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Rowing
After some great success earlier this season, last week saw our Senior Boys 1st crew attend the Australian Rowing Championships at Lake Barrington in Tasmania.
The week started off with Alex Verschoor (Yr 12) and Alex Holtheuer (Yr 12) racing in the Men’s Under 19 Double Scull. Qualifying from their heat on Monday direct to the Semi Final on Wednesday where they won to set themselves up for a great final. After a solid start, the boys worked their way through the field for a storming finish to win the silver medal. This outstanding result to finish 2nd within Australia has since resulted in the boys having the opportunity to further their rowing experience with an invitation to attend selection trials for the Australian Under 19 Rowing team.
The boys then combined with two fellow Yr 12 students from Radford College in the ACT to race in the Men’s Under 19 Coxless Quad where they were at the front end of the field to comfortably win the Silver medal.
Finn Woodward (Yr 10), racing with his Rowing Club also racing in a composite boat with a number of other boys from different NSW-based schools, won gold in the Mens Under 17 Coxed Quad.
The rest of the crew consisting of Harley van der Pluijm (Yr 10) and the coxswain Charlotte Morrison (Yr 10) then joined the boys already in Tasmania to win another silver medal in the School Boy Coxed Quad Scull Sprint. The crew went on to race the School Boys Coxed Quad Scull where, after progressing through to the A Finals, they finished in a very respectable 5th position.
Both the crew and their coaches were very appreciative of the support received from back home, with many stories of classrooms, boardrooms and houses cheered them on via the livestream. This support helped the boys bring home what is, without doubt, one of the more successful National Championships in the history of Redlands.
Rowing is unique where all of these students first started their Rowing experience at Redlands in either Yrs 7 or 8 with no prior experience in the sport before joining. It also proves that we are able to compete at the highest level and we look forward to our younger students developing to take on this challenge in future seasons.
On Tuesday night we held our Rowing Presentation Dinner for the Yrs 9-12 students and families with the Yr 8 students having a Presentation Breakfast on Thursday morning. At this function, we thanked the great support received by families and the school along with acknowledging the achievements of our students. Thomas Hartnell (Yr 12) put together the outstanding 2020-2021 Redlands Rowing Video.
A full list of award recipients for season 2020-2021 are outlined below:
Seniors
Senior Oarsman – Alex Holtheuer (Yr 12)
Senior Oarswoman – Emily Barrelle (Yr 12)
Senior Coxswain – Charlotte Harman (Yr 11)
Senior Girls Spirit of the Shed – Gracie Connell (Yr 10)
Senior Boys Spirit of the Shed – Billy Thomas (Yr 11)
Juniors
Junior Oarsman – Angus McInnes (Yr 8)
Junior Oarswoman – Mikaela Sanger Larsson (Yr 9)
Junior Coxswain – Ruby Wood (Yr 8)
Junior Girls Spirit of the Shed – Daisy Thomas (Yr 9)
Junior Boys Spirit of the Shed – Hamish Campbell (Yr 9)
Tennis
On Saturday, the Summer Tennis 1sts played in the final of the Tennis Northern Beaches Premier League 2 Competition against Mona Vale 2. They started off strong, playing extremely well to take the opening doubles set 6-3. Mona Vale then regrouped and won the next two singles sets in very close games, with one set going to a tie-breaker. Redlands then took the next set 6-5 (7-6 in sudden death tiebreaker) to take the match to two sets all with one set to go. In a very exciting match, Mona Vale were able to edge out Redlands in a very close Grand Final match. Well done to the team, Tristan Wong, Isaac Swann and Matteo Stucci, on a great season.
Ms Alison Cox
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au
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