Sports Report 

On Thursday, 25th July, Cobram AGS's Senior Boys (Year 11/12) and Intermediate Girls (Year 9/10) Badminton teams travelled to Wangaratta to contest for the 2019 Hume Region title in their respective divisions. 

What a terrific performance from the boys!!! In convincing fashion, they played brilliantly to win all 3 matches comfortably and book their spot in their 5th CONSECUTIVE STATE FINAL!!! The team, consisting of: Miles Curtin, Carlo Ditchon, Shem Swoffer, Bailey White and Martin Kong, only dropped two sets in their 3 games. In the first match against Tallangatta, they did not drop a set in the 4 single/2 double rubbers, earning maximum points - 6/126. They then played Kilmore International, who had a very good player in their side, which saw our team drop 2 sets but still winning with ease. In the 3rd and final match, the boys again played exceptionally against Victory, winning all the matches. This sees them now head to Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) on Thursday, 15th August, to compete at the State final. Well done on your fabulous achievement.

The girls' team, consisting of: Meghan Gossayn, Emma Nolan, Grace Stillard, Ally Trives and Lauren White, also did a fantastic job to come runners-up for the 3rd consecutive year, playing bridesmaid to a strong combination from our ASC sister school, Cathedral College. They definitely had to work hard to earn this achievement. Their first game against Rutherglen went right down to the wire, where it was only points separating the two teams. The end result saw the girls come out victors 3/112 to 3/98 by 14 points!!! They then came up against the might of Cathedral, where they battled hard and made a real contest of it but were not able to grab a set off the opposition. Their final game against Kilmore International saw the girls regroup and do superbly to win every set and finish off on a strong note. This sees their campaign come to an end so well done to the girls on their terrific outcome.

We still have our Junior Girls (Year 7/8) team (Hannah Logie, Emily Orsida, Cadence Pang, Natasha Smith and Caitlin Welch) in calculations and they will attempt to regain their Hume title on the 20th August in Wangaratta and, hopefully, make another assault on the State title, where they finished runner-up in 2018! All the best to our Senior Boys and Junior Girls teams in the quest for glory!!! Go Team CAGS!!!

Huge congratulations to Zahlia Kautai (Year 5), who was notified at the end of Term 2 that she had made the 2019 SSV 12 AND UNDER VICTORIAN TOUCH FOOTBALL TEAM!!! After an agonising wait, the great news finally filtered through on the last day of term. This will now see her training in Melbourne most weekends until the Australian Schools Championships, which will be held in Canberra from 27th October - 1st November. This is the second consecutive year that Zahlia has made this team and our second Victorian representative this year!!! We congratulate her on her wonderful achievement and wish her all the best in her preparation! Go Team CAGS!!!