Senior Sport

EISM Sport – Badminton Premiers

We congratulate Year 8 / 9 Boys and Girls Badminton teams as they finished the season off as Premiers. It was a great effort! It was also a great effort by Year 8 / 9 Girls Softball and Girls Netball teams, who were runners-up at the end of the season. Both just fell short of a win in the Grand Finals. Congratulations to both these teams on a great season.

Year 7s had a great last term in EISM Sport, with both Boys and Girls Netball teams finishing on top of the ladder. The other teams also did well, with some finishing second or third on the ladder. Congratulations on such a great effort and commitment throughout the year, particularly during Term 4. We are looking forward to seeing you continue to improve next year. All students who represented Oxley during this term did the school proud with good behaviour and sportsmanship.

Term 4 Year 8 / 9 teams were acknowledged during a special Sport Assembly in the Stadium on Thursday 24 November, after the Grand Finals. The following students received medals for Most Valuable (MVP) and Best Team Player (BTP).

Team	MVP	BTP
Girls Softball	Hannah Waite	Eliza McGregor
Mix Badminton	Gabe Sharkey	Bec Zaa Thang
Girls Netball	Asha Jones	Leilani Niemann
Girls Badminton	Eshan Cai	Erika Moses
Girls Indoor Cricket	Hayley Graham	Hadassah Rickard
Boys Badminton	Cam Farrell	Daniel Leong
Boys Hockey	Rohan Mishra	Adam Russell-Rockliff
Boys Netball	Andrew Barker	Cooper Lourenz
Boys Softball	Cain Simmonds	Matthew Brydon
Boys Indoor Cricket	Caleb Doyle	Ezra Simpson

Term 4 Year 7 teams received their medals during a special Sport Assembly on Monday 5 December in the Stadium. Congratulations to the following medal recipients.

Team	MVP	BTP
Girls Netball	Brielle Holliday	Luana Dunn
Girls Softball	Piper Corrigan	Ailee Howarth
Girls Badminton	Scarlett Webber	Audrey Kwok
Boys Netball	Scott Howie	Cooper Lee
Boys Softball	Charlie Mann	Aman Varma
Boys Badminton	Sean Xie	Caleb Percy
Boys Hockey	Finn Destry	Jack Deakin

Sport 2023

Our Sport program for 2023 kicks off with Senior Trials on Wednesday 1 February and Athletic Trials for Years 8 / 9 on Thursday 2 February.

Year 7s will commence Sport on Monday 6 February with Swim trials at the Lilydale Outdoor Pool, in preparation for the House Swimming Carnival that will take place on Friday 10 February at the Croydon Memorial Outdoor Pool. Year 7 Athletic Trials will be held on Monday 13 February, in preparation for the House Athletics Carnival that will take place on Thursday 2 March at the Tom Kelly Athletics Track in Doncaster East.

Congratulations to all our students for your contribution to Sport in 2022, especially those who served as captains for their teams. A big thank you to all Year 12 students who willingly gave up their time to represent Oxley in their final year. Thanks to all our students for the way you represented the College this year. Let us make 2023 an even bigger year in Oxley Sport. Keep fit during the holidays and I hope to see you all back in 2023.

2022 Olympic Change-Maker Awards

Congratulations to Dakoda Mathers (11.16) who is the 2022 Oxley nominee and recipient of the Australian Olympic Change-Maker Award for 2022. Dakoda received this award for her outstanding performance in the pool over many years. She also competed at State and National level in her swimming.

The Australian Olympic Committee expressed their appreciation towards Oxley Christian College for participating in the program.

In 2022, close to 1,000 students across Australia received the Award. The nominations have overwhelmingly highlighted how students have used sport to create change in some of the most creative and unexpected ways, proving that the power and discipline of sport is truly limitless.

I wish you all a blessed Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Frederik Kotzé

Head of Sport