Co-Curricular Achievements
Cricket
In Oxley’s Cricket Firsts, we have a very young team this year, having no current Year 11/12 members, however, we are fostering a positive team environment to hopefully carry into next year’s team as many, if not all, will be playing again. This is the first time in recent memory that Oxley Cricket has competed in Division 1. We defeated Chevalier College the weekend before last, however have struggled again some of the stronger Sydney competition.
Significant personal contributions include a century for Sam H (Year 10) (112 runs) against St Spyridon last weekend and leading the competition for fielding stats. Freddie K (Year 8) is currently 10th in the bowling stats among all teams. Henry J (Year 8) took a hattrick a few weeks ago against St Spyridon for the Oxley Cricket Seconds team, with bowling figures of 3/2.
Sam H, Cricket Captain 2025
Mountain Biking
Sandy C (Year 8) recently competed at the Green Valleys Interschool Enduro competition in Albion Park. He blitzed the field with 2nd place in the Year 7/8 male category out of 76 riders and was also the 6th fastest rider overall (Years 7-12). This is a fantastic achievement and shows that Sandy has a big future in this sport!
On Sunday 24 November, the fourth edition of the GD Champs took place at Welby. The GD Champs is a mountain bike event that celebrates and remembers George Dummer, an ex-Oxley student and passionate mountain biker who tragically passed away just over 4 years ago when he was in Year 9. The event is for riders of all ages but has a schools’ component, which is fiercely contested each year by Oxley and Chevalier, although there are riders from Moss Vale High and other schools too. Although we had fewer riders than in previous years, Oxley College was proud to bring the George Dummer Cup home for the 4th time. Congratulations to Harry G (Year 12 2025), Isla T (Year 12 2025), Aston M (Year 10) and Alex W (Year 6) who took the win in their age categories. Special mention goes again to Aston who won the bunny-hop competition with an astonishing display of skill.
Pipe and Drums
Oxley Pipe Band members Sapphire S (Year 7) and Thomas A (Year 8) competed in the recent NSW State Solo Championships. In solo competitions, there are 5 grades: A (professional level), the amateur levels B-D and Novice levels. There are multiple requirements for each contestant to play in on the day to determine the overall State Champion. Tenor Drummer Sapphire was crowned the C Grade State Tenor Drum Champion and Piper Thomas was placed 2nd overall in the Novice State Championships. Well done, Sapphire and Thomas!
Grace P, Pipe Captain 2025
