By Sports Reps: Grace Pardew (3rd year Science) and  Eddie Wallis (3rd year Science)

Queen’s has had a great start to the 2025 sporting year.

Cricket
Women’s cricket this year started with a bang, securing enough wins to get them through to the minor final, in which they declared a convincing victory over St Hilda’s College, to claim 3rd place.
The men’s cricket season was one for the ages, with epic highs and lows, the team managed to breeze through to the grand final. Despite the passion and skill of our boys, University College came out on top in the end and the team went home disappointed not being able to finish off the hat trick of winning three years in a row.

Athletics
Queen’s had a great time at the athletics this year, placing 3rd in the male events and 6th in the female events, which brought us to an overall 6th. First year Charlie Cotter was a standout, placing first in the men’s 100M A final after running a 11.00 heat.

Swimming Carnival
The swimming carnival was a lot of fun, with a record number of spectators, the morale of the team was not shaken despite only placing 6th overall. Notably Charlie Mortimer-Short was able to defend his college record in the men’s 50m freestyle with ease.

Cross Country
The 7am cross country the morning after Commencement Dinner challenged the college spirit, however, we had a great number of athletes show up with amazing energy and enthusiasm. Unfortunately, Queens did not find the podium but it was still an amazing effort from those who competed.

Tennis
This year we had the great leadership of last year’s President and two-time Tennis Captain James O’Sullivan coaching the team. Unfortunately, James’ talent was missed in the Men’s singles and we were swiftly knocked out by Newman in the quarter finals.

Hockey
After four years of Queen’s making the women’s hockey finals, but never being able to bring home the silverware, the team finally conquered the grand final. In an extremely competitive and tough game under lights, the girls scored a single and definitive goal against Ormond, breaking their three year long streak, claiming victory for Queen’s! The College was abuzz and many celebrations followed.
The Queen’s men’s hockey team was heavily reliant on the new first year intake to win back the hockey trophy, the new freshers did not disappoint, wIth seven of the starting 11 being freshers. The fresh legs gave us all the energy we needed to get to another grand final against Trinity. However, it was the composure and experience of the second and third years which ultimately
gave them an edge and made Queens Grand Champions of Hockey in 2025, winning both men’s and women’s finals.

Soccer
The women’s soccer team had a great season, so much so they made the grand final. Entering the pitch of Princes Park it was evident that Queen’s was the underdog, there were some doubts the girls could do it. The game was tied one all until the last five minutes and St Hilda’s had it in our goal square, tensions were rising, but an excellent save by goalkeeper Eliza Mulligan turned the game in our favour allowing the team to score a tie-breaking goal in the last minute of the match.

With men’s soccer beginning a few weeks earlier than usual this year, for the first few matches the team found themselves playing in the dark before the sun had even risen. The team persevered and found themselves in yet another grand final against Trinity. With Queen’s having beaten Trinity in their first game, expectations were high. However the pressure got to the Queen’s boys and they ended up losing in a penalty shoot-out.

Rowing
On the chilly morning in May the Queen’s rowers put up an excellent fight, the men’s 1st VIII won the B final in a nail biting race, putting them in 3rd. Propelled by the boisterous cheering coming from the green, yellow and brown section of the Yarra, our women’s 1st VIII were able to secure 4th place. The Magoo’s rowed with great strength, determination and joy, achieving an admirable 4th place for the men and 5th place for the women.

Table tennis
The ever courageous and lively table tennis team took to the tables like a fish to water. They showed great enthusiasm and teamwork and saw them win some nail-biting matches against last year’s winners, International House. Unfortunately, the team couldn’t make it past the pool stages and had an early finish to the season.