake). He was disappointed with the results and never wanted to conditions. talk to me thereafter… Rugby was a big part of my life and having played at so many levels, major That first year I played rugby for the third grade B team and my selection injuries occurred and retirement was eminent. Coaching took over and for the 1st XV in 1987 came as a surprise and a bit of a shock to me as I only made quick impact and I had a promising career as a coach in Tonga went along to the trial because my mate Junior Tupu had encouraged me reaching National level coaching the Tonga Team at the inauguration of the to have a go. I ended up proudly representing Westlake's 1st XV from 1987 Pacific Rugby Cup (PRC) and being part of a team to start the first National through to 1989. 1988 was a big year with the rugby tour to Europe, which Rugby Academy until life took an unexpected path. I made the move to was a real buzz. I had never seen snow before and my first experience Football. of snow was in Germany. That year we also played in the Rainbows End Easter Tournament, which was special because we came up against I was a Biology tutor at the University of the South Pacific centre in Tonga schools from Auckland and Counties Manukau. It was extra special to before I became working as a civil servant for the Ministry of Fisheries in compete against strong Auckland Schools in traditional fixtures; those Tonga. After 10 years in the public sector, I resigned and moved to the matches were harder than our local Harbour rugby competition and I got to Tonga Chambers of Commerce for a year. I declined an opportunity with play against many other Tongans and Samoans. In those games you would the Tonga Rugby Union and instead took up a position with the Tonga come out feeling the physical encounter and, as one of the only two Pacific Football Association with FIFA and OFC, working for Tonga Football and Islanders in the team, you were paid extra physical hammerings. But we managing FIFA programmes. I’ve met some great football people and have stood up to it and delivered some back, for which we earned our opponents been able to bring the first National Junior tour from Tonga to New Zealand respect. That year we also won the North Harbour Secondary School in September this year which saw our U13 and U15 sides play against the Westlake’s Football academy teams. Championship and by 1989, I was the most experienced player in the team and lead the School Haka on special occasions. It was the year that we won I am now an international civil servant. After going through a strict the Moascar Cup off Tauranga Boys - still a memorable experience for me - interview process, I was appointed as FAO (Food, Agriculture and we regained the North Harbour Secondary School Championship. Organisation) representative for Tonga. FAO is an organisation under the umbrella of the United Nations. I also am a professional Fellow at the Besides enjoying my rugby I was a member of the School Orchestra United Nations University studying for an MBA (not completed yet) at the in 1986 and 1987 and I sang in the School Choir in 1988. It was quite University of Tasmania. interesting to be part of such a different group of students when I played in the school orchestra. The rugby boys were about winning and partying Nowadays my life revolves around my family; my wife and I have four hard after the games, while my fellow music students were a lot calmer and children (two boys and two girls). My family understands that I have this of course loved their music. Music offered me a different environment and huge appetite for the holistic development of a player and developing this in time to reflect, and it made me understand why my parents had sent me to Tonga has been a real eye opener for me. Sports, music and my Christian New Zealand. I remember the time that the music department were trying belief are crucial for me. My four fundamental keys to happiness are my to put a choir together with Westlake Girls. It meant we had to go to the family, sport, music and my Christian belief. I’m a born-again Christian. girls’ school to practice with them during lunch hours and I remember that Looking back, Westlake offered me the opportunity to attend a school that only a few of us enrolled in this programme. For me and my buddies Junior emphasises the opportunity for academic excellence, to excel in sports Tupu and Glen King it was a chance to go to the girls’ school and as you can and to experience other opportunities such as travelling and touring. I imagine, we were a terrible choir … we only wanted to go to the girls’ school. had an awesome time and the teachers all encouraged me to work hard. Passing exams was always a pleasing achievement for me during my time Westlake never saw me as an outsider or an islander, fresh from the at Westlake as I had to work harder than anyone else, particularly in 1986 islands. There were always teachers there that helped me to grow. I have when I spoke very little English. There are a couple of teachers that I still become what I am because of Westlake. Academically, Westlake instilled remember to this day as having a positive impact on me: Mrs Rolls, who in me the importance of education and the support was always there. I was my Form Teacher at Form 4, my first year. To me she was Westlake’s owe my success so far to the Westlake culture. I knew I had to work hard Iron lady! She encouraged me every day during that first year and she to compete in the classroom because of where I came from with very little made the transition into the New Zealand school system successful for English. They supported me and made it easy for me to grow. It is my wish me. I owe her a lot for my first years’ experience at WBHS. She always that one day my two sons will also be able to attend Westlake Boys. would say something like “Are you staying out of trouble Pau?” My music teacher Mr Brooke encouraged me to be part of the school orchestra and choir and gave me a free licence to play any instrument I wanted to Pau’s visit back to Westlake this year with his Tongan football play. My rugby coach Mr Peter Cooke believed in me and was always teams was one of the major highlights of the year for us. Many honest about my performance. I can still hear him call out to the team Westlake families donated sporting goods for the boys to take “Tackle, tackle! ... You all must tackle! If you don’t give them the ball, you back to Tonga with them and the occasion drew attention from won’t have to tackle!” In my last year he wanted me to play in the Harbour local media prompting many of Pau’s classmates to recognise Secondary School side and the Harbour selectors were looking at me. The him in the local paper. We hope that the football tours to only thing was that I was not interested to play. Looking back now I should Westlake will continue on an annual basis. have. Mr Pascoe was the Headmaster during my time at Westlake was

196 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL WESTLAKERS sure that what Westlake offered me all those years ago, put me in good stead for the life I live today.

My memories include Garth “Spit” Wilson and his insatiable need to whack people; Russ Glackin’s wonderful trips through history; having the gym for a form class in fourth form - Alan Kerr never knew what hit him, Brett “the Hitman’ Hart and his passion for PE and Louis Borok - man I feel sorry for him trying to feed some knowledge of French into this head! Volleyball, Athletics, Rugby - sport was pretty much my life at Westlake; I don’t know how many times I rolled the cricket pitch just to BEN REYNOLDS get out of class – and I didn’t even play cricket!

2007-2011 I still know our Westlake 1st XV haka word for word, action for action - taught expertly to us by Reg. The losses to Rosmini that year (twice Having spent three years out of Westlake, studying my Bachelor of by just three points) still cut deep. The opportunities that Westlake Commerce at the University of Auckland, it’s been very clear how provided in those days were endless. I made great friends - many of valuable a Westlake education is. whom remain friends to this day. We had a great time.

At school I took part in healthy number of sports (orienteering, cycling & Educationally, I look back and chuckle at my final years at Westlake. I mountain biking) as well as Young Enterprise in Years 12 & 13. The rest of was fortunate to find myself in the accelerated class in 6th Form. It was time was spent competing for grades with the likes of Sam Viskovich and a good year where I worked my backside off and was stoked to achieve Josh Suyker - both of whom I’ve remained close friends with to date - or an A Bursary. That was when I should have gapped it and headed off watching on in awe at the successes many others in my year group had. into the world of tertiary education early, or maybe a year overseas, but Another major highlight for me was being named Deputy Head Boy and no, the call of 1st XV rugby and the chance to do PE as a Bursary subject Academic Captain in Year 13. I had some amazing teachers at Westlake was just too great - brilliant! - Mr Coetzee and Mr Reed would have to be stand outs and both had a large part to play in sculpting the way I see the world. I was lucky enough to represent the school as a Prefect – an achievement I was very proud of and a responsibility I took pretty I am currently in my final semester of a Bachelor of Commerce majoring seriously. What I can say now is I enjoyed an awesome year in seventh in Economics and Innovation. I am also working part-time at Sparkbox form. Unfortunately due to all the extra-curricular activities I wheedled Ventures - an early stage venture capital firm. I will take up a graduate my way into, I lost knowledge that year and only managed a B Bursary role with them next year. I’m also kept busy with running the University (although, had I not been ‘scaled’ 30-odd % in PE it would have been of Auckland Cycling Club which I founded and being the Chairperson of a different story!) I laugh about it now but I can remember at the time Young Enterprise Alumni. feeling pretty devastated. Highlights since I have left school include winning back-to-back CIMA Today, I think I have done alright. I’m married with three gorgeous National Case Competition and winning trips to South Africa and India children - one of whom will turn up at Westlake in the next few years ready as a result. I also spent several months working in Silicon Valley with Kiwi to follow in his father’s footsteps. I have carved a successful career as an technology firm Booktrack. Air Traffic Controller, having lived and worked in several cities throughout Westlake has had a drastic (and positive!) impact on me and the direction New Zealand, I’m currently working in Auckland Tower ‘Pushing the Tin’. of my life. It instilled in me a strong work ethic and a deep-seated desire to I remain heavily involved in the community - have held the role of push the boundaries in my actions and thinking. Virtute Experiamur! Chairman of the Mairangi Bay Surf Lifesaving Club for the last five years, and as I write am embarking on my first foray into the management of a New Zealand representative Surf Lifesaving Team to the World Championships in Montpellier, France.

Fishing and golf are two passions - of course, there are never enough hours in the day to do these as often as I’d like to and I have lost the ability to grow hair on my lid … the mullet I sported in third form … a thing of the past!!!

The years I spent at Westlake, although years ago now, left an indelible mark on who I am, what I do, how I do it, and what I have achieved. Westlake was, and is a fantastic school where boys are afforded opportunity and given the skills and to grow into young men.

Westlakers seems to have a knack of living full lives, and clearly Steve is no exception! We look forward to welcoming his son to Westlake in a STEVE VAUGHAN few years. These days we enjoy meeting the sons, and in some cases 1989 – 1993 the grandsons, of Westlakers and host a function early every year for Westlaker Sons, Dads and Grandads – it’s fantastic watching the Finding my way to Westlake in 1989, I began what would become five Dad’s sharing a laugh with their sons as they show them their Westlake challenging, yet rewarding years of secondary education. To this day school photos and yearbooks. We look forward to welcoming several there are many enduring memories from my time at school, and I am generations of Westlakers through the school gates in the years ahead.

WESTLAKERS WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 197 LONG SERVING STAFF FAREWELL CHRIS REIN CHRISTINE GRATTON

Chris Rein began teaching at Christine Gratton has left Westlake Westlake Boys in July 1994 under after more than 30 years of the late Headmaster Colin Pascoe. exceptional service, leaving behind School then had a role of about a legion of students who fervently 1400, no T or S Block and no large believe that she has made a real auditorium. Westlake became the difference to them, inspiring them, centre of his teaching life in NZ and challenging them and making he was able to use the many experi- whatever subject she was teaching, ences he had acquired in South fun. While her main subject has Africa to benefit the Lake Community. been English, she is also a great French teacher realising that even for non-linguists, French can still be fun and everyone can achieve Chris is without doubt a marvellously multi-talented individual, something. encapsulated in the shell of a quiet achiever. His strengths are known to both the Science and Technology Departments where he has used As a Dean she has been well organised, which you would expect. Much his engineering skills to repair complicated, expensive and sophisti- more importantly, she made the very difficult transition between cated equipment. All of this he has done at home giving hundreds of being a school boy to stepping into the adult world where personal unpaid hours back to the school he has enjoyed so much. Chris really responsibility easier, and the effect of personal decisions were enjoys the challenge of having to design, create and repair: the more patiently explained. difficult the problem the more engaged Chris becomes and the more As a colleague Christine was always there to lend support, provide determined he is to be successful. His mechanical ability extended guidance and assistance to beginning teachers, to acknowledge in many directions, helping staff with marine engines, repairing staff everyone’s birthdays with a little gift, and an illness with a card. Her and student bikes, motivating students through Robotic classes and infectious good nature and positivity will be missed. coaching students. There are many staff and students who have benefitted from his incredible ‘ Mr Fixit” talents and have been very Mr L Borok thankful for his widespread skills. The teaching of both Biology and Physics to considerable success has CHLOE HARLAND been his teaching strengths but of late he has worked in the Tech- nology Department, where he has found a home for his widespread When Ms Harland arrived at mechanical and technological ability. Chris has also spent some years Westlake as a first year teacher in as a Year 10 Dean where his firmness, consistent fairness and the 2008 she was full of enthusiasm willingness to give each student another chance was accepted warmly and new aged ideas on teaching in by most students who were marched to his door. the 21st century. Seven years later Outside of school Chris has been able to enjoy the delights of she still retains that enthusiasm, the Hauraki Gulf and the boating pleasures it offers. For years he although one could argue she has organised the annual staff retreat at SchoolHouse Bay, often taking modified her views on teaching and staff and their families in his own yacht the 30 odd miles to Kawau learning. Throughout her time at in all sorts of weather. Countless hours too were spent here waiting Westlake she has taught a range of subjects including; Social Studies, patiently for staff arriving on the local ferry so he could direct them to Media, Classics, Art History and Scholarship, and due to this Ms the Westlake House. That time of the year was an incredible opportu- Harland inspired an array of students from all walks of life. Along with nity for staff to unwind through fishing, diving, playing cards etc. It was her students, the Westlake teachers will miss her passion, knowledge through the continued efforts of Chris that we managed to have years but most of all her sense of humour. Ms Harland is taking some time of fun, so on behalf of all the staff who attended over the years thank out from teaching to pursue other interests and we are sure she will be you very much. Great memories indeed and great times. successful.

Retirement I am thinking will not be a time of relaxation but more of Mr C Nolan self –imposed action, sailing, travelling overseas, visiting the local Mr Rein on Kawau Island with Mr Wedderburn Sunday market but above all, without doubt, helping others. Gener- and Mr Rupert Atkinson. ous to a fault, always helpful, very determined and continually kind hearted I have had the pleasure of his friendship for 21 years. I have learnt a great deal, shared many wide experiences and discussed forthcoming adventures. Thank you Chris for all those times.

Westlake wishes you a long and happy “retirement” but I have a sneaky suspicion Westlake will be benefitting from Chris for a long time to come.

Mr S Smith

198 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL LONG SERVICE LONG SERVING STAFF FAREWELL

RICHARD BRIGHT ROBIN NOBLE

Mr Richard Bright is leaving having Rob Noble joined the Mathematics made a significant contribution Department at Westlake in 1985 and he to Westlake Boys over the last 15 has served the school for an impressive years. Mr Bright joined Westlake 30 years. During his time here Rob has as Assistant HOF English and HOD been a very enthusiastic and passionate Media in 1999. He progressed to Maths Teacher: his knowledge and become a dedicated and innovative application is second to none, especially HOF English and led the faculty to in the field of Scholarship Calculus. Rob great success from 2001 -2007, has held positions of responsibility on overseeing the introduction of all three levels of NCEA. Mr Bright also many occasions including Acting Head of Mathematics and the Teacher in held a Deputy Principal position from 2007-8 leading e-learning and Charge of the Scholarship Mathematics Programme. the CIE examination programme before returning to the classroom and As well as his teaching, for many years Rob has coached a variety of leading the Media Department once again. Service has been at the heart school Cricket teams to success. He has also been involved as the of Mr Bright’s time at Westlake and he has given his time generously Teacher in Charge of Chess at Westlake, organising School Teams to coaching the 2nd XI Cricket team and the 2nd XI Football team for play in the Auckland Competition as well as running the Chess Club several seasons. He has also served as Master in Charge of Football and every lunch time in C2. Cycling and was a regular and popular referee of a range of Westlake football teams, who always seemed to win! Mr Bright’s dedication and Rob has a strong humanitarian side to his personality as well as a wicked loyalty to WBHS was recognised in 2006 when he was the recipient of sense of Irish humour. He always thinks of others, is incredibly generous the School’s travel award and visited Australia and South Africa. and extremely reliable and friendly. Always giving to others, Rob has been involved with many projects helping many disadvantaged people An entertainer at heart Mr Bright will also be remembered as the both in New Zealand and abroad. Rob genuinely cares for his colleagues idiosyncratic MC of the School Haka, School Athletics and School and he continues to maintain friendships with many who have left Swimming Competitions. Mr Bright’s sense of joie de vivre extended to Westlake. We hope he does the same with those of us still here. We wish his Westlake colleagues and he established several staff social events you all the best Rob, for your future retirement. including the annual Staff Tennis Tournament, running the Staff Social Club and organizing the Staff Christmas Party. However, the classroom Mr A. Van Den Heuvel has always been Mr Bright’s preferred stage and many a student will remember his irrepressible energy and quirky sense of humour as he would wax lyrical about the director as autuer or the merits of cinema CAROLINE WALSH verite. An inspirational and dedicated professional he will be missed by all as he exits with a flourish – stage right. We wish him all the best for We bid farewell to our popular Head the future. Virtute experiamur. of Drama Mrs Walsh who is taking up a position at Pinehurst College in Mr A Berry 215. Mrs Walsh arrived at Westlake Mr Bright and the Staff Football Team of 2003. in 2009 from the U.K and set about rejuvenating the Drama depart- ment while also teaching Cambridge English. She was at the centre of many memorable school produc- tions, starting auditions for the production of School of Rock just three weeks after her arrival at Westlake! Audiences were wowed by Guys and Dolls in 2011 and a spectacular production of Oliver in 2012 was perhaps Mrs Walsh’s finest hour. Her last major production was this year’s triumphant Return to the Forbidden Planet. In between senior drama students impressed with smaller scale productions of Twelve Angry Mrs Walsh and Miss Harland. Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Of Mice and Men and Once on Chunuk Bair. Another special memory was Westlake’s foray into the world of dance as Mrs Walsh led and choreographed a Hip Hop crew who came third in NZ in the ‘Bring it On’ dance competition. Her abiding memories of her time at Westlake are of all the wonderful students she has taught, working with amazing tech team on school productions, show camps and the tuck shops lemon cake! A popular member of the English Faculty, Mrs Walsh will be missed. She is an inspirational and innovative teacher with a big heart. We wish her all the best.

Mr A Berry

LONG SERVICE WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 199 editor's note

The New Year started with fantastic news of Westlake Boys’ record breaking scholarship haul and another year of pleasing results. I am extremely proud to be part of such a successful school. One of my favourite things about compiling the yearbook is reading about successes from year to year and 2014 is no exception. Once again Westlake Boys has excelled across the Arts, Sports and Academia and I myself have particularly enjoyed the Drama production “Once Miss Booth and her Year 13 English Visual Class. upon Chunuk Bair’, the Equinox Concert and watching our athletes Thank you to Michael Lough, George Harpur, Ambrose Bennett-Burkhardt, compete in Distance Running and Track and Field. Mostafa Youssef, Oliver Lawrence, Matthew Lucente and Matt Bruce for your For me 2014 will be the year I had five wonderful classes, the contribution to the yearbook this year. Your assistance was much appreciated. English Department moved back into the newly refurbished T Thank you also to Mrs Harrington for all your help and willingness to assist me, block, bid a fond farewell to good friend Miss Amos and I once whenever I needed extra photographs, to add to the many you have already taken again had the opportunity to assist Mr Strydom and Mr Butler with for the yearbook this year. Thank you to the Year 9 Art Students, whose fabulous Distance Running events. My highlight, however, was the Distance paint work has been compiled to create this year’s cover. Thanks to Mr Masterton Running Tour to South Africa and Kenya. I was extremely grateful and Miss Park for your efforts here also. for this opportunity and shared such an amazing experience with 13 fabulous young men and, of course, the amazing Mr Strydom. A special thank you to Mr Blanchard for all your support and extra time spent on proofreading. I am very grateful for your help this year. Finally, I would like As another year comes to a close I would like to take this to thank Dan MacKinnon, Karen McKinlay and the team at Benefitz for another opportunity to thank all the staff who have contributed to the wonderful year. I have enjoyed working with you again and, as always, appreciate yearbook in 2014. Thank you to Mr Meredith, Mr McBride, Ms your time and creative ideas. Kwok, Mr Smith, Mr Jorgensen, Mr Young, Miss El-Labany, Mrs White, Mrs Hipkins and Mr Reed in particular for your kind support. Miss H Booth

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mr Jeff Moore ETHNICITY 2013 statistics Mr James Sclater Mr Andrew Nicoll Asian: 940 (Chairman) Mr Gary Rohloff European: 1029 Mr David Ferguson Mrs Tracy Houzet Maori: 139 ROLL STAFF (Headmaster) (Staff Representative) MELAA: 69 Total: 2271 Full Time Teachers: 137 Ms Donna a’Beckett Mr Michael Lough Regular students: 2112 Support Staff: 48 Mrs Suzanne Donovan-Skeens (2013 Student Representative) Other: 3 FFP Students:159 Part Time Staff: 6 Mrs Jan Gumbley Mrs Sandra White Pasifika: 91 (Board Secretary) Property CHANGING THE FACE OF THE SCHOOL It was a busy year for property developments at Westlake. The beginning of Term One saw the English Department start to glow and perspire as the third occupants of the unlovely “village” of ungainly temporary huts below T Block. At the start of Term Two, however, they moved into the handsomely renovated T Block, complete with new carpets, walls and funky short-throw projectors. They were so happy that they even stopped complaining for a while.

The “village” then disappeared, a gift we were very happy to send to The new Gymnasium is expected to be complete by late 2015. Rangitoto College, and work began on a state-of-the-art artificial all- weather turf. As I write, the last fixtures and fittings are flying here from the USA, and it will be ready for action at the start of 2015, a fantastic addition to our sporting facilities.

The final property development of the year has been, at last, the beginning of our biggest new build for a long time: our new Gymnasium. Our students spent happy hours staring at wrecking balls as they destroyed some of our most worn-out “temporary” buildings, and then watched as the ground was levelled, ready for building work to begin. The new Gym will also contain classrooms and staff facilities, and will adjoin the current ‘Top Gym’, which will itself be upgraded with a new, sprung, hardwood floor. We’re expecting the Gym to be complete by Term Four next year.

Mr A Reed – Associate Headmaster Construction has started on the Artificial Turf with renovated T Block in the background. 200 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL EDITOR'S NOTE The new Gymnasium is expected to be complete by late 2015. YEAR 13 2014 30 Forrest Hill Road, Forrest Hill Phone: +64 9 410 8667 North Shore City 0620 Fax: +64 9 410 7717 Auckland, Email: [email protected] New Zealand www.westlake.school.nz