Get Involved in the OIU Tipping Competitions!
Thursday, 11 December 2025

Sign up NOW to be included in one of the OIU Tipping Competitions: https://forms.office.com/r/uPhAjnv6e3 

Join the OIU Tipping Competitions and enjoy some friendly competition with your classmates and see if you can take out bragging rights across all years! 

Competition prizes are still to be determined (if you'd like to be a sponsor please contact brian.shanahan@oiu.org.au), but one thing the winner can be guaranteed of is that they'll get their name engraved onto the OIU Challenge Trophy - a perpetual trophy awarded to the leading Old Ignatian in each of sports tipping competitions it holds throughout the year.

So, if you're interested in participating in the OIU Tipping Comps, please complete the tipping form asap (and please tell your classmates about it) so we can estimate likely interest in each comp and get the competition details sent out to you ahead of kick-off! 

If you're interested in assisting with managing the Tipping Competitions, please contact us via the OIU Volunteer page here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/u7KyZfDAR1 

 

PS >>>>> The OIU x NRL25 Tipping Comp saw over 50 Old Ignatians from 31 different leaving classes participating. 1st prize was won by Bill Follent (OR74), 2nd was David Mullins (OR89) and 3rd was Adrian O'Connor (OR85). 

The top tipster in each of the leaving classes was: 

Year Top Tipsters 

 1957 Anthony Johnson 

 1968 Luke Keighery 

 1970 Frank Crowe 

 1974 Bill Follent 

 1980 Peter Milharcic 

 1981 John Allen 

 1984 Matthew Rae 

 1985 Adrian O'Connor 

 1987 Brian Shanahan 

 1988 Jasper Gale 

 1989 David Mullins 

 1991 Timothy Hunt 

 1992 Alexander Muir 

 1996 Timothy Dobbin 

 1999 Mark Walter 

 2001 James Byrne 

 2004 Matthew Carter 

 2005 Michael McDermott 

 2007 Maxim Booyar-Rybak 

 2008 Nicholas Kennedy 

 2011 Nicholas Taylor 

 2013 Lachlan Stewart

2014 Adam Ryan 

 2016 James Hewat 

 2017 Jesse Smith 

 2019 Harry O'Mally

 2020 Matthew Steffan 

 2021 Noah McCarthy 

 2022 Patrick Byrne 

 2023 Jerome Abou-Antoun 

 2024 Luc Johnstone