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
Integrity in Sport. What is it?
In Australian sport, the word integrity is heavily used as one of the main values which we hold with high esteem for individuals, teams and sporting codes. It is continuously brought into question when scandals are reported in sport around the issues of drugs, cheating, defamation, racism or behaviour which is unbecoming of a sports person, and can place the sport into disrepute. Australian sport has seen its fair share of these issues of integrity in recent months. So much so that some large sporting organisations have now dedicated integrity commissions, tribunals, policies and even officers to account for its importance within the code or club. There is now a National Integrity in Sport Unit funded by the Australian Government.
But what is it? Why do we attribute so much value to it? And how can we ensure we are teaching it within a school?
Integrity means many different things to many different people. By its nature it is dependent on the context of any given situation. However, most discussion around integrity will include words such as honesty, trust, ethics, morals and fairness. Even in recent times with the prevalence of concussion in sport, questions around the safety of sport are beginning to fall under the umbrella of integrity. At a grass roots level, integrity is required by everyone to ensure that sport retains its relevance and meaning to children who play it. Above all, sport teaches people valuable lessons and skills to ensure they are engaged citizens who positively contribute to society. Broadly, it should be upholding the integrity of this concept as a foundation of sport to ensure it is not impacted by any one person’s or organisation’s actions or lack of action.
From a school sports perspective, it is important for all of our community to be engaged with the value and meaning of sport and uphold this level of integrity; win, lose or draw. We all want to know that the competition has been fair, respectful and beneficial for players, spectators, coaches and officials. It is the responsibility of all our coaches, staff, students and parents to actively uphold the highest levels of integrity to make sure sport retains its relevance and meaning to our development as individuals, as members of a team, as a school and as a society.
Sport, in all its forms is the best teacher to learn this from.
Athletics
Athletics training will continue this Friday afternoon at Balmoral Oval, students are reminded to be over at the bus (departing from the Adams Centre) promptly for a 3:30pm departure. There are changeroom facilities down at Balmoral Oval. The bus will return to Redlands at the completion of training (usually around 5:30pm).
There are a number Invitational Athletics Carnival that Redlands has entered, with details below (it is strongly encouraged that all member of the athletics squad attend)
- Saturday 24th August (Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre) – ISA Grand Finals take priority on this day
- Saturday 31st August (ES Marks, Kensington) – we are on High Jump & Long Jump duty and looking for volunteers to assist
- Saturday 7th September (Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre) –
Basketball
We will be beginning pre-season Basketball training for players interested in trialling for the 1st Boys/Girls Basketball teams for the 2019/20 Basketball Season. If you wish to attend these sessions please email kseebohm@redlands.nsw.edu.au
Boys: Monday mornings – 6:45am-8am @ Lang Gym (commences Week 3, Monday 5th August)
Girls: Wednesday mornings – 6:45am-8am @ Lang Gym (commences Week 3, Wednesday 7th August)
Football
It was great to see the majority of our teams playing at home for the final round of the season. The 1st Girls and Inter A Girls were both scheduled to play against Blue Mountains, however, due to the snow in the mountains their students were unable to safely travel to Macquarie. Therefore our 1st Girls and Inter A Girls played a friendly match against each other to prepare for semi-finals. It was a great day for our Boys Football program. Congratulations to the 15A Boys who had their first win of the season, a 2-1 win over Oakhill College. Another great win for our 16A Boys who dominated the game against Oakhill, winning 3-1. Our 2nd Boys had a 1-1 draw against SACS B team with a very impressive goal from Louis Eabry. Despite only having 9 players available for the game, the 14A Boys had a 2-2 draw against Oakhill 14As which is a great sign for them headed into the semi-final against Oakhill, hopefully having a full squad.
Congratulations to the following teams that have progressed through to the semi-finals this Saturday 17th August: 1stBoys, 1st Girls, 2nd Girls, Inter A Girls, 14A Boys, Junior A Girls. We wish all of these teams the best of luck this weekend.
The End of Season Football Presentation will be held at Dee Why RSL on Friday 6th September. Secure your tickets now by following the link below:
https://www.trybooking.com/BEMUH
Hockey
Last weekend saw both our 1sts and 3rds play against Central Coast Grammar School while our 2nds took the opportunity to sharpen their skills with a training session leading into this weekends Semi Finals.
The 3rds had a cracking 3-0 win against CCG. The first half favoured our girls. During the second half, the team showed some strong play and were able to get another point on the table with an additional goal. It was a fantastic effort by the girls, especially with a number of girls absent meaning there were no substitute players on the bench.
Our final game for the season for the 1sts was well fought and provided us with many attacking opportunities, some really good defensive play and the movement of the ball was the best it’s been all season. Unfortunately, the score line didn’t reflect the quality of the game. The girls should be proud of their performance, improvement and effort this season!
This weekend will see both the 2nds and 3rds progress to the Semi Finals, with both teams in a strong position having finished on the top of the ladder for their respective divisions.
Hockey Presentation – Book Now!
Hockey students and families are invited to attend the 2019 Hockey Presentation lunch on Saturday 24 August from 12.30-2.00pm in the Top Quad, Senior Campus. The meal is a BBQ buffet plus dessert and costs $25pp (students and families, billed to the school). Students are to wear their Sports uniform.
RSVP essential by Monday 19 August, 5.00pm.
Netball
The ISA Competition is now into their Semi Finals, with our 1sts, 3rds, 4ths and Inter A teams all making it through. The girls will be up against some tough opposition this weekend with all games being played at the Genea Netball Centre (Sydney Olympic Park). Our 1sts had a great win against Oakhill College, which has built some great confidence coming into their Semi Final against top placed Oakhill College. Our Inter A team again had a great win against St Paul’s leaving them equal 2nd in the Inter A division. They will take on Barker College in their Semi Final after the places 2nd thru 4th were calculated by for and against (with Redlands finishing in 4th). Our 3rds played Barker needing a win to overtake them and sneak into 4th spot, which is exactly what they did! The girls controlled the ball well and managed to old off a fast finishing Barker College. They will now take on St Andrew’s Cathedral School in their Semi Final. Our Senior 4ths also travelled out to Barker looking to continue their momentum building term into the finals. The girls had a great win and will look to dominate against Central Coast this weekend.
We are still looking for a number of Netball photos. It would be great to get some this weekend across both the ISA Finals and the NSNA competition.
The Redland Netball Presentation Dinner will be held on Thursday 12 September at Norths Leagues Club.
Rowing
Welcome all returning and new families to the 2019-2020 Rowing season. I’m very pleased to announce that we currently have 105 students registered to be part of Rowing for the coming season, but there are plenty of positions still available for students to join. All students are welcome regardless if they have previous Rowing experience or not.
Please refer to the Rowing page on Redlands Pulse for preliminary season information along with key dates. This will be updated regularly throughout the season.
As Rowing is a rather unique sport with almost its own language, we will be holding an information session for all new families along with returning families on Thursday next week (22 August) from 6.00-7.00pm in Redlands Hall. At this session we will outline what families and students can expect of the season ahead along with an outline of our Rowing program. This information is particularly useful to families new to the sport.
Friends of Rowing
All parents are also invited to join the Friends of Rowing group who will meet regularly throughout the season. Friends of Rowing will support the program with a number of initiatives involving catering, regatta support, the presentation dinner and more. All meetings will be held in room H2.6 on the Senior Campus, with dates for 2019 meetings are as follows: Monday 2 September 6.00-7.30pm (AGM); Monday 16 September 6.00-7.00pm; Monday 21 October 6.00-7.00pm; Tuesday 19 November 6.00-7.00pm.
If you have any questions, please contact James Petering on 0413 764 446 or jpetering@redlands.nsw.edu.au
Rugby
This weekend will see three out of our five teams in the program compete in the ISA Semi Finals, not only a wonderful effort for these three teams but also a great indication of where our program is at as a whole.
Our Under 13s have a brilliant season built off the back of so much hard work both in trainings and matches. Seeing this group respond after early losses in the season to go on a four game winning streak to secure the finals has been one of the most positive aspects from this whole season. My personal highlight for their season must be the Oxley game away in Bowral. Playing the first ever game of Rugby on Oxley”s new pitches, our 13s put on a show, with fast flowing tries through the backs built off some tough, no nonsense work from the forwards. Despite coming up against Chevalier this weekend, a team that went through the season undefeated, I look forward to seeing this whole group stand up and deliver their best effort so far.
The dark horse team for the season, our 14s, slowly built wins through the season, learning the game and eventually putting together two comprehensive wins against SACS and RFC to secure their spot in the Semis. Having a large number of players in their team who were new to sport this season, it is a credit to how hard they have all worked that they are now in the finals. Led brilliantly by Sam Chubb, this team will be one to watch in the finals coming up against a strong CCGS side.
With our second season back in Division 2 we again see our 1st XV in the Semis, this time against Redfield College. With two losses against RFC this season, this weekend shapes as our chance to throw it all on the line and come out with a point to prove. Training this week has been focused with an emphasis on our attack that we want to bring into the Semi Final and also the Grand Final. With some late changes in the backline combining with fresh legs in our forward pack, I cannot wait to see this match. Our 1st XV will be coming out as strong as possible with the intent to push for the early lead.
I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on the side lines this weekend.
After the finals we can also look forward to our End of Season Rugby Presentation which this year will be held at the Cammeray Golf Club – Saturday 14 September. More information to come.
Tennis
Saturday saw the Finals of the NSTA competition being played. In the Yr 7 and 8 Final, Team Blue (Jess Coleman, Ahbi Singh, Alex Arnold, Zac Creighton) played Team Green (Tom Jackson, Henry Charles, Xander Halfen and Bennett Evans) in a very close match with the result being decided in the last set with Team Blue winning by just one game. The match between third and fourth was also extremely close with Team Maroon sneaking home with the win by one game against competitive Team Aqua. In the Yr 9-12 Final, it was the Yr 12 boys (Edward Bush, Danver Zhao, Jett Miller – pictured at top) who have consistently played great tennis week in and week out and convincingly won against Team Violet (Jules Dickenson, Toby Page, Charlie Payne, Aiden Allen). Congratulations to all NSTA students for a fantastic season of Tennis. Reminder: training for all NSTA Tennis students continues until the last Winter Sport training on Thursday 22 August.
In the ISA competition, Redlands played either Barker or St Andrews Cathedral School in the final round of the season. All six ISA Tennis teams played confident and decisive tennis to take home a clean sweep of wins. For the first time in a very long time, all ISA Tennis teams have made the Final by placing either first or second in their division at the completion of the round matches, a phenomenal achievement which all students should be very proud of. The finals are being played at Barker College this coming Saturday from 8.00am.
Important Dates:
Saturday 17 August – ISA Finals
Thursday 22 August – Last Winter Sport Training
Saturday 31 August – ISA Presentation Day
Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au
All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.