Senior Sport
House Swimming Carnival
The Senior School House Swimming Carnival was held at the Croydon Memorial Outdoor Swimming Pool on Friday 11 February, in perfect weather for an outdoor event.
Each of the Houses had a brilliant day, but Gibeon Warriors (Red House) was the most successful by claiming both the Swimming trophy as well as the Spirit trophy for 2022!
It was a close race between the Gibeon Warriors and Zion Crusaders (Blue House) throughout the competition, but Red House managed to get ahead by 40 points to claim the trophy. Tabor Trojans (White House) had some great individual performances but couldn’t hang onto the trophy as a team. The battle for the House Spirit Trophy was also very close between the three houses, with Red House just snatching it away from Blue House.
There were some great individual performances in the pool with three new records broken this year. All three records were broken by two of our Year 10 Boys, with Une Geisler (10.17) breaking his own record for U/16 Boys Breaststroke from 35.73 to 35.11. Une also broke the U/16 Boys 100m Freestyle from 1:04.08 to 1:02.12 and Ruan Rademeyer (10.17) broke the Boys Open 100m record that stood since 2005, from 1:02.67 to 1:00.33. Although Ruan is only U/16, he participated in the Open division. Congratulations to Une and Ruan for a great outcome. We missed a few good swimmers this year due to illness, but we hope to have them onboard for the Division swimming.
The event finished with a novelty event by our House Captains and Vice Captains to close off the day in great spirit. The points accumulated by each House are shown below.
| House | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Gibeon Warriors (Red) | 962 | 1st |
| Zion Crusaders (Blue) | 922 | 2nd |
| Tabor Trojans (White) | 833 | 3rd |
Congratulations to Gibeon Warriors for winning the House Swimming trophy and the Spirit Trophy this year! 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.
Champion Swimmers
In particular, the following Group Champions are to be recognised for their outstanding efforts representing their respective houses.
| Year Level | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 1st – Piper Corrigan 2nd – Brielle Holliday 2nd– Tori Seeney | 1st – Sanaa Geisler 2nd – Lucas Mann 3rd – Tom Weighell |
| Year 8 | 1st – Lucy Weighell 2nd – Isabella Collins 3rd – Charlotte Geoghegan-Biggar | 1st – Henry Zhao 2nd – Isaac Armstrong 3rd – Cain Simmonds |
| Year 9 | 1st – Asha Jones 2nd – Alannah Moulton 3rd – Lilliana Filleul | 1st – Daniel Balla 2nd – Andrew Barker 3rd – Roman Young |
| Year 10 | 1st – Naomi Siedleczka 2nd – Daniella Hupertz 3rd – Caitlyn Burnside | 1st – Une Geisler 2nd – Joshua Ho 2rd – Ryan Jarrott |
| Open (Yr 11 & 12) | 1st – Audrey Oastler 2nd – Grace Sibley 3rd – Breanna Robinson | 1st – Ruan Rademeyer 2nd – Jack Powell 3rd – Joshua Deakin |
EISM Div 2 Swimming Competition
Students selected to represent Oxley at the EISM Division 2 Swimming Competition, to be held on Tuesday 8 March at Aquanation in Ringwood, have been informed regarding their place in the events. Swimmers who will represent Oxley at this event will depart for Aquanation on this day from the stadium. They will meet Mr Kotzé on Court 3 at 10.00am for a 10.15am departure.
Our next House Carnival is the House Athletics that will take place at the Tom Sewart Track in Burwood East on Thursday 3 March.
2022 Sport Dates
Date | Sport | Year Level |
|---|---|---|
Thursday 3 March | House Athletics | Y7-12 |
Tuesday 8 March | EISM Div Swimming | Y7 – 12 Selected Students |
Monday 28 March | EISM Championship Swimming | Y7 – 12 Selected Students |
Tuesday 3 May | EISM Div Athletics | Y7 – 12 Selected Students |
Tuesday 24 May | EISM Championship Athletics | Y7 – 12 Selected Students |
Tuesday 31 May | House Cross Country | Y7 – 12 Senior School |
Wednesday 31 August | EISM Tennis Comp | Y7 – 12 Selected Students |
Wednesday 7 September | EISM Cross Country | Y7 – 12 Selected Students |
Frederik Kotzé
Head of Sport