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Netball – ISA Semi Finals

It was a great last round for Redlands netball this past weekend with a number of teams securing their place in the finals, we have a staggering 13 of 16 teams in the finals this season, with 1 team already securing a Grand Final position. The ISA Netball finals will be held at Genea Netball Centre (Netball Central) parking will be tough as there is also a Cheer Competition in the next door Quay Centre, so please ensure you leave adequate time for traffic and parking (players are needed to be at the venue 30 minutes prior to the start of their games). The Redlands Rhino has the up-to-date fixtures and times. 

A huge congratulations to current 1^st VII Coach & Jnr A Coach Jemma Donoghue (Redlander 2018) and Eliza Burton who have been selected in the GWS Giants Netball team for the upcoming Australian National Championships, added congratulation to Eliza who was part of the North Shore United Premier League team who took out the NSW Opens Premier League championship on Saturday evening! We are extremely lucky to have both ladies on our coaching staff.

A reminder also that tickets are now available for the Redlands Netball Presentation Dinner on Thursday 15 September at Dee Why RSL Club.

Football – ISA Semi Finals

This Saturday 13 August will be the ISA Semi-Finals. Congratulations to our Redlands Football players, who have some great results this year with 8 teams through to the semi-finals! In the ISA Boys Football competition we have had four teams progress to the semi-finals this weekend: 1^st Boys, 2^nd Boys, 15A Boys and 14A Boys. In the Girls division of the ISA we have also had four teams through to the semi-finals this Saturday: 1^st Girls, 2^nd Girls, Junior A Girls, Junior Blue Girls. It is fantastic to see so many of our teams through to the finals this year, best of luck to all of our teams competing on Saturday! 

The End of Season Presentation Dinner will be going ahead on Tuesday 6^th September and it’s time to secure your tickets! Please follow the link below to purchase your tickets for the event:  

Hockey – ISA Semi Final

Our Redlands Hockey teams had some amazing results on Saturday, with both the 1^st and 2^nd Girls finishing the regular season with massive wins over St Andrew’s. With these fantastic results the 1^st Girls found themselves securing 3^rd place on the ladder and the 2^nd Girls found themselves in 2^nd place, with both teams comfortably making it through to the semi-finals. Both the 1^st and 2^nd Girls will be playing at Moorebank this Saturday, and we encourage the whole family to come along and support our Hockey players as they push for a spot in the finals!  

We can’t wait to celebrate the season with our Hockey families on Thursday 25 August at Balgowlah Bowling Club. Please follow the link below to secure your tickets for the dinner. All members of the family are welcome to attend and celebrate the 2022 Redlands Hockey Season! 

Athletics

As we progress through the end of the ISA Winter Season, we are excited to be starting the Athletics season, with training the last 2 Fridays seeing a large group of Athletes work closing with the Mosman Athletics Club coaching staff at Balmoral Oval. 

We will be entering 2 Invitational Carnivals both held at ES Marks (Boronia St, Kensington), the 2 carnivals will be: 

• Saturday 27 August
• Saturday 3 September

We encourage all Redlands Athletes to enter the 2022 NSW All Schools Athletics Championships scheduled to take place 24^th – 27^th September. Entries need to be completed by the individual competitor (not the school) and there are no qualification time/distance needed making it a great opportunity for competition practice. Entries close on Friday the 9^th of September

Date: Saturday 24 September – Tuesday 27 September

Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre (SOPAC)

Registration and Further Information: View Here   

AFL

We are looking forward to returning to the Final round of AFL this weekend. Details around this weekend’s fixtures can be found on Redlands Rhino. Good luck to all our teams!

Tennis – ISA Finals

With the last round of competition over the weekend, we would like to congratulate ISA Team 2, 5, 6 and 8 for making it into the ISA Finals this weekend at Barker College and Talus St Courts! Team Blue and Green and Team Orange and Emerald will also be competing for the Internal Competition Finals this weekend at Lane Cove!

We ask all players from each of these teams to attend this weekend’s finals (even reserves) to support your team and the school. Any players not competing this weekend are also welcome to come and support these teams! Please ensure you check your emails for further details regarding the finals’ time and place. 

• 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.

Water Polo

The Inter Water Polo teams are continuing to improve with each week they play, their season will continue into the summer season (with players only playing games and not having training), the last Thursday training for Water Polo will be Thursday 18 August, with summer sport starting in Term 3, Week 6.

Rugby

Redlands Rugby enjoyed an action-packed weekend of Rugby with matches for our Under 13s, Under 14s and our Opens against divisional rival St Andrews Cathedral School. With all matches played at our spiritual home of Campbell Field Macquarie, it was fantastic to see the number of parents, carers and other students who turned up to watch.

Our Under 13s, undefeated so far this season, started the day off in fine form with Danny Gordon stepping and weaving through defenders to score a try off the very first kick off!! This was immediately followed up by a brilliant run from Austin Durrant who, with a number of SACS players in his wake, sprinted through the midfield to score another quick try for Redlands. This set of a wave of tries for Redlands with Danny Gordon scoring another along with Raf Rolon, Rupert Perry and also Chase Hindmarsh also getting in on the action. What is so special about this Under 13 group is how they defend as a group and how they work together in attack and defence. It was fantastic to see players like Archie Farrell, Atticus Mitford-Burgess and Hector Maxwell get so involved with their tackles and ball carries. These boys set the platform for many of our tries, with tough yards through the middle creating space for our speed out wide.

Special mention must go to Samuel Haley who, with his grandparents and family all on the sideline, celebrated his birthday in true Redlands style. With a great run by Chase, backed up by quick ball movement from our half back Charlie Reeves, Sam exploded into in the clear and accelerated away from the defence, only stopping when he was able to dot the ball down behind for a try to Redlands. Sam continued to celebrate his birthday in the second half with a number of storming carries in attack and, with a try to Rupert Perry on the whistle, Sam would have easily converted the kick from in front had it not been for a rogue gust of wind that whipped the ball away in the last second.

Redlands 66 – SACS 0

Following on from this wonderful match, our Opens had the opportunity to compete against SACS in a modified 10s match. This allowed both teams to play some incredible running rugby with Josh Hicks jumping onto the scoreboard almost immediately. What followed was an extremely back and forth match, with both teams slugging it out with some amazing one on one tackles. In the second half, despite losing two of our players to injury, Redlands began to really push back against SACS. With tries to Jack Forrest and Ellery Prescott, Redlands was only down by a few points. SACS had some wonderful ball carriers in their team and, with an error from Redlands in the back field, were able to capitalise with a quick try to get that lead out to double digits. Many teams, already fatigued, would have dropped their heads and conceded but, it is a testament to this squad and the players coming through it, when we saw how our boys bounced back and fought to the bitter end. On weary legs, Vincas Lapinskas willed himself into his carries, smashing SACS players aside. Quick thinking from Samuel Chubbs led to a kick going through and, with a brilliant chase from Sam, the ball bounced perfectly into his waiting arms. A perfect 10 dive under the posts meant the scores finished as a narrow loss for Redlands but the heart shown by this group should be an inspiration to the rest of our program.

The Under 14s were next up and, having seen the efforts of our Opens and Under 13s, they were pumped. Henry Preece, supported by Hudson Kraus, led his troops out onto the field, the cheers of the tunnel echoing in their ears. With all that build up, it was not surprising to see our Under 14s dominate the opposition running away with an easy victory. This is a group of players who are continuing to develop as a group and, with new players coming into the squad for this year, the cohesiveness across the team is fantastic to see. Finn O’Sullivan was everywhere in attack, weaving through the defence like it was nothing. Wonderful work from Jack Koster and Otto Eden, in and around the rucks, allowed our attack to have such an easy platform to launch from. 

Special mention for the Under 14s must go to Hudson Kraus. To watch the effort this boy shows in defence is a sight to behold and I know for a fact some of the SACS boys are still nursing bumps and bruises from where Hudson hit them. This type of effort is a joy to watch and I could not be prouder of how Hudson has trained this year.

As a program, we now look to the last two weeks of the competition with matches this weekend against the always strong CCGS. For our Under 13s this clash of the only two undefeated teams will decide the ladder. Let’s get around that first game as a program and support these boys.

8:30am Kick Off – Under 13s start the day. Look forward to seeing you all there.

Basketball

We will be commencing basketball trials in Term 3, Week 6. You can find the preliminary basketball information on the Redlands Pulse – Basketball Page for all of the key dates and details for the upcoming season. We hope you are looking forward to the 2022/23 Basketball Season!

Fitness Centre 

As we reach the transition period between Winter Rep. Sport and the Summer Sport Season, the  Fitness Centre is the perfect place to build strength, power and speed.

All students can access the morning sessions which run every morning, Monday to Friday, from 6:30am. These sessions are for all Age-Groups and all Sports so every student is encouraged to bring a mate along with them to the sessions.

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