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Orienteering

Orienteering at Norwich School is led by experienced and dedicated staff and makes use of local areas such as Mousehold Heath and Lion Wood to develop skills. Orienteering is available as a games option for all pupils in Year 9 and 10.


Throughout the year we take part in multiple fixtures including the Peter Palmer Relays, Norfolk Orienteering Event, British School’s Score Championships, Norfolk Junior Championships, Norfolk Senior Championships, British Schools Championships, Compassport Trophy, East Anglian Championships, Yvette Baker Trophy, Milton Keynes Double Sprint, British Sprint Relays and British Sprint Championships. Pupils also represent the Norfolk Orienteering Club.

 

Highlights from our 2023/24 season include silver medals at the British Schools championships and pupil Marcus Richardson becoming the 2nd Norwich School pupil to secure an individual gold medal at the British Score Championships. 


Basketball

Basketball is an increasingly a popular sports option and is played in our indoor sports hall – Daynes Sports Centre – and routinely at Wensum Lodge Sports Centre and the award-winning UEA Sportspark. Basketball is offered as a sports option for Seniors in Years 11 and above, and there is also a Junior Club for those keen to start earlier.


In the 2023/24 season we played eight matches against local and national schools including Wymondham High School, Dereham Neatherd High School, Sir John Leman High School, Sheringham High School, Northgate High School, The Nicholas Hamond Academy, Marshland High School and Culford School. We enjoyed a 50% win rate this season.

 

Sports News

Rowing Report: Wallingford Regatta and Munich International Junior Regatta

By Eleanor Lewis • May 7, 2025
On Sunday 4 May, the Senior rowers raced at Wallingford Regatta, held at Dorney Lake on the 2000m Olympic course. The conditions were challenging with a strong cross wind but all crews handled them well. The Boys 1st VIII raced as Open and Schools, finshing in the top half of the Junior 8s, despite some last minute crew changes. The Girls 1st VIII, with seven of them being J16, raced in the J18 8s and 4s. The 1st Four missed the repechage by 0.25 second, finishing 7th overall and the 2nd Four raced well holding Bedford Girls to only a 3 second deficit. The Boys Quad had a tough heat, but learnt a lot about multi lane racing. Well done to all crews. Meanwhile, Nicholas Conway, had been selected to race for Great Britain Under 19s at Munich International Junior Regatta. With a very close race in the Coxless Four final on Saturday, the crew won a Silver Medal. They then raced the Czech Republic in an 8 in the last race of the day. A strong second 1000m saw the 8 come from a length down to win Gold. The Sunday saw the 8 racing again. With a much bigger field, Nick and his crew won their heat, setting up a final with 3 German crews, Croatia and the Czech Republic. A strong race saw the 8 win Gold by half a length to the selected German crew.  With 2 Golds and 1 Silver medal, this was a fantastic start to Nicholas’ U19 International racing

Cricket Catch-Up from the Boys 1st XI

By Eleanor Lewis • May 2, 2025
The 1st XI faced Gresham’s in a 45-over match. After losing the toss, they batted first and built a strong foundation with a 94-run opening stand between Anish Kantam (44) and Ollie Longdon (36). Tom Robson controlled the innings with a composed 72, supported by Lewis Reeder’s brisk 40, taking the total to 278/6.  Gresham’s started confidently in reply, putting us under pressure early on. However, two run outs and a key wicket from debutant Tom Bush turned the momentum. Jack Rowley finished with 3/54 as the team secured a convincing 62-run victory.

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.
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