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

Netball App

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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