Boys Hockey


At Norwich School, we are proud to offer a comprehensive hockey programme for boys that caters for pupils from the age of 8 through to the end of Sixth Form. The school offers a dedicated all-weather, floodlit astro hockey pitch, as well as a multi-surface training astro. In addition, we have an extensive sports hall for indoor hockey and 2 performance gymnasiums for training. We also have routine access to the dedicated hockey astro facilities at the award winning UEA Sportspark. Our programme is designed to develop skills, foster teamwork, and ignite a passion for the sport, ensuring that every boy has the opportunity to excel on the field. From the early stages, our pupils are introduced to the fundamentals of hockey, with a strong focus on technical skills, game understanding, and physical fitness. 


Boys Hockey has a busy programme of fixtures against local and national schools including Norwich City Hockey Club, Oakham School, Ipswich School, Solihull School, Wisbech Grammar, Royal Hospital School, Felstead School, Gresham’s School, Denstone College, Culford School, Langley School, Rugby School, The Perse School, Woodbridge School and Framlingham College. Tours have included a pre-season tour to Nottingham, a 2023 tour to the Netherlands and a Boys Hockey trip to Hurstpierpoint School, Brighton for Years 7, 8, 9 and 10. For the 2024/25 season there are currently 100 Senior School boys hockey fixtures scheduled.


In our 2023/24 season, boys hockey enjoyed notable wins against Oakham School and Denstone College. Boys hockey players represented local clubs including the Harleston Magpies, Norwich City Hockey Club, Norwich Dragons Hockey Club and Culford Talent Academy. The highlight of our programme included our 1st XI team participating in the prestigious England Hockey Tier 1 National Championships. Overall last year, the 1st XI finished their hockey season on a high note, coming third in the Independent School Plate Competition. In addition to high-level competition, many of our students are also involved in the England Hockey Talent Academy Pathway. Last season we had seven boys hockey players representing The East Talent Academy in the year end tournament, coming out as overall winners and playing an integral part in their decisive wins in all their games.


Girls Hockey


Hockey at Norwich School offers a dedicated all-weather, floodlit astro hockey pitch, as well as a multi-surface training astro. In addition, we have an extensive sports hall for indoor hockey and 2 performance gymnasiums for training. We also have routine access to the dedicated hockey astro facilities at the award winning UEA Sportspark. Our Head of Girls Hockey is also the Culford Talent Academy Coach. 11 Norwich School Pupils competed in the England Hockey Talent Academy, representing The East Talent Academy Squad Cup. The girls were represented by 4 Norwich School pupils, who also gave a solid performance in their matches.

 

Girls Hockey has a busy programme of fixtures against local and national schools including Woodbridge School, Dame Allan’s School, St Teresa’s Effingham, Nottingham High School, Culford School, UEA 1st Team, Framlingham College, Wymondham College, Norwich School for Girls, The Perse School, Royal Hospital School, Gresham's School, Oakham School, Kings Ely School, Felsted School, Langley School and Wisbech Grammar. Tours have included a pre-season tour to Nottingham and a 2023 tour to the Netherlands. For the 2024/25 season there are currently 101 Senior School girls hockey fixtures scheduled.

 

As well as many fixtures in the 2023/24 season girls hockey played in Tier 1, where the teams enjoyed victories against Leicester Grammar School, Cheadle Hulme School, and Eastbourne College. Our 2nd XI also qualified for the East Region Finals. Other notable successes include players representing the Harleston Magpies, Norwich City Hockey Club, Norwich Dragons Hockey Club and Culford Talent Academy. 4 Norwich School girls hockey players also competed in the England Hockey Talent Academy, representing The East Talent Academy Squad Cup. 

Sports News

Rowing Report: Inter Regional Regatta and GB Trials

April 29, 2025
Rowing Report: Inter Regional Regatta and GB Trials On Saturday, 10 J15 and J16 rowers raced at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, representing the Eastern Region at the Junior Inter Regional Regatta. They competed against 13 other regions covering England, Scotland and Wales. Following the 1000m Time Trials, all crews reached the A Finals where the top 6 Regions from each time trial would race side by side over 1500m. The Girls J15 Coxed 4 of Harriet Brightwell, Freya Dixon, Hannah Conway, Baye Reynolds and Izi Mayhew moved up one place to finish 4 th. Charlotte Douglas and Amelie Ivie raced the Womens J16 Pair, and having tied with a crew in the TIme Trial they had a close race finishing 4 th by just a second. Ellie Thwaites had gained her selection as the fastest J16 Eastern Sculler and with 2 scullers selected she again came out as the 1 st Sculler for the Eastern Region, securing her a place in the A FInal. A 6 th place finish for Ellie placed her amongst some well established Scullers from across the UK. The penultimate race of the day was James Howard and Joseph Hawkes in the J16 Pair, and with 4 crews neck and neck down the course and the boys pushing to keep their bows in front the last 250m saw real tussle for the line. A mere 0.2 seconds separated the boys from the winning Thames London crew and achieving a well deserved Silver medal. On Sunday, Daniel White and Nicholas Conway were also racing at HolmePierrpont in the GB U19 Spring Trials Regatta, with all rowers who had progressed through the selection process with their ergo scores and February trials results. The trials followed a Regatta format with Heats, Semis and Finals. Daniel, along with his Latymer crew finished 30 th overall. Nicholas, despite his pairs partner from Shiplake College, only being confirmed on Saturday, had some great results early in the day to reach the A Final. A phonemonal race saw Nicholas finish as the 2 nd pair in Great Britain. Well done to both boys, and we wish them well in the next stage of the Trials process in July – the Crew Formation - to decide on crews for World and European Championships.

Keeping Track of Cross Country at the End of the Lent Term

By Eleanor Lewis • March 31, 2025
Saturday 8 March saw the final race in the East Anglian League against runners from Gresham’s, Ipswich and RHS. The team travelled to RHS to compete in sunny but windy conditions. In the Intermediate Boys, Kort Tsui ran a controlled race to finish 5th and Edward Lott, who has competed in every race this season came home in 7th. For the Senior Boys, our first finisher was Thomas Chester, coming 5th, closely followed by Jeremy Lo in 8th. The team was completed by Arthur Chan, Jacob Stevenson, Ollie Price and Thomas Hsia. Saturday also saw the English Schools’ Cross-Country Championships held this year in Nottingham. Even qualifying for this prestigious event is an incredible achievement. Minnie Andrews raced in the Under 17s and finished in the top 150 runners nationally: the second runner home from the Norfolk team of 8. Samuel Trickey competed in the Under 13s and ran a storming race, finishing 204 th and 3 rd within the Norfolk team. Congratulations to Minnie and Sam.  Well done to everyone who has represented the Cross Country team this season.

Netball News from a Successful Season

By Eleanor Lewis • March 31, 2025
It has been an action-packed term for the Netball Club, with a staggering 285 fixtures across the 2024/2025 season, which is testament to the commitment and enthusiasm of our pupils and staff. Lent term kicked off with the U14/U16/U19 National Schools squads preparing thoroughly for the Regional Finals on 1 st February. The U19 team battled to finish as 3 rd best team in the East Region and narrowly missed out on National Finals qualification. The U14 and U16 squads performed promisingly, being one result away from a semi-final place. This is an exciting performance from our Norwich School youngsters, particularly from the U16s, who were all U15 and eligible for next years competition. Post Regionals, there was no let up with weekly and block fixtures coming thick and fast. A particular high-light of the term was notching up victories across all of our A teams against a very competitive Perse School. The terms ends with a win ratio of 88% across our A team squads, and 67% across all teams. We have enjoyed hosting an U13 Development Tournament, U11 Tournament and U9 Netball Festival with nearly 50 teams taking part. The term ended with our usual Junior and Inters Netball Celebration events to recognise the impressive efforts of our amazing pupils this term.  Special mentions must got to the 1 st VII for having an unbeaten season across their regular fixtures, and the U13A team who have a perfect playing record of 24/24 and the U13 County Cup title
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