Girls' hockey

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The primary aim of sport at the Perse is to enable all students to have a rewarding and fulfilling experience in their sporting life at the school, and to feel enriched by the balance that this offers with the academic. Although we strive for excellence we aim for mass-participation.

We strive for excellence both in performance and attitude and to cater for all students regardless of ability by providing access to first class coaching, opportunity and facilities.

Important sporting values such as sportsmanship, codes of conduct, respect for officials, discipline, reliance, leadership, teamwork, winning, losing and simply having fun, are all fostered within the framework of the programmes offered

Our approach to sport is in line with the school’s belief that education is concerned with the all rounded human being, and that every pupil has a worthwhile experience with the ability to achieve and excel in some different sporting fields.

Senior students have the opportunity to work towards a Leadership Award Scheme during their enrichment afternoons.

Hockey Hockey

Fixtures

Hockey and Indoor Hockey are offered in the Autumn Term of each academic year.

The girls have a well developed hockey structure comprising of a 1st XI and 2nd XI.

All abilities have the chance to represent the school.

All squads play a competitive, strong & established fixture list, e.g. Gresham’s, Ipswich, Framlingham, RHS, etc.

Throughout the autumn term the girls develop their Indoor hockey, playing against local schools & clubs.

The school enter the National School Championship for both outdoor and indoor hockey each year.

Facilities

Facilities include an on site sand based Astroturf, high quality grass pitches & an international size Indoor pitch and an Astroturf training area.

The girls have access to a rich array of strong coaching staff, several have played national league (including Glenn Kirkham current England Men's Hockey Captain) and many play for local club league within Cambridgeshire. We have facilitated and established links with local clubs, leagues and regional partnership schemes.

Achievements

Winners of the Pangbourne College Tournament 2006.

County Hockey, Local League Hockey.

We also encourage and create opportunities & pathways for individuals to develop and achieve further honours within their sport by joining local clubs and leagues.

We have an established structure for pre-season training, triangular fixtures and annual tours, e.g. South America, Ireland, Scotland and the UK counties.