Secondary Sport
Secondary Sport on Redland Pulse incl. Rhino
Basketball
Round 1 of Redlands Basketball was a great success for both the girls and boys Basketball programs. With many of the boys teams playing at our home court at NBISC, there was a great atmosphere and intensity throughout the day. In our Boys A line, we had three great wins for the 14A, 15A, and 1sts teams, which is a fantastic start as our Boys Basketball program is back into Division 1 this year. Our B Boys line nearly finished with a clean sweep against St Augustine’s with four wins in the 14B, 15B, 17B and 2nds, and a draw for the 13Bs. There were two wins in the C line against Oakhill for the 15C boys and 17C boys. In the D line, the Open Blue boys team had a strong win over Oakhill and in the development division, the 14E boys team finished with a three point win over St Patrick’s.
It was a great Round 1 for the Girls Basketball program with seven wins and two losses. We had a number of teams playing at Barker and almost finished with a clean sweep with wins in the 1sts, Junior As, Junior Cs and two wins for the Division 3 side. With two teams travelling to St Paul’s, we came away with a very convincing win for the Junior Bs. All Round 1 results can be found on Redlands Pulse.
Best of luck to all teams in Round 2 this Saturday. The COVID protocols in place for each venue can be found by following this link. A reminder that students should be arriving 15 minutes prior to the start time for their game, dressed in full Redlands Basketball uniform ready to play. Please bring a full water bottle as bubblers may not be available.
Tennis
Last Saturday was Round 2 of the NSTA Term 4 summer competition. We were extremely lucky to complete our matches before the rain arrived. There were a number of convincing wins with Teams 1, 3, 4, 7, 23 and 24 all winning 3 from 3 sets with a number of other teams having very close matches. Well done to all.
Please aim to arrive at least 15 minutes before your scheduled start time to ensure there is sufficient time for a warm up and matches can start on time, 8.00am and 10.00am. The most up to date draw can be found on the Redlands Rhino. If students are sick or injured and cannot attend training please email Eliza Peirce. If students are sick and rostered to play on Saturday, please email Eliza Peirce before 12.00pm on the Friday before the match to ensure a replacement can be found and all sets can be completed.
The COVID Safety Protocols for Tennis have not changed for Round 3. The one spectator rule at all NSTA Tennis venues remains in place. The Redlands COVID Sports Protocols can be found on Redlands Pulse. All wet weather updates can be found on Twitter.
Touch Football
We had a great day out at Macquarie University on Saturday. We had a number of close games with a number of the Junior teams turning out for what was their first taste of Redlands Touch Football. Despite some of the teams going down in close games, the girls were very impressive and are implementing the training techniques during the games. The Junior A girls had a tight contest against a St Spyridon team going down 4-5, the Junior B team went down 0-2 in what was a very close match against St Andrews, Junior C and Junior D teams both played St Andrews also unfortunately going down 3-5 and 2-9. Our Junior E took on a strong St Spyridon 2 team and, considering many of this team had never played before, showed great spirit managing to cross the line in the second half but unfortunately lost 1-5. The Senior teams had a great first hit out on Saturday against both Barker College and Oakhill College. The 1sts looked really impressive against Oakhill and despite going into the half time break at 2-2, the girls took control winning the match 6-3. Our 2nds are still finding their connections within the team, as they managed to sneak home with a 1-0 defeat over Barker College. The 3rds had a double header taking on Barker College. Although they went down 0-3, the girls built confidence knowing they get to play them again. Their second match was a friendly against Barker College 4 which was a one-sided affair. The girls were able to put a lot more structure in place and ran in 11 tries to 0. The Senior 4th team had smiles on their faces from start to finish. Many of these girls have never played before and, despite learning many of the rules on the run, had a lot of fun in a tough 0-8 loss to Oakhill College 2.
A huge thank you to all those spectators who followed the COVID protocols in place at Macquarie University.
“Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly” – Shaquille O’Neil – 4x NBA Champion, 3x NBA Finals MVP, NBA MVP, Basketball Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall of Fame, College Basketball Hall of Fame
Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au
All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.