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NSW CIS Athletics Championships

On Tuesday, the Redlands ISA team competed at the NSW CIS Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park. The conditions were perfect at the track and this was reflected in the results on the day. 

Congratulations to the following students on their Top 4 results:

• Isaac Brooks (Yr 10)  – 2nd place in the 16 Years 800m.
• Amber Kusano (Yr 8) – 3rd place in the 14 years 800m.
• Joel Daily (Yr 8) – 2nd place in the 13 years Long Jump
• Maddie Barwise (Yr 11) – 2nd place in the 18-19 years 3000m
• Sam Chubb (Yr 11) – 3rd place in the 18-19 years 110m Hurdles
• Henry Charles (Yr 10) – 3rd place in the 16 Years Javelin
• Nicholas Meagher (Yr 7) – 3rd place in the 12 years Long Jump
• Maddie D’Almeida (Yr 11) – 4th place in the 17 years High Jump
• Tom Taylor (Yr 12) – 4th place in the 18 – 19 years High Jump
• Finn Gurney (Yr 7) – 4th place in the 12 years 400 

Well done also to the following representatives also on their performances on the day:

• Bronte Backhouse (Year 11) – 800m, 8th place 
• Hugo Burton (Year 7) – Shotput, 9th place
• Charlotte Humphreys – (Year 9)  – High Jump, 8th place 
• Milla McKim (Year 8) – High Jump, 7th place 
• Angus McLachlan (Year 11) – 100m, 8th place. 110m Hurdles, 5th place.  
• Eva Simpson (Year 7) Shotput, 11th place
• Elizabeth Whelan (Year 8) Shotput, 8th place, Discus, 7th place. 
• Daniel Koppers (Year 9) 1500, 6th place 
• Ashley Corn (Year 8) 400m, 7th place. 

Congratulations to all these students on their strong performances and best of luck to all the students competing at the NSW All Schools coming up later this week. 

Summer Sport

Basketball

We will be offering some sessions over the second week of the school holidays. These sessions will be open gym sessions, there will be coaches available to help students if they want to work on certain areas of their game, or to facilitate game play at these sessions. Please see the dates/times below, you can click here to register: 

Tuesday 4 October:

• Year 7 & 8: 9.00am-10.00am @ Lang Gym
• Year 9-11: 10.00am-11.00am @ Lang Gym

Thursday 6 October:

• Year 7 & 8: 9.00am-10.00am @ Lang Gym
• Year 9-11: 10.00am-11.00am @ Lang Gym

The times listed above may be subject to change based on the number of students registered to attend.

Basketball training will recommence in Term 4 on Tuesday 11 October. The season dates are available on the Redlands Pulse – Basketball Page. 

Touch Football

Another week of sunshine created beautiful conditions for Touch Football. Players have demonstrated growth in skills and a deepened understanding of the game over the last few weeks of training. We look forward to seeing these learnings in action, early next term as the competition starts.

A reminder of the holiday program available for all Touch Football students:

On Tuesday 4 October our Touch Football program will be lucky enough to have a player wellbeing workshop run for all students. The workshop will look into the links between physical performance, and all other aspects of life, also touching on performance anxiety and mental fitness.

Field sessions will be run at Cammeray Park synthetic, all sessions 7.00-9.00am. Sessions are open to all students in the Touch Football program. Please note: It is expected that if you are in the draft squads for First or an A’s side you will attend as many sessions as possible.

• Wednesday 5 October:  9.00am
• Thursday 6 October:  9.00am
• Friday 7 October: 9.00am

Students must register their attendance for holiday programs on this link

Rowing

HOLIDAY TRAINING – Once again we will be offering the holiday training sessions with a combination of on water and land training. Detailed information about these sessions has already been emailed to students and families regarding these optional sessions. Please ensure that you have completed the google signup forms by 12:00pm Wednesday 21 September. The google form links are below.

Seniors (Yr 9-11)

Juniors (Yr7-8)

OCTOBER SCULLING CAMP – Our Senior rowers will head off to Berry for their sculling camp held from Tuesday 4 to Friday 7 October during the second week of the holidays. This camp provides a great opportunity for students to refine and improve the efficiency of their rowing stroke while also completing an important block of training loads. Detailed information including the registration links have already been sent to families and students.

Tennis

Welcome to the last week of Term 3! We hope students have been able to improve their skills and match play at training this term before the start of competition. Teams will be emailed out by the end of the week, so keep an eye out for it!

We encourage students to sign up to the holiday training camp via the Grand Slam Tennis website to continue their training before Term 4. We hope to see you there!

Learn More

Holiday Training Camp 

Tuesday 4 October:                                        Group 3 and 4

Wednesday 5 Oct – Friday 7 October:            Group 1 and 2

Sailing

Last weekend was the first round of Redlands series for Sailing. It was a glamorous morning of 10-12 knots and sunshine making it the perfect morning for sailing. Before racing, half of the sailors worked on sailing with a spinnaker in Elliott 7s which saw them sail from the club down the harbour to Double Bay and back. The other half of the sailors sailed in Pacers and worked on their steering and sail trim. 

In the second half of the session, we held a few short races. This round was assigned as a non-point score round (no races counted towards the overall series) which allowed all our sailors to dust off the winter cobwebs and get back into the swing of racing.

(Photos by Simon Lee – Redlands Sailing Parent)

Fitness Centre 

With the 2022 ISA Summer Rep. Season literally on our doorstep, the Fitness Centre will still be available to all students across the holiday period. With sessions across Week Two of the holiday period, the Fitness Centre is the perfect space to develop speed, fundamental movements and also power. 

All students can access the morning sessions which run Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday starting promptly at 7:30am and finishing by 9:00am. These sessions are for all Age-Groups and all Sports, so every student is encouraged to bring a mate along with them to the sessions.

Further details will be sent out via Redlands iLearn.

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.

Rugby 7s

Our Girls Rugby 7s and Learn to Play Program has had a fantastic start with brilliant numbers across all three available sessions. The development across the group has been amazing to see and I cannot wait to see what these wonderful students will accomplish within this sport.

There will be additional Skill / Development Sessions across the second week of the holidays. These sessions will be open to all Age-Groups and are a brilliant way of bringing new students to the sport as well as improving our skill base within the Sport.

Students are encouraged to bring football / moulded boots to this afternoon sessions but runners are fine.

All sessions will be staffed by Redlands Rugby Coaching staff including our Director of Rugby Jack Gooding, our Lead Coach / Touch Football Coordinator Jordy Parsonage and also Wallaroo Piper Duck.

For any questions regarding these sessions, please contact the Director of Rugby Mr Jack Gooding directly on jgooding@redlands.nsw.edu.au

Rugby and Rugby 7s is a trial Sport and, as such, will not have any effect on Summer Rep. Sports. For all students wishing to join these sessions, they must understand that priority must be given to School commitments and also Summer Rep. Sport.

Rugby

With the season done and dusted we can now look ahead to not only the 2023 ISA Rugby Season and the preseason preparation, but also, and more importantly, our 2022 End of Season Presentation.

For this year, the Presentation will be held at the Balgowlah Bowls Club on October the 15th. Students, parents and carers are invited to purchase their tickets through the following link.

Purchase Tickets

With Summer Sport Trials starting across the past week, I understand that the last thing on many of our students minds is the 2023 ISA Season but, with dramatic changes to the number of games as well as the competition we will face, preparation leading into the season is key. For the remainder of the term and into Term 4, the Wednesday morning Fitness Session (6:30am – 7:40am) will include workouts prepared, specific to Rugby Union and building up our strength, power and speed. It would be ideal to see as many of our Rugby athletes attend these sessions, especially all students who are wishing to trial for the 1^st XV.

Summer Sport – Key Contacts

General Sport Information

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 3.20pm and participate in sport based activities.

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