Editing Winchester College (section)

=== Sport ===<!-- This section is linked from [[Fives]] -->
{{further|Winchester College football}}

[[File:Winchester College Football The Starting Hot in Commoners vs OTH match.jpg|thumb|[[Winchester College football]]: a "hot" between OTH (brown and white) and Commoners (red and white) on Meads in 2023|alt=Photograph of a football scrum on a long narrow pitch with ropes and nets along the sides]]

Winchester College has its own game, [[Winchester College football]] (also known as "Win: Co: Fo:" or "Winkies"), played only at Winchester.<ref name="Winkies Independent">{{cite news |title=Arcane public school games explained: Anyone for Rugby Fives, The Field Game or Winkies? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/arcane-public-school-games-explained-anyone-rugby-fives-field-game-or-winkies-9695696.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=29 August 2014 |access-date=4 October 2020 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310123413/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/arcane-public-school-games-explained-anyone-rugby-fives-field-game-or-winkies-9695696.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is played in the spring term with a competition between the school's houses; it is largely managed by the boys.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sport: Winchester College Football |url=https://www.winchestercollege.org/learning/sport |publisher=Winchester College |access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref>

A distinctive Winchester version of [[fives]] resembles [[Rugby fives]] but with a buttress on the court. The buttress enables a skilful player to cause the ball to ricochet in an unexpected direction.<ref>{{cite news |title=Get Active: Why Winchester Fives is better than squash |url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/11867466.get-active-why-winchester-fives-is-better-than-squash/ |access-date=4 October 2020 |work=Southern Daily Echo |date=19 March 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Winchester College Boat Club - geograph.org.uk - 1338845.jpg|thumb|Winchester College Boat Club, on the [[River Itchen, Hampshire|River Itchen]] |alt=Photograph of buildings with a concrete apron beside a river]]

The school has an active [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] club called the Winchester College Boat Club which is based on the [[River Itchen, Hampshire|River Itchen]]. The club is affiliated to [[British Rowing]] (boat code WIN)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/club/winchester-college-bc/|title=Club details|website=British Rowing}}</ref> and was twice winner of the [[Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup]] (in 1949 and 1954) at the [[Henley Royal Regatta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory.net/henley?event=Princess+Elizabeth+Challenge+Cup&competitor= |title=Results |website=Friends of Rowing History |access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref>

Rivalry — particularly sporting — between Winchester and [[Eton College|Eton]] has existed for centuries.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sherwood |first1=H. |title=Winchester College v Eton feud comes to Downing Street |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/16/rishi-sunak-boris-johnson-winchester-college-v-eton-feud-comes-to-downing-street |access-date=19 January 2022 |publisher=UK Guardian |date=16 February 2020 |quote=[Eton and Winchester] have been rivals for centuries}}</ref>