Sportinleck

Football

Under 14s team travelled to Holy Cross High School in Hamilton, and won 3-1.

Under 13s narrowly lost in penalties at Stranraer.

Under 18s lost at Carluke High School.

Jamie Mcpartland, Connor Lennox, Josh Muir and Mark Burns have all been chosen to play in the East Ayrshire school’s team.

Badminton

Kirsten Geals became girls Under 19 scottish Doubles Champion.

 

Life Saving

RebeccaPhillipsalso became a Scottish Champion participating in the Championship later this month.

 

Volleyball

Volleyball club in school is progressing well and have travelled to Belmont Academy and Kelvin Hall to compete in tournaments.

November

S2 National Schools Marr Invitational Vollyball Tournament

On Thursday 27 November three teams of S2 boys competed in the Volleyball Tournament at Marr College. Two top teams finished 1st and 2nd, beating Marr College, Belmont, Stonelaw, and Lesmahagow Academies. The winning team consisted of Stephen McKee, Callum Bryson, Neil Sloan, Christopher Hewitson and Jack Hope, while the runners up were James Milton, Jack Cooper, Callum Robinson and Tom Cuthbertson. Well done to both teams!

 

Under 13 boys Football

The under 13 football team travelled to Stranraer to play in the Scottish Cup.  They put up a good show but were beaten in extra time.  The final score was 6-4.  Well done for getting to the final!

Under 18 Boys Football

The under 18 football team beat James Hamilton 2-0 and look like favourites to qualify from their section.  Congratualtions!

Well done, Kirsten!

Kirsten Geals, S6 pupil, has recently won the under 19 National Badminton doubles andwasrunner up in the singles competition.  She has also won the U19 East of Scotland doubles andgot to the quarter finals of the Bank of ScotlandOpenInternational which is the 3rd oldest badminton tournament in the world.  This was a particularly brilliant achievement because she did not expect to get through the first round as a Commonwealth medalist was playing.  Well done, Kirsten, we are all proud of you!

December

Charity Football Event

Congratulations to the winning football team in the charity football event. Chelsea was the winning team.  All the other teams tried their hardest and all did very well.  It was a good week of football for a good cause – £214 for Wateraid.

Well Done Chelsea!

Girls football  S1-S4

Mrs Dudgeon with the help of S6 pupil Lauren Nelson now take a girls’ football team. Training takes place on Thursday’s at 2.55pm-4.00pm and at present more than 20  girls attend. They are currently training towards Coca-cola 7 ‘s tournament which takes place on 12th January and is for U-14′s so will involve S1/S2 girls.  They are also training towards playing games against other schools.  Lets hope our girls are as successful as the boys’ football teams in Auchinleck Academy.  Good Luck!

 

Basketball

The under 15s team travelled to Wallace High School in Stirling and had a comfortable 49-41 victory.

 Staff vs Pupils: The Basketball Game

On the 9 December the pupils took on the staff at basketball. Mr Tickner was one of the staff brave enough to play. He feels that the pupils all played really well and were unlucky to get beaten. The difference between the two sides was the fact the teachers had an excellent coach – Mrs Dudgeon! The game was played at a fast pace and all the teachers were exhausted by the end. Mr Tickner says he cannot complain as he himself only played about five minutes. However the fact remains that the teachers have now beaten the pupils at football and basketball this year so bring on the volleyball match!