Riley-Jack Vette-Blomquist, one of Northland's top squash prospects, was given one of two top awards at the Northland secondary school sports awards last night. Photo / File
Riley-Jack Vette-Blomquist, one of Northland's top squash prospects, was given one of two top awards at the Northland secondary school sports awards last night. Photo / File
New Zealand representatives Courtney Williams and Riley-Jack Vette-Blomquist took out the top honours at the 28th annual ASB Northland Secondary Schools Sports Awards held in the ASB Stadium last night.
Williams, a Whangārei Girls' High School student, won two golds and a silver medal as a member of the NZ under-17 water ski team which competed in the annual Australasian competition. At this year's national championships, she won gold and silver in the open women's event.
Vette-Blomquist, from Whangarei Boys' High School, was a member of the NZ junior boys' squash team that competed at the World Junior Championships in Malaysia before becoming NZ's under-17 champion.
The WGHS team did what no other Northland squash team had done for about 20 years. Photo / File
The Whangārei Girls' High squash team, who won the 2019 New Zealand Secondary Schools team championship in August, took out the ASB Team of the Year award.
Four athletes were also selected to receive NorthTec Emerging Talent Awards: Kingiteahuahu Tana from Kerikeri High School in karate, Shay Aull from Bream Bay College in Olympic weightlifting, Ty Murray from Kerikeri High School in polocrosse and Sage Going from Kamo High School in water skiing.
