Glasgow Schools Swimming Prelims

Yesterday the Glasgow Swimming Prelims were held at Whitehill Pool. The Glasgow Gaelic School had eight pupils competing in various events:

Lewis Dickson 50m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke
Amy Craig 50m Breaststroke
Iain Campbell 50m Freestyle
Fraser Watt 50m Freestyle
Shannon Beattie Lifesaving and 100m Breaststroke
Shannon McShane Lifesaving and 100m Freestyle
Rachael Lyons 100m Freestyle
Anna Matheson 100m Freestyle

All pupils did very well in their event competitions. The quality of swimming was very high, competing against very experienced swimmers with the majority involved in swimming clubs.

Although it was a Prelim for the Finals night in a few weeks some Finals were held yesterday. Shannon Beattie and Shannon McShane got a bronze medal in the Lifesaving event. Also Lewis Dickson performed very well to place in the top 6 in the backstroke and butterfly and qualify for the finals at the end of October.

Well done to all who took part.

Shinty News from Spors Ghlaschu...

Two Saturdays SGG pupils competed in the Milngavie and Bearsden Shinty Tournament which included teams from all over the south of Scotland.

The primary/secondary Development team lifted the cup and won all games except one in which they drew.  It was a fantastic display of shinty and the players all played very well taking home a medal each for their efforts. 

The P5 team won their section too and lifted the plate, they also won most of their matches, with only one draw. Again all the players played brillantly and showed superior skill and stamina against the southern teams.

The P7 team did extremely well against the other teams and won most of their matches and got all the way to the semi finals only to be pipped to the finals by one goal.  

Well done to all pupils involved. 

If you are interested in playing Shinty please see details below on the training times and location. It would be great to have more pupils involved.

Training Details

Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu Camanachd: 

Glasgow Gaels Training sessions are on monday nights at Bellahouston Academy
p1-p3 6-7pm
p4 up 7-8 pm

For info contact Elaine Michie

elaine.michie@btinternet.com

New Olympic Photos and Reports Added

Additional photos and pupil trip reports have been added to the original Olympics post which was posted last month. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click older posts, you will then find a host of new photos from the various events the pupils went to and some trip reports written by pupils of SGG.

Angus Jenkins Cycles for Charity

A big well done to Angus Jenkins S5 who completed the Pedal for Scotland Glasgow to Edinburgh 47mile cycle on 9th September 2012. It took Angus just under 4hrs and he has collected an impressive £210 to date for the Maggies Charity.


His just giving page is still open for anyone wanting to sponsor him please follow the link: www.justgiving.com/Angus-Jenkins16

Consairt An Fhoghair

An Invitation to Consairt An Fhoghair:

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SGG Pupils to Perform at Prestigious Music Event

'Trinity College London' has  announced its first ever set of Achievers' Showcase' events which are to take place in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow. Pupils from SGG have been invited to perform at the Glasgow event along with pupils form other schools in the Strathclyde area. They have been asked to perform some clarsach music at the opening of the Glasgow showcase which will be held in Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church on Friday, 26th October 2012 at 7.00pm.  N.B. Pupils from SGG will begin their performance at 6.40pm

One of our pupils, Moilidh NicGriogair, has been invited to perform on her violin as one of the 'high achievers' gaining a pass with distinction in five separate exams on clarsach, piano and violin.

If you wish to attend this event please contact Ms McEachen as the organisers require numbers.

Ball-Coise nan Gillean 11 Sultain

Clas 1
SGG 3 v St Margarets 1 (Luc Galanti 2 and Ludovik)
SGG 3 v 1 Rosshall 1 (Cameron West 2, Ludovik)

Class 2/3
Lost 2-1 (Iain Campbell)
Lost 3-1 (Kane McCloy)

Congratulations to Finlay Beaton

Finlay Beaton S2 competed on Saturday 8/9 at the 2012 Taekwondo British Championships in Manchester. For a third year in a row he took a bronze medal at the highest level of taekwondo in the UK, showing great consistency as he was very unlucky in the semi final to lose on judges decision.

His target now is to get selected to represent Team GB at next years Cadet European Championships

in June and to get this he will have to compete at several competitions in Europe.

Good luck with all your training and competitions Finlay.

Meal do Naidheachd Alex!

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Meal do Naidheachd Alex!

Meal do naidheachd Alex airson ruith anns an Bank of Scotland Junior Great Scottish Run.   Ghabh Alex pairt comhla ri brathair mòr Tod, a’ Mathair agus a’ Seanmhair  ann a bhiodh a’ruith aon mhìle ann am meadhon baile Ghlaschu air Disathairne, a’ chiad là den t-Sultain.  Abair fhein gu bheil Alex proiseil a coimhead leis am bonn aice!

Congratulations Alex!

Congratulations to Alex Browning for completing the Bank of Scotland Junior Great Scottish Run!  Alex, along with big brother Tod, Mum and Gran ran the Family mile on Saturday 1 September.  Alex proudly shows her medal. 

Abbie MacNeil at the World Highland Dancing Championships

Congratulations Abbie! 2nd in the World!!!

Glasgow Gaelic Primary Success at Great Scottish Junior Run

The Primary 5 class who attended the Great Scottish Junior Run last Friday had a very successful day indeed. All pupils enjoyed themselves at the event, competing against a large number of pupils from other schools. The class had some excellent results:

Lochlan Harris 1st
Robaidh Whyte 2nd
Sean Kelly 4th
Jackie Banfield 9th
Annabell MacDonald 10th

Congratulations to Conall Whyte S1, Samuel Dow S2 and Siobhan Grady S2 who competed at the 3km event on the Saturday.

Spòrs Glasgow Meeting (AGM)

Coinneamh Spòrs Ghlaschu

Disathairne 15 An t-Sultain, 10m – 12f

Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu

Spòrs Glasgow Meeting (AGM)

Saturday 15^th September, 10am – 12pm

Glasgow Gaelic School

Spòrs Ghlaschu was set up last year by parents at the Glasgow Gaelic School to promote Sport through Gaelic and Gaelic through Sport in Glasgow.

We have sponsored a range of sports-related coaching courses, TOPS, first aid, child protection, Early Touches (football), Bikeability (teaching off and on-road cycling skills) and a variety of shinty courses.  Volunteer coaches from the club provide football training, Bikeability-based cycling tuition and shinty coaching is provided by the Glasgow Gaelic School’s shinty club, which is an affiliate member. 

We plan to provide more sports coaching and training opportunities, especially to younger coaches in the coming year.  Development of coaching skills in Gaelic is another priority.

None of this can happen without enthusiastic volunteer coaches and organizers.  If you want to help please come along to this meeting.  

Airson tuilleadh fiosrachaidh cur post-d gu bruce.whyte@ntlworld.com neo fòn 07758 722532 / For further information and to confirm attendance email bruce.whyte@ntlworld.com or text/phone 07758 722532.