Sporting Achievements

Triathlon

Oxley also achieved some incredible individual results. Pixie H placed 2^nd in the Junior Female category and Euan S (Year 7) placed 35th in the Junior Male category for a 300m swim, 10km cycle, and 2km run. Rory S (Year 9) placed 44^th in the Intermediate Male category for a 500m swim, 15km cycle, and 4km run.

Biathlon

Chilli S (Year 12) went to Europe in January, representing Australia in Biathlon, participating in a Biathlon Australia training camp in Poland, then racing several events including the junior open European Championships in Germany. She competed in individual and relay events and achieved some excellent results in both the shooting and cross-country skiing elements of each event.

Orienteering

Also in January, brothers Rory S and Euan S represented Australia at the Oceania Orienteering Championships in New Zealand, competing in individual sprint, middle and long distances as well as relays. Highlights were Euan’s 1st place in the U14 long-distance event and 2nd in the relay and Rory’s 3rd place in the U16 relay (his leg was the 2nd fastest U16 time) and 6th in the sprint and middle-distance events. Both boys have been regulars at the front of our local Parkrun, with Rory bringing his PB down to an impressive 17:30 and Euan not far behind on 17:59!

NSW Country Athletics Championships

Congratulations to our competitors at the NSW Country Athletics Championships (17-19 January 2025):
Rory S (Year 9, U16) 1st in 2km Steeplechase, 2nd in 3000m (10:12), 4th in 1500m (4:38)
Euan S (Year 7, U14): 3rd in 3000m (10:30), 5th in 1500m (4:56)
Milo S-W (Year 9, U15): 1st in 800m (2:09), 2nd in 400m (56:38)
Lucas H (Year 7, U14): 4th in 200m (28:09), 5th in 100m (13:28)

Cricket

Orson F (Year 9) played for the U14 Country Lions – the South East Country NSW team – at the NSW U14 Cricket State Championships.

Flag Football

Henry B (Year 9) was selected in the U15 NSW Flag Football team that competed in the Junior Nationals in Canberra recently. Following his performance at the National competition he has been selected in the Australian U15 Boys squad for the Junior International Tour to the USA in June.

Soccer

Early in March, five Oxley students were part of the U11 Highlands FC Team that took out the Merino Cup in Goulburn. The pre-season event was made up of almost 1000 players from country association representative teams and metro community development squads across NSW and ACT. The team conceded only four goals across the whole tournament to achieve this remarkable success.

Congratulations to Thomas A, Conor B, Adam D, Aurie A and Hamish W from Year 5!

Swimming

Well done to the age champions and runners up at the Southern Highlands Secondary Schools Swimming Carnival held at Frensham in March. Pictured above: Sienna D (Year 10), Archie D (Year 7), Ian P (Year 7), Joseph C (Year 12) and Harry K (Year 12).

Huge congratulations to Charlotte H (Year 8) who will be swimming not only at the Australian Age Group Championships in Brisbane in mid April, in 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke, but has also qualified for the Australian Open Championships (to be held the following week, also in Brisbane) in 50m Breaststroke. Charlotte qualified for the open event with a swim of 34.92 seconds at the Senior Metropolitan Championships in Sydney in February, and amazing achievement. At the ISA Swimming Carnival this week, Charlotte smashed the record for the 14 years girls 50m Breaststroke. The old record was 36.75 seconds and Charlotte’s time was 34.99 seconds.

Berrima District Sports Awards

Pixie H – Junior Monthly Award for February for Triathlon

Pixie competed in the NSW All Schools Triathlon and, in the solo event, swam 300 metres, cycled 10 kilometres and ran 2 kilometres. Pixie claimed the gold medal in the junior – Years 7 & 8 – event and came an incredible 10^th out of 160 male and female competitors. She also competed in the team event completing the 3km run leg and her team claimed the bronze in the junior female event and came 12^th out of 127 male and female teams. Pixie was then selected to compete at the Australian All Schools Triathlon held in Perth and placed 10^th.

Rory & Euan S – joint junior recipients for October for Orienteering and Mountain Bike Orienteering

For two months in a row, there are joint junior recipients of the Berrima District Sports Award. Even more extraordinary is that they are brothers. Euan and Rory S are the dual recipients for October for Orienteering and Mountain Biking. 13-year-old Rory and 12-year-old Euan were selected for the NSW squad to compete in the Australian Orienteering Championships in Armidale. Over nine days they competed in seven different orienteering events. Both competed in four Australian championship events (sprint, middle distance and long distance plus a relay) and then three days of inter-state competitions. In the three individual Australian championship events, Rory claimed the Australian championship gold medal in the middle- and long-distance events and a silver in the sprint. Meanwhile Euan went one better as he claimed three Australian championship gold medals. In the relay, the NSW team, with Euan on the first leg and anchored home by Rory, picked up the silver. In the interstate competition both boys were running for NSW in the under 16 competition which, for Euan, meant competing against boys four years older than him and Rory two years older than him. Younger brother Euan ran extremely well with his best result a commendable 18^th in the physically challenging long-distance event. Rory, running the same races, had outstanding runs to achieve the silver medal in the long distance and the bronze medal in the sprint. Upon returning from Armidale, Rory and Euan then took part in the Australian National Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships in Canberra where both Rory and Euan won the gold medals for their age groups in the sprint and middle distances races and took the silver home in the long-distance event.

Sport Team of the Year

The Oxley nomination for Sports Team of the Year was the Junior School’s Senior Boys 4 x 100m relay team consisting of Chase H, Lucas H, Sebastian R and Harry S (Year 7) 

In addition to the monthly award recipients, Sam H (Year 11) and Bryce R (Year 11) were acknowledged as nominees for at least one monthly award.

Former student Harry K was awarded the junior March Award for Athletics and former student Annabel A was awarded the junior April award for Swimming.

Oxley Alumni Amelia M (Class of 2024) received the May Award for Cross Country Running. Amelia, representing Oxley College, won the 18-year girls’ event at the Independent Sports Association Cross Country Championships. She ran the 6km in an incredible time of 23.53. Amelia’s win more than contributed to Oxley College winning the Senior Girls team trophy.