Grey Court School Sports Offer 2018-2019 Core & Additional Sports
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Grey Court School Sports Offer 2018-2019 Core & Additional Sports 1 Sports Offer 2018 - 2019 Sport is an important and vibrant part of life at Grey Court School. We aim to provide a wide range of sports at levels suited to students’ different abilities and interests. The sports programme includes core sports (selection, regular training, full fixture list against other schools) and additional sports (open to all, for health and enjoyment, with some competition). We compete against the best sporting schools in London and the South East. The School has an improving record of sporting achievement. The School’s facilities for sport include: A Sports Hall ( basketball court and four badminton courts, volleyball court,2 Indoor cricket nets) Gymnasium for Dance and Gymnastic activities The School Field is used for PE, sports training, football & rugby fixtures Playing Fields on Bull Meadow for football lessons and competitive matches 4 outdoor all weather netball courts including one show court 4 outdoor Tennis Courts OAA course within the school grounds 300 metre grass running track New strength and conditioning suite We would like every student to get involved in the extra-curricular sporting activities of the school. Where external coaches are used, all have undergone the necessary child protection checks. There is a designated Grey Court staff member (the teacher i/c) responsible for oversight of each sport. Contents Sports Offer 2018 - 2019 ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Core Sports .......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Athletics ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Football (Boys & Girls) ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Netball ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Rugby Union .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Tennis…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 Basketball ...................................................................................................................................................... 76 Additional Sports………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..8 Badminton…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 Cricket .............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Cross Country .................................................................................................................................................. 9 Handball……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………10 Rounders ....................................................................................................................................................... 10 Volleyball ....................................................................................................................................................... 10 Gymnastics/Dance……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 Sport Scholarship Programme……………………………………………………………………………………………………...12 Sport Sports Club Links………………………………………………………………………………………………………………13 2 Core Sports The core sports programme is the core of the sporting offer at the School. There are currently six major sports: Athletics Football Netball Rugby Tennis Basketball The aim of the core sports programme is: to involve large numbers of students and field as many teams competitively as possible to select teams on talent to run a full fixture list against other schools to enter competitions to train at least once a week to give students the opportunity and encouragement to play at district, county and regional level All students are encouraged to try out for the core sports. Students who have a talent for a sport and are selected for teams will be expected to train and play for the school. The students in the Elite Training Groups will have compulsory training added to their timetable. This is dedicated training time and is an expectation of the PE Department. Athletics All Years Track and field athletics play a large part in the curriculum and are developed further as a core extra- curricular sport during the Winter/Summer Term. Students have the opportunity to learn aspects of track running at all distances, including relays and hurdles. They are also able to develop new skills in the field events (discus, javelin, shot putt, long jump, high jump, triple jump, and hammer). There are fixtures against other secondary schools. Grey Court School takes part in the Richmond Schools’ Track and Field Championships at Kingsmeadow in June. The Year 9 boys, Year 10/11 boys, Year 7 girls and Year 8 girls, were crowned champions in 2018. Grey Court won the overall Boys’ trophy and Grey Court won the overall (Boys’ & Girls’) trophy for the third consecutive year. In the English Schools Championships, the Junior Boys, Junior Girls & Intermediate Boys qualified for the South East English Schools Regional ‘A’ Finals. The Intermediate boys finished 3rd and Junior girls came 3rd which was a superb achievement. The school also competed in the indoor season at Lee Valley for the third time during the winter months. Our Year 8/9 boys finished 5th in the ‘A’ Final. 3 Season Autumn/Spring/Summer Term Training Monday - Friday Cost nil Teacher i/c Mr S Willmore/Mrs K Shaw Coaches Mr S Willmore Mrs K Shaw Mr A Ridley Miss N Drinkwater Mr J Murphy Miss M Barrett Mr M Flood Mrs I Garrard Kit School PE polo shirt, shorts, white socks, trainers or spikes Football (Boys & Girls) All Years Football forms an important part of the curriculum in both boys’ and girls’ PE. Football training allows students to develop their individual skills and their role within a team. The school competes in the Richmond Borough League, Surrey Schools Cup and the English Schools FA Cup competitions alongside friendly fixtures organised. Our Year 7 boys’ team won the Ibstock Park 6-a-side competition. The boys’ teams also reached 4 Cup Finals last season but only our Year 8 team were victorious. Mr Joseph Jones (ex- student, now playing with Eastleigh FC) leads the Junior Boys’ training. The school has developed excellent links with Brentford FC who run training for all girls on Mondays and an elite skills development group on Wednesday morning for selected boys in Years 8-10. We also have excellent links with Richmond Park FC who run an elite training session for Junior girls on a Thursday. In 2019 we are planning to run the first girls’ football tour to the UK’s biggest Junior football festival in Bognor Regis, with the opportunity to compete at St Georges. The girls’ Senior football team have been Borough Champions for three consecutive years and the Junior team finished 3rd in the borough last year. Season Autumn/Spring term Training Girls: Monday & Thursday Boys: Monday lunch & Thursday Elite group – Wednesday morning Cost nil Teacher i/c Mr S Willmore/Mr A Ridley Coaches Mr S Willmore Brentford FC Mr A Ridley Miss M Barrett Mr J Murphy Miss N Angel Mr J Jones Mrs I Garrard Richmond Park FC Kit School PE polo shirt, shorts, football socks, football boots & shin pads Netball All Years Netball is one of the main winter sports at Grey Court School for girls. Senior fixtures against other schools in the Borough run in the Autumn Term from September to October while Junior fixtures commence in the 4 Spring Term after February half term. All teams have friendly fixtures against local independent schools and competitive state schools all year round, including fixtures against KGS, Tiffin, LEH, Surbiton, Ewell Castle, Godolphin and Latymer to name a few. Year 9 & senior training runs on a Monday. Training for year 7 and 8 will be on Wednesdays. There is also shooting practice every Wednesday lunchtime for GS and GA position players. Last season, our year 8 team and year 9 teams were Borough runners up. Every two years we run a netball tour to Disneyland in Paris and enter the Paris International Netball tournament. Season Autumn/Spring Training Year 9/Seniors: Monday Year 7/8: Wednesday Shooting all years: Wednesday Lunchtime Cost nil Teacher i/c Mrs K Shaw Coaches Miss N Drinkwater, Mrs A Sallis Mrs I Garrard Kit School PE polo shirt, shorts, socks, trainers Rugby Union/League All Years Rugby is one of the main winter sports at Grey Court School. Over the last year the School has developed a strong reputation for Rugby and plays against top private school opposition. There are matches from September to March, most will be mid-week fixtures but we do have Saturday fixtures. After the February half term, there are Rugby Sevens competitions. Our Year 10 Rugby Union team lost in the Semi Finals of the Middlesex Cup, our very strong Year 7 boys’ team were crowned Middlesex Plate winners and also won the Orleans Park 7s Cup. Our Year 9 team won the St James 7s Cup. Our Girls’ rugby is continuing to grow, we have lots of girls committed to the training sessions. We have a superb link with