Wentworth Rowing Club Inc Raffle Winner

Raffle:   Rorotongan Holiday

Drawn:  30^th May 2014    1pm   Wentworth College

Winner:  Ticket Number 33, Steve White

Congratulations Steve!

Wentworth student selected to represent New Zealand!

Huge congratulations to Thomas Morgan (Year 7) who has been selected to play as a member of the top Auckland Under 14 Basketball team, the Kiwis.  Thomas plays Basketball 6 days a week, for 3 separate Basketball teams, and his hard work and dedication to his chosen sport will see him cross the Tasman with the Kiwis in July to take on some of the top Australian Club and State teams.  Good luck Thomas!

North Harbour Netball Representatives 2014 includes three Wentworth College Netballers

Congratulations to Grace Morris, Rosalie Reeves and Mia Cunningham-South for making North Harbour representation in Netball.

Grace has been selected into Team 1 U17

Rosalie has been selected into Team 2 U17

Mia has been selected into the U15 Squad

Special thanks to Tania Cargo for all the extra support & training she has given the girls in the trial process.

2014 Secondary Schools Sailing Regatta

Congratulations to the Wentworth sailors for their 3rd placing in the silver division of the National 420 dinghy regatta during the holidays. 32 schools from around the country took part in the regatta, which took place at Algies Bay.  Some races were fingernail-biting close with rules being shouted, protest flags raised and umpires required.  Follow this link to view one of the races:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alxX4YKwa9Y

Wentworth Netball Fun and Fast Play.

On Sunday night Team One and Two spent a great night out watching the Mystics beat the Tactix.  A great game to watch and learn from with the win only coming in the final quarter.  Team One then went on to replicate the game by beating Whangaparaoa One at a training game on Tuesday night and beating them also in the final quarter.  The girls' play was outstanding with some new combinations coming together beautifully. This gives us confidence for grading.  Team Two will be playing an Orewa College team in the holidays as their training game.

Fog To Dust

Four Wentworth College boys attended the Inter-School Motocross competition in the backblocks of Huntly on Friday 4th April. 

Logan and Jed Murman, along with Henry Williams, headed off with an early start to beat the Auckland traffic. They hit fog at Meremere and had a slow winding journey through Waikato farmland with visibility down to 50m. Nevertheless they arrived with plenty of time to sign in and catch up with Bowen Hopper – the other team member.

On the 'look lap' to get the know the track, the fog was thick and stuck to the boys’ goggles, and they were also coated with an icing of dust from the freshly harvested maize paddock. However the sun eventually burned away the fog, and racing got underway. The damp soon turned to dust and the organisers had to water the track. While the team did not bring home any silverware, they did enjoy racing against 170 other students. Jed took a huge crash at the start of the third round but walked away with only a few bruises.

The Wentworth team hopes they can field a team again next year!

Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Tramp

During the weekend 13 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh students, 2 teachers (Ms Worthy and Ms Fisher) and Malcolm Haggerty, a parent, went for a wander over and down the Waitakeres.  The weather was, as usual, perfect and everyone had a very enjoyable time. One group decided to cross the main stream and they got wet to the armpits. However, the swamp itself was incredibly dry with almost no water in it. A couple of students still managed to fall into the only puddles of water that were around though! Thank you very much to our three drivers for the weekend:  Mani Faletanoai, Greg Main and Chris Langdon. They drove for many miles to ensure we could get home at the end of the weekend.

Rowing Results from Maadi Cup

Fantastic results by our Rowers at the Maadi Cup last weekend.  The Maadi Cup draws the best rowers from Secondary Schools across the whole country and Wentworth Rowers achieved some excellent results.

Final Results:
4th in New Zealand - Boys’ Under 18 Lightweight Double - Jacob Langridge, Chris Everitt
8th in New Zealand - Girls’ Under 18 Coxed Four - Lucy Murden, Greer Donovan, Anna Riksen, Emma Ryder, Alana Pribicevich
13th in New Zealand - Girls’ Under 18 Pair - Greer Donovan, Anna Riksen
15th in New Zealand - Boys’ Under 18 Single - Chris Everitt
16th in New Zealand - Boys’ Under 17 Coxed Quad - Samuel Clarke, Jacob Langridge, James Banyard, Rhodes Jensen, Conrad Morley

Wentworth Rowers make College History!

After five seasons of hard work by current and previous squad members, Wentworth College took its rightful place on the North Island Championships podium this past weekend with Jacob Langridge and Chris Everitt winning a Silver Medal in the Boys' Under 18 Lightweight Pair.  Whilst this was the best result of the weekend, all squad members raced hard to obtain placings in a total of eight finals - a fantastic effort!

Gold & Silver for Taine at NZ Surf Lifesaving Champs

Congratulations to Taine Johnston (Year 11) for his fantastic results at the National Surf Lifesaving Champs in Whakatane last weekend.  Taine won a Gold medal in the 'Board Rescue' and Silver in the 'Beach Run Relay'.  Well done Taine!

ex-Student wins GOLD at NZ Rowing Champs!

Congratulations to alumni, Jake Guy (pictured, 2nd from right) and his team for taking Gold in the Men's Senior Quad at the NZ Rowing Championships in February.  Jake was a talented member of the Rowing Squad during his time at Wentworth, and we hold high hopes for his future in the sport.  Well done Jake!

Years 5/6 Basketball teams looking good!

Fabulous games last night from both teams! The Blues won their match 20:0 with Player of the Day Molly Langridge. The Reds also won 10:5 with Blake F-B as Player of the Day. Every single player worked terrifically hard with some super passing, marking and finding space.  Well done to all players!

2014 Athletics Day

Congratulations to all participants in last Thursday's annual Athletics Day.  Glorious weather, great House spirit and vocal supporters combined to make a fantastic day for everyone!
1st - McDonald House with 1465 points
2nd - Fleming with 1334 points
3rd - Findlay with 1172 points.

Win for Junior Basketball team

Congratulations to our Junior Basketballers who won their Term 1 grading game 44-4.

Swimming North Harbour Champs

Congratulations to our swimmers who competed in the recent North Harbour Championships at the Millennium Pool in Albany.  Highlights include a 4^th place finish for Kieran Pangalila in the 50m Junior Boys' Backstroke.  Sarah Haggerty also had a very successful day with a 1^st place in the Senior Girls 50m Butterfly, a 3^rd in 50m Backstroke and two 4^th placings.  Her brother, Sam Haggerty, also placed 1^st in the Intermediate Boys' 50m Freestyle.