Sports
Beaumont offers a variety of both winter and summer sports. During the winter Football, Boys Rugby and Girls and Boys Hockey dominate the sporting scene within Beaumont. Within the district Beaumont have something of a rivalry between local Boys-school Verulam, Sandringham and St Albans Girls School, which often serve up interesting matches.
During the Summer, Athletics, Cricket and Tennis become the sports played at Beaumont. District Sports, the once-yearly Athletics competition is usually won by Beaumont, who field many Athletes in the many disciplines of Track and Field.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“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)
“There be some sports are painful, and their labor
Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
Point to rich ends.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)