We had 7 pupils from S1/2 competing in badminton tournament at the ON-X sports centre on Monday 29^th February. For the boys we had Dan Auld, Sam London and Josh Gray and for the girls Emma Kinnear, Morgan Morton, Ellie Spence and Amber Dickie.

All of them played and exceptionally well and represented the school with distinction. Dan Auld, Josh Gray, Amber Dickie and Emma Kinnear all qualified for the end of year finals- the Renfrewshire Secondary Games. Well done to them and we wish them all the best in the finals!

Pupils from J High participated in the annual badminton championships at the ON-X in Linwood on Monday 1st February. Our team consisted of pupils who have competed at the event before- Charlie MacLeod, Cara Hendricks, Chloe Love, Jack Miller and Alistair Edgar.

All our pupils performed extremely well and no one placed lower than fourth in both the girls and boys tournaments. Charlie and Jack achieved joint third place and the girls secured 3rd and 4th.

Alistair managed to win the boys tournament in a tight final. This completes a remarkable achievement from Alistair in his time at J High as he has now won this tournament 5 of his 6 years at the school- his only defeat coming to the flu in 5th year rather than any opponent.

Well done to all who competed!!!

Congratulations to Logan MacDonald in S2 who won the Renfrewshire Table Tennis Tournament for the second year in a row. Logan was head and shoulders above the rest on the day and won all his games comfortably to be crowned champion. Well done!!!

A huge congratulations to all pupils who took part in the recent Rugby Tournament at Paisley Rugby Club. Johnstone fielded teams in all four tournaments- S1/2 boys, S1/2 girls (two teams), S3/4 boys (two teams) and S3/4 girls.

J High completely dominated the event with 4 of our 6 teams going undefeated on the day and the other two teams only tasting defeat on two occasions between them- and even at that it was Johnstone A v Johnstone B.

Our boys and girls teams won all tournaments on the day and lifted every trophy and medal on offer. A fantastic achievement by all the players in our school and a sign of things to come in future tournaments.

Any pupil who does not currently play in the teams and wants to get involved are more than welcome- girls training is on a Monday after school and boys on a Wednesday after school.

Well Done!!!

Mr Connelly (PE)

We have recently created a display board with the department which is aimed at recognising the wonderful achievements of our pupils outside of school in various sports. We have already found Scottish, British and World Champions in our midst. They have kindly allowed us to picture them with their medals to be displayed for others to see and realise just how good some of our pupils do in the sporting community.

We are in no doubt that their are more hidden superstars within our ranks and we would encourage any pupil who competes at National and International level to come forward and let us share and recognise their achievements with the rest of the school community.

Johnstone HS sent a strong contigent of pupils for various sports to compete at the annual Secondary Games at the ON-X in Linwood. These pupils had reached the event through qualification tournaments previously in the year. We had teams entered for the boys Rugby, Girls Football, mixed Basketball and Badminton.

The pupils competed with great commitment and their sportsmanship and conduct on and off the court/pitch was exemplary. Below is a list of some of the honours from the event:

Boys Rugby– 2nd place (and with only 6 players in a 7 a side tournament!!!)

Badminton– 1st place for Marc Graham

Following the success of pupils in the Secondary Athletics Championships, Johnstone HS pupils were selected to represent the region against East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde. Well done to those who were selected for this event:

S1– Adam Cleer, Enis Dilmen, Finn Fowler

S2– Mackenzie Cunningham, Joshua Hewitson, Julie Keith

S3– Greg Steven, Daniel Smith, Amy Sneddon, Anna Murray, Allan Morton, Jenna Fraser

From this event our pupils secured 5 medals for the Renfrewshire team, a huge congratulations to their success and a just reward for their talents.

Amy Sneddon– Gold medal for the 400m and the 800m

Mackenzie Cunningham– Silver medal for the 200m

Anna Murray– Silver medal in the High Jump

Jenna Fraser– Bronze Medal in the Triple Jump

Pupils from Johnstone HS recently took part in the event after being selected to represent the school based on their performance in athletics during PE. The school had a hugely successful day and came away with many successes and the medals to boot. A huge congratulations to all those who took part and below is a list of honours from the event:

Bronze Medals

Mackenzie Spence and Jenna Fraser (800m) / Ben Allison, Johsua Hewitson, Anna Murray (High Jump) / Arran McIntyre (Triple Jump) / Iona Cleer (200m) / Sean Nelson (400m) / Lily Fowler (100m) / Eilidh Harley (Long Jump)

Silver Medals

Mia Druce (800m) / Finn Fowler (400m) / Daniel Smith (100m) / Greg Steven (Long Jump) / Allan Morton (1500m) / Adam Cleer and Cara Batin (Triple Jump)

Gold Medals

Amy Sneddon (300 & 800m) / Mackenzie Cunningham (200m) / Julie Keith (High Jump)