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Summer Sport

A reminder that all key information for the season has been uploaded onto the Secondary School Sport page of Redlands, if you have any addition questions, please reach out to the appropriate Sports Administrator listed below:

Summer Sport – Key Contacts

Basketball

Our 1^st Boys & 1^st Girls Basketball squads participated in the ISA pre-season tournaments over the weekend. It was great to see our top students back in action. The 1^st Boys finished in 6^th place after three wins and three losses on the day. The 1^st Girls finished in 2^nd place after three fantastic wins over St Spyridon College, Central Coast Grammar School and Oakhill College, a narrow 6 point loss to Barker resulted in the team finishing in 2^nd place. 

We look forward to seeing our Basketball teams in action for Round 1 this Saturday 22^nd October. A reminder the fixture details can be found in the following locations: 

Redlands Pulse – Basketball Page (draft draw)

Redlands Pulse – Fixtures tab (weekly fixtures updated by 4pm each Tuesday) 

These fixture details will also be available on student timetables, along with the training schedule. 

Please make Redlands Pulse your first source of all Secondary School Sport information for the upcoming season.

Touch Football

As we prepare for round one of ISA this weekend, please be reminded information will be updated weekly on Pulse. 

• Round one Teams
• Round one Fixtures

All students should arrive in full playing uniform 30 minutes before their scheduled fixture to allow for adequate warm up.

Wet weather updates will be sent to parents and students via email if alternate plans are to be made. 

Thanks for a great preseason, let the games begin!

Let’s go Rhinos!!!

Tennis

Thank you to the Tier 1 students who were able to attend the additional match preparation training over the weekend! For those who were not able to make it or had the weekend off, please make sure to review competition rules and court etiquette before the start of NSTA and TNB this Saturday 22 October. It is important all competition players are able to keep track and call the score in both doubles and singles. The playing roster for the term has been released so please make sure to check it regularly as changes can be made. Please request switching of reserves the latest Thursday 12pm the week of the round and notify your teammates of these changes. Development Squad will also start this week at Lane Cove from 8-9am and 9-10am.

Good luck for your first round of competition this weekend!

Please contact Ms Caitlin Wong should you have any questions regarding Summer Tennis.

Sailing

Redlands Sailing kicks off last week, with some great wind and sunny conditions. This week we continue to have good wind forecasted, just a little more rain. The second round of the Redlands series will take place this week and it will be the first round to count towards the seasons overall point score. The series is an opportunity for Redlands sailors to practice their fleet racing skills in their set teams against each other. 

This term, our Redlands sailors will be training up to compete in their first interschool competition of the season, the Redlands Sailing Cup. The competition has already attracted entries from Cranbrook, Ascham, Riverview and the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. The Redlands Sailing Cup will take place on 12 November at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron.

Fitness Centre 

As we build into Term 4 we can also officially kick off our ISA Summer Sport Season. The Fitness Centre is available to all students and the optimum space to develop speed, fundamental movements and also power. 

The Fitness Centre is an open and inclusive space for all Redlands athletes and, with sessions across all mornings, Monday to Friday, this is a space that can be used by all Age-Groups across the week.

Sessions start promptly at 6:30am and have sessions tailored towards athletes of any ability, size or skill.

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 or the Fitness Centre space as a whole.

Rugby 7s

Each Wednesday, Redlands Rugby will be holding Open Sessions for all Female athletes wishing to give Rugby and Rugby 7s are try. These sessions are available for all Age-Groups and will be held at the Junior School Oval from 3:30pm – 4:30pm.

There will also be additional sessions held within the Redlands Fitness Centre. These will be focused on building up the strength, speed and mobility required to compete safely in Rugby and Rugby 7s.

These sessions will be across the following times.

• 6:45am – 7:30am – Rugby 7s Skills and Strength – Monday
• 6:45am – 7:30am – Rugby 7s Skills and Strength – Wednesday

These sessions will also contain introduction to the Contact and Tackle elements of Rugby and Rugby 7s.

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

The 2022 ISA Rugby Season was celebrating in style over the weekend with Redlands Rugby hosting its annual End of Season Presentation. All teams were represented, and I cannot thank the Friends of Rugby for all of their work in preparing such an incredible event. 

It was an absolute privilege to have two special guests attend the event with Wallaby and Redlander Dave Porecki also joined by current Waratahs Academy and Sydney University 1^stXV Colts player Oscar Hicks, both meeting and chatting with students for the entire day.

We had a number of Team Awards handed out, recognising the efforts of a number of wonderful players within our program.

The following students won our Age Group Awards:

Under 13s

Most Improved: Rupert Perry and Raf Rolon
Most Valuable: Charlie Reeves

Under 14s

Most Improved: Finnegan O’Sullivan
Most Valuable: Hudson Kraus and Leo Migliucci

Under 15s

Most Improved: Hunter Wilson
Most Valuable: Maxwell Perry

Under 16s

Most Improved: Kane Thompson and James Greer
Most Valuable: Miles Eden

1^st XV and Opens

Most Improved: Samuel Chubb
Most Valuable: William Pearson and Mark Danse

As well as our Age-Group Awards, we also celebrated a number of special events and perpetual trophies across the event. Our Under 13s were presented their Premiership Medals by Dave Porecki, as well as acknowledgement for their Undefeated Season. Our Spirit of Rugby Award for this year was shared by James Stuart from the Under 16s and Hugh Sellar our 2022 Redlands Rugby Captain. The Spirit of Rugby Awards is presented to students who embody the values of our program and both James and Hugh were thoroughly deserving of this fantastic award.

And finally, the Redlands XV for 2022 was announced. The Redlands XV takes in to account all Age-Groups, the best players per position, as well as being able to put hypothetical and fun combinations through the team. For this year, a formable team was assembled, with input from our coaches.

The 2022 Redlands XV

Prop:                            Julian Murray – Under 14s
Hooker:                       Jack Forrest – 1^stXV / Opens
Prop:                            James Stuart – Under 16s
Lock:                            Liam Griffin – 1^stXV / Opens
Lock:                            Zac Griffin – Under 14s
Blindside Flanker:      Miles Eden – Under 16s
Openside Flanker:     Maxwell Perry – Under 15s
Number 8:                  Mark Danse – 1^stXV / Opens
Halfback:                    Charlie Reeves – Under 13s
Flyhalf:                        Chaston Hindmarsh – Under 13s
Wing:                           Simone Franceschi – 1^st XV / Opens
Inside Centre:            William Pearson – 1^st XV / Opens
Outside Centre:         Hugo Scott – Under 16s
Wing:                           Maximilian Stepniak – Under 16s
Fullback:                     Joshua Hicks – 1^st XV / Opens

Congratulations to all award winners and let’s get excited for what is to come for the 2023 ISA Rugby Season.

General Sport Information

Wet Weather

While every effort will be made to provide alternative training options, if sport needs to be cancelled due to wet weather a notification will be posted on the Redlands Sport Twitter page (@RedlandsSport) and an email will be sent out to both students and parents. This includes morning & afternoon training along with weekend fixtures.

Thursday afternoon sport training– wet weather arrangements (Year 8-12)
Students in Year 8-12 who are dismissed at the end of Period 5 are required to go directly home. 
Thursday afternoon sport training – 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.

Fixtures

As of term 4, all student training and fixture details will be available to families under My Schedule on the school portal. Additionally, 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 the portal Friday afternoon to ensure you have the latest 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. 

Sport Absences

Parents are required to send an email to the appropriate Sports administrator prior to missing any training session asking for their son/daughter to be excused 

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

Injured students are required to attend all training sessions and Saturday fixtures

Failure to do any of the above will jeopardise a student’s eligibility for Colours, Pockets, and Awards and result in school disciplinary action

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