Secondary Sport
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Weekly Results
Basketball
Round 4 had most of our teams travelling outside of Sydney for their fixtures. The A Girls teams travelled together to Chevalier, with all three teams leaving victorious. The 1sts Girls had a very close game, going basket for basket against an undefeated Chevalier side for the first three quarters. It wasn’t until the final quarter that our fitness and intensity paid off, and Redlands won. The Junior A Girls were up next and after finding it hard to put the ball through the basket in the first half, found themselves down by ten at the half-time break. A great second half saw the team string together some great passages of play for a seven point win. The Inter A Girls were the final game posting a huge 41-17 win to continue their undefeated streak heading into Round 5.
The 2nds Girls were up against Oxley’s 1sts Girls team. After a slow start, our team found themselves down 24-0 by half time. Regrouping in the second half saw the final score as a 30-22 loss, which was a great effort from our girls to pull back the lead. The Inter C Girls were elated to get their first win of the season with a 20-14 victory and showed some great improvement throughout the game. The Junior B team finished with another fantastic win over St Paul’s and the Junior C’s fell short to a strong Oxley side.
The A Boys teams played in Bathurst. The 15A and 17A Boys were up first, with the 15As posting an impressive 70 point win over St Stannies. Our 17A Boys finished up with a ten point win, followed up with the 1sts who, despite being low on players due to injury, battled hard and finished up with a 79-74 win. The 13A and 14A Boys were the final two games of the day and both teams had fantastic wins.
The B Boys teams played against all of Oxley’s A teams. The 15B Boys played one of the most exciting games of the round, their game going into double overtime and finally golden point. Finishing the game out with only four players, we still manged to win. The 14B Boys only had five players, despite a loss to the Oxley A team they fought hard to the final siren. The 13B Boys proved too good on the day, continuing their great form this season, while the 17B Boys had a 15-20 loss. The 2nds Boys were up against Oxley’s 1sts team in what was expected to be a very tough game. Our boys came out firing from the start and as the game progressed managed to decrease the gap in the scoreline each quarter. The 15Ds also travelled to Oxley, and proving to be a very strong team this year, finished with a 33-6 win to continue their winning streak.
The C Boys teams played at Oakhill, where the 15Cs had a strong 44-16 win, as did the 3rds with a 31-15 victory. The 17C and 13C both played hard but Oakhill proved too strong on the day. The 4ths Boys had a very close contest, finishing the game with a very narrow 23-24 loss. The 13D and 13E Boys also travelled to Oakhill for 12-31 loss and a 27-23 win respectively.
To view the current standings for your team, please follow the link to the ISA website.
Sailing – Redlands Cup
Over the weekend the Redlands Sailing program hosted the inaugural Redlands Cup against Cranbrook. With over 45 sailors competing in 16 boats and two divisions, there was a lot of close racing between the two schools. Sailing close to the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, the teams completed thirty races across five hours with a steady breeze from the south-east.
In the teams racing Aiden Young (Sailing Captain, Yr 12) and Jameson Prescott (Yr 10) led the two Redlands teams and managed to secure seven wins collectively over their ten races. Unfortunately, Cranbrook managed to gain a two point advantage heading into the final series but our Redland sailors continued to perform well in their petite final against each other with Redlands 2, led by Jameson, placing third overall.
In the fleet racing, the three Redlands teams led by Harry Winton (Yr 10), Alex Gibbs (Yr 9) and Oliver Noakes (Yr 8) competed on the Squadron’s fleet of Elliott 7s keelboats against two of Cranbrook’s strongest sailors. The shortened course for the fleet racing kept the boats close to each other and kept the sailors on their toes as they looked for small wind shifts that would give them an advantage. At the end of the day, there were only 12 points between the five teams with Redlands 2, led by Alex, placing second behind Cranbrook’s best team.
The Redlands Cup will be held again in 2020 with more schools from across Sydney and NSW invited to compete.
What was evident on the weekend was the leadership skills that a sport like Sailing develops. In every crew each student had a defined role for which they are held accountable. This is all led by the skipper of the boat. Managing the varying factors of competitors, environment (wind and water) and crew. All this makes for a very interesting mix of skill and character development within a sport. I applaud all of our sailors in their tenacity, drive and poise shown in a high pressure situation such as the Redlands Cup. I look forward to seeing our Sailing program continue to flourish in the years to come.
Photos, courtesy of Darcie Collington, can be found here.
In other Sailing news, Jameson Prescott (Yr 10) has been selected to compete as part of the RSYS’s Youth team at two international match racing championships from 20-29 November. These two competitions are part of the world youth match racing circuit and lead up events for the Youth Match Racing World Championship at the end of February 2020. All the coaching staff and sailors wish Jameson luck at the two competitions.
Snowsports
Congratulations to George Murphy who was recognised at the Ski and Snowboard Australia Community Sports Awards on 7 November in Canberra, where he was awarded Emerging Talented Athlete of the Year for Moguls. He was also nominated for the Young Achiever of the Year for 2019.
Tennis
The Redlands ISA 1sts (Seb Dobson, Phil Hilble, Aymon Holth, James Robinson and Tristan Wong) will be playing in the Australian Schools Tennis Challenge in Albury from 23 – 27 November. This is the first time Redlands has sent a Tennis team to compete in a national competition. They successfully qualified by winning the Division 1 shield in the ISA competition. A fantastic achievement that has led to an amazing opportunity.
This week was the last round match for Term 4 with nine of our top ten teams all having great wins to set many of them up for a top two finish in their division and a finals place. Many of the students new to Tennis this term have been mastering their serve during training and are slowly but surely being more successful during their matches on Saturday which is great to see. Just a reminder it is an expectation that students support their team each and every week by watching and cheering their Tennis partners singles and other Redlands matches that may be playing at the venue.
The Finals/Playoffs are on this week. All teams will play. Teams who finished 1st or 2nd in their division will play in the final, all other teams will play for a position, 3rd-6th. Congratulations to the following teams who have successfully made the final this term: Teams 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 24. Redlands 5 narrowly missed out on the final by one point. Well done.
A new NSTA competition will start early Term 1 and will run for six weeks (five round matches and one finals/playoffs match). Training continues as normal for the remainder of the term in preparation for the Term 1 competition.
Touch Football
A number of teams travelled to Oxley with some mixed results. Our Senior 1sts bounced back after a defeat to Barker with a strong win over Oxley College 8–4, the girls will be looking to improve this week when they take on Barker College again in what will be a tough outing at Macquarie on Saturday morning. Our Senior 2nds came up against newly entered Oakhill College, who were strong from the outset. The girls dug deep but Oakhill proved too strong. Our 3rds travelled to Oxley also and looked to dominate early in the match, with some strong running up the middle, the girls made some good breaks and managed to take the game 5-2. Our Senior 4ths had a great win on Saturday overcoming Barker College.
Our Juniors had a much tougher time over the weekend, with our Junior As going down to Oxley 2-6, and our Junior B team going down 2-3 to Oxley also, both teams worked hard throughout the match but have some key areas to work on. Our Junior C team took on St Spyridon, losing 0-3. Our Junior D team have been showing improvements each week, focusing on little passing exchanges and running onto the ball, however unfortunately they had a hard week playing a well drilled St Pauls team.
This week our 1sts, 3rds, 4ths and Junior B teams play at Macquarie taking on Barker and St Andrew’s. Our 2nds, Junior A, C and D teams are all away at Blue Mountains Grammar (bus departing Redlands at 6.45am). All games times and fields can be found on the Redland Rhino
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 6.25-7.45am with additional afternoon sessions on both Monday and Friday.
I would recommend that all students looking to build for their Summer sport seasons 2019/2020 and also the Winter Representative sports 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 be High Performance Testing done across all of next week (Week 7) so all students are encouraged to attend. This will be a further chance for athletes who have already tested to see where and how they have improved.
Please contact Mr Gooding directly for more information on individualised programs and or the High-Performance Program.
Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au
All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.
