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It was great to get out and about to a number of Basketball games across the weekend, with the 1st Girls getting up in a close match against Barker College which will put them in good stead for the Finals series ahead, and a number of the Boys teams in close matches at St Pius X, with the 1st Boys going down by 7 in a game that was swinging both ways. This week sees our Rowing crews head to the Sydney International Regatta Centre for the NSW State Championships across both Saturday and Sunday, this will be a tough weekend of racing with a number of schools looking to use this weekend to launch the back end of the regatta season including the National Championships in Perth later in March.

Last week I mentioned that we as a department have developed some values and how they are lived within the Redlands Sport Programs. ‘Strive for Excellence’ is something that will be on show across the coaches and playing group. This is done by showing pride in yourself, your teammates and your school this is how you play the game and how you interact with your teammates, opposition and officials. Have a growth mindset with a willingness to take on challenges and learn from them to grow and develop. We all should be maintaining high expectations, of ourselves, our teammates being the best versions of ourselves.

‘Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better’ Pat Riley (Former NBA Player & Coach)

Summer Sport

A reminder that all key information for the season has been uploaded onto the Redlands Pulse – Secondary School Sport, if you have any addition questions, please reach out to the appropriate Sports Administrator listed below:

Sports Photos

All Sports Photos are available for parents to view / purchase on the SPA Images Website 

Photo Library >> Schoolsports 2022-23 >> select your sport

Password (redlands2023)

Redlands has an agreement with SPA Images that we will only use the images for marketing purposes.

Basketball

This Saturday 11 February is Round 8 of the ISA Basketball Season. A reminder to check the fixtures on the Redlands Pulse – Weekly Fixtures tab. Please ensure you are arriving to your game 30 minutes prior to the start time on the fixture, dressed in your Redlands Basketball uniform.

A number of our teams are travelling via bus this Saturday. All buses will depart from outside the Adams Centre on Military Rd. If you will be providing your own transport to the game can you please email kseebohm@redlands.nsw.edu.au so that the coaches are not waiting for you at the bus on Saturday.  

Best of luck to all of our teams competing in Round 8!

Redlands “Fab 5” Girls (Round 7)

Emilie Bessell: Emilie displayed fantastic leadership in a nail biting 4 point win over rival school, Barker College. Finishing with a season high 37 points and playing all 40 minutes of the game she was unstoppable.

Imogen Kroon: Imogen fought hard at both ends of the floor against a very strong Junior A side. She was aggressive on offence and was a fantastic teammate.

Nicole Steffan: Nicole showed great leadership at both ends of the floor. She was a big reason for such a fantastic first half, keeping the score between the Redlands 2nd Girls St Paul’s 1st Girls team close. She was given the task of guarding the strongest player on the opposition and took the challenge in her stride. Most importantly Nicole was supportive of her teammates for the duration of the game.

Eliza Draper: Eliza led her team by example on Saturday, hustling for the ball, encouraging her teammates and working hard to creating scoring opportunities in crucial moments of the game. She was key in closing the gap in the first part of the game and helped to keep the team calm as the game went into overtime. She made two free throws in the last 30 seconds of the game to get the team across the line.

Annalyse Rowe: Annalyse hustled hard for the ball and scored over half of the teams points after putting up a valiant effort by playing all 40 minutes of the first game of a double header. Despite scoring a large number of points she shared the ball with her teammates and helped to get others involved.

Redlands “Fab 5” Boys (Round 7)

Zain Navqi:  Zain was a monster on the court, crashed the boards hard, facilitated points and came up with a number of steals throughout the game. He led by example to his teammates and peers and was a weapon for the team on both offense and defence.

Oscar Whatmough: Oscar worked tirelessly on defence, often guarding much bigger and more athletic players. His never give up attitude was evident when if he happened to turn the ball over, he would run the guy down and often steal it back.  

Charlie Voyce: It was evident in the game that Charlie has put in work to improve his game over the holidays as it showed in his performance on Saturday. A leader offensively, creating opportunities and coming to two foot stops to make good decisions and making open 3’s.

Charlie Stephens: Charlie did a great job of pushing the pace of the game and setting up the half-court offence. He was also so scrambling on defence by picking up full court and forcing his player into a turnover on multiple occasions.

Max Garvey: Max was a monster with his fantastic defensive on Saturday. He effort was fantastic and he managed to maintain this as he played almost the entire game. St Pat’s couldn’t get any Offence going and Max also scored his first points of the season. 4pts, 7 steals and tonnes of hustle.

Coach of the week (Round 7)

Nate Roach: Nate stepped up big time on Saturday. He coached multiple teams and even filled in to coach the 1st Boys side and did an incredible job, keeping the boys calm and making some great change ups throughout the game. He did an incredible job and was part of a great battle from the boys.

Cross Country

In preparation for the upcoming Cross Country Carnival (Term 1, Week 9) and the Athletics Carnival in Term 2, Mr Walker and Ms Carrol will be running some Wednesday morning session from Week 3 (Wednesday 15th February), if you are interested in joining the Redlands Running Academy, please follow the link below to register your interest: Redlands Running Academy – Expression of Interest  

Fitness Centre

We have had a wonderful start to the year in the Redlands Fitness Centre with great numbers across all sessions in the first week. Led by our brand new Year 7s, we have had a variety of circuit-based training sessions blended alongside our individual sessions for our more senior athletes. I could not be more excited by what is to come within this space in the coming weeks and as we lead into the finals for our Summer Rep Sport.

For all students using the Fitness Centre space please continue to be aware of the following changes to the use of the Redlands Fitness Centre. Students are not able to leave school grounds at the conclusion of their sessions. Students are required to change back into their school uniforms and prepare for 1st Period. To assist with this transition, the Fitness Centre will now be open from 6:30am – 7:45am with students able to join throughout the morning. 

The Fitness Centre is the perfect space for students to build strength, speed and flexibility, key components of all Rep. Sports at Redlands. Our aim at the Fitness Centre is to create an open and inclusive space for all Redlands athletes and for all students to start their day off on a great note.

Sessions start promptly at 6:30am and have sessions tailored towards athletes of any ability, size, or skill.

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 or the Fitness Centre space as a whole.

Keep an eye out for our Trainer of the Week which will be announced in Note Day. Our Week One and Week Two winners will be announced next week.

Football

There will be a Friends of Football meeting on Monday 13 February at 8:15am at Le 76 Patisserie Neutral Bay (opposite Woolworths). If you are interested in being involved in the Friends of Football for 2023 please come along to the meeting. All interested Football parents/carers are welcome to attend and get involved in the Friends of Football for the 2023 Season.

 
Rowing

Rowing Camps Photos

Junior Camp

Senior Camp

Swimming

It was a very successful day at the Swimming Carnival on Tuesday at SOPAC, there was so much house spirit on display throughout the day. There were 6 records broken throughout the day, congratulations to 2023 Swimming Captain Loch Wilding (Yr 12) and Xander Halfen (Yr 11), with the records listed below.

Congratulations to Holly Smith (Yr 9) and Xander Halfen (Yr 11) who won their respective Champion of Champions race which is the fastest 50m Freestyle for each gender regardless of age.

For the first time since 2015 McDouall were crowned the 2023 Secondary School Swimming Champions, with Roseby in 2nd, Cowper 3rd and Dumolo 4th.

There will be some more information regarding the Redlands Swim Team to compete at the ISA Swimming Championships on Wednesday 15 March (Term 1, Week 7) send out to those successful in making the team

Age Champions & Runners-Up

Divisional Championships

Touch Football

Welcome to all our new touch footy members. A brilliant Saturday in the sun produced some fantastic results. Well done to all players who started off the season so competitively. 

Team of the Week, R6
Snr 1: Simone Franceschi
Snr 2: Dan Lev
Snr 3: Angus McLachlan
Jnr A : Jimmy Forrest
Jnr B: Harrison Murphy
Snr 1 : Hedi DeSaxe
Snr 2: Emma Noes
Snr 4: Scarlet Meijer
Inter A: Tali Feldman
Inter B: Mia Phipps
Jnr A: Katie Jennings & Elodie Melvin
Jnr B: Shriya Tandon

Reminder ahead of Round 8 fixtures:

All information is updated on Pulse weekly. 

Players making their own travel to games need to arrive 30 minutes before tap off. 

Teams with organised Bus travel, do not be late for your departure time! Pack plenty of food and water for the day. 

Students are encouraged to wear hats, Touch football is a sport with a lot of exposure in the sun. Please look after yourself!

Goodluck for this week’s games!

Jordan Parsonage

General Sport Information

Wet Weather

While every effort will be made to provide alternative training options, if sport needs to be cancelled due to wet weather a notification will be posted on the Redlands Sport Twitter page (@RedlandsSport) and an email will be sent out to both students and parents. This includes morning & afternoon training along with weekend fixtures.

Thursday afternoon sport training– wet weather arrangements (Year 8-12)
Students in Year 8-12 who are dismissed at the end of Period 5 are required to go directly home. 
Thursday afternoon sport training – 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

All student training and fixture details will be available to families under My Schedule on Redlands Pulse. Additionally, 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 Redlands Pulse Friday afternoon to ensure you have the latest 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. 

Sport Absences

Parents are required to send an email to the appropriate Sports administrator prior to missing any training session asking for their son/daughter to be excused 

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

Injured students are required to attend all training sessions and Saturday fixtures

Failure to do any of the above will jeopardise a student’s eligibility for Colours, Pockets, and Awards & result in school disciplinary action

Please refer to the Student Planner 2023 for full details on requirements for participating in a Representative Sport.

Summer Sport – Key Contacts

Mr Cameron Ellis
Head of Secondary School Sport
cellis@redlands.nsw.edu.au