Sport

A new Sports Coaching Fund

The Foundation is working with the School to fulfil Paul Miles’ (Director of Sport), vision for the development of Sport and to culminate in a "sustainable strategy for success for Sherborne sport”.

Paul’s vision is to deliver a three to five year strategy that promotes:

• An opportunity for boys to find a sport that they can continue into adult life
• A striving for excellence
• A sports programme for the School that follows a continuum
• A sports programme that provides a breadth of experience and an opportunity for all.

The ultimate aim will be to be regarded as the one of the, if not the, top sporting school(s) in the country with all boys achieving the best they can at whatever level in whatever the sport they choose. Sport at Sherborne sits within the parameters of a school environment where boys can undertake high quality academic, musical, theatrical as well as sporting activity for the full duration of a boy's time at the School.


Sherborne is already beginning to succeed with the first stages of this plan, the School is making use of the natural enthusiasm of Shirburnians and complementing that with carefully targeted investment in facilities such as new all weather cricket nets.  Cricket 2009The School is also investing in academic staff training for sports, as well as targeted recruitment of sporting ability among the new academic staff members. In addition we have also created a Sports Working Group comprising of Old Shirburnians and parents in sport who have been able advise and help with contacts and ideas for low cost help.

The sports programme will provide opportunities:

• For competition across all sports at a variety of levels, including at National level

• To undertake the valuable experiences offered by tours and preseason training

• To be in an environment where participation and the expectation that one strives to do one’s best is the norm

• To potential elite sportsmen to ensure they have clear pathways to achieve representative level.

We are developing:

  • Preparatory School links to recruit the best sportsmen at 13+
  • Links with universities and clubs for post 18 sport in order that boys can achieve at a high level. 

It is essential that we develop all 20+ sports so that each boy has equal exposure to all options. The newly created Coaching Fund will help develop the coaching levels in the sports that are not currently funded. It will also enhance other areas of coaching so it can work to the elite level of sport that the boys are beginning to achieve. Conditioning coaching is also crucial as part of this funding as the boys need to be in the right physical shape to compete in current sport at a significant level.

With so many benefits to the development of sport at Sherborne both broadly and at a specialist level, we hope you are able to support the new Coaching Fund and contribute to the future of sport at Sherborne.

Sports Coaching Fund

The Foundation has established a special fund which will further enhance our sporting prowess - The Sports Coaching Fund.

The coaching budget of the School allows a wide variety of coaching expertise. However, to go beyond what is normally provided, add more flexibility, respond to short term change and ensure that all sports have a real opportunity to progress and improve, an additional coaching and development fund is being launched.

The Coaching Fund will allow recruitment of outside professional coaches necessary to run all of our sport in a rigorous manner to all participants at all levels. This will include utilising the services of a conditioning coach who will work with those sportsmen who require this expertise in order to progress to the highest level and become elite sportsmen.

We are therefore looking to generate a fund valued at around £62,000 a year for the first five years after which we will review progress so that we can continue to monitor and improve the provision of sport at Sherborne.

Specific Coaching requirements

 Conditioning13 hours per week for 32 weeks13 x £30 per hour x 32 = £12,480
 Athletics

80 hours (summer) plus 56 hours (winter)

136 x £20 per hour = £2,720 
 Badminton1 Coach for 2 sessions per week in winter and spring (1.5 hrs)48 sessions x £50 = £2,400
 Basketball1 Coach for 24 weeks, 1 session of 1.5 hrs per week24 sessions x £50 = £1,200
 Cricket2 Coaches for 10 weeks, 2 sessions of 2.5 hrs per week40 x £75 = £3,000
 Fencing1 Coach for 32 weeks, 5 hrs per week160 x £25 = £4,000
 Golf1 session per week in year one doubling in year two32 x £50 = £1,600
 Hockey2 Coaches for 12 weeks, 2 sessions of 1.5 hrs per week12 x £200 = £2,400
 Judo 1 Coach for 32 weeks, 4 sessions per week128 x £75 = £9,600
 Rugby 2 Coaches for 14 weeks, 2 sessions of 1.5 hrs per week56 x £50 = £2,800
 Sailing1 session per week for 32 weeks32 x £75 = £2,400
 Skiing1 Coach for 10 days instruction10 x £200 = £2,000
 Soccer2 Coaches for 10 weeks, 2 sessions of 1.5 hrs per week40 x £50 = £2,000
 Squash6 hours per week for 32 weeks192 x £32 = £6,144
 Swimming1 Coach for 32 weeks, 5 hrs per week160 x £30 = £4,800
 Tennis2 Coaches for 12 weeks, 2 sessions of 1.5 hrs per week48 x £50 = £2,400






















 

 

 

 


 

 








Please click here if you would like to support the Sports Coaching Fund with a single or a regular donation online, alternatively, please contact Adrian Ballard, Head of the Foundation on 01935 810554 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for further details.