Scottish Schools' Athletics Championships

Last Friday and Saturday the Scottish Schools Athletics Championships took place at Grangemouth stadium. The school sent a small group over to compete in sprints and endurance. Peggy-Nan, Shona and Andrew all ran PBs in their 1500m. Jacob Connelly ran a very controlled race in the 400m and qualified for his first and the Schools first final in this championship. Jacob ran well in the final to finish 5th! He still has another year in the A boys race to go! Well done Jacob! Here's a selection of photos from the Scottish Schools Website. 

 

  

Glasgow Schools' Adventure Race

Well done to the Adventure Race team for finishing in 2nd place at this year's Adventure Race. The team was: Ruairidh Harris, David Comerford, Benjamin Campbell, Conall Whyte and Lewis Dickson. Well done to Cleveden for retaining the title. Here's some action shots from the race...

 

   
 

 

Glasgow Schools' Athletics Championships

This year the Glasgow Schools'Athletics  Championships took place over two days both at Scotstoun Stadium. Athletics has become the most successful sport for the school over the past few years and we had our largest group of athletes taking part this year. We had 52 individual entries in the competition which is amazing considering the school roll is 282. We also had 6 relay teams entered. The numbers are a real success story for the school, we didn't have many club athletes in our squad only about 5/52 so the numbers show the hard work and level the pupils have got to during core PE and the after school athletics club. This year was our most successful athletics day at the championships, the school won 15 medals. Our 5 year progression in the championships in terms of medals won has been: 2013 - 0, 2014 - 1, 2015 - 4, 2016 - 10, 2017 - 15! Fantastic progress! 

Here's the list of medal winner:

S3 Boys Relay Team - Silver

S3 Girls Relay Team - Silver

Devyn Heap - S3 Shot Putt Gold

Logan Morrison - S3 Boys 400m H Bronze

 

Josh Soutar - Senior Boys 400m Hurdles Bronze

 

Lewis Grimmer Senior Boys HJ Silver

 

Daniel Moran Senior Boys 1500m Bronze

 

Sophie Pettifor S1 Girls Discus Gold

 

Iver Campbell S2 Boys 100m Gold

 

Jacob Connelly Senior Boys 400m Gold

 

Calum Stewart S3 Boys 400m Silver

 

Aidan Tittmar S3 Boys 400m Bronze

 

Annabel MacDonald S2 Girls 200m Bronze

 

Eilidh McDougall S3 Girls 200m Silver

 

Lewis Conley S3 Boys 800m Bronze

 

A big congratulations to all our medal winners. We also had some other fantastic performances from the following pupils: 

Jack Nairn S2 Boys Shot Putt 4th

Shona Carey S2 Girls 1500m 4th

Senior Boys Relay 4th

S2 Boys Relay 4th

Annabel MacDonald S2 Girls Long Jump 4th

Cailean MacDonald S3 Boys Triple Jump 4th

The PE Staff are delighted with the efforts of all our athletics team this year. We had over 30 personal bests over the two days, which is a huge success in itself. 

Scottish Schools' Champions and Record Breakers

SGG entered the Scottish Schools Relays this year for the first time. The championship took place at Hutcheson Grammar on Friday 2nd June. The school entered two teams, a Boys 4 x 400m and a Girls 4 x 400m. The boys team of: Lewis Grimmer, Aidan Tittmar, Lewis Conley and Calum Stewart finished in a credible 4th place. The team performed very well and were only 3 seconds away from the silver medals which shows you how close it was at the end. 

 

The girls team: Annabel MacDonald, Erin Houston, Erin Moran and Eilidh McDougall absolutely dominated the final and won by a considerable margin. The girls were so impressive, they smashed the Scottish Schools Record by 12 seconds to win in 4 minutes 17 seconds. Not only did the girls claim the Schools first ever National Sporting title and a Scottish Record, they were awarded a second trophy for the girls relay performance of the championship voted by the Scottish Schools Athletics Association! What a prestigious trophy to be awarded! Congratulations girls, you are Scottish Schools Champions and Record Holders! 

 

Sports Day 2017

This year for Sports Day we had: Hurdles, 100m, 200m, 600m, Triple Jump, Javelin, Shot Putt, Obstacle Race, Orienteering and Relays. Here's a selection of the photos, lots more to come. Well done to Hiort for their victory. 

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

S3/4 Netball win the Glasgow Schools League!!!

 

This has been four years in the making, the S3/4 SGG Netball team are Glasgow Schools Champions!!! A big congratulations to the squad:

Robyn Paton GK

Jessica Gow GD

Catriona Macleod GK/WD

Margaret Driscoll WD/C

Daisy Maguire WD

Annabel MacDonald C

Morag McKirdy WA

Sarah MacKay GS

Katrin Swan GA

Seona Macleod GS

Aimee Dunlop WA/GS

Abigail Cavanagh GS

This year due to the number of teams in the league the S3/4 was split into two leagues. Each team had to play each other once and at the end the top two teams from each division met in a final four playoff. Having won all but one of their league fixtures SGG went into the final four knowing that they could finish higher up than any other team in this competition from the school. 

Our first game on Finals night was against Hillhead. SGG started aggressively from beginning to end and ended up winning 30-11. With 3 x 28 minute games to play in a row the team knew that it would be a tough days work but it was good to go out and win the first game comfortably and settle the nerves. 

The second game was against Holyrood 2(S4s). Having never beaten this Holyrood team the girls knew that they would have to be at their best if they were to finish higher than 3rd. At the best they were, the girls produced a fantastic display of netball throughout the match win by 22-6. The girls were ecstatic about the win and having played so well. 

A top 2 placing it was for SGG but would it be first or second?! The girls played Holyrood 1 (S3s) in the final game. Holyrood 1 had beaten Holyrood 2 and Hillhead so this turned into a dramatic final, winner takes all. The girls maintained their hard work, effort and kept a relentless intensity during the match. SGG won the game 14-4. What was impressive was that the girls although tired displayed great team work, decision making and discipline throughout the match against quality opposition. 

To win the S3/4 Netball league is a huge achievement for the girls and the school. During the finals night the girls produced the best Netball the school has ever produced. They should be very proud of their achievement! Well done girls! 

 

Here's a link to the BBC Alba interview about the Netball successes at the school:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/39790977

S1 Netball Team 2nd in Glasgow Schools League

A big congratulations to the S1 Netball team who finished in 2nd place in the Glasgow Schools League. The team has progressed very well throughout the year. All players in the team have been attending training every week since the beginning of S1! The team has changed a few times since the beginning of the year with lots of different positional changes each game. This means that most of the girls in the team are competent in a variety of different positions which is good news going forward into S2. Here's some information on the girls team:

 

Orlagh - GK - Great defence for the team. Made a lot of shot blocks with good defensive stance.


Rhianna - GK/WD/GS - Played in a number of different positions this year. Rhianna is also an excellent shooter and has played GS for the team.


Kerry - GD/GA - Very good in both positions. Great movement to get free, excellent interceptions and good accuracy when shooting.


Leena - WD/WA/GA/GS - A very good all round player. Leena has played in almost every postion this year. Played well in big games for us in WD and in the festival played very well at GS/GA.


Abbey - C/GD - Abbey has played Centre more so than any postion. Fast, strong and she has good endurance. She's also played for the S2 team in the Scottish Cup and started for that team in WD.


Ceitidh - WD/WA - great movement to get free from her marker. Her catching, passing has all improved a lot this year which has made her a regular starter for the school team.


Peggy-Nan - C/GA/WA - Peggy-Nan who didn't play Netball in primary has progressed very well this year. She has played the majority of the games at GA but has also started to play Centre due to her fantastic speed and endurance round the court.


Millie Soutar - GA/GS - Millie who started the year saying 'I can't shoot' has not only become a great GS for the S1s she was also starting GS for the S2 team on their way to the Scottish Cup Semi Finals. Her highest goals scored in a game is 26.

The girls will re-enter the Glasgow Schools' league next. Looking forward to it already! 

Congratulations to Holyrood Secondary for winning the league.