HighNews
June 2022
Senior & Sixth
Coming soon... Portsmouth High School is delighted that work is now in progress on a new SuperSport asphalt multi-use games area with surrounding landscaping at the senior school. The development will create a vibrant competitive space with full size netball and tennis courts giving added opportunities to develop and enhance the school’s sport curriculum and fixtures programme. Director of Sport, Mrs Divilly, said ‘This will enhance further our professional sport facilities within the school. It will be both
a competitive and training space for netball, tennis, soft ball rounders and cricket. We will also use it for athletics throw and sprint practice and look forward to hosting visitors in the new space as part of our fixtures programme.’ Nell, a sixth form sport scholar at the senior school said ‘It will be so exciting to have a new training and match area on-site so we can train and play matches whatever the weather. My netball skills have grown so much through clubs and training and I’m really looking forward to enjoying them on the new sports surface.’ The new multi-sport surface will complement the existing impressive sports hall at the senior school with a climbing wall, netball court, four badminton courts and additional markings for a wide range of sports including football and volleyball. The sports hall also houses two competition level trampolines and has equipment for boxing, athletics and table tennis. Senior school pupils also have use of an all-weather sports pitch at the prep school and shared use of some of the best sports facilities in the local area including co-ownership of the University of Portsmouth’s multi-use games area and athletics track.