A record 11 Felsted School pupils have been selected to train with England Hockey Performance Centres at U15 and U17 level, where they are able to further their development in a high performance environment, mixing with other top level players selected from the region. Following this regional recognition, Year 12 Walter, who also plays for Bury St Edmunds U17s, and brothers Kit and Guy, who also play...
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Ellesmere College has retained its place in the Top 100 Senior Schools for cricket in the UK for the fourth year running. The College has once again been chosen from a record number of entries to feature in the 2021 Cricketer Schools Guide - with judges impressed by the school’s efforts to provide the best cricketing opportunities. Ellesmere College also featured in the Top 100 in the 2018, 2019...
A total of 15 students from the Taunton School will try-out for netball performance pathways this season, at regional and national level. Year 13 students Isla May and Tia Chaloner will try out for Team Bath at U21 and U19 levels respectively, whilst Flora Collier has been put forward for the Celtic Dragon U19 team in Wales. Isla and Flora are also attending trials for the England and Wales U21 national...
An Ellesmere College student who took up golf to work on his focus for other sports has won a major competition and could end up playing in California. Nine-year-old Ethan Harrison, who joined Ellesmere College in September because of the sporting opportunities there, played his first golf competition with his boxing coach - World Champion Bantam Weight Boxer Paul Butler - because it was the only adult...
A Kingswood School pupil recently represented Somerset in the British Dressage Youth team at a prestigious competition. Phoebe, who is in Year 11, competed at the Inter Country Championships, which took place in mid-October at Bicton Arena, in Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Normally the teams are made up of 14 riders and for Somerset Youth team there were only seven. The team understood that every...
Katie and Lucy have earned places at the trials Four pupils at Scarborough College have earned U15 England Hockey Performance Centre squad places following successful trials in Doncaster. Consistent performances over recent months for the College, Clubs and North Yorkshire has seen Beth Hiley (Leeds HC), Isabella Holdsworth (Leeds HC), Lucy Barker and Kate Barker (York HC) demonstrate the high...
Two Year 10 pupils from The Leys, Cambridge have been selected to join the Royal Yacht Association’s eastern region training squad. This sets them on course for possible selection for UK Sailing’s Youth Squads and, beyond that, Olympic Development programme. Dominic Atherton and George Macfadyen will take part in a series of two-day training camps over the next six months (lockdown...
Dauntsey’s Adventure Team has had its largest ever number of applications to secure a place in the School’s team for the infamous Devizes to Westminster (DW) canoe race, known as ‘The Canoeist’s Everest’. Sam Moore, Head of Adventure Education at Dauntsey’s, said: “Months of lockdown have certainly not diminished our Lower Sixth pupils’ appetite for adventure. We have had 43 students...
St Lawrence College has appointed Alastair Brogdon as its new Elite Performance Director. Alastair will look to further enhance the College's reputation as one of the top hockey schools in the country, and work with top performers across all sports to guide them on their path to maintaining a performance lifestyle. Alongside this role, he will also be working with Canterbury Hockey Club to maintain and...
From September, the Table Tennis Academy at Ackworth School is to be under the expert guidance of internationally renowned coach and player Eli Baraty. An accomplished table tennis player, Eli has competed at the highest levels in the German league and represented England in Sweden and Switzerland. The experience of the world stage has led Eli to work closely with five international set-ups, helping...
Severn Stars netball franchise has announced that it is launching a new Nova Academy at Oswestry School. The school will host a Severn Stars U17 Nova Academy from September 2020 in partnership with Stars, which is a joint franchise between the University of Worcester and University of Gloucestershire. Anita Navin, Executive Director and Co-founder of Severn Stars, commented: “ really thrilled to...
Eastbourne College sixth former and cricket sensation, Tawanda Muyeye, has joined an exclusive list after being named the Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year for 2019. Wisden has long carried details of schools cricket. As far back as 1865, the second edition included an account of the previous year’s Eton v Harrow match. These days the coverage runs to around 200 schools over 40 pages. In 2008,...
A Bishop’s Stortford College pupil has qualified for the National Schools Equestrian Association (NSEA) Championships. Tilly Dickinson-Gaunt earned her place in the competition after excelling in her first NSEA County Schools qualifier earlier this month. Up against more than 40 other competitors from schools across Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Hertfordshire, Tilly and her pony Alfie won the 70cm...
A record number of students from Taunton School have been selected in the latest round of County and District cricket pathways. A total of 60 boys and girls ranging from 9 to 18 years have been selected for county, district, academy and international squads, including Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and as far as Hong Kong. Pete Sanderson, Director of Cricket, said: “These students are a credit to how...
Students from Burgess Hill Girls picked up multiple medals at the annual Mid Sussex Renshinkan Karate tournament. The competition was held earlier in March at The Triangle, Burgess Hill, where over 150 competitors ranging from ages 5-55 showed off their skills in Kata (forms), Kobudo (weapons) and Kumite (free sparring). Eleven girls represented the school, with students winning a total of three...
Trent College recently welcomed Ali Jawad to the school to share his inspirational story from war-torn Lebanon to the Paralympics, to pupils in Years 9-11. A second talk followed that evening for Sport Scholars and BTEC Sport pupils as well as parents and invited guests, with a deeper focus into Ali’s advocacy for clean sport. Ali’s honest account of the highs and lows of his sporting career and...
An England Volleyball star at Taunton School has accepted a place at a top United States College. Georgia McGovern, Year 13, has been offered a place at the prestigious Claremont McKenna College after being recognised for her talent in the sport. With 60 appearances for England Junior Volleyball, and more recently selection with the England Seniors, Georgia’s offer to attend a highly regarded US...
Burgess Hill Girls athlete Peanut Meekings has been selected to represent the South East at the 2020 England Volleyball Inter-Regional competitions. Peanut is already an accomplished athlete and represents Sussex at the javelin, leading to an invite to join the British Athletics Youth Talent Programme in 2019. She only took up volleyball a few years ago, but now plays for Burgess Hill Girls, Sussex...