Director of Sport
Mr Rob Kift (BEd)
Mr Kift is Hurst’s Director of Sport, President of the Hurst Common RoomÌýand the Sussex Schools Representative for the RugbyÌýFootball Union (RFU). He joined the College as Assistant Director of Sport in 1990 and took over as Director of SportÌýin 1994. He has also beenÌýMaster-in-charge of Rugby, Master-in-charge of Swimming, the first Head of PE and a Housemaster of Chevron for five years.
Mr Kift has a Bachelor of EducationÌýfrom Madeley College of Education (now part of ).
He is passionate about all sports, but Rugby is his first love, followed by Football, Athletics,ÌýTennis and Swimming (and when he was younger, surfing!). HavingÌýbeen born and raised in Devon he is an avid rugby fanÌýas well as a follower of .
“In sport, theÌýminimumÌýrequirementÌýis maximum effort!”
Assistant Director of Sport (Girls)
Ms Rebecca (Bex) Jutson
Ms JutsonÌýhas coached Hurst’s 1stÌýVII Netball team for 15 years. She joined Hurst in 2005 as a Netball Coach and went on to became Head of Netball in 2008, AssistantÌýHead of Girls’ Games in 2015 and then Assistant Director of Sport (Girls) from 2018. She is now Shield Housemistress, previously having tutored in Phoenix and Eagle House for 12 years.
She has always loved sport, with HockeyÌýand Netball as her favouriteÌýsports. She representedÌýSussex in both Netball and Hockey fromÌýan early age.ÌýHaving to chooseÌýone sport toÌýpursue, she opted for Netball and enjoyed 10 years playing with the South Region and National Premier League for Sussex Thunder.ÌýShe balanced her playing career around her career at Hurst and Mum to two girls.
Ms Jutson coached at Sussex Netball Club for 14Ìýyears at both regional level and in the National Premier Leaguer for Sussex Thunder. Bex is also involved in the Surrey Storm Pathway, leading the PDP Academy at Hurst and is also Head Coach for the U19 NPL squad.Ìý
“Coaching has always been my biggest passion and I thrive on seeing what can be done forÌýparticipation, enjoymentÌýandÌýdriving players to be the best they can.”
Assistant Director of Sport (Boys)
Mr Steve May (BSc Chichester)
Mr May is Assistant Director of Sport (Boys), Head of PE and Sports Science, and Master-in-charge of Athletics. He is a level 2 Rugby Coach and a level 2 Athletics Coach.
Mr May has taken part in rugby, cricket, football, swimming and athletics from an early age. Rugby became his predominant sport and his achievements include captaining theÌý, playing forÌýÌýU21 team, London Division U20 and National 2 withÌý
Winner of the Sporting Achievement Award in the
ATHLETICS 
CRICKET 
GOLF 
HOCKEY 
NETBALL 
RUGBY 
SWIMMING 
TENNIS 
ADDITIONAL SPO¼â½ÐÊÓƵappING OPTIONS 
SPO¼â½ÐÊÓƵappS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME 
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING 
PLAYER WELFARE