The extra curricular programme is enormous and the department fully deserve to be holders of the prestigious Sport Marks Gold award. This has been held for three successive periods since it's inception.

Boys and girls teams represent the school most Saturdays throughout the year and the quality of the teams is high.

The boys play rugby in term one followed by hockey and cricket, while the girls play hockey followed by netball, tennis and rounders.

Senior teams are run at 1st/2nd and 3rd levels while each year group has A and B teams and on occasions C and D. The fixtures are played against local Grammar and Independent schools on both Saturday mornings and afternoons.

Most of the teams enter county and national cup competitions and are very successful. Highlights in recent years have been the senior girls triumph in the John Taylor hockey tournament and the 1st XV reaching the semi final of the Daily Mail Plate rugby competition.

Inter House sports competitions are an inherent part of school life and allow healthy competition between the houses with mixed years working together to develop and enjoy an additional team experience.

Students also have the opportunity to attend extra curricular dance clubs or enter their own compositions into the Dance Show.  This is held in the Queen's Hall and has a new scheduled date this year for October.  Additional classes and workshops are run throughout the year to complement the school based experience.

We have a new Astro pitch with warm up area and the netball courts have been re-surfaced with the new AENA regulation posts and there are more developments in the very near future.

All in all it's a very exciting time for sport as the department works together to further improve its already exensive and committed programme.

WINTER CLOTHING 2010

Dear Parents,

Happy New Year to you.  As we know, this winter is set to be the coldest in 100 years. Your pupils well-being is paramount when participating in sporting activities.  With that in mind we highly recommend your son/daughter wear a Cranbrook Playerlayer underneath their sports top during games lessons, matches or if he/she is going on a SKI trip this term.  Playerlayer lead the market in producing baselayers that have exceptional thermal properties to keep the body warm in cold conditions.

To purchase one of these garments, please visit our Cranbrook School web page: http://www.playerlayer.com/schools/cranbrook-school  

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Best regards

Jim Clayfield, Baselayer