Life Sports

List of 11 items.

• Board Sailing

  Board sailing (from beginner to advanced) is taught by qualified instructors. A student can progress in this popular sport through a series of recognized proficiency levels. The Sailboarding Centre is equipped with twelve boards, a dry land trainer, racks for sail storage and outdoor storage racks where students are encouraged to keep their own boards.

• Cross Country Running

  Cross country running is offered in the fall term as both a competitive sport (based on student interest) and recreational activity. The goal of the program is to develop a lifetime commitment to exercise and fitness. Competitive and recreational runners work with their coach to set their own fitness goals and to develop an individual program to work toward these goals. This program includes traditional distance and interval training. Members of the team may compete in a series of invitational meets, as well as the CISAA Championship with the goal of qualification for the Ontario Championships (OFSAA).

• Dance

  The dance program is run through the winter term. Students work together, with coaches, and with guest instructors to learn different types of dance styles and develop choreography. Dancers train in the dance studio and in the Bryan Jones Theatre. At the end of the winter term, dancers perform in the annual Dance Showcase.

• Fitness

  The fitness centre is available for team use and for sports programs throughout the school year. The new facilities, located in the Televisa Fitness Wing of Hadden Hall, have a variety of training equipment and free weights available. Coaches and senior fitness team students help to mentor students in their specific fitness goals.

• Kayaking

  Students who participate in Lakefield College School's white water kayaking program each spring are on the water at least four days a week. Beginners learn and practice the basic skills during the early spring at the Trent University pool. Experienced paddlers improve their skills on white-water in the village of Lakefield and in rapids on the Gull River at the Ontario White-Water Facility. Weekend and day trips provide additional challenges for the students.

• Nordic Skiing

  Nordic skiing at LCS provides the opportunity for students to learn basic techniques as well as to compete at a high level. There are two divisions, junior and senior, which begin training in November on roller skis and continue during the winter term. Competitions are held with independent and public secondary schools with the goal of qualification for the Ontario Championships (OFSAA). The school's five-kilometre racing trail, groomed and track set, is the regular training ground for the team and the scene of interschool competitions such as the Central Ontario championships. In addition, there are hundreds of kilometres of groomed trails in the Kawarthas available for training.

• Riding

  Lakefield College School facilitates a recreational and advanced equestrian program, in cooperation with a nearby stable. Students may take lessons on school horses, or on their own horse, which they may be able to board during the school year. This program has additional costs associated with it for lessons and transportation to and from the stable.

• Rock Climbing

  In the fall term, students have the opportunity to utilize the Paul and Hélène Desmarais Indoor Climbing Wall located beside the McEwen Gymnasium in Hadden Hall. A state-of-the-art facility, the wall area has ceiling-high windows looking out onto the forested campus, as well as a bouldering area. There is also an outdoor climbing wall, and high and low ropes course available on campus, which is available through the Outdoor Education program.

• Sailing

  Lakefield College School’s location on Lake Katchewanooka provides an excellent training ground for young sailors during the fall and spring terms. Sailing is introduced to beginners through the Canadian Yachting Association Learn to Sail Program. As students become proficient in boat handling, they are introduced to the basics of racing and have opportunities to represent the school at inter-school regattas, which on occasion LCS hosts. Graduates have represented Canada in the Pan-Am and Olympic Games.

   

  There is a fleet of six JY 15s, ten single-handed Lasers and seven CL14s. Two safety boats are operated each day by staff. Sailors are encouraged to bring their own boats to the school and storage is supplied.

• Tennis

  There are four courts at the school that are available for recreational use throughout the school year. The recreational “Tennis League” is offered in the fall where students participate at their own level and are seeded accordingly. Competitive tennis is played during the spring term. Boys and girls varsity teams complete in doubles and singles tournaments with other independent schools with the goal of qualification for the Ontario Championships (OFSAA).

• Yoga

  During the fall and spring terms, students may choose to study Yoga in the peaceful dance studio environment. The instructor works with students on breathing techniques, flexibility and a variety of Yoga poses.