Hockey has a strong tradition at Foremarke with both boys’ and girls’ teams regularly qualifying in regional competitions to represent the school at National level, however we also very proud of our opportunities we provide for all pupils. Hockey is the major sport for girls in the Michaelmas Term where we regularly field up to 6 teams across our Year 7 and 8 girls, two teams at Under 11 and two at Under 10 level. At Under 9 level we offer small fixtures with local schools too, where we combine a coaching session with some small games. Similarly the boys in the Lent term field senior teams across all age groups along with junior fixtures on some Saturday mornings.
We encourage all girls and boys to participate both in and out of school. Currently we have many young players regularly experiencing local club hockey with our most talented going on to representive honours in the U13/14 Staffordshire/Derbyshire/Leicestershire JACs and then Midland JRPC development groups. We have very experienced teachers working with the children and Martin Jones, Director of Hockey at Repton and ex international, assists with our first and second teams.
Our facilities here for hockey at Foremarke are superb; we have 1 floodlit astro-turf pitch on site and regularly use Repton’s water base and sand based pitches for training and matches. We are dedicated here at Foremarke to providing an all-round experience of hockey, where children encounter the delight of playing team sport for the school. Pupils’ experience of hockey here is positive one and one that they will, and do, take with them to their senior school and beyond.