Sport
Oxford Falls Grammar School competes in many sports including at state and national levels.
Sports played at Oxford Falls Grammar include:
- Basketball
- Rugby league
- Rugby Union
- Rugby Sevens
- Australian Rules Football
- Cross Country
- Athletics (track and field)
- Triathlon
- Swimming
- Diving
- Touch Football
- Soccer
- Netball
- Ultimate (Ultimate Frisbee)
- Tennis
Basketball is one of the main sports played in both the Junior and Senior schools. Teams have gone on to reach national levels and have competed at events such as The National Christian Schools Basketball Championships. The school is well represented at local and state Rugby, Soccer and Netball gala days. Aussie rules is a popular sport in the Junior school and Oxford Falls Grammar is very successful in competitions; reaching the 2006 NSW Finals in the Paul Kelly Cup. The school competes in swimming, diving, athletics and cross country events at Metropolitan, CSSA State and CIS State levels. Swimmers have gone on past CSSA State level to the annual National Christian Schools Swimming Championships. In 2005, a number of students competed in the Pacific School Games and brought home a number of Gold medals.
Every week the school participates in PISA sport with other schools including Covenant Christian School, Marter Maria, St Pauls, Northern Beaches Christian School and St Lukes. Different sports are played each term. If not selected for a PISA team, students have the choice of a recreational activity or sport such as tenpin bowling, rock climbing, bush walking, canoeing, surfing, sailing, rollerblading, skateboarding, squash, tennis, golf, fitness training.
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