Sport
Students represent the district, county or region in various sports. Wellsway has received good reports from Sports Mark Gold 3 times. Sporting success has been achieved in many sports including Cricket, Football, Rugby union, Athletics, Netball and especially Hockey. A new artificial turf pitch was constructed in 2005.
Since the opening of the Artificial pitch, Wellsway has played XI Mixed Hockey against local schools and in the 2006-2007 season, won the U18 Mixed District Tournament. Players from the school have gone on to play at club level in the area and around the country.
In netball, the U14 team reached the National Championships in Bournemouth and teams for other age groups have been district and regional champions.
Wellsway also supports students who want to pursue a career in Sport, including the RFU Referee's foundation course.
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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)
“Drag racing is a sport of egos, and it’s all male egos.”
—Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney (b. 1940)