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 Sport
This week, students were emailed the Summer Sport registration forms. Preliminary information related to all available Summer Rep Sports and non-Rep Sports can be found on Redlands Pulse. Sport registrations will remain open until Friday 11 August.
Sports choice is a topic parents and students can often have trouble agreeing on. Our own research conducted in April 2018, indicated that the desire “to improve skills” and “to have fun” were the two most influential factors on a student’s sporting choice. The factors with the lowest influence on sports choice are the desire to “compete at a higher representation” and “to win”. This research tells us that the Redlands Sport program must foster a culture of high level engagement and commitment of which students are self-aware of the skills they are developing in fun and enjoyable environments. The critical question students should reflect on when registering for a sport is not what sport they should do, instead they should seek to understand how they will demonstrate commitment to the sport?
The improvement of skills is not isolated to a physical domain, but also the social, emotional and a mental domains of development. The improvement of skills and the elements of enjoyment in a student’s education are vital to the long term goals of developing young people. Developing a student to have integrity, high moral standards and perseverance are outcomes we strive for in a Redlands education. Any sport is a vehicle for this goal. It is the commitment to this goal which makes the difference between success and failure.
Cross Country
Congratulations to Emma Mahon (Yr 9) who ran at the NSW All Schools Cross Country Championships last Friday. In what was a very tough race, Emma finished in 10th place for the 4k U15 Girls age group. Emma has now been selected in the Athletics NSW U16 Girls team for the 2018 National Cross Country Championships in Queensland on 25 August. We are all wishing her the best of luck.
Football
If you have taken any Football photos please send them through to sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au
Girls Football
It was another fantastic weekend of Girls Football. Despite the holiday break, our girls Football teams haven’t missed a beat. Our Junior A team played against Oxley and had an impressive 10-0 win. They continue to add to their undefeated record this season. The Junior B team had a tough match against St Andrew’s top junior team with the 0-2 loss not reflecting how close the game really was and some of the great passages of play our girls displayed. Our 2nd XI Girls played against the Barker 4ths team, and after another great game, they finished with a very convincing 3-0 win. Our 1st XI Girls played against St Andrew’s. Entering half time with the game tied at 1-1, our girls needed to step things up in the second half. They came out firing winning 4-1.
Boys Football
After a long break many of our Boys Football teams travelled to St Pius. The Junior boys tried very hard but the opposition proved too strong and played a very organised style of Football. The Senior boys had a tough day as well. Our 1st XI were outmatched by a very well-drilled St Pius team. The 2nds had a very close game losing 3-2 in the final minutes. Well done to Mr Bowler and his players competing at a high standard each week. Another good result was seen by the 14Bs, coached by Michael Warrell, the boys drew 0-0 and will continue to chase a position in the semis. The 13Bs lost 1-0 in a very close game, and the 15A boys have improved out of sight, putting up a great fight against St Pius. Our teams have shown improvement through the season and we encourage all our Football players to keep working hard at training and developing their own skill set and knowledge of the game as we head into the last two rounds.
Best of luck to our girls travelling to Central Coast this weekend, and our boys playing at home. “Attitude + Effort= Reward”
ISA
To see the ISA standings as we head into the final two rounds of the regular season, please visit the ISA website.
Save the Date
Please save the date for the End of Season Football Presentation, held on Friday 14 September at Dee Why RSL Club. More details will be released shortly.
Hockey
The 1sts team had an awesome 6-1 win at the weekend over Barker. Whilst the first half was a close 1-1 draw and brushing the winter break out the way, the second half was lovely Hockey to watch and all goals came from good team work and passing between everyone. This win puts the girls on top of the table going into the final two round games.
The 2nds played against Oxley at Barker College. The girls played a fantastic game scoring five goals from four different girls. It was a brilliant effort by all. Special mention to Iris, Aaliya, Kate and Freya, who shared the goals scored by the team. This commanding win should cement the girls into 2nd place on the ladder with two games to go.
The 3rds game against Oxley was extremely close, ending in a 0-0 draw. The first half was tough on our defenders, however we improved in the second half, holding most of the possession of the ball. Our attacking line worked really hard, with Lucy and Jessie both playing excellent games.
This weekend will see the 1sts head to Oxley while the 2nds and 3rds both play against SACS at Barker College. All game details can be found in Redlands Rhino.
Netball
Save the date for the 2018 Netball Presentation Dinner on Thursday 13 September at the Norths Leagues Club. The evening is to celebrate the 2018 Netball season for both the ISA and NSNA competitions. The trybooking link will be emailed shortly with more information.
A huge thank you to all those parents who assisted with the NSNA Duty Round last weekend!
We had some mixed results over the weekend with two of the three Yr 7 NSNA teams having byes. Our NSNA 7 Gold team took on a strong North Sydney Girls High team. The girls have shown great improvement throughout the season and came away with a hard fought 22-13 win. This has set them up well for the last few weeks of the season, now sitting in 2nd place leading into the last few weeks of the regular season.
There will be a Friends of Netball meeting on Thursday 9 August. For more information please contact Mr Cameron Ellis.
Rugby
Our youngest side managed to put together their best game of the season over the weekend, coming out on top against a much larger opposition on their home pitch. The efforts seen from the side lines was incredible, with our Redlands boys aiming up in defence with some wonderful hits, whilst our attack was fluid and direct with some lovely individual efforts for our players.
The game started with a wonderful try from Hugh Sellar, who cut through the midfield defence of Oxley and ran the length of the field to score the first points of the match. Off the next restart, the much larger pack of Oxley started to run over the Redlands players with one of their players in particular running through the heart of our backline to score a try against the run of play. From there the game turned into an arm wrestle, with Oxley the stronger of the teams in size and strength but Redlands being the quicker more structured of the teams. There were some wonderful moments, Jackson Doyle making massive carries into the Oxley forwards, Chase Vandekreeke playing his best game of the season as he tackled anything that moved and making some brilliant runs. But ultimately it came down to one moment, with the score at 15-14 to Oxley, Jack Baker snaked through the defence, beating the fullback and sprinting away to the try line. With one to beat he dived to the corner, scoring an amazing try to bring us back in front. What followed was a tense two minutes as Oxley looked to score the winner, however with seconds on the clock, Oxley’s biggest forward came running down the side line only to be sent out by a huge hit from Hugh and Chase, game won Redlands. Brilliant effort from the whole team, well done.
Summer Sport Choices
Students have been emailed the link for their Summer sport choices. All students have until Sunday 12 August to complete their 2018/19 Summer Sport registration.
Tennis
Redlands has returned from the holidays with some impressive victories on the weekend. Team 1 had a dominant victory over Central Coast Grammar School, winning 5-3. Team 2 managed to keep a clean sheet against Central Coast Grammar 8-0. Team 3 produced some excellent tennis to defeat Barker 7-1. Team 4 maintained their winning record against Chevalier with an 8-0 win.
Weightlifting
Best of luck to Sean Russell (Yr 12), who will be in Melbourne this weekend competing in the National Powerlifting Championships. Sean will be competing in the 74kg weight class. Good luck Sean!
Waterpolo
Our Yr 7 boys and girls got off to a great start on Friday night in what, for some of them, was their first ever Waterpolo game. A little nervous to start, the boys started the first game against St Augustine’s White and unfortunately were no match for the Augies boys, going down 2-11, however you couldn’t wipe the smile off the boys’ faces at the end of the match. In true style they all stayed around to play the 2nd game against the St Augustine’s Green. This was a little closer, however the boys unfortunately went down 4-7. With lots of improvement still to come, the boys look like they are very eager for Waterpolo this year.
Our girls come up against a very strong Brigidine team, fighting throughout the game, and showed some great skills with a number of the girls having never played before. A big thank you to Sienna Kerr (Yr 11) and Maddy Hampton-Vickers (Yr 10) who helped coach the Yr 7 girls on Friday night.
If you are a Yr 7 girl and you are thinking about giving Waterpolo a try, please let Mr Ellis in the Sports Department know.
Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au
All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.