Secondary Sport

Nine Records Broken at House Swimming

It was the Carnival of records at this year’s House Swimming on Monday 9 February with two boys breaking seven records between them and two records were broken in the relays. It was yet again a very close competition between the three Houses this year, but Tabor Trojans (White House) took the lead from the start and was able to finish as winners of our 2026 House Swimming. Gibeon Warriors (Red House) won the House Spirit trophy in a close battle with the other two houses.

The records were broken by Thomas O (8.6) and Hanson S (10.4). Below is a table with all nine records broken on the day

Students	Event	Old Record	New Record
Thomas O	U/14 Boys Freestyle	30.79 sec	28.17 sec
	U/14 Boys Butterfly	32.34 sec	30.41sec
	U/14 Boys 100m Freestyle	1.09.43 sec	1.02.56 sec
Hanson S	U/16 Boys Freestyle	28.43 sec	27.29 sec
	U/16 Boys Butterfly	30.87 sec	29.19sec
	U/16 Boys 100m Freestyle	1.02.12 sec	00.59.74 sec
Blue House Boys	Open Boys Medley Relay	2.36.50 sec	2.16.89 sec
Blue House Boys	Open Boys Freestyle Relay	2.12.31 sec	2.03.09 sec

The event finished with a novelty event for all Year Levels and a big sandal race by our House Captains and Vice Captains to close off the day in great spirit. The points accumulated by each house are shown below.

	Points	Place
Tabor Trojans (White)	1070	1st
Gibeon Warriors (Red)	1014	2nd
Zion Crusaders (Blue)	978	3rd

Congratulations to the Trojans for winning the House Swimming trophy back-to-back and also to the Warriors for winning the Spirit Trophy for the second year in a row. All students who competed are to be congratulated for their contribution to their team’s points as well as all the students on the stands who contributed to the House spirit.

Tabor Trojans - Winners of the House Swimming Trophy

Gibeon Warriors - Winners of the Spirit Trophy

Champion Swimmers: In particular, the following Group Champions are to be recognized for their outstanding efforts as they represented their respective houses.

Girl Swimming Champions

Boy Swimming Champions

Year 7

1st – Grace W

2nd – Diana B

3rd Tori H

1st – Patrick L

2nd – Ari N

3rd – Zixiao Y

Year 8

1st – Jocelyn D

2nd – Tahlia M

3rd – Shazia G

1st – Edward A

2nd – Lachie W

3rd – Thomas O

Year 9

1st – Imogen S

2nd – Eden B/Ayesha S

3rd – Charlotte L

1st – Joe P

2nd – William X

3rd – Jonathan N

Year 10

1st – Ella F

2nd – Priscilla P

3rd – Amelia M

1st – Hanson S

2nd – Ryder H

3rd – Josh L

Open (Yr 11 & 12)

1st – Lucy W

2nd – Tori S

3rd – Kaitlyn H

1st – Sanaa G

2nd – Henry Z

3rd – Tom W

Students selected to represent Oxley at the EISM Division 2 Swimming Competition to be held on Thursday 26 March will be notified regarding their places in this event. Swimmers who will represent Oxley during this event will depart for the venue early on this day from Oxley Stadium by bus.

They will meet Mr Kotzé on Court 3 at 7.00am for a 7.10am departure. More information on this event in a later edition.

Mr Frederik Kotzé

Head of Sport

EISM Season Begins

Our participation in the Eastern Independent Schools (EISM) competition started with the Seniors and Year 8 and 9 students having their first rounds on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 February. It was mixed results for both cohorts with half of the teams winning their games. It is still early in the season and more teams will improve as the season progresses.

Our Year 7’s first round of EISM Sport will be held on Monday 23 March due to a long weekend and Year 7 camp leading up to their official start of the season. In the meantime, the Year 7 students are trialled for the House Athletics that will take place on Thursday 26 February.

The Year 7 students had a great start to Secondary School with good participation in the House Swimming and showing great support for their houses. We are looking forward to a great year of Sport with our students!

Mr Frederik Kotzé

Head of Secondary School Sport