BISHOP'S School in Hereford is already making preparations for an exciting sports tour to Australia, which will take place next summer.

Forty-four pupils will leave for the sunny shores of Down Under at the end of July 2002, with fixtures scheduled for the girls' netball team and boys' hockey and rugby teams during the three-week trip.

The tour will take in Sydney, through the Gold Coast and on to Cairns. Bishop's, who last travelled to Australia in 1998, will be revisiting three of the schools they drop-ped in on last time.