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Redlands Return to Sport – Week 8 Guidelines

In line with the community sport guidelines, we are now at the point where students who are over 16 and not double vaccinated will not be able to participate in training and fixtures that occur off campus. Can I please encourage you to provide the school with your child’s vaccination status in order for them to continue to participate in Redland Sport.

Parent Guide Upload of student COVID-19 Certificate for Parents

Off-Site Training, Fixtures and Vaccinations

• In line with the community sport guidelines, students aged 16 and older who attend most of our off-site facilities must be fully vaccinated and will be required to show proof of vaccination status to facility staff on arrival.

Change-Rooms and Uniform

• School change-room access will be limited and students are encouraged to wear their PE uniform to school on days they have Sport training.
• For Saturday fixtures, we will adopt the ‘Arrive, Play, Depart’ mentality for these fixtures

Representative Sport

• Sport Specific information is also available to families on the Secondary School Sports Page on Redlands Pulse.

Representative Sport 

Touch Football

It was great to see the touch football program back in action on Saturday morning. A reminder that we have our trial matches on this weekend. Please check Redlands Pulse for teams lists and Redlands Rhino for the latest fixtures.

For Saturday fixtures, students must make their own way to and from the Macquarie University Sporting Fields. We will adopt the ‘Arrive, Play, Depart’ mentality for these fixtures.

Please note any student over the age of 16 is required to be fully vaccinated in order to play in the games against other schools. Please ensure you notify acox@redlands.nsw.edu.au if you will therefore be unavailable to participate in the games on Saturday 27th November.

Holiday Training

We will be running some holiday training sessions during the first 2 week of the December Holidays as well as the week prior to school returning. These sessions will run on the Junior School Oval and will require those over the age of 16 to be fully vaccinated.

The sessions will run the following times:

• 8:00am – 9:30am – Senior (Yr 10 & 11)
• 9:30am – 11:00am – Inter Touch Football (Yr 9)
• 11:00am – 12:30pm – Junior Touch Football (Yr 7 & 8)

The sessions will run on the following dates:

2021 –

• Tuesday 7th December
• Thursday 9th December
• Tuesday 14th December
• Thursday 16th December

2022 –

• Monday 24th January
• Tuesday 25th January
• Thursday 27th January

If you are interested in attending the please sign up via the following google form

https://forms.gle/PyXbJKC5bEPY4hhA6

Basketball

We hope that students have enjoyed the return to basketball this term. A reminder that all students registered for basketball will have a commitment this Saturday 27^th November, the details of which can be found on Redlands Pulse. For students playing against St Andrew’s Cathedral School or Barker College please check the Covid protocols carefully ahead of the game on the weekend. Any student over the age of 16 is required to be full vaccinated to be eligible to play in the games against other schools on Saturday. There will be no basketball during Term 4, Week 9. We wish all families a safe and enjoyable holiday break. 

Sailing

Our Redlands sailors have been back on the water for the past few weeks, battling strong winds and challenging weather conditions. Last weekend was no exception when our year 9, 10 and 11 sailors competed in the first round of the Redlands Sailing Series. Racing in over 50 km/h winds, Katina Casimaty and her crew Dasha Sychova were the overall champions of the day. They were closely followed by Alissandra Braden and her crew Isabella Treloar and Alex Gibbs and his crew Sholto Mirrlees-Black.

This Saturday, 27 November, will be the final training session of 2021. This week we have some wet weather forecasted, however sailing will still be on. Please be sure to bring some warmer sailing gear and a raincoat to training this week. In the event that the weather prevents us from being able to go on the water, the training session will be shortened and we will run a fitness and theory session onshore. If this occurs, an email will be sent out the morning of the training session notifying everyone about the earlier finish time

Saturday Training 27 November
Sailors:             All Sailors
Time:                8.00am-12.00pm 
Parking:           Parents and carers cannot access the RSYS car park. We recommend that you park locally and then meet/drop off students outside the RSYS pedestrian gate on Peel St.

For more information, visit Redlands Pulse – Sailing.

Tennis

This coming Saturday, 27^th November, will be the final tennis training session of the term. Tennis training will start back up Term 1, 2022. There will be a new training schedule for 2022. It will be released once confirmed.

Saturday 27 November Training Schedule

Students are expected to attend their scheduled training session, if a student is unable to attend for any reason, please email Eliza Peirce. Students should bring their own tennis racquet, hat and water bottle to all training sessions. Students may choose to wear their white tennis polo on Saturday’s however this is not compulsory this term. Students will need the white tennis polo for Term 1. Wet Weather updates are found on @RedlandsSport.

There are a number of great opportunities for students to improve their tennis over the summer. Grand Slam tennis are offering a number of extended training sessions for current Redlands tennis students. Registrations are now open. Students looking for some match play experience, NSTA is running a twilight UTR event for U16 at Talus St on Friday November 3, starting at 6.00pm. For more information and to register. Happy and Safe holidays to all Tennis families.

Rowing

REINDEER REGATTA (Year 8, 9, 10 & 11)

On Saturday 4 December Rowing NSW is holding the Reindeer Regatta at Penrith. This is an optional regatta for all Year 8-11 rowing students. It is an opportunity for students to get in their first regatta in what has been an interrupted season so far. All suitable racing for our students is limited to the morning half of the regatta, meaning that this will be a half day regatta and transport will be provided. Further details have been emailed to families already that include the signup link below:

Reindeer Regatta: https://forms.gle/4JGuXrLkkB5ae3pN9 (Due: 8.00am Mon 29 Nov 2021)

MOCK REGATTA (Year 7)

On Saturday 4 December from 7.00-9.00am we will be holding a mock regatta for our Year 7 students at Davidson Park which is located just under Roseville Bridge. Racing will be conducted internally with the coaches and myself selecting a number of different crews that we think will be evenly match to gain valuable race experience. Crews will battle it out against each other across a distance of 500m running the length of the park that will provide ample viewing opportunities for spectators. Transport is not provided for this however the rowing staff will have the boats and equipment mostly ready when the students arrive. There is also ample parking available at Davidson Park.

We appreciate that some families will already be taking advantage of the school holidays and have departed Sydney, so we ask that all Year 7 rowing students list their availability using the signup form found at the link below:

Year 7 Mock Regatta: https://forms.gle/aAXoQHAdKMWPqwnG6 (Due: 5.00pm Tue 30 Nov 2021)

HOLIDAY ROWING

A reminder that students will continue to train next week with the last formal sessions being held on Tuesday morning. Our optional holiday sessions will commence from Thursday 2^nd of December onwards. Information about these has been emailed to students and families alike this afternoon and included the sign up links below: 

SENIORS (2021 Year 9, 10 & 11)

Dec 2021: https://forms.gle/YmPr21ysxC9PXYTw8 (Due: Tue 30 Nov 2021)

Jan 2022: https://forms.gle/FuPUwEwvC5cL4wZ47 (Due: Sun 2 Jan 2022)

JUNIORS (Year 7 & 8)

Dec 2021: https://forms.gle/L6Z3ziK63AbnMwQw7 (Due: Tue 30 Nov 2021)

Jan 2022: https://forms.gle/b9GGzEjx8o9vFyut9 (Due: Sun 2 Jan 2022)

JANUARY ROWING CAMPS

Detailed information about the January camps is forthcoming but will most include a slight date change pushing both camps back a few days. This is a reflection to our need to relocate the camps to Mosman due to the Department of Education still having restrictions in place for overnight excursions as part of the Level 3 Covid plans. We had hoped that there would be more information about the holiday period but this has not been updated yet.

The new camp dates are as follows:

SENIORS (2021 Year 9, 10 & 11): Thurs 13/1 to Sat 15/1 & Mon 17/1 to Wed 19/1

JUNIORS (2021 Year 7 & 8): Thurs 20/1 to Sat 22/1

Non-Representative Sport

We hope students have enjoyed the variety of Non-Rep sports on offer this term. There will be no Non-Rep sport during Term 4, Week 9. In Term 1, 2022 we plan to return to the usual non-rep schedule if the restrictions allow for us to do so. Further information will be provided closer to the Term 1 return date. Wishing all families a safe and enjoyable holiday break.

Fitness Centre

To finish off the last week of the school sear the Redlands Fitness Centre will be celebrating with a Monday Morning Session dedicated to the Year Group with the largest attendance throughout the year – our mighty Year 7s. 

It has been fantastic to see the students return to the Fitness Centre over the last couple of weeks and all of our Age-Groups have had some standout performers. A special highlight must go to the incredible Heid de Saxe (Year 7) who this week set a personal best, deadlifting an amazing 72.5kg for a whopping 11 reps! Both Luke and I would like to congratulate Heidi for achieving such a feat especially considering all of the work she has put in over Lockdown and into the Term 4 sessions.

Students must sign up via the Form on Redlands iLearn which will go live first thing tomorrow morning. Capacity for the session will be 20 Students so get in quick.

Luke and I could not be more excited to finally have a morning session after so long.

There will also be an additional session for our Year 8s on Monday afternoon as well.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: All students wishing to use the fitness facilities are required to bring the following to every session:

• • Towel
  • Drink bottle
  • Redlands Sport / PE Uniform

The gym and all equipment will be wiped down in between each session and a thorough clean is undertaken at the end of each day. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jack Gooding, Director of Athletic Development jgooding@redlands.nsw.edu.au.

Key Contacts:

We appreciate the ongoing support of the Redlands community in their respect of the Sport Protocols. These ensure the safety of our community.

 Mrs Alison Cox
Head of Secondary School Sport
acox@redlands.nsw.edu.au