Glasgow Schools Cross Country Teams

Tomorrow, Friday 24th, the Glasgow Schools Cross Country Championships takes place in Pollok Park. Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu have a large squad of athletes taking part, 50 to be exact! That's an amazing entry considering the roll of the school is less that 290. This shows that the effort the pupils have been putting in during core PE has paid off! Good luck to all SGG runners. Here's our teams:

S1 Girls
Peggy-Nan Rodger
Sophie Pettifor
Ameilia Shuttleworth
Cerys Westwood
Abbey Hart
Kerry Stewart

S1 Boys
Connor Walker
Fionn Graham
Robert Kay-Whyte
Seamus O'Connell
Aaron Green
Euan Robertson

S2 Girls
Shona Carey
Annabel MacDonald
Mirren Ward
Beth Murray
Sileas Nicgriogair
Eilidh Michie
Kristen MacPherson
Kathryn Dow

S2 Boys
Robaidh Whyte
Duncan MacKenzie
Patrick Connor
Sean Kelly
Luke Patterson
Sorley Donald

S3 Girls
Johanna Peters
Abigail Cavanagh
Caitlin Watt
Shannon Craw
Sophie Beck
Eilidh McDougall
Erin Moran

S3 Boys
Findlay Dickson
Lewis Conley
Aidan Tittmar
Calum Stewart
James Diamond
Gilles O'Hanlon
Alexander Buchan

S4 Girls
Catriona Macleod

S4 Boys
Daniel Moran
Andrew Carey
Calum Brown
Ruairidh Harris
Callum Douglas
Josh Soutar
David Comerford

S5 Girls
Amy Craig

SGG Cross Country Championships 2017

Last week we hosted our annual cross country championships. Pupils had been training for this since the turn of the year in their core PE classes. We had a magnificent 170 competitors taking part! Conditions were good for running, underfoot conditions were muddy making the course tricky in places. We held two races, a boys race and a girls race so pupils could take on people from other year groups whilst doing battle for the medals within their own year. Here's the breakdown of the results:

Girls Overall Race
1st Shona Carey S2
2nd Annabel MacDonald S2
3rd Peggy-Nan Rodger S1

S1 Girls
1st Peggy-Nan Rodger
2nd Sophie Pettifor
3rd Ameilia Shuttleworth

S2 Girls
1st Shona Carey
2nd Annabel MacDonald
3rd Mirren Ward

S3 Girls
1st Johanna Peters
2nd Abigail Cavanagh
3rd Caitlin Watt

Senior Girls
1st Amy Craig
2nd Catriona Macleod

Boys Overall Race
1st Daniel Moran S4
2nd Andrew Carey S4
3rd Findlay Dickson S3

S1 Boys
1st Connor Walker
2nd Fionn Graham
3rd Robert Kay-Whyte

S2 Boys
1st Robaidh Whyte
2nd Duncan MacKenzie
3rd Patrick Connor

S3 Boys
1st Findlay Dickson
2nd Lewis Conley
3rd Aidan Tittmar

Senior Boys
1st Daniel Moran
2nd Andrew Carey
3rd Benjamin Campbell

Well done to all competitors, you all put in a good performance! Keep up the good work you've been doing in class.

Scottish Schools' Indoor Athletics Championships

The athletics team performances over the last few years have been excellent. This year we attended the Scottish Schools' Indoor championships at the Emirates arena. This was the second year the school has entered the two day event. As there are entry standards for each individual event, the championships is filled with experienced athletes. The SGG athletics team again performed exceptionally well and have set the bar even higher than before! Here's a summary of how each athlete got on:

Day 1
Daniel Moran - 11 second Personal Best in the 1500m
Erin Moran - Seasons Best in the 200m
Jacob Connelly - Personal Best and semi finalist in the 200m
Eilidh McDougall - Personal Best and semi finalist 200m

Day 2
Shona Carey - Personal Best in the 800m
Annabel MacDonald - Personal Best and semi finalist 300m
Erin Moran - Personal Best and semi finalist 300m
Lewis Conley - Personal Best 800m
Lewis Grimmer - Personal Best and semi finalist 400m
Jacob Connelly - Semi finalist 400m
Eilidh McDougall - Personal Best and 60m FINALIST!!!

Special mention must go to Eilidh who became the first ever pupil from the school to get to a Scottish Schools Athletics Final. To give you an idea of the scale of her achievement there were over 80 entered in her event and she progressed through the rounds and got into the final 8! This was after having ran two fast 200m (a 26.65 personal best and one of the top 6 times of the day) the day before.

Well done to all competitors, you were absolutely fantastic.

Cambuslang Schools Cross Country

The school was invited to the Cambuslang Schools Cross Country Race. This was the first cross country race for many of our runners.

The first race of the day was the S1 Girls Race. Peggy-Nan Rodger ran very well to finish 2nd and was quickly followed by Cerys in 4th, Sophie P in 5th and Ameilia in 6th, Abbey finished 8th and Kerry 14th. This resulted in the girls winning the team event.

Fionn Graham finished 10th and Connor Walker 11th in the S1 Boys event. They were supported by Robert 19th, Seamus 23rd and Aaron 24th.

Shona Carey ran very well to finish 2nd in the S2 Girls Race despite not feeling 100%. Mirren was 10th, Kristen 18th, Chloe 21st, Sileas 22nd, Abigail 24th, Seona 25th and Eilidh 26th. The girls finished 3rd Team.

In the S2 Boys race, Robaidh finished 4th, Duncan MacKenzie 9th, Patrick 13th, Sean 15th and Luke 19th. Having packed really well the boys finished 2nd in the team competition.

First Cross Country event of 2017

SGG have a guest entry in the Cambuslang Harriers schools cross country event next Thursday. Teams have been picked on performance in core PE so far:

S1 Girls

Peggy-Nan

Cerys 

Abbey

Kerry

Sophie P

Ameilia 

S1 Boys

Fionn

Aaron

Connor

Robert
Seumas

S2 Girls

Mirren

Shona

Seona

Kristin

Chloe

Eilidh

Sileas

Abigail

S2 Boys

Duncan

Robaidh

Sean

Patrick

Luke 

A lot of the pupils will be taking part in their first ever cross country race! Good luck to all our competitors. 

Scottish Schools Indoor Athletics Team

We are sending a team to compete at the Scottish Schools indoor athletics championships which take place on February 1st and 2nd in Glasgow. The event has only two age groups for boys and girls competitions, under 16 and over 16. Each individual event has an entry standard which athletes must achieve to be able to compete which makes it a quality competition. We are sending a small team to the championship but a significantly larger team than last year which is a testament to the hard work and improvements our pupils have shown in athletics over the last year. In preparation for the competition an extra training session will take place on Monday nights, please speak to Mr MacCorquodale for more details. Good luck to our athletes in each of their events:

S2 

Annabel Long Jump and 300m
Shona Carey 800m

S3

Eilidh McDougall 60m and 200m

Erin Moran 200m and 300m

Lewis Conley 800m

S4 

Daniel Moran 1500m

S5 

Jacob Connelly 200m and 400m

Lewis Grimmer 400m 

Christmas Cup Winners!!

Congratulations to our S3 Boys who won the Glasgow Schools Toryglen Christmas Cup. The boys won all their games throughout the day including narrowly beating the S2 boys 1-0 who got to the semi final and missed out on the final on penalties. In the final the boys had to work hard as a team after going down against Shawlands School of football. The boys remained composed and got back to 2-2 then 3-2 up all in the last stages of the game. Well done to Devyn, Calum, Lewis, Gilles and Calum MacA.

SGG's Sporting Highlights 2016

2016 was a memorable year for SGG. Here's some of the highlights from the most successful sporting  year the school has ever had:

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Friday Morning Running Club

The Friday morning running club started last week. All pupils and staff are welcome. The route goes round Kelvingrove Park and we meet at 8.20am in the foyer. Please speak to Mr MacCorquodale if interested in coming along.

Medals at the Glasgow Schools Swimming Finals

Congratulations to Hannah Mason and Patrick Connor who both managed to qualify for the finals in both their events at the Glasgow Schools Swimming Finals. Hannah finished with the bronze medal in the 100m Breaststroke Final. She swam strongly throughout, managing to pull away from the 4th place finisher over the last 50m. Patrick picked up a Silver medal in the 100m Backstroke final he performed very close to his personal best. He was pleased to perform so well in the final and pick up a medal as well as record a good time. Amy Craig finished in 4th place in the final of the 100m butterfly open category, she's determined to come back next year to even better. Congratulations to all our finalists including Abigail Cavanagh and Kara MacDonald who had to miss the finals due to a clash with the outward bound trip. At the finals night it was great to see Abigail's trophy from last year and Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu on a swimming trophy for the first time ever.

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