After the tension and hard work of the team trials, today the Athletics Team travelled to their first Indoor Athletics Festival.

They did, as always, conduct themselves in the Hallside way, competing fairly but to the best of their ability and did superbly well.  With 13 other schools there and 24 different events, they managed to secure 2nd place in 3 of them and won each of their other races.  A superb start.  Well done.

Well done to the P5 Rugby teams who performed brilliantly to secure 5th and 6th places out of 16 teams at the recent rugby tournament.

While there, they all met Clyde, the Glasgow Commonwealth 2014 mascot.

Both teams started by playing 3 games in groups of four.

The Hawks defeated St Charles Galaxy 5-1, before losing 4-1 to Killies Killer Bees. They secured 2nd spot in the group with a 6-2 win over the Calderwood Cats.

The Hurricanes controversially lost their opening match 6-3 to St Brides before battling out a 1-1 draw with the St Cadoc’s Warriors.  This meant they had to beat James Aiton Jaguars to qualify in 2nd place from the group.  They did this with a 6-2 victory.

Both teams then progressed to the semi finals of the 2nd place play offs.  The Hurricanes defeated the James Aiton Aces 4-1 and the Hawks recorded a 6-2 win over the Burgh Braves.

This meant that they had to face each other in the 2nd Place Play Off Final.  In a brilliant game the Hawks were victorious to secure 5th place overall, with the Hurricanes taking the 6th spot.  Every player received a lovely medal and had a great time (in the sunshine – remarkable!).

Well done.

The P5 teachers have chosen their representatives for the Rugby Festival that takes place tomorrow at Fernhill Community Centre.

The pupils have had some coaching from the rugby coach, Grant, who has been coming into school to work with all  of the P5s and P4s.

We will have two teams involved and we wish them the best of luck. Check back here for the results.

The two teams will be:

Hallside Hurricanes                                Hallside Hawks

Amy Stewart                                            Lauren Thompson

William Govan                                         Kian Dakin

Morgan Muir                                            Max Parkes

David Harvey                                          Jamie Park

Lee Ellis                                                      Mea Carson Dyet

Jay Williamson                                       Callum McKenna

Declan Campbell