Regents Review Spring '16

The Regents Review Spring 2016

Departmental News

Physical Education England Rugby open training session Regents Park was invited to attend the England Rugby training session at Twickenham in the build up to the 2016 RBS 6 Nations. It was an excellent opportunity to see how the new England coaching team approached training before the first match against Scotland at Murryfield. Fourteen students from Year 7 and 8 attended the trip; all of whom have represented the school in Rugby. It was an early start to beat the rush hour traffic to London but no one seemed to mind as they all were excited to watch the England Rugby Team train and the possibility of meeting a few players. Once we arrived and settled down to watch the training session, it was evident that England were working on quick ball from the breakdown and passing it wide to stretch

defences. The quality of the movement and passing was amazing to watch. Once the session had ended students had the opportunity to get signatures from the England players including England’s new captain, Dylan Hartley. All students thoroughly enjoyed the training session and I hope they picked up a few tips too! Mr Sinclair Student report My alarm went off at 6AM. I got up, got ready for the day and left the house at 6.50AM! I remembered to pack Rugby items to get signed if I got the chance. When I got to school, I met up with all my friends and got on the mini bus. We left school at 7.10AM and began our journey to London. When we arrived at Twickenham stadium we wandered around the England Rugby Store to get out of the bitter icy wind. After a good look about, we entered the stadium, which thankfully was less windy. We managed to get seats in the West Stand beside the players’ tunnel; this was fantastic. The team trained for over an hour practicing on passing, kicking, lineouts, scrums and plenty of running. It was fun to watch the actual England team train. As soon as the session was over the players stayed out and everyone ran to the front to meet the players and to collect signatures. I was so excited when I got the chance to meet Chris Robshaw, the former England captain and to get his autograph. After the players all left the field, it was time to walk back to the mini bus and head back to school. We arrived back at school just as the bell went for the end of the day and we went home. What an exciting day! Isaac Maddock

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