Netball Success

A huge congratulations to the s2 and senior netball teams for progressing to the next round of the Scottish Cup Knockout stages. The S2s player Dunblane High School Away and the Seniors played Hillparkat home. They now wait to see who they will play in the next round. 

S1/2 Netball Team heading to Skegness

We were there in 2023 and now we’re heading back in 2024! The Leeds Rhinos Netball Festival is a fantastic weekend away, a weekend filled with netball and fun at Butlin’s Skegness. The team going in 2024 is:

Anais

Sophia H

Alexia (captain)

Sophie 

Scarlett

Meadhbh

MM

Neve

Frieda 

Myla 

The girls have been busy fundraising and are very much looking forward to the trip. 

S4 Young Leaders

This year we are running not only a sports leadership group for our S5/6 but we are also running a young leaders award for the S4 year group. Over the last month they have been busy delivering sports sessions to Bun Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu and this has proved to be a huge success. The leaders have had to plan, deliver and evaluated their sessions. Primary 4,5 and 6s were absolute superb and brought lots of energy and effort to the sessions. Thank you to the primary’s and teachers for supporting our delivery of the Young Leaders Award. 

Glasgow Sports Awards

What a great night we had at the Glasgow Sports Awards last week. As we were awarded the sportscotland gold sports award we were invited along to the Glasgow Sports Awards Night at the Emirates arena to celebrate this achievement. What made it even better was the fact Bun Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu were also in attendance after receiving their gold sport award too! It was an incredible night and it really hit home the power and reach that sport has in everyone’s life. There are so many fantastic organisations and clubs doing incredible things in the city that it was hard not to be take aback at how great Glasgow really is. Thank you to our fantastic ambassadors and pupils who represented us so well on the night and to Team PE and our very own Active Schools Coordinator Grant for everything that you do. A special thanks to Mrs Campbell Thow for supporting us and coming along to the Sports Awards as it made us all feel really appreciated. Well done to our fantastic school for yet another Sportscotland Gold Sports Award. 

All 4 Netball Teams Progress to Scottish Cup

For the first time ever in SGG’s short history in the competition Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu have progressed as group winners into the Scottish Cup Competition. Out of all the schools in this years various age group only 2 other schools have managed to win all their local group stage and progress as winners in each age group! How amazing is that! 10 years after starting netball in the school we have come on a long way in terms of the level the players are playing the sport, to now have won each group stage and every age group it’s an absolutely outstanding achievement from the players and the school. 

Now onto business…

S1s vs Glasgow Academy at Home 

S2s vs Dunblane High School Away

S3s vs Jordanhill at Home 

Seniors vs Hillpark at Home

All 4 games will take place over the next 2 weeks. Good luck to every single team! 

Girls Shinty Team

What a day it will be next week, the girls are heading up to Ardnamurchan to play in the National Shinty Cup for girls - The Donella Crawford Cup. 

Here are the pupils heading up:

S1

Rowan

S2

Alexia

Mairi

Maddie

Sophie

Thea

S3

Saorsa

Molly

Cara

Erin 

Risha

Aemilla 

Eilidh

Niamh

S4

Eilidh T

Good luck to the two teams! 

Glasgow Swimming Champs

Congratulations to the following pupils who have been selected to represent the school at the Glasgow Swimming Champs:

S1 

Alex

S2

Oscar

Nathan

Emily

Mairi

S3

Eylana

S4

Sophie

Eilidh O’H

Good luck to the swimmers 

Glasgow City State Schools’ Road Relay

A huge congratulations to everyone who took part in the Glasgow City State Schools Road Relay Championships last Thursday. We had teams from:

Lourdes

St Andrews 

Hyndland

Kings Park

St Thomas Aquinas

Hillpark

and 

Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu 

This is the third year of the event and this is the most teams we have ever had taking part so it was great to see so many pupils from across the city taking part in running and representing their schools and themselves so well. 

The top 3 teams were:

1. Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu 1

2. Hyndland 

3. Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu 2

S1 Netball Team

The S1s kicked played their first ever match for the school tonight against Hutcheson Grammar.. All 11 players played half of the match so great to get everyone experience of playing competitive netball. The girls were exceptional and won the match. They now play High School of Glasgow in 2 weeks time. 

Scottish Cup Netball

The Netball season is back! 

We have teams entered into the S1, S2, S3 and Open age categories in the Scottish Cup competition. 

The S3s kicked off the 10 fixtures that the school has collectively to play before November 27th with a win over the Glasgow Academy. Well done: Jasmine, Risha, Saorsa, Niamh, Eilidh, Marta, Eylana, Molly, Leah and Vincenza. 

The S2s kick off their first game of the season this Thursday also agains the Glasgow Academy. The team is:

Thea, Scarlett, Rose, Sophie, Alecia, Mairi, Iris, Madeleine and Florence. Good luck to the team. 

We are back!

A bit late in posting but we are back in the full swing of PE and Sport at Ard Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu. 

Here is the currently club list! Please come along and get join in!

Glasgow Schools Champions!

Meet our new Glasgow Schools’ Netball Team Champions! The S1’s went into the final having gained some valuable experience from the Scottish Cup where they progressed all the way to the semi finals. The team were absolutely superb and won the final by over 10 goals which is incredible. All players player in the final so all 9 girls got experience of playing with nerves against great opponents. The girls become the sixth team to win a Glasgow Schools title for SGG which is amazing considering the number of pupils we have to select from as well as the quality, size and great coaches of the schools we come against. 

Our S2s played a 3–way playoff on the one night for the S2 league title. The girls were up against Holyrood and All Saints the girls performed exceptionally well but struggled in only one quarter. A combination of fantastic shooting from the All Saints GS and losing Niamh and Eilidh meant we had to change personnel about and it become too much of a challenge to tackle this year. All Saints were absolutely worthy winners and our players were excellent the last two years and have only lost two games in that time. Once in the final of the Glasgow and by one goal in the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup. Losing games is good as it shows us what we need to work on, you won’t win every game but the players will hopefully come back hungrier to improve and keep learning about the game in S3 and for many years to come. 

Scottish Schools Track and Field

A huge congratulations to our new Scottish Schools Athletics Championships Medal Winner! Alexia S1 finished 3rd and took home the Bronze medal for the Long Jump!  This is a reward for Alexia being absolutely brilliant in PE and for all her extra curricular performances at clubs and for our school sports teams! Well done Champ!

Glasgow Schools Multi Events Championships

The Glasgow Schools Multi Events is a run, jump, throw athletics championships where competitors do 3 or 4 events all in the one day. This year we sent Grant Allison our active schools coordinator along with the small squad to the event at Hutchie Track. Like last year Mark MacNeil got on the podium but this year it wasn’t a silver it was Gold! He had an outstanding day with 5m 09 in the Long Jump, 10.44 in the Shot Put and 2.18 in the 800m! Thea also medalled - she came away with a silver medal. Thea is only the second female from the school to medal at these championships! Well done to all our competitors. 

Glasgow City State Schools Track and Field Champs

We hosted our third Glasgow City State Schools event of the year in June. The Glasgow City State Schools Track and Field Championships took place at Huntershill Sports Hub. Along with 9 other schools we sent a squad of 26 pupils to take part in the first year of this event which was for S1-3 pupils. We had an enormously successful day thanks to the efforts of our pupils. What was even better was the support and camaraderie shown by our pupils and all the schools involved. This was the first chance that Glasgow Pupils had the chance to take part in track and field at the local level since 2019. Here were our medal winners:

S1 100m Audrey Bronze

S2 100m Zac Silver 

S1 200m Thea Silver

S2 200m Niamh Gold

S3 200m Roseanna Silver

S1 800m Mairi Gold

S1 800m Michael Gold

S2 800m Eilidh Silver

S2 800m Mark Gold

S3 800m Eilidh Gold

S3 800m Daibhidh Gold

S1 Relay Girls Gold

S2 Relay Girls Silver

S3 Relay Girls Silver

S3 Relay Boys Gold

S2 Girls Shot Niamh Silver

S2 Boys Shot Mark Gold

S1 Girls Discuss Alexia Silver

S1 Girls Discus Sophie Bronze 

S1 Boys Discus Theo Silver

S1 Boys Discus Murray Bronze 

S2 Girls Discus Risha Gold

S2 Girls Discus Eilidh Bronze 

S2 Boys Discus Zac Gold

S3 Girls Discus Eilidh Gold

S3 Girls Discus Roseanna Bronze

S3 Boys Discus Auran Silver

  

PE and Sports Review Video of the Year ‘22-‘23

What an absolutely outstanding year we had! This video shows all the major successes and most memorable moments but there were sooo many more! Thanks to all our pupils for being absolutely brilliant all year! Looking forward to next year! 

Glasgow Schools Triathlon

A big well done to all our triathletes for their participation at the come and tri Glasgow schools event! For all but 2 it was their first ever experience of a triathlon. We will definitely be back next year! 

Glasgow Summer Cup Football

The boys did it! They won the Glasgow Schools summer cup! This years comp had many good sides in it so the boys did exceptionally well to get through to the final and win. This is our first Glasgow schools football trophy since 2018. 

Glasgow Schools’ Netball Finals

Here we go! The first City Netball finals since 2019! It’s been a long time coming. This year we entered two teams into the leagues, 1 x S1 and 1 x S2 and both teams have reached the finals. The S1’s are up against Holyrood and the S2s are up against both Holyrood and All Saints. The best teams in the city against each other on one night and it’s winner takes all on Tuesday 6th June! Good luck to all the girls taking part! Here are the teams:

S1s

Thea

Scarlett

Rose

Mairi

Alexia

Sophie

Florence

Iris

Madeleline 

S2s

Saorsa

Jasmine

Vincenza 

Risha

Leah

Niamh

Eilidh

Cara

Marta

Eylana

Molly 

Shreya

Tunnocks Shinty Tournament

Congratulations to the two girls teams for making SGG history. You are the first girls to represent the school at shinty. The two teams played in a tournament vs 3 teams from Uddingston and a team from Kinguisse. This was our first ever experience of the full game of shinty and on a grass pitch! The girls got better with every game after losing the first three the SGG Nashville’s beat an Uddingston team 1-0 then beat SGG Red and Blacks 2-0 so they progressed to the semi finals. They were up against Uddingston 2s who beat them 1-0 earlier the day. The girls put a brilliant performance in to win 2-0 against the odds. This meant the team reached the FINAL! What an achievement! Kinguisse won 3-0 but the girls played well, Sophie Allison was highly complimented by the opposition coaches for her heroics in goals. Mr Thompson the organiser also commented on the improvement of the team throughout the day. Looking forward to more shinty competitions next year! Well done to both teams!

Glasgow Schools’ Gymnastics Floor and Vault Championships

Well what a month March was for sport at SGG! 

Giant Heptathlon 

Glasgow City State Schools Cross-Country Championships 

Scottish Schools Quarter and Semi Final Games

Etc!

The Gymnastics is a relatively new sport for us to compete in. In Fact this only our third time at the Glasgow Schools Floor and Vault Champs. We had a very successful day:

Our level 1 team finished 4th.

Our level 2 team took home Team Silver

And

Our Level 3 team were crowned Champions along with Bannerman 

What a fantastic day at Bellahouston! 

Thanks to all the gymnasts for all their efforts in the lead up to this event. Even better news is that all our competitors apart from one were in S1 or S2. Muireann our oldest competitor is only in S4. 

Glasgow City State Schools XC Championships

Well what a day in Cambuslang! 

Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu had teams entered for each age group category for both boys and girls races in the first ever Glasgow City State Schools Cross-Country Championships.

Team victories came in:

S1/2 Boys

S1/2 Girls

S3/4 Boys

S5/6 Boys

S5/6 Girls

And we finished 2nd in the S3/4 Girls race.

We also had individual medal winners with:

Mark S1/2 Gold

Michael S1/3 Bronze

Daibhidh S3/4 Gold

Coll S3/4 Silver

Henry S3/4 Bronze

Isla S5/6 Bronze

Finlay S5/6 Silver

Joel S5/6 Bronze

That was a day to remember! Definitely one of the school highlights from the last 12 years. 

Glasgow Schools’ Giant Heptathlon Champions

Congratulations to the S1/2 Giant Heptathlon Team for winning these years Glasgow Schools’ Championships at the Emirates! What an exciting day of athletics for all the competitors involved. This years victory makes it 4 in a row for SGG which is absolutely outstanding! This years victory was hard earned. Our team was the youngest ever and up against the toughest opponents but the team were solid and performed well throughout the day. Not only did we retain the trophy we also had a number of medal winners in a variety of disciplines. Mark MacNeil was top male performer on the day, he medalled in the following events:

Gold in the 600m

Gold in the Shot Put

4th in the 60m Hurdles

Bronze in the Long Jump

4th in the triple jump.

Other medal winners

Zac Menzies 60m Bronze

Mairi Stephen 600m Gold

Daisy Gildea 600m Bronze

Thea Walker Shot Put Gold

The girls relay team also finished in 2nd place in the final.

Well done team. You have made history - the only school to win 4 titles on the trot. What a fantastic achievement! 

Glasgow Schools’ Giant Heptathlon

It’s been a while since this has been on but the Glasgow Schools’ Giant Heptathlon Competition is back. Teams from each school are made up of 14 pupils - 7 boys and 7 girls. Each pupils score goes towards the teams total. After the 7 events are up there’s also a relay race which is always a highlight.  This year we have a young team taking part, your youngest ever but they are all very much looking forward to it. The Emirates is the venue for the competition which means our pupils will be getting to compete where all the pros race which is an exciting opportunity.

All pupils take part in all 7 events:

60m

600m

60m Hurdles

Shot Putt

Javelin

Long Jump

Standing Triple Jump

Good luck to the team

Scottish Schools’ Cross-Country Championships

What another fantastic day at Hopetoun House estate for the Scottish Schools’ Cross-Country Championships. We had our best year ever in terms of more top 50/100 place finishes and Daibhidh finished inside the top 10 - in 7th place and has secured his place in the Scottish Schools Cross-Country team! The first pupil from the school to finish in the top 10 in this event and the first pupil  to represent his country in the cross-country international. Absolutely outstanding! What a day! 

Mairi 47th

Daisy 59th

Alexia 132nd

Niamh 134th

Thea 143rd

Audrey 170th

Marta 174th

13th Team

Oscar 72nd

Michael 74th

Brodie 95th

Finlay 114th

Lachlan 118th

Harris 176th

10th Team

Olwen 66th

Eilidh 70th

Casey 100th

Shreya 103rd

7th Team

Daibhidh 7th - school best performance 

Lyle 50th

Angus 81st

Donald 83rd

8th Team

Coll 86th

Gabriel 94th

Auran 130th

Finlay 15th

Joel 21st 

Daniel 59th

Cameron 62nd

4th Team

Scottish Cup Semi Finalists

Good luck to the S1 Netball Team who play in the semi final of the Scottish Netball Cup tomorrow night! What an absolutely amazing achievement getting this far! The last state school in the competition. 

S1S REACH SCOTTISH CUP SEMI FINALS

Unbelievably the S1 Netball team have reached the Scottish Cup Semi Finals. The first S1 Team to reach the Cup semis and only the 4th SGG to reach this stage! A big congratulations to the team on what has been a very impressive run in the competition! Everyone is very proud of the girl’s achievements. 

S2 Netballers Reach Scottish Cup Quarter Finals

Congratulations to the S2 Netball Team for reaching the Scottish Cup Quarter Finals. This has been some year for the netball teams with 3 teams reaching the Scottish Cup Quarter Finals across three different age groups and our seniors getting to the last 16. Make no mistake this will be hard to beat not just for SGG but for any state school across the country. A big well done to all the players involved and good luck to the S2s in the Quarter Finals and the S1’s in the Semi Finals. 

SGG Cross-Country Medal Winners

Here are the podiums for the SGG Cross-Country Championships! A big well done to our medal winners. More photos and videos to come of all 3 races. 

S3s through to the Scottish Shield Quarter Finals

What a nail biting game! The S2/3 Netball Team progressed through to the Scottish Shield Quarter Finals after winning by one goal! Well done to the team who pulled off their best performance to date against a well drilled team with huge potential. 

Sports Fixtures

Over the next few weeks we have the biggest set of sporting fixtures our school has ever had! Good luck to all our sports teams. 

SGG Cross-Country Championships

Here we go folks! It’s nearly time for the SGG Cross-Country Championships! Good luck to all competitiors! There will be mud! 

S1s through to Scottish Cup Quarter Finals

Congratulations to the S1 Netball Team who have progressed through to the Scottish Cup Quarter Finals! The final 8! What a magnificent achievement to get this far for the S1s! The first time an S1 team has progressed this far in the competition. They now face Biggar High at home with the game to be played before the end of February. 

Scottish Schools Indoor Athletics Championships

Good luck to our 9 pupils who have been entered into the Scottish Schools’ Indoor Athletics Championships. This two day event starts tomorrow. 

Henry 800m

Mark 800m & Shot Put

Daisy 800m

Mairi 800m

Finlay 1500m

Daibhidh 1500m

Isla Shot Put

Rhuna 60m & 400m

Zac 60m & 200m

Up and coming Netball Fixtures

On Friday 13th Clydeview travel to us to play our Senior team which looks like it will be a great game. 

Our S2s will be welcoming Holyrood Secondary for the next round of the cup on 23rd January. 

Our S1s will be travelling to Kilmacolm to play St Columbas Junior School sometime over the next three weeks.

The S3s have a bye so they need to wait to see who there next opponent will be. 

Good luck to all our teams.