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It has been great to see so many students out supporting each other before and after their matches on the weekends, the overall spirit in which the sports are being played and supported have been great to see. A reminder to all students that if they are watching and supporting they need to be in either the Redlands School Uniform (winter uniform blazer included) or the full Redlands Sports Tracksuit.

We expect and encourage full participation in training sessions to build team dynamics, fitness and preparedness for competition. If there is a reason you/your child is not able to take part in training, please contact the relevant sports administrators to discuss (prior to the session taking place).

Last week I spoke about what sport meant to me growing up, as mentioned I would be taking a dive into the Sports Department and having the team outline what it means and has meant to them both growing up and now. Next off the list is Locky Pryor.

Locky is a Redlander from the Class of 2008, he is currently our Director of AFL and Sailing, whilst also completing his Masters in Education. Locky still sails competitively and is off to Italy in a few weeks competing in the Sailing World Championships. As a young kid Locky was heavily involved in AFL and even now is involved coaching at a high level, drafted to the North Melbourne Football club and has a wealth of knowledge about the elite athlete pathway, so if there are any students out there looking at taking AFL (or any sport) to the next level, I encourage you to reach out to Locky and pick his brain about what it takes to get prepared physically and mentally to train, play and recover at a high level.

What sport was to me growing up? – Locky Pryor (Director of AFL & Sailing)

Sports growing up was more of a way of life than a hobby or just something to do when nothing else was available. Fortunately, I had some coordination and friends who all enjoyed sports, which soon became our choice of weekend or after-school activity. Even when nothing was officially organised, we would still be at the park kicking the footy, playing cricket or going for a surf until it was dark, much to our parents’ dismay. At the time, we were just having fun and trying to outdo each other on the field, but we didn’t realise our friendship based on just hanging out and playing sports would last over 20 years, and that we still play social sports and catch up regularly with the same mates that we played sports with from Under 9s AFL. It set the basis of many of my closest friendships, which I’m very grateful for and is still some of the best memories, good and bad, that we all joke about today. Trips away with school, ISA and state teams were always a key highlight of the year as it’s where we could compete and have fun. 

The experiences and lessons I learnt from sports growing up were second to none, and particularly some of the Water Polo Friday nights all getting dinner together at each other’s house and Sailing trips away with the School are still some of the best memories I could have asked for as a kid growing up. It didn’t matter if you were good or bad, but it was always about just having fun.

It has now allowed me to travel all over the world to visit friends and family, this includes my upcoming trip to the Sailing World Championship which will be with friends I met on a school sailing trip. I will also be catching up with mates who I did school sports with at Redlands in London, who I haven’t seen in years all because we played sports at school together.

‘There is no way around hard work. Embrace it. You have to put in the hours because there’s always something which you can improve’

Roger Federer 

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

Winter 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.

Winter Team Photos

Session 1 will be held on Monday 22 May (Term 2, Week 5)

• Recess – Winter Tennis (All ISA, NSS, Winter Internal & Winter Development)
• Lunch – Netball (All Senior, Intermediate & Junior Netball teams)

Teams in the 1^st will be in their playing uniform, all other teams will be in their full winter uniform (blazer included)

Concussion Protocols

Parents and Carers last week received an email containing the Redlands Concussion Protocols, which can also be found on the ‘Key Documents’ section of Redlands Pulse – Secondary School Sport. A reminder to all that these protocols are for both a return to school and a return to sport. Students who have a suspected concussion are asked to seek medical attention at their earliest convenience.

Charity Round Pink Sock Day

Next week will see the Redlands Community come together for our annual Redlands Winter Sport Charity Round. This year we will be raising funds and awareness for the Breast Cancer Foundation Australia, we are supporting all teams of all sports to get behind this event and this charity. All students are encouraged to wear a touch of pink during the weekend fixtures. There are limited socks left at the uniform shop for students to purchase.

Balmoral Burn

The Humpty Dumpty Balmoral Burn is an annual community fun run held on the last weekend of May. Every year, participants ‘take to the Burn’ to conquer Awaba Street’s 420-metre incline – one of the steepest streets in Sydney.

Event creator, Phil Kearns AM, came up with the idea of running up Awaba Street as a thank you to the Royal North Shore Hospital after his son Finn received emergency care for suspected meningococcal. Now in its 21st year, the Balmoral Burn provides an ongoing opportunity for Humpty supporters to empower hospitals and health services Australia-wide. Every dollar raised has a positive impact on the work Humpty is doing to help sick kids in hospitals.

This year, Redlands has three teams participating in Balmoral Burn to raise funds for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation. The goal is for each team to raise at least $250.00 with a goal of $1500.00 total for the fundraiser.

Please join us supporting the Redlands team up at the finish line on Sunday 28 May!

Athletics

Upcoming – Secondary School Athletics Carnival – Thursday 8 June

Basketball

A huge congratulations to the Redlands students who competed in the NSWCIS Basketball Championships in the ISA team this week – Annabelle Kesby (16&U), Emilie Bessell (Opens), Alexandra Tanner (Opens), Eva Osborn (Opens) and Madeleine d’Almeida (Opens). The Open teams were undefeated on the day, winning the NSWCIS Championship. A further congratulations to both Emilie Bessell and Madeleine d’Alemida who were selected into the NSWCIS Basketball team to compete later this year in the NSW All Schools Championship.

Its Redlands night at Norths – all students from K-12 will get FREE entry to the Bear’s game vs Central Coast Crusaders!

Book Here

Fitness Centre

A reminder that the Fitness Centre schedule is available on Redlands Pulse, it is great to see so many students participating in the Fitness Centre during the mornings and some afternoons. A reminder that students who are using the gym, must change into their school uniform prior to Period 1 classes. Students who do not follow the Fitness Centre rules and requirements or the direction of the staff will be asked to leave the gym.

Football

Congratulations to all teams for their efforts in Round 3. With some tough games against one of the strongest ISA Boys Football programs, Oakhill College, it was great to see all of our teams competing across all age groups. It has been fantastic to see our students go from strength to strength each week and congratulations to those who have been named in the team of the week!

A reminder the details for Round 4 can be found on the Redlands Pulse – Weekly Fixtures tab and on your individual student timetable.  

Hockey

The Junior Girls were up first on Saturday against the Barker College Junior B side. The last time these two teams met was in the pre-season and it was a closely matched game finishing in a 1-1 draw. The Redlands Junior Girls were ready for a tough game and came out firing to start the match. They managed to secure an early lead and had the game at 5-0 when the half time siren sounded. They continued to dominate possession in the second half and scored one additional goal to make it a 6-0 win in a very impressive performance by our Junior team.

It was a rivalry match on the weekend for the First XI Hockey team as they took to the field against Barker First XI. Our girls had the advantage in the first half, as more of the play occurred in our attacking circle and a beautiful goal from Heidi de Saxe took us to half time with Redlands up 1-0. As the whistle for the second half blew, Barker came back with vengeance, their attackers moving up the field with greater aggression, resulting in four goals for them. As the final minutes rolled around, Jessica

van Extel, ever determined, scored a stunning goal to bring the final score line to 4-2. Overall, the game was well-matched and the competition was fierce. Our girls played well as a team, supporting each other up and down the field. A big shout out to Megan Kirkpatrick, our incredible goalie, who played amazingly. We are looking forward to our next showdown with Barker in a few weeks’ time!

Both Hockey teams are set to play Oxley College this Saturday, a reminder that the bus will depart at 6:30am on Saturday morning from the Adams Centre. Parental permissions must be completed on the school portal ahead of departure. Best of luck to our hockey teams in Round 4! 

A massive congratulations to Eloise Trueman and Jessica van Extel who competed in the NSWCIS Hockey Championships earlier this week. Both Eloise and Jess were selected into the NSWCIS team who will compete at the NSW All Schools Championships in July, a fantastic achievement for our Redlands Hockey players!

Rugby

Weekly recap:

For the second week in a row, our Rugby 1sts team have claimed a win! 

The boys continued their hot streak running away with a dominant 26-15 win. 

Players of the week as nominated by coaches:

• 13s: William Chee
• 14s: Charlie Reeves
• 15s: Digby Scott
• 16s: Thomas Whitney
• 1sts: Max Stepinak

Looking ahead:

We look forward to a Bye weekend allowing our players to rest and recover. 

On Saturday 27 May we are hosting Oxley for the schools Pink Sock round! Stay tuned for more information. 

Snowsports

Redlands Cup 

• Sunday 9 July, all students from K-12 to participate in Alpine and Snowboarding races. Entry into events is $55 BOOK HERE
• Students can register for both Alpine and Snowboard events if they wish.
• Please register before THURSDAY 1 JUNE.
• Redlands Cup information can be found HERE

Interschools, Season passes, lessons & HCC accommodation

• All other bookings for interschools, lessons, Season Passes and HCC accommodation are available to book on Clipboard – CLICK HERE
• Bookings close WEDNESDAY 24 MAY. Please book as soon as possible for team lists to be prepared and finalised.
• More information can be found on Redlands Pulse – Snowsport

Danielle Steer
dsteer@redlands.nsw.edu.au

Tennis

Great to see players on the court this weekend and we are very happy with the progress of those in the Internal Competition and Development Squad. We will start tracking match scores and form a small leaderboard for the players to track their singles and doubles over the season.

A reminder the weekly fixtures widget is still down on Pulse, so please see the workaround guide and click the weekly fixtures title if you need to view the full draw for the weekend. Good luck to all players for Round 4!

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

Touch Football

A wonderful achievement for two of our Touch Football staff!

One of our very our coaches, Josh Turner captained the Australian 20s mixed team at the Youth Pacific Cup over the weekend, Jordy was on the coaching staff for the same Team.  

The Aussie 20s went undefeated the entire tournament, running out Champions who recorded the largest ever grand final margin in Touch Football Australia’s history. 
 

Water Polo

Players of the week as nominated by coaches:

• Senior boys: Finn Woodward
• Senior girls: Pippi Skidmore
• Inter boys: Noah Keefe
• Inter girls: Jamie Roberston

Looking ahead: 

We are awaiting further fixture details; these will be communicated ASAP. 

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.

Winter Sport – Key Contacts