Sport

Programmes
At New
Eccles Hall School, all students participate in a sports programmme three times a week. The programme gives students a variety of pursuits to undertake, so that all can attain a level of good health and fitness as well as giving students the opportunity to play games against other schools. We have a separate girls programme which includes Netball, Hockey, Rounders, Tennis and Dance as well as Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics. The boys programme includes Basketball, Football, Hockey, Rugby, Cricket and Rounders as well as Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics. All students get the opportunity to try Shooting. The school also has an instructor in Martial Arts who comes in two days a week to teach Tae Kwondo to selected students.

Clubs
Some students will also choose to participate in clubs after school. These will vary from year to year. This term we have Table Tennis, American Football, Australian Rules Football and Air Rifle Shooting.

Facilities
At New Eccles Hall we have two large playing areas which host Football, Hockey and
Rugby in winter months and Athletics, Cricket and Rounders in summer months.

We have a basketball court which is also used for netball and tennis.

The school has an indoor heated swimming pool which is used for lessons during the week by the students and has been made available to the public at other times.

At New Eccles there are two shooting ranges; one is indoor for Air Rifle and the other is outdoor for shotgun.