Toryglen Boys Christmas Cup

4 Teams from the Gaelic school competed in the Toryglen Christmas cup today. The games are 4 a side with no goalies! Congratulations to Gaelic School C who finished 3rd in the S3/4 league!

Well done to: Kashel, Morgan, Connal, Benjamin, Daniel, Adam and Lewis! Third out of 11 teams is a great result from the boys. 

S2 Netball vs Bannerman

Well done to the S2 Netball Team who played against Bannerman High School on Tuesday 9/12/14. The girls travelled to the game without Sarah MacKay and Robyn Paton who also missed the game against Hillhead but welcomed the return of Daisy. Eight players made the journey to Bannerman and with only one sub the girls new it was going to be a physically demanding game against more experienced opponents.

Six of the eight girls had their first experience of Netball at the Glasgow tournament in March 2014. Since then more of the S2s have started playing the game this year and the team have had some new additions to the team like Niamh Robertson who was playing in only her second game against Bannerman and Katrin Swan who has only been playing since October. Great to see enthusiasm for the sport amongst the S2s.

The girls started the game slowly and were clearly playing with nerves. Bannerman were the far superior team in the first and second quarter, making most of their chances resulting in the half time score 7-5 to Bannerman.

After half time the girls started playing much better, there was a complete re-structure of line up apart from Morag who stayed Goal Attack. In the second half the girls were playing with more confidence and started making better pass choices and their defending had improved. Aimee changed roles from GD to GS which ultimately changed the game for Glasgow Gaelic. Aimee and Morag started playing well together and were linking up well with Katrin (C) and Daisy (WA) creating a lot of chances in the thrid and fourth quarter. Niamh (WD), Catriona (GD) and Margaret (GK) were fully focussed on competing for every ball but had a difficult task with the Bannerman team who were excellent on the attack. The girls in the final quarter of the game played great and doubled their points score from the previous 3 quarters with the final score being Bannerman 10-16 Glasgow Gaelic. Well done girls.

The girls and Mr MacCorquodale would like to wish Sarah and Robyn a speedy recovery back to full fitness and look forward to having them back in the team sometime soon. 

S1 boys team head to Toryglen for Christmas Cup

The following boys have been selected to represent the school at the Toryglen Indoor Christmas Cup. This event takes place tomorrow 12/12/14. Good luck to all boys taking part.

S1

Aidan Tittmar

Michael MacDonald

Alexander Buchan

Gillies O’Hanlon

Lachlann Brady

Dominic Ferrier

Christopher Glasgow

Calum MacAulay

Lewis Conley

 

 

S2

Ewan Michie

David Comerford

Cameron Simpson

Angus McCorkindale

Daniel Moran

Calum Brown

Josh Soutar

Andrew Carey

Benjamin Campbell

Ruairidh Harris

 

S3

Andrew Grossart

Pol Monk

Findlay Crawford

Kashel Mayne

Jacob Connelly

Cammy West

S1 Netball vs Jordanhill

Well done to the three s1 netball teams who competed against Jordanhill at netball. The majority of the girls had their first experience of the game. 9 girls will now go on to play against John Paul Academy next week for a game of full court 7s. Good luck girls. 

Netball Leaders Course

Four pupils from the secondary completed their Netball leaders course run by Glasgow Netball. The course took place at the Glasgow Gaelic School along with pupils from secondary's across the city. Mia Paton, Mairi MacDonald, Eilidh Miller and Frances Driscoll completed the course. All four girls completed their level 1 sports leadership award last year and are part of the netball team so we hope to have them taking netball training for younger pupils soon. Well done girls. 

Sports Leadership

We are running the Sports Leadership course again this year with the S3 year group. Last week we had all 60 primary 4s come to the hall for a Fitness class lead by the sports leaders on Monday and Friday. 

This was the first time our sports leaders had taken a class for younger pupils! After the new year the S3s will get more experience of leadership roles for both indoor and outdoor activities.

S1 Team to face John Paul Academy

S1 Netball Team to face John Paul Academy on 16/12

Well done to the following girls who have been selected to represent the school in only their second game of netball. This time the game will be 7s and it will be away to John Paul Academy.

Presentation from Kerry MacPhee

On Friday 24/10 the school was lucky enough to have Commonwealth Games representative and multiple Island Games medal winner Kerry MacPhee to the school as part of the Champions in Schools scheme. 

The Young Ambassadors opened up the proceedings with a presentation about their role within the school and how they are going to attract more people into clubs and to participate in physical activity.

Kerry then took to the stage. She talked about her journey from playing school sport to representing Scotland at the commonwealth games. She had very clear messages for the pupils:

(1) Participate in a variety of sports at school! She talked about her participation in basketball and cross country that established a dedicated, hard working nature which later opened the door to further opportunities later on in life. 

(2) Work hard in whatever you do (every subject) as persistence pays off. Kerry said maths, english etc were not her idea of fun but she had to work hard in these subjects to get into University. 

(3) Success is not immediate it can take a long time, this was highlighted throughout the presentation. Kerry had to work extremely hard throughout her 20s to get to the elite level she is now at. This was illustrated particularly after her decision to focus on mountain biking at the commonwealth games which meant she meant she had to dedicate practically all her time to seek qualification, which included regularly traveling to Europe. To qualify, Kerry had to travel multiple times to compete on the European circuits (as well as british races) to seek the right level of competition. But her hard work and gutsy attitude paid off and she got her place in the team! This was despite the many hours travelling, transporting and building bikes before races, no support teams, bike failures, falls etc etc...But it was all worth while in the end when Kerry was awarded her place in the Scotland team for Glasgow 2014! 

Her story is extremely inspirational for both staff and pupils. And for Kerry her successes started when she attended a school similar to the Gaelic School (Sgoil Lionacleit) and simply took part in the sporting opportunities that were provided at the school. Taking part in regular physical activity at school/weekends meant that when she left school she was in a physically active routine which motivated her to further develop and seek new sporting challenges at University. Kerry did this and has applied herself 110% to every opportunity she has been given. She is now one of the top ranked British female Mountain Bikers and finished a magnificant 14th at Glasgow 2014! A fantastic achievement to someone new to the sport. 

We would like to thank Kerry very much for such an enthusiastic, informative and inspiring presentation. Moran Taing Kerry!

S2 Netball Teams vs Bannerman

On December 9th the S2s will travel to Bannerman to take part in their 4th game of the Glasgow Netball League. Well done to the following girls who have made the team:

Katrin
Aimee
Morag
Daisy
Catriona
Margaret
Louise
Niamh

S1 Netball Teams vs Jordanhill

Well done to the following girls who have got selected for the netball team to play against Jordanhill on Tuesday December 2nd after school. The games will be Netball 5s and will be played at the Gaelic School.

Team A
Jessica
Erin Mo
Eilidh
Abigail
Caitlin

Team B
Shannon
Kara
Iona
Adanna
Nairne

Team C
Eilidh H
Caryn
Erin C
Kirsty T
Carla

The S1s will then go on to play John Paul Academy on December 16th away. The team for this game will be picked after the Jordanhill games so make sure you turn up and play your best!

Teams for Netball

Here are the S2 & S3/4 Netball Teams for next weeks league matches:

S2s
Morag McKirdy
Margaret Driscoll
Catriona MacLeod
Eilidh McDougall
Sarah MacKay
Daisy Maguire
Aimee Dunlop
Louise Templeton
Katrin Swan
Robyn Paton

S3/4s
Tamlin Dhinsa
Lauren McDougall
Rosie Urquhart
Charlotte Moock
Mairi MacDonald
Eilidh Miller
Mairead MacLennan
Mia Paton
Frances Driscoll

Both teams are travelling to Hillhead on tuesday, then on Thursday the S3/4 Team plays Holyrood.

Good Luck Girls!

Abigail Swims to Success!

A massive congratulations to Abigail Cavanagh S1 who won two medals at the recent Glasgow Schools' Swimming Championships. The Glasgow Schools is one of the most competitive sports evnets on the calender so even getting to the final is a difficult task. Abigail qualified for both the 50m Freestyle and the 50m Breaststroke events. In the 50m Breaststroke, Abigail swam very well to finish in the silver medal position. In the 50m Freestyle Abigail swam strongly to take home the gold medal! She was in second place until the turn when she came up level with the leader. In the final 20m she powered through the water to take the victory and the first ever gold medal for the Gaelic School at the Glasgow Schools Swimming Championships! Well done Abigail!