A Range of Sports
 Sport is an important feature of life at Adcote. We not only strive to encourage excellence in sport, but also strongly encompass the 'Sport for all' ethic. At Adcote we play a variety of sports, in both PE lessons and through activites. Sport is regarded as very important by the school and girls have the opportunity to enjoy netball, athletics, archery, golf, badminton, rowing and judo with tuition available for horse riding, tennis and swimming.
With a long tradition of sporting achievements in national and regional competitions and of individual successes, Adcote School has a well-established reputation within the area for sporting excellence.
In the Autumn term the girls, usually Years 7, 8 and 9, play Netball and Lacrosse competitively. The Netball is part of the Shropshire Schools League and the Lacrosse is against local independent schools.
In the Summer term, Rounders is the main sport we play competitively in the Shropshire School League, however we have just recently received a small grant from the Shropshire LTA and are now in the process of increasing the profile of tennis and hopefully we will be entering tournaments and arranging fixtures.
In PE lessons girls also have the opportunity to play rugby and participate in gymnastics and athletics.
Introducing our Gymnastics Coach Jason Tucker
He started gymnastics in 1986 and retired in 2003 as a competitive gymnast. In 1999 he became British Floor champion and Welsh Floor and Vault champion in 1998-2002. Jason was very fortunate to have been selected on a number of occasions to represent Wales and Great Britain including Internationals, European Championships and his biggest achievement was in 2002 making the finals in the Commonwealth Games.
In 2003 Jason became Head Coach at Newport Gymnastics Club. His role entails running the gymnastics programme at the club and coaching all children of all ages and abilities. He co-ordinates an after school gym club project which has been extremely successful over the last three years. It has offered many schools in the Telford and Wrekin area classes led by qualified instructors and the pupils are coached towards gaining achievement awards.
During his career as a teacher he has coached children to participate in competitions including the National Finals and had one gymnast who became a National Primary champion in 2006. For further details about how to join our excellent gymnastics coaching programme please contact the school.
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