Glasgow Netball Tournament

On Friday 10th October 32 girls from the secondary travelled to the Emirates Arena to take part in the Glasgow Netball tournament. This was the largest number of teams the school had ever sent to the tournament with 4 teams taking part. The netball club on a Tuesday and Thursday have had a consistently high number of pupils attending. Competition for places in teams has been fierce which has improved the overall standard of netball at training. All girls selected for the teams have earned their place. This school is gaining more experience in the sport each year, we are also delighted to see more girls taking up the sport outside of school and joining local teams.

S1 Netball Team 

8 girls from S1 took part in the event. This was the first time they had played together in a game of 7s and on a full sized court. The girls played some fantastic netball and played very well as a team. 

S1 Results:

Gaelic School 8 - 2 Bannerman 

Gaelic School 3 - 0 Holyrood

Gaelic School 0 - 3 St Thomas Aquinas

Gaelic School 3 - 3 Whitehill

Gaelic School 4 - 0 St Andrews

Gaelic School 3 - 1 Rosshall

The S1s performed remarkably well and finished the tournament in 3rd place! A brilliant achievement for the team. The girls are already looking forward to entering the Glasgow league next year. 

S2 Team

8 girls from S2 took part in the tournament. All the girls had played a game against Bellahouston the previous week but were strengthened by the return of Robyn who had been missing for 6 weeks due to injury. The S2s league proved to be very competitive with each point having a significant impact on the league result. 

S2 Results:

Glasgow Gaelic 2 - 2 Bannerman

Glasgow Gaelic 1 - 1 Holyrood

Glasgow Gaelic 4 - 0 St Thomas Aquinas 

Glasgow Gaelic 3 - 0 Whitehill

Glasgow Gaelic 2 - 5 St Andrews

Glasgow Gaelic 5 - 2 Rosshall

The S2s played some exceptional attacking moves in their games. The defence was solid and managed to keep very good teams to a limited number of chances. The team also got a couple of positive comments from other schools on their play. The S2 Team also finished in 3rd position also, well done girls! 

S3/4 Teams

For the first time the school had entered two teams in the S3/4 Age Group. To highlight the popularity of the sport at S4 you just need to look at the statistics...10 out of the 20 girls in the S4 year group were represented in the netball squad. The girls have been working hard to improve their performance, this was shown on Friday as they are now playing at a higher level in competitive games. 

S3/4 1 Results:

Glasgow Gaelic 6 - 2 Bannerman 

Glasgow Gaelic 1 - 0 St Thomas Aquinas

Glasgow Gaelic 2 - 8 St Andrews

Glasgow Gaelic 1 - 5 Rosshall

Glasgow Gaelic 1 - 6 Holyrood 2 

S3/4 2 Results

Glasgow Gaelic 2 - 1 John Paul's

Glasgow Gaelic 0 - 8 Holyrood 1

Glasgow Gaelic 0 - 5 Rosshall

Glasgow Gaelic 1 - 2 Jordanhill

This is the best the S3/4s have ever done in a Glasgow Netball Tournament. Team 1 finished in 7th and Team 2 in 9th. The girls hadn't played together in these teams before and were coming up against experienced teams who have probably played alongside each other for a number of years. However this is vital experience as the girls will now take part in the Glasgow League and will be playing competitive games monthly. 

 

Well done to all girls who played. You all competed to the best of your ability and your behaviour throughout the day was a credit to your team and school! 

Junior Great Scottish Run

On Saturday October 4th 20 pupils from the Glasgow Gaelic School met at George Square to take part in the Junior Great Scottish Run. The race is run round the streets of the merchant city and city centre. The popular race has two separate age categories (primary and secondary), the school had runners from both the Bun Sgoil and Ard Sgoil take part in both. Here are some of the runners before the race. 

The race itself was started by former Olympic, World and multiple record holder Haile Gebreselassie! All athletes from SGG finished the 2.5KM race. The top finishers from SGG (all in the top 50!!!) were: Robbie Whyte and Karys MacKay from the Bun Sgoil and Connal Whyte and Sarah MacKay from the Ard Sgoil. 

After the race the pupils met Ross Murdoch, gold medalist swimmer from the Commonwealth Games. Ross signed autographs and the pupils got some photos with him. 

The School was pleased to see such a large number of pupils take part in this fantastic event. This was in addition to the primary 5 pupils taking part in a separate event the previous day Friday 3rd Oct. 

As well as running the Junior Great Scottish run some of the secondary pupils managed to raise over £200 pounds for the PE department which will help with entries, travel, equipment and facility hire. The PE staff would like to thank all pupils for their contributions to the PE department. 

Bellahouston 8 - 20 Glasgow Gaelic

Bellahouston 8 - 20 Glasgow Gaelic

The S2 Girls Netball Team played their opening Glasgow Schools' League match on Wednesday 1st October at Bellahouston Academy. The team had many familiar faces  from last years S1 team that played at the Glasgow Schools' Tournament in March and won the Glasgow Youth games in April. New faces in the team were Katrin and Iona who were playing their first ever competitive games of Netball with Eilidh only her second.  Full squad:

Margaret

Louise
Aimee
Morag
Daisy
Catriona
Sarah
Katrin
Eilidh
Iona

The girls started the first quarter well and quickly scored the first point of the game. However, Bellahouston immediately replied with the equaliser which alerted SGG that it was going to be a close game. Katrin Swan at Goal Defence had a difficult task of marking the opposition GA who had good movement but Katrin performed her defending duties very well against a more experienced player. Daisy MaGuire playing centre had a speedy opponent to mark but Daisy quickly settled into the game connecting defence to attack with some good passing. Louise Templeton who started at Goal Shooter had a number of impressive successful shots from the edge of the goal circle which resulted in SGG going up 7-3 at the end of the first quarter. All 3 subs came on for the second quarter with Sarah MacKay, Iona McCulloch and Eilidh Campbell having to quickly get settled into the game as Bellahouston looked to get back level. Morag (GS) and Aimee (GA) worked well together in attack getting the ball close to the stand for an easier shot. At the half time SGG were up 11-5.

The third quarter saw both teams getting a bit fatigued. However it was SGG's ability to adapt the team, utilising the substitutes who were able to extend the lead over Bellahouston. In the final quarter SGG did very well to score most of their opportunities, with Aimee and Louise playing successfully together as Goal Attack and Goal Shooter despite being matched against a good Bellahouston defence. Sarah Mackay shrugged off an injury to come back on at centre allowing Daisy to play at Wing Attack, the two combined well keeping the ball in the Bellahouston half. Catriona Macleod and Margaret Driscoll played a strong game in defence particularly in the final quarter with Bellahouston only scoring one point. The new members of the team did great; Eilidh Campbell and Iona McCulloch showed good determination and Katrin Swan who played both Goal Defence and Centre during the game showed good promise in both roles. The team worked hard throughout the match and it finished: Bellahouston 8 - Glasgow Gaelic 20.

 

Girls Teams for Glasgow Netball Tournament

The following girls have been selected to represent the school at the Glasgow Netball Tournament which is on October 10th. All girls on the team can get a consent form from Mr MacCorquodale in the PE Department.

S1

Jessica Gow

Kara MacDonald

Erin Toner

Eilidh McDougall

Shannon Craw

Caitlin Watt

Abigail Cavanagh

Iona MacLean

Erin Moran

 

S2

Katrin Swan

Margaret Driscoll

Catriona MacLeod

Daisy MaGuire

Sarah MacKay

Morag McKirdy

Aimee Dunlop

Louise Templeton

 

S3/4

Eilidh Miller

Mia Paton

Mairi MacDonald

Frances Driscoll

Mairead MacLennan

Lauren McDougall

Tammy Dhinsa

Rosie Urquart

 

Christy O’Hanlon

Eilidh Thomson

Skye MacKenzie

Charlotte Moock

Yvonne Conley

Nicola Campbell

Karen MacDonald

Alix Wardrope