Sports and Activities

A 45 acre site on the banks of the River Thames makes Shiplake College an ideal location for pupils who love sport. Rowers train on an idyllic stretch of the Thames and can also travel two and a half miles upstream to make use of the beautiful Henley Royal Regatta course.

The College has a large Sports Hall, Fitness Room, Sports Studio and two Squash Courts. The Astroturf provides hockey training facilities and matches are played on Astroturf at Henley and Sonning-on-Thames. In the summer the Astroturf is used for tennis alongside the College's two grass courts.

Cricket, hockey, rowing, rugby and tennis are the College's main sports and fixtures are played on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.

Teams also compete with other schools in badminton, basketball and soccer. There are also many highly competitive house competitions. Inter-house athletics, cross country, basketball, football and rugby are fiercely contested. The major sports programme is complemented by a range of activities from which pupils can choose throughout the year.

In recent years there have been cricket tours to Barbados, a rugby tour to South Africa in 2007 and the senior rowers have visited Switzerland and the USA.

Sports and activities include:

- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Canoeing
- Cricket
- Cross Country
- Dance
- Fitness Training
- Hockey
- Martial Arts
- Netball
- Rowing
- Rugby
- Sailing
- Soccer
- Squash
- Swimming
- Table-tennis
- Tennis