Secondary Sport
Redlands Rhino – Weekly Fixtures
Please note: Redlands Rhino has the most up-to-date weekly fixtures. This is uploaded every Tuesday afternoon at 4.00pm. Please ensure you check this with regards to game times, venues and oppositions.
From the Head of Secondary Sport
Sporting Memories
Still to this day what I remember most fondly of my years at school was the experiences and lessons I learnt through sport. I participated in a broad range of activities throughout my school life and enjoyed a variety of subjects. Yet, I still feel some of the most valuable life lessons I learned were from the fields, gyms and pools of the sports in which I competed, the coaching I received and the friendships I developed.
Schools, and the curriculum within them, are frequently questioned and discussed in society and are often used as a tool for governments jostling for votes and political power. However, school sport, and its value to a student’s overall education, has remained a constant over time. As technologies and teaching practices continually evolve, sport has remained an unbroken symbol of school culture, history and values. 2019 marks 120 years of sport at Redlands and to this day has been a vital component of a student’s overall development and education. Even in 1899, sport was still used as an opportunity to develop personal virtues and demonstrate school values of honesty, respect, responsibility, compassion, fairness and courage.
Over the last few weeks, as we build back into the new school year, our Sports coaches and staff have been encouraged to focus on coaching the behaviours that reflect these school values. If our students can use sport as a vehicle to consistently demonstrate the behaviours which reflect these values of Redlands then we are providing some of the most valuable life lessons that any education can provide. It is these sporting experiences and lessons that will create lasting memories well beyond a student’s school years.
Basketball
Australian Schools Championships
In the last week of school in Term 4, both the 1st Girls and 1st Boys Basketball teams travelled to Melbourne for the 2018 Australian Schools Championships.
The boys team had an exciting start to the week, winning the first game by two points in the final seconds of the match. It was a great week on court for the boys and they finished top of the table, losing just one game as they headed into the Semi Finals. The Semi Final was a tough fought game, but an early lead for the opposition made it hard to get back into the game. The boys ended up playing off for the bronze medal on the Friday. It was a close fought match and our boys were down for most of the game. A late surge saw Redlands take the lead with two minutes to go, they managed to hold off the other team and win the bronze medal with a final score of 45-40.
The girls team started off the week with a very tough game against Queensland school, John Paul College. The girls were very competitive in their next three games, however, based on the way the pools were divided, the girls didn’t get to play in the crossovers. It was a great level of competition that really pushed our girls to play a smarter, tougher brand of Basketball.
The group had the opportunity to attend the Australian Boomers vs Qatar World Qualifying game in Melbourne. It was a great opportunity to see some of Australia’s best players in action. Our girls team also had the opportunity of a meet and greet with Opals player, Cayla George, which was a great experience for them. The week was an extremely valuable experience for both teams both on and off the court.
ISA Basketball
Round 7 saw some great results across both the girls and boys Basketball programs. Our Junior Girls teams won with a clean sweep and had some very convincing wins. Our Open B team had a close loss against CCGS and both the Inter B and 1st Girls had tough games against CCGS and Barker respectively.
Our A Boys line had a tough round against Oakhill’s A teams, and our B Boys teams all had great results against the Oakhill teams in their division. Another great round for the C Boys teams, which saw Redlands win four of the five games in their line. A special mention to the 14D team who continues their undefeated streak this season. Best of luck to all teams this Saturday in Round 8.
Basketball Presentation Evening
The End of Season Basketball dinner will be held on Thursday 14 March at Norths Leagues Club. Please keep this date clear in your calendar, further details will be provided shortly. We are in need of photos for the End of Season Basketball Presentation. If you have any photos from the Basketball season, can you please send them through to kseebohm@redlands.nsw.edu.au.
Netball
Netball trials for Yrs 7 – 9 have begun this week in order to have teams selected and registered before the NSNA registration date. With the Yr 9 trials finishing on Tuesday, the Yr 8 trials begin Thursday 7 February. The trial schedule is below (please note: if there is a clash with your current summer sport you need to still attend the summer sport as the priority):
- Yr 8 – Thursday 7 February (Lang Gym 5.00 – 7.00pm) and Tuesday 12 February (Lang Gym 5.30 – 7.30pm)
- Yr 7 – Thursday 14 February (Lang Gym (5.00 – 7.00pm) and Thursday 21 February (Lang Gym 5.00 – 7.00pm)
If you have not received the information regarding these trials please email Mr Cameron Ellis.
The trials for the 1st VII Netball will begin in Week 6, Tuesday 5 March (Lang Gym 5.30 – 7.30pm) and Thursday 7 March (Lang Gym 5.00 – 7.00pm). These trials are open to all players in Yrs 10 -12. If you are interested in trailing for the 1sts please email cellis@redlands.nsw.edu.au with your preferred position #1 and preferred position #2.
Rowing
On Saturday 2 February the Rowing program attended the Lake Macquarie Rowing Club Regatta held at Berry Park on the Hunter River. Here was an opportunity for our students to put into practice their skills, fitness and boat speed gained during the recent January Rowing camps.
Our students had one of the most successful days for the program yet, winning 19 events outright with a further 28 second places and 26 third places to round out the podium. With the local council sponsoring the event and providing 2nd place medals, many of our students went home with multiple “bling” from the day.
A special thanks to our Friends of Rowing group who provided pizzas for the students after what has to be a record fast boat unloading effort once the busses returned to Mosman Rowing Club.
While this Regatta is a great season opener for the program, there will be far more challenging Regattas ahead. Next weekend will see the Rowing program attend the NSW State Championships, where the best from NSW, ACT, QLD and VIC will come to compete in events ranging from Under 16 through to Open aged athletes hoping to gain selection in the 2019 Australian Rowing team as they seek to qualify boats for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Most schools will limit their crews to a select handful of their fastest combinations, however at Redlands we are taking the opportunity to send our whole program with the Yr 8 and 9 students mostly racing in the Under 16 events on the Sunday. For our Yr 8 students, they will be competing against students from clubs and schools that are possibly 1-2 years older than themselves. This will bring its own challenges as some of our crews will likely not be able to match it with the faster paced and older boats just yet however, this will provide solid race experience against stiff opposition leading into the ACT Head of the Lake and NSW Heads of the River Regattas.
Our older students will find racing opportunities on both the Saturday and Sunday. The senior students will be racing in the School Boy and School Girl Single Scull on the Sunday, the results of this will then help determine our internal crew boat selection leading into the final few Regattas of the year.
Please keep the following dates marked in your diaries (info on all can be found on Redlands Pulse):
NSW State Champs – Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 February
ACT Head of the Lake – Saturday 2 March
NSW Girls Head of the River – Saturday 16 March
NSW Boys Head of the River – Sunday 17 March
Nationals – Monday 25 to Sunday 31 March
Presentation Dinner – Thursday 4 April
Swimming
Redlands Swimming Squad training will take place at North Sydney Olympic Pool on the following days:
- Monday morning 6.00 – 7.30am (students to meet at North Sydney Olympic Pool, bus to return students to school by 8.00am) first session is Monday 4 February, last session is Monday 11 March
- Friday afternoon 3.30 – 5.00pm (bus will take students from school and return approximately 5.15pm) first session is Friday 31 January, last session is Friday 8 February.
If you are interested in joining these sessions please email cellis@redlands.nsw.edu.au
Touch Football
Saturday saw all of our Redlands Touch Football teams compete in the Sydney Gala Day, with all schools involved in the ISA competition travelling to a fairly wet and rainy Macquarie University. All of our teams played multiple matches across the day and the level of play was fantastic to see, especially considering that all of our students had only just returned from the holiday period and had not trained at all in the days leading up to the competition. Results across the day were strong for Redlands with our Junior Cs continuing their surge up the ladder with strong wins against Chevalier and St Spyridon with Maddison Hungerford playing brilliantly across both games. Elsewhere we had two internal games with our 1st VI playing our Senior Bs whilst our Junior As came against a spirited Junior Bs side. It was a great to see how, for most of these matches, the teams involved were closely matched, ultimately with the 1st VI and Junior As coming out on top. It was an amazing day, the feedback from visiting coaches and parents was fantastic to hear with all of our students playing their matches positively and supporting the other teams throughout the day. I would like to mention a few players specifically, having the chance to walk around the fields before and after my own matches, I must say there were a few standout performances. Emma Heylbut in the Junior Bs was excellent in her matches, being so new to the sport and showing such a strong development as a player goes to show how positive her approach to the game and trainings is. Emma Sutton, a new student to Redlands, did not miss a beat as she carved up through the day. A very strong player, I can look forward to seeing her play not only for this season but the next, brilliant start to her Redlands sporting career. Continuing the theme of exceptional Emma’s I must mention Emma Mahon who was the best on ground in two out of three of her matches with some wonderful runs and tireless work in defence.
All in all, a great weekend for Redlands Touch Football, with two away weekends to finish our season off we can look forward to seeing a number of our teams represent our school in the ISA Finals on 2 March.
Fitness Centre Update
Please be aware that the Redlands Fitness Centre is available to all students currently doing a summer Representative sport and there are sessions each morning across Monday, Wednesday and Friday with additional afternoon sessions across Monday and Wednesday.
There will also be more information sent out regarding the High Performance Program for some of our athletes across the representative sports as we begin to prepare for the winter sport season. This program is designed to track certain athletes through their off-season/in-season, managing their goals and targets for their chosen sports. This program is a more individualised program and offers the students a more tailored approach to their conditioning and strength development.
Please speak to Mr Gooding directly if you would like to speak regarding individualised programs and/or the High Performance Program.
Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au
All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.