Sports Day 2014

Well done to all who took part in Sports Day 2014. Hiort ended up winning overall across all activities although it was a very close contest right up until the final few races in the afternoon athletics session. You can see lots of photos from the day in and around the PE Department but we'd thought we would post some more here for you...

New Zealand 7s visit the Gaelic School

3 of the world's most successful rugby 7s team came to visit the Glasgow Gaelic School. The players were greeted by a enthusiastic crowd of pupils and staff. The players were greeted by some traditional Scottish music thanks to the S2 boys band. The players then got to see the Primary pupils perform their own Gaelic School Haka which was fantastic. The NZ 7s then opened the floor for some questions from the pupils and they were grilled on everything from diet to training to who would win in an arm wrestle. The S2 Boys rugby 7s team then got to take on the NZ 7s team for the audience which was a great experience for the rugby squad. Finally the NZ 7s signed 100s of autographs and took a number of photos for pupils, staff and did interviews for the various broadcasting companies that were their filming including BBC Scotland, BBC Alba and SkySports. A big thank you to the NZ 7s for visiting our school, your visit was very inspiring to our pupils. Hopefully we will have a good number of rugby enthusiasts coming through the ranks at Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu. 

PE Awards 2013-14

Congratulations to all award winners this year:

Netball

Most Valuable Players

S1 Robyn Paton

S2 Tammy Dhinsa

S3 Frances Driscoll

Players Player of the Year

S1 Robyn Paton

S2 Yvonne Conley

S3 Frances Driscoll

Most Consistent - Eilidh Thomson

Most Improved - Nicola Campbell

Player of the Year - Lauren McDougall

Football

Boys 

Player of the Year & Players Player of the Year - Daniel Moran

Top Goalscorer - Iain Campbell

Most Improved - Andrew Grossart

Girls

Player of the Year - Eilidh MacAualy

Players Player of the Year - Christy O'Hanlon

Top Goalscorer - Yvonne Conley

Most Improved - Mairi MacDonald

Athletics

Male Athlete of the Year - Daniel Moran

Female Athlete of the Year - Sarah MacKay

PE Sports Award 2014 - Lewis Miller

Netball vs Woodfarm

The following S3&4s were selected to represent the school in netball friendlies vs Woodfarm High School. 

Eilidh T WD

Eilidh M GK

Nicola GS 

Charlotte C

Mairead WA

Karen GA 

Rebecca GD

Rosie WA

Mairi WD 

Frances GD 

Yvonne GS

Lauren C

Mia GK

Tammy GA

The girls gained some valuable experience of playing together on a full sized court. Both teams performed well and thoroughly enjoyed the games. 

Feis Spòrs

The school had a fantastic representation at last weekend's Feis Spòrs! The event was held at Lochich playing fields in Pollok Park! The event was also the final showcase of the Sports Leaders Training. The S3 group have been completing their sports leaderships level 1 qualification over the last year. The group have had numerous opportunities to take part in helping run extra curricular clubs, assisted with the Primary Sports Day and this event was the final chapter of their training. A big well done to all helpers who have up their afternoon to ensure the day went smoothly, this event would not have gone ahead without your support! Moran Taing a huile duine! 

Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships

Athletics in the Gaelic School has really got bigger! More pupils have turned up for training this year and have been working hard to improve their performances. This year the school had it's best showing at the Glasgow Schools Cross Country Championships. This year the track and field team were determined to do the same! 

Jacob Connelly and Rosie Urquhart fought off stiff competition to make the final of their track events. Jacob ran a personal best to get to the final of the 400m, as did Rosie in her 200m. The finals are very competitive as the qualification involves many experienced athletes from all schools in Glasgow so Rosie and Jacob did exceptionally well to qualify. 

In the 200m Rosie finished 7th in her race, she was pleased with her performance and felt she did her best on the day. She's running a lot faster than last year and looks to better her finishing position next year. Rosie deserves special mention as she was playing Netball for the school team in the morning before her finals race in the afternoon. She played 3 games of Netball for her warm up. Well done Rosie. 

Jacob Connelly did what no other pupil from SGG has done before and that's win a medal at the Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships. Jacob smahed his previous best from the qualification rounds to dip under the 60 second barrier for the first time and get himself a bronze medal! Congratulations Jacob! What a terrific performance in such a specialised event against a strong and experienced field. 

Youth Games 2014

SGG competed in a variety of sports at this years Youth Games! The S1&2 year groups competed in: Athletics, Boys Football, Girls Football, Rugby, Speedway, Table Tennis and Netball. 

The school had a very successful games this year. The S2 Boys managed to win the Table Tennis Tournament and the S1 Girls won the Netball Championships! Both sets of teams deserve a big congratulations for their efforts! 

S2 Boys Table Tennis Team

Rory McDiarmid

Cameron West

Finlay Crawford

S1 Girls Netball Team

Margaret Driscoll

Robyn Paton

Aimee Dunlop

Morag McKirdy

Sarah McKay

Daisy McGuire

Catriona MacLeod

Sileas Nicgriogair

Congratulations to Sileas Nicgriogair (primary 6) who has performed exceptionally well in Actobatic Gymnastics over the past few months. Sileas finished third at the Scottish Championships then she went on and performed at the British Championships for the first time. Both these performances led to Sileas being selected to represent Scotland at the Celtic International last weekend. Not only did Sileas represent Scotland she won a Gold medal at the competition, beating other pairs from Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Here is a photo of some of the routine which Sileas has performed (don't try this at home). Keep up the good Sileas! 

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!