Secondary Sport

Secondary Sport

COVID-19 Guidelines – Week 10

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 & 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 2022

A reminder that the Secondary School Cross Country Carnival is on Thursday 7 April, with the carnival taking shape a little differently this year.
The event will be compulsory for Year 7 and Year 8, who will depart at 10:30am (normal lessons Period 1 and 2), they will then have a BBQ at the end of the carnival and will return to school approx. 3:00pm.
The event is open to Year 9-11 competitive runners only (all runners registering will need to compete in the events); students will depart at 8:30am and return to school at 11:00am, these students will have normal lessons from Period 3 onwards.

All other students will have regular classes on Thursday 7 April, however there will be no afternoon Sport, with students being dismissed at 2:30pm.

For more information please check Redlands Pulse – Cross Country

 

National Track & Field Championships

We congratulate Elizabeth Whelen (yr 8) on finishing in 12th place in the U14 Hammer at the National Track & Field Championships on Saturday. An outstanding achievement and we look forward to hearing more about Elizabeth’s achievements in the near future.

Summer Representative Sport

Basketball

Our Girls Basketball program have continued to thrive in the ISA competition again this year, taking out the Championship in the following divisions:

  • Division 1 (1st Girls)
  • Intermediate A Girls
  • Junior A Girls
  • Junior B Girls
  • Year 7A Girls

A fantastic achievement by our girls Basketball program, who have again won the Division 1 Championship and have also won the overall Girls Championship Shield for the third year in a row.

We would like to wish Meera Coburn and Emilie Bessell good luck as they travel to Ballarat at the end of next week to compete for NSW Metro at the U18 Australian National Championships.
A reminder for students who have not yet returned their Basketball singlets, please return them asap to the Redlands Sports office (located next to the Fitness Centre).

Rowing

Senior Head of the River

Last weekend saw our senior rowers close out the season with the Senior Head of the River held at Iron Cove. Once again our rowers were outstanding with some very strong results across the program. Of most significance is our Senior Girls 1st crew of Georgia Verschoor (Yr 11), Alana Mansfield (Yr 11), Briar Carter (Yr 11), Elizabeth Holtheuer (Yr 12) and Charlie Harman (Yr 12) who were commanding in their history-making win of the School Girl Division 1 Coxed Quad Scull. This is the first time since 2012 that the School has won a Senior Division 1 event and the first time that Redlands has won this particular event.

Significant results are as follows:

  • SG 2x: 3rd Place (Catarina Croll & Sophia Maxwell)
  • SB Div.2 4x+: 2nd Place (Aaron Drake, Matthew Fry, Oliver Rose, Will Natilli & Zoe Naismith)
  • SB Div.1 4x+: 2nd Place (Daniel Close, Pat Walker, Harley van der Pluijm, Billy Thomas & Fletcher Logan)
  • SGYr10 Div.1 4x+: 3rd Place (Ella Smith, Scarlet Meijer, Lily Wainberg, Mikaela Sangar Larsson & Zara Naismith)
  • SB 2x: 2nd Place (Ethan Beggs & Ethan McFarlane)
  • SG Div.1 4x+: 1st Place (Georgia Verschoor, Alana Mansfield, Briar Carter, Elizabeth Holtheuer & Charlie Harman)

Australian Rowing Championships

This week we have 15 students attending the Australian Rowing Championships in Nagambie (Vic). Heats for the School Boy and School Girl Coxed Quads start on Thursday 31 March however Elizabeth Holtheuer started her campaign earlier this week racing in some composite crews. She has progressed through to the A Final of the Women’s Under 19 Double Scull to race at 8:30am on Fri 1 March and A Final of the Women’s Under 19 Coxless Quad to race at 8:20am on Sat 2 March. In both of these races Elizabeth is a strong chance to medal.

All racing can be watched via the live stream: https://livestream.com/accounts/7329366/2022arc

Summer Tennis

Last Saturday was the final round of the 2021/22 Summer Tennis season. Overall, it was a great season despite the discouraging wet weather. We ended up with Team 1 finishing 2nd in the Northern Beaches Competition, and Team 21 & 22 finishing 2nd within their respective divisions in the Northern Suburbs Competition.

On behalf of the coaches and myself, I would like to thank all parents, carers, and students for being so committed to the early morning training sessions and matches. I would also like to thank all of the students for demonstrating great sportsmanship against other teams and within themselves at training.

Best of luck to all students with their winter sports, and I look forward to hopefully seeing you all back in Summer Tennis at the end of the year.

Winter Sport

Football

Despite the wet weather it was great to see many of our Football players training at Macquarie last weekend, our Junior Girls Football players were lucky enough to meet some of the stars from the Sydney FC Women’s team ahead of their Sunday grand final.
We will be holding a season launch this Friday 1st April at lunchtime in Redlands Hall, this event is compulsory for all players registered for Football for the Winter Season. As this event will involve a large cohort all students will be required to bring a mask to wear while in Redlands Hall. This event will not take up the entire lunch time, students will have time to eat their lunch after the event.
A reminder that we will be holding a Redlands Round Robin this Saturday 2nd April at Macquarie University Sports Fields from 8.30am-10am. We ask that all players have arrived by 8.15am to warm up before we start games at 8.30am. Any changes due to the wet weather will be communicated to players and parents in the Football program.

We have a number of events scheduled for the upcoming school holidays, please see the final details below:

  • Skills Sessions (open to all players in the Football program):
  • Tuesday 19th April – 10am-11:30am @ Junior School Oval
  • Wednesday 20th April – 10am-11:30am @ Junior School Oval
  • Thursday 21st April – 10am-11:30am @ Junior School Oval

To register to attend the open skills sessions, please click here.

1st Boys & 1st Girls Football:

Training: Tuesday 12th April – 6:45am-8am @ Cammeray Oval, then 8:15am-9am @ Fitness Centre
SACS Cup (1st Boys Football) – Wednesday 13th & Thursday 14th April @ Valentine Park
Training: Tuesday 19th April – 6:45am-8am @ Cammeray Oval, then 8:15am-9am @ Fitness Centre
1st Boys Invitational – Thursday 21st April @ Shore (Northbridge)
1st Girls Invitational – Friday 22nd April @ Pymble Ladies College
Depending on player availability, other members of the Football program may be invited to play in the tournaments listed above. A separate link will be sent to the players selected in the 1st Boys & 1st Girls Football teams to confirm their availability for the tournaments listed above.

Netball

It was great to see the Junior & Inter netball teams at NBISC on Saturday morning last week, all the coaches have been impressed with the skill level across the board and are very excited to get stuck into the ISA competition beginning next term. This weekend sees the Senior and Inter teams heading to Barker College to play across Saturday morning whilst the Junior teams will be in Lang Gym for some more trial matches. The Redlands Rhino has the most up-to-date timings with teams being released tomorrow.

A huge congratulations to Jemma Donoghue (Redlander 2018 and current 1st VII netball coach) who made her debut for the GWS Giants netball team on Saturday night, the Giants came away with a 2 point win against defending premiers the NSW Swifts, it was great to see Redlands represented on the court!

Hockey

It was great to see our Hockey students training at Macquarie on Saturday as they prepare for their upcoming games. Despite the rain our students were still able to get a training session in and get some valuable training on a grass field in preparation for the season ahead.
We have trial games scheduled this Saturday 2nd April at Barker College. Our Friends of Hockey are going to be putting on a morning tea for our students within the Hockey program, we encourage all parents to come along to Barker on Saturday to get to know some of the other parents in the hockey program. We will be offering Hockey training over the holidays for all players within the program, please see the details below:

  • Wednesday 20th April: 8:30am-10am @ Junior School Oval, then 10am-11am @ Fitness Centre
  • Thursday 21st April: 8:30am-10am @ Junior School Oval, then 10am-11am @ Fitness Centre
  • Friday 22nd April: 8:30am-10am @ Junior School Oval, then 10am-11am @ Fitness Centre

If you would like to attend the holiday sessions, please click here to register.

We can’t wait to see our Hockey students in action again for the 2022 season.

AFL

Please refer to the AFL page on Redlands Pulse important details about the upcoming season.

Games for the season will be for the girls primarily on Friday nights 5pm-8.30pm with a game or two on Saturday. The boys will have Games on Saturday mornings from 8am-1pm.

If there are any questions or your child would like to play AFL for Redlands, please contact the new Director of AFL Lachy Pryor.
Email: lpryor@redlands.nsw.edu.au

Rugby

With how weather affected our preseason has been, it is important to really focus on the positives within our squad as a whole and celebrate some of the performances we have already seen.

Last week we highlighted our ISA Representatives in Hugo Scott, Will Pearson and Josh Hicks, looking at how they have already jumped into their training and their focus for another representative season. For this week we are highlighting some the leaders within our program and how they have stepped up already across our trainings and also in our team meetings.

Our first leadership spotlight is on our newest member to the Redlands Leadership group, Freddie Hart in our Under 13s squad. I had the pleasure of watching first hand Freddie’s leadership whilst he was on the Year 7 Camp in Jindabyne. The first person to offer support to a teammate or classmate he was also the first to take on a job and lead. He has been a brilliant addition to our program and I for one cannot wait to see him lead his teammates out in their first match next term. A player to watch in the future for certain.

Elsewhere across program, Oliver Cooke, Jesse Forrest in our Under 15s and Alfie Leach in our Under 16s have continued to build on leadership from last season. All three of these boys will be attending our Rugby Camp in Berry these holidays and I am excited to see them drive standards across the three days.

As I have said, the effect weather has had on our Preseason has been severe, with some teams having only been able to train one session. In speaking with our association, ISA, the Directors of Rugby have agreed that there will be an extended period for Term 2 which will give us more time for additional session and also positive trial periods. More information will be sent out this week and early next which will cover our holiday sessions, the Berry Rugby Camp and also our trial games to begin what will be a fantastic Redlands Rugby Season.

Waterpolo

Waterpolo kicked up a gear on Friday night with the Senior Boys & Girls entering round 2 of the NSSWPA Senior competition, both girls teams have been a little disrupted the last 2 weeks but have continued to grow and impress the coaches with their teamwork, a lot of the girls have been playing multiple games in order to keep the teams from forfeiting which is proving to be great for their fitness. The boys have also continued to gel, with a number of the team learning on the go and picking up what is a very challenging sport.

ProFit Mouthguard Fittings

There will be a representative from ProFit Mouthguards at the school next week, Wednesday 6 April. 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 complete the attached form and bring it with you to the fitting.

All fittings will be held in our Fitness Centre

Fitness Centre

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

Head of Secondary School Sport

  • Mrs Alison Cox acox@redlands.nsw.edu.au

Hockey, Football & Non-Representative Sport:

Fitness Centre

AFL

Snowsports

  • TBC

Netball, Water Polo & Athletics

Tennis

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 (Year 8-12)
In order to limit student mixing indoors, Students in Year 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 (Year 7)
In the event that year 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 (Year 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