Garscube Schools XC

16 pupils from Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu took part in the Garscube Schools across Country on Saturday. This was a fantastic turnout from the school. 

In the boy's S1-6 race Jacob Connelly won the race in 9.06 closely followed by Lewis Dickson in 9.11 and Lewis's younger brother Finlay 3rd in 9.25. Calum Brown was 6th, Lewis Grimmer 7th, Euan MacLean in 8th, Kahel Maybe in 9th, Callum Douglas 10th, Harry McGrory 13th and Gregor MacAaskill 14th.

In the girls S1-6 race Amy Craig was 3rd, Anna Murray was 7th, Charlotte Moock 8th, Erin Houston 9th, Abigail Cavanagh 10th and Sarah MacKay 12th. 

Some excellent displays of running from all pupils. Well done to you all. The next race will be the SGG Cross Country early February with the next Garscube Harriers XC on February 21st. 

Scottish Schools Road Race

For the first time the school entered at Scottish Schools Athletics event. Both myself, Mr MacCorquodale and Mr Mackay felt it was time for the pupils to experience a higher level of competition as the standard of athletics has got increasingly better over the last 3 years we've been in the school which is a credit to ththe pupils' hard work. 

The school sent 12 pupils along to Helix Park in Falkirk. Conditions were windy but dry. The S1/2 girls went first in a race with 172 runners the start line seemed to go on forever. Shona Carey was first home for the school in 87th position which was a very good run. Annabel MacDonald had a difficult start but finished well in 115th with Abigail Cavanagh in 143rd. The girls team finished in 26th position, Seona and Annabel will be back next year in the same race. 

The S1/2 boys were next after trying to warm up and having cheered on the girls. Lewis Conley had a fantastic run to finish in 45th position. Lewis who in is own words hasn't done much running recently but this performance yet again showed that he has a lot of potential in athletics having performed well in indoors, cross country, outdoors and road athletics over the last 10 months. S1 Robbie Whyte had a good run also finishing in 77th position with James Diamond in 101st the boys finished 19th team. 

Amy Craig was our sole representative in the S3/4 girls race. She had two consistent laps and finished in 55th place. This was an impressive performance since Amy is just getting back into running after some injury issues. 

The S3/4 boys had a strong team for the event. Daniel Moran had the performance of the day, finishing in 36th position. He still has another year at this age group. Daniel is another who has had an impressive display of running over a variety of events including his fantastic bronze medal in the 1500m at the Glasgow Schools Championships. Luc Galanti, Connal Whyte and Lewis Dickson packed very well to finish 60th, 61st and 62nd respectively. The boys team finished in 11th position. Well done boys! 

Sarah Robertson re-injured her shoulder in the S5/6 girls race, we wish her a speedy recovery back to full fitness. 

The behaviour and support for everyone from SGG was expemplarly, well done to you all. Here's to next year's competition. 

Netball vs Hillhead

The S1s played a game of 5s netball vs Hillhead in their 2nd league match. The team started with: 

GK Iona 

GD Sophie

C Annabel

GA Alison

GS Seona 

Sub Eilidh

Sub Abigial

Sub Evie

The girls were playing a strong physical Hillhead side who had some very tall players in their side. SGG player well in their 2nd game together. The ball was moved quickly and the girls limited Hillhead to a few chances in front of goal. The subs came on and provided fresh legs, all the girls played well with special mention to Evie in her first game for the school. Playing 5s was tough work but SGG ended up comfortably winning the game 18-1. Well done girls. 

Girl of the Game: Seona

The S3/4 Team knew they would have a very tough game against Hillhead who's S3s had a great year last year, reaching the semi finals of the Scottish Shield.

GK Yvonne

GD Katrin

WD Daisy

C Sarah

WA Morag

GA Lauren

GS Aimee

Sub Christy

They weren't wrong, Hillhead displayed some excellent netball. They clearly had experience of playing with each other and this was shown in their movement at centre passes and around the goal circle. SGG who had mainly S3s playing should take pride in how they performed, they kept focused on marking the opposition closely and played some fantastic netball themselves. Lots to think about it for Mr MacCorquodale, some areas to work on in training but on to the next fixture now which is a friendly against Woodfarm on December 14th. 

Girl of the Game: Yvonne

Netball vs Bannerman

The S3/4 team played the second league match against Bannerman last week. The team was strengthened by the return of Christy who missed the All Saints game. The girls lined up with:

GK Christy

GD Yvonne

WD Daisy

C Katrin

WA Morag

GA Lauren

GS Aimee

Sub Sarah

Sub Tamlin

This was possibly the best performance a team has put in from Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu in a netball league match. The team moved the ball very quickly down the court and were quick to close down the opposition when they had possession. The effort levels were high and the subs were effectively used when players started getting fatigued. SGG won the game 19-5. Congratulations to the team. 

Girl of the Game: Katrin

The S3/4 Team had a friendly game against the Bannerman B team. The line up was: 

GK Margaret

GD Rebecca

WD Catriona

C Eilidh (S2)

WA Skye Mac

GA Karen

GS Niamh

The girls started slowly and were under pressure straight away from Bannerman who had a good C and GA but the defence played well limiting the Bannerman shooters to a limited number of shots. Niamh and Karen and later on Rebecca and Karen worked well in attack and got more confident as the game went on. The final score was 8-1 to SGG. The girls are keen to get another friendly. I can confirm that the next friendly will be on December 14th against Woodfarm High School. 

Girl of the Game: Margaret

Netball vs All Saints

Both the S1 and S3/4 Netball teams played their first league match against All Saints Secondary. The girls new that it would be a difficult night of netball as All Saints always have good teams right throughout the school. 

The S1s played first. The starting team was:

GK Iona

GD Sophie

WD Anna

C Annabel

WA Abigail

GA Alison

GS Seona

Sub Eiliidh

Sub Rachael

Sub Mia

The girls played some fantastic netball throughout the game. Sophie who was playing GD for the first time, played very well. Annabel put in a great shift at centre and Alison and Seona combined well to score 15 points between them. Mia, Rachael and Eilidh all came on for the second half and played well. For Mia and Rachael this was their first ever competitive game so it was a whole new experience for them on a full sized court. The final score 17-7 to SGG. The girls should be pleased with how they performed. The focus should now be to develop fitness levels. 

Girl of the Game: Alison

The S3/4 Team started with: 

GK Yvonne

GD Katrin

WD Daisy

C Sarah

WA Morag

GA Lauren

GS Aimee

Sub Tamlin

Sub Margaret

The team which was playing together for the first time settled into the game quickly. Aimee and Lauren were making most of their chances. The girls had some difficulty with the very good All Saints Centre who was quick and moved well up and down the court connecting defence to attack, so concentration levels had to be high. Daisy played well to keep track of the WA who was always a threat on the attack. SGG had some very strong performances throughout the team. The new shooting combinations of Lauren & Aimee, Tammy & Aimee and Lauren & Tammy were fantastic. Lauren scored an impressive 10 points. Yvonne who normally plays shooter played well in her first game at Goal Keeper. It was a very close match with SGG winning 21-14 in the end. Well done girls! 

Girl of the Game: Lauren

Up and Coming Netball Fixtures

How do I get fit for Cross Country?

This arrival is mainly for the attention of those of you who want to get fit for cross country this year but is useful for those who just want to improve on their current fitness levels.

With us now in the cross country season I thought I'd use The blog to give some hints on how to get fit and what your weekly structure should look like if you're looking to get really fit for the Big races in February. If you're looking to get fit for cross country or sport in general this year. I would recommend that if you're an U13 athlete you train 2/3 times a week, u15 4 times a week and u17/20 up to 5 times a week if you are taking part in competitive sport. If you're looking for general fitness I would say 3/4 times a week is good for u13-20. But always remember to build up to this gradually if you're not quite there yet. 

How to structure the week

U13 
1) Athletics, 2)Interval Training, 3)Easy long run

U15 
1)Athletics, 2)Interval training, 3)Easy long run, 4)Circuits

U17/20
1)Athletics, 2)Interval Training, 3)Easy long run, 4)circuits, 5)Steady paced run. 

How long should my long run be? 

U13 30mins
U15 45 mins
U17 1 hour 
U20 1 hour 15

How long should I be working for in my sessions in my interval training? (Again this should be built up over time.)

U13 12 mins 
U15 15 mins
U17 Girls 18 mins
U17 Boys/U20 Girls 20 mins
U20 men 25 mins 

I would recommend using a combination of 2, 3, 4 and 5 minute efforts for this with a half time recover e.g 4 x 4 mins with 2 mins recovery. The times above shouldn't include recovery time but just the 'working' time. 

What about circuits?
You can use circuits similar to that what we do at school...
2/3 sets of 10 stations of body weight circuits e.g press ups, squats, sit ups etc with 20-30 seconds of work for each station with either a quick recovery like 5 -10 seconds. You could do 2 or 3 sets of this with 2/3 minutes recovery between the sets. If you do some jogging before and after the circuit as your warm up and down that's a good way to get ready for the circuit and recovery afterwards. 

What's a steady run?
A steady run is a run you know you're working fairly hard at, a pace you would struggle to hold a conversation at. 

It's important to mix your paces throughout the week so at athletics you of course do your shorter efforts/reps on the Astro/ash or Kelvingrove, Interval training should be longer efforts at cross country pace and your long run should be easy (a pace you would be able to hold a conversation at).

Good luck to all of you for this season. If you have any questions about this or on how to get fit please come and see me in the PE department. Mr MacCorquodale. 

Glasgow Netball Tournament

On Friday October 2nd the Glasgow Gaelic School sent 5 teams along to the Glasgow Netball Tournament. The event this year was run over 5 hours and again attracted a large number of teams from across the city. SGG had teams in each of the age groups from S1-S5/6. 

S1s 

The S1 team was:

Anna Horsburgh (c)

Eilidh Mchie

Sophie Whelan

Iona Cochrane

Abigail Campbell

Seona MacLeod

Alison Blain

Annabel MacDonald 

The S1s played well considering it was  their first experience of competitive netball. They came up against Holyrood 2 in their first game and were fairly nervous which was to be expected. They managed to win 4-0. In their 2nd game they played St Thomas Aquinas with Seona playing very well at Goal Shooter they won the game 9-0. In game 3 against St Andrews they won again but  they realise that all these teams will become better over time and games will be a lot closer when they faced them in the league. SGG won the group and through to the 1st and 2nd place playoff against the mighty Holyrood 1. Holyrood who played well making most of their chances won 3-2 but the girls should feel proud of how they performed as it is the best result a team from SGG has performed at a Glasgow Netball Tournament. Well done girls. 

S2s 

The S2 Team was: 

Eilidh McDougall (c)

Kara MacDonald

Jessica Gow

Shannon Craw 

Adanna McCann

Erin Moran

Abigail Cavanagh

Caitlin Watt

The S2s finished 3rd in the Glasgow Netball Tournament 12 months ago and finished 3rd again this year but played much better netball in the process. The girls had a difficult group but managed to play great netball, winning 3 games vs All Saints, Rosshall and St Thomas Aquinas and losing to Holyrood. They finished 2nd in the group and went on to face St Andrews in the 3rd-4th place playoff. The game was very close with SGG winning 5-3. The girls played some very good netball throughout the day! Keep practicing your shooting! 

S3/4s

SGG had two teams in the S3/4 age group. The teams were:

S3/4 A

Christy O'Hanlon

Katrin Swan

Yvonne Conley

Daisy Maguire

Lauren McDougall

Sarah MacKay

Morag McKirdy

Tamlin Dhinsa

S3/4 B

Margaret Driscoll

Rebecca Smith

Catriona MacLeod 

Skye MacKenzie

Niamh Robertson

Karen MacDonald

Louise Templeton

Eilidh Campbell

The A team had the toughest group of the day with Jordanhill, Holyrood, Rosshall 1 and St Andrews all together in the group of death. The team managed to win 2 games and lose 2 but played very well together in their first matches together. The A team was split 4 S4 pupils and 4 S3 pupils so it's very much a new team but showed in their games that they connected well with each other with some good link up play moving the ball down the court quickly. 

The S3/4 B team were in a similar situation as they had never played in the same team before. The girls had All Saints, St Thomas Aquinas, Shawlands and Whitehill to contend with in group C. They lost to All Saints in the first game 3-0 but came back to play better in game 2 against Whitehill, winning 2-0. The team then drew 2-2 with Shawlands 1 and lost narrowly 3-2 to St Thomas Aquinas in their last game. 

The A team finished 8th overall and the B team 10th. With only one team in the Glasgow Schools League, competition for places will be fierce so make sure you get along to training and fight for your place. 

S5/6s

The team was:

Frances Driscoll (c)

Eilidh MacAulay 

Mairi MacDonald

Charlotte Moock

Sophie Grossart

Katie Blain

Mia Paton

The girls without any subs played 3 games against experienced opposition. They played Holyrood, Bannerman and All Saints. They lost two games and drew one against Bannerman. The girls got better as the day went on and I'm looking forward to seeing how they do at the next tournament after some friendly games. Remember training on Mondays and Thursday's! 

All teams performed very well on the day. Some fantastic displays of netball on display. A big well done to you all for your effort and achievement on the day! Keep coming along to training! 

Success for the SGG Swim Team

The SGG Swim team took to the pool for the Glasgow Schools' Swimming trials to seek qualification for the finals. Abigail Cavanagh was the only swimmer to compete in a final on trials night and she added another medal to her collection in the 100m backstroke, Gold!! This is Abigail's 3rd medal at the Glasgow Schools' Championships! Patrick qualified for both his final along with Kara and Amy too! Finals night is a week on Monday, October 26th. Abigail qualified for the final of her other event the 100m freestyle. Shona Carey although not making the final competed very well in both her events at the trials and was made first reserve for the 50m fly. The standard of the Glasgow Schools' Swimming events is very high so to make a final is in itself a great achievement considering only 6 make it through. We would like to wish all swimmers the best of luck for the finals! SGG PE.

Glasgow Swimming Trials

Next week SGG are sending strong team to the Glasgow Swimming Trials at Drumchapel. The team is:

S1

Patrick

Seona

S2

Abigail

Kara

S4 

Amy

Good luck to all competitors! 

Netball Teams for Glasgow Netball Tournament

Here are the names for the Various Netball teams which are taking part in the  Glasgow Netball Tournament on Oct 2nd:

GLA Netball Tournament 

S5/6

Frances 

Mia 

Eilidh Mil

Sophie 

Katie 

Mairi 

Charlotte 

Eilidh MacA

S3/4

Lauren 

Katrin 

Morag 

Yvonne 

Tammy 

Christy 

Daisy 

Sarah 

Catriona 

Karen 

Margaret 

Niamh 

Skye MacK 

Eilidh C 

Rebecca 

Louise 

S2

Erin Mo 

Jessica 

Adanna 

Caitlin 

Abigail 

Kara 

Shannon 

Eilidh McD

S1

Alison 

Abigail 

Anna 

Annabell 

Seona 

Iona 

Sophie 

Eilidh Mic

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