St Andrew's Day 1872

Exactly 140 years ago today marked the start of International Football. The venue, Glasgow! Not far from the school location at the West of Scotland Cricket ground in Partick. The match Scotland vs England! The Scotland team was made up of entirely Queens Park players on the day. Read more here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/scotland/9712246/Roddy-Forsyth-the-first-ever-football-international-was-indeed-the-start-of-something-big.html

Sports Video of the Week

Okay so we're going to try a new feature of posting a sports video each week, you won't be able to watch them at school but hopefully you will be able to access them at home.

The first entry is a fantastic football goal. We have seen a lot of great goals scored in the champions league and international friendlies over the last fortnight, here is one from the Europa Leage:

You are the Ref!

Have a go at referring these football situations from the guardian sport, what would you do? Answers will appear here next week.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/nov/29/rafael-benitez-chelsea#_

S4 Revision

To all S4 pupils who have their prelims coming up please use the wikispace for revision for your test. Here you will be able to access the presentations from the classroom sessions. Alternatively you can ask Mr MacKay a question on twitter if you're stuck: @MrMacKayPE good luck!

Santa Dash 2012

The 2012 Glasgow Santa Dash will take place on Sunday 9th December at George Square. The distance of the race is 5km and it is £15 for adults and £5 for children which includes the Santa suit! Please see: http://glasgow.gov.uk/en/residents/parks_outdoors/activities/santadash.htm for more information. Ho ho ho!

Inter House Competitions

So last week saw some interesting battles in the inter house dodgeball lunchtime competitions. Overall Scarp were the winners after winning two out of the three events competitions. A big well done to all those who came along and took part, we had over half the school participating!

This week we have Strictly Come Ceilidh on Friday. There was a fantastic number of pupils rehearsing today at Lunchtime. There is still time for you to get involved, you can come along and practice at lunchtimes in the dance studio....teachers are welcome too!

In the coming weeks we will have more Inter House Events so keep checking the notice board in the foyer for information.

Sports Blog

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Girls Football

The Girls Football team is now upand running. Can anyone interested please come along to training on Mondays after school. Any ability level can come along and have some fun playing football with your friends and we can build up our skill.

 

S1 Flashdance....

This is our S1 Dodgeball class breaking ingot a flashdance - GANGYAM STYLE!

Abbie MacNeil Champion of Champions

Abbie MacNeil S4 has had a tremendous year on the Highland Dancing circuit. On Sunday Abbie won the Solway Championships in Dumfries adding to the multiple titles she has won this year. In the Solway Championships Abbie came in 1st place in 12 different dances and was judged to be have been best dancer in each of those 12 events by all 3 judges. Abbie has recently been announced the Champion of Champions because of her overall successes this year. Below you can see the list of Abbie's achievements in 2012:

22nd Oct 2011 Kingdom of Fife Championship Glenwood High School, Scotland
17th Mar 2012 Central Scotland Championship Cleveden Secondary School, Scotland
29th Apr 2012 City of Aberdeen Championship Aberdeen Music Hall, Scotland
12th May 2012 Ayrshire & Galloway Championship St. Josephs Chapel Hall, Scotland
13th May 2012 West of Scotland Championship Gourock Park Playing Fields, Scotland
27th May 2012 Lanimer Championship Lanark Grammar School, Scotland
2nd Jun 2012 Strathclyde Championship Hannah Park, Scotland
10th Jun 2012 City of Glasgow Championship Paisley Town Hall, Scotland
29th Jul 2012 City of Inverness Championship Charleston Academy, Scotland
7th Oct 2012 Solway Championships Dumfries High School, Scotland

Congratulations Abbie, we wish you all the best for your future competitions.

Abair deagh thoiseachadh dha Na Gaidheil

Bhuannaich sgioba ball-coise c6-7 a chiad dà gheama aca ann an Liga Cairdeil Taobh an Iar Ghlaschu aig Scotstoun an raoir.

3 – 2 an aghaidh Whiteinch agus 2 – 0 an aghaidh Caldercuilt.

Bha an sgioba laidir, cruaidh agus cruthachail. Is matha rin sibh - David, Morgan, Josh, Ewan, Lachlan, Logan, Gillies, Calum, Lewis, Domhnall Iain

Cum Oirbh a Bhalaichaibh!

Shinty Update from Spòrs Ghlaschu

Just a quick update from the shinty section for September 2012.

Results
During September the SGG Shinty Club has continued it success.
On 7 September 21 Teams from all over Scotland attended a one day tournament in Milngavie.
Glasgow Gaelic School Under 8 team were unbeatable on the day and comfortably won the Margaret Ross Cup beating
Strathkelvin 6 -2 in the Final. Not to be out done the under 10 Team also enjoyed a great day and went on beat
St Columbas - Oban 5-2 in hard fought final winning the John MacLean Shield.
On 30 September the first round of the 2012/13 South of Scotland Leagues started and a big Well Done must go to
10 new players from P1,2& 3 who played there first games for the Club.

Training
The last outdoor training will be on Monday 8 October.
Indoor training will commence on Monday 22 October at the 3 Gym Halls at Bellahouston Academy
6pm-7pm - New Starts & Development training
7pm - 8pm - Under 10s12s &14s

Cheilidh Fund Raising Dance
To buy new strips for the young new starts, the club are holding a fund raising Cheildh at the SPRA Club Lochinch Pollok Park on Friday 5 October 2012 8 till Late. All welcome, and some of the Funds raised on the night will be donated to Mary's Meals……

Moran Taing
Graeme on behalf of the Shinty Committee