Braidhurst S2 football squad travelled to Toryglen to face Holyrood High School in their Scottish Cup tie. After a closely contested opening Holyrood took the lead before Reece McAlear’s long range free kick levelled the scores before half time. Although the boys were the better team in the second half they found themselves 2-1 down which was against the run of play. However, they showed immense character and equalised again with Max McGuigan levelling the score with a magnificent lob. The match went to penalties and all five spot kicks for Braidhurst were converted meaning they are successfully through to the Quarter- Finals with a 5-4 win with Jamie Smith saving the decisive penalty. Well done boys!

Success for Braidhurst High Art & Design pupils. They recently prepared designs for the North Lanarkshire Road Safety calendar competition.
Two pupils gained placed awards. Lorraine Tollan S2 gained overall 1st place in her group, whilst Megan Pang managed a 3rd place in the same group. A further four other pupils also received
“Highly Commended” awards in their group. In all, a very enjoyable exercise for the pupils and one which they confidently rose to the top of their group.

Braidhurst High School made the long journey down to Peebles to take on their school team in the last 32 of the Scottish Cup. After an even start to the match, Liam Scott produced a fantastic piece of skill to eventually set up Dylan Morrow who broke the deadlock with a close range finish. Braidhurst then doubled their advantage soon after, Dylan the scorer once again only this time with a confident finish when 1 v 1 with the goalkeeper. Two further goals saw Braidhurst go into half time 4-0 up, coming via a sublime strike from Alistair Small and a rebounded effort from Max McGuigan. A sloppy start to the second half allowed Peebles to come back into the tie with two quick goals. However, Braidhurst were not to be denied and after great play from Mason Kelman sent Alistair through on goal, an emphatic finish ensured they would progress 5-2 winners from the tie. Mr O’Toole and Mr Duncan were delighted with the result. The Under 14s now face yet another away game, this time against the winners of Cathkin HS vs Holyrood Secondary, hoping to progress one stage further than last year.

Braidhurst Under 14s began their Lanarkshire Cup campaign in the best way possible by sweeping aside Coatbridge HS 12-0 in the first round. Dean Watson opened the scoring for the home side within the first ten minutes with a great free kick that crept inside the goalkeeper’s near post. Further strikes soon followed from Stuart McKinstry, Dean with another, Matthew McDonald and Robbie Shanks to put the hosts in a commanding 5-0 lead. Aaron McDougall fired in one more and Braidhurst found themselves 6-0 up going into half time. It didn’t take long for the goals to start coming in the second half, Aaron doubling his goals tally for the night with a powerful finish. Substitute Aidan Brownlie then netted for Braidhurst, before Kyle Fleming got in on the act too. Stuart fired in his second for the evening to take the score into double figures, Nathan Spence added another, and Dean finally completed his hat-trick to make the score line a resounding one for Braidhurst. Mr O’Toole was delighted with the professionalism and performance of all boys involved. The Under 14s are now into the last 16 of the competition where they will host Dalziel HS in a local derby!

To celebrate the end of another fantastic Friend in Sixth Year both groups enjoyed a Christmas party in the library.  The S1 and S6 pupils competed in a quiz and played party games whilst listening to Christmas songs.  Both junior and senior pupils benefitted greatly from the programme as our S1 pupils now feel more settled at high school whilst our S6 pupils gained valuable volunteering experience.