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A top sports school of 2025
Sevenoaks features in the top sports schools of 2025 in School Sports Magazine, in 11th place. For selection into the top 200, schools usually have to reach the later stages of at least two, three or four national competitions. The list covers up to 20 different sports and more than 120 different competitions.
Cross Country
At the Kent Championships, Eva Vitorino Hiietamm finished first in the girls’ U13 race.
In the Knole Run, Sevenoaks teams achieved fantastic results, taking third place in the senior girls’ race and both U15 races, and finishing ninth in the senior boys’ race.
At the Kent Schools Championships (top 20 finishers):
- Senior boys – Ben Catchpole 11th (Kent selection)
- Senior girls – Amelia Hopkins 12th (Kent selection)
- Inter girls – Jemima Wellesley 16th (Kent selection)
- Inter girls – Lily Court 19th (Kent reserve)
Football
In the ISFA Smith Construction Cup (national cup), the 1st XI girls beat Alleyn’s 2-1 in the quarter-finals. This is entered by the very best independent schools for girls’ football across the country – so a very impressive achievement.
The 1st XI girls are also competing for the ISFA Trophy (second-best tournament), and beat St John’s Leatherhead in the last 16. They go on to play Royal Russell in the quarter-finals.
Hockey
Caroline represented the UK Lions in Spain.
Congratulations to the following students on their county team selections:
- Harry Dunstan (U14) and Rory Goodburn (U13)
- Elisabetta Iasci, Milly Hunter, Lottie Nicholson, Annelie Earl, Jess Finch and Isobel Moran (U14)
- Bella Heselden, Millie Smith, Eva Vitorina Hiietamm and Lucille Price (U13)
Sailing
Sevenoaks White and Sevenoaks Red sailing teams competed at the Top Gun team racing regatta at Rutland Sailing Club, with Sevenoaks White placing third.
Shooting
Four students have been selected to represent the Home Counties Clay Target Club, to shoot against the New Zealand teams.
- Junior team: Oliver Peters, Simi Hansra and Gabriel Lam
- Senior Ladies team: Sasha Woodruff
We had some great results in the Kent Smallbore Autumn League:
- Sasha Woodruff – 1st in Division 1
- Oliver Peters – 5th in Division 1
- Simi Hansra – 1st in Division 3
- Gabriel Lam – 2nd in Division 3
- April Liu – 3rd in Division 3
- Arabella Reardon – 4th in Division 3
Squash
Congratulations to the following students for their success in Kent county games;
- U13 girls: Sophia Marriott, Alex Bisztyga and Ava Cummings. They won the regionals and go through to the national finals.
- U15 girls: Anika Raghaven – also won the regionals and goes through to the nationals.
- U15B boys: Adrain Cai and Reben Foulkes.
- U15A boys: Ethan Hu – won the regionals and goes through to the nationals.
- U17B girls: Tasia Nahornaya and Sofia Moschini.
Ciara Boulanger and Jacques Boulanger play for Surrey and have qualified for the nationals.
The U14B girls Key Stage 3 finished second in the regionals and join the U14A girls in the national finals, competing among the top eight schools in the country.
The KS4 boys have qualified for the national finals after winning against KCS Wimbledon and Harrow.
Swimming
At the Kent Schools Championships, the boys were overall winners and the girls overall second.
Individual winners:
- 1st Chengze Duan 100m Fly and 100 FC, Emily Tarr 100m Fly, Luca Nistor 100m BR
- 2nd: Matilda Palmer 100m FC, Serena Odiah 100m BR, Damian Dadkov 100m FC
- 3rd: Emily Tarr 100m FC, Salma Zidan 200m IM, Amelia Ashton 100m BR, Alex Smoliyaninov 100m BR
Volleyball
The U16 girls are ranked sixth in the current Volleyball England rankings, after two national Grand Prix events.
Old Sennockians
Oscar Brown (OS 2020) got his first ATP point. He made the last 16 of the ATP M15 Monastir in Tunisia.
Paul Downton (OS 1975) will be president of Kent Cricket for 2027. Kent Cricket’s president for 2025, Sir Tim Laurence (OS 1972), said: ‘I’m thrilled that my former team-mate from the Sevenoaks School XI will be taking on the role of president for 2027 and I hope he enjoys it as much as I have done.’
Ben Dawkins (OS 2023) is part of England’s 15-player squad for the 2026 ICC Men’s U19s World Cup, which is currently taking place in Zimbabwe.
