Sport at KES 2018

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Overview

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Sport plays a central role in the life of a King Edward VI student.

We are committed to providing opportunities for all students to participate in sporting activity at all levels and to challenge and support students to achieve their sporting potential, whatever that may be.

We challenge the most able in national competitions across all of our major sports and last year over 650 students represented the school at some stage, across 101 teams, in over 1000 fixtures. To do this we fielded A teams to E teams.

Achievement

KES Sports teams have been very successful in recent years in a number of sporting competitions Boys’ Hockey: U13 national final 2016 U14 regional final 2017 U13, 14, 16 regional quarter finals 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 1st XI last 16 national plate 2017 1st XI last 16 national cup 2018 Numerous county titles

Cricket: 1st XI Altham Trophy winners 2017,2018 U15 last 32 national cup 2015, 2016 U14 county champions 2014, 2015 U12 county champions 2012 U13 national semi finals 2018

Elite Performers

The Elite Sports Performer Programme has been established to support our talented sportsmen and women to enable them to achieve their academic potential whilst also striving to fulfil their sporting ability. They receive access to mentoring by sports department staff to provide any support they may need. Elite performers will be able to receive support in the planning of training programmes in our fitness suite.

Rugby: 1st XI National Plate last 32 2016 U14 county cup winners 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 U13 national cup last 16 2014 U15 national cup last 32 2017

Girls’ Hockey: U18 regional finals 2015, 2016, 2017 U13,14,16,18 regional heats 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Numerous county titles

Netball: U16 regional round 2017 U14 regional round 2016, 2017 U13 last 16 national cup 2015, 2016 U12 last 8 national cup 2015

Indoor Hockey: U16 boys national finals 2016 U16 boys regional finals 2017 U16 girls regional finals 2016, 2017 U18 boys regional finals 2014 All squads qualified for regional heats in 2015, 2016, 2017

As part of the programme there is a series of visits from external speakers to broaden their sporting horizons. These have included: - A series of Sports Psychology lectures and assessments; - A talk on sports nutrition; - A talk from Hollie Webb, Olympic hockey gold medallist, about preparation for major events and developing resilience; - A talk from Britain's 2nd strongest man on the role of strength and conditioning.

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Sports Awards

Sports Awards have recently been introduced for 11+, 13+ and 16+ applicants. These awards recognise the significant role that sport plays within the co-curricular life of the school.

Tours

Tours are a fundamental part of the sports programme at KES. The range of tours that are on offer to our students are varied across all major sports. Tours enable students to experience different cultures through sport as well as different sporting approaches.

We run major long haul tours for senior age groups and here is the major tours programme since 2015: 2015 Rugby & Girls’ Hockey to South Africa 2016 Cricket to Sri Lanka 2017 Boys’ Hockey to South Africa 2018 Netball to Jamaica 2018 Rugby to Canada 2019 Cricket to India 2020 Proposed Girls’ Hockey Tour

We invite applications from children with a passion for sport who have achieved, or shown the potential to achieve, a high level of sporting performance in at least one of the school’s major sports: Boys: Rugby, Hockey, Cricket Girls: Hockey, Netball, Rounders Those offered an award are expected to make a significant commitment to school sport.

For more information about these awards please email Mr Kent (Director of Sport) dk@kes.hants.sch.uk or Mrs Sheppard (Registrar) els@kes.hants.sch.uk

Shorter domestic and short haul trips are excellent for younger age groups to give all students a chance to experience a sports trip. In October Half Term 2017 the following trips departed from KES: U13 Netball to Belfast U14 Rugby to French Battlefields U15 Boys’ Hockey to Holland U18 Girls’ Hockey to Glasgow U13 Boys’ Cricket to Menorca

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Facilities

KES students are fortunate to have access to a number of outstanding facilities that rival any in the South of England.

Wellington Sports ground is a top class facility with 33 acres of sports field. In the winter months the grass area provides for 6 rugby fields and in the summer there is space for 5 cricket fields.

There is a high quality water based hockey field and 4 hard netball courts. The quality of the facilities is such that we are proud to host Hampshire CCC junior performance centres and we are a host centre for one of England Hockey’s regional performance centres.

Partnerships We value our place within the community and have developed a number of excellent partnerships Along side Stroud school we host annual inter school tournaments in football, hockey and rounders We are a training centre for Hampshire Netball club and are a fixture venue for some of Swan Netball club’s junior fixtures Our Wellington sports field is the host venue for Hampshire County Cricket clubs central regional performance programme and we host a number of county matches at age U10-15

We are a host venue for one of England Hockey’s U16 regional performance centres and we host a number of county matches at U10-U15

We host a hockey coaching day in September for a number of local prep schools which is led by national league coaches and international players

On the Hill Lane site we have 2 rugby fields, an artificial hockey pitch, 2 recently refurbished netball courts, a large sports hall, an excellent recently developed fitness centre, large table tennis room and a well equipped dance studio.

As part of the School’s Endeavour programme our students lead a sports activity day for over 180 local primary school children in the summer term

We are a host venue for the MCC foundation. A charity established by the MCC to support and develop talented cricketers within local communities

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Sporting Activities

Whilst there is a significant focus on the major team sports we are well aware that many students have interests in a wide range of other activities. These are made available through House competitions, PE lessons and also in the co-curricular programme. Therefore in addition to the major teams sports opportunities exist in: Athletics Basketball Badminton Dance Fencing Football Girls’ Rugby Girls’ Cricket Health and Fitness Kayaking Kick Boxing Martial Arts Mountain Biking Rhythmic Gymnastics Rock Climbing Sailing Swimming Skiing Table Tennis Tennis Trampolining Ultimate Frisbee Volleyball Yoga

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For more information contact: Mr Dan Kent Director of Sport 02380704561 dk@kes.hants.sch.uk