Glasgow Schools' Athletics Team

We are really into the Athletics season now and the competitions are fast approaching. Congratulations to the following pupils who have been selected to represent the school at the Glasgow Schools' Athletics Championships next Tuesday 4th June. These Championships are notoriously tough, even to get into the finals (Tuesday 11th June) the pupils will need to finish in the top 8 for track and events and top 6 for field events which is no easy task. Good luck to all our athletes.

S1 Boys
Ewan Campbell 100m and Shot Putt
Sandy Arthur 800m and Long Jump
Finlay Robb 1500m

S1 Girls
Isla Thoms 100m & Shot Putt
Rhuna McCartney 200m & Shot Putt
Emilly Haldane 800m
Orla MacAskill 800m
Seona Brown 1500m
Layla MacFadyen Sprint Hurdles
Maisie Hinks Javelin
Relay - Emilly, Ceitidh, Rhuna and Isla

S2 Boys
George Simpson 100m
McKenzie Morrison 200m and Discus
Sam Jarvis 300m and Discus
Joel MacInnes 800m
Calum Bryden 1500m and Shot Putt
Cameron Weir Javelin
Relay - McKenzie, George, Calum B, Sam

S2 Girls
Olive Mojsiewicz 100m and Discus
Sarah Bonad 200m and High Jump
Lucie Mills 800m and Long Jump
Maebh Cronin 800m
Sarah Heap Shot Putt
Relay - Rhuibn, Olive, Sarah B, Lucie

S3 Boys
Flynn Butler 400m Hurdles
Rico Marinovic 800m and Shot Putt
Fionn Graham 800m

S3 Girls
Kerry Stewart 800m
Peggy-Nan Rodger 1500m
Millie Soutar Shot Putt
Sophie Pettifor Discus
Ceitidh MacDonald Javelin
Relay - Millie A, Peggy-Nan, Kerry and Abbey

The Senior races take place on Tuesday 11th along with the finalists from day 1 (S1-3) events including the S3 field events heats and finals. We wish our senior pupils all the best for their competitions too:

Senior Boys
Iver Campbell 100m
Andrew Carey 1500m
Daniel Moran 1500m
Robaidh Whyte 1500m
James Diamond 400m Hurdles
Devyn Heap Shot Putt

Senior Girls
Eilidh McDougall 100m
Chloe Forrest 100m
Mirren Ward 100m
Annabel MacDonald 300m and Long Jump
Grace Thompson Discus
Mia Weir Discus
Relay - Eilidh, Chloe, Mirren and Annabel

Athletics Opportunities before Glasgow Schools' Athletics Championships

The Glasgow Schools' Athletics Championships is fast approaching. In preparation for this, I would like to invite pupils to take part in two events.

A first opportunity is an open-graded event in Livingston on Wednesday 22nd May. This involves a number of events for each age group where you can come and record times or distances against people of similar standards + ages. Here you can see the website for more information and the flyer which involves details about the age group cutoffs. Please note this age groups as some of the S1s will actually be in the u15 age group and not u13s.

https://www.livingstonac.com/fixtures.php?m=0&fid=3401

https://www.livingstonac.com/fs/1/results/2019/2019_Livingston_Open_Meeting_Series_Flyer.pdf


The second event takes place at Crownpoint track just beside Glasgow Green. It offers fewer events than the Livingston competition but a great opportunity to record a PB none the less. Athletes can do a 100m, Shot Putt and/or a long jump.

https://www.q-buster.co.uk/gaa-sprint-gala-meeting-1-2018-copy

For both events pupils should enter via online links themselves.

Any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Mr MacCorquodale

Paris International Netball Festival

For the third time in recent years, SGG sent a squad of Netballers to the International Netball tournament in Paris. This trip proves to be very popular with any pupils as it mixes netball with Disneyland. What's not to like! This year it was an S2/3 combined team who went down to compete in the u14 competition. This was the strongest team we have sent to the competition due to some birthdays falling after the cut-off. Mr MacCorquodale and Miss Burgess accompanied the girls down to Paris and after the week was done both were full of praise for the girls, their effort, behaviour and their attitudes were absolutely outstanding all week. We couldn't praise them enough. On top of that the girls not only qualified for the Gold section cup but also finished in 3rd place overall. The only game they lost on the whole trip was to the eventual winners, our friends from Australia! The netball the girls played was exceptional and they really raised their game at the tournament. As well as picking up a trophy for third the girls also received the spirit of the games umpire award which is a real testament for how sporting, well behaved, supportive and respectful our team were. This award is actually SGG's second at the games with our last trip also receiving the same trophy, the netballers are really putting SGG's name out there in such a positive way! Well done girls on being so fantastic all week, thank you!