Sport
The College's sports website can be found here: http://www.shiplakesports.org.uk/
Rowing is particularly strong sport. In 2011, the 1st VIII came fifth in the Schools' Head of the River Race and fourth in The National Schools Regatta.Also in 2011 the J16 VIII won the 1st VIII event at The National Schools Regatta. Two boys represented England and Great Britain in 2006..
Cricket, football, hockey, rugby, tennis and squash are also popular sports.
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Famous quotes containing the word sport:
“The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one’s appetite is not too keen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)
““Justice” was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Æschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess. And the d’Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and remained thus a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued to wave silently. As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on.
The End”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)