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.
Head of Secondary Sport
Team Formation
This week saw the announcement of many summer sport teams for 2019/2020 season. Selection trials can be an anxious period for many students but they are a necessary part of sport to ensure students are selected into the right team for their development at the right time. For many people the emotions of selection can come not from what team they were selected in, but what team their peers or friends were selected in. It is a natural response for people to compare themselves to those people around them, in many cases we are our own worst critics in this regard. As individuals we often apply a range of bias towards our own ability and the ability of others. It is this bias which creates the greatest barrier when forming teams. A team is a group of people linked to a common purpose. It is forming this team to establish and achieve the purpose that is difficult and is why it is called teamWORK, it requires exactly that to achieve success. Building a strong culture of teamwork is one of the most important and influential things our coaches can do at Redlands. Key to a majority of the enjoyment students derive from sport comes from the relationships they form and the shared experiences they have as a team.
The Tuckman model of the stages of group development, first published by Bruce Wayne Tuckman 1965, outlines the dynamics of a team and the stages of development a team will go through on the journey towards quality results and it is still relevant today.
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Utilising models, such as the one above, is just one way we can instil a sense of self awareness about our students and the teams and relationships they form within our sport programs. The skill of team learning from each other is easy, however getting teams to learn for each other is teamwork. This is one of the greatest traits we can develop in our students to ensure they become better athletes and better people.
“Individual commitment to a group effort – that’s what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilisation work.” Vince Lombardi (3 x NFL winning coach. The NFL Super Bowl Trophy is now named in his honour).
Athletics
Redlands competed at the ISA Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park. Redlands won Division 1 Junior Girls, Division 1 Intermediate Girls for the first time and came 3rd in Senior Girls to win the Overall Girls Shield which we hadn’t won since 1997! This was an outstanding achievement. Redlands was the 1st place Coeducational school in the ISA Competition too. Below are some of the most memorable moments achieved by the team on the day:
Alexandra York (Yr 11) dominated the girls U16s 100m (13.12), 200m (27.23), Long Jump, Triple Jump and High Jump, winning all five events along with breaking the ISA record in 3 events. The records broken include: Intermediate Girls Triple Jump 11.96cm – 30cm longer than last year’s result; U15 Girls High Jump 1.65m; U15 Girls Long Jump 5.21m.
Intermediate Middle-Distance runner, Emma Mahon (Yr 10), fresh from her run at the Australian Junior XC Championships, had strong wins in the Intermediate Girls 3000m (10:58), Intermediate Girls 1500m (4:51) and the U15 Girls 800m (2:26).
Olivia Donoghue (Yr 10) won both the U16 Girls Div 1, 100 and 200m. Olivia also came 2nd in the U16 girls 400m.
Lauren Smith (Yr 9) came away with a win in the U15 Girls 100m (13.94) (Div 1 A), the U15 200m (28.4) (Div 1 A) and also came away with the win in the U15 years 400m (1:05.22).
Charles Henry (Yr 7) won the U13 Boys Div 1 Discus (28.40m) and Javelin. His Javelin throw of 37.20m was well ahead of his rivals!
The Senior Boys relay consisting of Yr 12 athletes Wilf McKie, Ellis Teudt, Cameron Pascoe and Antonio Bonandi Penna Coelho, had a convincing win in a swift time of 44.73. This was a brilliant finish to the last event of the day.
Other commendable results include:
Jasmine Chubb (Yr 12) came 1st in the U18 Girls High Jump (1.45m).
Lindsay McNeil (Yr 12), running the 3000m for the first time, finished 1st in U18 3000m in a time of 12:00.51s.
Leo Colin (Yr 11) finished 1st in the U17 Boys 800m.
Jonah Koppers (Yr 10) finished in 1st place in U16 800m with a new personal best time of 2:03s. Jonah also finished 3rd in the 400m (55.28).
Olivia Vigneault (Yr 9) came 1st in U15 800m in 2:34.19s.
Anna McCormack (Yr 11), came 1st in the U17 Girls High Jump (1.45m). Anna also finished in 2nd place in the 100m Hurdles. (19.62).
Liam McFarlane (Yr 7) finished 1st in U12 800 in 2:37s.
Mikaela Sanger Larsson (Yr 7) finished 1st in the U12 Girls Discus with a strong throw of 12.19m.
Sofia Thorne (Yr 7) finished 1st in the U13 Girl’s Shotput with a throw of 6.04m, she also finished 3rd in the U12 Girls Javelin.
Angela Monty (Yr 7) finished 1st in the U12 Girls 100m in 15:44s.
8 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: Charles Henry (Yr 7)
- Junior Girl Athlete of the Year: Lauren Smith (Yr 9)
- Senior Girl Athlete of the Year: Alex York (Yr 11)
- Senior Girl Athlete of the Year: Emma Mahon (Yr 10)
- Senior Girl Athlete of the Year: Olivia Donoghue (Yr 10)
- Senior Boy Athlete of the Year: Jonah Koppers (Yr 10)
- Senior Boy Athlete of the Year: Max Currie (Yr 10)
A huge thank you to all our coaches from Mosman Athletics Club, Rich Frost (Sprints and Jumps), Josh Swan (Sprints and Relays), Jackson Ellis (Sprints and Jumps) and Brett Van Zyl (Throws) for all their assistance on the day of the carnival. A big thank you to the parents who came out to support the team on Tuesday and for all the early morning and afternoon pickups. I wish all the Redlands athletes the best of luck at the CIS Athletics Championships coming up on Tuesday 24 September.
Basketball
The following teams will have trial games in Dunnet Hall this Saturday 21 September. Players are asked to arrive 30 minutes before the start time indicated below, dressed in their Redlands Basketball uniform:
8.00am – 1st Girls vs SACS
9.00am – 1st Boys vs SACS
10.00am – 17A Boys vs SACS
11.00am – 15A Boys vs SACS
12.00pm – 14A Boys vs SACS
1.00pm – 13A Boys v SACS
Basketball teams not listed above will not have a commitment this Saturday.
We will be offering a Basketball skills session in the holidays on Tuesday 8 October in Dunnet Hall. Please click here to register:
9.00-10.30am – Yr 7 and 8 Boys and Girls
10.30am-12.00pm – Yrs 9 and 10 Boys and Girls
Basketball singlets are now available for hire from the Uniform Shop. Students will need to pay a $10 hire fee for the season and return their singlet to the Uniform Shop at the conclusion of the 2019/20 season.
Please continue to refer to Redlands Pulse for all of your Basketball information for the upcoming season.
Rowing
Our near record number of rowers have started the season well. There has been a noticeable increase in focus from previous years with our experienced year levels along with our first year rowers taking to the sport very quickly! As always, students can join the Rowing program at any stage of their schooling.
This Saturday 21 September from 12.00 – 1.30pm, the Friends of Rowing will be hosting the season launch and boat naming BBQ at Mosman Rowing Club. All families are welcome and encouraged to attend. We will be acknowledging some people who have made a significant contribution to the program during our boat naming ceremony.
Our Friends of Rowing would love to hear from any parents who would be able to volunteer with setup, working the BBQ or any other duties for this event. Can you please email Sabrina Pauling at sabrina.pauling@gmail.com
Due to this, this Saturday’s training schedule for all Year Groups has been modified as follows:
Seniors (Yrs 9, 10 and 11)
Row – 7.00 – 9.30am
Rest/Transit – 9.30 – 10.00am
ERGO – 10.00 – 11.30am
Transit/Change – 11.30 – 12.00pm
Juniors (Yr 8)
Row – 9.00 – 11.15am
ERGO Relay – 11.15 – 11.45am
Change – 11.45 – 12.00pm
Juniors (Yr 7)
ERGO Relay – 9.00 – 9.30am
Row – 9.30 – 11.45am
Change – 11.45 – 12.00pm