Sports
Repton has a long tradition of sporting excellence, having produced numerous top-level sportsmen and women including the second-to-last male British Wimbledon tennis finalist, Bunny Austin, and 130 first-class cricketers. The school competes in sports typical of a medium-sized English public school (football, Field hockey, athletics, etc.), and more recently Rugby and tennis. Repton also competes in lesser-known sports such as Eton Fives. Repton have been National Champions in hockey, cricket, swimming and tennis in recent years.
Read more about this topic: Repton School
Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“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)
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)