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Another value in which it should be lived throughout sport is ‘Fun’. Having enjoyment of sport leads to greater motivation, engagement and overall quality of the experience. By creating and maintaining safe, supporting and fun environments allows students to gain personal satisfaction from improvement and growth. We encourage students to empower others to embrace successes and celebrate them accordingly.

Last weekend saw the final round of the ISA Summer Season for Basketball and Touch Football. We have a number of teams across both sports who have progressed straight through to their respective Grand Finals, with a number of teams playing this weekend. All students (and parents/carers) should take the time to see where they are playing and their games times, and allow for adequate travel time, players need to be at their fixture 30 minutes prior to their game starting (if your game starts at 10:00am you need to be at the courts/fields by 9:30am).

Wednesday 8 March is International Women’s Day, with this year’s theme ‘embracing equity’, I was contacted during the week by Grace Durrant (Yr 11) who has a huge passion for Sport, in particular the challenges that face many young women. On Wednesday at lunchtime we will be opening up Redlands Hall for all students to come and participate in a Q&A with a number of elite athletes of the Redlands community, to discuss and breakdown barriers and concepts of what a ‘male’ and ‘female’ sport is. We have a number of past, present and future elite female athletes on the panel, and are encouraging all students to come with some questions they might have. The panel includes (with a few other athletes to be announced):’

• Redlands Director of Coaching: Basketball – Renae Camino
  • 2x WNBL Champion (07/08 & 12/13)
  • WNBL Grand Final MVP (2008)
  • FIBA Oceania Womens Championship (2007)
  • AIS Junior Athlete of the Year (2006)
  • WNBL Rookie of the Year (2005)
• GWS Giants Netball – Training Partner – Jemma Donoghue
  • Suncorp Super Netball Debut – 2022
  • Australian U21 Netball – 2022
• NSW Waratah (15s &7s) & Wallaroos – Tatum Bird
  • One of the first Top 40 contracted Wallaroos

“Overpower, Overtake, Overcome” Serena Williams

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

Redlands Sport Captains – Service Initiative – Shoes for Planet Earth

The 2023 Redlands Sports Captains have come up with a fantastic initiative called ‘Shoes for Planet Earth’ both Emilie and Sam will be running a second hand sport shoe collection from the start of Week 5 (20 February) until the end of Term 1 (6 April). They will be collecting shoes for an organisation called ‘Shoes for Planet Earth’ that collects and delivers shoes/boots to communities less fortunate than ourselves.

If you have any old sport shoes/boots (kids & adults) at home that are still in decent condition, please bring them in. There will be collection bins set up in the Student Services Centre and on both gates in the morning. Please note the collection criteria below:

• Only sports shoes/boots in good condition
• Kids and adults shoes are accepted
• No holes – top, soles or in the heel cup
• Shoes must be clean
• Tied together in pairs

If you have any questions please email the Redlands Sports Department

Winter Sport

Winter Sports will begin in Term 1, Week 7 and there will be some more information send to students and parents during next week. A reminder that all Sport trials and trainings are compulsory for students who have registered for that sport. 

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.

Athletics/Cross Country Training

The Redlands Secondary School Cross Country Carnival will be in Term 1, Week 9 (Monday 29 March). More information regarding the carnival will be available next week. Cross Country training will begin on Friday 10 March at Balmoral Oval, REGISTER FOR CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING HERE .

We are also excited to announce that we will be running some Speed, Agility and Technique work along with Middle Distance training on Wednesday mornings from 6:45am – 8:00am at Cammeray Oval, these sessions are optional (but encouraged) to all students across all sports. REGISTER FOR SPEED, AGILITY & TECHNIQUE TRAINING HERE 

Basketball

“Fab 5” Boys – Round 10

Max Keith: Great bounce back game. In the words of Eminem: He had one shot, one opportunity, and he swished the game winner! Will shout out the whole team for stepping up – battled the whole way through and stayed composed. Great effort!

Andreas Kokkinis: Always stays ready and locked in. Stepped into shots with confidence and hit some big 3s. Great contribution on the defensive end, communicating well and stepping in front from help positions.

James Pocknee: In the 4th quarter he took it upon himself to check their best player, and follow the scout perfectly. He came up clutch with a massive 3 point bomb when we needed it most .

Oliver Soderberg: He is an absolute superstar for us. But today he truly proved how good he is, 25 points scored in a variety of ways. But also incredible defensively and being a great teammate. He has improved out of sight across the last two years.

Kane Thompson: He will put his body on the line every time. I feel like a lot of other kids could learn a lot from watching him play as he can have a big impact when he’s in the game. He is one of those players every coach wants on a team that just goes out and plays his heart out diving, hustling and making winning plays. He defensive efforts enabled us to win the game and finish the season on a high.

“Fab 5” Girls – Round 10:

Emilie Bessell: Another dominant performance from our Girls Basketball Captain at both ends of the floor. Finishing with a massive 44 points in her last home game for Redlands. Fitting performance considering Emilie has been on the firsts since Year 7, great way to go out. 

Sophia Rayson: The game was incredibly rough, but Sophia was a stable and strong player throughout the whole game, matching up with one of the tallest players because she dropped back and was the first person to defend in the key.

Alex Fitzpatrick: With only 5 this weekend, all the girls fought hard, but Alex particularly played a massive part in the win. She was great on help defence and in the paint for rebounds, and one of the most confident and consistent in putting the ball on the floor and creating opportunities. It’s been such a joy watching her confidence and skills grow over the season!

Nicole Steffan: Nicole stayed composed when SACS went on their big run and contributed both offensively and defensively by intercepting a few of their passes which lead us to a 10 point win (first win for the season!!) and being a trooper for playing all 40 mins of the game with no complaints.

Grace Dawson-Damer: Put in great effort at both ends of the court and was really focused and on the ball. Picked up plays well and was instrumental in some great traps and turnovers.

Coach of the Week

We have been so incredibly lucky with how amazing our coaches are across the program. But to round out the Fab 5s for the season our coach of the week goes to Ms Seebohm. Week in week out she does such a fantastic job with the First Girls. This has now amounted to year in year out. A massive shout out to her for going four consecutive years undefeated in the regular season. This is a huge accomplishment and shows how hard she works and how much effort goes into preparing and helping these girls get better and better.

The 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. 

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 1 and Week 2 winners will be announced next week.

Sailing

We have had some good sessions leading into the regattas season, unfortunately we did not get an entry into the Pittwater regatta, but we do have entries into the NSW State Championships. We will be announcing the teams shortly. Redlands this week was able to spend lots of time on the water. We were able to achieve 4 races for the Redlands series, despite the light and shifty winds in the morning making the racing very difficult. With two weeks before the NSW Secondary Schools Teams Racing Championship, the Pacers have been focusing on starts and ramping up their training for the event.  Thank you for all the parents helping with volunteering over the weekend, we will need some parents to help during the NSW State Champions on Friday, March 17, Saturday, March 18 and Sunday, March 19.

On Water Sailing Photos

Darcie Collington photography has come back with the photos from the other week, please see attached google drive link for those who would like any photos.

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Vaikobi Kits

Most should have received the kits from Vaikobi, if you haven’t can you please see me at lunchtime today. If you can’t make it today, I will be in on Thursday at school. For those that have received their kits and you need to change or would l like to change any sizes please let me know and I can see what I can do.

Tuesday Sailing

This Tuesday is the last day of our group Sailing as we will be focusing on the race squads that are heading to the NSW State Championships. I will send out the roster shortly.

Sailing Dinner

Save the date, it looks like we will be having our sailing dinner date locked into the following date of Wednesday, 29 March 29. I will send out more details soon, but please lock in the date.

Tennis

With only two more weeks of the Summer Tennis before the end of the season, we encourage all students to have fun, continue to improve their skills in training and bring their best to their last two rounds of competition – especially the graduating seniors in their last season of sport.

Winter Sport changeover will occur in Week 7 so please make sure you have/your child has signed up for a Winter Sport. Winter Tennis will commence in Week 7 with training and trials for competition for the rest of this term and competition starting in Term 2. We hope to see you all for the Winter season if not next Summer!

Please note that TNB players will continue to compete beyond Week 6 up until 1 April Week 8 (assuming they make the semi-finals and finals) regardless of what Winter sport they choose. Please let tennis administrator Ms Caitlin Wong know ASAP if you have not chosen Winter Tennis and your sport clashes with these matches.

Please contact Ms Caitlin Wong should you have any questions regarding Summer Tennis or upcoming Winter Tennis.

Touch Football

Round recap:

Round 10 saw out the final round games for this Touch Football season. We would like to congratulate all players on their commitment to Touch Football this season. Team coaches have commented on the personal skill development they have witnessed throughout all teams. 

TEAM OF THE WEEK, R10:

• Snr 1: Ethan James
• Snr 3: James Wheelan
• Jnr A: Ash Corn
• Jnr B: Harry Giddings
• Senior 1: Indi Hindmarsh
• Senior 2: Ruby Voyce
• Inter A: Tali Feldman
• Inter B: Remy Morris 
• Jnr A: Kiara Murphy 

As outlined in the email brief this week, Congratulations to the following teams who have progressed into finals:

Semi-Finals (4 March): Senior 1 Boys, Senior 1 Girls, Junior A Boys, Junior B Boys, Junior A Girls.
Finals (11 March): Senior 3 Boys have finished top of the table and are straight through to the Grand Finals

• Tuesday 28 February:

The following teams will have training on Tuesday 28 February. 

TEAMS NOT IN FINALS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO TRAIN ON TUESDAYS.

AM Session: Senior 1 Boys, Senior 3 Boys, Senior 1 Girls

PM Session: Junior A Girls, Junior A Boys

• Thursday 2 March:

ALL teams will have their usual Thursday training session this week. 

• Saturday 4 March:

Semi-final fixtures dependant on opposition are held either at Macquarie University or Blue Mountains Grammar School. Once these fixtures are finalised further details will be communicated. 

Goodluck in finals to all teams!

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 Pulse – Secondary School Sport and an email will be sent out to both students and parents. This includes morning & afternoon training along with weekend fixtures.

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