Most creative dress award went to Alice Jackson, Marna Claassen, Paddy Perrett and Lauren Curd

Despite the chilly winter weather, the atmosphere was warm at the Grand Millennium at the end of July as the University of Auckland’s School of Optometry and Vision Science celebrated their annual EyeBall, themed Utropia: Welcome to the Island of Vision!

The evening was a success and thoroughly enjoyed by more than 200 students, staff and sponsors, all of whom were dressed impeccably. An impressive number of guests dressed to the island theme, with prizes awarded for both Best dressed (Robert Burnie) and Most creative (Alice Jackson, Marna Claassen, Paddy Perrett and Lauren Curd). The Ball Committee was certainly faced with a difficult decision to determine the winners!

The EyeBall is the most anticipated social event of the year for optometry students and staff at the university, and it would not be such an amazing night without the help of our generous sponsors: Specsavers, Eye Institute, OPSM, Essilor, NZAO, CooperVision, Designs for Vision, Optimed, Eyeline Optical and NZOSS. Thank you all!

The Ball Committee also deserves thanks for all their hard work: Anna Chen, Mary Rush, Nileesha Parbhu and Maggie Xu, plus we’d like to say a special thank you to Muthana Noori for being a talented MC on the night and to the Red Frogs University support volunteers for all their help. We’re already waiting in anticipation for the 2019 EyeBall and can’t wait to see what the next committee comes up with!