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!