Today, our Gaelic football team are competing in Cuach na Cloinne in Inverness. This is an annual football competition organised by Comunn na Gaidhlig for Gaelic Medium Pupils.
Along with Laxdale School, Sgoil a’ Bhac won though to the mainland round of the competition after finishing top of the local round in Stornoway.
Sgoil a’ Bhac 0 – 0 Corndorit Glaschu
Sgoil a’ Bhac 2 – 1 Broadford
Sgoil a’ Bhac 0 – 0 Dalabrog
Sgoil a’ Bhac 0 – 2 Glaschu
All games now completed. Well done!
Below are the scores as we get them from our football team who are competing in the North Finals of the Scottish Schools Soccer Sevens in Dundee today.
Game 1 – Kirkhill/Tomnacross 0 v 2 Sgoil a’ Bhac FT
Game 2 – Craigowl 1 v 0 Sgoil a’ Bhac FT
Game 3 – Sgoil a’ Bhac 2 v 1 Crown Primary FT
Game 4 – Avoch 1 v 0 Sgoil a’ Bhac FT
Game 5 – Barnhill 2 v 1 Sgoil a’ Bhac FT
Game 6 – Oakbank B 2 v 1 Sgoil a’ Bhac FT
Game 7 – Sgoil a’ Bhac 0 v 1 Broomhill FT
Game 8 – Oakbank A 1 v 0 Sgoil a’ Bhac FT
Our senior football team will be heading to Dundee on Wednesday of next week to compete in the North Finals of the Scottish Schools Soccer Sevens. They will be participating this year in brilliant new kit sponsored by John Maciver and Sons Crane Hire. We’d like to thank them for their kind sponsorship of the team. Mrs Maciver visited the school today to present the boys with the new kit.
In addition to this sponsorship, the team have received financial contributions from Sgoil a’ Bhac Parent Council, Back Football and Recreation Club, Loch a Tuath News and Back Community Council. Thank you everyone for your support of the team and we wish them the best of luck in next week’s competition.
Report by James Maclennan, E7
A few months ago, the school took part in the Lewis Soccer 7s qualifier and got through to the next round. Last week we went to Tarbert to play. the Western Isles qualifier.
Like last year, the winner would go to Dundee. We played against Daliburgh, Sir E Scott and Stornoway Primary. On the way, the roads were bumpy and the nerves were kicking in but that did not stop us playing our very best!
We played straight away against Daliburgh and we won 3-0, which was a relief. Next up was Sir E Scott and we won by an impressive 6-0. Then our nerves kicked in. We were in the final against Stornoway Primary. Stornoway struck first with a good goal. Our heads were full of negativity and we thought there was no way back… until we reminded ourselves of our success last year. We had been losing against Stornoway Primary but managed to win in the end.
After our team talk, Stevie Mutch went on a superb solo run and scored a fantastic goal. We had the momentum and that secured us the winning goal – although Stornoway scored it! Stevie had crossed the ball into the goal mouth which was then accidentally converted in by the opposing team.
The final score was 2-1 to us. So we are on our way to Dundee on the 26th of March again and we cannot wait!
Sgoil a’ Bhac recently received a sponsorship contribution of £165.60 from TSB towards our travel costs for the North of Scotland Soccer Sevens tournament our team participated in last term. Our team was representing the Western Isles in this national event, which was held in Dundee. As main sponsors of the competition, the TSB provided financial support to the participating schools to help with the expense of travel.
Image courtesy of John Maclean Photography
Some of our P2 and P3 pupils took part in a special football festival for Lewis schools today. It was organised by the Council’s Sport Development and Active Schools teams. This festival aimed to enhance children’s ability to run, throw, jump and kick the ball and to develop balance and co-ordination through playing four-a-side football games. All our pupils did really well and enjoyed their day. Thank you to Mrs Graham (G1-3), Mr Macdonald (Janitor) and Mrs Macdonald (Parent) for escorting the pupils to this event.
The picture below shows them returning to school with their certificates of participation.
Our boys who took part in the North of Scotland Soccer 7s finals in Dundee have arrived home safely. They were all praised throughout their trip They qualified for this prestigious competition by winning the local heats in Stornoway against Lewis and Harris schools earlier in the year.
In the finals they played against nine other teams from Inverness, Aberdeen, Perth, Dundee and Skye. The standard in the competition was very high and the games were tough but the boys tried their best throughout. They won two of their games and drew another two but lost five games by a small margin. Their wins included a 2-0 victory over nearest rivals Portree.
The team, James Maclennan, Euan Anderson, Lee Maclean, Hector Macdonald, Steven Mutch, David Anderson, Ross Maciver, Calum Maclennan and Andrew Macdonald, were described as being a credit to the school and the community for their exemplary behaviour, positive attitude and commitment throughout their trip and the eight games they played.
We would like to thank Mr Dano Macdonald, Mrs Lena Maclennan and Mrs Chrisell Macleod for escorting the team. We’d like to also thank Dano for training and preparing the team for the competition in recent weeks. Thanks as well to the parents of the boys who supported us with fundraising and organising the trip. Well Done boys!
All of us at Sgoil a’ Bhac would like to say a huge well done to our boys football team who were competing in the North of Scotland Soccer 7s Finals in Dundee today. They played their best throughout against some very strong and experienced opposition. Staff travelling with the team reported that they were a credit to the school and the whole community with their behaviour, attitude and commitment. We’re looking forward to welcoming them back to school tomorrow afternoon.
We’d like to thank Mr Macdonald, Mrs Maclennan and Mrs Macleod who travelled with the boys and extra thanks to Mr Macdonald who worked for the last few months training and preparing the team.
We hope to have a full report and photos available after the team return.
(Full results in the post below)
Fixtures and results for the games being played in the Soccer 7s finals in Dundee today (Updated as they happen).
1.02pm – Robert Douglas Memorial School 0 v 0 Sgoil a’ Bhac
1.26pm – Barnhill School 3 v 1 Sgoil a’ Bhac
1.38pm – Craigowl School 0 v 1 Sgoil a’ Bhac
2.02pm – Sgoil a’ Bhac 1 v 4 Birkhill School
2.26pm – Cults 2 v 0 Sgoil a’ Bhac
2.38pm – Sgoil a’ Bhac 0 v 0 Newhill School
3.02pm – Portree 0 v 2 Sgoil a’ Bhac
3.26pm – Sgoil a’ Bhac 0 v 2 Kingswells
3.38pm – Milton of Leys 2 v 0 Sgoil a’ Bhac
Our football team set off this morning for the North of Scotland Soccer 7s finals in Dundee tomorrow. They had to travel earlier than planned due to the worsening weather forecast today.
Good luck and safe journey from everyone at Sgoil a’ Bhac.
