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Inter Authority Athletics – Champions!

East Renfrewshire Council won the Inter Authority Athletics Championships on Tuesday 16 June.

17 pupils from Mearns Castle HS represented the Local Authority and competed to a very high standard against pupils from across the West of Scotland.

This is a fantastic achievement so congratulations to the following pupils who were selected based on their performances in the ERC Athletics Championships held on Tuesday 2 June.

  • Cameron McNeil
  • Hamish Armitt
  • Charlie Oliver
  • Owen Vinter
  • Sam Young
  • Scott Wylie
  • Jack Bell
  • Jack Orr
  • Ross Sutherland
  • Emma Barbour
  • Zoe Wilson
  • Emily McDonald
  • Nicole Nelson
  • Heather Barnes
  • Lisa Miller
  • Kate Saxon
  • Gemma Kerr

ERC Schools Athletics Championships – 2nd June

A massive congratulations to all of the pupils who represented the school at ERC Athletics Championships on Tuesday 2nd June at Linwood On-X. All 45 athletes did really well and many won medals – a list of medal winners will be shared at the forthcoming house assemblies. If any athlete did not receive a medal but finished in top three in the final then please see Mr Murphy in PE Dept immediately.

Some athletes may be selected to represent East Renfrewshire at the forthcoming Inter-Authority Athletics due to be held on 16th June.

Freestyle Ski Team

Congratulations to  Jimmy Fitzpatrick and Scott York who represented Mearns Castle High School in the SSSA Indoor Freestyle Competition on the 23 April at the Snowfactor.

They had a great day , skiing well and both the boys put down 2 great runs .

Jimmy Fitzpatrick came 1st  out of the  male skiers and Scott Yorke came 11the out of the male skiers

Well done boys!!

Chess Competition Winner – Ethan Palmer S1

On 26 April, as Under 12 Winner of the Delancey Schools Chess Challenge, Ethan Palmer travelled to Airdrie to play against all the other Under 12 winners from schools in the West of Scotland.

Ethan achieved the outstanding result of winning the Under 12 Megafinal.  He now qualifies to compete in the Northern Gigafinal, held in Manchester in July.  We wish him all the best.  Well done Ethan!

Chess Club

Well done to Daniel O’Brien S1, Semon Tatarenko S3 and Greig McKay S4, who were runners up in the Delancey UK Schools’ Chess Challenge.

Congratulations to the overall winner, Jack Bell S2, who maintained his 100% record by winning all 7 matches.

These players now qualify for the Area Megafinal.

The following pupils, as leading scorers in their age group, also qualify to go forward to the next round:

  • Ethan Palmer S1
  • Marina Gladkikh S2
  • Max Irving-Robertson S2

Well done to everyone who took part.

S1 Basketball

Congratulations to the following S1 girls who won the Renfrewshire Schools Basketball Cup, beating St Andrews Academy in the final 50-16. This was a great end to their season which saw them undefeated and capped off an excellent League and Cup double. Both trophies are away to be engraved and will be in the trophy cabinet at the front of the school soon.

KATE GALLOWAY

KIERA CAMPBELL

FIONA SNEDDON

JENNA EWING

KIRSTY MACDONALD

NAZEEFA MALIK

EMMA MORRISON

LAURA BAILLIE