Kilsyth Academy participated in the North Lanarkshire Athletics Championships at Wishaw, over the last two weeks. The team won nine medals over the course of the two days of competition. This included a very impressive performance from the S3 Boys 4×100 metres relay squad, who picked up the silver medal in a very close finish. In addition to this, two of our pupils, Jamie Stevenson and Rebecca Love from S3, were selected to represent North Lanarkshire in the Scottish Schools’ Inter Area Championships at Grangemouth, later in June.
Gold Medals
Ross Quinn Senior Shot Putt
Jamie Stevenson S3 100 metres
Silver Medals
Rebecca Love S3 Long Jump
Eleanor Duncan S2 Discus
Jamie Stevenson S3 4x100m Relay
Jay Coyle
Jamie McCaughey
William Burke
Bronze medals
Aidan Belton S2 Hurdles
Lauryn MacNiven Senior High Jump
Scott McIntyre S3 Discus
Fraser Gallacher Senior Triple Jump
Some other notable performances were:
Scott Lilburn – 4th in 800m; Aidan Belton – 4th in Javelin; Ross Alexander – 4th in Javelin; Connor Robertson S1, who qualified for the 800 metres final and Lauryn Robertson who qualified for the Senior girls’ 200 metre final. Congratulations to all.
Holly McArthur represented Kilsyth Academy in the Scottish Schools Athletics. Holly won gold in the under-17 women’s pentathlon, with a total of 3713 points, smashing the under-17 women’s record that has stood for 45 years. This is a superb achievement and we are extremely proud of Holly, who is currently training with the Scotland squad, in Portugal.
The P7 children who will be transferring to Kilsyth Academy, in August, spent two days in the school, following S1 timetables and meeting a number of staff and senior pupils. There was a great deal of excitement and enthusiasm and we look forward to working with the youngsters, in the years ahead.
A number of our new S5/6 pupils visited New College Lanarkshire, in Motherwell, and enjoyed a variety of taster sessions for a range of courses that the college offers.
