Braidhurst 4 Trinity 1

After the heroics of the Scottish Shield earlier in the week, the Braidy boys made it into the quarter finals of the Lanarkshire Cup in far less dramatic circumstances with a routine 4-1 victory over Trinity. First half goals from Darren Wilson and a cracker from Dylan Falconer were followed by a final strike from Ross Beattie after a magnificent through ball from the excellent Dylan McCreath.

The boys now face the strong Our Lady’s HS from Cumbernauld in a repeat of last year’s final.

St Andrews & St Brides 2 Braidhurst (Under 14’s) 3

Braidhurst scraped through to the semi finals in the defence of their Scottish Shield and now face Peter the Apostle on 7 May at the Vale of Clyde ground in Tollcross, Glasgow.

The game started evenly with Braidhurst, through the prompting of Hastie and Mullen in midfield, beginning to take control of the game. After a couple of near misses, Braidhurst were awarded their first big chance of the game when Thomas Smart was barded off the ball inside the box. Hastie’s well placed penalty was sensationally saved by the excellent home keeper.

Both sides had chances but the score remained 0-0 when the halftime whistle blew.

The second half started at an even quicker pace and it was the home side who took the lead after a goalmouth stramash following a corner from the right. The Braidhurst boys knew they had to get back into the game quickly and began to press. This possession paid off when Ryan Watt turned two defenders before finally beating the keeper with a low strike.

The home side then took the lead to make it 2-1 with only minutes on the clock and then almost scored again with Ross Wilson clearing off the line. The Braidy boys now threw everything into attack and the pressure paid off with Deryn Lang equalising and forcing the inevitable penalty shoot out.

The bold Derrick Boafour had other ideas. On as a sub and with the referee glancing at his watch and about to blow for full time, the tricky winger slalomed his way through a series of tackles before slotting the ball past the keeper to make it 3-2. A new Braidhurst hero was born!

Pupils in first year recently sat a series of formal examinations in the assembly hall to form an overview of their progress throughout first year. Staff are now busy marking papers and preparing parental reports.

Pupils in fourth year have already started their Scottish Qualification Authority Examinations and are therefore on study leave from school. Pupils in upper school are just about to begin their examinations and will start study leave on 7 May.

S5 Geography pupils at Braidhurst High School recently visited Glasgow city as part of their Higher Geography course. Pupils visited several sites around Glasgow city Centre including the Merchant city and River Clyde to learn about new developments and urban changes that had taken place. The pupils are about to embark on their SQA examines. All the staff at Braidhrust wish them the very best of luck!

A group of S2 pupils represented Braidhurst at the recent Homecoming Parade of the 6^th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland. The pupils joined with pupils from Muir Street Primary 6 to cheer the troops as they left the TA Barracks.

This session has proven extremely difficult in terms of selecting the Academic Dux pupil with a host of very able fifth year students all sitting 5 Higher Grades. After a great deal of work the school has decided to award joint Dux to Azar Khan and Mark Coletta. Both will receive the David Colville Gold Medal at Prizegiving on Thursday 27^th June. The Rector Mr Derrick Hannan said, “I have never known such a difficult selection process which is great credit to the high quality of a very able group of fifth year students. Azar and Mark have really done exceptionally well in achieving such high standards. The staff and fellow students are delighted at this decision and I personally congratulate them both.