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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.

Weekly Results

Basketball

Thank you to all players and parents who helped to celebrate the Basketball season at the End of Season Presentation. Congratulations to our award winners for the season:  

Equestrian

Congratulations to our Equestrian team who represented Redlands at the NSW Interschools Championships at Sydney International Equestrian Centre at Horsley Park earlier this month. Aanicka Grant (Yr 11) placed 5^th in the Secondary 100cm Showjumping, Kodi Tupper (Yr 11) placed 5^th in the Secondary Elementary Dressage and Grace O’Toole (Yr 12) and Ruby Holgate (Yr 6) competed proudly in the 80cm and 60cm Eventing respectively.

Fitness Centre

Please be aware that the Redlands Fitness Centre is available to all students currently in a Representative Sport and there are sessions across all mornings Monday-Friday with additional afternoon sessions on both Monday and Friday. Please note that from next week the Fitness Centre will be open from 6.15am with the session starting promptly at 6.30am.

I would recommend that all students looking ahead to their Winter Representative Sport look to use these sessions as a way to prepare physically for their 2019 seasons. Sports such as Football, Rugby and Netball all require a level of strength and flexibility all of which can be achieved by using the Redlands Fitness Centre.  

There will also be more information sent out regarding a 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 an individualised program and offers the students a more tailored approach to their conditioning and strength development.

Please speak to Mr Gooding directly or email regarding individualised programs and/or the High Performance program.

Football

Please refer to Redlands Pulse – Football for the most up to date Football information for the season. The 2019 Football Handbook contains information regarding selection policy, key dates, wet weather procedures, and the 2019 training schedule.

Indoor Hockey

Congratulations to Freya Gait (Yr 8) and Eloise Trueman (Yr 8) who were part of the of the U13 All Star Mosman team who took on a very strong Northern Schools team on Sunday afternoon. This was a fantastic effort from the girls who are ensuring that Hockey at Redlands has a strong future!

The Redlands team took on North Sydney 1 on Wednesday night. Looking to continue their undefeated start to the season, they came out firing and jumped out to a 2-0 lead early on. North Sydney came back, but were no match for Redlands, who won 5-1. Redlands take on Ascham this Friday afternoon at Mosman for a chance to top the table in their division.

Netball

Netball teams will start two training sessions a week from Monday 25 March (Week 9). The training schedule can be found on Redlands Pulse – Netball. This will remain in place for the winter sports season. A reminder that both trainings are compulsory for all players and take precedence over any extra curricular activities. For those sessions off site on Tuesdays, training will finish at 5.00pm and return to school by 5.30pm. Those off site on Thursdays, training will finish at 4.00pm and return to school by 4.30pm.

Yrs 7 – 12 Holidays Trainings – open to all players in Yrs 7 – 12

In Week 1 of the April holidays, we will be offering Netball trainings to develop individual skills and game awareness on Monday 15, Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 April from 8.00 – 10.00am in Dunnet Hall.

These sessions will offer coaching in specialist positions including Defence, Centre Court and Shooting as well as fitness and agility. Players need to register for these trainings by Friday 29 March so that player to coach ratios can be organised.

Please click here to register no later than Friday 29 March.

A friendly reminder that the first round of the NSNA games will be held on 6 April and Round 2 will be held on the first Saturday of the April holidays, 13 April. Please organise any holiday departures to leave after your daughter’s Netball match on Saturday 13 April.

Rowing

Last weekend saw our Rowing program take on the best from across ACT and NSW with the Girls Head of the River regatta on Saturday and the Boys Head of the River Regatta on Sunday. Despite the weather, our students were part of what was the most successful Head of the River regattas in recent history for Redlands, with 14 individual medal winning races by Redlands students.

The Girls Head of the River limits students to only one race per student, meaning that we take a very strategic approach to the events entered. Most of the girls’ crews needed to qualify via heats for the A Final, with 10 out of a possible 11 crews doing so through some hard racing. Our Yr 8 and Yr 9 students handled themselves well, with Elizabeth Holtheuer (Yr 9) racing in the Yr 9 Single Scull winning her heat comfortably and then putting on a dominant performance to win the A Final, a huge effort!

Strong performances through the heats saw our senior boats of Zoe Kimber (Yr 12) in the Single Scull and Maddi Howard (Yr 11) and Steph Larcos (Yr 11) progress well through the heats despite their nerves, however the pace in the A Final was too fast for them to challenge for medals. Our best performing crews of the day were our Yr 10 Coxed Quad combinations racing in Div 1 and Div 2. The Div 2 crew of Megan Price, Hannah Tobin, Emily Batemyr and Laura Sidoti coxed by Ema Yasumura (Yr 9) put together the perfect race. Starting well, with every stroke taken they slowly moved away from the field as the race progressed, extending their lead in what was a dominating win; even more so remarkable considering that both Megan and Emily only started Rowing in the recent Summer holidays. The Div 1 crew of Amelie Archer, Kristin Walker, Emily Barrelle, Emily Pashley and cox Sophie Kennedy looked as if they were going to make it back to back wins for Redlands. Once again, they started well and led for the majority of the race, however a fast finishing Pymble managed to overhaul their lead in the final 150m, with our girls wining the silver medal.

The following day for the Boys Head of the River our students had the opportunity to enter multiple events, giving the boys opportunities to race in both crew and small boats. Out of 24 events on the day, the Redlands boys managed to win either a Gold, Silver or Bronze medal in 11 events, a pretty good strike rate!

The depth of our Senior Boys squad was tested with Mitch Simpson from our 1^st crew missing the regatta due to illness. After a quick reshuffle of crews the new combination of Nick Wilkes (Yr 11), Max Durrant (Yr 11), Alec Price (Yr 12), Alex Holtheuer (Yr 10) and cox Alec Coney (Yr 11) took on the Div 1 School Boy Coxed Quad with Nick stepping up to replace Mitch. Racing hard early, the boys did everything they possibly could have done early in the race, firmly racing for a medal winning position however they were unable to hold off the charges from the field and narrowly missed the podium with a fast 4^th place. Our Div 2 crew of Jared Bowden (Yr 12), Alex Verschoor (Yr 10), Matthew White (Yr 11), Tom Morris (Yr 11) and Xavier Little (Yr 10), with Matt replacing Nick, put on a display with a dominating Silver medal winning race. Despite the last minute setback due to illness, we could not have been prouder of the senior crews results. Alex Holtheuer also had a dominating win in the Senior Boys Single Scull Div 2, racing against boys 1-2 years his senior, another impressive effort!

With only one crew of boys in Yr 9, the odds were always stacked against these lads in the Yr 9 Div 1 Boys Coxed Quad, however their 5^th place in the heat meant that they only narrowly missed the A Final. Jack Walsh racing in the Single Scull finished 4^th in the Div 2 event, just being pipped at the post for Bronze.

The Yr 8 boys crews had a field day, with all five progressing to the A Final and three out of the five finishing with a podium appearance. The Div 5 crew of Ellery Prescott, Liam Griffin, Douglas Mantell, James Ireland and coxed by Briar Carter pushed into the top 2 places early in their race, finishing with Silver. The Div 3 crew of Chase Vandekreeke, Harley van der Pluijm, Zac Garvey, Angus McLachlan and coxed by Jess Marshall moved away from the pack to win Bronze. Our Div 1 crew consisting of Pat Walker, Daniel Close, Matthew Fry, Finn Woodward and coxed by Charlotte Morrison were one of the stronger performers of the day. Winning their heat, they were in a three way tussle during the A Final, racing their fastest race of the season, they were narrowly beaten by Shore to finish with a Silver medal.

The Yr 8 boys were very classy in their small boat racing, with a Gold medal being won by Pat Walker and Daniel Close in the Div 2 Double Scull; Silver medals by Zac Garvey in the Div 5 Scull, Angus McLachlan in the Div 6 Scull; Bronze medals by Sam Chubb in the Div 2 Scull, Xavier Reid in the Div 3 Scull, Matt Fry and Finn Woodward in the Div 1 Double Scull.

We could not have been prouder of the Redlands students across the weekend. Despite the weather, they were excellent in their support for each other when not racing while achieving some impressive on water results. A huge thank you to our Friends of Rowing committee who not only supplied catering for both days but also put on a BBQ at the sheds post boat unloading.

We still have a number of crews training through to Nationals, we wish these the best of luck for racing net week.

Rugby

The preseason for Rugby is well underway with all squads training across Thursday whilst our Opens Squad have already started their trials for 1st XV. Please make sure to check Redlands Pulse for all updated information for trainings including this Saturday 23 March. On Redlands Pulse you will also find the Player Handbook which explains all expectations of our students, coaches and parents along with uniform requirements and other useful information for the season.

Please speak to Mr Gooding directly or email regarding any information for the 2019 Rugby season.

Swimming

On Wednesday 13 March, 50 strong Redlands swimmers ventured out to Sydney Olympic Park to take part in the 2019 ISA Swimming Championships. We had some great team results with our Junior Girls winning the Division 1 Junior Girls Shield for the first time since 2002! Our Junior swimmers had a great day: Ruby Voyce (Yr 7) won her heats in the 50m Breaststroke and 50m Backstroke and came 2^nd in 50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle; Mikaela Sanger Larsson (Yr 7) won her heat in the 50m Freestyle and 50m Breaststroke; Chloe Jennings (Yr 7) finished 2^nd in 50m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke and 3^rd in 100m Freestyle; Jasmin Black (Yr 7) finished 2^nd in 50m Freestyle; Grace Durrant (Yr 7) finished 2^nd in her 50m Breaststroke; Isabella Havryk (Yr 8) came 2nd in her 50m Freestyle heat; Phoebe Cunningham (Yr 8), swimming up an Age Group, won her 50m Breaststroke heat; Sienna Wessels (Yr 8) finished 3^rd in her 100m Freestyle heat; the Junior Girls (Sienna, Jasmine, Chloe and Ruby) finished 2nd in their 4x50m relay.

Our Junior boys had some great individual results: Xander Halfen (Yr 7) finished 1^st in his 50m Backstroke, and 2^nd in his 50m and 100m Freestyle heats; Hamish Campbell (Yr 7) 2^nd in his 50m Freestyle heat; Liam McFarlane (Yr 7) 2^nd in his 50m Breaststroke heat; Rafferty Heard (Yr 7) 3^rd in his 50m Breaststroke.

Our Intermediate Boys and Girls had a strong showing throughout the day: Olivia Donoghue (Yr 10) 1st in the 100m Freestyle and 2^nd in her 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly; Samuel Virtue (Yr 9) 1st in the 50m Butterfly and 3^rd in his 50m Breaststroke; Tiago Garrido Bulnes (Yr 10) 3rd in his 50m Breaststroke heat; Rachel Kinghorn (Yr 10) 3^rd in her 50m Breaststroke heat.

In the Senior divisions Redlands was up against some tough opposition with Riley Felton (Yr 11) finishing 3^rd in his 50m Breaststroke heat which was a great result!

I would like to thank the following students who not only swam multiple events but also a number of students swam up an Age Group (or two) to help the team: Dominic Swift (Yr 12), Alec Price (Yr 12), Jennifer Grant (Yr 11), Apsara Lindeman (Yr 11), Maddison Hampton-Vickers (Yr 11), James Reid (Yr 11), Olivia Donoghue (Yr 10), Kirill Shatilov (Yr 10), Gabi Drage (Yr 10), Sophia Justice (Yr 10), Samuel Virtue (Yr 9), Erik Scott (Yr 9), Elizabeth Holtheuer (Yr 9), Sienna Wessels (Yr 8), Joshua Miller (Yr 8), Max Symons (Yr 8), Chloe Jennings (Yr 7), Ruby Voyce (Yr 7) Xander Halfen (Yr 7) and Julius Keller (Yr 7).

We wish to congratulate the following students who have been selected to swim for ISA at the CIS Swimming Championships in May (Term 2).

• Jasmine Black (Yr 7)
• Olivia Donoghue (Yr 10)
• Xander Halfen (Yr 7)
• Chloe Jennings (Yr 7)
• Samuel Virtue (Yr 9)
• Ruby Voyce (Yr 7)
• Sienna Wessels (Yr 8)

Tennis

This Saturday 23 March is the Finals of Summer NSTA. Redlands will have four teams playing in the Final and will have all other teams playing in a play-off match. Good luck to all teams. Please check the Rhino for the draw and venues for all matches.

Winter Tennis trials continue this week. Training venues for some students will change as we progress through the trials and as teams are selected. These changes will be communicated to those students directly. Play, have fun, enjoy the game!

Touch Football

Redlands Touch Football finished off their Summer Representative season last week with a wonderful awards presentation. There were winners from all teams, with players and coaches all voting for their Best and Fairest and also for the Most Improved from each squad. 

It was wonderful to receive all of the votes from the students, with all players emailing through their recommendations. What I found most rewarding was the variety in their reasons for their votes, to see what each player valued as their Best and Fairest or Most Improved. Some students voted that the best player in the team should win the award, some voted that the most positive and motivational should get it, whilst others voted that the player who brought them together as a team should be the clear winner. This mindset across our program is something to be celebrated, with our teams becoming so cohesive, the support for every team player has been, for the most part, so positive and uplifting.

The award winners were as follows.

1st VI: Coaches Award – Aoibheann MacLochlain; Players Player – Sydney Stuckmann
Senior Bs: Best and Fairest – Monique Pascoe; Most Improved – Sophie Hilliar
Senior Cs: Best and Fairest – Elise Lopes De Leao Laguna; Most Improved – Alisha Karunagaran
Junior As: Best and Fairest – Piper Allen; Most Improved – Emma Mahon
Junior Bs: Best and Fairest – Helena Dracakis; Most Improved – Emma Heylbut
Junior Cs: Best and Fairest – Anna Ivanovic; Most Improved – Marie Kurzrock

We also saw the announcement of the Redlands VI, a special group of players picked by the coaches. These players are the best representations of the core values of sport at Redlands demonstrating sportsmanship, teamwork, a competitive drive and a willingness to support others. These girls should be celebrated for how they have carried themselves on and off the field this season.

Redlands VI: Wings – Elise Lopes De Leao Laguna, Mia Boys; Links – Isobel Mosely, Madison Barwise; Middles – Caitlin Du Plooy, Lily Attard.

It was positive to see two Yr 7s in our Redlands team. Madison and Lily have been amazing this year and should be a dominant force together in the coming seasons.

I would like to also take this time to thank two girls in particular for all that they have done this season. Our Touch Football program would not have come so far without the efforts of Sydney Stuckmann and our 2018/19 Touch Football Captain Caitlin Du Plooy. These girls have led this program, with their efforts on and off the field, from the moment they walked out onto the cramped fields of Manly all the way to when they ran out as 1st VI players against Barker in the ISA Finals. I cannot thank these girls enough for all that they have given this program and I know that their coach, Cameron Ellis, feels the same.

Congratulations to all award winners and also to all students who have made our program so successful for this year.

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

All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.​