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Last weekend I was lucky enough to get down to Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron to see the Sailing group work on some tactical skills on the harbour, a wonderful place for Sport on a sunny Saturday morning! The team at RSYS have a great set up and we are thankful for the program they have created for our sailors!

It is fitting that this week we speak about the next Value in which we as a community are growing within the Redlands Sport programs. Respect. We are asking all members to demonstrate integrity and character in all your actions and interactions, whether that is with your coaches, your teammates, your opposition and those watching you. Show inclusivity, courtesy, consideration and understanding towards others, and finally to develop authentic and trusting relationships between students, coaches and the wider school community.

This weekend we enter the last round of the ISA Summer Competition. As for some of the Yr 12 students, this will be the last time they compete for Redlands, it would be great to get as much support for those teams as possible.

‘Good teams become great ones, when the members trust each other enough to surrender the “me” for the “we”’

Phil Jackson

Cameron Ellis
Head of Secondary School Sport (Acting)
cellis@redlands.nsw.edu.au

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 

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

Basketball

“Fab 5” Girls:

Imogen Kroon: Imogen played hard at both ends of the court even after a tough fall early on. She kept her composure well during a tense final 5 minutes to finish with some beautiful drives to the basket. 

Maddie Boris: Although getting into foul trouble early in the game, Maddie continued to show great hustle on both offence and defence by diving on loose balls, chasing fast break lay ups as well as running the lanes hard for an easy kick aheads. Not only this, Maddie demonstrated a positive attitude regardless of score which kept her team mates motivated.

Jove Hazell: Jove was really consistent on Saturday, especially on the defensive end. She always hustled back on defence no matter how far she was from the ball. She also did a great job at sharing the ball on offence and moving to create space for her teammates.  

Heidi Charles: Heidi was a beast for us on both ends of the court. She hustled hard on defence, leading our teams in blocks as well as points. She was attentive, brought the energy and was always there to help her teammates.

Charlie Hoskin: Charlie has improved so much this season and is doing a great job contributing at both ends of the court. On Saturday she was an absolute weapon fighting for the ball, creating over 6 jump balls in the game.

“Fab 5” Boys:

Kane Thompson: Definition of “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog”. Kane put his body on the line against much larger opponents and played right to the end regardless of the result.

Oliver Wood: Even though the boys had a hard day at the office, with lots of them hitting the floor after heavy contact, Oli kept engaged and positive. He has worked hard on his outside shooting and during this match he landed a 3 point swish, which made everyone happy.

Zain Naqvi: Zain was unstoppable to help the team break out to a monster lead. You could see how badly Zain WANTED it. He crashed boards, drove to the basket and was an integral part of the team getting a nice lead. He had the other team looking for the physio with all the ankles he was breaking.

Andreas Kokkinnis: Andreas always comes with a positive attitude to games. He hit some big shots for us to try and close the gap. He was great at getting his teammates involved with good lead passes in transition and worked hard to get some good defensive stops.

Erol Jackson: Erol hit to massive 3’s in overtime of the 3×3 grand final. His effort and attitude were fantastic and you can tell he truly enjoys playing the game and trying to improve.

Coach of the Week

Cooper Wilks: Cooper is such a great role model for our students and he has done a fantastic job all year. Cooper had the 15As working well together as a team to get as best result as possible. Cooper also mounted an incredible comeback with his 15As team who started down in a big deficit early.

Friends of Basketball are delighted to invite Redlands Basketballers in Years 8-12, their parents and coaches to a dinner to celebrate the end of the Basketball season and the achievements of our players this year. This engaging evening will include dinner, speeches, awards and trivia and will be a great way to close our season. We plan for the event to finish by 9.15pm. Tickets $60 pp. Sales close Sunday 5 March. 

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 Carroll will be running some Wednesday morning sessions 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 Yr 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 1 and Week 2 winners will be announced next week.

Football

Congratulations to the 1st Boys Football Squad who won Round 1 of the CIS Cup in 2023. They played a fantastic game against Penrith Anglican College and had a dominant 5-1 win. We would like to wish them the best of luck as the progress onto Round 2 of the tournament.

Hockey

Eloise Trueman was awarded the Hockey NSW Community Young Coach of the Year Award at the Hockey NSW Awards Night in Newcastle on Saturday. A massive congratulations on such a fantastic achievement for our 2023 Hockey Captain!

Rowing

Information for the upcoming regattas has already been forwarded to families and we are looking forward to seeing the students racing once again with the Yr 8 Boys at Hen & Chicken while the rest of the program is racing at Penrith.

Please see the message below from Friends of Rowing regarding some upcoming events:

ACT Weekend 4-5 March 2023

As in previous years, the Canberra regatta weekend will be a highlight of the season.  Our rowers will be racing on Saturday and Sunday and we are expecting a big parent contingent to travel to ACT.  

We have organised an early evening drinks gathering for all parents at the QT Hotel Lobby Bar from 6pm – 7:15pm.  Year Group dinners have been organized for parents from 7:30pm:

Yr 8 Parents  – Bicicletta – 1/15 Edinborough Ave, Canberra 

Yr 9 Parents – P.J’s  in the City – 52 Aling St, Canberra City

Senior Parents – Bentspoke Brew Pub, 38 Mort St Braddon – Entry Elourera st

Please reach out to the following if you are not already on your years’ parents WhatsApp group, to confirm your attendance at the dinners:

• Yr 8 – Liz Salz, M: 0414 952 072
• Yr 9 – Fleur Huston, M:0409 008 899
• Yr 10 – Suzy Inacio, M: 0466 904 964
• Yr 11 & 12 – Erica Bongarzoni, M: 0449 253 101

If you have not already organised accommodation, don’t forget that there is a Redlands discount at the QT Hotel where many families will stay. Use the code REDLANDS22.

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Or by contact reservations on +61 2 6867 1205.

Rowing Dinner 4 April 2023

Please keep Tuesday 4 April free in your diaries for the annual Rowing Dinner.  This is our chance to celebrate the achievements of the rowers and say thank you to the coaches who made it possible.  This year we will be returning to Zest for the dinner and will be sending out information on how to buy tickets in the next few weeks.

Foot of the River 30 April – 28 May

The rowing fun doesn’t stop at the end of the season.  Once again, the “Foot of the River” regatta will be taking place in May, giving you a chance to experience Redlands Rowing for yourselves.  

Foot of the River is a fun rowing activity for parents, families and friends of our rowers.  You will get to train in a quad scull under the direction of Redlands coaches, and then compete against other parent and family crews in races over 500m.  It is a chance to feel what it is like for our student rowers and an opportunity to train on beautiful Middle Harbour. Sign up as an individual and we will assign you a boat, or put your own quad together with family, friends or colleagues. No rowing experience is necessary, and crew selection and training will take into account your fitness and previous rowing history.

Training will be twice a week from 30 April to 27 May.  The regatta will take place on 28 May at Davidson Park, Forestville.  A sign-up link will be sent out soon, so get planning your crew.

Sailing

Redlands Sailing this week finally received better conditions to go sailing with sunny days with moderate wind from the northeast. The Pacer sailors are preparing for their upcoming teams racing regattas with a focus on starts whilst beginning to understand some tactics in more depth., whilst the Elliotts are working on mastering their boat control and handling in the larger boats. The racing program is starting to ramp up towards the regatta, and getting everyone to the training focused and prepared to train with intensity is critical.

The coaches request that all sailors to watch this 20-minute video on racing rules for teams racing.

Please watch this video

Saturday Sailing is a race day with the Redlands Series with a BBQ after for all the sailors and parents.

Yr 7s are away this week with camp but are expected to be at sport on Saturday, as it is with all sports, not just sailing.

Tuesday sailing this week is group B, and the bus will leave from the Adams Centre carpark.

Sailing Dinner Date Change – 30 March

The Redlands dinner has been changed to 30 March due to clashes with the School Musical; this is just a save-the-date as we await RSYS to confirm their availability.

There will be more information coming soon.

Tennis

Congratulations to our competition players for some great matches despite the hot weather over the weekend! Please ensure to bring a hat, water bottle and wear sunscreen to Saturday matches this term as the sun is out all day on court. 

Wishing all players good luck this weekend for Round 3! Make sure to refer to the latest roster and draw in your emails and ensure you are arriving at least 15 mins early to the courts to allow for warm up time.

Touch Football

Round Recap:

Round 9 produced some fantastic performances around the grounds, many our of teams showing a vast improvement in skill and knowledge around the game. The below players have been selected by their coaches for a spot in the team of the week. 

Team of the Week, R9:

Snr 1: Hugo Scott
Snr 3: Angus McLachlan
Jnr A : Charlie Reeves 

Snr 1 : Indi Hindmarsh & Amynta Field 
Snr 2:Chloe Jennings
Inter A: Sela Tea
Inter B: Eleanor Blankenstein
Jnr A: Amelie Dewar
Jnr B: Sami Beck & Oliva Ross-Sampson

This weekend we have a number of teams fighting for a positive result to find their way into finals. We wish all teams a great performance for their last round game this weekend. 

We also have the following students off to NSW Touch, Junior State Cup this weekend playing for Norths Bears. Congratulations for your selection into the representative teams outside of the school pathways. These players are off to Dubbo with a number of our staff who are also Norths Bears Coaches: Emma, Keaton, Ella, Olivia, Katie and Jordy.

• Rupert Perry
• Hector Maxwell
• Charlie Reeves
• Jimmy Forrest
• Felix Shawbsky 
• Dean Mansell
• Tara Ward
• Alexia van der Mewre
• Sam Wightwick
• Heidi De Saxe
• Arkie Riches
• Sela Tea
• Amynta Field

Goodluck to all!

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