S3/4 Glasgow Schools Netball Tournament Champions

Congratulations to the S3/4 Netball Team for winning the Glasgow Schools Premier Division Netball Tournament. The girls put a fantastic display of netball together in the 4 group games. Each game was 20 minutes long and with only one sub the girls new it was going to be a tough day physically and mentally. Considering this is a brand new S3/4 team the girls played exceptionally well. Due to the quality of players in the team there was some positional changes with players playing new positions never experienced before. This was a challenge the team relished and worked out exceptionally well in all 4 games. This is the first time the school has won the S3/4 Netball tournament and it was the best quality of teams for some years with ourselves, Holyrood S3 team who were Scottish Gold cup semi finalists last year and Hyndland S3/4 team who have a number or club and district level players in their starting 7, this made for some very competitive games. SGG came out on top with a narrow win in the last game to take home the medals. Well done girls, what a fantastic achievement!

Leena Jebbari

Eilidh Michie

Ceitidh MacDonald

Annabel MacDonald

Abbey Hart

Kerry Stewart

Seona Macleod

Millie Soutar 

Scottish Cup Draw for Netball Teams

Congratulations to the S3 Netball Team for making in into the top competition of the Scottish Cup. The girls have been placed into the gold section of the cup with the best teams in the country. To get to this level is a fantastic achievement for the girls and the school. Our second ever senior team have played at a higher level than last year and this has resulted in them qualifying for the Silver Cup, last year they were in the Bronze. Our S1s are all new to netball and they start their journey in the sport. They had two tough apponents in the group with Holyrood and Balfron and lost both games so they have qualified for the Bronze cup. They are enthusiastic bunch and have progressed their performances every game so no doubt they will be entered into a silver or gold cup in years to come. Good luck to all our teams:

SGG S1s vs Holyrood (Edin) - Home Game

SGG S3s vs North Berwick High - Away Game

SGG Seniors vs Waid Academy - Away Game

S3/4 Netball Tournament

Good luck to the following S3/4s who have been selected to represent the school at the Glasgow Schools Netball Tournament tomorrow at the Emirates Arena:

Ceitidh MacDonald

Annabel MacDonald

Leena Jebbari

Kerry Stewart 

Millie Soutar

Abbey Hart

Eilidh Michie 

Seona Macleod

PE XMAS PARTY

We really can’t believe it’s Christmas again but it is! The big day this year is Friday 7th December, the PE Christmas Party! It’s £5 per person to attend. There will be a mixture of activities on such as Netball, Table Tennis, Benchball, Fifa, a Christmas movie etc etc. There will be pizzas, sweets, crisps and juice for everyone who attends. The party will last from 3.05-6.00pm. If you’re interested just sign up at the PE Dept with your money. 

Glasgow Schools Swimming Medal

Congratulations to Patrick Connor who won a Silver medal in the Glasgow Schools Swimming Chamoionships. Patrick performed exceptionally well to qualify for the final especially with there being 3 heats in the trials. The top 6 fastest times qualified for the finals. In the final Patrick had extremely tough opposition with an international swimmer in the field but he performed fantastically to secure the silver medal. Congratulations Patrick. 

S1 and S3 Netball Teams

Here’s the teams for the Scottish Cup Netball fixtures tomorrow. This is the last lot of fixtures for the group stages of the Scottish Cup, good luck to both teams.

Scottish Schools Silver Medalists!

What a fantastic result from Wednesday 3rd October 2018! Our Senior boys team came away with Silver medals at the Scottish Schools Road Race. This is the first medals for the school at this event and a massive achievement for our small school on the National stage. Andrew Carey was first home from the school having worked his way through the field on laps 2 and 3. Daniel Moran and Robaidh Whyte both put in incredible performances to finish in the top 40. Andrew, Daniel and Robaidh all packed very well and finished within 15 seconds of each other and were strongly backed up by David Comerford who finished in the top 55. David worked hard and increased his speed each lap to ensure the team medals were secured. Congratulations to our 4 athletes on their magnificent achievement. 

S3 and Senior Netball Scottish Cup Teams

Good luck to the S3s who are playing their first game of the season on Tuesday against Notre Dame (Greenock). The S3s are looking forward to their first taste of the Scottish Cup as a team. Note Dame look like formidable opponents but the girls will give it their best shot. The seniors also play Notre Dame in their 2nd fixture of their regional league. Notre Dame got to the Gold Final last year and have put massive scores on the board against some great opponents: 93-31 vs Hyndland and 64-20 vs Shawlands. Make sure you’re well rested for Tuesday! 

S1 Netball Team

Good luck to the S1 Netball Team who are playing their first Glasgow Schools League match vs Hillhead on Tuesday night. 

Glasgow Schools Netball Leagues

So the leagues and fixtures have been announced. This year we have more teams than ever taking part in the Glasgow Schools' Netball Leagues. Good luck to our S1, S2 and S3/4 Netball Teams for the coming year. Here are the groups for each of our entries:


S1

Glasgow Gaelic

Hillhead

Hyndland

Jordanhill

Shawlands

St Thomas Aquinas

S2

Glasgow Gaelic

Shawlands

St Thomas Aquinas

Whitehill

All Saints

S3/4

Holyrood A

Hyndland

Allsaints A

Glasgow Gaelic

Hillpark A

Jordanhill A

Shawlands

St Thomas Aquinas

Senior Netball Team

It’s great to see we have a Senior Netball Team again this year. Last year we entered a senior team into the Scottish Cup for the first time with the squad getting to the Semi Finals of the Bronze Section of the Cup. We lost only one of the girls from last years team. This year the girls have been given an extremely tough group in the preliminary stages of the Cup. As well as our friends from Shawlands the school faces three Netball Super Schools: Hyndland, Notre Dame and St Andrews High School. This is a great opportunity for the girls to play against some of the best Netballers in the country. We start this years Scottish Cup journey away to St Andrews. Here’s the list of players selected for the game:

Annabel MacDonald

Seona Macleod

Eilidh Michie

Jessica Gow

Robyn Paton

Grace Thompson

Morag McKirdy

Catriona Macleod

Aimee Dunlop

Margaret Driscoll 

S1 Netball Team

The first Netball fixture of the season takes place on Tuesday with our new S1s taking on Cleveden in a friendly. This will be the first competitive game for the S1s and the first time they’ve set foot on a full sized court. Congratulations to the girls for being picked for the team, it’s been a difficult selection due to the number of enthusiastic and hard working players:

Maisie Hinks

Seona Brown

Rhuna McCartney

Morgan MacLeod

Isla Thoms

Layla MacFadyen

Isabel Driscoll

Orla MacAskill 

Katie Dynes

Glasgow U18 Select

Congratulations to Daniel Moran, Benjamin Campbell (both S6) and Gilles O’Hanlon for being selected for the Glasgow U18 Select Football Team. We wish them well for the season ahead! 

Scottish Schools Road Race

The first of the Scottish Schools Athletics Events kicks off with the road race in Falkirk, October 3rd. This year we have the largest number of entries we’ve ever had at this event. Some of our athletes have experienced the event before but the vast majority of our runners taking part are doing so for the first time. Mr MacCorquodale has entered the following pupils for this event:

Race 1 - 1.5 miles

Emily Haldane

Ceitidh Cameron

Iris O’Connell

Seona Brown

Korin Weir-Stewart

Isla Thoms

Orla MacAskill

Rhuna McCartney

Race 2 - 1.5 miles

Calum Murray

Jonathon Dow

Gabriel Murphy

Race 3 - 1.5 miles

Lucie Mills

Sara Charnley

Race 4 - 1.5 miles

Adam Houstoun

Isaac Birr

Joel MacInnes

Finlay Robb

Race 6 - 2 miles

Annabel MacDonald

Shona Carey

Peggy-Nan Rodger

Beth Murray

Race 7 - 2.5 miles

Connor Walker

Fionn Graham

Rico Marinovic

Sean Kelly

David Robertson

Race 9 - 3 miles

Aidan Tittmar

Alasdair Campbell

Robaidh Whyte

Daniel Moran

David Comerford

Andrew Carey

Good luck to all the SGG runners!

Glasgow Schools Swimming Trials

The entries for the Glasgow Schools Swimming Trials are to be this Friday. If you have performed in a swimming competition(s) over the past 6 months bring your times for your two strongest events to Mr MacCorquodale.

The Netball Season is back!

The Netball Season is back! The School has the its largest number of entries ever into local and National Netball competitions. We now have 5 netball teams, entered either into the Glasgow Schools’ League or the Scottish Cup. The entries are as follows:

S1s

Glasgow Schools’ League and

Scottish Cup

S2s 

Glasgow Schools’ League

S3s 

Scottish Cup

S3/4

Glasgow Schools’ League

Senior (S4-6)

Scottish Cup

The Scottish Cup draw has just been announced today...so here’s the teams that we will face in the group stage:

S1s

Balfron

Holyrood 

S3s 

Notre Dame

Holyrood

St Thomas Aquinas

Balfron

Senior

Hyndland

Shawlands

Notre Dame

St Andrew’s High School

Get yourselves along to training! Monday’s and Friday’s after school until 4.20pm. All the above Scottish Cup group games have to be played by November 2nd. 

Senior Boys Football Team

Our Senior Boys team have a fixture against Rothsey away in the 2nd round of the Scottish Cup. 

The boys are also entered into the Glasgow Schools League, this is the first time we’ve had a senior team in the league so good luck! The boys have the following teams in the u18 Glasgow Schools League:

Knightswood

Hillhead

St Thomas Aquinas and 

Hyndland 

Extra-Curricular Clubs List

Pupils are welcome to attend any of the clubs available to them. Over 50% of the school attended our clubs last year which was amazing! Can we go better this year? !

Monday

Gym 8.10-8.50

S1/2 Dodgeball - Lunchtime 

S1-6 Netball - 3.05-4.20

Tuesday 

Gym 8.10-8.50

S3/4 Dodgeball - Lunchtime

S4-6 Volleyball - 3.55-5.00pm

S1-4 Girls Football - 3.55-5.00pm

Wednesday

Gym 8.10-8.50

S1-6 Netball - Lunchtime

S1/2 Boys Football - 3.05-4.15pm

S1-6 Athletics - 3.05-4.15pm

Thursday 

Gym 8.10-8.50

S1-6 Netball - Lunchtime

Senior Boys Football - 3.55-5.00pm

Friday

Running Club or Gym 8.15-8.50

S1-6 Netball - 3.05-4.20pm

S1/2 Table Tennis - 3.05-4.00pm

Summer Athletics Fixtures

Not had enough of athletics? Good! Here’s loads of opportunities to compete and record some personal bests:

Livingston Open Graded 18/7/18

https://www.livingstonac.com/entry.php?fid=3142

Livingston Combined Events Championship - 5/8/18

https://www.livingstonac.com/entry.php?fid=3143

Glasgow Athletics Association Sprints Gala

8/8/18

http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events/20346-17750-gaa-sprint-gala-3

National u17 Championships (check age group qualification) 11/8/18 & 12/8/18 - Grangemouth

http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events/20243-17753-fpsg-scottishathletics-national-u17-championships-11th-and-12th-august

National u13 and u15 Championships (check age group qualification) 18/8/18 & 19/8/18 - Aberdeen

http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events/20246-17760-fpsg-scottishathletics-national-u13-championships-18th-august

http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events/20247-17761-fpsg-scottishathletics-national-u15-championships-19th-august

Shettleston Harriers Open Graded 21/8/18

https://www.sportsystems.co.uk/ss/event/MilnbankHousingAssocShettlestonHarriersOpenGraded20182/EntryForm?id=3470&mode=

Livingston Open Graded 22/8/18

https://www.livingstonac.com/fixtures.php?m=0&fid=3144

Shettleston Harriers Open Graded (2) 28/8/18

http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events/20783-17770-milnbank-housing-association-shettleston-harriers-open-graded-meeting-2

Grangemouth Open Graded Meeting 5/9/18

http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events/20514-17778-grangemouth-outdoor-open-graded-meeting-5

Videos from Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships

Here’s some videos from the Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships:

Cameron Silver in Javelin

https://youtu.be/WptF-CdMLiY

Shona Gold 800m

https://youtu.be/lOorPQcnb3I

Chloe 100m Final 

https://youtu.be/uR_rYIwBd2Q

Iver Silver 100m Final

https://youtu.be/hr2jlSxiJCc

Eilidh Bronze 100m Final

https://youtu.be/kYuqaQUx6ak

Sarah Silver 200m Final

https://youtu.be/1i0pvHYcb0I

Annabel Bronze 200m Final

https://youtu.be/yDjLEVLDqDQ

S1 Girls Relay Final

https://youtu.be/-MO-FciGjxk

S3 Girls Relay Final

https://youtu.be/sQEqHwGb6S0

Sporting Highlights Video 2018

What a year! Congratulations and thank you to all our pupils for making this the most successful year ever for SGG! More pupils were more active in our school and in terms of sporting performances at the local and national stage you have raised the bar yet again! Looking forward to next year already! 

https://youtu.be/Z0mwnpjoqU0

Glasgow Schools Multi-Events

The following pupils represented the school at the Glasgow Schools Athletics Multi-Events Championships last Thursday at Hutcheson Grammar:

McKenzie Morrison

Cameron Weir

Sarah Bonad

Rico Marinovic

Abbey Hart

Beth Murray

Annabel MacDonald

Mirren Ward

Niamh Moore

The pupils did a variety of events, a run, jump and throw with each result given a number of points based on how well you did. Our top performers of the day were Abbey Hart 5th place in the S2 girls competition and Annabel MacDonald 5th in the S3 girls competition. Well done to all our competitors, it's the first year we have competed at this event so we will go back next year and give it more attention and aim to improve our results. 

SGG Sports Awards 2018

Spors

Netball

Player’s Player of the Year

S1           Sarah Bonad - Centre

S2           Millie Soutar – Goal Shooter

S3           Annabel MacDonald - Centre

Senior     Margaret Driscoll - Centre

Coach’s Player of the Year

S1           Sarah Bonad - Centre

S2           Millie Soutar – Goal Shooter

S3           Seona Macleod – Goal Attack

Senior     Robyn Paton – Goal Keeper

Athletics

Female Athlete of the Year        Shona Carey

Glasgow Schools Cross Country Individual Bronze Medal and Team Silver

Top 16 at Scottish Schools Cross-Country and 4^th Placed Team

Scottish Schools 800m Bronze Medal

Glasgow Schools 800m Gold Medal

Male Athlete of the Year             Daniel Moran

Glasgow Schools Cross Country Individual Bronze Medal and Team Gold

Glasgow Schools 1500m Bronze Medal

SGG Core PE Athletics Championship

S1 Girls                                              S1 Boys                                                

Gold                Sarah Bonad                                       McKenzie Morrison

Silver               Sarah Heap                                         Cameron Weir

Bronze             Lucie Mills                                         Sam Jarvis

S2 Girls                                                 S2 Boys                                                

Gold                Abbey Hart                                           Rico Marinovic

Silver               Ceitidh MacDonald                             Angus Callan

Bronze             Kerry Stewart                                       Robert Kay-Whyte

S3 Girls                                                 S3 Boys                                                

Gold                Beth Murray                                         Ewan Thomson

Silver              Annabel MacDonald                             Iver Campbell

Bronze             Eilidh Michie                                       Jack Nairn

Football

Boys Toryglen Player of the Year                              George Simpson

Girls Toryglen Player of the Year                              Lauren Scott

Under 16 Player of the Year                                       Gilles O’Hanlon

Sporting Excellence Award

Boys                Robaidh Whyte S3

Silver Medal in 1500m and Discus Finalist at Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships

                        U16 Boys Football Team Captain

Member of the Glasgow District U15 Football Team which won the Scottish Inter District Cup

                               

                               

Girls                Abbey Hart S2

                        Team gold at Glasgow Schools Giant Heptathlon

                        Gold Medal in 600m at Giant Heptathlon

                        Cross-Country Team Bronze at Glasgow Schools Cross-Country Championships

                         4^th Team at Scottish Schools Cross-Country Championships

                         S2 Netball Team Captain

                         Member of S3 girls Scottish Cup Netball Team

Team Silver at Glasgow Schools Netball Tournament

Player of the Tournament award at the Glasgow Schools Netball Tournament

3^rd School at Paris International Festival

PE Commitment Award

Boys                Pol Monk & Findlay Crawford

Girls                Margaret Driscoll

Achievement in Sport Trophy                   

Daniel Moran

Gold medal in SGG Cross Country

Bronze Medal in Senior Boys Glasgow Schools Cross-Country Championships

Gold Medal in Senior Boys team at Glasgow Schools Cross-Country Championships

Bronze Medal in Senior Boys 1500m at the Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships

Full marks in practical performance at Higher

Captain of Senior Boys Football Team

Scottish Schools Athletics Championships

Well this year proved to be our most successful year at the Scottish Schools Athletics Championships. On Day 1 - the relay championships we had two teams taking part, a girls 4 x 400m and a boys 4 x 400m. The girls qualified for the final and finished 5th after a great team performance, they are all young enough to take part in this event for the next 2-3 years which is promising. So well done Annaabel MacDonald, Chloe Forrest, Erin Moran and Eilidh McDougall. 

The boys race went to a straight final. The team of Lewis Grimmer, Aidan Tittmar, Calum Stewart and Jacob Connelly went 3 full seconds faster than they did the year before. The boys put an almighty effort in to finish in 4th place. A big thank you to Lewis and Jacob who were taking part in their final school race and only a couple of hours before prom. Thanks for all your hard work for the school over the past 6 years, we appreciate it. 

In the track and field championships which is a two day event we had a large number of athletes taking part, our biggest entry yet. Here's the team:

Day 1 – Friday 8^th June

Annabel MacDonald – 300m

Eilidh McDougall – 100m

Shona Carey – 800m

Peggy-Nan Rodger – 800m

Sarah Bonad – 200m

Millie Soutar – Shot Putt

Iver Campbell  - 100m

James Diamond – 100m

Robaidh Whyte – 1500m

Joel MacInnes – 800m

MacKenzie Morrison – Discus

Cameron Weir – Discus

Day 2 – Saturday 9^th June

Shona Carey – 1500m

Abbey Hart – 100m

Sarah Bonad – 100m

MacKenzie Morrison – 100m

Cameron Weir - Javelin

We had an unprecedented success over the two day event. Eilidh McDougall qualified for the semi finals of the 100m in the B girls competition. Iver Campbell, James, Robaidh McKenzie, Shona and Millie all recorded Personal bests all on day 1. McKenzie qualified for the final of the Discus and finished 5th! Cameron qualified for the final of the Javelin also a top 6 performance as too did Shona and Millie in the 800m and Shot Putt. The highlight of the championships for SGG was the performances in the final from Millie Soutar and Shona Carey. Millie won the bronze medal in the Shot Putt and Shona won a bronze medal in the 800m!!! This is the schools first ever medals at the Scottish Schools track and field and to get two on the one day was absolutely fantastic! Millie won the bronze by 7 cms, her series of throws was very similar to the girl in 5th so she did well to keep her composure and claim the medal. Shona qualified for the final with ease and in the final she ran a composed fast race to create a sizeable gap and hold off the chasing pack. Not only that she recorded a Personal Best in the process. Thanks to all the pupils for making this years championships unforgettable. 

Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships

One of our biggest events every year is the Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships. This year we had over 60 competitors take part over the two day event, this really shows how strong athletics is in the school as to be entered into the championships your performances have to be of a high standard. To make finals at the championships you have to record a top 8 performance in your event which is no easy feat to achieve. This year we had more finalists than we have ever had! At the end of the two days we came away with a fantastic 11 medals, the most gold medals we've had at a championships, more finalists than every and 10 x 4th placed finishes. This year we also had more senior pupils competing that ever before which was pleasing to see, next year I will predict this number will go up again. Congratulations to all our athletes who represented the school so well. Looking forward to next year's competition already! Here are our medal winners:


McKenize S1 Boys Discus - Gold




Sarah Bonad S1 Girls 200m - Silver




Cameron Weir S1 Boys Javelin - Silver



Sean Kelly S3 Boys 400m Hurdles - Bronze



Mia Weir S3 Girls Discus - Gold



Robaidh Whyte S3 Boys 1500m - Silver




Annabel MacDonald S3 Girls 200m - Bronze



Iver Campbell S3 Boys 100m - Silver



Shona Carey S3 Girls 800m - Gold



Eilidh McDougall Senior Girls 100m - Bronze



Daniel Moran Senior Boys 1500m - Bronze

S1 Netball Team - Glasgow Schools League Champions

Congratulations to the S1 girls Netball team who won the Glasgow Schools League 2018! What a fantastic achievement for the girls. The girls played Holyrood in the final a team who had beaten them in the league back at the start of the season. It was a home game so we played it at Kelvinhall. The team had the bare minimum for the game, 7 players and with a 40 minute game in warm conditions the girls new that it was going to be a tough day on the court. The game itself was very much stop-start with every ball contested for. It was the lowest scoring game that the girls had played since the meeting holyrood in the league. Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu ended up winning the game 5-3. The girls done it! Glasgow Schools League Champions 2018! What an amazing achievement for the team and our wee school! Congratulations to the team who represented the school not only during the final but throughout the year:

Rebecca MacVicar GK
Olive Mojsiewicz GD
Rhuibn Li WD
Sarah Bonad C
Lucie Mills WA
Charlotte Cavanagh GA
Kayleigh McPherson GS
Emma Close
Eala McElhinney
Lauren Scott

S2 reach Semi Finals of Glasgow Schools League Playoffs

Congratulations to the ever improving S2 Netball team who played a great match against Holyrood Sec in the Semi-Finals of the Glasgow Schools Playoffs. Holyrood Won the fixture 34-28 but our girls should take great pride in the way they played against one of the best teams in Scotland. Holyrood got to the semi-finals of the Gold Section of the Scottish Cup beating last year’s winners in the process. During the game we started very slow which allowed Holyrood to create a sizeable lead however during each of the following quarters the girls got better and better. Abbey started running the show at centre and along with Leena. Ceitidh and Rhianna they were working very hard to win the ball back at any opportunity. Orlagh at GK was winning the rebounds particularly towards the end of the game. Kerry along with Millie Soutar are working incredibly well together as shooters and this was evident throughout the game. Throughout the season the girls have improved an enormous amount. The girls were up against the best S2 team that Glasgow has produced since I've been coaching. I have been very proud of our S2 team. Their effort, attitude and determination to better their performance as a team. Next year the girls have been entered into the Scottish Cup for the first time, they will need to raise their game even higher for that competition but we welcome the challenge.

Glasgow Schools Multi Events

This year we are entering the Glasgow Schools Multi Events Competition for the first time. This is an athletics competition allowing pupils to take part in running, jumping and throwing. The competition takes place next Thursday at Hutcheson Grammar. I’ve entered a small team for the event, here it is along with the events that they will be doing:

S1 B

200m, Shot Putt & LJ

McKenzie Morrison 

Cameron Weir

S1 G

200m, Shot Putt & HJ

Sarah Bonad

S2 B

800m, LJ & SP

Rico Marinovic

S2 G

800m, HJ & SP

Abbey Hart

S3 G

800m, SP, Hurdles & HJ

Mirren Ward

Beth Murray

Niamh Moore

Annabel MacDonald

SGG Teams for Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships

Congratulations to the following pupils who have been selected to represent the school at the Glasgow Athletics Championships 2018. Like last year we are sending a massive team to the event. The Athletics championships along with the Glasgow Cross-Country are the two biggest events of the year in terms of numbers of SGG participants. We’re also sending the biggest S1 team to the event, this has been due to the effort and attitude that the pupils have been showing in class and at athletics. There will be a practice for all pupils this Thursday Period 3. Good luck to all Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu Competitors:

S1 Boys

100m

Mackenzie 

Daniel

200m

Sam

Cameron

800m

Joel

Adam

1500m

David

Calum B

HJ

+1

Discus

Mackenzie

Calum

Javelin

Cameron

Long Jump

Daniel

Relay

George

Daniel

Mackenzie

Cameron

S1 Girls

100m

Olive

Rhubin

200m

Sarah

Maebh

800m

Lucie

1500m

Sara

HJ

Sarah

Long Jump

Lucie

Maebh

Discus

Olive

Isla

Relay

Rhuibn

Olive

Lucie

Sarah

S2 Girls

100m

Abbey

Kerry

Hurdles

Ceitidh

800m

Peggy-Nan

HJ

Abbey

Ceitidh

Discus

Sophie

+1

Javelin

Peggy-Nan

Kerry

Shot Putt

Shooter

Relay

Abbey

Shooter

Peggy-Nan

Kerry

S2 Boys

100m

Robert

Flynn

200m

Aaron

300m

+1

800m

Rico

Fionn

1500m

Connor

Shot Putt

Rico

HJ

+1

Discus

+1

+1

Long Jump

Robert

Relay

Aaron

Flynn

Rico

Robert

S3

100m

Chloe

Mirren

200m

Annabel

Niamh

800m

Shona

Beth

Hurdles

Mia

Long Jump

Annabel

High Jump

Niamh

Javelin

+1

+1

Discus

Mia

Relay

Niamh

Mirren

Chloe

Annabel

S3 Boys

100m

Rory

Iver

Sprint Hurdles 

Sam

400m

Jack

Lucas

400m Hurdles 

Sean

Jackie

800m

Duncan

+1

1500m

Robaidh

Shot Putt

Jack

+1

Discus

Euan 

+1

Javelin

Jackie

Relay

Jack

Iver

Rory

Duncan

Senior Girls

100m

Eilidh

300m

Erin

800m

Amy

Senior Boys

100m

James

200m

Calum S

400m

Lewis

+1

800m

Aidan

1500m

Daniel

David

Alasdair

HJ

Lewis

Cailean

Shot

Devyn

Relay

Devyn

James

Calum S

Lewis

*Where you see +1 there is still to be someone added to that event. Also, changes maybe made to the team, individuals will be notified of the changes.

Here’s the timetable for next Tuesday...

SGG Team for Scottish Schools Track and Field Championships

Each year we are sending a bigger and bigger squad to the Scottish Schools Track and Field Championships. This year is no different, we have more runners and Field event athletes taking part than ever before. This increase in competitors is a credit to the work of the pupils, congratulations:

Group D

Lucie Mills 100m

Sarah Bonad 100m & 200m

Cameron Weir Javelin and Discus

MacKenzie Morrison 100m and Discus

Sophie Pettifor Discus

Millie Soutar Shot Putt 

Joel MacInnes 800m

Group C

Shona Carey 800m and 1500m

Peggy-Nan Rodger 800m

Abbey Hart 100m

Group B

Annabel MacDonald 300m

James Diamond 100m

Robaidh Whyte 1500m

Iver Campbell 100m

Eilidh McDougall 100m and 200m

Group A 

Daniel Moran 1500m

Scottish Schools Relays Teams

Good luck to the following 4 x 400m Relay teams who are taking part in the Scottish Schools Championships this Friday:

Girls 4 x 400m

Eilidh McDougall

Chloe Forrest

Erin Moran

Annabel Macadonald

Boys 4 x 400m

Lewis Grimmer

Calum Stewart 

Aidan Tittmar

Jacob Connelly

The event starts at 2pm so we will meet at Hutcheson Grammar at 12.50pm. Pupils on study leave should make their own way there and back. Maxwell Park train station is right beside the School so handy to get into town for connecting bus or train. Mr MacCorquodale will be leaving the school at 12.30pm. If you need a lift please contact the school by Thursday. The girls 4 x 400m team are into a straight final, the boys have heats and a final depending on the number of entries competing on the day. Pupils allowed to make their own way home after their race. 

Glasgow Schools Netball League Final

Congratulations to the S1 Netball Team for making it through to the Glasgow Schools Netball League Final. The game vs Holyrood is being played on Thursday. The girls have been making great progress with their Netball throughout the year and getting to the final is a massive achievement. Good luck to the team:

Rebecca MacVicar

Olive Mojsiewicz

Rhuibn Li

Sarah Bonad (c)

Lucie Mills

Charlotte Cavanagh

Kayleigh McPherson

SGG Athletics Championships 2018

Thankfully we’re on to athletics now, phew! This year we are again going to record your performances in all athletics events throughout the block. However, new for 2018, we are running an Athletics Championships which will involve 5 events: 200m, 800m, Discus, Shot Putt and High Jump. The top 10 performances for S1-3 girls and boys in each event will be given points: 10 points for 1st, all the way down to 1 point for 10th. The top 3 pupils who have accumulated the most points in all 5 events in each year group will be awarded a prize at prize giving. Times, distances and heights can be recorded both in class and at athletics. Remember athletics will be on both Mondays and Wednesdays after school in preparation for the Glasgow Schools And Scottish Schools Athletics Championships. Good luck! 

Mr MacCorquodale 

Glasgow Schools Netball Playoffs

Our S1 and S2 Netball Teams have made into the Glasgow League Playoffs. The playoffs this year are taking a semi final approach, the draw has been made and the fixtures are:

S1

Glasgow Gaelic vs Whitehill

S2 

Holyrood vs Glasgow Gaelic

The draws couldn’t be tougher with SGG coming up against the two best school netball teams in each of the year groups. Holyrood got all the way to the Semi Finals of the S2 Scottish Cup Gold Section and Whitehill won the Glasgow Schools Netball Tournament and have an excellent team. We will be giving it our best shot, the girls know the challenge that lies ahead. Both our teams netball had been progressiving well throughout the year they will be going into the games with confidence and will be competitive in both games. As the girls know it’s much better to play opponents who are equal to or better than your own level  than to play oppornents of a lesser skill or experience level. We’re looking forward to the games, they take place within the first two weeks of coming back to school. Good luck to both our teams:

S1

Lucie Mills

Sarah Bonad (c)

Kayleigh McPherson

Emma Close

Rhubin Li

Rebecca MacVicar

Olive Mojsiewicz 

Charlotte Cavanagh

S2 

Orlagh-Sweeney Quinn

Rhianna Boyle

Peggy-Nan Rodger

Kerry Stewart

Leena Jebbari 

Ceitidh MacDonald 

Millie Soutar

Abbey Hart (c)

Scottish Schools Senior Netball

This year for the first time we’ve had a strong pool of senior Netball players from S4-6 so a team was entered into the Scottish Schools Cup for the first time at Senior Level. The girls qualified into the Bronze Cup and reached all the way to the Semi Finals! The girls played excellent netball throughout the rounds and were unlucky to lose out in the Semi Finals to the eventual winners James Gillespies. Our congratulations go to them for their victory. Having established a senior team this year it’s a very important step for the school and I hope that this will result in a senior team being entered into the competition each year from now on. We only lose one S6 pupil from the team for next year and we have a good group of S3s moving up to the Senior category next year. Congratulations to all the senior girls on a fantastic cup run:

Robyn Paton

Catriona Macleod

Jessica Gow

Margaret Driscoll

Eilidh McDougall 

Sarah MacKay

Abigail Cavanagh

Daisy Maguire

Aimee Dunlop

Morag McKirdy

Katrin Swan

Lauren McDougall

Scottish Schools Cross Country Championships

The re-scheduled Scottish Schools Cross-Country Championships took place on March 17th at Hopetoun House Estate in South Queensferry. This was the Schools third year taking part in the championships. Last year we had two athletes (Peggy-Nan and Robaidh) break into the top 40 which was a massive achievement. This year the school raised the bar substanstionaly. Here’s a run down of all performances:

D Boys

Connor Walker 51st

C Girls

Shona Carey 18th

Peggy-Nan Rodger 54th

Beth Murray 72nd

Abbey Hart 76th

Kerry Stewart 79th

Girls Team 4th! 

C Boys

Rico Marinovic 60th

B Boys

Robaidh Whyte 35th

Alasdair Campbell 50th

Duncan MacKenzie 64th

A Girls

A Boys

Andre Carey 26th

David Comerford 29th

So what a difference a year makes. Last year two x top 40s, this year we had 5 including two top 20 finishes! Yet again fantastic running from talented pupils. The C Girls finishing 4th team in the country is amazing, well done to the girls. This eclipses our best team result from the B boys two years ago. More to come from SGG in years to come! 

Glasgow Schools Giant Heptathlon Champions!

Sgoil Ghaidhlig have done it again, we’ve won the Glasgow Schools Giant Heptathlon Championships. This the schools second victory in this event in 3 years. This year the team had only pupils who had experienced the event last year, Abbey and Peggy-Nan. The rest of the team were new to competition, some didn’t realise they were doing it until 5pm the day before. On the day the whole team performed exceptionally well. There was a tremendous display of teamwork and sportman and sportswomanship. There were 14 schools form Glasgow taking part and this year the competition was very, very tough. 97 male and female athletes took part in each event. We had a number or top 20 finishes in the individual events and a handful of podium finishes too!

Girls 600m

Abbey 1st

Peggy-Nan 2nd

Sarah 4th

Kerry 7th

Boys 600m

Rico 6th

Flynn 20th

Girls Javelin

Peggy-Nan 2nd

Kerry 7th

Ceitidh 20th

Boys Javelin

Cameron 4th

Robert 7th

Girls 60m Hurdles

Abbey 8th

Sarah 10th

Girls Shot Putt

Millie 3rd

Abbey 5th

Ceitidh 14th

Kerry 17th

Boys Shot Putt

Rico 7th

Girls Standing Long Jump

Millie 10th

Ceitidh 12th

Sarah 13th

Kerry 18th

Boys Standing Long Jump

Robert 11th

Cameron 17th

Girls 60m

Abbey 4th

Kerry 20th

Boys 60m 

Rico 20th

Girls Standing Triple Jump

Ceitidh 3rd

Kerry 8th

Abbey 9th

Boys Standing Triple Jump

Flynn 11th

Cameron 13th

After each person had completed the 7 individual events there was the 6 x 100m Relays which runs as a sepearate event. This is a very exciting competition which involves heats then finals. With only 6 lanes there was only room for 6 schools in the final. Unlike last year both the girls and the boys qualified for the final. However there was mixed results in the finals. Unfortunately a finishing runner from another school cut up one of our athletes on leg 4 which resulted in our runner falling and having to get back up to hand the baton over. This ended our fight for the medals but what a strength of character to get up and get on with it. All following runners ran their fastest to the line to catch up with the pack despite this unfortunate incident. A cruel lesson learnt but I was very impressed with how the boys responded to the set back. After some not so great changeovers in the heats the girls went into the final with motivation to make things right! This year’s girls final had some very quick individuals and teams, SGG included. The changeovers were better in the final but going into the final leg we were sitting in 3rd place a second down on the top 2. A tall order for any athlete to come back from this in a 100m on a tight bend. Enter Sarah Bonad, our talented S1 pupil. Sarah took the baton from Peggy-Nan and used the first 50m to get on the shoulder of the top 2 Schools, she then went past them and won the race for SGG by a couple of strides. What a finish to top off a great team performance.

Most importantly on the day the 14 members of the team displayed enthusiasm, effort, teamwork and a lot of hard work. Regardless of any results this is our biggest success. I hope that they can continue this as we move into the summer athletics season. 

A big congratulations to the team for becoming Glasgow Schools Champions!