Old Citizens Sport

Many of our alumni have fond memories of playing sport at CLS. Old Citizen Sports Clubs give our community the opportunity to socialise and network, while keeping fit and having fun.

Join our sports clubs!

Old Citizens can continue to play sport with their peers after they leave City of London School. There are seasonal sports nights for Football and Basketball organised via WhatsApp groups – these are broadcast only by the Development & Alumni Engagement Team so low on notifications!

Find the right club for you

Our list of clubs and how to get in touch can be found below. If you have any other questions about Old Citizen sports, then please email Neil Edwards (Class of 1982) .

GET IN TOUCH

Basketball

Cricket

Football

Fives

We’ve been going since 1893, which makes us the oldest fives club in the country. Old Citizen pairs have won the national championships on 13 occasions. We run league and friendly games, weekly knockabouts and our own tournaments on courts in north and west London and visits to courts outside the country.

Please get in touch if you’d like to join us for our practices, games, tournaments or tours.

Contact: Sam Packer (Class of 2012) and John Reynolds (Class of 1979).

Golf

We are a welcoming and friendly group with a long history of over a hundred years. Our emphasis is on having fun and enjoying the social interaction of Old Citizens in tandem with playing some fine golf courses in the South-East of England.

We encourage players with a range of abilities and handicaps to join our regular society meetings held annually in Spring, Summer and Autumn. We also enter a team to play in the prestigious Halford Hewitt Cup, a unique event held every April comprising 64 independent schools and 10 golfers per team playing scratch foursomes at Royal Cinque Ports Deal in Kent. There is also the Cyril Gray (over 50s) equivalent event played at Worplesdon in June. We are keen to attract new recruits for all our events so please do get in touch with us. You do not need to be a formal member of a golf club in order to play.

Contact: Adam Jones (Class of 2011) on and/or Mark Stockton (Class of 1976).

The HALFORD HEWITT 2026

The draw for this year’s competition took place at The East India Club where we learned that City of London [Old Citizens] have been drawn to play Epsom this year. Looking at past records it seems we have played them once before, in 1984.

Spectators are welcome to join us in early April to watch our progress in this prestigious and enjoyable event.

Full details of dates venues and times can be obtained from Mark Stockton

Waterpolo

We play in the Division 1 of the Thameside Waterpolo League and home matches are played in the school swimming pool. The Water Polo club has existed since 1920 and we currently play 8-10 fixtures a year between October and April. The school has produced a number of international players over the years with numerous successes in the English School’s Swimming Association Waterpolo Championships.

Contact: Patrick Bennett (Class of 2010).