SPORT WITH A
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includes 14 different sports, provides opportunities for elite sportswomen as well as for those who are just learning new games. In the lower years, there are A-E teams in hockey and A-F teams in netball. This means many girls represent Roedean in over 800 fixtures, and our top athletes throughout the School also represent their county and play at club level.
The girls play sport with the sea in front of them
Roedean’s sporting facilities include a flood-lit
and the South Downs behind – ours must be
all-weather pitch at the heart of the School, a
among the best school sports fields in the country.
25-metre indoor pool, newly refurbished netball
The virtue of sport and exercise is central to
and tennis courts, and a newly-laid cricket wicket
Roedean’s ethos and aims, and our offer, which
and nets donated by an Old Roedeanian.
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Sports. In a word: covered! An all-weather pitch was recently added to Roedean’s collection of floodlit courts which stand below the main buildings on the hillside overlooking the sea.
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Muddy Stilettos
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The record of achievement in a range of sports is outstanding. ISI Nov21
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To inspire girls, the school has rounded up Olympic hockey gold medallists Kate and Helen RichardsonWalsh to visit regularly as official Sports Ambassadors. Muddy Stilettos
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Pupils relish the opportunities for physical exercise, whether through the outstanding provision for sport or extra-curricular activity. ISI Nov21
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