S2 Netball Team

Team to face Hillhead S3s on Tuesday:

GK Iona

GD Eilidh

WD Abbey

C Annabel

WA Anna

GA Alison

GS Seona

Sub Sileas

Good luck! 

Netball Fixtures

Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu have entered an S1 and S3/4 team into the Glasgow Schools League again this year. In addition to this we have also entered our S2 team into the Scottish Schools Competition. Looks likes it's going to be another action packed year of netball for SGG. Good luck to all teams taking part. 

Here are the S1 Glasgow Schools League Fixtures

November 

SGG vs All Saints

December 

Holyrood vs SGG

January/February 

SGG vs Hyndland 

Bannerman vs SGG

March

Shawlands vs SGG

April

SGG vs St Thomas Aquinas

S3/4

November

Holyrood 2 vs SGG

December

SGG vs St Thomas Aquinas 

January/February 

Hillhead 2 vs SGG

SGG vs All Saints

March

SGG vs Lourdes

April

John Paul vs SGG

The S2s Fixtures so far are: 

November 

Hillhead vs SGG friendly 1/11

Bishopbriggs vs SGG 8/11

SGG vs St Thomas Aquinas 21/11

Scottish Schools' Road Race

Congratulations to the SGG team who went to the Scottish Schools Road Race in Falkirk and competed very well. The race attracted the best runners from around the country so this was a good opportunity for our athletes to see where they stand with the best of the best.

In the S1/2 Girls race Shona Carey ran well to finish in 62nd position. Peggy-Nan who was making her first appearance for the school athletics team performed well throughout the race to finish in 91st position. Top 100 was the target for the girls so they did well to finish strongly with over 180 taking part.

In the S3/4 boys race they packed very well: Andrew Carey finished in 68th position, Calum Brown 78th, Ruairidh Harris 82nd and Benjamin Campbell 87th. Credit must go to Ruairidh Harris who was making his first appearance for the school athletics team. Ruairidh has worked hard over the last 3 and a bit years to develop his fitness and is now a very strong runner. We look forward to seeing how much further he develops.

In the S5/6 girls race, Amy Craig who had just completed her first 10km race at the Great Scottish Run ran well to finish in 41st position. Amy still has another year at this age group.

In the S5/6 boys race, Daniel Moran was against the most competitive field of the day. Daniel who is in S4 but with his date of birth he just missed out on being able to run the S3/4 age category. Daniel ran a brilliant race to finish in 27th position. This was the performance of the day from the school. Daniel will have two more years at the age group and will no doubt be determined to get into the top 20.

Well done to all competitors! 

Swim Team Success

Congratulations to the swimming team who performed fantastically well at the Glasgow Schools Heats. Patrick Connor, Abigail Cavanagh, Kara MacDonald and Hannah Mason all got into their finals for their events. Patrick swam his backstroke  final on the heats night and finished in 2nd place to pick up his first Glasgow Schools Swimming medal, well done Patrick.

Good luck to all swimmers for the finals night on the 31st including Amy Craig who goes in the open event. Unfortunately Kara and Abigail will miss this event due to a clash with Loch Eil. They'll both be back next year though. 

S1 Netball Friendly

On the Monday after the holiday the S1 girls will play St Thomas Aquinas in a netball friendly match. The team selected for this game is:

Kerry Stewart

Orlagh Sweeney-Quinn

Amelia Shuttleworth

Peggy-Nan Rodger

Leena Jebbari

Abbey Hart

Rihanna Boyle

Ceitidh MacDonald

Millie Soutar 

St Aloysius Road Relay

SGG have been invited to take part in the St Aloysius Road Relay which takes part at the beginning of November in Kelvingrove Park. Schools from around the UK will be taking part so it'll be a great experience for our runners. Our school team will be:

Boys

Fionn Graham

Robaidh Whyte

Calum Stewart

Daniel Moran

Girls

Peggy-Nan Rodger

Annabel MacDonald

Shona Carey

Amy Craig

S1 Girls Netball Team

The first Netball fixture of the year is on Tuesday. The S1s are playing a friendly against Hillhead High School. There's been a lot of S1s turning up to training each week which has been great to see. Selection for the team will be made on a game to game basis at S1 level. Well done to the girls selected for the first game:

Millie S

Amelia S

Cerys

Kerry

Ceitidh

Rhianna

Orlagh

Peggy-Nan

Leena

Abbey

Scottish Schools Road Race

The school has entered the Scottish Schools Road Race this year. The event takes place in Helix Park Falkirk on a flat and fast course. This event gives our pupils an opportunity to race against the best runners in Scotland. Well done to the following pupils for their selection:

S1&2 Girls

Peggy-Nan Rodger

Shona Carey

Annabel MacDonald

Beth Murray

S3&4 Boys

Ruairidh Harris

Benjamin Campbell

Andrew Carey

Calum Brown

S5&6 Boys

Daniel Moran (an S4 but misses the age group d.o.b cut off)

S5&6 Girls

Amy Craig

Glasgow Schools Swimming Championships

The following pupils will represent the school at the Glasgow Schools Swimming Championships Heats on Wednesday 28th September:

Isla MacDonald

Hannah Mason

Patrick Connor

Kara MacDonald

Abigail Cavanagh

Amy Craig

Good luck to all swimmers

Clubaichean Spòrs 2016-17

Here's our finalised club list for 2016-17.

S3/4 Team 4th in Glasgow Schs' Division 1 League

The S3/4 Netball team finished 4th in Division 1 of the Glasgow Schools Netball League. The S3/4 age group was split into two divisions based on the performance at the Glasgow Tournament back in October. Throughout their fixtures the S3/4 team played the best netball the school has produced. The team which is made up mostly of S3s now has good experience for the league next year. Here's a round up of how the players performed throughout the year:

Christy

Christy has improved her defensive skills at Goal Keeper this year. She reads the game well and her marking has been excellent. Her distribution from throw ins has improved a lot this year too. 

Katrin

Despite only in her second year of playing netball Katrin is one of our most consistent netballers. She can play any position but is asked to play Goal Defence due to her good marking and timely interceptions. She can quickly turn defence into attack with some powerful long passes to the shooters. 

Yvonne 

Yvonne has played well this year at GK, GD and WD. Her rebounding and defensive positioning was been important to the team as well as her ability to play in any position.

Daisy 

Daisy has been consist this year. She's been playing a relatively new position at Wing Defence. This has been due to her good defending and her movement to get free for the ball from centre passes and throw ins. 

Sarah

Sarah has mainly played centre this year. Her high levels of stamina are key to us maintaining a fast paced game. She moves up and down the court well and her eagerness to get on the ball is key to keeping possession and getting the ball to the shooters. 

Morag

Although Morag is one of SGG's best shooters she also is arguably the schools best wing attack. She was asked to play wing attack more often that not this year and she was excellent in each game. She again played the most minutes for the school for the second year in a row. 

Lauren

Lauren played both centre and goal attack this year. Her shooting this year was key to us winning some close games against All Saints and St Thomas Aquinas. As the team captain she was excellent in motivating the team to play  their best. 

Aimee

Aimee has again improved at shooting for the second year having played both Goal Attack and Goal Shooter. Her movement to get free from defenders is getting a lot better as too is her rebounding. Still in S3, I'm looking forward to seeing how she performs in S4. 

Tamlin

Her movement inside the circle is very good. She uses clever footwork to get herself in the best shooting position and importantly for the team her rebounding under the stand is excellent. 

With Lauren, Tammy, Christy and Yvonne all moving on to S5 the team will be completely different next year. Although the S2s haven't played in a league yet, they have a handful of players who have the potential to steal some places away from the S3s. Add that to the fact that we have 14 or so girls from S3 who play netball regularly at training each week, then next year will be the most competitive squad of players for the S3/4 age group that we've ever had. Keep practicing over the summer holidays. 

Prize-giving 2015-16

A big congratulations and thank you to all the PE prize winners 2015-16. Excellence and Effort awards were given to both boys and girls classes for each PE year group. Also, sports prizes awarded by the coaches and players were handed out along with special merit awards for excellence, commitment and achievement:

Netball Player of the Year 

S1 Netball Team Annabel MacDonald S2 Netball Team Eilidh McDougall.   S3/4 Netball Team Lauren McDougall

Netball Players' Player of the Year

 

S1 Netball Team Annabel MacDonald 

S2 Netball Team Eilidh McDougall

S3/4 Netball Team Morag McKirdy

Athlete of the Year

Girls Eilidh McDougall

Boys Daniel Moran

Players Player of the Year

Boys Football Jackie Banfield

Girls Football Erin Moran

Football Player of the Year

Boys Robaidh Whyte

Girls Eilidh Brown

Top Goalscorer Jamie MacInnes

Sporting Excellence Awards 

Boys Daniel Moran

Girls Amy Craig

PE Commitment Award 

Daisy Maguire

Achievement in Sport 

Jacob Connelly

His performance in both core and certificated Physical Education this year has been outstanding. 

This year he achieved the school's highest ever mark for the one off performance (practical exam) at National 5 PE. 

He works very hard to improve his performance in all sports.

A two time individual medallist at the Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships

A member of the S4 Team who were second in the Glasgow Schools Cross Country Championships. Jacob was 4th in the individual race. 

Jacob won the Garscube Schools' Cross Country Championships in November. 

A member of the S3/4 Cross Country team who were 4th at the Scottish schools XC in March. 

Jacob competed at the Scottish Schools Indoor Athletics event and ran a 3 second personal best in the 400m.