Secondary Sport

Redlands Rhino – Weekly Fixtures

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Weekly Results

Head of Secondary Sport

Team First!

Team first is a mentality and approach to culture that is commonly used in a range of sports teams around the world. It is a saying that embodies the selfless act of an individual placing the greater needs of the team ahead of their own, something which is critical to the success of any sporting group. Having this approach creates a dual goal for students within sport and life:

  1. Any meaningful accomplishment in life is only achieved through giving to a greater good
  2. Collaboration and team work will always triumph over individual ambition

The mentality of ‘team first’ was proudly demonstrated in our Athletics team at the ISA Athletics Carnival held on Tuesday. Redlands was one of the only schools across the day that was seen supporting other members of their team all the way until the last event, the victorious 4x100m Senior Boys Relay (pictured below, final leg run by Cameron Pascoe past the Redlands crowd).

Throughout the day we had countless students competing in a range of events and disciplines regardless of their specialty or training background. This showed that they were willing to give their greatest effort to the needs of the team, potentially sacrificing their best result in an individual event.

Congratulations to the following students who embodied this ‘team first’ mentality across the day by competing in five or more events for the team:

  • Alexandra York (7 events)
  • Cameron Pascoe (6 events)
  • Jemma Donoghue (5 events)
  • Olivia Donoghue (5 events)
  • Rebecca Faurby (5 events)
  • Lulu Simpson (5 events)

Go Redlands!

Athletics

On Tuesday, Redlands best track and field athletes competed at the ISA Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park. The Division 1 team was led by the Athletics Captains, Anna Jackson and John Economides, along with a great team of coaches from Mosman Athletics Club who worked closely with the team on the day of the Carnival. The entire team bought an incredible amount of team spirit to the carnival with every athlete cheering track side and competing in their events to the best of their ability.

All-round talented track and field athlete Alexandra York (Yr 10) dominated the Girls 15s 100m, 200m, Long Jump, Intermediate Girls Triple Jump and High Jump, winning all five events along with breaking the ISA record in all five events. Congratulations to Alex!

Intermediate Middle Distance runner Emma Mahon (Yr 9) had strong wins in the Intermediate Girls 3000m, Intermediate Girls 1500m and the U15 Girls 800m. 

Junior Middle Distance runner, Olivia Vigneault (Yr 8), won in the U14 Girls 3000m, Intermediate Girls 1500m and the U15 Girls 800m. 

Junior lightning sprinter, Emmi McDonald (Yr 8), came away with a win in the U13 Girls 100m (Div 1 A) and the U13 Girls 200m (Div 1 A) and also came away with a silver in the 13 years Long Jump.  

Junior Sprinter Lauren Smith (Yr 8) proved her speed on the track with wins in the U13 Girls 100m (Div 1 B), 200m (Div 1 B) and the U13 Girls 400m.

In the relays, our Junior Girls relay (Emmi McDonald (Yr 8), Lauren Smith (Yr 8), Liv Stonley (Yr 8) and Ruby Kelly (Yr 8)) had a brilliant run, storming home in 1st place. The Intermediate girls relay (Alex York (Yr 10), Phoebe Rathbone (Yr 10), Lulu Simpson (Yr 10), Olivia Donoghue (Yr 9)) had perfect changes, to have an exciting finish in 1st place. Finally, the Senior Boys relay (Ellis Teudt (Yr 11), Cameron Pascoe (Yr 11), Michael Moore (Yr 12), Gabe O’Sullivan (Yr 12)) closed the Athletics Carnival in style with a brilliant win, smashng the rest of their field. A big congratulations to our Redlands relay teams.

Other highlights on the day included:

  • Zach Johnson (Yr 12) winning the 18-19 Boys 800m, undefeated for the third year in a row
  • Gabe O’Sullivan (Yr 12) winning the boys 18-19 200m (Div 1 B)
  • Anna Jackson (Yr 12) placing 2nd in the 17-18 Years Javelin
  • Ellis Teudt (Yr 11) winning the U/17 Boys 100m in 11.04
  • Jasmine Chubb (Yr 11) placing 2nd in the 17 Years 100m Hurdles
  • Rebecca Faurby (Yr 11) placing 2nd in the 17 years 800m
  • Lulu Simpson (Yr 10) jumping 4.94m to take the win in the U16 Girls Long Jump
  • Leo Colin (Yr 10), kicking in the last 400m, to run huge PB to take the win the 16 years boys 800m
  • Anna McCormack (Yr 10) jumping up 3 age groups to finish 2nd in the 18 -19 years High Jump
  • Phoebe Rathbone (Yr 10) winning in the U16 Girls 200m in a close finish (Div 1 B)
  • High Jumper Gus Miller (Yr 9) winning the U15 Boys High Jump with a big final jump of 1.85m
  • Liberty Jacob (Yr 9) placing 2nd in the 15 years Discus and Javelin
  • Rex Brook (Yr 8) placing 2nd in the Junior Boys 1500m
  • Sophia Justice (Yr 8) placing 2nd in the Girls 14 years High Jump
  • Charles Henderson (Yr 8) qualifying for CIS in the Boys 13 years Shotput
  • Emilie Bessel (Yr 7) placing 2nd in the 12 years girls Discus
  • Awanui Currie (Yr 7) placing 2nd in the 13 years 200m (Div 1 B)

For the team’s points score, Redlands has some nail biting results finishing as Runners Up in the Junior Girls, Intermediate Girls, Senior Girls and Senior Boys, and then placing 2nd overall in Girls, which was an amazing result.

Six athletes were awarded Junior, Intermediate and Senior Athlete of the Year after the Carnival based upon their attendance at training, invitational meets and overall performances. Congratulations to the following students:

  • Junior Boy Athlete of the Year: Sam Harrap (Yr 9)
  • Junior Girl Athlete of the Year: Lauren White (Yr 8)
  • Intermediate Girl Athlete of the Year: Alex York (Yr 10)
  • Intermediate Boy Athlete of the Year: Jonah Koppers (Yr 9)
  • Senior Girl Athlete of the Year: Rebecca Faurby (Yr 11)
  • Senior Boy Athlete of the Year: Gabe O’Sullivan (Yr 12)

There were many other top 3 places and all the athletes who competed on the day should be congratulated. A special mention to all our Year 12 Athletes, who have for the last six years dedicated themselves to the Redlands Track and Field team. Our Captains, Anna Jackson and an injured John Economides have been excellent role models for the entire team and we thank them for all the work they have done with the team.

I wish all the Redlands athletes the best of luck at the CIS Athletics Championships coming up on 20 September.

Netball

Last weekend saw the Netball season draw to an end with five teams playing in the Grand Finals at NSNA. Every team that qualified for the final series made it to the big league and fought hard across three rounds of finals.

We had all three of our Yr 7 teams playing which is outstanding and an exciting indication of the future of Netball at Redlands. The 7 Navy team played in a hotly contested final against SGHS and unfortunately went down in the last quarter 13-21. The 7 Gold team had an up and down game and fought hard to bring the score line back in their favour in the 3rd quarter but were runners up to Monte with a score of 20-14. Our 7 Blue team have shown huge improvements in their teamwork and were determined to give a dominant Loreto team a tough game. While the girls played exceptionally well they lost to Loreto 37-11. 

Our Yr 8 Blue team were always going to have a tough Grand Final against NSGHS having faced them in two very close games during the rounds. Redlands went goal for goal for most of the game in a high pressure match but ended up going down to NSGHS by four with a final score of 15-19. 

The biggest upset of the season came from our 15 Navy team, who scraped into the Semi Finals in 4th, and faced an almost undefeated MCC team, who finished top of their competition. In the last round game, MCC defeated Redlands by a significant 11 points. Redlands 15 Navy took to the court and showed no mercy from the first whistle. By keeping calm under pressure and playing our own game, Redlands 15 Navy dominated the game from the first quarter. They were crowned the 15D division Grand Final Champions with a final score of 33-23 to Redlands. 

Congratulations to all of our grand finalists for 2018 and a special congratulations to our 15 Navy team for a brilliant win.

Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au

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