Secondary Sport

Head of Secondary Sport

Redlands Sports Staff Leading the Way

Congratulations to Mr Jack Gooding, Director of Coaching – Rugby and Athetlic Development, who was awarded his Level 3 World Rugby certificate. This required an intensive week long course in New Zealand working with some of the best coaches from around the world, followed by several months of assessment and game anaylsis. Jack relished the course and the insights he learnt on game play and game sense development in athletes of all abiilities. Jack is one of only a handful of coaches in Australia who have this level of qualification.

Congratulations to Ms Kate Seebohm and her North Sydney Bears team (at top of page) who won the Basketball NSW Waratah League Div 1 Women’s Grand Final. Kate was the Captain and was also awarded the 2020 Defensive Player of the Year, the All-Star point guard and the finals series MVP. This is the second time in four years the Bears have won the championship and the fourth consecutive time Kate has been awarded the defensive player of the year. The team also comprised of our Director of Basketball Coaching Ms Renae Camino who only recently returned from injury and showed great determination and resilience to take the court along with two other members of our coaching staff, Ms Gina Volos and Ms Abigail Curtain.

It is fantastic to see our Redlands Sports staff continuing to role model the benefits and opportunities available within sport. Role modelling is a vital ingredient to the success and growth of Redlands students, it is imperative that our students “see it to be it!”

Congratulations to both Mr Jack Gooding and Ms Kate Seebohm.

Fitness Centre

Throughout the spring holiday period the Redlands Fitness Centre will again be running a range of sessions for students to take part in.

These sessions will focus on speed, power and strength and will be applicable to all girls and boys taking part in any summer Rep Sport. These sessions will be a great way to build the physical fitness components required for all sports.

Sessions will run across the first week of the holidays and will be split between Seniors (Yr 9-11) and Juniors (Yr 7-8).

Tennis

During the upcoming school holidays there are a number of opportunities for students to play tennis. Our coaching provider Grand Slam Tennis are offering a Tennis Camp on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 and Friday 9 October. Students currently in Groups 1 and 2 should register for the High Performance Camp and students currently in Groups 3 and 4 should register for the Development Camp. It is a great opportunity to participate in extended training sessions focusing on fitness, technical skills, tactical awareness and footwork through high intensity drills and match and point play.

Our Summer Tennis competition organisation, NSTA, are hosting a UTR event on Saturday 4 October for Tennis players who fall into the U14 age group only. Interested students are encouraged to register for the NSTA UTR event . Please note, this is not a school event but will be great opportunity to play competitive Tennis against other Tennis players of similar ability.

Just a reminder, all illness and injuries are to be communicated via email to Eliza Peirce. Please do not attend trainings if unwell.

Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au

All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.