teachers and former pupils. Sports Hockey In 2011, King's appointed hockey coach Simon Egerton, who is a member of the England hockey team. Rowing The King's School Rowing Club has been in existence since 1883 with the school's boat house situated on the River Dee in the centre of Chester and is affiliated to British Rowing. Rowing is offered as part of the sports curriculum from the third year onwards. The King's rowers often compete in the top levels of school's competitions, and count numerous ex-Boat-Race crew members alongside National and Olympic squad members amongst it Old King's Scholars Alumni including seven Olympians, three in the London 2012 games. Gold and silver medallists – two gold and one silver Olympic medallists. Olympic Finalists – three in 2012. 14 x Oxford and Cambridge Blues. 47 x GB Senior World Championship representatives – since 1960 and 36 x GB Junior International representatives – since 1970. Headmaster The school's headmaster (since 2017) is George Hartley. He has an undergraduate degree in geography and an postgraduate degree in Environmental Sciences. He has previously been the headmaster/principal of two other British schools. Previous headmasters 2007–2017 - Chris Ramsey, linguist 2000–2007 - Tim Turvey, biologist 1981–2000 - Roger Wickson, historian A full list of previous headmasters are engraved on a board displayed in the school. Notable alumni Post-1900 Godfrey Ashby, former bishop of St John's, South Africa Michael Axworthy Hagan Bayley, scientist and head of chemical biology at the University of Oxford Graham Benton, British and world indoor rowing champion Michael Burdekin, civil engineer and emeritus professor of the University of Manchester John Carroll, mathematician, physicist and former professor of natural philosophy at the University of Aberdeen Matthew Collins (academic), archaeologist Rob Leslie-Carter, engineer Sir James Dutton, former commandant-general, Royal Marines Rob Eastaway, mathematician and ex-puzzle writer for New Scientist Simon Edge, novelist James Fair, England and Great Britain hockey goalkeeper Nickolas Grace, actor George Guest, organist and choirmaster at St John's College, Cambridge Matthew Hancock, former secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport (2018), secretary of state for health and social care (2018–21) and member of Parliament for West Suffolk Phillip Hallam-Baker, computer scientist, mostly known for his contributions to Internet security Tom James, Olympic gold medal oarsman Glyn Smallwood Jones, colonial administrator and last governor of Nyasaland Trevor Kletz, safety engineer and author on industrial safety Steve Leonard, television vet and BBC