Westlake Girls won a record number of medals at the 2021 Auckland Secondary Schools Snowboarding Championship on 10 June 2021. Competing against 13 schools, the 5-person team of Harriet Gowing, Coco Mauger, Meadow Mauger, Jorgina Mackenzie and Saffron Frost-Macky won 12 medals consisting of 7 x gold, 3 x silver and 2 bronze medals to be crowned the girls Auckland Secondary School Snowboarding Champions.
Eager to improve on last year’s secondplace, they produced several standout performances, however it was the final of the Girls Dual Slalom which produced the biggest cheer. Year 11 student Harriet Gowing met Long Bay’s Isla Brown in the final race of the knockout event, the competitor she had lost to. Flying out the gate, Gowing got off to a scintillating start. Brown fought hard to close the gap however Gowing held on to cross the finish line 3/100th of second ahead of her.
The medal haul began with Year 9 student, Meadow Mauger, who won silver in Junior Girls Slopestyle. Slopestyle is the root of snowboarding and riding rails with heart skipping jumps are difficult and scary. The brave youngster also won a bronze medal in the Junior Slalom race.
The other individual medals went to Meadow’s older sister Coco and fellow Year 9 student, Jorgina Mackenzie. Coca won silver in the Senior Slalom race and came third in Dual Slalom. And Mackenzie did extremely well to come 2nd in the Junior Slalom Race. The young Westlake Team created a great foundation for years to come.
Pictured above from left are: Meadow Mauger, Jorgina Mackenzie, Harriet Gowing, Saffron Frost-Macky and Coco Mauger