The increasingly popular Glasgow Netball Tournament has had to be split over two days due to the number of schools entering teams across the year groups. The S1&S2 tournament took place on a separate day from the S3/4s. This suited SGG as this allowed each school to play everyone else rather than it being split into leagues. More games the better! The schedule was action packed and SGG had 5 teams entered across the tournaments. The set up was two halves of 8 minutes and with having to play each team some teams ended up playing 4 games in a row.
The S1 A team who finished 2nd in October having lost out to the best netball school in Glasgow, Holyrood. The girls have been playing well in the league and knew that all teams would have improved over the months having played league games. The girls won 7 of their games and drew with Holyrood in a fantastic day for the girls. The team despite having equal points with Holyrood lost out on the number of points scored across all games. 2nd again but equals the best finish (their previous 2nd place) from the school in a Glasgow tournament. Expect to be practicing shooting when you get back from Easter holidays though. Well done to the team. Girl of the tournament was captain Annabel MacDonald, consistently played well in a variety of positions throughout the day.
For the first time in SGG history we had a 2nd S1 team enter the Glasgow Tournament. This team was relatively inexperienced but it was a great opportunity to learn by playing experienced teams. The girls lost all their games but performed well but put in a good effort in each game. Good to see Beth playing for the school for the first time this year. The girls got to play different positions and some of the girls should be looking to get into the A team next year. Girl of the tournament was Sophie Whelan.
The S2 Team who finished 3rd in October haven't had a lot of games since then so they expected to be pushed hard from teams who have been playing Scottish cup and Glasgow League games. They performed very well, particularly in the game against the excellent Jordanhill, showing great character to come back from 5-1 down at half time and narrowly losing at the end. The girls have definitely improved in their netball, this has been boosted by Jessica and Caitlin recently joining clubs. Next year the girls will be competing for places with the current S3s...looking forward to those battles. Girl of the tournament was captain Eilidh McDougall.
The S3/4 A team had a brilliant tournament finishing 3rd overall. The girls played some excellent netball and showed great team spirit to get a result particularly when the games were close. The girls easily put in the best netball display of an S3/4 team from the school at a tournament so a big well done to you all. 5 of the team are in S3 so they will be back for more of the same next year. Girl of the tournament was captain Lauren McDougall.
The S3/4 B tea also had a brilliant tournament finishing 5th, the highest our B team has ever achieved. The girls were boosted by the return of Robyn Paton to the team after 18 months out. Yvonne Conley was also drafted in from the A team due to the injury to Skye MacK. The girls worked well together and motivated each other when things got difficult i.e. In their 4 games in a row. Louise played well in her unfamiliar role of centre. Karen and Naimh's shooting has improved and the defence was solid. 6 of the girls are in S3 so they should be pushing to get into the A team next season. Girl of the tournament was Robyn Paton.
