Prizegiving will take place on the last day of term, Thursday 25 June, with the principal guests being the school chaplains Rev Derek Pope, Rev Derek Hughes and Mr David Ramage along with the rector’s wife Mrs Madeleine Hannan.
SCOTTISH SHIELD
Braidhurst under 14 football team narrowly lost out last week in the final of the Scottish Shield played at Airdrie FC stadium. The match was against Grange Academy from Ayrshire who are also an SFA Performance school of football. Braidhurst were the stronger team throughout the first half and took the lead, with Grange coming back in the second half when they finally equalised. At the final whistle with the score 1-1, the match was decided by penalties with Grange Academy winning 4-2. The match was played in great spirit and at a very high standard. Whilst the Braidhurst team were disappointed they have to be warmly congratulated on their performance in what was a wonderful advert for schools football.
SCHOOL SHOW
Braidhurst High version of “Back to the 80’s” will take place on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 June starting at 7.30 pm. A limited number of tickets are still available from Mrs Hunter at the school. Tickets are priced £4 for adults and £2 for children.
SCHOOL SHOW
You are about to go on a journey…A journey back to a time when Michael Jackson and Rick Astley were the kings of pop…A journey back in time when bubble skirts and blue eye shadow were cool…A journey back to a time when the Atari was the cutting edge of technology…
Rehearsals are well underway for this year’s school show: “Back to the 80’s … the totally awesome musical”.
From the era that brought the world The Rubik’s Cube, Max headroom and the teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comes this ‘totally awesome’ musical in the style of movies such as Back To The Future, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Karate Kid and The Wedding Singer.
Join the graduating class of William Ocean High School as they live through their final senior year – as they experience the fun, the heartbreak, the loves and the loneliness of growing up… all set to the biggest hits of the 80’s!!
Wednesday 17th & Thursday 18th June, 2015 at 7.30 pm
Tickets priced £4 for Adults, £2 for children & £10 for Family ticket (2 Adults + 2 Children).
Tickets available from Mrs Hunter (Math Dept).
Braidy Boys Miss Out On Cup Glory
Braidhurst under 15s football team narrowly missed out on winning the British Isles Cup after losing the final 4-2 on penalties.
The boys, as Scottish cup winners, were taking part in the Allen McKinstry Cup. This is a tournament where the cup winners from all of the home nations, plus the Republic of Ireland play to see who can be crowned overall champions. The format of the tournament is that each team plays two games then a mini league is drawn up based on results with the top two playing for the cup, the next two play for third and fourth place, etc. For this system to work a sixth team is included which is always provided by the host nation.
This year the finals were held in Northern Ireland, with all of the games being played at the Billy Neill Soccer Centre of Excellence. Braidhurst got themselves off to a wonderful start with a 3 – 0 victory over St Teilo’s High, Cardiff. The next day Braidhurst found themselves 1 – 0 down at half-time to Our Lady and St Patrick’s College, Knock. After ringing the changes with four substitutions they were soon level, eventually overpowering the opposition and running out 4 – 1 victors.
Saturday morning saw Braidhurst take to the field for the final against Calasanctius College, Oranmore – Co. Galway. The Irish side got off to the best possible start scoring in under six seconds straight from kick-off, a lobbed shot dropped over the Braidhurst goalkeeper into the net. This spurred the Braidy boys on and they were level within two minutes. From then on the game was dominated by Braidhurst. The boys created chance after chance but agonisingly they could not get the ball into the net. Calasanctius defended strongly but never troubled the Braidhurst goal for the rest of the match. Full-time saw the game finish 1 – 1 and a dreaded penalty shoot-out took place. All credit to the Irish players who converted their penalties with great skill, and their goal keeper who managed to save two Braidhurst penalties, winning them British Isles Cup.
The Braidhurst boys can be proud of the manner in which they conducted themselves both on and off the pitch. This was commended by all who watched them play and met them.
RUGBY
Third year pupil Scott Bell is making rapid progress in the world of rugby. Scott who started playing rugby in first year has now been selected for the Glasgow Chiefs, a team made up of the best young rugby talent in the West of Scotland.
Scott has made two appearances from the Chiefs winning both games. Despite his success Scott has set his sights even higher eventually wanting to sign professionally for the Glasgow Warriors.
DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD
Pupils from 3XL, who are working towards their bronze Duke of Edinburgh award, have just returned from their practice expedition sessions. The award includes spending two days and one night outside, living under canvas. For this session the group were in the spectacular area of Strathyre in the foothills of the Trossachs. After a day’s hiking, the pupils had to pitch their tents and cook their evening meal. The following morning the group spent the day heading further into the hills, before heading back to school.
The pupils returned happy, albeit tired and with aching limbs. They are looking forward to their “assessed” expedition in a few weeks’ time. This time they will head for Fife on the east coast of Scotland. All they need now is some sunshine!
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