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COVID-19 Guidelines – Week 9

 Mask-wearing

• Mask-wearing is required when traveling between sports venues and on school grounds (this includes students walking or traveling by bus to or from school).

Change-Rooms and Uniform

• Students continue to be permitted to wear the PDHPE uniform to school on Thursdays
• Students attend before School training are required to change into their School uniform after their training session, before attending their period 1 lesson
• Students who attend after School training on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday are required to change into their school uniform during lunchtime in preparation for their afternoon training session.

Representative Sport

• Students whose Representative Sport training session is not scheduled on Thursday afternoon will be dismissed from school at 2.30pm.
• Sport Specific information is also available to families on the Secondary School Sports Page on Redlands Pulse.

Cross Country Training

In preparation for the Redlands Cross Country Carnival on 7 April, we will be offering Cross Country training on Friday afternoons to any interested student. These sessions are open to all students and will not only prepare students for the upcoming Cross Country Carnival, but a great way to prepare for the 2022 Winter Sports Season.

When:                          Friday Afternoons
Time:                            3.30-5.00pm
Meeting point:           Quad (Secondary School Campus)
Training location:      Redlands Junior School

If you are interested in joining this group please fill out the Cross Country Training Expression of Interest Form. Please contact Mr Walker (Head Coach) if you have any questions.

Redlands Cross Country Championships – Thursday 7 April

The Redlands Cross Country Championships are scheduled to take place on Thursday 7 April at Macquarie University Playing Fields. Further information will be sent out to families during Week 8.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

NSW Little Athletics Championships

Congratulations to Isaac Brooks who ran a PB in the 1500m at the NSW Little Athletics Championships last weekend, securing him a fourth (4:13) place and then went on to win a silver in the 800 (2:01) – which was an incredible 2 second PB!

National Track & Field Championships

We wish Elizabeth Whelen (Yr 8) the very best of luck this weekend as she represents NSW at the National Track & Field Championships in U14 Hammer on Saturday at Homebush. Elizabeth is going into the event seeded in 7^th based on qualifying distances.

Summer Representative Sport

Rowing

Last weekend saw the Yr 8 and 9 rowers attend the Junior Head of the River Regatta held at Iron Cove.

Despite some significant illness related absences, our students performed well with some strong results across all divisions against some strong competition, overall it was one of our stronger results at Head of the River within the past 7 years with 3 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronze medal winning positions. The Yr 8 boys crews were especially strong winning Division 1, 2 and 3.

Significant results include the following:

SBYr8 Div.3 4x+: 1^st Place (C.Beeton, J,Natilli, O.Smith, J.Collyer & J.Meek)

SBYr8 Div.3 4x+: 2^st Place (M.McLellan, A.Fenton, R.Oliver, K,Newman  & L.McKay)

SBYr8 Div.2 4x+: 1^st Place (J.Murray, H.Dobson, C.Morrison, A.Kerr & T.Whitney)

SBYr8 Div.1 4x+: 1^st Place (L.Abrahams, R.Beggs, F.O’Sullivan, L.Price-Pontifex & J.Nochar)

SBYr8 1x: 3^rd Place (K.Newman)

SGYr8 Div 3 4x+: 2^nd Place (A.Winder, L.Doyle, H.Riddington, L.Maher & L.Chen)

SGYr8 Div 2 4x+: 3^rd Place (R.Warner, R.Garcia-Wood, N.Carter, S.Harriss & L.Chung)

SBYr9 Div.2 4x+: 2^nd Place (N. Tebbut, L. Abrahams, H. Philips, A. McInnes & J.Meek)

ROWING PRESENTATION DINNER – Save the date: 6:30pm Tuesday 5^th April, Zest (Spit)

Touch Football

We had a great day at the ISA Touch Football trials, with a number of students being selected to represent the ISA at the NSWCIS Championships. 

Girls Open ISA Touch Football

• Katie Wightwick (Yr 12) 
• Maddie d’Almeida (Yr 11) 

Girls U15 ISA Touch Football 

• Sam Wightwick (Yr 9)
• Heidi de Saxe (Yr 8)
• Arkie Riches (Yr 8)

Boys U15 ISA Touch Football 

• Daniel Lev (Yr 10)
• Tom Reeves (Yr 10)

Best of luck to all the Redlands players selected for the Championships. 

Sailing

Our next event is the NSW Schools Teams Racing Championships. The event will take place Friday 29 April – Sunday 1 May in the Pacers. There will be a couple of training sessions in the lead up to this event. If you are interested in competing in this event, please fill out the following expression of interest form:

NSW Teams Racing – Expression of Interest: Click Here

Summer Tennis

Another washed out Saturday marks the end of the NSTA Summer Tennis competition. Although the rain caused many interruptions to training and weekend matches, there was still a lot of talent displayed and all students should be proud of their efforts this season. 

Congratulations to Team 21 & 22 for finishing 2^nd in their respective divisions! Unfortunately, because the round was washed out neither team had the chance to compete for 1^st place. Regardless, the School is proud of both teams on their achievements.

Team 21 – Jackson Doyle, Finnegan Drew, Torren Jackman, Ryan Chen

Team 22 – Alex Arnold, Annie Zhang, Chris Szeto

This coming Saturday is the final of the Tennis Northern Beaches competition, where we have Team 1 playing for 1^st place and Team 2 playing for 5^th place.

We would like to wish both teams good luck for the weekend! 

Football 

The Girls Football had a great win in the first round of the CIS Cup last week against Sydney International Grammar. With a massive win they confidently move onto Round 2 where they will face Pymble Ladies College in Week 1, Term 2. 

The Boys Football had a fantastic win in Round 2 of the CIS Cup against Cranbrook with a thrilling 1-0 win. They are now moving onto Round 3 of the CIS Cup! 

A reminder that we will have Football trials this Saturday 26 March at Macquarie University, further details can be found below:   

Yr 9, 10, 11 & 12 Girls: 8am-9:30am 
Yr 10, 11 & 12 Boys: 8am-9:30am
Yr 7 & 8 Girls: 9:30am-11am
Yr 7, 8 & 9 Boys: 9:30am-11am

If there are any changes due to the schedule above due to wet weather parents and students will be notified.

Netball

It has been great to see so many players (slowly) making their way back onto the court, the trials have certainly made it difficult for the selectors with a number of players certainly impressing. A reminder that there are games this Saturday at NBISC, with the Seniors at 8am, Inters at 9am and Juniors at 10:15am, there will be draft teams sent out tomorrow for the games. 

With a number of people missing from the trial process we will delay naming some teams until we feel we have seen enough of the students, there will be more trial matches scheduled for next weekend (Saturday 2 April), with the timings for these to be confirmed.

Hockey 

It has been great to see our Hockey players back in action over the past two week in preparation for the upcoming season. A reminder that all trials and training sessions are compulsory for students registered for Hockey as their Winter Sport. 

Saturday 26 March
We have Hockey trials scheduled for this Saturday 26 March. Please see further details below: 
Venue: Macquarie University Fields
Time: 8am-9:30am (all Hockey students) 
If there are any changes due to wet weather parents and students will be notified. 

Saturday 2 April
We have trial games scheduled for Saturday 2 April, please see the details below:
Venue: Barker College
Squad 1: 9am vs Barker 2
Squad 2: 10.30am vs Barker Junior Squad

AFL

Redlands acquires two AFLW Players to its Coaching Ranks!

We are extremely pleased to announce that Redlands AFL will have two current AFLW players coaching the girls teams this year. Ally Morphett and Isadora McLeay will be leading the Girls program starting next week. Ally is from Wagga Wagga and played the first four games before injuring herself and missing the back end of the year. She has a lot of experience coaching Junior Girls teams in ACT.

Isadora is a North Shore local who was drafted this year out of the AFL Sydney competition and has previously coach at the Mosman Swans and lead their Junior Girls program. She was on target to debut RD 1 before tearing her ACL.

Both Ally and Isadora will be playing for local senior team North shore Bombers during the off season while coaching and developing the Redlands program. We welcome both to the Redlands coaching team and look forward to them passing on their skills and knowledge to our players.

Training Info

Tuesdays: 3:30 – 5:00pm Mac Uni

Thursdays: 2:30 – 4:30pm Mac Uni 

Game will start in Term 2. 

If there are any questions or your child would like to play AFL for Redlands, please contact the new Director of AFL

Locky Pryor 
Ph: 0408247571
Email: lpryor@redlands.nsw.edu.au

Winter Tennis

Winter Tennis training kicked off with a bang last week. There is some amazing talent coming through the ranks and as the training continues for the rest of the term, I’m sure we are yet to uncover the full potential of these students.

If you have any questions about winter tennis, please contact Luke Jeffery ljeffery@redlands.nsw.edu.au.

Rugby

Despite the weather Redlands Rugby has had a wonderful start to our preseason with a number of new faces matching up with some of our more experienced players.

It has been fantastic to hear from our coaches about some of the standout performances from each Age-Group especially across our Under 16s and Opens Squad. Henry Charles has been a brilliant new player into our Under 16s, with his athleticism and speed matching brilliantly with some of our strongest players in the program, Hugo Scott and Kane Thompson being two players who spring to mind. 

In our 1^st XV and Opens, Will Pearson and Josh Hicks continue to be players to watch. Both players were exceptional last year and performed brilliantly representing Redlands in the ISA Under 16s A Squad. Will brings an incredible running game to our program, mirrored perfectly with Josh’s elusiveness and speed in attack. Look for these players to form a deadly combination in our 1^st XV this year.

For next week, we will continue to build on the skill and development across the group, with trial games and also our Berry Camp for our 1^st XV right around the corner.

There will be a representative from ProFit Mouthguards at the school next week, Wednesday 30^th of March. ProFit Mouthguards are professionally fitted onsite using dental moulds and offer protection for teeth and gums whilst also reducing the severity of concussions caused by contact sports.

http://www.profitmouthguards.com.au/home.php

For any student wishing to be fitted please contact Mr Jack Gooding directly on jgooding@redlands.nsw.edu.au. There will be a short form to complete which needs to be brought in on the day. These mouthguards are recommended for all Winter Representative Sports in Redlands including Hockey, Football and Rugby.

Fitness Centre

The Redlands Fitness Centre will be back open from Monday next week!! 

With Winter Sport Trials and preparation for the ISA Winter Sport Season underway, the Fitness Centre is the perfect space to develop speed, fundamental movements and also power. All students can access the morning sessions which run Monday–Friday and start promptly at 6:30am. brilliant numbers across the sessions with over 35 students attending our Wednesday morning session this week.

Students are reminded to bring with them the following.

• A water bottle
• Towel
• Redlands PE / Sports Uniform

Sports and students are asked to contact the Director of Athletic Development Mr Jack Gooding jgooding@redlands.nsw.edu.au for any specific questions regarding these sessions.

Winter Sport – Key Contacts

General Sport Information

Wet Weather

If training is cancelled due to wet weather, a notification will be posted on the Redlands Sport Twitter page (@RedlandsSport) in addition, an email will be sent out to both students and parents. This includes morning & afternoon training along with weekend fixtures.

Thursday afternoon sport – wet weather arrangements (Yr 8-12)
In order to limit student mixing indoors, Students in Yr 8-12 who are dismissed at the end of Period 5 are required to go directly home. Sport coaches and Redlands staff will supervise their COVID-safe departure. 

Thursday afternoon sport – wet weather arrangements (Yr 7)
In the event that yr 7 sport is cancelled on Thursday afternoon, students will remain at school until 3.10pm and participate in cohort-based activities.

Thursday afternoon – early departure (Yr 8-12)
As we attempt to limit student mixing indoors, there will be no classroom supervision for students who do not have any scheduled sport training on a Thursday afternoon. Therefore, students who do not have training on Thursday afternoon will have permission to leave early.

Fixtures

A friendly reminder that the weekly Fixtures (The Redlands Rhino) can be found on the Secondary School Sport page on Redlands Pulse from Wednesday each week. Please ensure you check this on Friday each week to ensure you have the most up to date fixture information.

Uniform

The Redlands sports uniform should be worn to all trainings and matches (students are not permitted to wear any non-Redlands branded clothing). In the event of inclement weather students should wear their Redlands fleece or sports tracksuit.

Game time and arrival times

Students should arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of their scheduled fixture on Saturday (unless directed otherwise). Please ensure you know where you are playing and the likelihood of traffic on Saturday mornings to allow adequate time.

Attendance at Sport

Can we please draw your attention to the following communication process regarding absence from sport:

1. Parents are required to send an email to the appropriate Sports administrator prior to missing any training session asking for them to be excused 
2. Any student unable to attend a Saturday fixture due to illness, is required to submit a Medical Certificate to their Sports administrator by the Monday morning following the missed fixture
3. Injured students are required to attend all training sessions and Saturday fixtures
4. Failure to do any of the above will jeopardise a student’s eligibility for Colours, Pockets, and Awards & result in school disciplinary action

Please note that the first unexplained absence will result in a lunchtime detention with further unexplained absences escalating to a Friday afternoon Detention. Please refer to the Student Planner 2022 for full details on requirements for participating in a Representative Sport.

Mrs Alison Cox
Head of Secondary School Sport
acox@redlands.nsw.edu.au