Oxley Sport Report

Over the past few weeks, we have had many thrilling games of summer sport on the way to the end of the season.

On March 2, we had over ten teams play in the semifinals and another two teams progressed straight to the finals in Basketball. After a weekend full of sport, we had a great effort of four teams making the grand finals. One week later we had three Basketball teams and one Touch Football team in the Grand Final.

Our Touch Football 3rds played St Spyridon’s but unfortunately were defeated 5-0. Congratulations to those in the 3rds for the awesome effort throughout the season, especially making it to the Finals.

Basketball saw our Firsts, 14 Gold and 13As Boys all play very close games in the finals against St Paul’s, St Pius and Oakhill. The Firsts had a great game against St Paul’s, although in the last few minutes went down by 2, for an end result of 55-57. The 14 Gold Boys team played St Pius in a tough match but lost 23-25. Our 13A Boys played Oakhill in a long match unfortunately going down 52-40.

I would like to extend my congratulations to all the players who played in Grand Finals over the weekend. Your efforts and talent do not go unnoticed and the Oxley community commends you for also putting in 100% effort to the team no matter the circumstances.

Summer sports have finished for all our teams besides Softball. Over the weekend the Firsts had their semifinals against Abbotsleigh. Going into this match they knew it would be hard, but through hard work and great teamwork they came out on top. The score was 11–5. Lucy Anderson took an awesome catch and the team also got a double out. This weekend they face another tough opponent in Homebush, and we wish them the best of luck.

A final thanks to all those players who showed continued effort in their teams, by showing up to games and training continuously throughout the season.

Annabelle B, Year 11