News Category: Sports

Benenden’s Sports Day this year was a resounding success, making the most of the beautiful weather and the range of facilities on Top Lax for a variety of excellent athletic activities. There was a high standard of competition both on the track and in the field, and the relays were particularly exciting with some impressive […]

This week has seen two significant milestones for Cricket at Benenden. The U15 Cricketers travelled to Bede’s School for their first ever Sussex League match. The team competed well against a strong Bede’s side. Simran, a Fifth (Year 10), captained the side brilliantly, and Lower Fifth (Year 9) Clara had the honour of taking the first […]

During the Christmas break, Benenden students travelled to Canada for skiing training and racing as part of the Canada Cup competition – a contest for selected English schools designed to give students the opportunity to ski on top quality facilities.After a ten-day trip, four Benenden students became level one ski instructors – Six One (Year 12) […]

Benenden’s Sports Scholars received a talk from Clarissa Murphy of the Rugby Football Union recently. The talk covered ideas around being a role model, challenging behaviours, and the strategies that can be employed to do so.Clarissa recently delivered the same content to the England men’s rugby team at their Autumn nations camp in Jersey. The […]

Now that the full results for the Kent Schools Trampoline Championships are out, the School is delighted to announce that Benenden are Kent School Champions in Year 11, over novice and advanced categories in both the individual and team events. In the Upper Fifth (Year 11) and over advanced girls category, Sara took 1st place […]

Pupils were delighted to be joined by three-time hockey Olympian Steve Batchelor for some recent coaching sessions. Steve ran three masterclasses with our Hockey players, giving demonstrations and tuition benefitting our keen field players and goalkeepers. He also brought with him his gold and bronze Olympic medals, to the delight of the students, as well […]

Benenden’s Netball squads were delighted to be offered coaching sessions with Saracens Mavericks and England Netball pro Razia Quashie. The sessions presented a unique chance for the players to work on their game under the guidance of an experienced and talented professional. After a weekend that saw Benenden claim 14 wins from 14 matches against […]

Benenden’s 1st Lacrosse Team were victorious in the recent South Schools’ Lacrosse Tournament. The 1st Team travelled to Lady Eleanor Holles School to play against 14 other schools in the tournament and were extremely excited to play several other schools in a series of high-octane matches. Having beaten Putney and St Paul’s in our section, and narrowly losing […]

Benenden’s 1st Lacrosse Team recently took part in the Challenge Cup, featuring the top eight teams nationally. We were seeded second going into the event and a convincing win against St Mary’s Calne propelled us into the semi-finals against St Catherine’s. Despite having a couple of very good chances in the first few minutes, we were […]