After an incredible week away at AIMS Games last week we wanted to share the amazing results that our students achieved. We had 50 students competing across 11 sports, we medalled in 6 of those sports and finished in the top 10 of 8 of them.

AIMS Games 2024

Final Results & Placings

A huge congratulations to all students who represented Wairarapa Cobham at the 2024 Zespri AIMS Games in Tauranga. We couldn’t be more proud of our athletes and their efforts throughout the week. Outlined below are the final results for each of the sports.

TEAM SPORTS

Futsal – Open 6th place winners overall, out of 45 teams.

Hockey – Girls 17th place overall, out of 28 teams.

Water Polo – Open 12th place overall, out of 20 teams.

INDIVIDUAL SPORTS

Badminton

Singles Girls

● Rina K and Amelia placed Top 8.

● Top Girls school for singles – winning Gold!

Singles Boys

● Aidan – 1st Division 2

● Ray – Division 1

● Pranav – Division 3

Doubles Girls

● Rina & Amelia placed 1st overall, out of 96 teams, winning Gold!

Doubles Boys

● Ray & Aidan placed Top 8 overall, out of 64 teams.

BMX

● Cooper M placed 2nd overall in year 8 boys, winning Silver! There were 6 races. Cooper made his way to the top 8, and then got 2nd in the final race.

Canoe Racing

● Clara finished 11th in the Canoe Slalom.

● Clara placed 1st in the Individual Canoe Racing B Final.

● Clara was also part of a Mixed School Relay team that placed 1st, winning Gold!

Cross Country Individuals

● Year 7 girls: Emma C placed 24th

Gymnastics

● Holly finished 3rd in the Uneven Bars, winning Bronze!

Swimming

Individuals

● Jenna

– Silver – 50m backstroke

– Gold – 100m backstroke

– Gold – 200m backstroke

– Gold – 50m breaststroke

– Gold – 100m breaststroke

– Gold – 200m breaststroke

– Gold – 50m freestyle

– Gold – 100m freestyle

– Gold – 200m freestyle

– Gold – 50m butterfly

– Gold – 100m butterfly

– Gold – 100m IM

– Gold – 200m IM

– Winning a total of 12x Gold Medals and 1x Silver Medal

● Kyle

– Bronze – 100m breaststroke

– Silver – 50m backstroke

– Silver – 50m freestyle

– Silver – 100m freestyle

– Winning a total of 1x Bronze Medal and 4x Silver Medals

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

Relays

● Cobham placed 3rd overall in the 6x50m Mixed Freestyle Relay, winning Bronze!

Team members: Jenna, Ray, Ben, Charlotte, Emma, Tyrone

● Cobham placed 3rd overall in 4x50m Girls Freestyle Relay, winning Bronze!

Team members: Jenna, Eunji, Charlotte and Emma

● Cobham placed 2nd overall in the 6x50m Boys Freestyle Relay, winning Silver!

Team members: Ben, Caleb, Tyrone, Ray, George, Alex

Table Tennis

Doubles

● Wills and Matt finished in the top 8

Singles (out of 128 players)

● Matt placed in the top 16

● Wills placed in the top 32

Tennis

Doubles

● Juan and Harley finished 3rd, winning Bronze!

Singles (out of 128 players)

● Juan placed 1st, winning Gold!

● Harley placed 11th out of 96.

● Top Boys school for singles – winning Gold!

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