Current Schedules and Results
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Sports at Purnell occur in an enjoyable and challenging atmosphere in which each student has the opportunity to grow physically and mentally.
Purnell offers individual and group-oriented sports options, both competitive and non-competitive. The facilities include five outdoor tennis courts, two sport fields, a ropes course and an indoor athletic center. The riding program occurs off-campus at nearby Tranquility Farm, where qualified instructors teach beginning through advanced hunt seat equitation in indoor and outdoor riding facilities.
Students can select from the following competitive (*) and non-competitive sports offerings:
- Aerobics/Weight Training
- Basketball (Winter)*
- Competitive Dance* (Fall/Winter/Spring)
- Project Adventure
- Horseback Riding (at Tranquillity Farm)
- Karate
- Kickboxing
- Lacrosse (Spring)*
- Pilates
- Soccer (Fall)*
- Softball (Spring)*
- Tennis* (competitive in the Fall and recreational in the Spring)
- Volleyball (Fall)*
Purnell competes in two athletic leagues: the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools Athletic Association - Division B (schools with fewer than 170 girls), and the Patriot League (comprised of these schools: Gill St. Bernards, Ranney, Rutgers Prep, Pennington, Princeton Day School, Saddle River Country Day, Stuart Country Day School, Timothy Christian, Wardlaw Hartridge, and Purnell).
