We have been looking at some of the amazing moments in our school’s history that not just shows a wonderful performance by our students, but also their dedication and perseverance to each other.

Here is another memory that is extremely inspiration by what they accomplished ...

In 2019, we had two teams compete in the CSSA State Primary Mixed Oz Tag Competition. We had one team in the Years 3 and 4 division and one in Years 5 and 6. This was a big competition for our teams who had recently competed at the Central Coast Oz Tag competition and both reached the Semi Finals.

Our Junior Mixed team was made from talented players with individual great skills. They had trained hard over the past few weeks to refine these and also accommodate the logistics of mixed Oztag. Mainly, boys were ball players, girls filled in the link and wing positions and they all worked hard in a defensive line.

The team progressed through Pool games easily, then played Semi Finals against Inaburra and won to proceed to the Grand Final against William Carey CS.

Congratulations to this terrific team who were victorious in defeating William Carey 8-2 in this game. A close and exciting game. Well done to fast legs, tight defence, forward thinking, great passing, good ball play, and the tremendous effort to persevere on a very hot day! CSSA State Junior Oz Tag Champions!

Our Senior Mixed team also had been chosen for specific positions, whether it was as dummy half, 1^st or 2^nd receiver, wing, tagger, etc. This team was very experienced and with their training sessions and had developed into a tight outfit with a lot of skill and talent.

Their first game was against Mamre B Team, which was important that our team started strongly. They won this game 15-1 and moved into Game 2 against Wycliffe CS with their confidence building. This game proved to be another display of great skill and teamwork, winning convincingly 14-0. Their final pool match was strongly yet again, with solid defence and accurate passing, winning against St Hurmizd 14-0. They had qualified for the Semi Finals against Toongabbie. Our Senior team were just too experienced however, and won the game 5-4, progressing to the Grand Final.

Mamre A Team would be their opponents and our team were hungry for victory. They had been the dominant team all day and wanted to finish the competition undefeated and taking home the trophy. This passion, this drive, from our Senior team was what made them play their best game of the day. Their defence was amazing, diving for tags in all directions. Their passing was precise, creating scoring opportunities on many occasions. Their teamwork is what gave them the advantage and they took it with both hands, taking an early lead through one of the best diving defensive tags I have seen by Kyne. With that handover, we ran with the ball, made a break and Jess scored in the corner (2 points when a girl scores). This roll continued and we scored again, taking a 4-0 lead. Mamre bounced back with their own try but Green Point was too passionate to let this one go, scoring again on numerous occasions, eventually winning the Grand Final 9-4. They were now CSSA State Senior Oz Tag Champions!

Finally, watching both teams play really demonstrated how Green Point play the game … we play with passion, we play with determination and we play as a team. These Mixed Oz Tag teams would not have performed as well as they did if they didn’t work together as one. Their encouragement of one another, sportsmanship throughout the day and team spirit is why they accomplished so much. They, like so many other teams representing our school, play together as a team and do it with pride.

This is truly one inspirational story from our past that just demonstrates our passion for sport and desire to play hard as a team.