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In recent years there has been a lot of discussion around representative vs. non-representative sport in high schools, there are valid arguments for both approaches. Whilst some believe that making sports compulsory fosters physical fitness, teamwork and discipline, others argue that allowing student to choose their preferred activities encourages enthusiasm and better wellbeing. Compulsory sport advocates assert that physical activity is crucial for the overall development of students. Australian sporting legend Cathy Freeman has emphasised “Sport can teach valuable life skills such as perseverance, resilience and leadership, which are equally important as academic knowledge.” Participation in sports can promote a healthy lifestyle and instil discipline, a study in the Netherlands that was published in the Sydney Morning Herald found that “effects of regular participation in sport activities may improve children’s behaviour in the classroom, increasing the odds of better concentration on the academic content of these lessons.”

On the other hand, non-representative sport can support freedom of choice which leads to increased interest and passion. When students are engaging in sports they love, they are more likely to stay active throughout their lives. At Redlands we are very active in promoting both, students are required to participate in one compulsory representative sport per year (including throughout their final year of school). All Secondary School students benefit immensely from participating in sports. Beside promoting physical health, sport enhances social skills and teamwork and being part of teams teaches students valuable lessons in communication and cooperation.

Whichever students decide, a key driver for Redlands sport is to foster a sporting culture that benefits students through enhancing their physical, mental and social development setting them up for success in various aspects of their lives.

‘Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses – dedication sees dreams come true’

Kobe Bryant

Cameron Ellis
Head of Secondary School Sport
cellis@redlands.nsw.edu.au 

Bus Transport

As a school we pride ourselves on the way in which our students participate and train in their chosen fields, providing opportunities for all students to participate in a range of activities is something that we will continue to do. Providing transport to those activities is something that we do as a school, this is a gentle reminder that when travelling on Redlands transport the Redlands school rules are in place and students should be always upholding the values of the school:

• Have good behaviour, safe behaviour and appropriate language at all times.
• Follow the driver (and supervising staff) instructions at all times.
• Obey the transport rules and regulations at all times (seat belts must be worn at all times).
• Leave the bus how they found it (no rubbish, no mess).

 Students who fail the meet the standards of the above will face school disciplinary action.

Winter Sport

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

Sports Photos

All Sports Photos are available for parents to view / purchase on the SPA Images Website  

Photo Library >> Schoolsports 2022-23 >> select your sport

Password (redlands2023) Redlands has an agreement with SPA Images that we will only use the images for marketing purposes.

Concussion Protocols

Parents & Carers last week received an email containing the Redlands Concussion Protocols, which can also be found on the ‘Key Documents’ section of Redlands Pulse – Secondary School Sport. A reminder to all that these protocols are for both a return to school and a return to sport. Students who have a suspected concussion are asked to seek medical attention at their earliest convenience.

2023/24 Summer Sport Registrations

As we are now approaching the end of the winter season, the summer sport registrations for the students in Year 7–11 have been opened since last Friday, students are reminded to follow the Summer Sport Registration Link in order to complete their preference. Registrations will close at 4:00pm on Wednesday 9 August. 

AFL

A huge congratulations to Lachlan Price-Pontifex (Yr 9) and Heidi de Saxe (Yr 9) who last week represented NSW All Schools at the Schools Sport Australia Boys & Girls 15&U AFL Championships held in Ballarat.

Lachlan was announced as the NSW Boys Co-Captain which is a huge achievement, his team went on to win 3 out of the 5 games beating ACT and TAS, they then knocked off Queensland to take out 5th place in the tournament.

Heidi’s team finished on top of Pool B, going through the groups stages undefeated, they then went down to VIC White in the semi-finals, progressing to the Bronze Medal match, in which they were victorious over South Australia to take 3rd place.

At the completion of the tournament Heidi was named in the U15 Girls All Australian Merit team which is a fantastic achievement! Congratulations to Heidi!

Basketball

Our Term 3 Redlands Basketball 3×3 competition has now recommenced. Please see the details below:

Start date: Monday 31 July (Term 3, Week 3)
Venue: Lang Gym
Time: 3.30pm-5pm
Team Entry: Students will need to find a team of 4 players to enter (one person per team needs to complete the registration). Teams can be a mix of year groups and include both boys/girls. To register a team please click here.  

Football

With many of our teams travelling outside of Sydney for Round 9 it was a big day for the Redlands Football program, with some teams playing in important games in the hopes of making the semi-finals. Congratulations to the students who were named in the Team of the Week for Round 9!

We are now heading into Round 10 of the Redlands Football Season, please ensure you are checking the fixture details on Redlands Pulse or on your individual student calendar.

Next Saturday 12 August will be the semi-finals, to see where your team is placed on the ladder please check the ISA website, noting the top 4 teams in each division progress to the semis 

Tickets are now available for the End of Season Football Celebration. Please click on the image below to secure your tickets!

Hockey

On Saturday, the First XI Hockey team boarded a bus at the early hour of 6:30am, carrying pillows and wearing ugg boots, headed for Chevalier College in the Southern Highlands. Hopping off the bus, they were greeted by the Chev marching band and the festive atmosphere of the campus which helped to lift their energy levels before the match.

The girls were playing on grass. Normally they play on a turf where the ball moves smoothly and everything happens at a fast pace. Grass makes for a slower, erratic game of the ball bouncing in unexpected directions and quite a few wild sticks in the air as players try to hit the ball to their teammates. Our girls took on this challenge admirably. They were stoic in defence, making sure that as few balls as possible made it back to Megan to save (who as always was wonderful in goals). They were also determined in attack, making sure they were the first ones to the ball and working well together to score two goals – Lexie and Sahara being the final ones to touch the ball into the goal. Our girls won 2-1 and should be proud of themselves for their effort and hard work. A special mention and thanks to Ava, Sahara and Lilianna who stepped up to play for the Firsts. The team couldn’t have done it without you three!

We are heading into Round 10 this Saturday 5 August, which is the last round of the regular season for ISA Hockey. Both of our teams will then move into the semi-finals next Saturday 12 August.

 Tickets are now available for the End of Season Hockey Celebration.  Our 2022 cohort set the precedent last year with full attendance at the event and we are hoping to match this again for the 2023 Season!  This event is a fantastic way for students, parents and coaches to get together and celebrate the season. 

The End of Season Hockey Celebration tickets are now available! Purchase tickets now by clicking on the image below:  

Netball

There was some fantastic Netball played over the weekend for our 18 teams in the Round 9 ISA competition last weekend. I managed to watch many of the Redlands teams who were hosted at Barker College and was particularly impressed with the positive support of the team mates on the sidelines cheering their team on. I witnessed some really strong Netball across the Firsts, Seconds, and Inters C & D. A rare fire alarm caused some minor disruptions for the 11.45am games but there was no emergency and a false alarm which was great news.

We had several girls step up again to play for other teams where numbers were low. This continues to make me so happy and acts like this embody the power of team sports and our shared school values of respect, responsibility and teamwork.

Our top trainers for the week for showing consistent effort, enthusiasm, drive, applied court learning and always sporting big smiles were: Liv Law, Ruby Seervai, Olivia Polok, Sabine Murray, Amelie Wichgers, Anna Moate, Heidi Charles, Maddie Lamport, Jordon Monemvasitis, Annalyse Rowe, Abby Stante, Phoebe Sun, Seren Guha, Olivia Paul, Tessa Griffith, Charlie Hoskin, Katherine Lam and Olive Ross-Sampson.

Our final Round 10 ISA fixture is this weekend, 5 August. Then some teams will move to semi- finals. I will be able to share the semi -finals schedule next week for the teams that have gone through. These games will be played at Genea Netball Centre at Sydney Olympic Park with times ranging from 8.00am-2.00pm. We have about half of our teams looking like making the semis – a super effort indeed! 

On a sad note, I am aware this weekend coming may be the last fixture for some of our Year 12s.  I truly hope your Netball journey at Redlands has been a wonderful one filled with happy memories of friends, fun bus times travelling to various schools, wins, losses but mostly, I hope you smile when and you remember your coaches over the years who have inspired you and believed in you. They will remember and miss you!

Congratulations to our Year 12s below who represented Redlands this ISA season. Thank you for continuing to play Netball and support your school while you endure a busy and challenging year.  We appreciate you.

• Maddie d’Almedia, our 2023 Netball Captain
• Bronte Backhouse
• Issy Treloar
• Josephine Simpson
• Charlotte Morrison
• Mabel Hancock
• Sahara Ali

 Finally, in conjunction with the Australian domination of the Netball World Cup, taking place now in Capetown (yes, there is another World Cup on????right now) this weekend,  Saturday 5 August is DIAMOND DAY, a day to show your national netball pride and play with a touch of GREEN and GOLD.  I will be giving each coach a roll of green and yellow ribbon to give the girls to wear on the weekend.  Please don’t let them forget to wear it and celebrate the amazing Diamonds!!

Rugby

Last weekend we saw some nail-biting fixtures in our second hit out of the season against Scots All Saints.

Results were as follows:

• 13’s: 22-17 Loss
• 14’s: 24-15 Win
• 15’s:22-10 Win
• Opens: 24-21 Loss

Players of the week:

• 13’s – Roman Spencley
• 14’s – Hector Maxwell
• 15’s – Finn O’Sullivan
• Opens – Hugo Scott

Games this coming weekend for Round 10 of ISA.

LOCATION: REDFIELD COLLEGE

To note:

• All players are required to be at fields ready to warm up 30 minutes before their kick off times, all of which are loaded on student clipboard.
• This is our final week of round games!

Tennis

The end of the Winter Tennis season is drawing near, and we hope all players have enjoyed the program thus far and are ready to give it their all in the final few weeks! NSS will have their all-play finals this weekend with ISA the following week at Clarke Rd Barker College or Talus St Tennis Courts depending on the division. It is looking like almost all ISA teams will make the finals, so we wish them luck with their final round this weekend! More details for Saturday 12 August will be released when the ISA Finals draw is sent out next week.

Internal Competition and Development Squad will hold its final session this weekend at Lane Cove Tennis Club and we will host an end of season wrap-up event the following Saturday to finish up before Summer Sport Changeover. Details will be released later this week/early next week so keep an eye out for another email update! The Junior School Tennis Administration has also arranged for a Parents Tennis Day on Wednesday 16 August from 10:30am for an 11:00am start so please follow the handout PDF attached with this week’s email to register!

Please contact Ms Caitlin Wong should you have any questions regarding Winter Tennis or the upcoming Summer Tennis season.

Touch Football

Summer sport sign ups are open! Don’t forget to complete your registration into Touch Football for the upcoming season.

Trials for Senior 1sts and Junior A teams will be in week 6 of this term. For all other teams, further information will be communicated once sport signs ups close.

Please register your interest for Firsts Girls and Boys trials by signing up on the form linked below. If you are unsure whether you should trial, please reach out to Ms Jordy Parsonage (jparsonage@redlands.nsw.edu.au).

All students wishing to trial for Firsts teams: Click Here

Water Polo

We are currently awaiting finals fixtures & will share these as soon as they are communicated from Northern Beaches Water Polo.

Please plan for games to continue through until the 21 August.

General Sport Information

Fixtures

All student training and fixture details will be available to families under My Schedule on Redlands Pulse. 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 Redlands Pulse 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 & result in school disciplinary action.

Please refer to the Student Planner 2023 for full details on requirements for participating in a Representative Sport.

Winter Sport – Key Contacts