After a long summer of work, the Westlake Girls rowing squad began their competitive racing season at the Auckland Rowing Championships (Head of Harbour) on Saturday 13 February. With excellent on water conditions the squad performed extremely well, earning one 1st, eight 2nd and five 3rd place finishes.
For the first time since 2014, Westlake Girls medalled in all three of the premier sweeping events on the programme – the girls U18 2- , U18 4+ and U18 8+. Further, for the first time since 2013 Westlake Girls medalled in each of the age group four oar events – claiming silver in the U15, U16, U17 and U18 Four.
The squad continues to produce strong eight oar results with placings in three of the four age groups. The highlight for the day yet again was a tightly fought battle in the girls U18 8+. Our crew, ably led by coxswain Charlotte Ram, finished 3rd in a tight race between Westlake Girls, Baradene and Auckland Diocesan.
The squad would like to acknowledge the Lion Foundation whose funding support has enabled us to purchase a new eight that was used in this exciting uU18 eight race (pictured above left).
We are now turning our attention to the North Island Secondary Schools and Maadi Cup, being held in March at Lake Karapiro.
| Event | Crew | Result |
| G U17 4+ | Scarlett Kerse, Sofia Greenhalgh, Eva Dykgraaf, Sophie Dykgraaf, Charlie Ram | Second – DIV 1 |
| G U17 4+ | Georgie Shotter, Abbie Clements, Hollie Marshman, Claudie Pilkington, Eva Todd | Third – DIV 2 |
| G U17 4+ | Kate Borton, Steph Severin, Taylor Penberthy, Phoebe Dobson, Tessa Guthrie | First – DIV 2 |
| G U15 4+ | Eva Dykgraaf, Steph Severin, Kate Borton, Phoebe Dobson, Tessa Guthrie | Second – DIV 1 |
| G U18 2- | Olivia Anderson, Billie Insull | Second – DIV 1 |
| G U18 4+ | Olivia Anderson, Billie Insull, Sophie Dykgraaf, Sofia Greenhalgh, Charlie Ram | Second – DIV 1 |
| G U18 4+ | Caitlin Rawlings, Katie Booth, Georgie Shotter, Stella Harkin | Second – DIV 2 |
| G U18 1X | Olivia Anderson | Third – DIV 1 |
| G U18 1X | Stella Harkin | Third – DIV 2 |
| G U17 8+ | Scarlett Kerse, Sofia Greenhalgh, Sophie Dykgraaf, Taylor Penberthy, Abbie Clements, Georgie Shotter, Hollie Marshman, Cassidy Luff, Charlie Ram | Third – DIV 1 |
| G U16 4+ | Caitlin Naude, Coco Mauger, Georgia Smith, Olivia Wingate, Jessie Jamieson | Second – DIV 1 |
| G U15 8+ | Eva Dykgraaf, Steph Severin, Kate Borton, Zayliah Holmes, Hazel Stroobant, Phoebe Dobson, Anna Greenhalgh, Amalie Hoban, Charlie Ram | Second – DIV 1 |
| G U18 N 4+ | Grace Kennedy, Mia Goldsworthy, Ruby Iversen, Sophia Todd, Tayla Coplestone | Second – DIV 2 |
| G U18 8+ | Scarlett Kerse, Olivia Anderson, Billie Insull, Caitlin Rawlings, Sophie Dykgraaf, Sofia Greenhalgh, Abbie Clements, Katie Booth, Charlie Ram | Third – DIV 1 |