Southern View: July 16, 2019

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Tuesday July 16 2019
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Just 12 months ago, Oskam
was selected for the invitational
but missed out on the camp
due to injury. He also missed
Cashmere High’s national
secondary school championship
campaign as well.
Oskam tore the meniscus in
his knee last year and then tore
his MCL at the South Island
championships, which made
him miss the team’s premier
tournament.
“In the back of my head
I knew I had next year so I
wanted to work hard to get
back,” he said.
The year 13 student, who has
been part of the Cashmere High
senior team for the past four
seasons is determined to finish
SPORT
TALENTED:
Louis Oskam
(right) with
his Cashmere
High
teammates
Finn Barclay,
Luca
Williams,
Thomas
Webley and
Willem Russ-
Hofman.
Oskam gets another chance
to attend basketball camp
his school career on his terms.
“My first reaction was that it
made me really excited and I
was glad to get an opportunity
at it again,” he said.
Oskam said he believes he
has learnt how to use his size
to improve all the areas of his
game on the court.
He also takes his leadership
role seriously.
“We have to maintain our
standards and push harder to
be better at nationals, the senior
guys feel a responsibility to keep
improving.”
Oskam hopes training and
learning with top coaches at the
invitational camp will help him
achieve his dream of playing
college basketball in the United
States next year.
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CBHS come out on top
at South Island champs
CHRISTCHURCH Boys’ High
enjoyed a successful outing at
the South Island school cycling
championships, taking out the
Hayden Godfrey Challenge Cup
for the top performing school.
Although CBHS collected just
one individual title at the event
in Christchurch last week, with
Josh Rivett winning the under-20
individual time trial, the school
excelled in the team events.
They beat Timaru Boys’ High to
the under-20 title and Cobham
Intermediate to become under-14
champs. They also finished
second behind James Hargest
College from Invercargill in the
under-16 event.
In a show of dominance, six
of the top eight riders in the
under-20 individual time trial
were from CBHS. This level
of consistently proved vital in
CBHS’s bid to claim the overall
title.
More than 230 riders took part
in the road event, organised by
Cycling Canterbury Schools,
at Mike Pero Motorsport Park.
They competed in individual
time trials, team time trials and
road race events.
There were some outstanding
individual performances over
the weekend, which included
rides from Jenna Borthwick (St
Margaret’s College) and Amelia
Sykes (Avonside Girls’ High),
WINNERS: The CBHS cycling team made the most of the home
conditions to win the Hayden Godfrey Challenge Cup for the
top performing school at the South Island championships.
PHOTO: SCHOOLS CYCLING NZ ​
who both won the road race and
individual time trial in their age
grades.
SOUTHERN VIEW
Olli Aitken, of Medbury
School, also took out both
individual under-13 titles.
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