Redeemer Record, July 2012 - Redeemer Lutheran College

14 | feature | REDEEMER RECORDSportRedeemerin 2012TAS and JTAS Sport – Semester 1, 2012The sports year has been a busy butexciting time so far in 2012. We hit theground running playing our first round ofTAS (The Associated Schools) sport afteronly three days of school and the levelof support shown by the students to getall the teams on the field in such a shorttime was fantastic. This demonstrationof commitment and school spirit hascontinued all semester resulting in someamazing successes for many teams andindividuals alike.Trimester 1 sport saw a renewed interest inthe Boys Cricket and Girls Tennis programs.The Boys Cricket entered all teams fromYear 5 to Year 12 into the TAS competitionThis welcomed new attitude saw all of ourteams dramatically improve and challengefor titles in all year levels. Our Open A andOpen B teams both qualified for finals withthe Open As final finishing in a tie and theOpen B girls becoming Champions of 2012.Girls Basketball and Boys Volleyball havealways been popular sports at Redeemerand this year was no exception. The teamswere over flowing with willing participantswho trained hard and looked to improveevery week. The Boys Volleyball teamsall battled hard into the last round ofgames with all teams narrowly missingout on finals berths. The Girls Basketballwas again very competitive in all yearAt Redeemer we judge our success throughsupporting our friends and team mates,respecting our opponents and competingwith integrity at all times.for the first time in many years. This levelof enthusiasm shown by the boys acrossthe entire school led to our First XI, Year10 and Year 9 teams all playing on Finalsweekend, with the Year 9 Cricketersofficially being crowned TAS Red DivisionChampions. The Girls Tennis was a greatsuccess in Trimester 1 with many girlsplaying the game for the first time. Ournew coach’s enthusiasm for the game wasinfectious creating a positive experiencefor all of the girls, encouraging them toimprove their skills and enjoy their Tennis.levels with the Open A and Open B teamsmaking it into the finals. The Open Aswent down in a hard fought final butthe Open B Girls were crowned TAS RedChampions after an undefeated season.The JTAS (Junior TAS) season was also agreat success in Term 1 with our Year 6Cricket team showing great commitmentand spirit maintaining an undefeatedrecord all season. The Softball girls wereoutstanding with their attendance andcommitment to improve their individualskills. This resulted in many victories duringFollow Redeemer Sport on Facebookwww.facebook.com/RedeemerSport