Sporting Highlights of the Year Video

Here's it is folks, the Glasgow Gaelic School Sports Review Video 2018-19! Thank you all so much for your incredible efforts in class and at the extra-curricular clubs! You guys have been awesome! Thank you also to all the parents/guardians, family members, staff, volunteers and coaches for your tireless efforts this year, we really appreciate it! Have a great summer everybody!

Athletics Events in the Summer

If you're looking to gain some more experience in athletics there's a number of competitions you can do between now and September. I highly recommend that you try these competitions to go and do new events or to record a new PB in your favourite one. You will, of course, need to enter the events yourself and bear in mind that the entries will close before the event takes place, there are no entries on the night:

Grangemouth Open Graded - 3rd July (entries close on Saturday)
http://www.online-entries.co.uk

Livingston Open Graded Meeting - 17th July
https://www.livingstonac.com

Glasgow Athletics Association Miler Meet - 26th July
http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events/21439-18102-gaa-miler-meet

Ayrshire Track and Field Championships - Sunday, July 28th
http://www.online-entries.co.uk

Scottish National u13/u15/u20 Championships - 10th & 11th August -Grangemouth
http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events/21019-18117-fpsg-scottishathletics-national-u13u15u20-championships-and-11th-august

Shettleston Harriers Open Graded Meeting (1)- Crownpoint - Tuesday 20th August
https://register.primoevents.com/ps/event/ShettlestonHarriersOpenGradedMeeting2019

Livingston Open Graded Meeting - Wednesday 21st August
https://www.livingstonac.com

Shettleston Harriers Open Graded Meeting (2)- Crownpoint - Tuesday 207h August
https://register.primoevents.com/ps/event/ShettlestonHarriersOpenGradedMeeting

Grangemouth Open Graded - 4th September
http://www.online-entries.co.uk

Lanarkshire Amateur Athletics Association Champs - 8th September
https://www.q-buster.co.uk/laaa-track-field-championships-2019

Good Luck!

More Sporting Success

A big congratulations to Ewan Campbell and Rhuna McCartney for becoming the school's first-ever medalists at the Glasgow Schools' Multi-Events Championships. Ewan took part in the Long Jump, 200m and Shot Putt. Rhuna took part in the High Jump, 200m and Shot Putt. Ewan finished with the Silver medal and Rhuna the bronze. This is really a terrific achievement for our two S1 pupils and very well deserved. Photos to follow soon.

Glasgow Schools' Athletics Championships Results

Our 2019 athletics team have absolutely smashed it!!! Two years ago we had our record medal haul of 15 medals at the Glasgow Schools' Athletics Championships, this year....18!!! Last year we got 3 golds, this year an unbelievable 9!! Half of our medals were golds! The two day championships was a fantastic advert for our school, the pupils put tons of effort in and were so supportive of each other across the age groups. It was pleasing to see a bigger pool of senior athletes turn out for the school, some for the last time after competing every year in these championships and their efforts were awarded with lots of medals, season bests and some PBs too. Andrew Carey and Shona Carey finished with Silvers in both the 1500m and 800m respectively. Eilidh McDougall an ever present medal winner again finished with a medal finishing 3rd in the 100m her 5th at these championships. Annabel MacDonald added to her 3 previous medals by finishing 3rd in the 300m, Iver Campbell has been excellent at the Glasgow Schools' Championships and again won Gold this time as a first year senior in the 100m and... Grace Thompson won Gold in the Senior Girls Discus throw. However I can't not talk about the S1s, never before have we had so many medals at the S1 age group. Isla Thoms became our first ever DOUBLE GOLD medalists winning the 100m and the Shot Putt. Ewan Campbell having just seen his brother win the 100m, stormed to victory in the S1 100m final making it the first family gold pairing at SGG. Maisie Hinks won silver in the Javelin too and her points for her silver added to Isla's medals resulted in the SGG S1 girls team finishing 3rd in the medal table which is a first for the school to finish in the top 3. It was really pleasing to see others perform exceptionally well, McKenzie Morrison reclaiming the title of Discus Champion making it two in a row for him. Lucie Mills was rewarded for all her hard work finishing 2nd in the 800m which is amazing considering she never qualified for the final last year. Millie Soutar threw a PB to win gold in the Shot Putt. Sophie Pettifor winning gold in the Discus to win back the title she won in S1. Sarah Bonad won the 200m final this year in an exciting race with the top two well clear of the field. Peggy-Nan Rodger has been a consistently good performer for the school in many an endurance event but had never won an individual medal until securing bronze in the 1500m. Ceitidh MacDonald won Silver in Javelin and Cameron Weir bronze to add to his medal last year in the same event. To add to this record haul we had more finalists than ever before but most importantly we saw 100% effort from all our competitors. Thank you to all our athletes for making the championships such a memorable occasion. 

McKenzie Morrison S2 Discus Gold

Ewan Campbell S1 100m Gold

Isla Thoms S1 100m Gold

Iver Campbell Senior Boys 100m Gold

Isla Thoms S1 Shot Putt Gold

Millie Soutar S3 Shot Putt Gold

Sophie Pettifor S3 Discus Gold

Sarah Bonad S2 200m Gold

+ Grace Thompson Senior Girls Discus

Silver Medal Winners

Shona Carey Senior Girls 800m Silver

Maisie Hinks S1 Javelin Silver

Lucie Mills S2 800m Silver

Ceitidh MacDonald S3 Javelin Silver

Andrew Carey Senior Boys 1500m Silver

Bronze Medal Winners

Peggy-Nan Rodger S3 1500m Bronze

Cameron Weir S2 Javelin Bronze

Eilidh McDougall Senior Girls 100m Bronze

Annabel MacDonald Senior Girls 300m Bronze

Glasgow Schools’ Athletics Multi Events

Here’s our team for the Glasgow Schools’ Multi Events which takes place at Hutcheson Grammar. This is the last sporting fixture for SGG of the year:

S1 G

Emilly Haldane

Rhuna McCartney

Isla Thoms

S1 B

Ewan Campbell

S2 B

McKenzie Morrison 

Calum Bryden

S3 B

Rico Marinovic

Good luck to all our competitors. 

S1-3 Athletics Championships Results

Our S1-3 pupils took part in the annual athletics championships again this year. The athletics championships calculates points based on their best result in each event so pupils have to run, jump and throw, their scores are then calculated against the rest of the year group with the top 10 best scores all getting points. After 6 events the totals have been calculate and here are your top 3 finishers:

S3 G

Gold - Peggy-Nan Rodger

Silver - Sophie Pettifor

Bronze - Abbey Hart

S3 B 

Gold - Rico Marinovic

Silver - Flynn Butler

Bronze - Aaron Green

S2 B 

Gold - Calum Bryden

Silver - McKenzie Morrison

Bronze - Sam Jarvis

S2 G

Gold - Olive Mojsiewicz

Silver - Lucie Mills

Bronze - Maebh Cronin

S1 B

Gold - Finlay Robb

Silver - Sandy Arthur

Bronze - Shaun Traynor

S1 G

Gold - Isla Thoms

Silver - Emilly Haldane

Bronze - Rhuna McCartney 

S2 and S3/4 Glasgow Schools’ Netball Champions

I’m delighted to tell you that our S2 Team have won the Glasgow Schools Netball League, again! That makes it two in a row for our S2s. Our S2s won the playoff league final comfortably putting in their best display of netball all year to secure the Schools’ first ever title defence (winning the league in S1). Also, our S3/4 Team have won the Glasgow Schools’ Netball League, none other than the big prize, the Premier League Championship!!! Wow! This was our best ever S3/4 team and I’m delighted that they came away with the title up against some quality competition in the biggest and most competitive league in the S3/4 age group. Don’t forget that this makes the S3/4 team the first team from the school to do the Glasgow Schools’ tournament and league double this year! What a year it’s been!!! To top it all off our Senior Team got to a higher level of competition this year, the Silver Scottish Cup narrowly missing out on the quarter finals of the competition. And not forgetting our S1s who got to the playoff semi finals and the Scottish Cup Bronze Final and the S3 team who qualified for the Scottish Cup Gold section! Five teams this year and all 5 have done absolutely amazing! Congratulations and thank you to all 5 teams for a phenomenal year! It really has been brilliant, a season to remember! Two league trophies, a tournament Win, a tournament Silver, a Scottish Cup Final and a highest placed finish for the Senior Netball Team. I’m looking forward to next season already!

More photos and info on the players from all the teams at a later date! 

Scottish Schools’ Track and Field Team

Congratulations and good luck to the following pupils who have been selected to represent the school on the National stage, the Scottish Schools’ Tack and Field Championships. These championships are a two day event taking place at Grangemouth Stadium against Schools from across the country:

Friday

Isla Thoms - Shot Putt

Finlay Robb - 1500m

Sarah Bonad - 200m

Andrew Carey - 3,000m

Saturday

Isla Thoms - 100m

Rhuna McCartney - 100m

Shona Carey - 800m

McKenzie Morrison - Discus 

Glasgow Schools' Athletics Team

We are really into the Athletics season now and the competitions are fast approaching. Congratulations to the following pupils who have been selected to represent the school at the Glasgow Schools' Athletics Championships next Tuesday 4th June. These Championships are notoriously tough, even to get into the finals (Tuesday 11th June) the pupils will need to finish in the top 8 for track and events and top 6 for field events which is no easy task. Good luck to all our athletes.

S1 Boys
Ewan Campbell 100m and Shot Putt
Sandy Arthur 800m and Long Jump
Finlay Robb 1500m

S1 Girls
Isla Thoms 100m & Shot Putt
Rhuna McCartney 200m & Shot Putt
Emilly Haldane 800m
Orla MacAskill 800m
Seona Brown 1500m
Layla MacFadyen Sprint Hurdles
Maisie Hinks Javelin
Relay - Emilly, Ceitidh, Rhuna and Isla

S2 Boys
George Simpson 100m
McKenzie Morrison 200m and Discus
Sam Jarvis 300m and Discus
Joel MacInnes 800m
Calum Bryden 1500m and Shot Putt
Cameron Weir Javelin
Relay - McKenzie, George, Calum B, Sam

S2 Girls
Olive Mojsiewicz 100m and Discus
Sarah Bonad 200m and High Jump
Lucie Mills 800m and Long Jump
Maebh Cronin 800m
Sarah Heap Shot Putt
Relay - Rhuibn, Olive, Sarah B, Lucie

S3 Boys
Flynn Butler 400m Hurdles
Rico Marinovic 800m and Shot Putt
Fionn Graham 800m

S3 Girls
Kerry Stewart 800m
Peggy-Nan Rodger 1500m
Millie Soutar Shot Putt
Sophie Pettifor Discus
Ceitidh MacDonald Javelin
Relay - Millie A, Peggy-Nan, Kerry and Abbey

The Senior races take place on Tuesday 11th along with the finalists from day 1 (S1-3) events including the S3 field events heats and finals. We wish our senior pupils all the best for their competitions too:

Senior Boys
Iver Campbell 100m
Andrew Carey 1500m
Daniel Moran 1500m
Robaidh Whyte 1500m
James Diamond 400m Hurdles
Devyn Heap Shot Putt

Senior Girls
Eilidh McDougall 100m
Chloe Forrest 100m
Mirren Ward 100m
Annabel MacDonald 300m and Long Jump
Grace Thompson Discus
Mia Weir Discus
Relay - Eilidh, Chloe, Mirren and Annabel

Athletics Opportunities before Glasgow Schools' Athletics Championships

The Glasgow Schools' Athletics Championships is fast approaching. In preparation for this, I would like to invite pupils to take part in two events.

A first opportunity is an open-graded event in Livingston on Wednesday 22nd May. This involves a number of events for each age group where you can come and record times or distances against people of similar standards + ages. Here you can see the website for more information and the flyer which involves details about the age group cutoffs. Please note this age groups as some of the S1s will actually be in the u15 age group and not u13s.

https://www.livingstonac.com/fixtures.php?m=0&fid=3401

https://www.livingstonac.com/fs/1/results/2019/2019_Livingston_Open_Meeting_Series_Flyer.pdf


The second event takes place at Crownpoint track just beside Glasgow Green. It offers fewer events than the Livingston competition but a great opportunity to record a PB none the less. Athletes can do a 100m, Shot Putt and/or a long jump.

https://www.q-buster.co.uk/gaa-sprint-gala-meeting-1-2018-copy

For both events pupils should enter via online links themselves.

Any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Mr MacCorquodale

Paris International Netball Festival

For the third time in recent years, SGG sent a squad of Netballers to the International Netball tournament in Paris. This trip proves to be very popular with any pupils as it mixes netball with Disneyland. What's not to like! This year it was an S2/3 combined team who went down to compete in the u14 competition. This was the strongest team we have sent to the competition due to some birthdays falling after the cut-off. Mr MacCorquodale and Miss Burgess accompanied the girls down to Paris and after the week was done both were full of praise for the girls, their effort, behaviour and their attitudes were absolutely outstanding all week. We couldn't praise them enough. On top of that the girls not only qualified for the Gold section cup but also finished in 3rd place overall. The only game they lost on the whole trip was to the eventual winners, our friends from Australia! The netball the girls played was exceptional and they really raised their game at the tournament. As well as picking up a trophy for third the girls also received the spirit of the games umpire award which is a real testament for how sporting, well behaved, supportive and respectful our team were. This award is actually SGG's second at the games with our last trip also receiving the same trophy, the netballers are really putting SGG's name out there in such a positive way! Well done girls on being so fantastic all week, thank you!

Sirens Netball Festival

14 of our S2 girls participated in the Sirens Netball Programme. This programme is like a cross between PE and PSE and takes part over 6 weeks. At the end of the 6 weeks there's a netball festival involving all the schools running the programme in the North West of the city. It was great seeing our pupils fully engage in the programme and performing exceptionally well in the netball festival. There were some special awards for our girls at the end of the festival too. Sophie Hoy was awarded attacker of the day, Lucca MacAuley was awarded Defender of the day and the main award for Most Valuable Player went to Grace Boland who was presented this trophy by Claire Maxwell the Scotland and Sirens Netball team captains! Claire presented the award to Grace because of her improvement from the beginning of the programme to her performance in the finals...Grace was on fire in the festival scoring many goals for her team! Well done to all our players, I hope you enjoyed the programme and the festival and I also hope to see more of you attending netball on a Monday and or Friday if you can make it.