Representative Recognition for Canterbury Academy students in rugby and football

Three of our students have recently been recognised for excelling in their sport outside of school. Two of our Sixth Form rugby players have been selected to play for counties this season. Isaac Divine is this year’s 1XV Captain at The Canterbury Academy and he is a player who leads from the front, and is well respected by all his team mates and coaches alike. Isaac is a main stay in the Thanet Wanderers 1st Team Colts squad and always one of the first names on the team sheet. This year, Isaac has been selected for the Kent U18 squad in a much-contested position of back row and will be looking forward to the County season starting in December, with the potential of further honours at Divisional level.

Ollie Jordan-Smith is an inspirational fly half with excellent game management skills who can also play full back and centre when called upon. He was recruited for Ealing Trailfinders Academy last season whilst playing for The Canterbury Academy, and has played in all the Academy fixtures to date against South Africa Titans, CUBA & more recently Edinburgh Reivers, where they remain unbeaten. Selected for Middlesex on the back of his game against the Titans, Ollie started all Middlesex U17 games at Fly Half last season and was voted Man of the Match against Hampshire and Joint MoM against Devon. In his last year as a member of the Canterbury Colts 1XV, he is looking forward to the coming campaign with Middlesex U18’s, where he also is looking for Divisional honours.

Year 9 student, Henry Broster, has been selected for Kent Schools Football association under 14 team and played a key role in a 3-2 win against Hampshire in the national cup, which means Kent progress to the quarter finals. Henry was voted under 13’s player of the year last season for Gillingham, and he is enjoying this season in the under 14’s. Henry is part of our under 14 football side who have advanced into the latter rounds of the county cup this season.