and carries out activities, including rifle shooting on the school's 15m pipe range, command tasks, climbing, camouflage and concealment, flying, sailing and walking with regular camps. The Royal Navy section has access to sailing boats which are owned by The Royal Navy these include Laser Picos, Toppers and an RS200 racing boat. Rugby The school plays rugby union. It won the NatWest Schools Cup (previously the Daily Mail Cup) at U18 level seven times, including six years in a row between 1995 and 2000. In 1999 there was a change in regulations which restricted the number of newcomers into a Sixth Form who could play in the competition. The school went on to win the competition on a further two occasions in 2000 and 2004 under these new regulations before withdrawing to seek bigger challenges Over 50 old boys have played in the top tier of professional rugby with 11 players representing their countries during the professional era Location Colston's is located at the top of Bell Hill, a road running close to the M32 motorway. The school is approximately from the city centre. Notable former pupils Former students, known as Old Colstonians, include: Callum Braley, rugby union footballer and current Benetton rugby union footballer, International player for Italy Jake Polledri, rugby union footballer and current Gloucester rugby union footballer, International player for Italy Olly Barkley, rugby union footballer and current London Welsh player. Thomas Chatterton, romantic poet and child prodigy, who died aged 17 Jordan Crane, rugby union footballer and current Bristol player John Ebling, Marine Biologist and Professor of Zoology Shane Geraghty, rugby union footballer and current Bristol player Andrew Ibrahim, convicted terrorist known as 'The Boarding School Bomber' Peter Mathias, former Master of Downing College, Cambridge Lee Mears, rugby union footballer Alan Morley MBE, holder of world record for tries scored in first class rugby union and current board member at the Bristol Bears Jack Spoors, British Isles international rugby player Robert Syms, Conservative MP for Poole, Dorset Chris Taylor, Gloucester county cricketer, current England fielding coach Tom Varndell, rugby union footballer and current Bristol player. Robert Walter, former Conservative MP for North Dorset Amber Reed, English rugby union footballer Bryan Webber, theoretical physicist; co-winner (2012) of the J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics References Further reading Roger Wilson, Chapter 22, "Bristol's School", in Bristol and its Adjoining Counties, 1955 External links Profile on the Independent