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.
Basketball
Round 2 saw some exceptional results across many of our teams. Our Dunnet Hall round was a great success, with an impressive 48-16 win over Central Coast in the Junior A Girls. This was followed by the 17A Boys who had a great contest against Oakhill, until Oakhill managed to run away with the game in the final minutes. The 1sts Girls were up against Barker, with some great team work and impressive passages of play finishing with a 73-47 win. The 1sts Boys were the final Dunnet Hall game of the day, and in a very high scoring battle against Oakhill, finished with a 106-72 win.
We saw three great wins in our other Opens Boys teams: 2nds defeated St Pius by eight points, the 3rds beat Oakhill Blue and the 4ths defeated Redlands 17D. The 17Bs had our only win from their age group in Round 2, with a 42-29 win over St Pius C, while the 17C and 17D put up a strong fight against Chevalier B and Redlands 4ths respectively. The 15As had another convincing 30 point win over Oakhill B, while 15B, C and D all followed up with wins, showing that we have a very strong Basketball cohort in this age group. With injury and illness both playing a role, the 14As finished on a 9 point loss against Oakhill and 14B had a tough game against a strong St Pius team. There were four wins in the 13s: 13A, B, C and E. The 13D team had a very close game against St Pat’s who unfortunately had momentum and a one point lead at the final siren.
The 2nds Girls were up against Barker 2nds. A fierce contest saw some great teamwork by our girls, finishing with a four point win. The Inter A and Inter B Girls played off against each other in what was a great spirited game that finished with the Inter A team on top. The Inter Cs played a strong SACS A team, while the Junior Bs also played SACS A with both teams playing hard but losing the contest. The Junior Cs played against CCGS and lost by six in what was a close game throughout.
Fitness Centre
Please be aware that the Fitness Centre will only be open across Monday and Wednesday morning next week due to staff commitments with Yr 10 Camp. Both sessions will still run from the usual time of 6.30 – 7.30am.
Both afternoon Rowing sessions in the Fitness Centre will proceed as normal.
Indoor Hockey
Congratulations to Jess Van Extel (Yr 7) and Freya Gait (Yr 8) who competed in Orange at the State Indoor Hockey Championships over the weekend and then the week before at the Hunter Cup. Their Northern Sydney and Beaches team played other Rep teams from all over NSW. They won the Hunter Cup Div 1 and played well in Orange, only just missing out on a Semi Final place.
Rowing
This weekend will see the Rowing program attend its first regatta being the Hunter Valley Grammar School Regatta at Berry Park. Details have been emailed to all families and students but are also available on Redlands Pulse. Students will depart from Mosman Rowing Club on the school bus and return for boat unloading after the regatta. The Friends of Rowing group will be providing pizzas for students following boat unloading.
New Parents Meet-Up
Friends of Rowing would like to invite any parents new to the Rowing program this year to a welcome and information sharing event prior to the return of the rowers from Newcastle.
- Saturday 9 November
- 6.30pm
- Redlands Boatshed located at Mosman Rowing Club
- Light food will be served and you are welcome to bring your own drinks
With the Rowing season almost half-way through and the competition phase about to begin in earnest, this is an opportunity for new parents to share their experiences so far, ask any questions that have arisen and to meet a few of the other parents. This will be a low-key informal event.
The event is open to any parents, but is aimed at those new to the program. It will be hosted by Tom Richardson and the Friends of Rowing Committee.
Sailing
With less than two weeks to the inaugural Redlands Cup at RSYS, our sailors have been training hard on both Elliott 7s keelboats and the Pacer dinghies. In the Elliott 7s, the three mixed teams have been focusing on developing their fleet racing skills and during Saturday’s training session, Olly Noakes (Yr 8) won both of the practice races. In the Pacers, the squad has grown to 12 sailors who have just concluded their training block with symmetrical spinnakers. During the practices races for Pacers, Ben Harrington (Yr 9) and Jack Murray (Yr 9) stormed ahead of the fleet winning both their races. The Redlands Cup will be held on 16 November on Sydney Harbour against Cranbrook.
Tennis
With many teams playing at home this week, there was a great atmosphere at both venues. It was excellent to see students being their best self on the tennis court, supporting their teammates and using each point, game or set as a learning experience. During the 8.00am timeslot, students were challenged by the St Pius teams. These Redlands students are still mastering their serve and used their time on court this week to improve their match play skills. During the 10.00am timeslot, there was a number of strong performances with wins from teams 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 13.
Just a friendly reminder, Tennis is a Representative Sport. This means that players need to be 100% committed to all trainings and matches.
Touch Football
Another great week was played last week with some close games across all the divisions. Our 1sts had a great hit out against a much-improved Scots All Saints College, unfortunately going down 3-5. Our 2nds looked to continue their run of form against St Andrew’s, in what was a nail biter, the girls came away with a 2-2 draw. Our 3rds looked to improve on last weeks results, but unfortunately went down 2-3. Our Senior 4ths had a bye last week but will be looking for a strong hit out against Oxley College this weekend.
Our Juniors have been showing great improvements, with our Junior A and B teams having strong wins against Scots All Saints College 5-3 and 5-2 respectively. Our Junior C teams showed great spirit, despite some players being ill during the week, holding on for a 2-2 draw against St Andrew’s. Our Junior D team also had some great improvements, although they went down 1-4 to St Andrew’s.
This week see’s our 1sts, 2nds and 3rds play at home to Barker College. Junior A are home to Blue Mountains Grammar, our Junior B team at home to St Andrew’s, whilst our Senior 4ths and Junior C teams travel to Oxley College and our Junior Ds travel to Chevalier College. Games times and fields can be found on the Redland Rhino.
Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au
All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.