Our school swimming team had a most successful day on June 18 at the 2015 Scottish Schools Relay Championships.
Of the eleven events our teams participated in both girls and boys were in 7 finals often coming ahead of the Glasgow School of Sport.
Our girls then went on to achieve medals in 3 events.
Medal winners were Kate Saxon S3, Nikki Miller S4, Heather Martin S4, Zoe Cameron S3, Rachel Saxon S6 and Katie Lillie S2.
Well done to all.
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.
The boys who attended Handball Club have a game v St Luke’s HS on Monday 22 June after school in the Games Hall.
All boys who have attended the lunchtime or after school club at any time are welcome to attend. Let Mr Murphy know asap if you are available.
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.
The following pupils have been entered in the T&F Scottish Schools Championship due to be held at Grangemouth Stadium on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th June.
| Friday 12th June | ||
| Pupil | Category | Event |
| Niamh Grahame | Girls A O17 | 400m |
| Nikki Miller | Girls B U17 | 1500m |
| Kate Saxon | Girls B U17 | 1500m |
| Lauren Saxby | Girls C U15 | High Jump |
| Lauren Saxby | Girls C U15 | Long Jump |
| Heather Barnes | Girls D U14 | 800m |
| Lisa Miller | Girls D U14 | 800m |
| Ben Shaw | Boys C U15 | 800m |
| Scott Wylie | Boys C U15 | 200m |
| Jack Bell | Boys D U14 | 800m |
| Saturday 13th June | ||
| Pupil | Category | Event |
| Niamh Grahame | Girls A O17 | 200m |
| Imogen Cartwright | Girls B U17 | High Jump |
| Imogen Cartwright | Girls B U17 | Long Jump |
| Holly Still | Girls B U17 | 3000m |
| Lauren Saxby | Girls C U15 | 75m Hurdles |
| Scott Wylie | Boys C U15 | 100m |
| Hamish Armitt | Boys D U14 | 1500m |
| Jack Bell | Boys D U14 | 1500m |
Please ensure that you have collected the information from Mr Murphy well in advance of the events. Inform me ASAP if any details are incorrect.
There will be a singles table tennis tournament running in the PE department throughout the week beginning Monday 1st June. The tournament is open to pupils in S1-3 and members of staff.
Pupils/Staff must sign up to the tournament (by speaking to Mr Haffie) by Friday 29th May. The tournament schedule and rules of play will be displayed outside the spare kit base in the PE department. Games will be played over lunchtimes. There will be a prize for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
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!!
The following pupils have been selected to represent MCHS at the relay team championships to be held at Tollcross Leisure Centre on Wednesday June 17th.
You MUST attend a meeting with Mr Murphy in the Old Gym on Friday 12th June at Lunchtime.
S1 – Maria Vassilitchenkova, Melissa Greeves, Lisa Miller, Rachel McNicol
S2 – Heather Barnes, Katie Lillie, Lisa Miller & require one more S2 girl.
S3/S4 – Kate Saxon, Heather Martin, Zoe Cameron, Nikki Miller
S3/S4 – Richard Laird, Scott Gibson, Lewis Callaghan, Dimitri Vassilitchenkov
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