EISM Sport - Badminton Girls Are Premiers

It was a great effort by our Year 8 and 9 Boys and Girls Badminton teams as they finished the season as Premiers. Congratulations! It was also a great effort by our Y8/9 Girls Softball, Girls Netball and Mix Tennis teams, who were runners-up at the end of the season, both just fell short of a win in the Grand Finals. Congratulations to all these teams on a great season.

The 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 to all Year 7s for putting in such a great effort throughout the year and particularly during Term 4. We are looking forward to seeing you keep improving next year. All the students who represented Oxley during this term did the College proud with good behaviour and sportsmanship.

The Year 8/9 teams who participated in EISM team sport during Term 3 and 4 were acknowledged during a special Sport Assembly in the Stadium on Thursday 30 November after the Grand Finals. The following students received medals for Most Valuable (MVP) and Best Team Player (BTP).

Year 8/9 - Term 3
Team	MVP	BTP
Girls Footy	Brielle Holiday	Charlotte King
Girls Soccer	Hayley Graham	Hadassah Richard
Girls Volleyball A	Scarlett Webber	Natasha Zeniou
Girls Volleyball B	Isi Collins	Anna Yuriev
Girls Table Tennis	Taylor Russell-Rockliff	Jing Tian
Girls 5-A-Side Soccer	Alice Lee	Trinity Hayde
Boys Footy	Sam Hoogeland	Cam Farrell
Boys Soccer	Josh Barker	Finn Destry
Boys Volleyball A	Blake Richards	Ezra Simpson
Boys Volleyball B	Ryan Huang	Sean Wong
Boys 5-A-Side Soccer	Elijah Daly	Sam Durik
Boys Table Tennis	Charlie Mann	Harry Huang
Mix Badminton	Mia Yu	Daniel Leong

Year 8/9 - Term 4
Team	MVP	BTP
Girls Badminton	Alice Lee	Isabel Alcordo
Girls Netball	Charlotte Geoghegan-Biggar	Charli White
Girls Hockey	Ailee Howarth	Trinity Hayde
Girls Super 8 Cricket	Hadassah Rickard	Jess Lynch
Girls Indoor Cricket	Daniella Licina	Holly Hume
Mix Tennis	Cameron Farrell	Piper Corrigan
Boys Badminton	James Pong	Frank Lu
Boys Netball	Cristian Rivet	Josh Barker
Boys Super 8 Cricket	Lincoln Walker	Caleb Doyle
Boys Indoor Cricket	Jeremiah Chisanga	Finn Destry

Year 7 - Term 4
Team	MVP	BTP
Girls Softball	Lucinda Jenes	Sharlotte Sobti
Girls Soccer	Sui Zaa Thang	Joanna Girishmon
Girls Basketball A	Lily Hogan	Olivia Hunter
Girls Basketball B	Ruby Van Den Broek	Rose Downs
Mix Tennis	Jude Sharkey	Jonathan Ho
Boys Soccer	Jayden Zimunya	Josh Lynch
Boys Basketball A	Isaac Maw	Nathan Marks
Boys Basketball B	Leon Rudakov	Jed Martinez

Oxley Students Represent the State in Swimming Competition

Congratulations to Tom Weighell (8.8) who recently qualified for the first time to represent the State in the 800m freestyle. Both Tom and Lucy Weighell (9.9) will represent the State later this month. We wish them both the best.

Sport 2024

Our Sport program for 2024 kicks off with Senior trials on the first day back, Wednesday 31 January, with their first round the following week on Wednesday 7 February. Year 8/9 trials for EISM Sport will start on Thursday 1 February to be ready for their first round of competition on Thursday 15 February.

Our Year 7s will start their Sport on Monday 5 February with Athletic trials on and around the oval in preparation for the House Athletics that will take place at Tom Kelly Athletics Track on Thursday 29 February. To get our Year 7s ready for swimming, they will attend try-outs on Monday 12 February during period 5 and 6 at the Lilydale Outdoor Pool in preparation for the Swimming House Carnival that will take place on Friday 16 February at the Croydon Memorial Outdoor Pool. Year 7s will start their trials for EISM Sport on Monday 4 March in preparation for their EISM competition that will start in Term 2.

Congratulations to all our students for your contribution to sport in 2023, especially those who served as captains for their teams and who received MVP and BTP medals. A big thank you to all our 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 2024 an even bigger year in Oxley Sport by keeping fit during the holidays.

2023 Olympic Change-Maker Awards

Congratulations to Une Geisler (11.13) who is the 2023 Oxley nominee and recipient of the Australian Olympic Change-Maker Award for 2023. It is the second year in a row that Oxley nominate a swimmer for this award. Last year, Dakoda Mathers (12.7), was the recipient of this award.

The Australian Olympic Change-Maker program recognises secondary students from around the country each year who demonstrate the Olympic spirit – friendship, sportsmanship and striving for excellence – both on and off the playing field, through leadership and driving positive change in their school and local communities.

The Change-Maker program provides students with the opportunity to share their ideas, connect with other like-minded people and be immersed in a unique Olympic experience, hearing first-hand from Olympians.

Since commencing in Year 7, Une has broken several records at the EISM Swimming Championships every year and has represented the College at National level. His dedication to swimming and the role model he is to our younger students makes him a worthy recipient of this award.

Une received an invitation to the Change-Maker Forum and a Certificate of Recognition. He was also encouraged to submit a one-minute video expressing his interest in attending the National Summit.

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

Frederik Kotzé

Head of Sport

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