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I trust that you have all had a safe, enjoyable, and restful holiday period. We are very much looking forward to welcoming all students back next week to what is going to be a fantastic year for Redlands Sport. As we look to 2024 our vision is to create an integrated and transformative sports program that will serve as a powerful tool for student growth and development. We envision our program to serve as a holistic platform for character development in teaching students not only how to succeed in competition but also how to thrive as responsible and compassionate individuals. We aim to unify our community and create lasting impacts on the personal growth and development of each participant.

Assistant Head of Sport (Coach & Student Development) – Graham Nes

I am pleased to announce Graham as the new Assistant Head of Sport (Coach & Student Development). Graham joins us from Abbotsleigh where he has been a Sports Coordinator since 2019, working across Football, Hockey, Touch Football, Badminton, Golf and Swimming. He is also heavily involved with Lindfield Football Club and has previous experience in sponsorship, events and communications with TLA and Rugby Australia.

Redlands Secondary School Sports Term 1 Events 

From the Head of Secondary Sport – Mr Cameron Ellis

Basketball

Welcome back!

Games begin back this Saturday 3 February for Round 7 of ISA Basketball. There are 4 rounds of regular games left ahead of finals progressions.

Tuesday and Thursday training are ON as normal for both Morning and Afternoon sessions from week 1.

A reminder that all communications regarding Basketball will be published through Pulse News, please ensure you are checking this regularly. All general information can be found on the Pulse Basketball Page

Fixtures are live on Pulse and students personal calendars that they can access through the REDLANDS APP.

Students need to be wearing the correct Basketball sports uniform while playing and should bring a water bottle.

Students are also encouraged to bring snacks for their travel days.

Saturday Fixtures: 3 Feb

Please note, several teams have away games this week. Some of these teams are playing at venues that are at players own travel arrangements, some teams have busses for out of Sydney fixtures.

Bus departures are from the Adams Centre, times will indicate the time the bus will leave. Please ensure you arrive before the time of departure.

Any students who have away (bus travelling) games and wish to travel independently must indicate this via email as early as possible.

Absences

If students are unable to attend their schedule fixtures/training sessions they need to complete the Redlands Sport Absentee Form, this can be found on either:

Redlands Pulse (under quick links)

Redlands App (under activities)

We ask that these are completed no later than 11:00am on Fridays.
 Students who are unable to make their scheduled Saturday fixture need to provide a medical certificate by the following Monday. 

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

To note:

Please keep an eye peeled over coming weeks for the inaugural End of Season event for Basketball.

Simon Gleeson
Director of Basketball

Fitness Centre

Open gym is back for 2024! Monday-Friday 6:30-8:00 is open gym for students in year 7-12. From Week 2 onwards all students will be provided with a program to follow during sessions.

If you do plan on attending, please note the start times;
Year 9-12 start at 6:30. – 6:45 Latest Arrival Time.

Year 7/8 Session arrival/start time is 7:15.

Students are to wear full Redlands Sports Uniform:

• School Sport Shorts
• Redlands Sports Polo or Redlands Sports Jersey
• Appropriate Footwear – Closed in shoes (No Crocs)
• Late arrival will result in students unable to participate.

Hockey

Congratulations to our 3 Redlands students who recently competed for NSW at the U18 Indoor Hockey National Championships, with significant  success. The tournament was held in Canberra from January 12-16.

Eloise Trueman (Hockey Captain 2023)  played with the NSW State team, who won the gold medal and are National Champions. 

Jess Van Extel (Hockey Captain 2024) and Megan Kirkpatrick (Year 11) competed with the NSW Blues team, who came fourth.

Underwater Hockey

Congratulations to Buddy Miller’s achievements in Underwater Hockey last year!

Last December, Buddy was selected to represent NSW in the NSW Under 15s Underwater Hockey team for the National championship in Cairns in April 2024.

In May 2023 Buddy was selected for inclusion in the larger NSW Under 15s Underwater Hockey development squad. As a part of the state development squad, Buddy attended a tri-state development camp at Geelong Grammar School in Geelong, Victoria in August, along with representative players from Victoria and South Australia. Buddy also represented Sydney at the NSW State Titles in Newcastle on November 4 2023 in the junior division, winning a bronze medal.

A letter from the president of NSW Underwater Hockey was addressed to Mr Corcoran, our Principal, highlighting Buddy’s great contribution to the sport.

Rowing

During the recent summer holidays a significant number of students within the Rowing program took up the option to continue their training both on water and land leading into the recent Rowing camps. Our senior rowers attended a 6 day camp in Berry while the Juniors had a Sydney based 4 day camp. Students initially completed crew selections for the upcoming regattas. Students then trained very hard within their crews working on their skills and technique, alongside gaining more boat speed.

This weekend will see a number of our Senior and Year 9 girls crews compete at the Kings/PLC regatta while the rest of the students will have training based at Mosman Rowing Club.

All training information including detailed schedules is available on Pulse and has been emailed to families.

Absences and Running Late to Morning Training

As always, students and families are requested to send any absences or running late notices for morning water sessions to me via email or text message.

Email: jpetering@redlands.nsw.edu.au

Phone: 0413 764 446

James Petering
Director of Rowing

Sailing

Welcome to Term 1 Sailing, please note training resumes back to normal this Thursday. A friendly reminder that hats are required for all sailing sessions.

Please see groups for a refresher (Note that Sailing will not be on for 06 Feb due to the Swimming Carnival.)

Danielle Steer
Sailing Administrator/ Director of Snowsports

Tennis

A warm welcome to new and returning Redlands Tennis players! We hope you all had a restful break and are ready to start training and competition! A huge congratulations goes out to TNB 1 (Kabir Yohannan, Isaac Swann and Apoorv Pilani) who took out first place in the Premier League 1 competition over the holidays – we look forward to seeing their performance this term as well!

We are also excited to announce that the new Mosman Lawn Tennis Club facilities are near completion, and we will be moving to train with these courts full-time in the coming weeks. Please note while the courts are being finished for Week 1 and 2 there will be no Tuesday morning training.

We will be facilitating retrials/challenges during Thursday training in the lead up to the start of competition so please make sure you reach out to myself or Stuart (Grand Slam Tennis) if you are interested in this. We will be finalising teams and releasing the playing roster and squad sessions mid-Week 2.

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

Caitlin Wong
Tennis Administrator

Touch Football

Welcome back!

Games begin back this Saturday for Round 7 of ISA Touch Football. There are 3 rounds of regular games left ahead of finals progressions.

Tuesday and Thursday training is ON as normal for both Morning and Afternoon sessions from week 1.

A reminder that all communications regarding Touch Football will be published through Pulse News, please ensure you are checking this regularly. All general information can be found on the Pulse Touch Football page.

Fixtures are live on Pulse & students personal calendar that they can access through the REDLANDS APP.

Students are highly encouraged to wear a school hat whilst playing. Students should apply sunscreen before playing, and must bring a water bottle.

Students are also encouraged to bring snacks for their travel days.

Saturday Fixtures: 3 Feb

Please note, several teams have away games this week. Some of these teams are playing at venues that are at players own travel arrangements, some teams have busses for out of Sydney fixtures.

Bus departures are from the Adams Centre, times will indicate the time the bus will leave. Please ensure you arrive before the time of departure.

Any students who have away (bus travelling) games and wish to travel independently must indicate this via email.

Absences

If students are unable to attend their schedule fixtures/training sessions they need to complete the Redlands Sport Absentee Form, this can be found on either:

Redlands Pulse

Redlands App

We ask that these are completed no later than 11:00am on Fridays.

Students who are unable to make their scheduled Saturday fixture need to provide a medical certificate by the following Monday. 

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

To note:

Please keep an eye peeled over coming weeks for the inaugural End of Season event for Touch Football.

Jordan Parsonage
Director of Touch Football & Rugby

General Sport Information

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.
• Students must wear trainer style sneakers that are preferably white with non-marking soles. It is part of our shared responsibility to ensure that students wear footwear that aligns with the activity to be undertaken. High top sneakers, Vans, Converse etc. are not appropriate for School Sport.

Saturday Sport Absences

• Parents are required to log an absence via Clipboard prior to missing any training session.
• 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 and result in school disciplinary action.
• Please refer to the Student Planner 2023 for full details on requirements for participating in a Representative Sport.
• Bus Transport
  • When travelling on Redlands transport the Redlands school rules are in place and students should be always upholding the values of the school:
• Have good behaviour, safe behaviour and appropriate language at all times.
• Follow the driver (and supervising staff) instructions at all times.
• Obey the transport rules and regulations at all times (seat belts must be worn at all times).
• Leave the bus how they found it (no rubbish, no mess).

Students who fail to meet the standards of the above will face school disciplinary action.

Wet Weather

• We have been lucky enough to have a relatively dry winter and to start the summer season, we use a number of fields that are multi-purpose and all weather.
• Unless communicated differently or in the morning of the session (via Redlands Pulse & Clipboard), all training sessions are to be deemed ‘on’.
• Students should bring with them a change of Redlands Sport Uniform (Thursdays only) or their school uniform (Tuesday) if there are light showers during training.

Summer Sport

A reminder that all key information for the season has been uploaded onto the Secondary School Sport page of Redlands Pulse, if you have any additional questions, please reach out to the appropriate Sports Administrator listed at the bottom of this page.

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.

Melba has finalised all photos taken of sport teams and co-curricular activities and they are now available for parents to view and purchase. Please visit the Melba Studios website, Select the ‘Schools’ icon. The password for access is winnie.

Concussion Protocols

Parents and Carers last week received an email containing the Redlands Concussion Protocols, which can also be found in 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.

Summer Sport – Key Contacts