Editing Dulwich College (section)

== Co-curricular ==

=== Sport ===
When Arthur Herman Gilkes became Master, he adhered to Carver's belief that the physical organisation of the school should be based on the principle that as far as possible management should be in the hands of the boys. Therefore, he continued the tradition of the general running of games being entrusted to a Field Sports Board (sometimes referred to as the Field Sports Committee), composed of the "school captain, captains of cricket, football (rugby), gymnastics, the baths (swimming), fencing, [[fives]], athletics sports, boxing and shooting".<ref>Hodges (1981), ''God's Gift: A Living History'', pp. 221–222.</ref> Gilkes had it that the only masters with authorised status with regards to games were the captain of the Rifle Corps, and treasurer of the Sports Board. By 1894 there no more masters on the Field Sports Committee.<ref>Piggott (2008), ''Dulwich College, a History 1616–2008'', p. 180.</ref> The Board at the time controlled the appointment of captains and had some say in the style of blazers that could be worn as uniform.<ref>Piggott (2008), ''Dulwich College, a History 1616–2008'', p. 374.</ref> It was the Field Sports Committee, for example, that governed the award of the college's most prestigious colours, the white blazer. The system today is very different with assistant masters now being in charge of games, and acting more as coaches.<ref>Piggott (2008), ''Dulwich College, a History 1616–2008'', p. 334.</ref>

Colours for sporting achievement were the first such colours to be established at the college (see [[#School uniform and colours|School uniform and colours]] below). Originally colours consisted of blazers for the 1st and 2nd team of the major sports, rugby and cricket (as well as ties, caps and squares) and colours for minor sports, (not extending to a full blazer but blazer badges plus caps and ties).<ref name="Hodges, S 1981 pages 222"/> Caps were also available, such as for rugby, the pie shaped porker<ref name="R Piggott 2008 pages 303">Piggott (2008), ''Dulwich College, a History 1616–2008'', pp. 303.</ref> and more exclusive items such as the rare rugby honours cap, and the white blazer, only awarded on the recommendation of the Field Sports Committee with the essential requirement being that a boy be a member of both the Cricket 1st XI and the Rugby 1st XV ''and'' display prominence in a minor sport.<ref name="R Piggott 2008 pages 227">Piggott (2008), ''Dulwich College, a History 1616–2008'', p. 227.</ref> Testament to the judgment of the committee are the careers of certain alumni who received this blazer such as [[Trevor Bailey]] the [[England cricket]] all-rounder, who was so awarded because he was also a distinguished squash player.

The college still divides sport into Major and Minor. The major sports have always included rugby and cricket in the Michaelmas and summer terms respectively and for many decades just these two were deemed as major. In the 20th century, [[field hockey]] became a major sport in the Lent term, having been introduced in 1953. [[Soccer]], a minor sport since it was allowed in 1970, became of equal status to hockey in 2000. A raft of minor sports has also been recognised at the college for well over a century in many cases. Minor sports have included athletics from 1864; Fives from 1894 (effectively ended by the courts being destroyed by enemy bombs in the Second World War); shooting from 1878 (less applicable due to safety regulations and the loss of the .22 range); boxing from 1879 (abandoned in the 1960s but with martial arts now filling the void), tennis from 1880 (although banned during A H Gilkes' time); swimming from 1883 with the college being one of the first schools to erect a swimming pool; gymnastics from 1891; fencing (like boxing, saw a demise in the 1960s but still has a representative team); squash and water polo. The school also has teams for golf; badminton; basketball; croquet; cycling; skiing; table tennis and Rugby fives. The facilities, which include a sports centre complex, courts for most racquet sports, an athletic track, tennis courts, a swimming-pool and acres of playing fields, cater to almost all sporting requirements.<ref>Terry Walsh, "Games and Sports", in J. R. Piggott's, ''Dulwich College, a History 1616–2008'', pp. 334–355 (2008) (Dulwich College: London).</ref> The [[Cow corner]] position in Cricket is said to be named after a field at the College where cricket was played, a position that cows would congregate as there was little reason to place a fielder there.

===Rowing===
The school has an active [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] club called the Dulwich College Boat Club (a recent introduction in 1991 – the school now owns a boathouse on the [[River Thames]]). The club is affiliated to [[British Rowing]] (boat code DUL)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/club/dulwich-college-bc/|title=Club details|website=British Rowing}}</ref> and has produced four British champion crews at the [[2001 British Rowing Championships]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501060107/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=723365c5|title="The Daily results service." Times, 23 July 2001, p. 10|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=23 July 2001 |pages=10&#91;S] }}</ref> [[2008 British Rowing Championships]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2008.html|title=2008 archive of results|website=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206055635/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2008.html|archive-date=6 December 2016}}</ref> 2014 National Schools' Regatta,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://77a6a8e1-19a9-4048-a702-a5b8d487b052.filesusr.com/ugd/bffc42_3ad34b9b150b44558e9727f8be7eb54d.pdf|title=Results 2014|work=National Schools' Regatta}}</ref> and 2016 Schools' Head of the River Race<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shorr.org.uk/2016/category-results.html |title=Category Results 2016 |date=2016 |access-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517104315/http://www.shorr.org.uk/2016/category-results.html |archive-date=17 May 2016}}</ref>

===Rugby===
[[File:DulwichCollegeRugbyHonoursCap.png|thumb|right|Example of the rugby honours cap, which, until around 1969, was awarded to only the very best players]]
The major sport of the Michaelmas term, Dulwich College rugby has long enjoyed a powerful reputation. The school began its rugby tradition with a 1–0 victory over [[City of London School]] in 1859, 12 years before the founding of the [[Rugby Football Union]]. Since that time the school has had upwards of 30 Old Alleynians play at full international level, with more playing at schoolboy international level, national reserve and professional club rugby as well as representatives for invitational sides such as [[Barbarian FC|the Barbarians]].

Three [[British and Irish Lions]] have emerged from the college. 1909 featured an unbeaten first XV which contained five future internationals dubbed the "Famous Five". Between 2012 and 2014, Dulwich College won the [[RFU National Schools Cup|Natwest Schools Cup]] (previously known as the Daily Mail Cup) three times in a row, then in 2017 secured an historic double, becoming the first ever team to win both the schools cup (in the years mentioned) and the Champions Trophy,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1767&division=11303&season=2017-2018#results |title=Fixtures & Results |publisher=[[Rugby Football Union]] |access-date=3 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803104657/https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1767&division=11303&season=2017-2018#results |archive-date=3 August 2024}}</ref> the highest Tier of School Cup Rugby.<ref>Jan Piggot (2008), ''Dulwich College: A History, 1616–2008'', {{ISBN|0-9539493-2-X}}.</ref>

=== Combined Cadet Force ===
Dulwich College has a well-established [[Combined Cadet Force]] contingent that has been running since the organisation was founded in 1859.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://combinedcadetforce.org.uk/|title=Homepage {{!}} Combined Cadet Force|last=Putty|first=Electric|date=2017-06-02|website=Combined Cadet Force|language=en-us|access-date=2017-06-03}}</ref> The cadets can choose between three sections: Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, with most cadets joining in year 9. Since 2018 the contingent has accepted female cadets from [[James Allen's Girls' School]]. The contingent regularly conducts battlecraft trips, [[Air Experience Flight|Air Experience Flights]] at [[RAF Benson]] and expeditions to the arctic or desert. The contingent are Gold medal winners in the Cadet Cambrian Patrol<ref>{{cite magazine |date=June 2022 |title=Cadet Cambrian Patrol success |url=https://issuu.com/salt-media/docs/army_cadet_magazine_web/1 |magazine=Army Cadet Magazine |publisher=Salt Media |access-date=2 July 2023}}</ref> and have won the [[Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank#Early life|Guthrie Cup]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://combinedcadetforce.org.uk/news/award-winning-contingent-commander-retires |title=AWARD WINNING CONTINGENT COMMANDER RETIRES |date=27 July 2016 |publisher=[[Combined Cadet Force]] |access-date=26 May 2024}}</ref> London district shooting competition{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}, and the cadet and young adult segments of the CCF and Inter-Services National First Aid Competitions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://armycadets.com/news/army-cadets-excel-national-first-aid-competition/ |title=Army Cadets Excel at National First Aid Competition |date=22 November 2024  |access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref> The contingent has won the [[Air Squadron Trophy Competition]] five times since its inception, first in 1998<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |title=School News: Air Squadron Trophy |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1998UKEnglish|access-date=15 April 2024 |publisher=[[The Times]]|date=6 July 1998|page=22}}</ref> in the inaugural year of the modern format of the competition, and most recently in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircadets/news/combined-cadet-force-raf-air-squadron-day/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |title=Combined Cadet Force (RAF) Air Squadron Day |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828131532/https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircadets/news/combined-cadet-force-raf-air-squadron-day/ |archive-date=28 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircadets/news/air-squadron-trophy-winners-announced/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |title=Air Squadron Trophy Winners Announced |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130144151/https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircadets/news/air-squadron-trophy-winners-announced/ |archive-date=30 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="ACMag2020">{{cite web |url=https://aviationgeeks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AIR-CADET-Magazine-Summer-2020.pdf |title=CCF shine in annual competition |publisher=Air Cadet Magazine |access-date=15 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415150840/https://aviationgeeks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AIR-CADET-Magazine-Summer-2020.pdf|archive-date=15 April 2024}}</ref>

=== Scouts ===
Dulwich College has a scout troop which has two patrols within it. It runs from year 6 to year 13 with both scouts and explorers. The troop is called the 25th Camberwell and has been running for more than 80 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.25thcamberwell.org.uk/|title=25th CAMBERWELL SCOUTS & DULWICH EXPLORERS|website=25th CAMBERWELL SCOUTS & DULWICH EXPLORERS|access-date=2017-06-03}}</ref>

=== Dulwich College Union ===
Dulwich College has a large union for clubs and societies containing over 50 societies. There is a wide range of clubs ranging from Rocketry to History and the college used to have a Chicken society in which boys tended to the college's chickens. The clubs, and Union, are run by boys in Year 12 and 13 and contribute to their [[The Duke of Edinburgh's Award]]s. Most of these clubs and societies have their own personalised ties.

==== Debating ====
Within the Dulwich College Union debating plays a large role. The Dulwich College society runs during the school terms but competes both nationally and internationally. The society runs from year 7 to 13 and has around 50 members. It has recently enjoyed great success, winning the Oxford Union Debating Competition in 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Cambridge Union Schools Debating Competition in 2014, 2015, and 2018, and the ESU (English Speaking Union) Schools Mace Debating Competition, also in 2014 and 2015. It has also represented Team England and competed internationally against other national teams, including in Texas, Singapore and Stuttgart. Dulwich College is, therefore, ranked as one of the top debating schools in the UK and one of the best in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dulwich.org.uk/college/college-life/co-curricular/debating|title=Debating – Co-curricular – College Life – Dulwich College|website=dulwich.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820160544/http://www.dulwich.org.uk/college/college-life/co-curricular/debating|archive-date=20 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>