High Performance Rugby, Athletics and Wellness Camp

Our popular High-Performance Rugby Camp is designed to help aspiring young players develop and refine both their athleticism and rugby skills. The camps focus on improving all aspects of the game, from the fundamentals of passing, catching, and kicking, to key elements of gameplay such as attack, defence, the breakdown, and evasion, all while ensuring participants have plenty of fun.

The camps are designed with continuous development in mind and are tailored uniquely for each camp delivered throughout the year. They aim to inspire young players to strive for improvement both on and off the pitch. By emphasising teamwork, communication, leadership, resilience, and mental toughness, the programme nurtures personal growth and fosters a lifelong passion for the game.

South African-born Sheldon Graddon leads the high-performance rugby camp. Sheldon developed his rugby skills as a schoolboy at King Edward VII School, one of South Africa’s top ten rugby schools, before representing his university team in South Africa. In his twenties, he relocated to Oxford, where he now plays for Oxford Quins’ 1st XV and 2nd XV. Alongside his work at Abingdon, Sheldon serves as Head of Rugby and oversees the rugby academy at Brockhurst and Marlston House Schools in Newbury.