Last week (30 July - 2 August) Hilton College hosted the Independent Schools' Sports Conference and 110 delegates from schools around the country attended. The changing face of sport within the context of the school environment is at the top of the agenda in most independent schools around the world. Whilst some may have predicted a paradigm shift no one could have predicted the rapidity of the changing school sports landscape.
The Independent Schools' Sports Conference (ISSC) brought together members of the academic community, professional organisations and practitioners from the sports industry and sports directors to discuss sports leadership and management, sport science and medicine, sport coaching and physical education and sports injury and healthcare within the general theme of providing leadership in school sport. Furthermore, the conference provided delegates with an opportunity to develop an understanding of the power of sport in bringing about social change and the role of sport in developing society.
There are a variety of different training and lifestyle philosophies in and around the world and this conference brought together some of the proponents of such approaches in an attempt to help delegates remain current and relevant in the lives of our athletes.
Delegates in attendance at the ISSC Conference sent a very strong message, a message that demonstrates their intention to continuously improve, to continuously develop a better understanding of this dynamic and ever changing world of sport.
Hilton College was proud to host this conference.
Some of the key note speakers at the conference:
Shaun Pollock - SA cricketer, Mumbai Indians Coach
Gary Kirsten - Former Coach of India and SA and former cricketer
Toby Sutcliffe - CEO of HPC at TUKS
Johan Volsteedt - retired Headmaster of Grey College
Dr Glenn Hagemann - Sharks Medical
Theo Garrun - Independent News Journalist
Dr Soezin Krog - UNISA
Shane Gaffney - Director of Sport (Hilton College)
Pictured above : Russel Symcox, Steven Reeves, Gary Kirsten, Lungi Ngidi and Shane Gaffney
News and image supplied by Hilton College.