Cobham takes out the Intermediate Softball Title

When Cobham faced Casebrook in the round-robin, Casebrook walked away with a 9-2 win over the rather inexperienced Cobham side. The Cobham team comprised of only 5 out of 10 players that actually play softball outside of school while the Casebrook team had a Canterbury class pitcher.

Being the last game of round robin between the 2 top teams it was supposedly a guideline towards who would win the finals the following week. So when Cobham stepped up and managed to win 5-4 in the Sport Canterbury Intermediate Softball final, the team were ecstatic! Thanks to some impressive hitting from team captain and now Deputy Head Boy, Oli Watts, Cobham found themselves 5-2 up with one fielding innings to go.

It all came down to Lydia Fay, Cobham’s reserve pitcher, who had the pressure of the whole team on her shoulders as she stepped up to the plate. Casebrook only needed 1 run to equalise with Cobham. With an impressive display of pitching she struck out one of Casebrook’s batters which was all Cobham needed to secure the title.

For winning the competition, the team has been awarded a new ‘Easton Hammer’ softball bat for the school.

A fantastic team effort, showing great determination and skill. The team consists of; Ben Ginders, Hamish O’Connell, Ollie Watts, Jacob Ceelen-Thomas, Ryan Barnes, Moss Jackson, Henry Hay-Smith, Luaiva Daly, Hana Allan, Tessa Foraker, Lydia Fay

By Moss Jackson and Hamish O’Connell (Room 12)

J Rock 2012

On Thursday, 10 May 2012, 73 excited Cobham Intermediate students, along with many other schools, spent the day at the CBS Arena preparing for their debut performance in JRock. Their entry ‘Feel the Beat’ was a culmination of 3 months work including many lunchtime and before school rehearsals where students learnt choreography from diverse dance styles such as contemporary, rock’n’roll and hip hop.

Kids Lit Quiz

Kids Lit Quiz Regional Success for 2012

The Canterbury-Westland Kids’ Lit Quiz is an annual event featuring teams from all around the Canterbury area to compete against one another in the ‘sport of reading’.

Congratulations to the Cobham 1 team on winning this regional final. Last Friday Cobham was host to this event. There were 51 teams from the region and we are proud to have retained the trophy for another year. The successful team of Brenna Quinlivan, Josiah Morgan, Jonty Coulson and Annika Duke will travel to Wellington on 14th June to compete in the National Finals at Parliament.

Cobham team 2 , Milin John, Abby Field, Milly O'Brien and Sarah Burton also had a successful day being placed 11th.

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 May 2012 14:51