Our team of 46 students headed up to Tauranga to represent Wairarapa Cobham at the national AIMS Games sports tournament.

A huge congratulations to all students who were involved.

Outlined below are the final results for each of the sports.

TEAM SPORTS

BASKETBALL - Girls

4th place winners overall, out of 20 teams.

Team Player Award: Kendall McGregor

HOCKEY - Mixed

18th place overall, out of 53 teams.

Team Player Award: Lola Wood

WATER POLO - Open

17th place overall, out of 26 teams. Bowl winners.

Team Player Award: Louis O'Neil

INDIVIDUAL SPORTS

BADMINTON

Singles Girls

• Rina K placed 4th overall and Amelia B reached the round of 16, out of 139 women's singles.

Singles Boys

• Eric X and Alex L advanced to the round of 16, out of 159 men's singles players.

Doubles Girls

• Rina & Amelia placed 3rd overall, out of 55 teams, winning Bronze!

Doubles Boys

• Alex & Eric placed 4th overall, out of 64 teams.

Rina was also awarded a Fair Play medal for demonstrating outstanding fair play during competition. Well done, Rina!

BMX

• Cooper M placed 3rd overall in year 7 boys, winning Bronze!

There were 6 races. Cooper made his way to the top 8, and then got 3rd in the final race.

• Cooper also placed 3rd in the 1 lap time trial, winning Bronze!

CROSS COUNTRY

Individuals

• Year 7 girls: Bela C placed 33rd

• Year 8 girls: Aimee F placed 30th

• Year 8 boys: Brent C placed 11th and Kento S placed 35th.

Team Relay

• In the 6x 1km team relay, the team won 4th place overall, with a narrow 0.89-second finish behind the 3rd placing team. Brent and Kento ran two legs of the race each, while Bela and Aimee ran one.

Bela was also awarded a Mercury Wonderful Energy Award. These were awarded to nominated students for outstanding commitment to having a great attitude and positive energy. Well done, Bela! 

ROCK CLIMBING

• Ivana P finished in 14th place in the year 7 girls.

• Nicholas P finished in 26th place in the year 8 boys.

SQUASH

Singles Girls

• Ivana P placed 2nd overall, out of 20 individuals, winning Silver!

Singles Boys

• Nicholas P placed 8th overall, out of 45 individuals, but unfortunately lost to the top seed in the quarterfinals.

SWIMMING

Individuals: Top 10 Placings

• Indy L placed 2nd overall in the 50m freestyle, winning Silver!

• Indy L placed 2nd overall in the 200m freestyle, winning Silver!

• Indy L placed 6th overall in the 100m IM

• Catherine S placed 10th in the 200m breaststroke

• Indy L placed 7th in the 100m backstroke

• Catherine S placed 8th in the 100m butterfly

• Catherine S placed 7th in the 200m backstroke

• Indy L placed 8th in the 200m IM

• Catherine S placed 9th in the 50m backstroke

• Indy L placed 10th in the 50m backstroke

• Brian Ren placed 10th in the 50m breaststroke

• Indy L placed 4th in the 100m freestyle

• Numerous personal bests were achieved by our swimmers in their individual races.

Relays

• Cobham placed 2nd overall in the 6x50m Mixed Freestyle Relay, winning Silver!

Team members: Tama, Faris, Brian, Charlotte, Indy, Catherine.

• Cobham placed 2nd overall in 4x50m Mixed Freestyle Relay, winning Silver!

Team members: Tama, Faris, Catherine, Indy.

TABLE TENNIS

Teams event

• Cobham won 9th place overall.

Doubles

• Alex W and Eddie J finished in the top 8

• Dom P and Alex dB finished in the top 16.

Singles (out of 126 players)

• Dom placed in the top 8

• Eddie got through to the last 4 in the plate round

• Alex and Alex got into the top 32.