Sports
There are four sports houses used in competitions such as Athletics Day and Crosscountry. They are:
Fergusson (blue) Hobson (gold) Fitzroy (red) Bledisloe (green)
These houses are based on prominent English soldiers who have contributed to the protection and development of the British Empire.
There are a variety of sports available for the children to join. There are mixed teams in rugby and cricket. Annual events such as Crosscountry and Athletics are participated in by the students.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“I looked so much like a guy you couldn’t tell if I was a boy or a girl. I had no hair, I wore guys’ clothes, I walked like a guy ... [ellipsis in source] I didn’t do anything right except sports. I was a social dropout, but sports was a way I could be acceptable to other kids and to my family.”
—Karen Logan (b. 1949)
“In the past, it seemed to make sense for a sportswriter on sabbatical from the playpen to attend the quadrennial hawgkilling when Presidential candidates are chosen, to observe and report upon politicians at play. After all, national conventions are games of a sort, and sports offers few spectacles richer in low comedy.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)
“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)