Sport is part and parcel of daily life at Oundle and we strive for every pupil to participate and have a positive experience of sport. For some, this will be the experience of being part of a team and representing Oundle or their House in a sport that really matters to them. For others, it will be in reaching an elite level of competition, representing school, club, county, region and country before moving on to a sporting career.
“Our aim is to create a motivating and inspiring sporting environment which provides a wide selection of team and individual sporting options for every single Oundelian. This will ensure excellence and enjoyment at the top competitive level across every sport as well as the nurturing of good habits to remain fit, healthy and active across all abilities.”MR NICK BEASANT, DIRECTOR OF SPORT
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We are blessed with the most fantastic sports facilities. Our main Oundle School Sports Centre, with its regard over to the JM Mills Cricket Pavilion and all sports pitches, is the access gateway to all School sports."
"One of the advantages of being a big School is that every single pupil is able to find their natural level and have the opportunity to represent the School. We pride ourselves in being competitive on the field while demonstrating the right kind of sportsmanship and camaraderie off it."
Pupils participate in a minimum of three sports afternoons per week and can train up to five or six times per week depending on their playing ability and individual training programmes.
Coaching is led by specific Heads of Sports, many of whom have performed and coached at the highest level, and are assisted by a team of carefully selected talented Resident Assistant Sports Coaches. We also have over 40 qualified coaches who offer the appropriate level of expertise and support for all pupils to develop and flourish. We field a full range of teams across 20+ sporting disciplines and we regularly have pupil representation at regional and national level.
Supporting competitive team sport and individual sportsmen and women along their chosen performance pathway is one of our core responsibilities.
We are proud to have played a role in the development of many talented sportsmen and women who have achieved personal success after leaving Oundle. Rugby players have been selected to join top professional clubs and to play internationally for Scotland and England, including Tom and Ben Curry who represent England. Netball players have joined Super League Clubs such as Loughborough Lightening, Leeds Rhinos and Wasps and have played for England. We have also had athletes compete in England Schools Athletics and been selected to represent GB Modern Pentathlon. We currently support pupils who are part of the GB Equestrian Performance Pathway as well as many more who train with national performance pathways and academies across our main sports.
In addition to extensive playing fields, Oundle has two sports centres catering for indoor sports, one of which is also open to the public on a carefully programmed basis. Together they offer a brand new, superbly-equipped 70 station fitness suite as well as a performance gym, a rehabilitation studio and a climbing wall. There are five squash courts, four Rugby fives courts, four floodlit Astroturf pitches, three indoor and six designated outdoor netball courts along with fourteen additional outdoor courts, dual use with tennis during the summer, a Tartan athletics track and a 50m swimming pool with a moveable floor and submersible boom.
Our location also gives us the advantage of two boathouses, one in Oundle beside the North Bridge over the River Nene and one at Tansor, where the river has an almost straight mile which is ideal for training purposes. Sailing is offered as a sporting option and takes place at Rutland Water, one of the best location for dinghy sailing in England. There is an indoor small-bore shooting range within the CCF grounds, as well as an outdoor full-bore range.
