COBIS Primary Games - 11-13 April 2017

Spirit, determination and athleticism on show at the first COBIS Primary Games to be held in the UK

St Saviour’s School, Ikoyi took home the COBIS Champions Cup for an incredible 4^th year running with strong performances from debutants Dubai English Speaking School (DESS) (joint second), Children’s International School (CIS) (joint second) and JESS, Dubai (third) at the first COBIS Primary Games to be held in the UK.

The Games brought 17 teams from 12 countries to Stantonbury Campus near Milton Keynes for three days of exhilarating action which saw students compete in swimming, athletics and football events. Although the event officially began on Tuesday 10 April, some said the first competition on Monday was to guess which teams were the most jetlagged as teams touched down at Heathrow from as far away as China. This did not affect their performance and on Day 1, students excelled in the swimming pool with some impressive times in the pool by the boys and girls from JESS, Dubai and DESS who ultimately took home 1^st and 2^nd place in the overall swimming competition.

It was out of the pool and onto the track and field on Day 2 as the teams took part in sprints, middle-distance running, relay, javelin vortex, long jump and high jump. Both St Saviour’s and The British School in The Netherlands showed grit to move up the leaderboard on the day while there were some standout runs from International British School of Bucharest (IBSB) and DESS.

The football pitch at Stantonbury was the venue for the third and final day of the Games and silky skills from the likes of King’s College La Moraleja, St Catherine’s School Athens, The British School of Paris, International School of Moscow and CIS threatened to put a stop to the dominance of St Saviour’s Ikoyi but the Nigerian school showed nerves of steel to come through a number of penalty shootouts in the Boys event to ensure they took the overall title home to Lagos again.

COBIS and our delivery partners, the Griffin Schools Trust would like to thank the students and staff of all of the participant schools for another enjoyable and exciting COBIS Primary Games. We would also like to thank our VIP athletes who attended and presented medals throughout the games; Joanne Jackson, Joe Roebuck, Nathan Fox and Alistair Patrick-Heselton. Finally, sincere thanks to the officials from Berks & South Bucks County ASA, Milton Keynes Athletics Clubs and MK Dons for their hard work in judging the competition and to our hosts, Stantonbury Arts and Leisure Centre and the Stantonbury Campus.

The full and final results of the COBIS Primary Games are below:

School	Day 1 - Swimming	Day 2 - Athletics	Day 3 - Football	Combined
1.St Saviour’s School, Ikoyi	150	170	170	490
2.Children’s International School	140	120	150	410
2.Dubai English Speaking School	160	150	100	410
3.JESS, Dubai	170	140	60	370
4.St Catherine’s British School in Athens	120	110	130	360
5.The International School of Moscow	110	80	160	350
6.The British School in The Netherlands	90	160	70	320
7.British International School, Cairo	100	90	110	300
8.King’s College, The British School of Madrid (Soto de Viñuelas)	80	130	80	290
9.British International School of Riyadh	130	40	90	260
10.King’s College School, The British School of Madrid (La Moraleja)	50	60	140	250
10.The British School of Paris	60	70	120	250
11.International British School of Bucharest	50	100	30	180
12.Nord Anglia International School Hong Kong	80	50	10	140
13.The British School of Nanjing	20	30	40	90
14.Haileybury Almaty	10	20	50	80
15.Haileybury Astana	30	10	20	60

Individual Results

Click here for results from the swimming event.
Click here for results from the athletics event.
Click here for results from the football event.

Logo

After an internal competition within St Saviour's School, Ikoyi, winners of the 2016 COBIS Primary Games, the below logo was chosen for the 2017 COBIS Primary Games. Well done to Arinade Benson, who designed the logo.

Sponsors

COBIS would like to thank all who support the COBIS Games and the competing teams, especially, O'Neills Irish International Sportswear, our Headline Sponsor and all our other sponsors:

We are delighted to announce Gulf Youth Sport as our Media Partner for the 2017 COBIS Games. The GYS team uploaded videos, photos and features to the their website throughout the Games. Check out the GYS website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts to see all the fun from the Games.

COBIS would like to thank the MK Dons Sport and Education Trust for supporting the football events during the COBIS Primary Games 2017.

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