SGG win Glasgow Schools Table Tennis Tournament

Well done to the S2 boys who won the Glasgow Schools Table Tennis Tournament in Drumchapel. The following boys were part of the winning team;

Zach Ronan

Luc Galanti

Andrew Grossart 

Conall Whyte

In addition to that the SGG B team finished 2nd! Well done to:

Ludovic Howison

Adam Stewart

Cameron West

Jacob Connelly 

Glasgow Schools Netball Tournament

The following girls have been selected to represent the school at the Glasgow School, the tournament is on Friday. Good luck girls! 

S1

Robyn Paton

Sarah MacKay

Aimee Dunlop

Morag McKirdy

Daisy MacGuire

Louise Templeton

Margaret Driscoll

Catriona MacLeod

 

S2

Tamlin Dhinsa

Karen MacDonald

Yvonne Conely

Rebecca Smith

Lauren McDougall

Skye MacKenzie

Jessica Owen

Christy O’Hanlon

 

S3

Frances Driscoll

Mia Paton

Mairead MacLennan

Mairi MacDonald

Eilidh Thomson

Rosie Urquhart

Eilidh MacAulay

Sophie Grossart

 

S4-6

Ashley Carnwath

Katie Blaine

Alison MacGregor

Joanna McDougall

Kelsey Dhinsa

Chloe Jenkins

Abbie MacNeil

Glasgow Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships

An hour after the primary schools had finished their cross country championships the secondary schools arrived for their event. The course was very muddy with many runners loosing one or two shoes in the ankle to shin deep mud. 

SGG had 33 runners from the secondary taking part. The performance from all far out did last years so all the runners should be very pleased with how they did in large competitive fields. 

Here are the results:

S1 Boys

11th Daniel Moran

12th Calum Brown

64th Calum Douglas

68th Aidan Dow

101st Josh Soutar

112th Angus MacCorkindale

S1 Girls

34th Louisa Grieve 

66th Sarah MacKay

78th Morag McKirdy

80th Anna Murray

107th Louisa Templeton

S2 Boys

45th Conall Whyte

67th Ludovic Howison

76th Luc Galanti

118th Lewis MacLeod

S2 Girls

85th Jasmine MacPhee

87th Anna Nicgriogair

90th Rowan Moore

S3 Boys

23rd Fraser Watt

47th Samuel Dow

68th Chris O'Connor

91st Rory Connelly

106th Eoghan Gibson

S3 Girls

53rd Charlotte Moock

56th Rosie Urquhart

72nd Mairi MacDonald

88th Eilidh Miller

S4 Boys

17th Fergus O'Hanlon

18th Alexander MacNeil

Glasgow Primary School Cross Country Results

The Glasgow Gaelic School performed very well at last weeks Glasgow Primary School Cross Country Championships at Pollok Park. Here are the highlights:

P6 Girls

12th Annabel MacDonald

36th Beth Murray

59th Evie Thomson

P7 Girls

26th Erin Moran

32nd Erin Houston

77th Johanna Peters

P6 Boys

29th Robbie Whyte

63rd Sean Kelly

82nd Kyle Gillies

P7 Boys

74th Michael MacDonald

78th Robbie McGrory

88th Aidan Tittmar

All the runners have put in a lot of work over the winter attending cross country training with Mrs MacLeod and Mr Nicolson. Keep up the good work! 

Congratulations Robyn!

Congratulations to Robyn Paton who came 3rd in the British BMX Winter Series. Robyn was presented with her award at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester last weekend. The series consists of 4 races over 4 months with Robyn competing in the 13-14 years age group! Well done Robyn! 

School Cross Country Championships

Well done to the 80 pupils who took part in the school cross country Championhips on February 7th in Bellahouston Park. The weather was very good this year making the conditions easier for the pupils. 

The S1 race kicked off the proceedings and it proved to be the fastest race of the day. Daniel Moran and Calum Brown took the race on from the start, stretching out the field. Daniel went on to win the race despite running most of the race with one shoe! Calum came 2nd and Calum Douglas had a great run in 3rd place. 

The S1 Girls ran in the same race as the boys and did extremely well. Lousia Grieve came home in 1st place and an impressive 7th place overall. Sarah Mackay ran well reaping the benefits of coming to Athletics after school on a Wednesday. Anna Murray finished a well paced run in 3rd place. 

The S2 race was very competitive. Conall  Whyte the pre race favourite ran from the front and his lead extended as the race went on. Jacob Connelly and Ludovic Howison had a battle for 2nd place with Jacob overtaking Ludovic near the end of the race to secure the silver medal. The S2 Girls race came down to the wire with the top 3 places being separated by a few metres at the end. Jasmin McPhee, Rowan Moore and Karen MacDonald had all ran hard throughout but it was Jasmin who just did enough to win with Rowan and Karen hunting her down right to the finish, Rowan edging out Karen for 3rd. 

The S3 race was the final race of the day. With the course now muddier due thanks to the previous races. Samuel Dow last years winner, set off with the intent to make it two in a row. He was closely monitored by Fraser Watt. Fraser chose to make his move with 300m to go and managed to win by a narrow margin in a well judged effort. Chris O'Connor wasn't too far away in 3rd. One of the performances of the day was Charlotte Moock who won the S3 girls race by some distance from Frances Driscoll and Mairi MacDonald. 

Well done to all runners! Everyone ran to the best of their ability and the running sessions done in core PE worked a great.  Looking forward to next years race already. 

S1 Inter House Netball Tournament

Yesterday Friday 31st January, all S1 girls took part in the Inter House Netball Tournament. For many of the girls this was their first taste of Netball. The 5 a side games were very competitive with all girls picking up the rules and positions very quickly. Scarp won the tournament by winning all their games. Muighlaigh were 2nd, Roniagh 3rd and Hiort were 4th. Well done to all girls who took part. There will be a similar competition for the girls in March. 

School Cross Country Championships

The Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu Cross Country Championships will take place in Bellahouston Park on Friday 7th February. This championship is for S1-3 pupils and will be run over 2 laps of a 1000m course. At the moment there are 80 pupils taking part which is a fantastic entry, up 30 from last year. Results and photos will be posted here in due time. 

Sports Leaders

A big well done to all the S3 pupils who lead fitness classes for all primary 4 pupils. The sports leaders were in groups of 4 and planned and practiced their 30min session before all 53 of the primary 4s arrived enthusiastically and ready to take part. It is hoped that the the sports leaders will get more practice in planning, organising and taking parts of lessons with the primary in future. 

Man City vs Arsenal

A group of 33 pupils and staff travelled down to Manchester on Saturday December 14th to watch Manchester City vs Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium. For many of the group it was their first ever experience of going to a football match, they could not have asked for more. The seats were amazing and the pupils were able to clearly see all 9 goals which were scored (not including the 2 dubious offside decisions) with the final score Manchester City 6 - 3 Arsenal! 

What a game! Everyone who travelled had an enjoyable time and I think Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu my have a few more Man City fans now. 

Schools Baton Relay

A big well done and thank you to Mrs Campbell bun sgoil for organising a fantastic number of events celebrating the schools baton relay. The baton arrived with the school on Friday 22nd November. The baton was enthusiastically welcomed by the whole school in the playground. On Monday the school had assemblies to celebrate the baton, the assemblies included parents who had lived in New Zeland (bun sgoil twinned country), who talked about what it was like to live there. Rory Macdiarmid sang the New Zeland national anthem and there were performances from Pol Monk, and a fantastic dance from highland dancers Caragh Mackinnon, Iona MacKay and Abbie MacNeil. The girls created their own dance for this event and it was so good they were asked to perform at the Glasgow schools dance competition on Thursday 28th and received a standing ovation from the judges. 

Wednesday 27th saw the baton depart the school. We had to take the baton to Cadder Primary. Bun Sgoil and Ard Sgoil were both involved in this. The baton was first taken through the park by the bun sgoil cross country team. Fionn Whyte, Finlay Benton were also selected to run with the baton due to their achievements in sport.  Mia and Robyn Paton were on their BMX bikes. Both Mia and Tobyn are competing at international level in BMX so deserved to be involved. 

After running through the park the baton was handed over to the pupils on the bus who were taking it to Cadder. The bus had a number of pupils including Zach Ronan, Pol Monk, Rory MacDiarmid and Andrew Grossart who did a number of tunes for Cadder. 

Well done to all pupils and staff involved with the Baton organisation and performances. The commonwealth games is next summer with many events taking part close to the school itself. A lot of the pupils and staff will now be aware of the games thanks to the events this week. This was helped also by a surprise appearance by Clyde the official mascot for the games. Clyde appeared at the bun sgoil assembly and got the pupils into a frenzy with his high 5s and dancing! 

Update on extra curricular clubs

There are a variety of clubs throughout the week at the Gaelic School:

Monday Table Tennis Lunchtime S4-6, girls football after school

Tuesday Dodgeball lunchtime, Netball after school

Wednesday Gym before school, netball lunchtime, Athletics after school

Thursday Basketball lunchtime, Boys football after school

Friday Gym before school, table tennis and rowing lunchtime

If you fancy a game of table tennis this is usually on every break throughout the week.