Adidas donates 20 pairs of trainers to SGG

Pupils at the Glasgow Gaelic School will now be kitted out in brand new Adidas trainers! A special thanks to Kevin Kealey who is Project Manager in the running footwear development team at Adidas and is based at the Global Headquarters in Herzogenaurach in Germany. Kevin who is from Glasgow sent 20 pairs of shoes over so the pupils can use them in a variety of sporting environments. This is a huge contribution to the Glasgow Gaelic School! Moran Taing Adidas agus Kevin!

Netball vs St Thomas Aquinas

On Tuesday the 29th October the S1, S2 and S3/4 Teams will be playing against St Thomas Aquinas away. These Teams will be selected based on pupils attending the after school Netball Club. Currently we have 30 plus girls attending Netball from S1-6, please come along and join in!

Athletics Dates for 2013/14 - Primary and Secondary

Dates and Convenors for 2014

Primary XC – Fri 7 March N Pollok – 10.30am start

Secondary XC – Fri 28 Feb N Pollok, 10.00 start

Primary Track and Field heats – Tue 3/Wed 4/Thurs 5 June Scotstoun

Primary Track and Field Finals – Wed 18 June, Scotstoun, 6pm start. 

Secondary Track and Field heats – (S1-S3) Mon 2 June, 10.00-16.00

Secondary Track and Field Finals – Wed 11 June, 10.00am start

Multi events – Mon 23 June –  Hutchesons’ GS, 10.00am start

Inter-Area – Thurs 19^th June, 11.00am start Grangemouth

Lewis Miller Selected for U17 South of Scotland Team

Lewis Miller from S6 has been selected to play for South of Scotland Under 17 Shinty team against the North of Scotland on Sunday 29^th September at Mossfield Stadium in Oban, throw up 3pm.

This follows on from another successful year of shinty for Lewis, as a regular second team player for Glasgow Mid Argyll, being voted as vice-captain and captaining their under 17 side too.

He has played twice before for the South of Scotland at Under 14 level and was consistently voted for player of the year when playing for the school team at each age level. I’m sure it won’t be long before he has a place in the first team, who have just won promotion to the Premiership for next season.

So who knows? We could have a school shinty player, playing against the likes of Newtonmore, Kingussie and Fort William, to name but three!

More to follow on how the game went for Lewis on Sunday. 

Glasgow School of Sport Open Day 2013

GSOS Open Day

The Glasgow School of Sport at Bellahouston Academy is a National Centre of sporting excellence funded by The Scottish Government. Applications are open to talented youngsters from throughout Scotland. Talented sports pupils follow specialist training together with a balanced curriculum of academic studies.

Applications are now being accepted for entry in 2014 into S1, S3, S4 and S5/S6 in the sports of Athletics, Badminton, Gymnastics and Hockey. Swimming applications will be accepted for entry into S3/S4/S5/S6.

An Open Day will be held at 10am on Saturday 16 November 2013.

Any interested pupils, parents/carers, teachers or coaches are invited to learn about the school. If you would like to attend please fill in the tear-off slip on this flyer and return it by Monday 11 November 2013 to:

Open Day
Glasgow School of Sport
Bellahouston Academy
30 Gower Terrace, Glasgow G41 5QF
email: Loraine.henderson@glasgowlife.org.uk
Tel: 0141 582 0034

Samuel and Rory attend Valencia Coaching Day

Samuel Dow and Rory Connelly both attended a full day of football run by Valencia. This was a fantastic opportunity for the two boys who were selected based on their hard work throughout the year and their commitment to the football team. Mr Smith also attended the day along with the boys and got some coaching help and documents so they can applied in the football training after school for girls and boys. A report by Samuel and Rory will follow shortly.

SGG Young Ambassadors

Abbie MacNeil and Angus Jenkins have been selected by the Physical Education Department to be the school's Young Ambassadors. This programme engages young people aged between 14-19 as role models and leaders in sport. Angus and Abbie have been selected due to their impressive performances in sport both within and out with school hours and for their hard work in their classes last year. They will be motivating and inspiring other pupils to participate in sport throughout the year.

This programme is being run by sportscotland, Glasgow City Council organised a Young Ambassadors launch day at Tollcross where all selected pupils were brought together to listen to some motivating stories from previous young ambassadors as well as get some ideas on what they can do for the year. Good luck to Abbie and Angus.