Additional sporting options

In addition to the more traditional sports options, Hurst offers a range of other sporting options during timetabled games sessions. Examples of these are:

• Aerobics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Dance
• Football
• Gym (see more on our Strength and Conditioning page)
• Gymnastics
• Outdoor Fitness
• Pilates
• Spinning
• Squash
• Trail running
• Triathlon
• Yoga
• Water Polo (see swimming)

Students can also work towards Awards Schemes in Sports. These include:

• Sports Leaders Award
• Rugby Ready Course

Outdoor Pursuits

We also offer outdoor sports as part of our Outdoor Pursuits programme.

These include:

• Climbing (see Outdoor Education)
• Equestrian (see Outdoor Education)
• Mountain biking
• Skiing (see Outdoor Education)
• Water Sports (canoeing, kayaking, rowing, paddle boarding, surfing, dingy sailing and off-shore sailing)

To find out more, please visit our Outdoor Education page.

Facilities

We offer top of the range sporting facilities on-site for many of the sports available to our students. These include three full-sized floodlit AstroTurf pitches, a full-sized sports hall, outdoor pitches, two fitness suites, a 25m indoor heated swimming pool and a climbing wall with top rope climbs and bouldering sections.

For more specialist sports we have the benefit of being close to excellent local facilities. These include:

• All England Jumping Course at Hickstead for Show-Jumping (8 minutes by minibus)
• Ardingly Activity Centre for water sports (25 minutes by minibus)
• Leisure centre with swimming pool, squash courts, badminton courts, fitness rooms and climbing walls (6 minutes by minibus)
• Indoor ski centre and outdoor dry ski slope (facilities within 45 minutes/1 hour by minibus)