Sporting Success Pages

Sporting Success

High School pupils continue to excel in the sporting arena with successes this term across a number of sports including athletics, tennis, netball and rugby. We are also delighted to share news of a talented S6 cricketer who will soon be heading to South Africa to compete in the ICC U19 T20 Word Cup!

Schools’ Athletics Gold

High School athletes had a hugely successful day in the Scottish Schools’ Athletics Road Race Championships at Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline in October, achieving both team and individual medal success.

Particular congratulations go to the senior girls’ team - Lizzie, Anna, Maria, Kirsty (all S6), Lara, Grace, Georgia (all S5) and Amy (S4) - who won team gold in a highly competitive field. Elsewhere, the S2 boys - Finlay, Jamie, Colin, Conor and Adam - and S1 boys - Jamie, Harry, Rory, Finlay and Lucan - ran impressively to win team silver, while the S2 girls’ team - Emily, Luisa, Anna, Evelyn, Chloe, Amber, Rosie and Mimi - took home team bronze.

Rounding off the medals, Amy of S4 ran particularly well to win an individual bronze medal.

Game, Set and Match!

It has been a highly productive on-court session for the U15 boys’ tennis side, as they became Scottish and North Regional champions for 2022!

A semi final victory over The Glasgow Academy, followed by a hard fought final success over Hutchesons’ Grammar School saw them crowned Scottish champions in October.

The team then followed this up with victory at the North Regional Finals in Sunderland in November, defeating Cumbria’s Queen Elizabeth School and Altrincham Grammar School.

Competing in the LTA National Finals the following month in Bolton, the boys competed fantastically, eventually finishing the weekend in third position in the UK - a brilliant achievement!

Well done to the team - Ferdinand, Callum (both S5), Findlay (S4) and Tristan (S3).

Maryam Heads to Cricket World Cup!

Sixth Year cricketer Maryam has been selected to represent Scotland at the inaugural ICC Women’s U19 T20 Cricket World Cup in Johannesburg next month.

Maryam, who represents Clydesdale and West of Scotland Cricket Clubs, is one of just fifteen players chosen to become the first Scottish female cricket team to ever participate in a World Cup, the culmination of a lot of hard work and endeavour on her part. The tournament is made up of 16 teams split into groups of four, with Scotland featuring in group D alongside the hosts, South Africa, India and the UAE. The top three teams from each group will then progress to the Super Six round, which will consist of two groups of six, before the top two in each group contest the semi final and final in late January. The opening fixture will see the Scottish team come up against UAE on Saturday 14th January. Maryam is heading to La Manga, Spain, for a pretournament training camp prior to Christmas before flying out to South Africa in early January for some warm up matches and the tournament itself.

We wish her and the team the very best over the course of the next few weeks. Good luck!

Scottish Netball Cup

Three HSOG netball sides have performed admirably to reach the latter stages of the Scottish Netball Cup.

The S3 girls’ team enjoyed a fantastic run of form as they won their regional league in the Scottish Netball Cup, meaning that they have progressed to the knockout stages, taking place early next year. Well done to the team - Aania, Beth, Amelia, Nicola, Mae, Rosie, Yasmin, Olivia, Anna and Jeanne. The Senior and S2 teams followed in their footsteps, competing well as both ended their regional league season as runners up in the Scottish Cup. Both teams will move on to compete in the knockout stages of the Plate Competition. Best of luck to all teams in the next rounds.

A heroic effort from the 1st XV rugby team saw them come up just short in the Boys’ National Schools Shield Final at BT Murrayfield in early December.

Having overcome Glenalmond College and Kelvinside Academy on their way to the Shield Final, the 1st XV side arrived in great spirits on a chilly evening in Edinburgh, ready to take on the side from St Aloysius’ College. The team opened up an early lead against a strong St Aloysius’ side but were pegged back just before the break. The match continued to swing back and forth, with HSOG retaking the lead early in the second half before falling behind. They remained right in the game until the last few moments, but were unfortunately unable to get over the line, eventually ending up on the wrong end of a 30-22 scoreline.

Well done to all the boys on a valiant effort - we look forward to seeing how far they can go throughout the rest of the rugby season.

Sporting Round-Up

Senior swimmers enjoyed a fruitful day at the Glasgow Schools’ Swimming competition earlier in the term, with a total of 24 individual and 10 team/relay medals won throughout the day. Congratulations to gold medalists Fergus (S6) (O16 100m Freestyle), Grace (S5) (U16 100m Freestyle, winning the Corporation of Glasgow Cup), Charlie (S2) (U14 50m Butterfly) and Chloe (S2) (U14 100m Freestyle & 50m Butterfly, winning the Daily Record Cup). The team gold medalists were: U16 Girls’ Lifesaving - Nicola and Christina; U13 Boys’ Relay - Callum, Harry, Robbie and Lewis; U14 Girls’ Relay - Amelia, Louisa, Chloe and Brodie; U14 Boys’ Relay - Charlie, Peter, Conor and Theo (winning the Southside ASC Cup). Fifth Year rugby player, Harry, was selected to participate for the Glasgow & The West and Glasgow Warriors U18 squads in October, impressing as he scored three tries throughout the series. Well done Harry! The 1st XI hockey squad were runners up at the West District Senior Tournament in September, while the Junior 6 team shared the Carol Hamilton Cup with their opponents from The Glasgow Academy following eight evenly contested matches. Our Primary and Junior skiing teams had an impressive day at the SSAA Autumn Dual Slalom competition in September. The Junior team finished first while the Primary team were runners up, with both going on to compete well at the national Dual Slalom Finals in November.

And Finally...

After accumulating an incredible 179 caps for Scotland over 14 years playing in the Senior Women’s squad, Senior School PE Teacher, Becky Bruce (née Ward) has retired from international hockey.

Becky has travelled the world with the Scottish team, featuring at countless EuroHockey tournaments and three Commonwealth Games, including Glasgow 2014, as well as Captaining the national team on many occasions. Congratulations to Becky on a tremendous Scotland career!