The school offers extensive cricket facilities including brand new cricket nets at Redmayne Playing Field to complement our indoor cricket gallery which gets daily, evening and weekend use throughout the Michaelmas and Lent Terms to maintain and develop skills throughout the winter period. In the Trinity Term we also have additional two sets of practice nets – a small astro with cricket nets and further grass nets. Redmayne Playing Fields provides for up to 7 cricket pitches and the Lower Close is our main first team cricket venue under the glorious shadow of the Cathedral. From 2025 onwards we will also be partnering with local cricket clubs to give our pupils the experience of playing at local club facilities. Cricket is open as a choice for boys and girls in all Senior School year groups of all abilities.

 

In the 2023/24 season we played a total of 261 Senior School fixtures, with 144 boys matches and 117 girls matches. At local level we played Norwich High School, Wymondham College, Gresham’s School, Framlingham College, Long Stratton High School, Beeston Hall and Langley School. Regionally and nationally we competed against Bedford Grammar School, Ipswich School, Stamford School, The Leys School, Royal Hospital School, Culford School, Oakham School, Bedford School, Rugby School, Worksop College, St Joseph’s College, Solihull School, Marylebone Cricket Club, Bromsgrove School, The Perse School, Harrow School, Hurstpierpont College and Bloxham School. Players also enjoyed a tour to South Africa.

 

Many of our pupils are proud to play for local clubs including Norfolk Cricket Club, Swardeston Cricket Club, Brooke and District Cricket Club, Fakenham Cricket Club, Horsford Cricket Club, Norwich Cricket Club, Great Melton Cricket Club and Sunrises Cricket Club. Notable successes from our 2023/24 season include our 12A Boys and our 15A Girls who were runners up in the County Cup and our 14A Boys and 15A Boys who were County Cup winners. Our 17A Boys also made the last 8 in the Cricket Papers U17 Cup and our 1st XI Girls enjoyed victory against the MCC. One of our Senior Girls, India Fox, also plays for Sunrisers Cricket Club.

Sports News

Girls Hockey Highlights from Michaelmas 2025

By Eleanor Lewis • December 5, 2025
This half term has been an exceptional one for Girls’ Hockey at Norwich School, with teams across every age group demonstrating determination, teamwork and impressive progress on the pitch. Juniors (U12 & U13) The U12s have risen brilliantly to every challenge, competing in a series of highly competitive fixtures. Their confidence, technical skill and match understanding have grown week by week. A standout achievement was qualifying for the Regional Finals in Stamford—a fantastic reward for their hard work and enthusiasm.  Our U13 squads have also enjoyed a superb half term: The U13A team produced several excellent performances, including a commanding 6–0 win over Beeston and qualification for the East Regional Finals in Ipswich. The U13B side impressed with an outstanding 11–0 victory against Beeston and a strong 3–0 win over Norwich High School for Girls. Inters (U14 & U15) The Inter teams have shown steady development this half term, competing in a number of close, exciting fixtures. The U14A team secured notable wins over Framlingham College and Ipswich School, while the U14B squad celebrated a convincing victory against Felsted and a well-earned draw with Gresham’s. The U15s have made significant progress, recording strong wins against Felsted and Woodbridge, alongside a determined draw against Gresham’s. Seniors (1XI, 2XI, 3XI) The Senior teams have also enjoyed a highly successful half term. The 3rd XI showed impressive grit and resilience, highlighted by an excellent 5-1 win against Felsted. The 2nd XI have been superb, losing only one match so far, with a standout 1-0 victory over Gresham’s. The 1st XI continue to build week after week, delivering a series of strong performances including a 6–0 win over Felsted, 7-0 against Langley School, and a confident 2-0 win over Woodbridge. With such strong performances across all age groups this half term, the future of Girls’ Hockey at Norwich School looks incredibly bright. We look forward to carrying this momentum into the next stage of the season.

National School Kayak Championships Winners

By Eleanor Lewis • November 16, 2025
Jasmine Sargeant and Dominic Walker won the under 19 National Schools K2 Kayak Sprint Trophy, Marathon Trophy in the experience categories. They also scooped the mixed trophy for good measure retaining all three national Tites for a second year in a row. Hugo Dawe and Hayden Nundy won the Novice 500m kayak sprint race. The Norwich School team was completed by a gutsy contribution from Finn Elson and Edward Tickner racing paddlers four years older than them. On a long and challenging day of competition there were multiple events. A 500m sprint heat and final and a mass start 200m sprint elimination competition with the slowest three crew knocked out each round until just a final three were left racing for the 200m title, and in the afternoon a 10k marathon for the Elite Class and 7k for the Novice Class. Around eighty competitors from Schools all over the country took part. Norwich School kayaking continues to make an impressive impact at a National level.

Shining a Spotlight on Sailing

By Eleanor Lewis • November 5, 2025
To celebrate the diverse sporting opportunities on offer at the school, we decided to take a closer look at our sailing team by asking Ruth Owen, our sailing coach, some questions after a busy training session! How many pupils are in the sailing team? We currently have 16 in the Senior Squad. What is the race you are currently training for? Our next event is the UEA Unicorn - a Team Racing event taking place at Wroxham Broad in two weeks time. We will be taking two teams, with 6 pupils in each. We attend a number of racing events throughout the year. Is it cold on the water this time of year? About 12 degrees with the wind chill yesterday - everyone has to wear a wetsuit at this time of year! What were you up to in training yesterday? We mixed pairs up a lot yesterday to try and select the squad for our event. Were you practicing specific skills? Starts! Pre-start in team racing lasts for 3 minutes, and each race is only about 8 minutes long. It's short, sharp and highly competitive. Each team will do about 8 - 10 races, (against 8-10 different teams) each day of the event. Then more broadly, what year groups can join the sailing club? We have both Senior and Intermediate options for sailing at school. Seniors sail Tuesday afternoons in games throughout the year, Intermediates sail Thursday afternoon in games during Michaelmas and Trinity Term. Senior sailing is currently restricted to race training, but we will take complete beginners in the Intermediate squad. How often do you meet? Once a week. Where do you meet? We sail at Norfolk Broads Yacht Club.
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