Current Scholarship Recipients

Here are the current batch of Westie hopefuls of the future who have received a scholarship for the 2013 / 2014 season.

• Helped the NZRU Women’s Sevens National Squad win Sevens World Cup 2013.

• Youngest member of the “Touch Blacks” Womens team and youngest female representative to date at any Touch World Cup

Long term goals:

• Team member of the Touch Blacks

• To be selected for the Black Fern’s Womens Rugby Team by 2014 and compete at the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup in France

• Compete for the Touch Blacks at the Touch World Cup Australia 2015

• To be selected for the NZRU Women’s Sevens Team at Olympics 2016

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• North Island U21 Single Scull Champion 2012

• NZ Rowing Championships – 2nd in U21

• Double Scull, U21 Coxless Quad, U21 Coxed Eight.

• U21 Australasian Youth Cup Champion in single, coxless quad and the coxed eight.

Goals:

• Defend his Trans Tasman singles titles

• To make the U23 Team and compete in Europe

• Gain selection to Olympic 2016 Team

• Current U18 National Champion

• 2nd U/16 NZ Nationals

• Former King of the Groms

• Winner of this year’s New Zealand Ripcurl Gromsearch

• New Zealand secondary school champion

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Long term goals:

• To consistently be in the top ten surfers in the world

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• Ranked worlds 5th best U18 Shot putter

• 2013 U18 National Champion

• Personal best of 18.94m

• New Zealand Secondary schools champion

• Represented New Zealand and World Youth Games in Ukraine

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Goals:

• Short term goal is to throw 20m

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• New Zealand Swimming’s 1500 freestyle champion

• Previously held the 1500m long course record at 14, 15 and 16 years old

• 1500m short course record at 14 and 15 years old

• At 14 also, he held the New Zealand long course records over 800m, 400m and 200m.

Goals:

• Perform well at World Junior Championships in Dubai

• 2014 Commonwealth Games

• Bronze Medalist Youth Olympics 2010

• NZ U21 Squad

• Member of Auckland Hockeys Regional Talent team being developed for senior blacksticks

• Winner of National U21 Tournament

• Auckland NHL Team

Long term goals

• Become a Black Stick and attend the next Olympic Games

• Gold medallist at the Diving New Zealand National Championships for age groups 1m, 3m and platform
• Open women’s 1m and 3m champion
• Named to be a member of the 2012 DNZ team to attend the World Junior Championships for 1m and 3m springboard.

Long term goals:

• Compete as a member of the DNZ National Team at the Youth Olympic Games in China 2014, Commonwealth Games 2018 & 2022 and the Olympic Games in 2016 and 2020.

• New Zealand Mens Waterpolo 2011 through 2013

• National U18 Rep 2011 and 2012 (Ranked 10th)

• 2012 ASB Sportsperson of the Year

• Competed at 2013 World Championships in Spain

Goals:

• Continue to play for New Zealand

• Qualify for 2014 Commonwealth Games

• National senior boys secondary schools javelin champion in 2012

• PB of 61.48 metres

• 2011 North Island and the Western Zone Junior Boys Champion

Goals

• Represent New Zealand at the 2014 World Junior Championships

• Auckland 250 cc Champion 2012

• Winner of Hyosung Cup 2012 and 2013

• NZ #2, 125 GP Class 2012

• Holder of 4 NZ lap records at North Island tracks

Goals

• NZ 600cc Champion by age 19

• Race professionally in Europe or America by 21

• New Zealand Champion in Judo and Wrestling since 2008

• Gold Australasian Champs 2010 and 2012

• Silver at Oceania Championships

• Numerous golds in New Zealand and US Competition

Goals:

• Make New Zealand wrestling team to compete in the USA next year

• Represented New Zealand Judo at the 2012 Oceania Judo Championships winning Gold Cadets -66Kg

• Cadets -66kg Gold and Open Weight Gold at the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Open Judo Championships

• NZ National Championships Cadets -66kg Gold, Junior Men -66 kg Silver

Goals:

• Increase New Zealand ranking to number 1 for Junior Mens Division

• New Zealand’s 2nd ranked junior woman Judoka

• New Zealand’s 2nd ranked senior woman Judoka

• Ranked 32nd in World among senior women

• Silver medal for both junior and senior women at Oceania
  Judo Union (OJU) championship

Goals:

• 2014 Commonwealth Games