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2012 World Lacrosse Championships

4 students from Mearns Castle Played for Scotland in the Under 19 World Lacrosse Championships held in Turku Finland in July.

Matt Hill, Iain Dunlop, Johny Shaw and Josh Gray all took part in the Championships which started on the 12th July and continued until the final on the  21st July.

Scotland beat Korea, Netherlands (twice) and won one and lost one against Wales.

Well done boys!!

Click here for more information about the Championships.

Lacrosse

Mearns Castle will be  represented in the U19 World Championships in Turku, Finland on 12th-22nd July.

Matt Hill, Iain Dunlop, Johny Shaw, Josh Gray, Kevin Archer & Ben Matthews will all represent their country for the first time on the international stage this summer.

Special honours:
Matt Hill has also been selected to play with the Men’s Senior squad in the European Championships in Amsterdam, Holland starting on 20th June.

GET INVOLVED!
Contribute to Mearns Castle’s lacrosse success and get into lacrosse in August. See Mr Wyroslawski or one of the players mentioned above for more details.

Scottish Schools Track & Field

Congratulations to all the athletes who took part in the Scottish Schools Track and Field Championships last weekend. 

 As usual the standard was exceptionally high.  Several athletes gained personal bests in their events but special congratulations must go to the following athletes:

  • S2     Holly Still     3rd in the girls’ group D 1500m
  • S6    Laura McCracken    3rd in the Girls’ group A 100m
  • S6    Calum McWilliam    2nd in the boys’ group B 400m

Once again, well done to all the athletes!