Secondary Sport

• Print

The wet weather played havoc over the weekend, with a number of teams having cancellations, whilst we try to anticipate cancellations as early as possible unfortunately in some instances we are at the mercy of opposing schools (or councils). We do try to get the cancellations out as early as possible, via the Redlands App, so this is a timely reminder to ensure you (and your children) have access to the Redlands App.

We have just come out of the Year 12 assessment block and next week will see the Year 10s sit their half yearly exams, it is important to reiterate that maintaining sports and physical activity during these periods offers several benefits:

• Stress Reduction – physical activity can help release endorphins, which can manage stress, maintain focus and mental well-being
• Improved Cognitive Function – regular sports has been linked to improved cognitive function, including better concentration, memory and problem solving skills, which leads to students studying effectively.
• Improved Time Management – balancing academic studies with sport and physical activities teaches students valuable time management skills. Learning to prioritise and allocate time efficiently is essential for success both in academics and life well beyond school years.
• Increased Energy and Productivity – physical activity boosts energy levels and productivity by improving circulation and oxygen flow to the brain and body, this again can lead to greater focus, efficiency and stamina for tackling academic tasks.

We are encouraging all students to maintain their sporting commitments throughout this period not only to support their academic success but also to contribute to holistic development, mental well-being and long term health.

“When I step onto the court, I don’t have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a better solution. It’s like therapy. It relaxes me and allows me to solve problems.”

-Michael Jordan (Basketball Legend)

Redlands Secondary Sports Calendar

• Sunday 19 May – Snowsports 2nd hand Ski Sale
• Monday 20 May – CIS Girls Open & U16 Basketball Championships
• Monday 20 May – ISA Girls Football Trials
• Tuesday 21 May – CIS Open Hockey Championships
• Tuesday 21 May – ISA Boys Football Trials
• Wednesday 22 May – METRO NSW Touch All Schools Carnival
• Sunday 26 May – Balmoral Burn Humpty Dumpty Charity Run

AFL

CIS AFL – 15&U Boys & Girls AFL Trials last week

Athletics

If you wish to contribute by donating money to the Humpty Dumpty foundation, please visit here.

Football

Week 2 of the ISA Competition.

With the weather affecting some of the fixtures again we are grateful that some of the games went ahead. For the second week in a row we are so pleased to have the new playing fields at Macquarie .

On a very wet day at St Patrick’s grounds. The boys played quite well against a very good ST Patrick’s team.  Very happy with the effort the boys put in and the commitment to play football.

Well, done everyone as we look forward to keeping improving, most of our girls will be away to Barker and the boys are at home to ST Pius.

Hockey

Despite the wet weather Round 2 of the ISA Hockey Season went ahead against Central Coast Grammar School and Barker. The 1sts game was a tightly fought match and the game ended up in a 1-1 draw. 2nds continued their good start to the season with another strong performance winning 3-2. The defensive structure was a key focus of the coach during the week and this showed in frustrating their opponents all match. Our 3rds team came up against a strong Barker side but showed great determination to fight back from 2 goals down early on and went into halftime very much in the match at 2-3. Barker started the second half stronger, and the game ended up 3-5 to Barker. This weekend only the 1sts have a match against Chevalier with the 2nds and 3rds each having a bye round.

Netball

Round 2 delivered another good run of wins for our netballers with 10 wins , 2 draws and 2 losses. 

Players of the week for Round 2 are listed below.

The Firsts was Alex Tanner. Alex showed fast and impactful defensive movement and many rebounds against a very accurate shooter.

Junior A was Olive Ross Sampson. Olive had amazing shooting and agility work in the circle, she was everywhere on the court. A definite stand out player for the day.

Junior D was Sophie Feller. Sophie was super enthusiastic and she played exceptionally. She was highly adaptable and happy to play whichever position , her accommodating nature made for a positive game.

Junior B was Annalise Beatty. Annalise showed great enthusiasm in training and at the game. She played out of position and did an amazing job adapting to coaching instruction.

Junior C was Matilda Hugman. Matilda played with lots of energy and adapted well to the umpires calls. She had a good eye on the court passing accurately into the goal circle to the shooters and settling when needed. She was also did amazing stepping into wing defense with little experience and is continuously growing her skills.

Junior E was Alice Connell . Alice happily took a new position to help out the team for majority of the game. She adapted well to the new position making some great intercepts and keeping the energy high on the court.

Senior 3 was Sophia Rayson. Sophia makes playing C look effortless! She gives 100% to every play which allows the ball to flow down the court seamlessly.

Inter C was Eva Simpson. Eva did a phenomenal job as goalkeeper in today’s game. She got 3 feet and her arms up quickly, which challenged the other team shooters greatly. She also jumped for every rebound and assisted her team in a massive win on the weekend.

Junior G was Scarlett Kohn. Scarlett played really well in a variety of positions. Great shooting and had some very good intercepts and was clearing the ball quickly when defending.

Junior F was Claudia Chmielewski. Claudia did really well at finding space in the circle and put up some great shots from far away and communicated well with her team.

Inter B was Alice Franceschi. Alice grew with her shooting confidence over the course of the game. Alice dug deep, pushed herself and had a strong game in the end.

Inter E was Katie Budden. Katie moved well in C this weekend, she had great movement down the court and was an impactful feeder into the circle.

Inter D was Talie Kara. Talie had quick defensive footwork and got many tips which were very impressive in her game.

Here is the draw for Round 3 

A reminder we have our annual Pink Sock Day Redlands fundraising weekend on June 1^st across all sports at Redlands. To celebrate all players will be asked to wear pink socks and we will hold a bake sale at NBISC. Our Friends of Netball committee will be reaching out in the next 2 weeks will details of our you can be involved. We would appreciate your baking services that weekend. Last year was a huge success, let’s try and beat it this year.

Rugby

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

Focus for the week:

Our junior age teams managed to get some wet weather footy under their belt on the weekend, super promising to see the energy on display. A special mention to our u13’s who showed real determination until the last hooter with a try and rightly deserved celebration in the dying minutes against an incredibly strong Shore team.

This week’s focus is to harness that energy and determination across all age groups. Play until the final hooter, try hard all training sessions, do your extras, attend the s&c sessions in our fitness center.

Trainer of the week:

The following players should be congratulated on their efforts over the last week.

• Harrison Bird
• Felix Eade
• Hector Maxwell

Uniform

Students are to wear full Redlands Rugby Uniform for Saturday Fixtures:
 • School Rugby Shorts, Jersey and Socks. • No metal stud boots • Mouth Guard

Students will be unable to take to the field without a mouthguard

Please if you haven’t already visited the uniform shop, ensure you have the correct GAME uniform.

Firsts players will alternate between the schools’ merge jerseys this season. Please always wear REDLANDS SHORTS & SOCKS. (More information on the uniforms to come at training this week).

Sailing

Several Redlands students participate in the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Dinghy Academy. The RSYS Dinghy Squad Presentation Evening was held on Saturday 11 May 2024, with several Redlands students receiving coveted perpetual awards, which were presented by Redlands alumni Karyn Gojnich.   

Thomas Beatty (Yr 9)

– RSYS “Spirit of the Squadron” Trophy (This award is presented to a Youth Sailor who displays the highest level of seamanship.)

– Laser Radial Summer Series Scratch – 2nd Place

– Laser Radial Summer Series Handicap – 2nd Place

– Most Improved Award – Laser Radial class

Bear Whitelaw (Yr 7)

– HB Jarrett Junior Sailing Champion Shield

– Junior Sailing Pointscore Trophy Milner Tray

– Optimist Achievement Award (This award is presented to the Optimist sailor who has applied themselves diligently to their training, which has led to the sailor achieving a significant improvement in race results within youth sailing and at external regattas.)

– Optimist Winter Series Handicap – 1st Place

– Optimist Winter Series Scratch 1st Place

– Optimist Summer Series Handicap – 1st Place

– Optimist Summer Series Scratch – 1st Place

Rafi Nicholas (Yr 7)

– Optimist Summer Series Handicap – 3rd Place

– Optimist Summer Series Scratch – 2nd Place

Cooper Kramer (Yr 7)

– Optimist Award for Excellence (This award is presented to the Optimist sailor who has applied themselves diligently to the program by engaging in all aspects of Youth Sailing. The recipient displays high level of preparation, participation and teamwork.)

Snowsports

Upcoming SnowSports Events:

• 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

Second Hand Snowsports Sale

Warren Miller Tour, Arc’teryx Winter Film Tour

Redlands Snowsports have been invited to the Warren Miller tour at a special rate, if you would like to attend please email dsteer@redlands.nsw.edu.au asap 

Details as follows:

• Movie: Warren Miller Tour, Arc’teryx Winter Film Tour
• Venue: The Orpheum in Cremorne
• Date: Friday 17 May Time: 8:30 PM
• Tickets: Discounted to $28 Adults, $24 Students (down from $37)
• Who: Parents & Students welcome

Tennis

We are very happy to see the sunshine again and are looking forward to Round 3 of the ISA matches this Saturday.

We have some exciting matches coming up and we are looking forward to hosting our home matches again at Mosman Lawn Tennis Club.

Good luck to all teams this weekend against St Pius!

Congratulations to Louis Dobson who recently won the singles title at the JT Batemans Bay for under 12s.

Touch Football

Acknowledging the success of the following players who represented our school brilliantly last Friday at the ISA TOUCH Football tournament.

U15 Boys:

• Ashley Corn
• Opens Girls:
• Sam Wightwick
• Indi Hindmarsh
• Alexia van der Merwe
• Heidi De Saxe

A special mention to both Sam Wightiwck and Ashley Corn who were rewarded with their outstanding play on the day with selection into the NSW CIS team.

ISA TOUCH FOOTBALL REPRESENTATIVES

• U15 Boys: Ashley Corn
• Opens Girls: Sam Wightwick, Indi Hindmarsh ,Alexia van der Merwe, Heidi De Saxe

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 Metro 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!

Water Polo

A special shout out to our Opens girls who won their first game for the season on Friday last week.

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.

• Opens Girls: Sela Tea
• Inters Girls: Lauren Rolfe
• Iners Boys: Cooper MacDonald

Focus for the week:

Another week of games, it was good to see there was evidently more improvement in the communication between players during the game. However, this week showed the importance of setting up properly and swimming down to the goals. This week at training we will mainly focus on fitness again, and mock gameplay to work on setting up positioning and refining our shooting to give the kids more confidence to shoot when they are playing the competitive games.

A few reminders:

• Fixtures have been loaded onto Pulse and the student’s calendar. We encourage all students to download the Redlands App
• Open Water Polo girls, your compulsory 1x Gym session on Tuesdays 3.30-4.30pm. Attendance is recorded.
• Inter teams, to attend the Fitness session, please read the Fitness Center pulse page. Inter team students can select the morning they wish to attend but will need to register their attendance.
• Water polo is a representative sport and as such attendance is compulsory to all training and fixtures. Absences must be logged through Pulse sport absence form. 

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