various sporting facilities, including: an eight lane 25-metre heated swimming pool a ten lane 50-metre heated swimming pool a gymnasium, with basketball, badminton, volleyball, squash and rock climbing facilities weights room rowing ergo room 16 tennis courts: 12 plexipave, 4 grass 4 football fields 4 plexipave outdoor basketball courts 5 cricket ovals with turf wickets 32 cricket practice wickets: both synthetic and turf 4 soccer fields cross country tracks 2 rugby fields track and field facilities aquaturf surface hockey field with clubrooms 3 additional grass hockey ovals a rowing fleet housed at Cygnet Hall on the Swan River (off campus) In 1885, the school entered a team into the West Australian Football Association (WAFA) for its inaugural season, but were forced to withdraw two rounds into the season due to a lack of players. Hale School has hosted important teams over the years, including the English Rugby Team on occasions, namely for training during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The school hosted the English Cricket Academy, including international cricketers Michael Vaughan, Owais Shah, Stuart Broad, Rikki Clarke and Jon Lewis for nets sessions and practice matches, as seen on the front page of The West Australian on 29 November 2006. House system There are currently 10 houses in Hale Middle/Senior School. These include 8-day houses, and 2 boarding houses: Buntine – red (named after former headmaster MA Buntine) Faulkner (boarding) – light green (named after former headmaster FC Faulkner) Havelock – black and yellow striped Haynes (named after former teacher Paddy Haynes) – yellow Loton – orange and navy blue Parry – navy blue (named after the Parry family who made a large donation to the school) Riley – dark green Meade (formerly St Georges) – red and white (named after former headmaster SG Meade) Tregonning – maroon (named after former headmaster KG Tregonning) Wilson (boarding) – blue (named after former headmaster MA Wilson) Loton was changed from a boarding house to a day house in 2005, following the completion of the new boarding house. Prior to this Loton's colour was brown. Year 7 & 8 boarders are housed in Brine House, which is located between the Junior School and the Music and Drama Centre, they are however also members of either Faulkner or Wilson houses. There are also 4 houses in Hale Junior School, named after Rhodes Scholars: Davy – Dark green Turnbull – Blue Rosier – Yellow Walker