Junior Sport
Snowsports
Thredbo was a sea of Redlands jackets over the holidays and, in both lessons and racing, our Junior School skiiers and snowboarders were shining examples of Redlands resilience and energy on the snow. Despite some challenging conditions, Redlands Junior and Prep teams combined to take out the Primary Co-ed Skiing Championships, the Primary Co-ed Snowboard Championships and the Overall Primary Championship.
Individually there were some fantastic efforts and with 27 Junior School students qualifying through to compete at the NSW titles, there is some amazing skiing and snowboarding coming up.
The Redlands Cup again provided a wonderful entry point for novice racers to experience the thrill of the race without the pressure of Interschools. It’s a huge day on the mountain with 630 competitors and showcases our talented Snowsports athletes.
AFL
IPSHA AFL restarts this weekend with no change to the draw. The lads are entering their final two games for the season and have shown some great improvement. They’ll look to finish their season on a high, playing against Newington Wyvern at Mahoney Park, Marrickville at 8am this Saturday.
Redlands Girls AFL players will be treated to a fundamental skills session run by AFLNSW this Saturday at Moore Park from 10.00 – 11.30am. The information and draw has been emailed to all signed up players and teams will be determined in the next few weeks before matches begin on 10 August.
Football
The final three rounds of our IPSHA Football season kick off this weekend and there are some changes to venues and times.
Our Yr 5 team timeslot has changed:
5A are playing at 8.00am
5B are playing at 8.45am
5C are playing at 9.30am.
All Yr 5 matches are at Bressington Park, Underwood Road, Homebush.
5D are playing at Old Boys Oval, Newington College Stanmore at 10.15.
Team lists for this weekend’s split for matches have been emailed to all players.
Yr 4 matches have a change of time and are now being played at Redlands Oval at 8.00am.
Netball
Thanks to all the parents and players who assisted with our NSNA duty on the last Friday of last term. The final day of term is a difficult day to draw the duty, but the time and effort from all was greatly appreciated.
It was a great finish to the term last round with Redlands 13, 14 and 17 all coming away with wins.
Giants Netball stars Taylah Davies and Kim Green have been in this Wednesday working with our Yrs 3, 4 and 5 teams in Net Fit sessions, helping the girls build fitness and stamina coupled with skills for the rest of the season.
Rugby Sevens
Our final three rounds of Rugby are all at Koola Park and in keeping with the rolling draw, confirmed match times and field numbers will be emailed to all players as soon as they are received. Normally Thursday around lunchtime.
Athletics Carnival
The Redlands Junior School Athletics Carnival is right around the corner on Wednesday 7 August, Week 3 of term. Held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre, it’s a massive event and all students are training hard in PE classes to build fitness and refine techniques across the full range of track and field events. Keep an eye out for online permissions.
Winter Before School Training Schedule
The Term 3 sporting calendar, showing all training, matches and events is available on Redlands Pulse.
For all trainings on the Junior School Oval, please use your own discretion in extreme rain and weather situations. Often parents and students will have left home to attend before we can make a realistic judgement on the weather. If there is no danger of lightning, nor heavy rain which would soak anyone training outdoors, our aim is to go ahead and run the session. Coaches and/or staff will be in attendance. It’s not always possible to find an alternative training venue, but students will be supervised until school begins in this circumstance.
Photos
We love having photos on display and to help archive our seasons, anyone who has any action shots they’re proud of and willing to share, please forward to acarter@redlands.nsw.edu.au
Before School Training Schedule
Mr Adrian Carter
Head of Junior School Sport
acarter@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6454