Congratulations to our U15 girls’ football team for making it to the final of the Scottish Shield tournament which was played on Thursday 2nd May against Boroughmuir High School at the Spartans Community Football Academy in Edinburgh. Despite losing
2-0 to Boroughmuir the girls fought a very competitive game and the school are proud of every single player. Well done girls!
The school’s senior football team secured their place in the final of the Lanarkshire Cup on Wednesday 27th March. Goals from Dylan Morrow, Alastair Small and Paul Reid secured victory for Braidhurst at the neutral venue of St Ambrose High School. Man of the Match was Marley Redfern who was a constant attacking threat for his side.
On Thursday 28th March the S3/4 netball team were in action once again in a semi-final match against St Andrew’s High School. The Braidhurst side won the match with ‘Player of the Match’ being awarded to S4 pupil Lauren Buddy.
Congratulations to S3 pupil Niamh Miller on earning her first international cap in a friendly match against the U15 Northern Ireland team.
The school’s senior team began their Lanarkshire Cup crusade in the best possible fashion by beating St Maurice’s by four goals to zero in the competitions quarter-final. A brace each from strike partners, Alistair Small and Barry Frew, sealed the team’s place in the semi-final. The team started the match playing a 3-5-2 formation, which proved capable of working to great effect. Alistair Small set the ball rolling with his finish two minutes into the match. A cross from Liam Scott on the right-hand-side found the striker unmarked at the back post who had the easy task of putting the hosts in front.
Braidhurst doubled their advantage on the 16th minute when Barry Frew latched onto a ball over the top of the St Maurice’s defence and rounded the keeper to score. Barry Frew doubled his tally and put the game to bed shortly before the interval. Braidhurst would have been 4-0 up on the 47th minute if it wasn’t for a goalmouth stramash which saw Marley Redfern’s shot blocked unbelievably from close range. The resultant shot from Aiden McLaughlin was arrowed high over the bar.
The fourth goal eventually came four minutes from time. Barry Frew chased down a diagonal ball player over the top of the opposition defence and surged into the box. He got his head up and cut the ball back for his partner in crime, Alistair Small, to slot the ball home.
Report by: Jay Blakeway
The U15 girls’ football team were in action against The Mary Erskine School in the next round of the Scottish Shield. Braidhurst won the match easily 5-1 with goals from Leigha Dobbins, Stephanie Conner, Ellie Dickson, Rachel Graham, and Jenna Woods. The Player of the Match was named as Rachel Graham.
Pupils from our girls football programme recently assisted at the Girls’ Football Festival at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility where primary teams from across the authority competed in the tournament. The Braidhurst girls were highly commended by the organisers of the festival for all of their help and support.
