Welcome Back!

I hope you're all refreshed after your summer holiday. Our extra curricular programme is more or less in full swing now and we've seen excellent numbers so far at netball and athletics. If you would like to join a club all you have to do is turn up. If you have any questions about attending or your unsure of what clubs to go to then please ask Mr MacCorquodale or Mr Mackay in the PE department. Attached is our extra curricular programme for the year. 

PE Prize Winners 2015

Congratulations to all PE prize winners! You all thoroughly deserved your award. You showed a fantastic attitude and put in lots of effort throughout the whole year. Here's a run down of all the PE Prizes, some photos and a little bit of info on some of the winners. 

S1 Boys Effort Gilles O'Hanlon

S1 Boys Excellence Lewis Conley

S1 Girls Effort Shannon Craw

S1 Girls Excellence Eilidh McDougall

S2 Boys Effort Cameron Simpson

S2 Boys Excellence Benjamin Campbell

S2 Girls Effort Margaret Driscoll

S2 Girls Excellence Morag McKirdy

S3 Boys Effort Zach Ronan

S3 Boys Excellence Jacob Connelly

S3 Girls Effort Skye MacKenzie

S3 Girls Excellence Lauren McDougall

S4 Effort Charlotte Moock

S4 Excellence Frances Driscoll

S5 Effort Fraser Brown

S5 Excellence Fergus O'Hanlon

S6 Effort Thomas Starmore

S6 Excellence George Costford

S1 Netball Player of the Year – Eilidh McDougall

Eilidh has been a fantastic player in her first year of competitive netball. She's been the most consistent S1 player, turning up to training each week. She's also been called up to play for the S2 Team in a number of occasions and performed exceptionally well. 

S2 Netball Player of the Year – Morag McKirdy 

Morag has shown a big improvement this year particularly in her movement and shooting. She played every minute of every game for the S2s this whole school year!! She was also top points scorer in SGG and thoroughly deserves this award. 

S3 Netball Player of the Year – Frances Driscoll 

France's has been performing at a consistently high level over the past two years. This year has there has been an improvement in her understanding of the game and she's certainly more determined and a good leader on the court. She's played a mixture of Goal Defence and Centre for the school and played through injuries to help the team out in crucial games. 

The following awards were voted for by all the Netball teams:

 

S1 Netball Player’s Player of the Year – Eilidh McDougall 

S2 Netball Player’s Player of the Year – Daisy Maguire

S3 Netball Player’s Player of the Year – Lauren McDougall 

 

Girls Football Player of the Year – Shannon Craw

Boys Football Player of the Year -  Calum MacAaulay 

 

Girls Football Player’s Player of the Year -  Erin Moran

Boys Football Player’s Player of the Year - Christopher Glasgow

Boys Top Goal Scorer - Josh Hart

 

Boy Athlete of the Year – Lewis Conley

Performed well in cross country, giant heptathlon and athletics. Lewis won the school XC, was highest placed S1 at the Glasgow Schools XC. He was part of the school Giant Heptathlon team and qualified for three finals at the Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships, finishing 4th in the 400m. 

Girl Athlete of the Year – Amy Craig

Amy is a pupil who has improved so much in Sport over the last two years. She is now one of the most hardworking pupils we have in the school. She's wins this award for her fantastic performance at the Glasgow Schools XC Championships where she finished 9th! A top 10 finish is a fantastic result and the highest place female finisher we've had in the school. 

 

PE Commitment Award – Daisy Maguire

Daisy in class puts in all her effort regardless of the activity. She is consistently at Football on a Monday after school and Netball on a Tueday and Thursday. She is a member of the school football and netball teams and was involved in all the competitive games this year. She's a dedicated and enthusiastic pupil who is going from strength to strength in sport.

PE Commitment Award – Karen MacDonald

Not only is Karen a good all round sports performer she is hard working and puts a lot of effort into improving her skills and fitness across a variety of sports. Karen this year has also done very well in the Sports Leadership course and has proved that is more than capable of leading sporting activities for both primary and secondary pupils. 

 

Boys Sporting Excellence Awards – Zacharia Ronan

Zach is a dedicated climber. A member of the the area Youth Climbing Squad and a bronze medalist at the Scottish Schools Climbing Championships! This is the Gaelic Schools first ever medal at a Scottish Schools event. 

Girls Sporting Excellence Awards – Abigail Cavanagh 

What a fantastic Athlete Abigail Cavanagh is! She receives this award for her performances in the pool. She won gold and silver at the Glasgow Schools Swimming Championships. The first gold and silver the school has ever won. 

 

Frances Driscoll 

A high level performer in both practical and theory aspects of Physical Education. 

High standard of performance in each sport done at National 5. 

Sports Ambassador.

Captain of the School Netball Team. 

Captain of the School Football Team. 

Qualified as a Netball Leader. 

Frances has been without a doubt the best PE performer this year.

Glasgow Schools Athletics Finals

You On Wednesday 10th June the Glasgow Athletics Finals were held at Scotstoun Stadium. The Gaelic School had a record breaking 17 qualifiers from the heats in addition to this 3 of our senior pupils were taking part too with senior heats and finals taking place on the same day. 

Not only did we have a record number for finalists this year we also had a record number of medal winners! The first medal of the day was Daniel Moran in the S2 boys 1500m. Daniel ran a tactically well judged race and finished in an impressive 4 mins 50 seconds to secure the bronze medal. Our second medalist of the day was Eilidh McDougall in the S1 girls 100m. Eilidh won GOLD in a lighting quick time of 13.3! This is SGG's first ever gold medal in athletics and also a school record for girls! 

The medals didn't stop there and next on the podium was Erin Moran in the S2 Girls 200m. Going into the race Erin new it would be a close race and she was right. Erin was powerful out the blocks and round the bend into the final 100. She maintained good form and had an all important dip for the line to secure the bronze medal in 28.4 seconds and a new Personal Best!

Our final medalist of the day was someone who is accustomed to being on the podium, Jacob Connelly. Jacob was a finalist in the 400m in S1, a bronze medalist in the 400m in S2 and now a Bronze medalist in the 200m in S3. 

Jacob ran 24.9 in the final to secure bronze against some quality opposition. Mr MacCorquodale is happy to hear that he is now talking about joining an athletics club. 

The school had some other very impressive performances. Lewis Conley 4th in the Boys 400m final. Calum Stewar 5th in the Shot Putt and 4th in the Boys 800m final. The S1 Boys were 6th in the final of the Relay in a much improved performance from the heat. Katrin Swan finished 6th in the Discus, a much improved performance from last year. 

A big well done to all of the athletics team. This year there was a huge improvement in the performances and effort from all. Keep up the good work! 

Glasgow Schools Adventure Race

Glasgow Gaelic School are Glasgow Schools Adventure Race Champions!!! This was the first year we had entered the competition and we had two teams involved along with 23 other schools. The event is very well organised with all schools competing in 5 different events, all against the clock! The events were: Orienteering, mountain biking, obstical course, team building and kayaking. We had a boys team and a girls team entered:

Boys

Lewis Dickson

Lewis Grimmer

Zach Ronan

Fraser Watt 

Jacob Connelly and 

Conall Whyte

Girls

Mairi MacDonald

Frances Driscoll

Charlotte Moock

Mia Paton

Sarah Campbell

Amy Craig

With so many events and everything against the clock the day was a definite test for all schools involved. 

It was brilliant to hear the news that the boys team had won! The girls team finished in a very respectable 15th place, beating the only other all girls team, a number of boys teams and mixed teams too. With most of the SGG pupils finishing S3 and the rest S4 the school will have another couple of years to take part in this event with possibly the same teams. 

Sports Day 2015

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Here's some highlights of this year's Sports Day! What an action packed day of sport! Great competition between the houses, well done to Ronaigh for winning it this year. 

1st Ronaigh

2nd Scarp

3rd Hiort

4th Miughlaigh 

Girls Football Summer Cup

Well done to the two girls football teams who represented SGG at the summer cup. Both teams played well, played a variety of schools and learnt a lot about the game. The girls will be looking to do even better next year! 

Fantastic Performance at the Glasgow Schools' Athletics Heats

Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu had their most successful year at this year's Glasgow Athletics Championship Heats. The event this year was at Linwood with conditions showery but calm. 

For many of the 17 athletes in the squad this was their first time on a track and for the majority one of their first experiences of competitive athletics. Everyone performed to their best on the day and should be very pleased with how they did. 

The school managed 17 qualifications for the finals on Wednesday!!! This is a fantastic achievement as the previous school best of 3 qualifiers. 

Well done all athletes making it into the final, what an achievement to be top 8 in Glasgow! 

S1 Qualifiers:

Lewis Conley Long Jump, 400m & Relay

James Diamond Long Jump, 100m & Relay

Calum Stewart 800m, Shot Put & Relay

Findlay Dickson Relay

Eilidh McDougall 100m 

Erin Moran 200m

S2 Qualifiers

Josh Soutar 200m

Sarah MacKay Long Jump & 800m

Rob Weir Javelin & 400m

Katrin Swan Discus (6th Place in Final)

S3 Qualifiers

Jacob Connelly 200m

Luc Galanti 800m

In addition to those who had to qualify for the finals, we also have the following 1500m runners who have a straight final:

Findlay Dickson

Calum Brown

Daniel Moran

Rowan Moore 

Conall Whyte

Our senior athletes also compete:

Rosie Urquhart Triple Jump & 200m

Charlotte Moock 800m

Grant Weatherall 800m

Athletics is becoming our strongest sport at SGG, with a good performance at the Schools Cross Country and Giant Heptathlon already this year. Next year we will be looking to enter the Scottish Schools XC and Athletics Champs! 

Boys Football - Summer Cup

The school had a brilliant 4 teams entered into this years boys football summer cup. The boys played well and worked well together being competitive in each game. The Teams were as follows:

1st Year
Seumas Monk
Dominic Ferrier
Lachlann Brady
Christopher Glasgow
Josh Hart
Bryan Lewis
Alexander Buchan
Robbie Macgrory
Aidan Tittmar

2/3 A
Adam Stewart
Lewis MacLeod
Andrew Grossart
Daniel Moran
Morgan Kelly
Andrew Carey
Ruairidh Harris
Lewis Conley

2/3B
Jacob Connelly
Findlay Crawford
Conall Whyte
Ruairidh McDiarmid
Benjamin Campbell
Josh Soutar
David Comerford
Gilles O'Hanlon

2/3 C
Pol Monk
Cameron West
Kashel Mayne
Angus McCorkindale
Calum Brown
Cameron Simpson
Callum Douglas
Calum MacAulay

S2 Netball Team finish 3rd in Glasgow Schools' League!

Congratulations to the S2 Netball Team who finished 3rd in the Glasgow Schools' Netball League. The girls performed very well throughout the year and their netball improved, learning a lot along the way too. This was the first year the girls had been involved in the league and also had to play every game away from home. 

With only 23 girls to choose from in S2 the girls did very well to fulfill all their fixtures and finish in the top 3. The following players took part in the games throughout the year:

Aimee Dunlop
Morag McKirdy
Iona McCulloch
Sarah MacKay
Catriona MacLeod
Jessica Gow
Robyn Paton
Margaret Driscoll
Daisy Maguire
Katrin Swan
Louise Templeton
Eilidh Campbell
Niamh Robertson
Caitlin Watt

Well done girls!

Primary Rugby Success

Bha Hamish Smith (Clas 6, SGG) agus Robaidh Whyte (Clas 7, SGG) a’cluich airson an sgioba meanbh-rugbaidh c6/7 aig Hillhead-Jordanhill RFC ann an Bruach Chluaidh air Didòmhnaich.  Bhuainnaich an sgioba aca coig geamannan agus an fharpais fhèin.  Seo Robaidh (an darna fhear bhon clì) agus Hamish sa mheadhan le Jonny Gray bhon Glasgow Warriors aig an cùl. Hamish Smith (P6) and Robaidh Whyte (P7) were playing for Hillhead-Jordanhill’s P6/7 mini rugby team on Sunday in Clydebank.  Their team won five games and the competition itself.  Here is Robaidh 2nd from left and Hamish in the middle, with Jonny Gray from the Glasgow Warriors behind them.

Scottish Schools Aquathon Championships

Abigail S1 and Amy S3 both represented SGG at the schools first attendance at the Scottish Schools Aquathon Championships. 

The event took place in East Kilbride and involved a swim and a run. Abigail was up first and had the challenge of swimming 300m then a 2km run. Abigail was rapid in transition from the pool into running gear and out on the 2 lap hilly route. She did exceptionally well to finish in the top half of the field in 36th position. Abigail has another year in this age category so she'll be looking forward to giving it another go next year. 

Amy had to face a 400m swim and a 3km run. Amy paced her self very well, coming out of the pool having held back slightly she motored through the field on the run. Amy's total time put her 14th overall which is a fantastic achievement. Amy also has another year to go at this age group. 

Both girls performed very well despite it being their first Aquathon experience. Well done from all at SGG girls! 

S2 Netball vs Rosshall

Well done to the S2 Netball team who beat Rosshall 18-14 in a very competitive game. The starting line up was:

GK Margaret

GD Katrin

WD Catriona

C Daisy

WA Sarah

GA Morag

GS Louise

Eilidh C

Louise

Both teams played some great netball, but it was in the 3rd quarter where SGG took the advantage. Morag McKirdy scored a brilliant 14 points in the game and secured the title for highest scoring player at Glasgow Gaelic for the season. 

This was the S2s last game in the league. Congratulations to the girls for their hard work and dedication to the sport over the past year.  Their improvement and attitude has been fantastic.