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As we move towards Round 1 of winter sport starting this weekend it has been great to see teams taking shape with training progressing well! Being a reliable and consistent teammate is crucial for teenagers in school sport for a number of key reasons:

• It fosters trust and camaraderie among team members, creating a supportive environment where everyone feels valued and respected, this in itself can enhance motivation and morale, leading to improved performance on and off the court.
• Contributes to the team’s overall effectiveness and performance. When teammates can depend on each other to fulfill their roles consistently it minimises disruptions and maximises efficiency during practice and games, this will enhance team success and promote accountability and responsibility.
• Being reliable and consistent helps teenagers develop important life skills such as time management, discipline and commitment. When teammates by into the responsibilities and show up consistently they learn the importance of honouring commitments and persevering through challenges.

Within all our sport programs, a key value is responsibility, being a reliable teammate sets a positive example for others and can inspire teamwork and unity among peers. When everyone is committed to the team’s goals and supports each other consistently, the collective effort becomes greater than the sum of its parts, leading to a more fulfilling and rewarding experience for all involved.

‘Your competition isn’t someone else. Your competition is the attitude, habits, discipline & choices you make on a daily basis’

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Staff Update – Renae Garlepp (Director of Basketball)

We have been very fortunate to have Renae working within the Redlands community for nearly a decade. Renae began working within the Fitness Centre and doing some Basketball coaching having finished her Professional Playing career. Renae has then developed the School’s basketball program as the Director of Basketball since 2017 whilst also paving her way with numerous Representative and State Pathway coaching roles. More recently Renae was fortunate to take on a role as the Assistant Coach with the Sydney Flames in the 2023/24 WNBL Season. With a fantastic first season Renae has been offered an extension with the Flames as such she has informed us that she will finish up with Redlands. We would like to thank Renae for her outstanding contributions within the Redlands community. With a prestigious history as both a player and now coach, we wish Renae all the best as she departs her role at Redlands to re-join the Sydney Flames for their upcoming season!  Congrats and all the best Renae – Go the Flames!

ISA Strategic Review Survey

Dear parents,

On Thursday 4 April we shared a survey with you and are already receiving valuable feedback, so thank you if you have participated already. This is just a friendly reminder, if you haven’t been able to complete the survey yet, the survey can be accessed HERE  and will be open until Sunday 5 May.

The survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete and will cover themes such as your satisfaction, expectations, and sentiment toward various elements of ISA, including key demographic questions.

Your feedback is valuable to us, and we look forward to using it to guide ISA into the future.

Redlands Secondary Sports Calendar

• ISA Boys & Girls Hockey Trials – Thursday 2 May
• ISA Round 1 – Saturday 4 May
• CIS Swimming Carnival Session 1 – Monday 6 May
• CIS Swimming Carnival Session 2 – Tuesday 7 May
• CIS Football Plate – Wednesday 8 May
• CIS Boys & Girls AFL Trials – Wednesday 8 May

Athletics

Redlands had four students, compete at the recent Chemist Warehouse Australian Junior Athletics Championships.

Below are their exceptional results. Special congratulations to Elizabeth Whelan who placed 3rd in the U16 Hammer Throw Final and Isaac and Olivia who both made the finals in the 800m.

Elizabeth Whelan:
 3rd place – U16 Hammer Throw Final – AUS NSW 50.18m
 8th place – U18 Hammer Throw  Final AUS NSW 47.82

Isaac Brooks:
 9th place in the 800m final: AUS NSW 1:56.70

Amber Kusano:
 8th place – 800m heat: AUS NSW 2:23.01

Olivia Law;
 7th  place. 1500m final – AUS NSW 4:42.44
 6th place  3000m final – AUS NSW 10:18.56 SB

Cycling

Ben Leroux from Y10 has competed in the 2024 Aus Cycling Slopestyle National Championships on April 20-21. He achieved a 5th place. 

Equestrian

Congratulations to Annabelle Hwang (Yr 11) who over the April school holidays, competed at EA State Interschool Championships with record number of entries this year, representing Redlands, over 5 full days covering from dressage to show jumping with her two lovely horses, Annie and Squid.

Squid joined Annabelle since late February 2024. This pair had less than two months to train together and got qualified to enter most competitive secondary classes.

Despite very minimal time together, Annabelle and Squid managed to be qualified to enter Secondary Senior Preliminary dressage championship class after the first round of dressage class. Then they went for show jumping class with superb 90cm show jumping rounds, grabbing 6th place ribbon in one of the round, and overall 7th place in the Secondary Senior class.

Annie also has managed to run beautiful dressage class, in the combined training, coming 8th in dressage, even though Annie has been off work for over 6 months.

Fitness Centre

Welcome to Term 2 in the Fitness Centre!

Over the holidays there have been some exciting additions to the Fitness Centre with the installation of new squat racks!

Session Sign Ups:

Numbers have been great and sessions are filling up fast with over 126 session sign ups!

ALL Students must be signed up to a session via clipboard before attending an open gym session. Please click on the sign-up button located on the Fitness Centre Pulse page.

ALL Students are provided with a daily program to complete within sessions that nurture long term development as well as challenge students short term goals and aspirations.

Students who sign up to the gym must adhere to the following conditions of use:

– Session format: All students participate in structured sessions designed and delivered by the S&C Staff

– Session Start/Finish times as per year group

– Must be in PE Uniform

– Closed in shoes

– No Headphones

– Adhere to all safety and hygiene measures in the gym

Session Times:

MON/TUES/THURS/FRI

Year 11-12: 6:30-6:45 Latest Arrival/Start Time

Year 9-10: 6:45 Start Time

Year 7/8: 7:10 Start time.

Afternoon sessions are reserved for Representative sports First Teams.

Wednesday mornings are reserved for Representative Hockey Senior Girls and Girls Only Gym.

Mia Lundquist 
Director of Strength & Conditioning

Football

The long wait is over “FOOTBALL SEASON IS BACK THIS SATURDAY 4 MARCH”

We have recruited very knowledgeable coaching staff that will help us develop our young coaches and players to improve the way we play Football.

There is no doubt the ISA competition is one of the toughest school competitions, we are preparing to compete, and aiming to qualify as many teams for the semi-finals.

This Saturday our Rhino Football Teams will play Round 1 of the ISA competition. We have high expectations, looking forward to competing and giving the opposition a good run.

Grab your morning coffee and come and support the Rhino Redlands Football Teams, please check in Pulse this weekend Fixtures and see our teams in action.

Gerry Gomez
Redlands Director of Football

Hockey

 A reminder that we will commence Round 1 of the ISA Hockey Season this Saturday 4 May. The details for the fixtures can be found on Redlands Pulse under the weekly fixtures tab.

We are excited to start the season with all three teams playing in home fixtures at Barker College this Saturday. We welcome all members of the Hockey community to come along in what should be a great morning for Redlands Hockey.

Wishing our Hockey teams the best of luck as they head into Round 1!

Netball

As you watch your daughters play this next ISA season there is also some other amazing netball happening around Australia too .

Please see the draw for Suncorp Super League Netball 2024. Our very own Redlander and First VII coach, Jemma Donoghue is a Swift this year so get behind her or your favourite team this season.

You will see our fixture for the weekend on Pulse.

Lots of netball going on-get involved! Go Redlands!

Georgina Ford  

Director of Netball 

Rugby

Ahead of the fixtures kicking off this weekend,  4 May, please read below for all season details. 

We also ask that players and parents check the Pulse page & Rugby news notifications for weekly updates and important information.  

Goal for the week:

Following our pre season block for training in Term 1, our program focus is to have strong basic skills so that when we bring the schools together we can introduce more structured and technical rugby. 

This weekend we want to see each player control their controllable, taking ownership of the 1 ‘percenters’ that make up the game. 

This week will act as a building block as we get some games under our belt ahead of ISA fixtures kicking off in week 5.

Trainer of the week: 

The following players should be congratulated on their efforts over the holiday and earlier this week. 

These players demonstrated commitment to the team in training. We will name players/trainers of the week throughout the term on Note Day each week. 

• Liam Donnelly
• Seb Okhovat

Uniform

Students are to wear full Redlands rugby uniform for Saturday fixtures:

School rugby shorts, jersey and socks. • No metal stud boots • Mouth guard

Firsts players will alternate between schools,  merging jerseys this season. We ask that Open age players (Year 11/12) always carry their jersey with them for the weekend.

Program for 2024

• Barbarian Teams with SACS (St Andrew’s Cathedral school)  & BMGS (Blue Mountains Grammar school)
• Tuesday training will be with SACS & BMGS at Primrose Park from Term 2. Student calendars have now been updated with the schedule for TERM 2. 
• Thursday training will be skill development trainings (Redlands only) 

Format

• ISA have merged Division 1 & Division 2. This year there is just ISA Rugby with 5 lines (A/B/C/D/E teams) within. 
• Term 2 will have unmatched fixtures (pre season games) against GPS, CAS & ISA teams
• From June 15 ISA Rugby season will start (7 rounds, no finals)

Teams Combination/ Merge:

Outside of school

We encourage our Rugby enthusiasts to look into club pathways with upcoming opportunities to trial for Junior State Champs teams for both 15’s and 7’s formats. This is for both boys and girls. If you are interested please reach out so that we can help point you in the right direction!

Snowsports

Welcome back to Term 2, I hope everyone had a well-rested break.

Our season is fast approaching! We recommend you booking in for Snowsports events as soon as possible.

Upcoming SnowSports Events:

• Thursday 9 May – 6.00pm to 10.00pm – Redlands SnowSports Icebreaker @ Middle Harbour 16 FT Skiff Sailing Club
• Sunday 19 May – 1.00pm to 3.00pm – Second Hand Snowsports Sale
• Friday 5 July to Wednesday 10 July – Development Program @ HCC/ Thredbo
• Thursday 11 July to Saturday 20 July – Racers Camp @ HCC/ Thredbo
• Sunday 14 July – Redlands Cup

Icebreaker

Second Hand Snowsports Sale

Tennis

Welcome back to Term 2 – we are looking forward to an exciting term of Winter Tennis!

We have 11 ISA teams this year and we are looking forward to playing the ISA matches and hosting the other schools at the new tennis centre in Mosman, the home of ISA Tennis for Redlands.

We had great attendance at the Training Camps in Week 2 of the holidays with many great matches played – there will be plenty more training sessions and match play each school holiday.

Can you please ensure you are on time for training and put in 100% effort to get ready for the Winter Comp which starts this Saturday.

The ISA teams are playing at Mosman and the Internal Comps and Development Squads are playing at Cammeray.

Let’s get off to a great start for the Winter Tennis Season!

• Parents are required to log an absence via Clipboard prior to missing any training session or match. 

Touch Football

Although our Summer season has finished, we have plenty of Touch Football opportunities in the off season.

High performance groups will be invited to attend a number of events during Winter, including the quickly approaching Year 9/10 Metro Schools Carnival.

A trial will be held shortly to take our Opens Girls team to All Schools in the October school holidays. We look forward to our first participation in this event, hopefully leading to many more in the future across a range of age groups and divisions of play.

As always, if students are interested in playing or refereeing outside of school, we encourage you to reach out so that we can help point you in the right direction!

Acknowledging the success of the following players who have progressed to the next level of play. These players look forward to ISA training and tournament next week. We wish them the best of luck!

ISA TOUCH FOOTBALL REPRESENTATIVES:

U15 Boys:

• Ashley Corn

Opens Girls:

• Sam Wightwick
• Indi Hindmarsh
• Alexia van der Merwe
• Heidi De Saxe

Water Polo

Competition is on!

• Opens begin this Friday night 3 May
• Inter Boys & Girls begin Monday 6 May

Fixtures have been loaded onto Pulse and student calendar, each player needs to  register: 

As noted on the Water Polo pulse page, there is an additional cost to Water Polo, with students needing to pay a pool entry fee on the nights of competition.

A reminder for Open Water Polo girls,  your compulsory 1x Gym session on Tuesdays 3.30-4.30pm.

For our Junior teams, to attend the Fitness session, please read the Fitness Center pulse page: (https://pulse.redlands.nsw.edu.au/homepage/377). Junior team students can select the morning they wish to attend but will need to register their attendance.

Trainer of the week: This season we will name players/trainers of the week throughout the term on Note Day each week. These players demonstrate commitment to the team in training and strong performance in games.

Focus for the week: Following our pre-season training last term, we are focusing on having a good understanding of the game and general skills and movements. This week in games, we will be looking for players ensuring they get their body out of the water and arms in the correct position to ensure efficiency and power when passing and shooting. Along with watching players are looking around the pool for their teammates to pass to, to build effective team work.

Congratulations to Olive Ross-Sampson who along with her Balmain Tigers teammates finished Runner Up in the State Championships in April.

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.
• Students must wear trainer style sneakers that are preferably white with non-marking soles. It is part of our shared responsibility to ensure that students wear footwear that aligns with the activity to be undertaken. High top sneakers, Vans, Converse etc. are not appropriate for School Sport.

Saturday Sport Absences

• Parents are required to log an absence via Clipboard prior to missing any training session.
• 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 2024 for full details on requirements for participating in a Representative Sport.
• Bus Transport
  • 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 to meet the standards of the above will face school disciplinary action.

Wet Weather

• Unless communicated differently or in the morning of the session (via Redlands Pulse & Clipboard), all training sessions are to be deemed ‘on’.
• Students should bring with them a change of Redlands Sport Uniform (Thursdays only) or their school uniform (Tuesday) if there are light showers during training.

Winter Sport

A reminder that all key information for the season has been uploaded onto the Secondary School Sport page of Redlands Pulse, if you have any additional questions, please reach out to the appropriate Sports Administrator listed at the bottom of this page.

Sports Photos

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

Photo Library >> Schoolsports 2022-24 >> select your sport

Password (redlands2024) Redlands has an agreement with SPA Images that we will only use the images for marketing purposes.

Melba has finalised all photos taken of sport teams and co-curricular activities and they are now available for parents to view and purchase. Please visit the Melba Studios website, Select the ‘Schools’ icon. The password for access is winnie.

Concussion Protocols

Parents and Carers last week received an email containing the Redlands Concussion Protocols, which can also be found in 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.

Winter Sport – Key Contacts