Glasgow Schools Cross Country Teams

Tomorrow, Friday 24th, the Glasgow Schools Cross Country Championships takes place in Pollok Park. Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu have a large squad of athletes taking part, 50 to be exact! That's an amazing entry considering the roll of the school is less that 290. This shows that the effort the pupils have been putting in during core PE has paid off! Good luck to all SGG runners. Here's our teams:

S1 Girls
Peggy-Nan Rodger
Sophie Pettifor
Ameilia Shuttleworth
Cerys Westwood
Abbey Hart
Kerry Stewart

S1 Boys
Connor Walker
Fionn Graham
Robert Kay-Whyte
Seamus O'Connell
Aaron Green
Euan Robertson

S2 Girls
Shona Carey
Annabel MacDonald
Mirren Ward
Beth Murray
Sileas Nicgriogair
Eilidh Michie
Kristen MacPherson
Kathryn Dow

S2 Boys
Robaidh Whyte
Duncan MacKenzie
Patrick Connor
Sean Kelly
Luke Patterson
Sorley Donald

S3 Girls
Johanna Peters
Abigail Cavanagh
Caitlin Watt
Shannon Craw
Sophie Beck
Eilidh McDougall
Erin Moran

S3 Boys
Findlay Dickson
Lewis Conley
Aidan Tittmar
Calum Stewart
James Diamond
Gilles O'Hanlon
Alexander Buchan

S4 Girls
Catriona Macleod

S4 Boys
Daniel Moran
Andrew Carey
Calum Brown
Ruairidh Harris
Callum Douglas
Josh Soutar
David Comerford

S5 Girls
Amy Craig

SGG Cross Country Championships 2017

Last week we hosted our annual cross country championships. Pupils had been training for this since the turn of the year in their core PE classes. We had a magnificent 170 competitors taking part! Conditions were good for running, underfoot conditions were muddy making the course tricky in places. We held two races, a boys race and a girls race so pupils could take on people from other year groups whilst doing battle for the medals within their own year. Here's the breakdown of the results:

Girls Overall Race
1st Shona Carey S2
2nd Annabel MacDonald S2
3rd Peggy-Nan Rodger S1

S1 Girls
1st Peggy-Nan Rodger
2nd Sophie Pettifor
3rd Ameilia Shuttleworth

S2 Girls
1st Shona Carey
2nd Annabel MacDonald
3rd Mirren Ward

S3 Girls
1st Johanna Peters
2nd Abigail Cavanagh
3rd Caitlin Watt

Senior Girls
1st Amy Craig
2nd Catriona Macleod

Boys Overall Race
1st Daniel Moran S4
2nd Andrew Carey S4
3rd Findlay Dickson S3

S1 Boys
1st Connor Walker
2nd Fionn Graham
3rd Robert Kay-Whyte

S2 Boys
1st Robaidh Whyte
2nd Duncan MacKenzie
3rd Patrick Connor

S3 Boys
1st Findlay Dickson
2nd Lewis Conley
3rd Aidan Tittmar

Senior Boys
1st Daniel Moran
2nd Andrew Carey
3rd Benjamin Campbell

Well done to all competitors, you all put in a good performance! Keep up the good work you've been doing in class.

Scottish Schools' Indoor Athletics Championships

The athletics team performances over the last few years have been excellent. This year we attended the Scottish Schools' Indoor championships at the Emirates arena. This was the second year the school has entered the two day event. As there are entry standards for each individual event, the championships is filled with experienced athletes. The SGG athletics team again performed exceptionally well and have set the bar even higher than before! Here's a summary of how each athlete got on:

Day 1
Daniel Moran - 11 second Personal Best in the 1500m
Erin Moran - Seasons Best in the 200m
Jacob Connelly - Personal Best and semi finalist in the 200m
Eilidh McDougall - Personal Best and semi finalist 200m

Day 2
Shona Carey - Personal Best in the 800m
Annabel MacDonald - Personal Best and semi finalist 300m
Erin Moran - Personal Best and semi finalist 300m
Lewis Conley - Personal Best 800m
Lewis Grimmer - Personal Best and semi finalist 400m
Jacob Connelly - Semi finalist 400m
Eilidh McDougall - Personal Best and 60m FINALIST!!!

Special mention must go to Eilidh who became the first ever pupil from the school to get to a Scottish Schools Athletics Final. To give you an idea of the scale of her achievement there were over 80 entered in her event and she progressed through the rounds and got into the final 8! This was after having ran two fast 200m (a 26.65 personal best and one of the top 6 times of the day) the day before.

Well done to all competitors, you were absolutely fantastic.

Cambuslang Schools Cross Country

The school was invited to the Cambuslang Schools Cross Country Race. This was the first cross country race for many of our runners.

The first race of the day was the S1 Girls Race. Peggy-Nan Rodger ran very well to finish 2nd and was quickly followed by Cerys in 4th, Sophie P in 5th and Ameilia in 6th, Abbey finished 8th and Kerry 14th. This resulted in the girls winning the team event.

Fionn Graham finished 10th and Connor Walker 11th in the S1 Boys event. They were supported by Robert 19th, Seamus 23rd and Aaron 24th.

Shona Carey ran very well to finish 2nd in the S2 Girls Race despite not feeling 100%. Mirren was 10th, Kristen 18th, Chloe 21st, Sileas 22nd, Abigail 24th, Seona 25th and Eilidh 26th. The girls finished 3rd Team.

In the S2 Boys race, Robaidh finished 4th, Duncan MacKenzie 9th, Patrick 13th, Sean 15th and Luke 19th. Having packed really well the boys finished 2nd in the team competition.