Secondary Sport
Redlands Rhino – Weekly Fixtures
Please note: Redlands Rhino has the most up-to-date weekly fixtures. This is uploaded every Tuesday afternoon at 4.00pm. Please ensure you check this with regards to game times, venues and oppositions.
Head of Secondary Sport
The Sport Pathway
We often hear the concept in sport of a ‘pathway’ of development. Usually this will come from a coach, club or sports administrator informing you of a simple linear progression of sport that eventually leads from beginner to expert or club to professional. Often you see it represented like the graph below.
In many ways this makes logical sense. An individual can, from one season to another, develop skills in an organised ascending order, from basic fundamentals through to mastering tactical skills in order to win. This leads people to conclude that the more someone does along this pathway the faster they progress up the pathway. However, this concept is a fallacy. It is good in theory but it is not the reality of an individual’s development. From start to finish, every individual will have completely different journeys physically, mentally, socially and emotionally. All of these factors add in different points of change at different ages of the so called ‘pathway’. Even the age of an athlete can be questioned. Is it an individual’s chronological age? Training age? Weight for age? Intellectual age? All are valid ways of assessing progress at a given point in time.
In reality the pathway should resemble something that looks more like a map of the London underground. A progression where you can go backwards, forwards, sideways, change courses with different speeds and times, all in a way of attaining a desired destination or purpose. Whether that destination is professional sport, improving skills or just having fun with a bunch of mates.
This pathway concept is having a negative effect on sport in society. Parents and children feel pressured to be on this so called “pathway” in order to achieve success. Even at an Under 12 age parents and kids feel they should drop out of sport because they haven’t been selected in a certain representative team and therefore are not on the pathway. The only people that really benefit from sports pathways are those that develop physically earlier than others. Their size and cardiovascular ability will mean that they can often outperform other people of their own age simply by physical capacity. However, this can hold very little value in future years after physical maturation.
There is a need, all around the world, to shift the focus to the retention of children and adolescents within sport. Sport’s purpose is not to develop Olympic success or professional athletes. Within Redlands, and more broadly within society, sport is an opportunity to develop life skills and improve the physical, mental, emotional and social capabilities. Everyone should be on that path.
Redlands Inaugural Sports Luncheon
In 2019 we are proud to be celebrating 120 years of Sport at Redlands. In honour of this occasion we will be hosting a Redlands Sports Luncheon at Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. The lunch will include a panel of four Redlanders across the years who have represented their country or played sport professionally who will reflect on the influence sport has had on their lives and what it means to them today. The panel will be hosted by the Head of Secondary School, Mr Sean Corcoran and Head of Junior School, Mr Ari Guha. This will be a fantastic event for the Redlands community to come together and share stories and experiences in sport in a social setting. Be sure to book a ticket with a group of fellow parents from within the Redlands community. An event not to be missed!
Basketball
On Saturday there were some great results in the Basketball Semi Finals with 11 teams being successful and progressing into the Finals this Saturday 9 March. Our Open B and Open C Boys teams played in exciting games, both teams winning by four points at the final siren. The 17B, 15B and 14B won their games quite convincingly and have all progressed to play against St Augustine’s B teams this Saturday. The 17C Boys are also through to the Final after a nail-biting one point win over CCGS.
Four of our girls teams have made it through to the Final. The Open Bs finished with a nine point win over Barker and will play CCGS this Saturday in what is expected to be a very exciting game. The Inter As had a great second half, hopefully they will continue their momentum this weekend against an undefeated CCGS side. The Junior A and Junior B Girls both had great wins in the Semi’s against SPGS and CCGS respectively.
Best of luck to all teams in the Finals this weekend at Penrith.
The bookings for the End of Season Basketball Presentation will close this week, please see the details below:
Date: Thursday 14 March
Venue: Norths Leagues Club
Time: 6.30pm arrival (7pm start)
Please secure your tickets now via this TryBooking link.
Football
Football trials for all teams will commence on Tuesday 12 March. Please refer to Redlands Pulse for further information regarding the trials schedule and the upcoming season. If you would like to trial for the 1st Boys or Girls Football team, please email kseebohm@redlands.nsw.edu.au to register.
We still have roles available for the Friends of Football. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Friends of Football, please register your interest by contacting kseebohm@redlands.nsw.edu.au.
Indoor Hockey
The Indoor Hockey team continues their winning form with a solid 6-2 hit out against Wenona last Friday evening. They take on Queenwood this weekend and will look to build on their current form.
Netball
Netball trials for the Intermediate (Yr 10) and Senior (Yr 11-12) will being during Week 7. The Intermediate trials will run in Lang Gym on Tuesday (3.30-5.00pm) and Thursday (2.30-4.00pm) and the Seniors will be in Dunnet Hall on Tuesday (3.30-5.00pm) and Thursday (2.30-4.00pm).
More information regarding training for the remainder of the term will be available on Pulse on Monday 11 March.
Rowing
Last weekend saw the Rowing program head to Canberra for the ACT Head of the Lake regatta. This event attracts schools from across the region including some of the largest coed Rowing programs around. Departing on Friday, our students get an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the venue and course with a brief training session on Lake Burley Griffin before retiring to the accommodation for the evening where crews and coaches can go over their race plans for the next day.
Our Redlands rowers were outstanding across the day of racing, with 27 different crews/scullers walking away from the regatta with a top three position that included 8 Gold, 11 Silver and 8 Bronze medal winning performances. This combined effort from all of our crews led to Redlands being at the top of the table for a combined point score.
From our Senior Girls, both Zoe Kimber (Yr 12) and Maddi Howard (Yr 11) showed individual class to finish 1st in Div 2 and 2nd in Div 1 of the School Girl Single Scull. Earlier in the day they combined together to finish 2nd in the School Girl Double Scull. The Yr 10 girls combined to race in the combinations of Kristin Walker (Yr 10), Emily Barrelle (Yr 10), Elizabeth Holtheuer (Yr 9), Emily Pashley (Yr 10) and coxed by Ema Yasumura (Yr 9) won the School Girl Yr 10 Coxed Quad A Final while the combination of Amelie Archer (Yr 10), Emily Batemyr (Yr 10), Megan Price (Yr 10), Laura Sidoti (Yr 10) coxed by Camille Ghenzer (Yr 8) finished 3rd in the same A Final. To get two crews in this A Final was an achievement itself, let alone winning both Gold and Bronze!
The Senior Boys also had many outstanding achievements with individual glory going to Alex Holtheuer (Yr 10) and Alex Verschoor (Yr 10) who finished 1st in Div 1 and 2nd in Div 2 of the School Boy Yr 10 Single Scull. These boys earlier in the day combined to have a big win in the School Boy Yr 10 Double Scull, a very promising combination that we will be looking to take forward to Nationals. In the School Boy Single Scull, Alec Price (Yr 12) finished 2nd in Div 2 while Nick Wilkes finished 3rd in Div 3 and the combination of Max Durrant (Yr 11) and Mitch Simpson (Yr 11) was a clear 1st place in the School Boy Double Scull.
Our Senior Boys main event of the day was the School Boy Coxed Quad, where both the 1st crew of Mitch Simpson (Yr 11), Max Durrant (Yr 11), Alec Price (Yr 12), Alex Holtheuer (Yr 10) and cox Alex Coney (Yr 11) and the 2nd crew of Nick Wilkes (Yr 11), Alex Verschoor (Yr 10), Matthew White (Yr 11), Tom Morris (Yr 11) and cox Xavier Little (Yr 10) were both pipped at the post by the narrowest margins to finish 2nd in both the Div 1 and Div 2 events. The boys will be very keen to reverse these results at the NSW Boys Head of the River regatta.
The Yr 9 Girls started their day with an all Redlands Girl Yr 9 Single Scull, where in Div 1 Elizabeth Holtheuer (Yr 9), Mia Kloiser-Jones (Yr 9) and Audra Olson (Yr 9) walked away with Gold, Silver and Bronze while in Div 2 it was Blythe Ogilvie (Yr 9), Charlotte Harman (Yr 9) and Lilly Dijkstra (Yr 9) who took the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. Moving into the School Girl Yr 9 Coxed Quad, the combination of Audra Olson (Yr 9), Amber Williams (Yr 9), Elizabeth Holtheuer (Yr 9), Sophia Maxwell (Yr 9) and cox Lucy Horton (Yr 8) finished a close 3rd in the A Final while in the C Final the combination of Charlotte Harman (Yr 9), Mia Kloiser-Jones (Yr 9), Lilly Dijkstra (Yr 9), Blythe Ogilvie (Yr 9) and cox Ema Yasumura (Yr 9) finished 1st.
The Yr 9 Boys performed well in their small boat combinations with both the combinations of William Thomas (Yr 9) and Jack Walsh (Yr 9) racing in Div 1 and Oliver Hoey (Yr 9) and Aaron Drake (Yr 9) racing in Div 2 finishing in 3rd, taking the bronze medal home.
The Yr 8 students are limited in racing opportunities compared to older Year Groups, however the Girls combinations of Issy Treloar, Briar Carter, Charlotte Scamps, Caterina Croll and cox Lucy Horton won bronze in the A Final of School Girl Yr 8 Coxed Quad, meanwhile in the C Final of this same event Zoe Naismith, Aysha Sayan, Erin Tyrrell, Alana Mansfield and their cox Camille Ghenzer finished in 2nd place. The Yr 8 Boys raced well in the School Boy Yr 8 Coxed Quad with the combination of Patrick Walker, Matthew Fry, Daniel Close, Finn Woodward and cox Charlotte Morrison being narrowly pipped at the post but finishing in 2nd place within the A Final while in the C Final the combination of Mitch Turner, Sam Chubb, Harley van der Pluijm and Xavier Reid coxed by Maya Little also finished in 2nd place.
We cannot thank enough the generous support from our families, led by the Friends of Rowing committee, who ensure that our students were well catered for with ample food throughout the day.
This weekend our rowers will have training at Mosman Rowing Club. This is our last training weekend prior to both the NSW Girls Head of the River on Saturday 16 March with the NSW Boys Head of the River Regatta held the following day on Sunday 17 March. As part of this final training session, the Friends of Rowing committee will be providing a breakfast for our rowers. Training times for this have already been communicated to all students and families.
We will also be taking the crew photos as part of this training session, meaning that full Rowing uniform is expected to be worn by all of our students.
Lastly, the Rowing Presentation Dinner is to be held on Thursday 4 April at Sergeants Mess from 6.30 – 9.30pm. This is a fully ticketed event so please book tickets here.
Sailing
With only one week of training left for the Redlands Sailing program, the sailors have begun to put their skills into practice as they prepare for the NSW Teams Racing Championships in April. With competition heating up between the schools, only 12 sailors will be selected to compete at the event. Last weekend the squad began to compete in an in-house competition with sailors competing on both Elliott 7s keelboats and the Pacer dinghies to determine who will be selected to compete at the Championships. The sailors will continue to race in the selection competition this Saturday at their final training session for the season.
The Redlands Sailing End of Season Function will be held this Saturday 9 March from 12.00-2.00pm with a BBQ lunch provided. Parents are also invited to watch the training session on a Squadron vessel.
Touch Football
Over the weekend three teams from Redlands travelled out to St Paul’s Grammar to play in the Semi Finals/Grand Finals of the 2019 ISA Touch Football Competition. To see two of our Junior teams, along with our 1st VI, qualify for the Finals goes someway to highlight how hard these girls have worked through the season, not only developing as individual players but also building together as cohesive squads.
Our Junior Cs came up against the undefeated SACS Junior A side, a team that has not won by less than 5-0 for the whole season. Our Junior Cs played so far above themselves, lifting as a group and defending like their lives depended on it. Lily Attard was incredible, constantly on attack and everywhere on defence. I cannot wait to see Lily approach her next Touch Football season with this same attitude, pressing for higher honours in the program. This whole team lifted against such a strong opponent going into halftime down 2-0, the efforts of Marie Kruzrock, Anna Ivanovic and Iona Carter in defence holding the team together. Ultimately this amazing team, made up of our youngest Yr 7s and a wonderfully tight group of Yr 9s went down, SACS eventually winning the entire competition. Nothing should distract from how amazing this teams development has been, their improvement each week at training and during their matches being second to none.
Our Junior As narrowly lost, going down in extra time in a nail-biting match against BMGS, the game eventually going to triple extra time. Whilst this game was a bitter way to finish the season for our A side it does not take anything away from what an amazing season these girls have had. Seeing the way this team has gelled together as a group has been the most rewarding part of the season, seeing girls like Emma Mahon and Katie Wightwick, girls who were completely new to the sport, become vital players within the squad. Led by Sophia Hill and Piper Allen all season, these two girls controlled our attack brilliantly, allowing players like Ruby Kelly and Callie Forest to run amok in attack. I cannot wait to see these players continue in this sport, some staying in the Juniors for next season whilst others will hopefully push for top senior sides.
Our 1st VI came up against Barker, a tough task playing against such an experienced team. Our girls aimed up, Caitlin Du Plooy weaving her way through on attack, supported brilliantly by Caroline Bates out wide, the team moving up the field consistently against the solid defence of Barker. The opposition had some amazing players, able to throw long passes across our defence and put runners into space. The defensive efforts of our girls was amazing, turning the opposition back time and time again, girls like Lulu Simpson and Ruby Brook throwing themselves around in defence. At halftime the girls went into the break down 2-1, their try coming from some wonderful lead up work from Sydney Stuckmann and Caitlin leading to Anna McCormack running beautifully into space for the try. In the second half, the weight of all the effort in defence started to show as Barker began to build so much pressure in attack, eventually cracking our line for two quick tries. It was a credit to the Redlands girls that they stuck in it, scoring another well worked try. This team, for their first year in the competition, has punched so far above their weight. The efforts of their Captain Caitlin Du Plooy along with the Redlands Sports Captain Sydney Stuckmann, has been amazing to watch and I cannot wait to see what this team can achieve in the next season.
Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au
All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.