Sporting Achievements

Sports Reporters: Annabel A (Year 11), Annabelle B (Year 11), Harry G (Year 11), Lily S (Year 11)

ISA Round 1

Round 1 saw a great start to the ISA winter competition. The Netball Firsts and Seconds came home with their first win of the season, (51-49) and (29-27) against Oakhill College. Soccer Firsts Girls came out with a win against our all-time rivals Chevalier College (1-2). Similarly, Soccer Firsts Boys had a great first win (6-1) against St Andrew’s Cathedral school. Hockey Firsts had an unfortunate loss, going down 1-0 to Redlands however played a strong first game. Rugby Firsts had a difficult game against Central Coast Grammar, finishing with a score of (0-51). Unfortunately, the Tennis Firsts game was washed out and they were unable to play.

Overall, Oxley had a great start to the ISA winter sports competition, coming away with an array of wins.

ISA Round 2

Unfortunately, due to wet weather conditions on the weekend, many teams were unable to play, including our Rugby, Hockey and Tennis teams.

However, there are achievements that shall not go unnoticed from this week’s ISA round. The Netball Firsts came away with the school’s first ever win against a Div 1 Barker team (53-41), making them undefeated and top of the ladder so far this season.

Unfortunately, both the Soccer Firsts and Seconds Boys lost against St Pius X College, finding (3-0) and (1-0) results respectively. The Soccer Firsts Girls had a great game, finishing second on this round’s ladder, and winning (3-1) against the Redlands team. Whilst it was a team effort, we must commend Katie A (Year 11) on her amazing hattrick.

Well done, Oxley!

Athletics

Amelia M (Year 12) competed at the 2024 Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide in April where they had huge success. Coming back from a bad injury, Amelia was able to achieve a remarkable comeback in the 800m and the 1500m to qualify for the Under 20s final for the 1500m run a season best time. Congratulations Amelia on your amazing success!

Congratulations to the students who proudly represented Oxley at the recent IPSHA Cross Country Carnival hosted at The Kings School, Sydney. A special acknowledgment goes to Charlotte K (Year 3) and Ruby R (Year 3) for their outstanding achievements, securing 4th and 5th positions respectively in the 8/9 years girl’s race. Their exceptional performance has earned them a spot to represent IPSHA at the NSWCIS Cross Country Carnival on 6 June. Additionally, we commend Joshua L (Year 4) and Naomi R (Year 4) for their commendable finishes within the top 20 places in their respective age groups. Well done to all!

Cricket

Just as the term was coming to an end Hamish M (Year 10) and Sam H (Year 10) flew over to Bangalore, India to compete in a 2-week international cricket competition. From April 8-21 these boys competed against other Australian, Indian, and South African academies. Hamish and Sam played for Elite Cricket Academy where they played a number of matches over the course of the 2 weeks, varying from 40-over games to 20-over games.

These boys were continuously challenged by the skills of the other academies and the scorching heats they played in day after day. Hamish played 7 games plus finals where he scored a total of 93 runs, a high score of 27 not out and average of 19. Hamish was also the wicketkeeper for Elite Cricket Academy where he took 6 catches and 1 run out. Sam played 7 games plus finals scoring a total of 125 runs averaging at 25 and making a top score of 45, and he took 5 wickets averaging at 20 runs. Sam also captained the Elite Cricket Academy team in 2 of the games which is a great achievement for a 15-year-old.

Whilst the boys were there for a cricket tournament, they also got to experience the culture that India had to offer on their days off. They watched an IPL match played by Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both Hamish and Sam said their highlights of the trip were seeing the culture of India when travelling to and from games and experiencing the IPL match.

Hamish and Sam performed extremely well in an under 18s international tournament as 15-year-olds and represented their club and Oxley excellently.

Touch Football

A big congratulations to Chilli S (Year 11) and Tien L (Year 12) who were selected in the ISA Open Girls Touch Football team at the ISA trials.

Equestrian

Ella F (Year 11) competed at the ENSW State Interschools Championships representing Oxley, placing 4^th overall in the Secondary Senior Novice Dressage Championship and securing a place on the NSW Nationals team for 2024. Ella also competed at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, placing first in the Welsh A Mountain Pony Ridden Class, alongside Charlotte B (Year 6) who placed second in the same class. Well done!

Congratulation to Ruby L (Year 12) who has qualified for both the Australian Paint Horse Association and the National Pleasure Horse of Australia Association national competitions in Western Performance Riding. Ruby and her new horse Lollie will compete across 6 different types of western performance classes over 9 days of competition. Good luck Ruby and Lollie!

Mountain Biking

The Oxley Mountain Bike team faced a lot of cancelled training sessions due to high winds and heavy rainfall in Term 1, but there were some notable results in cross country and downhill competitions from team members.

Harry K (Year 10), Aston M (Year 10), Sandy C (Year 8), Noah B (Year 10), Jenson A (Year 9), Will K (Year 7) and Brayden A (Year 8) competed at the Australian MTB Interschools held at Thredbo in March. There are races over three different downhill trails and also the pump track competition. Some notable results from the boys were: Sandy (Div 3) 79th in the Cannonball Downhill, Harry (Div 2) 154th in the Cannonball Downhill and 154th in the All Mountain, as well as Sandy (Div 3) and Aston (Div 2) both coming in 115th in the Flow Motion Cup. In the teams competition where the results from the three best riders in one division are added together, Oxley Div 2 competitors Aston, Harry and Noah came 29th out of the 52 schools in the Flow Motion Cup.