Sports
The school has inter-house sporting events, and there are opportunities to enter inter-school competitions. Some school alumni have also gone on to be professional athletes. The sports currently available at the school are rugby, horse-riding, swimming, cross country, athletics, netball, rounders, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, soccer, cricket, golf, tennis and hockey. The schools largest sporting achievement to date is winning all three categories of the Devises to Westminster canoe race.
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