Category Archives: Sport

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Giffnock North Schools’ Cross Country

Congratulations to all the athletes who took part in the cross country races on 21st October at a very muddy Rouken Glen Park.  All runners ran very well but special mention must go to the following:

S1/S2 Girls’ Race – 3rd Nicky Miller

S3/S4 Boys’ Race – 1st Ross Gray, 3rd Amit Kumar

S3/S4 Girls’ Race – 1st Holly Still, 2nd Rebecca Saxby

The girls team, with Morna Weir, also won 1st Team

S5/S6 Girls’ Race – 1st Kirsty Miller

Mearns Castle runners at the Giffnock Schools Cross Country Championships

Once again, well done to all athletes, some of whom were running for the school for the first time.

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Congratulations

Well done to Ross Taylor, S6, Zak Vinter, S3, Kate Taylor, S4 and Keri Anderson, S6 for winning the qualifying event at the Scottish Schools Dry Slope Series on Saturday. They will compete in the finals on November 12th. 

Ross Taylor, Zak Vinter, Keri Anderson & Kate Taylor

 

Ross, Zak, Keri & Kate on the slopes

Additionally, on the Sunday, the team won the Dry Slope Championships at Hillend.  Mearns Castle took 1st and 2nd in the male category with Ross and Zak, respectively.  Kate finished 2nd in the girls and Keri finished 5th.  With over 180 skiers at the championships, this is an exceptional effort from our pupils.

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Boys Lacrosse

Reminder to all the boys that they are ALL expected to be make a small improvement in their wall-ball scores by Wednesday, regardless how small.  first hand normal, first hand single-handed, first hand one-footed and repeat with your second hand.

Mr Wyroslawski has sourced 5 additional sets of kit so there are 5 more places on the boys lacrosse team.