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.
Pre-Season Summer Sport Camp
For the second consecutive year selected students from our Rowing, Touch Football and Basketball programs travelled to Berry to participate in our Summer Sport Preseason Camp. With over 75 students and staff attending, the Camp provided an amazing opportunity for all athletes involved to upskill and come together as a team but also to receive focused one on one coaching from a range of our elite coaches in their respective programs.
For the rowers, the Camp was a chance to perfect their sculling technique and skill by fitting multiple trainings sessions in each day. The senior Rowing squad strengthened their team cohesion as they worked through countless kilometres of sculling every session. The strength of this cohesion and interdependence on each other is one of the key reasons our Rowing program is growing across all age groups. The week culminated in a 12km Broughton Creek time trial, a tough physical and mental challenge for any young sculler to complete.
Twenty of our top Touch Football athletes came to the Camp, a great number for one of our fastest growing sports at Redlands. Under the watchful eye of Mr Ellis, the Camp was a great chance for all of the players involved to focus on their skill development, with drills tailored around catch pass and the running elements of Touch Football. With all the trials completed and the teams selected the pressure was off this group of girls and they took to the Camp with such a strong and positive attitude.
The Redlands Basketball program had a fantastic turnout with both our Girls and Boys 1stV represented along with some selected junior players. With our experienced coaches of Ms Camino, Ms Seebohm and Mr Golding running highly focused skills sessions. All of our basketballers were able to complete a very high volume of training, adding an extra 20% training load for their season and in four short days on Camp were able to cover what would usually take 4-5 weeks during the school term. It was very encouraging to see how far this group has developed physical, mentally and socially.
One of the key focuses of the Camp is to develop the physical and mental aspects of their sports. Getting our athletes out of the Sydney ‘bubble’ and away from some of the finer things in life allows our students to really focus on their sport and what it means to be a student-athlete. All of our students worked on the finer mental aspects of their sports, whether it be the quiet one on one focused sessions for Basketball, the Stretching/Meditation sessions for Rowing or the quiet group exercises of Touch Football. These types of sessions allowed our students to reflect on what their own core values are and how they approach their sport, trainings and team mates. With the start of ISA Sport season fast approaching and our Rowing schedules already bulging at the seams, it is encouraging to know that our students have a strong training based of physical and mental skills to begin their season.
Please find a student reflection report on Redlands Pulse.
Basketball
Friends of Basketball
We will be holding the Basketball AGM on Tuesday 22 October in L1.2 from 6.00-7.00pm. We encourage any Basketball parents who would like to be a member of the 2019/20 Friends of Basketball committee to attend. All are welcome!
Pre-Season Tournaments
The 1st Boys, 1st Girls and 2nd Girls will be competing in their respective pre-season tournaments this Saturday 19 October. The details for these games are available on the Redlands Rhino (Redlands Pulse).
Round 1
Round 1 of the ISA Basketball season will commence on Saturday 26 October. A reminder all students will need to hire a Basketball singlet from the Uniform Shop prior to their first game. The draft season draw is now available on Redlands Pulse under the Basketball tab. It is important to check the Redlands Rhino each week for any changes to the schedule, the Redlands Rhino will be available on Redlands Pulse by 4.00pm each Tuesday for the upcoming Saturday games.
Rowing
During the recent school holidays our rowers had the option to continue their training, where they can both hold onto their recent gains but also further develop their boat skills. Our Junior sessions were well attended and these students were able to row in single sculls and even managed to boat an eight on occasion.
The Senior students attended the summer sport pre-season camp, or Sculling Camp as its known to our rowers. 25 Senior students completed 2-3 water sessions a day in single sculls, covering what will be their biggest training block outside of our January Rowing Camp. Students are both physically and technically challenged, with all students able to now paddle with their sculls balanced and blades off the water.
The biggest physical challenge was the newly created Head of the Broughton Creek sculling race. This is Redlands only 12km sculling time trial where the students race from where the Broughton Creek enters into the Shoalhaven River back to the Berry Sport and Rec. While all of our students will have had on water training sessions where they easily cover more than 12km, they will not have had a single workload that was for 12km and especially not in a single scull. Sent off in small groups with a coach following in a speedboat, it was effectively each student versus the clock. The top three places for both the boys and girls were as follows:
Senior Girls
Emily Barrelle (Yr 10): 59:14.48
Maddi Howard (Yr 11): 59:59.68
Emily Batemyr (Yr 10): 1:01:07.96
Senior Boys
Alex Holtheuer (Yr 10): 57:09.50
Max Durrant (Yr 11): 58:42.14
Mitch Simpson (Yr 11): 59:20.09
This week our students have returned to their full training schedule, with our Juniors commencing their first morning on water sessions. A full training schedule is available on Redlands Pulse.
Saturday 26 October will see the first of our regattas for the season, with most Seniors and all Yr 8 students racing from our home waters at the Mosman Middle Harbour Time Trial over the 5000m or 3000m course while our Senior 1st crews will head out to the NSW Institute of Sport Time Trial held on the Nepean River. We are still to determine if any of our Yr 7 students are capable of making it down the 3000m course for the time trial on Middle Harbour.
Friends of Rowing
Friends of Rowing will be meeting on Monday 21 October from 6.00-7.00pm in room H2.6. All parents and supporters are welcome to attend.
Tennis
This Saturday is the first round of the Summer NSTA Competition. The draw is now available on Redlands Pulse – Tennis. Please check the draw to ensure you turn up to the correct venue. Please arrive 15 minutes before your allocated timeslot. Just a reminder a few courtesies from players can help the day go smoothly and quickly:
- Players should begin each set by introducing themselves and shaking hands before the toss.
- Serving players should have two balls with them before they begin serving.
- Players should never leave the court mid game/set for a drink. If a drink is needed, players must wait until the change of ends and take a drink walking to the other end.
- Serving players must announce the score each point and then the game score at the end of each game.
- All players must know the order of sets and players must be nearby ready to take the court when the previous set is finished.
If students require assistance with scoring and the rules, please approach the venue convener at each venue for their help. Please also approach the conveners for court allocation, balls and recording of scores. Good luck on Saturday.
Touch Football
The teams have now been placed on Redlands Pulse – Touch Football with the draw also. There might be some minor changes to the draw week to week, with parents and students reminded to check the Redland Rhino each Tuesday evening to confirm their weekly fixtures.
Trial matches are confirmed for this Saturday 19 October, from 10.30am (games are now on Redlands Rhino), students are reminded that they need to collect their Touch Football singlets from Mr Ellis in the Sports Department.
Volleyball
Congratulations to Sofia Stuckmann (Yr 10) who over the holidays represented the NSW U17 State Volleyball team at the Junior National Volleyball Championships in Canberra. In what was an extremely tough competition which featured some international teams, NSW had some close games and learned a lot from what was an incredible experience for all involved.
Fitness Centre
The Fitness Centre is open across all mornings during the week from 6.30am with students reminded that once on site they are required to remain on school grounds. There are additional afternoon sessions on both Monday and Friday.
The Canteen will be open for breakfast from the start of next week with a range of great options available to all students.
I recommend that all students looking ahead to their Summer Sport seasons 2019/2020 look to use these sessions as a way to prepare physically. Sports such as Basketball, Rowing, Tennis and Touch Football all require a level of strength and flexibility all of which can be achieved by using the Redlands Fitness Centre. There will again be High Performance Testing done across the next two weeks so all students are encouraged to attend.
For more details about the Fitness Centre and High Performance Testing, please contact Mr Gooding.
Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au
All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.