Sport
The main sports played by boys during the three terms are:
- Rugby union (Autumn)
- Grass and AstroTurf Hockey (Spring)
- Cricket (Summer)
- Tennis
Girls play:
- Hockey (Autumn)
- Netball (Spring)
- Tennis (Summer)
The school has a wide-range of sports facilities spread across its 50-acre (200,000 m2) site. Other than the above mentioned sports, the sports pitches include concrete, grass and AstroTurf tennis courts and a football pitch. The AstroTurf pitches are fully lit for night-time play. Indoor facilities include a fully equipped fitness centre, a sports hall for indoor sports such as badminton and netball, three squash courts and an aerobics studio. The school has a 25-meter heated indoor swimming pool and a rowing boathouse on the River Cam as well as several boats.
The school has an arrangement with Cambridge University allowing university academics and students limited use of its sports facilities, and many of the University's squash fixtures are held at the school. The school also allows local state schools use its sports facilities.
The Leys' U15 Rugby team won the national 2008/09 RBS Daily Mail Vase - team achieved the double by winning the U18 Vase in 2011/12
The Leys takes swimming very seriously, competing against Eton (the only team to do so), and on a national level at the annual Bath cup.
There is also a very successful rowing club, with a well-equipped boat house in prime position on the Cam. Along with sailing (at St. Ives), this is a minority sport, counted among "pitch games" (the school's name for non-team sports). Other pitch games, include squash, badminton, tennis, athletics, karate, Eton Fives and golf.
Famous Leysian sportsmen include Neil White (Olympic hockey in 1948); Freddie Brown (Captain of England's cricket team); Geoff Windsor-Lewis (Wales Rugby, 1960) and Paul Svehlik (England and Great Britain Hockey).
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