Giant Heptathlon

Last year the Glasgow Gaelic school finished 7th in the Glasgow Schools Giant Heptathlon, which was a great result. This year the school had arguably the most memorable sporting result of the schools short history with 1st place in the Giant Heptathlon 2016!!! The team consisted of S1&2 pupils with 7 boys and 7 girls making up the 14 strong team. Each individual distance/time counted towards the overall team score. The events which everyone took part in were: javelin, shot putt, long jump, 60m, 60m Hurdles, standing triple jump and 600m. All schools took part in a separate relay at the end of the day too. With each individual's event score counting toward the final school placing it's very hard to keep track of how the team is doing overall until the very end which makes the competition tense throughout the day. The 14 members of the team did their best in each event. Having watched all the 600m races the school had a very strong result particularly in this event with 13/14 athletes from the school coming either 1st or 2nd in their heat. At the end of the day there was 6 X 100m relay heats and finals. Both the girls and the boys teams progressed through the heats as fasted qualifiers for the final races so they were each given lane 3 as the quickest. The pressure was on for them to go against the best of the rest from the other heats. Both teams executed their change overs better in the final and both came away with the victories and trophies for the relays champions. 

There was a great team spirit amongst the 14 athletes with lots of encouragement given to those competing. After the finals the points were given for the final placings of the giant heptathlon. Hearing the school finish as winners was absolutely fantastic! The school had also done very well in the individual events with gold, silver and bronze given to the top 3 results in each heat. Our individual medalists were as follows: Eilidh McD gold and Erin bronze in the 60m sprint, Erin Gold and Eilidh Silver in the 600m, Annabel Gold in the long jump and bronze in the standing triple jump. Devyn Gold in the shot putt, Cailean Gold and Gilles bronze in the Triple Jump, James silver and Calum S bronze in the 60m sprint. Lewis C silver in the 600m.  

Congratulations to the 14 athletes for their superb performance and result at the Giant Heptathlon. The team was:

Chloe Forrest

Eilidh Michie

Annabel MacDonald

Eilidh McDougall

Erin Moran

Shannon Craw

Erin Houston

Calum Stewart

James Diamond

Findlay Dickson

Gilles O'Hanlon

Lewis Conley

Cailean MacDonald

Devyn Heap

Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu Cross Country Championships

So it's that time of year again...Cross Country! Our school Cross Country Championships are on February 9th in Kelvingrove Park. Again this year we the championships will be an inter house competition. The training we are doing in core PE will allow you to take part in the event to the best of your ability. The races will be 3,000m which is just under two miles. This event will also be a selection race for the school for teams for the Glasgow Schools Cross Country Championships which is on the 26th February in Pollok Park. Keep working hard in core PE and see if you can go out running yourself one or two times a week, this will mean you will perform even better for the race. 

S1 Netball vs St Andrews

Well done to the S1 Netball Team who won their most recent Netball League match against St Andrews Secondary School. The girls had a nervy first quarter but quickly got going in the second quarter again. The girls utilised their bench which allowed players to experience different positions and for Shona Carey to experience her first ever game of Netball at WA. The team won the game by 25-2. Seona and Alison worked very well together, although not able to train together weekly the two girls showed great teamwork to work the ball well in and around the circle. Girl of the Game was Annabel MacDonald who was very impressive theoughout the game. 

Netball friendlies vs Bannerman

The S1B and S2 netball team played friendlies against Bannerman on the last week before Christmas. 

The S1 B team was 

Morven

Niamh

Sileas

Mirren

Chloe

Rachael & 

Mia

The girls played well considering it was the very first time they had played in the same team (including in training) and for many the first ever game of netball. The S1s lost 4-1 but they should be very pleased with how they did. Girl of the Game was Mirren Ward. 

The S2s had their first game of netball since the Netball tournament. They quickly got rid of the cobwebs and settled into the game. Abigail Cav and Caitlin were making the most of the opportunities and they won the game comfortably in the end. Girl of the Game Abigail Cavanagh. 

Both teams will be looking to get some more friendlies over the next couple of months. 

Scottish Schools Swimming Championships

Congratulations to Abigail Cavanagh who becomes the first ever pupil from Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu to represent the school at the Scottish Schools Swimming Championships. This is a fantastic achievement from Abigail as all the events at the championships are highly competitive. It takes place at Tollcross on January 30th. Abigail has already gained success this season with a double gold at the Glasgow Schools Swimming Championships in October. Here's a photo of her with her trophy. We wish Abigail all the very best for the Scottish! Go Abi! 

Review of 2015

What a brilliant year 2015 was for the Glasgow Gaelic School. Your efforts in sport have put the school on the map. Although being the smallest secondary in Glasgow by a significant margin, the school is involved in a variety of sport throughout the year. Not only is the school participating in a number of sports, we are very competitive and this was highlighted with a number of successes in 2015! Well done to you all for a great year! Here's the video review: 

https://flipagram.com/f/i3esGEl5FH

Scottish Schools Indoor Athletics Championships

Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu have entered a small team for the Scottish Schools Indoor Athletics Championships. This is the first time the school will be represented at these championships. The Age groups are u16 and over 16 for the event. Erin Moran and Eilidh McDougall have been entered in the u16 age category. The girls still will have a couple of years to go in this age group so this event will be great experience for them both. Erin goes in the 200m and the 300m. Eilidh runs in the 60m and 200m too. Jacob Connelly just misses out on the u16 age category so he will also be looking to gain some experience in indoor athletics with still two more years in this category left as he is only in S4. Jacob is entered in the 200m and 400m. Good luck to all three athletes. 

S1 Netball vs Holyrood

Next Tuesday is the first SGG netball game of 2016. The S1s play against Holyrood in the Glasgow Schools League. Here's the team:

Iona 

Seona

Alison

Eilidh Mic

Annabel

Abigail

Anna 

Sophie

Evie 

Good luck girls. 

Up and Coming Dates

Here's some dates for your diary. The next few months involve a lot of athletics along with regular Torglen and Netball fixtures. 

Monday 25th Jan - Giant Heptathlon 

Wednesday 3rd & Thursday 4th Jan -

Scottish Schools Indoor Athletics Champs

Tuesday 9th February - SGG Cross Country Championships

Sunday 21st February - Garscube Schools Cross Country

Friday 26th February - Glasgow Schools Cross Country Champs

Wednesday 9th March - Scottish Schools Cross Country Championships 

Netball Fixtures

Next week we have a busy netball schedule at the Gaelic School with most teams playing in the one week. 

On Monday the S3/4 Teams play against Woodfarm High School in friendly games. This will also be the PE Practical Exam for the S4 players. S3 players you can relax and have fun until your PE exam next year. 

Team A

GK Yvonne

GD Mia

WD Mairi

C Charlotte 

WA Skye Mac

GA Lauren 

GS Tammy

Team B

GK Margaret

GD Rebecca

WD Daisy

C Sarah

WA Louise

GA Katrin

GS Aimèe

Also next week after most of the team have orchestra duties at the beginning of the week the S1s play against St Andrew's in the league. 

Squad

Eilidh Mic

Iona

Anna

Abigail 

Annabel 

Seona

Alison

Evie

On Thursday our S2s play a friendly against Bannerman.

Team

Eilidh McD

Jessica 

Adanna 

Erin Mo

Shannon

Abigail

Caitlin 

On the same night our S1 Development team play their first ever netball game. 

Team

Rachael

Mia

Morven

Beth

Niamh 

Mirren

Chloe

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.