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Student Achievements

On Wednesday 25 May, the Redlands Cross County community presented an inspiring example of determination, resilience, and encouragement. The ISA Cross Country carnival challenged students to move past their comfort zone and engage with an intimidating sport. It was the support of the Redlands community that saw every competitor finishing strong and ensuring they left nothing on the course, despite the unfortunate weather conditions leaving multiple students crossing the finish line dressed in mud (or shoeless). 

A special mention to Finn Gurney in 12 Boys for taking home 2nd place, Isaac Brooks for finishing strong in 3rd place, Bronte Backhouse for finishing 5th, and Amber Kusano in Year 8 who finished 7th. These results come from their hard work and perseverance. However, it was through the determination of all Redlands runners who participated that allowed Redlands to place 1st in the Senior Girls, as well as 3rd Overall for the Boys. 

Congratulations to everyone who made the CIS squad (listed below), we wish you the best of luck for the upcoming carnival:

• Bronte Backhouse (U17 Girls)
• Emilie Bessell (U16 Girls)
• Isaac Brooks (U16 Boys)
• Maddy d’Almeida (U17 Girls)
• Thomas Brown (U13 Boys)
• Finn Gurney (U12 Boys)
• Daniel Koppers (15 Boys)
• Amber Kusano (U14 Girls)
• Landon Mansell (U14 Boys)
• Nicholas Meagher (U12 Boys)
• Gianmarco Pradel (U16 Boys)
• Finn Woodward (U17 Boys)

An incredible result that speaks to the efforts of Coaches Ms Gocher, Ms Carroll and Mr Frost, as well as Mr Ellis for his administration and encouragement. A particular thanks to Mr Walker, for his continuous dedication to the cross country program. 

Olivia Vigneault & Max Rawlinson

Carnivals

Swimming Carnival

The Swimming Carnival is a week away, with Thursday 9  June just around the corner. A reminder that students need to be a school no later than 7:15am in the following locations:

• Year 7– Dunnet Hall – Wet weather meeting – Dunnet Hall
• Year 8– Dunnet Hall – Wet weather meeting – Dunnet Hall
• Year 9– Junior School Oval – Wet weather meeting – Dunnet Hall
• Year 10– Junior School Oval – Wet weather meeting – Dunnet Hall
• Year 11 –Secondary School Top Terrace – Wet weather meeting – Liggins Quad
• Year 12 –Secondary School Top Terrace – Wet weather meeting – Liggins Quad

200IM – students wishing to compete in the 200IM will need to register via email to Mr Ellis cellis@redlands.nsw.edu.au, the bus transporting the 200IM competitors, and Yr 12 House Captains will depart from Murdoch Street at 7:00am. 

Swimmming Carnival Uniform

Students wear House Colours to the Swimming Carnival 

• Swimmers:  appropriate swimwear to be worn in the pool. Googles and swim caps are to be worn for races
• Dress: All students should dress in their House colours. At a minimum, students should wear an appropriate top in their house colour.
  • Cowper– wear yellow clothes on the day
  • Dumolo– wear red clothes on the day 
  • McDouall– wear green clothes on the day 
  • Roseby– wear white clothes on the day 
• Costumes: Year 12 students are the only students permitted to dress up in suitable costumes to wear in the stands. 
• Enclosed shoes must be worn when entering and leaving the SOPAC venue, thongs/slides are able to be worn on the pool deck only. 

Athletics Carnival

With the Athletics Carnival a few weeks away (Tuesday 21 June, Term 2, Week 9), we will be offering trainings on Friday afternoons at Balmoral Oval. These sessions will be run by Redlands Track & Field Head Coach Mr Nick Walker, as well as Mr Rich Frost (Head Coach of Mosman Athletics Club) and the Mosman Athletics Club coaching staff. If you are interested in attending these session please email Mr Ellis cellis@redlands.nsw.edu.au for more information.

Winter Sport

AFL

We are looking forward to round 6 this weekend, for all teams this weekend this Friday 3and Saturday 4 May. The draws are available on the Redlands Pulse AFL, please ensure you check the Redlands Rhino for the most up to date fixture information each week. 

Good luck to all our teams!

Cross Country and Athletics Training

We will continue to offer Cross Country training on Friday afternoons throughout Term 2 to interested students. These sessions are open to all students and will not only prepare students for the Cross Country Carnival but will also assist students participating in the 2022 Representative Winter Sports Season.

When:                               Friday Afternoons
Time:                                 3.30pm-5.00pm
Venue:                              Balmoral Oval

If you are interested in joining this group please fill out the Cross Country Training Expression of Interest Form. Please contact Mr Walker (Head Coach) if you have any questions.

Football 

In Round 5 the majority of our Football teams were back in action at our home fields, Macquarie University. Despite the recent rain the fields were open and although they were a little soggy, our players and coaches were thrilled to get the opportunity to play again at our home fields. Our Girls Football program had another fantastic weekend. The 1^st Girls were up against the top of the table Barker College 1. It was a tough game with both teams having a number of chances but Barker were able to convert more of their opportunities and left with a 3-1 win. The 2^nd Girls were up against Barker 3 and had a very dominant game, finishing the day with a huge 8-0 win. The Junior A Girls continued their undefeated streak against Barker Junior A in their toughest game to date, but still managed to end the game with a 3-1 win. The Junior Blue side had a tight 2-1 loss, while the Junior Gold Girls finished the round with a 2-2 draw. 

Our Boys program were playing the majority of their games against St Pius X College. The 1^st Boys played in a very physical match with both teams getting quite heated, finishing with a 0-0 draw it was a great result for our boys against one of the powerhouse schools in ISA Boys Football. The 2^nd Boys continued their great form in the first half and were leading 2-1 against St Pius at half time but couldn’t manage to keep the lead in the second half. The 15A were well matched against St Pius, finishing with a 2-1 loss, while the 14A team continues to be a force to be reckoned with, finishing the day with a massive 4-0 win. The 14B/13B combined team had a very tough game against St Spyridon 14A, while our 13A side showed some huge improvements from previous weeks and had a thrilling game which resulted in a 4-3 loss. The 13B team played another tough game this week against a strong Oakhill side but continue to compete each week regardless of the opposition.

Best of luck to all of our Football teams this week in Round 6 of the ISA competition. A reminder to check the Redlands Rhino (Redlands Pulse) for the most up to date fixtures for the week ahead. 

Our Director of Football, Gerry Gomez is running the Redlands Football Development program on Monday morning at the Junior Campus Oval from 7am-8am. This session is open to all girls and boys Football players in Year 7-9. In the event of wet weather the session will be moved into Dunnet Hall and students will need to bring appropriate shoes for indoor training. We hope to see you there! 

Save the Date

Please save the date for the end of season Football presentation which will be held on Tuesday 6 September at Dee Why RSL. Further information will be provided closer to the date.

Hockey

In Round 5 our Hockey players made the trip to Mittagong to play against Oxley College. 

It was an early morning for all our gorgeous hockey players this Saturday. We were all a bit sleepy eyed on the bus ride down to Frensham (in Mittagong), but once we got to the field – all rugged up in trackies and scarfs – we got the music pumping in support of the 2nds, who had an awesome game! It was so great to be able to support the other Redlands team, who are improving every week. We started the game strong, and showed great skill and composure throughout, but unfortunately the scoreline didn’t go our way this week, and we went down 4-0. We held out against a strong team for most of the game, and it was only in those last few minutes that they got a big lead. We had some great moments and are looking forward to training hard this week ahead of our game next Saturday! – Ellie Trueman (Year 11). 

The 2nds played one of the best matches so far! Winning an amazing 9-0 against Oxley College, all the way at Frensham. Sahara scored an amazing 4 goals followed by Lexi’s 3 goals and Jemima and Noush scoring a goal each. Both coaches, Beth and Yasmin, were very excited and proud of the team, particularly as they were playing without a sub for the first half. Special mention to Ava and Jess for playing half a game each as goalie this week! Shout out to Annie’s dad for driving her out after she missed the bus, in order for the team to have a sub in the second half. 

In Round 6 our 1^st Girls Hockey team will be playing against Chevalier College and our 2^nd Girls Hockey will be playing against Blue Mountains Grammar School. Best of luck to both of our Hockey teams in Round 6!  

A reminder to save the date for the End of Season Hockey function which will be held on Thursday 25 August. We can’t wait to see all of our Hockey players and parents there to celebrate the season. 

Netball 

We had a number of exciting games of Netball this past weekend, with a number of teams seemingly getting their season back on track with some resounding victories. This week saw the mid-point in the ISA Netball season, with a number of changes to the ISA Draw for a few Redlands teams. Redlands Pulse – Netball has the latest version of the draw, please ensure you look over the draw to see if there have been changes to your teams’ Saturday fixtures. The Redlands Rhino will have the most up-to-date weekly fixtures, and it will be uploaded onto Pulse and the Redlands App each Tuesday afternoon. 

The Redlands Netball Presentation Dinner has been locked in for Thursday 15 September, more details regarding the location, timings and how to purchase tickets will be sent out shortly.

Rugby

With the sun finally out, Redlands Rugby could officially get the 2022 ISA Rugby Season underway, playing matches against divisional rivals Redfield and also St Augustines.

Having the opportunity to be back on the sidelines was fantastic, with the sense of community and spirit amongst the teams and parents easily identifiable. Our Under 13s started the morning off travelling to Rat Park to play a brilliant match against a strong St Augustines team. Having not had the chance to really train much over the past few weeks, the opening quarter was very much about building combinations and learning their positions. Quickly though, some of the stronger players within the group really started to gel and we started to see the Redlands team begin to put pressure on their opposition. Charlie Reeves, Chase Hindmarsh and Austin Durrant took control of the match, putting points on the board with some skilled kicking, passing and ball carrying. The highlight of the match had to be the long pass from the scrum by Charlie, the quick thinking chip of Chase, the brilliant regather and run by Austin, all finished off by Chase supporting the whole way and getting the final pass for another Redlands try. Special mention must also go to Danny Gordons length of the field effort which brought Redlands back in the game, allowing us to again build pressure on Augies, an Austin Durrant try sealing off a wonderful win.

Other memorable moments for the weekend would be our Under 16s beating the Redfield side again. This is long built rivalry, tracing back to when this Redfield team demolished Redlands 75-5 all the way back in Year 7. Since then, this incredible group have developed as a squad, bringing fresh faces into the team and now sit again, top of the table, having crushed Redfield for the second consecutive year.

Lastly, it was fantastic for our Redlands Rugby Captain for 2022, Hugh Sellar, to be able to lead out his squad finally. Whilst the 1^st XV suffered a disappointing loss, the efforts put in by the squad were tremendous, with Hugh leading the charge as always. Look for this group to continue to build, especially leading into a tough match this weekend against Chevalier College.

Snowsports

Please see the Snowsports page for all the most up to date information regarding the 2022 Snowsports season.

Tennis

We had some close ISA matches over the weekend, but our Firsts and Seconds were able to achieve a solid win against opposing school St Patrick’s College! Team Green in the Internal Competition also had a close win against Team Red (down to a tiebreaker!) – securing their place in tied second on the leaderboard. The Internal Competition Results will be sent out for all players to access and keep track of their standings. We are very happy with the progress these new students are showing in terms of technique and matchplay. 

A reminder for Round 6 (4 June) this weekend:

• Please submit your team roster to the Google form before Wednesday 12pm
• If you are unable to attend Saturday’s competition, please email Caitlin Wong by no later than 12pm on Friday. Attendance is mandatory otherwise and particularly important for ISA players as this competition has very strict guidelines.
• Please check the draw and playing pairs list to see when/where/who you are playing.
• Students need to arrive at the venue at least 15 minutes before start time.
• For any questions, please email Caitlin Wong.

Wishing all players good luck for this weekend’s competition!

Waterpolo 

With only two rounds to go before the Senior Competition enters the finals, both the Boys and Girls teams will be looking to build some momentum for the last few weeks. With all three teams still with a chance to play finals it will be great to get all players there on Friday night. The Inters are continuing to improve with each week, with the girls taking strides in both their ball movement and defensive tactics, with two rounds to go before they head into the mid-season break, both the Inter Boys & Inter Girls will be looking to finish the term strongly.

Fitness Centre 

The Fitness Centre is the perfect space to develop speed, fundamental movements and also power. All students can access the morning sessions which run Monday to Friday start promptly at 6:30am. We have had a great number of students attending the sessions and look forward to welcoming more interested students over the coming weeks!

Students are reminded to bring with them the following.

• A water bottle
• Towel
• Redlands PE / Sports Uniform

Sports and students are asked to contact the Director of Athletic Development Mr Jack Gooding jgooding@redlands.nsw.edu.au for any specific questions regarding these sessions.

Winter Sport – Key Contacts

General Sport Information

Wet Weather

If training is cancelled due to wet weather, a notification will be posted on the Redlands Sport Twitter page (@RedlandsSport) in addition, an email will be sent out to both students and parents. This includes morning & afternoon training along with weekend fixtures.

Thursday afternoon sport – wet weather arrangements (Year 8-12)
In order to limit student mixing indoors, Students in Year 8-12 who are dismissed at the end of Period 5 are required to go directly home. Sport coaches and Redlands staff will supervise their COVID-safe departure. 

Thursday afternoon sport – wet weather arrangements (Year 7)
In the event that year 7 sport is cancelled on Thursday afternoon, students will remain at school until 3.20pm and participate in sport based activities.

Fixtures

A friendly reminder that the weekly Fixtures (The Redlands Rhino) can be found on the Secondary School Sport page on Redlands Pulse from Wednesday each week. Please ensure you check this on Friday each week to ensure you have the most up to date fixture information.

Uniform

The Redlands sports uniform should be worn to all trainings and matches (students are not permitted to wear any non-Redlands branded clothing). In the event of inclement weather students should wear their Redlands fleece or sports tracksuit.

Game Time and Arrival Times

Students should arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of their scheduled fixture on Saturday (unless directed otherwise). Please ensure you know where you are playing and the likelihood of traffic on Saturday mornings to allow adequate time.

Attendance at Sport

Can we please draw your attention to the following communication process regarding absence from sport:

1. Parents are required to send an email to the appropriate Sports administrator prior to missing any training session asking for them to be excused 
2. Any student unable to attend a Saturday fixture due to illness, is required to submit a Medical Certificate to their Sports administrator by the Monday morning following the missed fixture
3. Injured students are required to attend all training sessions and Saturday fixtures
4. Failure to do any of the above will jeopardise a student’s eligibility for Colours, Pockets, and Awards & result in school disciplinary action

Please note that the first unexplained absence will result in a lunchtime detention with further unexplained absences escalating to a Friday afternoon Detention. Please refer to the Student Planner 2022 for full details on requirements for participating in a Representative Sport.

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