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The
College has a proud sporting reputation and is highly regarded throughout
the Midlands and the North of England.
Every student participates
in the sporting programme, which offers a variety of activities
and opportunities. All students from the age of 11 through to 18
have compulsory PE and Games.
We are fortunate to have excellent sporting facilities, which comprise of:
8 Rugby pitches
3 Cricket Squares
2 Football
pitches
1 Astroturf
2 Grass Hockey
pitches
6 Tennis
courts
Swimming
Pool (Indoor)

Fitness Suite
2 Gymnasiums
- Indoor Football, Basketball. Gymnastics
and Badminton
5 Netball
Courts
Fencing Salle
Rifle Range
New state of the art Grade I Athletics
Track

We
are also very fortunate to have excellent facilities located nearby
for Outdoor Pursuits, Water Sports, Skiing etc.

The Staff at The Mount are very committed to Sport
and a large number are actively involved in the coaching and taking
of sporting teams to fixtures. We have highly qualified specialists
on the Staff for Rugby, Hockey, Cricket, Fencing and Athletics.
We also employ a number of Sports Coaches to assist
with the delivery of Hockey, Tennis, Rugby , Swimming and Netball.

Over
80% of the Students have represented the College
in fixtures this year within the extra-curricular programme, an
outstanding achievement as we compete at a very high level especially
in Rugby, Hockey, Athletics, Cricket and Netball.
On
our Sporting Circuit we play such Schools as:
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Stonyhurst
College, Ampleforth College, RGS Newcastle, St Peters York, Hymers
College, Loughborough GS, Welbeck College, Bradford GS, Leeds GS,
Worksop College, Nottingham HS, Denstone College, Trent College,
Silcoates and numerous other excellent Schools.
- We also compete
in numerous National Competitions as well as County Cups in a variety
of sports.
- We regularly
host high profile touring sides.
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