Glasgow Gaelic School Sports Blog : June 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!

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Monday, 25 June 2018

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.

Thursday, 14 June 2018

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

Glasgow Gaelic School Sports Blog

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Videos from Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships

Sporting Highlights Video 2018