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2010-2011 Autumn 2011 Number 331
Editor: Tom Carlin with Alan Whyte, Alison Campbell and Clare Blair From the Rector ‘More than just a school’ is the theme of the films S5 and We have enjoyed many sporting achievements this year at both S6 have been making about the spirit and opportunities team and individual levels, with eleven sportsmen and women of our community. Their films are scripted, presented, being selected for international duty. The cricket 1st XI enjoyed shot and edited entirely by pupils, and they embody the an unbeaten season and there were notable rugby sevens rounded, holistic education which we celebrate. Here, as tournament wins. We won more medals than any other school in so much else, our pupils have certainly taken to heart in the Scottish Indoor Rowing Championship. Ronan Murphy our mantras ‘Can do, will do’, ‘Being the best you can be’ and Ross Urquhart ended the year as Scottish Champions, and ‘Keep faith’. British Champions and Home International Champions. Their time at the Home International was the fastest achieved by I congratulate all our young people who have worked so any British Junior pair this year and would have won the men’s sensibly to do so wonderfully well. At Higher Grade and event. They also made history at the Scottish Championships Advanced Higher we gained our best-ever results. Our when they won senior eights: the first time a junior eight has Higher pass rate rose to 95.62%. 62.8% of entries scored won this senior event. Our S4 girls gained Bronze medals at A grades - a very significant increase on the previous best the British Championships and 70 children now row with the of 55%. In Highers taken in S6 we gained easily our best- school, many of them in addition to their other sports. ever AB rate (76.6%), a splendid 13% rise. At Advanced Higher we scored our best-ever A grade rate (55.6%), Productions of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, ‘The Memory of Water’ our best-ever AB rate (80%) and our best-ever pass rate and the student-led ‘Antigone’, as well as the Prep School (92.9%). Two pupils gained a remarkable 11 Advanced Show, were great successes, as is the new Jazz Band. Highers between them, plus a starred A grade in A level Further Maths, an S (Outstanding) in Cambridge STEP, The school raised over £30,000 for charities, gained Investors and top 20 places in the UK Maths Olympiad. We also in People status and became a UNESCO Associated School. achieved our best-ever results at Standard Grade English, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education shot a series of films taken early in S3. at our school reflecting the initiatives, good practice and rich opportunities enjoyed by our pupils. Sharan Maiya came first in the UK in the World Maths Day Competition and 6th in the world. Jason Long won the Google Trailblazer Technology Prize and the Intel Prize at the Big Bang Competition.
Our CCF (which now has over 230 cadets, who are all volunteers) won the Military Skills competition - the top prize in Scotland for Army sections - after a weekend of map reading, first aid, obstacle courses and shooting, preceded by two selection weekends. At annual camp, our CCF won the Best Contingent Award, for the second year running, gaining first place in every category considered for the Award.
Our Chemistry team were UK finalists in the Royal Society of Chemistry Inter-Schools Quiz for the third consecutive year (and the sixth in eight years). We reached the finals of the UK Mathematics Trust Senior Maths Challenge for the third consecutive year. Every part of The Academy was awarded the Green Flag by Eco-Schools Scotland. In the UK Ethical Enterprise Awards, we won four of the eight awards - Best Overall Enterprise, Best Presentation, Greenest Overall and Best Use of Young Co-operatives Website. Our Young Enterprise team won three of the five awards in the Glasgow Area Finals.
Chronicle 1 Excellence Meet our Internationalists Scotland Under 15 Scottish Schools Scotland Rowing Scotland Rowing Scotland Under Squash Under 17 Athletics Under 18 Pairs Under 18 Pairs 17 Cricket James Wilson Max Aitchison Ronan Murphy Ross Urquhart Lyle Hill
British Alpine Ski Scotland Rowing Scotland Under Scotland Rowing Scottish Schools Scotland Under 14 Team Under 18 Eights 18 Hockey Under 18 Eights Under 15 Cross-country Gaelic Football Fraser Middleton Kimberley Somerside Karin Belch Eleanor Jamieson Catriona Graves Angus Murray Nicholson Unbeaten Lyle Hill captained Scotland U17 Cricket and won the award for Outstanding Individual Achievement at the Sports Council for Glasgow Annual Awards. Talent travels Jason Long won the Google Trailblazer Technology Prize and the Intel Prize at the Big Bang Competition, enjoying an all-expenses paid trip to Los Angeles. Jason achieved 6 Advanced Highers and 7 Highers (all at grade A), plus starred A in A level Further Maths. He was 4th in the UK in the Mathematical Olympiad.
International Wetbob Wonders Ronan Murphy and Ross Urquhart ended the year as Scottish Champions, British Champions and Home International Champions.
2 Chronicle Excellence First in the UK Top CCF - again!
Sharan Maiya came first in the Our CCF won the top prize in UK in the World Maths Day Scotland for Army sections: the Competition and 6th in the world, Military Skills competition. out of 5.3 million entries. At annual camp, our CCF won the Best Contingent Award, for the second year running, gaining first place in every category considered for the Award. Best Company
Our Young Enterprise team won three of the five awards UK Ethical Awards at the Glasgow Area Finals - for Best Company at the In the UK Ethical Enterprise Trade Fair, Best presentation Awards, we won four of the eight and Best Overall group. awards - Best Overall Enterprise, Best Presentation, Greenest Overall and Best Use of Young Top in Scotland Co-operatives Website. Zara Reid won the SQA award for being the top pupil in Scotland at Advanced Higher History, plus the Royal Historical Society Prize for Best Performance.
Can do
Some of the many pupils who achieved a complete set of SQA top grades.
UK Hat trick
Our Chemistry team were UK finalists in the Royal Society of Chemistry Inter-Schools Quiz for the third consecutive year. We reached the London finals of the UK Mathematics Trust Senior Maths Challenge for the third consecutive year.
Chronicle 3 Charities and Community Involvement Pupils were involved in several new orang-utan. At Christmas they and imaginative events to raise were really busy recycling 30kg of money for charity this year. One Christmas cards for the Woodland of the most challenging took place Trust. The Nursery and Kindergarten shortly after the start of the session raised £239 for the National Autistic in September when 12 pupils from Society with their "Thomas the Tank S3 to S6 and 8 members of staff Train Walk" and, not to be outdone, took part in the 'Pedal for Scotland' the staff raised almost £1500 for 50 mile cycle ride from Glasgow Maggie's Cancer Care in Glasgow's Green to Leith, Edinburgh, to raise Women's 10k. A variety of other money for Maggie's Cancer Care. charities were supported, including The fastest cyclists completed the the RNLI and Save The Children. distance in less than 4 hours and great fun was had by all. £730 At Kelvinbridge the pupils were was raised for the cause. every bit as involved. In February activities in aid of the British Heart Asthma Scotland was supported to Foundation's 'Red for Heart' the tune of £791 at Dairsie through week raised £1700. Children 1st the profits generated during Money benefited to the tune of £2890 Week, Dairsie Daft Day and a from their jumble sale and Kilts Royal Wedding Day, with their own for Kids event. Sponsored walks prince and princess. The P3 Young were popular here too, with the Enterprise "Jog in The Park" event Kindergarten 'Welly Walk' raising raised a staggering total of £1745 £630 for East Park Home. A for Children in Need. The Balcraig sponsored French vocabulary test Foundation in Kenya, Children's in Primary 7 raised £305 for Mary's Hospice Movement were also Meals. The Food and Fitness supported. Activities Day raised £1242 for the Scottish Community Foundation. Donations in kind were made to In addition to other activities pupils Glasgow City Mission and Mary's from all years amassed an amazing Meals from all three sites, but at £1059 for Barnardos with their box Atholl animals featured in a big collections. way. Selling dog keyrings raised money for the Dog's Trust and In the Senior School two annual through the WWF they adopted events were particularly successful: a polar bear and sponsored an the annual 24 hour sports marathon
4 Chronicle raised a record £1075 and this, for farmers and workers in together with money raised by the developing countries. In the Talent Show, was divided equally process of gaining Fair Trade between Help for Heroes and the School status they raised £100 for Anthony Nolan Trust. The English the WWF. Department's Readathon raised the fantastic sum of £2,543; the money A very active Amnesty is split between ClicSargent and International group raised £540 Roald Dahl Foundation. through a variety of events, the most memorable being an inter- At the end of the first term the Theatre house quiz, with buzzers, just like Choir performance in Princes University Challenge. The staff Square raised £705 for Quarriers quiz night raised £192, which was and door-to-door collections with the donated to Nordoff Robbins Music St. Margaret's Hospice Christmas Therapy, a charity that specialises Bus raised £1147. Cake Stalls and in transforming the lives of children tuck shops raised £404 for LEPRA and adults constrained by illness, and £140 for Action for Children. disability, trauma or isolation through the power of music. The now annual Morrison House Two members of staff grew then "M Factor" show raised £450. shaved off very fetching facial hair The money raised from this event in aid of Movember, the Prostate goes to the continued sponsorship Cancer charity, raising £681 in of a child in Ethiopia through the the process. The staff Macmillan World Vision organisation and the Coffee morning raised £340. remainder was added to what was Another first was the Staff vs Pupil raised through our non-uniform day hockey match, which, like all the for the Japanese earthquake and events in the Senior School, was the Haiti earthquake funds. The organised by a member of the Sixth amount raised by both Prep and Year, which raised £442 for Breast Senior School for these earthquake Cancer 2000, a charity established victims in these areas was £4484. in 2000 to raise funds and public awareness for Patient Care and A sponsored inter-house rowing Comfort at the Beatson Oncology competition, which ran from 7am to Centre and the Western Infirmary 7pm raised £400 for the Glasgow Breast Care Unit. Humane Society. Thanks to our annual slave auction we were able The total of charitable donations for to donate £824 to Scottish Autism. this session at present is £30,179. A huge amount of work has been done by our Fair Trade Committee AL Evans to raise the profile of the Fair Trade principles of sustainable livelihoods
Chronicle 5 Chairman’s Report There is a tradition in the West of Scotland to be very During the 2010/11 session, there has been no new suspicious of those who blow their own trumpet. As expenditure on building projects and that will remain the many of us were growing up, our parents and friends position for the 2011/12 session while we work to pay off would often counsel us to, “remember who you are,” or indebtedness incurred as a result of building our new “remember where you came from,” if we happened to Preparatory School building. Our debt repayment targets get ahead of ourselves. have been met this last year, and we are confident of a similar result during the current session. It is therefore with a little trepidation that I venture to suggest that The Glasgow Academy is fast becoming We are very excited about the prospect of building our one of Scotland’s success stories. Admittedly the new science facility on the site of the old tenement flats success story is quite a well kept secret because media opposite the car park entrance on Colebrooke Street. interest in independent schools is generally restricted to Until the end of last session, we believed that a start on circumstances which generate negative or sensational this project might be some years away. However, we headlines. are now being advised that contractor tendering prices are currently enormously competitive, a situation which I believe we are fortunate to be associated with a school is not sustainable in the long term. We are, therefore, which has a clear and ambitious strategy for the future. presently evaluating whether a start on the project in the We are the only school in the West of Scotland that has summer of 2012 might be possible. A final decision on increased its school roll in the last two years, which this is unlikely to be taken until at least early 2012 as the we have done without increasing the average class Board of Governors is mindful of the need to get best sizes. To achieve this in the middle of one of the most value for the school while at the same time ensuring the severe recessions of this generation just has to be a real future debt burden remains manageable. success story. The school’s current success and growing reputation So why has The Glasgow Academy been successful together ensure that we are able to face the future with when other schools have been struggling? confidence. Whether you are a parent, pupil, former • We have received many comments about the school’s pupil, member of staff or simply a friend of the school, growing reputation for openness, friendliness and caring I hope you are able to share our sense of pride in the really well for pupils through the tutor system and the achievements of the Academy and in its plans for the house system. future. Serva Fidem! • We are clearly the “all-round school” of the West of Scotland. This claim is evidenced in this edition of The Chronicle which lists a huge number of notable J Gordon Jack achievements over the past year. For example, where else can you mountaineer, exercise leadership in the CCF, be part of a debating society which has won the national debating championship for 2 consecutive years, be encouraged to achieve remarkable things in science, compete in sports squads which have enjoyed considerable success against their local rivals this year, and be one of the 70 children coached in rowing by one of the country’s top rowing coaches. • People like our campus at Kelvinbridge, our combination of new buildings and the historical architectural statement. They tell us they like our satellite premises for younger children at Milngavie and Newlands too. • We have enriched our curriculum with more subjects and more choice. Our exam results at Higher and Advanced Higher are on an improving upward trend and we are genuinely proud of our pupils’ achievements.
All of the above factors have contributed to our success, but the main reason The Glasgow Academy is successful is down to our people. I would like to pay tribute to our Rector, his Senior Leadership Team, and to all teaching, non-teaching and administrative staff who do such a fine job for our children – their enthusiasm, dedication and hard work make The Glasgow Academy such a great place for our children to learn and for our staff to work. They have truly earned our support and encouragement. 6 Chronicle Senior School
Chronicle 7 Duke of Edinburgh
Gold Expedition: Knoydart
After the stress of exams and the emotional upheaval of leaving school, it was almost a surprise when the eleventh of June arrived and our Gold Duke of Edinburgh qualifying expedition began. We set off from Fort William in relatively high spirits: the sun was shining, and the banter forthcoming. Our practice venture had been really tough - and culminated in all of the female members of the group bursting into tears at the sight of Mr Gwynne - but we had completed UCAS forms, we were invincible. Nine hours later, however, we were feeing decidedly less cheery and greatly relieved to finally find our campsite, complete with a bothy in which to cook and take refuge from the midges. When we started the next morning we were already working better as a team, with everyone sharing in the navigation. The third day was definitely the most arduous of the expedition, but also the most gratifying. Fighting uphill against the wind and torrential rain was not pleasant, but, just when we thought we couldn't take any more, we reached the top of the hill and the weather cleared. The next morning we rose early, eager to get back to phone reception and running water. When we skipped into Knoydart about midday, there wasn't a tear in sight - much to the relief of Mr Gwynne! Although it was definitely not easy, Gold Duke of Edinburgh was a tremendously rewarding experience, and a great way to end our time at the Academy, cementing the friendships we know will last for a long time to come.
Claire Dalling
8 Chronicle Kayaking
Kayaking this year has offered a wide range of activities, from training nights after school for beginners, to full weekends of white-water kayaking. After first learning the basics in the evenings after school – on the white- water weekend you are able to explore the large rivers and attempt to escape without getting soaked! Kayaking provides a great chance to watch your friends, and especially the teachers, capsize.
Michael Masters
Winter Mountaineering
Over the winter months a number of pupils took to the Cairngorm Mountains on several occasions. On the Winter Skills weekend, we learned ice axe and crampon skills along with rope work. Our new-found knowledge was soon put to good use as we were led up the steep back wall of Coire an t-Sneachda. For the second day, those who were more experienced were able to head up a sheer arête, with a 100 metre drop on both sides. This allowed us to gain a taste of winter climbing and, after the initial fear, we gained momentum and confidence, topping out onto the plateau. Before heading back to the car park, we had time to abseil down into another coire from a snow bollard.
A few weeks later, eight pupils were returning for another weekend which promised to be much harsher and more demanding than the one before. We were going snow-holing. We headed up onto Cairngorm, where we were immersed in an environment which must be not dissimilar to the inside of a Ping-Pong ball, unable to tell where the snow finished and the sky began. However, Mr Gwynne was ready for such an event and led us to where we would be spending the night with jedi-like skills. We dug into the mountainside and finished with two snow-holes capable of sleeping the group. After a rather cramped, unproductive sleep for some of the group, we set off back down the mountain, only to find there had been fresh snow fall. So now the snow was up to our waists and Mr Gwynne’s chest. When we finally reached the minibus, we discovered it had been buried in snow by a kind snow plough. However, after an hour of digging we were able to head home having completed a challenging, but very rewarding and satisfying weekend.
Robert Greig Chronicle 9 Mountaineering - Assynt
The first day of this September holiday weekend trip was the ascent of Cul Beag. After steep scrambling to the top, we were immediately hit by the wind. In typical understatement-of-the-century style, Emily managed to scream, 'It's a bit blowy!' over the gale as the rest of us fumbled in our bags for extra layers. We arrived back at our accommodation, a rustic mountaineers' hut, to find a flyer pinned to the door inviting us to the annual Chicken Fun Day - 'Climbers - hope you can call in!' Despite stiff opposition from Mr Gwynne, it was eventually decided we would not attend, but tackle some more mountains instead.
Suilven was without doubt our longest and most tiring day, but also the most rewarding. With an hour's paddling across a perfectly still loch ahead of us, Emily and I were very grateful to have a British rower each as our canoeing partners. After finally reaching the base of the mountain that had loomed ahead of us for so long, we pulled our canoes up onto the bank and climbed up to the saddle between Suilven's two peaks. When we reached the top of the higher one, we saw for the first time the stunning views that we would be enjoying for the rest of the weekend. Night was beginning to fall by the time we started canoeing back and, by the time we carried the canoes up a steep mountain path at the end, we were in complete darkness.
Day three was spent cragging on some sea cliffs at Reiff, in stunning weather and with time spent alternating between rock-climbing and soaking up the sun at the base of the cliff. The boys decided this was not testing enough and so decided to compete in various 'man tasks', including climbing blindfolded - needless to say this left the girls somewhat underwhelmed. The evening was occupied with playing chess - David was pleased to be back in his comfort zone as he trounced anyone that took up the challenge.
Our last day was a half day up Stac Pollaidh. Here the group split up: William, Ronan and Emily chose the direct vertical route up the West Buttress which included a multi-pitch climb, while Ross, David and I went for the walk and scramble up the other side. We met at the top for some food, and then ran back down the track (walking seemed a bit too sedate). All in all, the perfect end to a varied and challenging trip.
Julia Sillito
10 Chronicle Chronicle 11 Rock Climbing on the Costa Blanca Twelve pupils spent the February holiday in a luxurious villa on the hill above the remote village of Bolulla for a week's climbing. The group included a wide range of experience, from seasoned climbers to complete novices. As well as spending days at one of the fantastic sun-kissed crags spread amongst the surrounding hills, pupils were able to spend a day exploring, often not very elegantly, the large Canyon D'Infierno - requiring some strategic piggy-backing from Mr Horgan and Mr Gwynne to avoid the murky pools of water. On the final day, nine pupils traversed the Bernia Ridge, enjoying the sunshine and views from 1000 metres up - although still in shorts and T-shirts. Pupils were lucky to return each day to the villa to be greeted with fresh home-baking and amazing meals courtesy of Mrs Horgan's hard work - including barbecued lamb, kebabs, and even rabbit to finish off the week.
Tom Masters
12 Chronicle Chronicle 13 Ski Trip to Austria
During the February week, about fifty pupils and teachers jetted off for a fun-filled week spent on the slopes of Austria. On the first day we were kitted out and we then made our way up one of the beautiful mountains in the Amadé Sportwelt region. We were greeted by our instructors and in our groups we split up to explore the area and enjoy the views of Austria. By the fifth day skiing, everyone had radically improved their skills and fallen over at least once! Lunch was looked forward to by everyone; we all got the chance to indulge in one of Austria's speciality doughnuts. In the evening, the teachers had organised plenty of entertaining activities to keep us busy. Everyone was wowed by the amazing swimming facilities we were lucky enough to visit and the flume with the multi-coloured strobe lights was a bonus. Bowling was also a massive success: everyone got involved and there was a real sense of team spirit. Fancy dress skiing was an hilarious experience; from farm animals to whoopee cushions, everyone was dressed to impress. If we were given the opportunity to go back to Austria for another week, we are sure everyone would love to. We would like to thank all the teachers who put in so much effort to provide everyone with an amazing holiday, which we would consider the best school trip yet.
Kirsty Wilson and Brodie Hunter
14 Chronicle Chronicle 15 Morocco The Geography department set off on 29th March, with a cast of 28 pupils, to reprise the 1942 Academy Award nominated comedy film 'Road to Morocco', starring Bob Hope (Mr Robertson), Bing Crosby (Mr Ford), Dorothy Lamour (Mrs Young) and Dona Drake (Miss Cuthbert). What was to follow, was not the film as originally scripted with two guys tossed up into the desert, and sold into slavery to a beautiful Princess, but just as much fun, and also educationally rewarding!
The plot opens with a flight into Marrakech, and a mad dash into the High Atlas Mountains. Early scenes were dramatic mountain passes, Berber villages clinging to steep slopes, lush river valleys, palmeries, and the land of 10,000 kasbahs. The highlight of this initial phase of the movie was the towering rock faces of the Todra Gorge. Lauren Henderson made a special debut with her camera work at this point.
The following day saw the main characters and extras come face to face with nomads, wild camels and Berber tribes. The colourful souks, tasty food, carpets and crafts were a feast for the senses. In the final scene of this day of filming, the highlight was the heat and dust of the Sahara desert: serene, huge expanses of rolling sand dunes, encountered by a sunset camel trek. Stunt highlights by Cameron Burt and Timothy Miller added to the excitement! Princess Spangler was saved from predatory camel traders. At night the sky became a dome of galaxies, shooting stars and planets. No special effects required here!
The soundtrack was provided by Moroccan musicians who entertained us with their strange instruments, and we entertained them with the lyrics of 'Bonny banks of Loch Lomond'! The cover sheet music was provided by Dorothy Lamour. Additional sound effects, courtesy of Lindsay Parkinson!
Clever sub plots were woven into the main script, heightening the interest and making the movie more like a National Geographic documentary. These covered a variety of Geographical features and themes, conflict, development, physical processes, resources, sustainability, 'observing and evaluating' etc.
The road trip continued through the Draa valley, passing through typical desert landscapes (mesas and buttes) that might be the backdrop commonly associated with cowboy movies, and reaching the fortress of Ait Benhaddou, used in rival productions such as 'Gladiator' and 'Lawrence of Arabia'.
S6 girls provided wonderful costumes and turban-like headdresses from their wardrobes, as inspired by 'Sex in the City II'.
The story nears its end in the coastal city of Essaouira, where filming resumed after an unexpected rainstorm. The walled town and beautiful medina provided a rich backdrop to some unscripted action, as the cast raised the fortunes of poverty stricken stall holders.
The final scenes take place in the frenetic activity of the souk, and Jamaa El Fna square in mysterious Marrakech. To enrich the finale, additional visual effects were provided by jugglers, snake charmers, monkeys, and water sellers.
W Robertson
Producer: Mr W Robertson Directors: Mr W Robertson, Mr D Ford, Mrs A Young, Miss J Cuthbert Cast: 28 S3/S6 Geographers (Princesses and vagabonds) Awards: Academy (Glasgow) Oscars for all star cast, music, special effects, cinematography (Seamus McGuigan) and best motion picture! Written by: Mr W. Robertson Co-starring: Ian Geddes, Mouhsinn Anzal Music by: Mrs A Young & staff of Hotel Dar el Janoub Cinematography: Seamus McGuigan Distributed by: Academy Pictures Release dates: 29th March - 5th April 2011 Country: Morocco Language: Arabic, Berber, French (subtitles by Miss Cuthbert)
16 Chronicle Chronicle 17 Lakeside
As we gathered just outside the school, laden with bags, everyone seemed less than eager to spend our last weekend of the summer holidays at a school event; and, after a lengthy coach journey along winding roads, the group atmosphere hadn’t changed much.
However, once we began our activities, everyone began to perk up. We were put in groups based on houses, so weren't necessarily with our friends, but this gave a great opportunity to get to know our peers a lot better.
The activities which we took part in encouraged everyone to realise their strengths and how to get the most out of every team member. We were presented with a number of leadership tasks involving problem solving, great heights and water.
During the evenings there were lectures on interview technique, information about university applications and how to hold successful meetings, which was a helpful insight into the year that lay ahead.
For each activity we completed over the course of the two days, we received points, and at the end of the two days, they were turned into money and we had an auction. At the auction we had to bid for the items which we needed to build our own section of an enormous version of a “mousetrap” on Sunday morning. Items such as toilet seats, barrel drums, 12 foot poles, marbles and tape were fiercely contested! The end goal was to release a bunch of balloons and after two hours of negotiating and building we achieved this aim.
The highlight of my trip, however, was most definitely rafting on the final day. The rafts were constructed in the pouring rain using poles, barrel drums and rope. We were pitted against one another in our teams and had to head out into Lake Windermere and around an orange buoy before desperately paddling back to the shore. It was a great end to a very successful weekend.
And in the end, it appeared that this weekend of horrendous weather - which tore us away from all of our summers - had, in fact, ended up bringing us closer than ever as a year group and set us up for a great year.
Jen Sinclair
18 Chronicle Paris Trip On the 28th of April, 43 pupils and 6 teachers flew to Paris for the May weekend. We did a lot of sightseeing and our trip to the French capital was really enjoyable. As soon as we arrived, we went to Parc Astérix. It was so much fun. On Friday we went on a boat trip on the Seine and saw lots of interesting buildings. Whenever we went under a bridge, everyone would cheer. It was very funny. We strolled up to the Champs Élysées and did some shopping. We even caught a glimpse of the Royal Wedding on a big screen in the Swatch shop. Then we went to the top of the Eiffel Tower. The views were amazing even though it was quite scary. Our entertainment that evening was a trip to a rugby match. We were supporting the local team, Stade Français, and we cheered so much. We were waving our flags and shouting things like, ‘Plaquez’ (tackle), or joining in with the chants like, ‘Allez, allez, allez.’ We were so glad that Mr Campbell had suggested we go to the game.
On Saturday we went to the Artists’ Corner in Montmartre and had caricatures done. Notre Dame was the next stop, after a visit to the Tuileries Gardens and a rest. The cathedral is certainly a very beautiful building. Later, we went to view the Eiffel Tower at night. It was wonderful. Just as we were about to leave, the Eiffel Tower started to flash and completely lit up the sky. What a perfect way to end the day. Our last day was definitely the highlight of the trip however. Once at Euro Disney, we were given the freedom to travel between the two parks as long as we met up every two hours. Some of us went on the rides as a group – Space Mountain, Indiana Jones and Tower of Terror to mention a few. On the Aerosmith ride, you flew forward in a straight line and then went right into a loop, followed by complete madness. It was fantastic! Perhaps the final view about the trip was best summed up by Sharan: “I sincerely believe that this is the best trip I have ever been on, and I only wish I could do it again…”
Priya Gill, Becky Lyden and Sharan Maiya
Chronicle 19 Raasay
In September, pupils in S2 embarked on their annual venture to the Isle of Raasay, staying at the local Borodale House Hotel, where Raasay Outdoor Centre was housed for the season once again, while Raasay House undergoes renovation. Due to very healthy numbers in the year group, this session saw pupils taking part over three groups for the first time. During their four-day residential, working as part of a group helped pupils to develop their skills, on both an independent and interpersonal level, whilst taking in the spectacular surroundings the island itself has to offer. Pupils had the opportunity to encounter a wide range of outdoor activities, including rock climbing and abseiling, kayaking, archery, crating, sailing and mountain biking, with the whole adventure culminating in a Team Challenge where pupils were required to work closely together on a number of tasks. This venture has truly become a firm favourite amongst pupils and staff alike, and it is no surprise that tremendous fun was experienced once more by all concerned. Here is just a small flavour of the experience…
PA Richmond
20 Chronicle Chronicle 21 Fiddler on the Roof
"A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no?" When we auditioned in September, the idea of producing a show about the struggles of a Jewish family living in Tsarist Russia during the early 20th century did seem slightly crazy! What was more, we had just three months in which to do it. Still giddy from the success of 'Les Misérables', we were also keenly aware that expectations had risen significantly, and that this year we had to create something truly special. Luckily, we were under the direction of a hugely talented production team who kept us both disciplined and motivated, and in no doubt that there was no obstacle which we could not overcome. Indeed, we pushed the boundaries of 'spectacle' for this year's production with a particularly ambitious scene with one of the characters being' abseiled' through the ceiling and onto the stage of the Cargill Hall: something we thought was only reserved for London's West End or New York's Broadway! This confidence proved vital, however, as the snow began to fall on the evening of Sunday 5th December and it seemed that the show might not be able to go on at all: but a little snow is no competition for Academy resilience, and we poured all of our energies into two Friday performances for which both audiences were greatly appreciative. As the curtain fell, we knew that we had defeated the odds and grown closer as a company. There really was a silver lining to the very dark cloud. There is nothing the Academy cannot do.
Claire Dalling and Daniel Correia
22 Chronicle Chronicle 23 Antigone For the second consecutive year The Academy was very proud to put on a performance of one of the classical masterpieces of Greek Drama, but this time the production was a little different. While presented under the auspices of the Classics and Drama departments, the play was a pupil-led initiative, produced and directed by Claire Hutchison of S6.
“Claire deserves no end of credit for her achievement,” said Andy McKellar and Neil Millar, the Heads of Classics and Drama respectively. “This production has been a remarkable triumph of artistic vision and inspirational leadership. We are so impressed that a girl in her sixth year of secondary school, amidst preparation for her own SQA exams, and securing a place for higher education next year, has produced such a professional performance. From start to finish Claire has managed the whole show: from preparing the text, through casting, artistic direction, set design, a very heavy schedule of rehearsals, stage management and directing. Claire has indicated that she has a special talent and a great future ahead of her.”
An excellent cast of twelve pupils from S1 to S6 helped Claire to make the show an event to remember with outstanding performances all round in one of the most enduring and best loved plays of all time. Antigone was first performed in Athens in 431BC yet remains one of the most popular and regularly produced plays in world theatre. It is a set text for study in both Higher Classical Studies and Higher Drama illustrating both its historical and theatrical importance and its continued relevance to an understanding of deep issues in the contemporary world. It is a tragic story of a family devastated by war and the bravery of a young girl whose life has been ripped apart and, among other things, it challenges pupils to consider how far the lives of citizens should be controlled by government, and how whole states can be pushed to ruin by the acts of an individual man or woman. The Memory of Water “You’re dead like mum!”
This quote was at the centre of the Drama Department’s Summer production this year, as the Senior pupils tackled Shelagh Stephenson’s ‘The Memory of Water’ (winner of the 2000 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy).
You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family! This certainly seems to be the case for Violet’s three daughters who are brought back together on the eve of her funeral. However, grief at her loss may be one of the last emotions they feel...
Mary, Teresa and Catherine each have different memories of the same events, causing constant bickering about whose memories are true. Teresa is an unhappy housewife, who runs a health food supplement store with her husband Frank, and who feels she has had to keep the family together for years. Mary is a doctor whose five-year affair with Mike, a married doctor, is starting to show strain. She is also rather obsessed with nursing a young boy suffering from amnesia, and is troubled by visions of her dead mother. The youngest daughter Catherine is permanently trying to catch her sister’s attention and feels she was always left out, even in childhood. As the three women get together after years of separation, all their hidden lies and self-betrayals are about to reach the surface…
One again, the Academy pupils mounted a highly successful production which portrayed fully the humour, poignancy and seriousness of Stephenson’s play.
N Millar
24 Chronicle The Danish Exchange
Mid September 2010, Claire Dalling, Arabella Kuszynska-Shields, Rowan Johnstone, Katherine Raison and I boarded a plane in Edinburgh, without much knowledge of our destination - except that they had a mermaid, a theme park and beautiful wooden floors in their airport! We arrived in Copenhagen and were immediately whisked off to Herlufsholm School. The school felt like an adaptation of Hogwarts, with its historical chapel and buildings, a quadrangle and a huge scientific telescope. Our hosts were very friendly and treated us as if we had always been pupils at the school. My favourite part of the exchange was our trip into Copenhagen. As expected we went to Tivoli, an old-fashioned theme park situated right in the centre of the city. I can safely say that I have never visited a place like it! It oozed character, but in a very stylish manner. We also went on a boat tour around the harbour in Copenhagen, and sailed past the mermaid, which was a copy as the real one was on loan at an exhibition in Japan at the time! Apparently she took along two tonnes of Danish water to sit in whilst she was away, which is typical of Danish humour.
Our time in Denmark felt short-lived, yet we saw so much and definitely enjoyed ourselves. We made many new friends and leaving the girls was difficult, even though we were going to see them two weeks later when they came over to spend time in Glasgow. I particularly enjoyed this part of the exchange as we got to show them how things are done over here, allowing them the opportunity to meet our friends and families and have a taste of our lives. The best thing I got out of the exchange was my friendship with my host, Sofie. We connected so quickly and have become very good friends. She has recently visited Glasgow for a second time and I am hoping to go to Denmark again this summer!
Shona MacVicar
Chronicle 25 The M Factor
M Factor hits the high notes!
Following the highly successful previous two years, this March it was time once again for the school to 'face the music'. Morrison House returned with the M Factor, and surpassed all expectations by putting on a tremendous evening. The event raised a meaningful amount, over six hundred pounds, which will go towards enhancing the life of Ethiopian Engedazor, a child that Morrison House sponsor through the charity World Vision. A substantial percentage of the total was also given to help Japan following the earthquake. The M Factor gives each house the opportunity to promote a male and female soloist, a band and a teacher/ pupil act. This year's show comprised fifteen acts, and it was refreshing to see pupils from all year groups participating. The judges were on fine form, with Mrs McCallum being extremely entertaining with her 'harsh but honest' comments! The judges were able to select just four finalists out of all the acts. Despite a highly compelling performance from the sixth years and teachers in Fraser performing, "You're the one that I want" as Sandy, Danny and Friends, it was in fact Morrison's own Gracie Mallinson who comfortably clinched first place. Gracie's humble yet breath-taking rendition of "Someone Like You" was the outstanding performance of the night, and a highly deserved winner. The night held many surprises, including a performance of "Can't Stand Straight", an original song by last year's winner and now former pupil Nicholas McAlpine. The four houses really came together to make this a memorable night, which reaped rewards for both those who participated and also for the two worthwhile causes.
Megan Dunbar
26 Chronicle Theatre Choir The Theatre Choir has had yet another successful year of singing and raising money for charity. This year, over 50 pupils in the choir sang in Princes Square for Quarriers. They raised a massive £705 in two hours, £100 more than last year! Once again, the pupils have been singing popular songs by artists, including Kings Of Leon and Ellie Goulding. The Theatre Choir, accompanied by a band, gave a fantastic performance at this year's Senior Music Evening. Pupils sang "Forget You" by CeeLo Green and an arrangement of two Script songs, "Breakeven" and "Man Who Can't Be Moved". This was an especially important performance as it was my last concert with the choir and they couldn't have done any better. I would like to thank all the pupils for their dedication to the choir. All those that have been involved have given me lots of enjoyment and laughs, and I will really miss working with such great pupils. Special thanks to the S6 pupils who have come to choir throughout their time in the Senior School; they have been a pleasure to work with and I wish them all the very best.
A MacLeod
Chronicle 27 The Rose Henderson Essay Prize
Cliff Top
The dry grasses took on the fiery tinge of dusk as the night began to take hold. Their delicate seed heads were violently brushed down as the sea-borne squalls rolled over them, throwing up the light, sandy soil that covered the cliff top into the approaching man’s eyes. This coarse dust stuck to his woollen overcoat and tarnished his fine shoes; he had to hunch his tall frame against the wind, which dishevelled the remains of his greying hair. He was, however, used to such an environment. He and his brother had played on sandy heaths like these when he was a boy, not far from here. As with most childhood memories, he always recalled it being sunny. Smiling fondly, the man remembered how they would sprint and brawl and bicker across these grasses, chasing one another with such youthful zeal and energy – something that he lacked now, as he stopped to allow his ageing legs to recuperate. The man panted, and bent over slightly, enabling him to see how his Saville Row suit had been mottled with dirt; he was dismayed somewhat, but what was its use now, anyway? As he rested, he looked up the steep slope to the cliff top and contemplated what he was about to do: doubts began to lap at the edges of his mind; he could hear them becoming louder and louder, screeching like the gulls above. He decided to keep on walking and keep his mind on other things. Robby Brown S5
The man could see the sea, now: a blackening mass stretching away until the horizon where it met the dark, warped clouds in the far distance. The slope was starting to become shallower as the man pressed on, fuelled with grim purpose. His determination had always been one of his finer attributes, he thought to himself; a hunger for success had always fed into his endeavours, invigorating him, and corrupting him. He remembered, once, how he had won his first job in London, battling hard and making money. He had worked seven day weeks for months at a time, utterly engrossed by the ecstasy of it all. Months soon turned into years in which he had not been home, phoning only occasionally and writing even less; as much as it Laurence Prior S5 had pained him to admit it, he wasn’t so much losing touch with his family – he was trying to evade them. The man remembered little of his mother’s funeral; he arrived late after a meeting. However, he recalled just one image as clearly as if he were to see it now. It was his brother’s face, just as he greeted him at the front 28 Chronicle doors. This picture continued to torment him to this day: it was not the fact that his brother’s face was fouled with unrestrained sorrow for his mother’s passing that upset the man, nor the way in which his brother had shockingly changed, his features no longer holding the strength they used to, his youth seemingly crushed; it was his utter indifference that plagued him. The way in which he displayed no trace of joy for his brother’s return, or any anger for his unforgivable lateness at their own mother’s funeral. He was not greeted, merely politely acknowledged, in the way one would speak to a stranger that had just been introduced. The man would have preferred his brother furious, so that he shouted and raged. He’d rather have his brother do anything other than such cruel impassiveness. It showed something unbearable: that their seemingly impervious bond had been severed.
After that, in some sort of childish denial, he had gone back to the city, not wanting to look back at what was too painful to return Clara Cunningham S5 to. Going back to his work, and little else. There was the occasional relationship - nothing lasting. He was never able to fit in the time - and soon they despaired with his alluring yet remote nature. Anyway, that irritation had passed with age. In a way he fell asleep, allowing time to pass by, so absorbed that he did not notice how the world and indeed himself had altered into something unfamiliar, something that he could no longer connect with in the way he used to. So after he lost his job, the thin ice that kept him from the plunging depths of freezing isolation had given way. He had no other choice.
It was night now. Only the moonlight catching the frothing crests and the thunderous roar gave away the powerful waves that crashed beneath. He had decided to steal a glance over the precipice, almost feeling the grinding of sea against rock. The grasses hissed with venom as they were battered against the cliff top once again by the swooping winds; for the first time the man was beginning to feel the biting cold. He looked along the rocky precarious path that led to the house further down. In the garden, his two nephews were being called in from the cold. He set off to join them.
Gregor Stark Henry Lefroy Brooks S5 Chronicle 29 "Say not that the brave die"
Every day, knowingly or unwittingly during the course of our frenzied routines, we walk past these words. They are etched in gold, looming over the school as silent testament to the sorrow of days long past. There are names on that board too – John Macleod, Andrew Macdonald. Names of those who died too young in times of seemingly endless sadness. There have been other names in recent days, names not etched in stone or in gold, but names etched on our collective conscious in the ink of horror and fear. Christina Taylor Green was nine years old. Born on 9/11, she was a single ray of hope in a day clouded in so much darkness. Just elected to her school council, Christina was desperate to find out more about those who serve, and indeed how she could serve the country that she loved so much – something she made clear standing expectantly in her outfit of red, white and blue. Dorwin Stoddart was 76 years old, a man who had lived through some of America’s darkest days and brightest moments. He was the life-blood of his local church where he worshipped with his wife Mary, his high school sweetheart.
Both Christina and Dorwin’s names are now statistics, relegated to the past tense by a senseless act of violence that nearly claimed the life of a United States congresswoman. Yet they are just two of a damning count of similar statistics which repeat themselves with horrific frequency all across our world. For there were other statistics from that night. That night, Mark Davis and Sheila Evans from Philadelphia were killed – he was a biology teacher and she was a student nurse. That night in London, William Reilly was killed by a knife in his home – he was 91. That night in America there were 36 homicides, 487 sexual assaults, 3,411 robberies and 3,685 aggravated assaults.
These days we live in a society that wages many wars. We fight terrorism in Afghanistan, poverty in Africa and global warming in all corners of the globe. Yet there is another war – pervasive, destructive and filled with endless heartbreak and sorrow. It is a war that is ignored, swept under the carpet, locked away with our darkest of fears, confined to the deepest depths of our hearts in the vain hope that it may disappear through avoidance. This is a war fought, not in the deserts of far off lands, but in the classrooms and on the couches and television screens of our very own neighbourhoods.
The time has come and passed for us to realize that the greatest danger to our society may not lie hidden in the mountains of Afghanistan, but concealed at the core of our very existence. For recent times and recent events have shown us that we are not simply at war with terrorists, but that we, as a people, are now at war with ourselves.
Whether it be the senseless massacre of innocent civilians or the horrible roll of statistics from that very night, this is a note of shame and of sorrow. This sorrow stains the land and every one of our lives. It is not the concern of any one race or any one nation. The victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown. They are, most important of all, human beings whom other human beings loved and needed. No one - no matter where he lives or what he does - can be certain who will suffer from some senseless act of bloodshed. And yet it goes on and on and on. Why? What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No cause has ever been stilled by a bullet or by a knife. No wrongs have ever been righted by riots and civil disorders.
"Among free men," said Abraham Lincoln, "there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet; and those who take such appeal are sure to lose their cause and pay the costs."
Yet we seemingly tolerate a rising level of violence that ignores our common humanity and our claims to live in a civilized society. Too often we honour swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of other human beings. Some look for scapegoats, others for conspiracies, but this much is clear: violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleansing of our whole society can remove this sickness from our souls. Like Antony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, we must come to learn that “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves.”
But what of the prospect for peace? What of our capacity for common humanity in the face of great adversity? We as a race are capable of extreme courage; those names on our memorials attest to that and we all follow squarely in their path. Yes, there are darknesses in our world, but there are also dazzling lights, and the measure of a great society is its ability to rise up and follow those lights to the ends of justice and compassion. We know what we must do. It is to achieve true justice among our fellow citizens. The question is not what policies we should seek to enact, although policies we need. The question is whether we can find, in our own midst and in our own hearts, that leadership of humane purpose that will recognize the terrible truths of our existence.
We must admit the vanity of our false distinctions among men and learn to find our own advancement in the search for the advancement of others. We must admit in ourselves that our own children's future cannot be built on the misfortunes of others. We must recognize that this short life can neither be ennobled nor enriched by hatred or revenge.
Our lives on this planet are too short, and the work to be done is too great to let this spirit flourish any longer in this world of ours. We cannot long endure a society that is fractured between those who abhor violence and those who are willing to incite it for their own ends. These are indeed hard times, but there have been days that have been harder, and nights that have been darker – we have seen and lived tragedy before and the burden has been borne with dignity and honour by those whose names now adorn our halls and our monuments. In 1914, those young boys ventured out to fight a war to end all wars, in a land they had never seen, against an enemy they had never known. Now, in this moment, in this time, the battleground of the conflict between War and Peace is all too familiar and the enemy all too close to home – the challenge is clear and the danger is present. Yet the true test of people’s strength is found in how they rise to master that challenge when it does arise, and, should we walk down our hallowed halls in the footsteps of those who came before us, then surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and make certain that the brave did not die in vain.
Seamus McGuigan
Anna Scott S5 Chloe Bell S5
30 Chronicle Creative Arts
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Cameron Perrie S6
Shona Macvicar S6
Jordan Sproule S6 Charlotte Alford S5
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Maha Ghani S5 (oil on canvas)
Oscar Mitchell S5 (oil on canvas) Christina Liao S4 (mixed media)
Meg Horne S5 (mixed media) Catriona Ritchie S4 Megan Grierson S6 (mixed media) (acrylic on canvas)
Laura Khnichich S4 (mixed media) India Somerside S1 Caitlin Kearns S5 (acrylic on paper) Kirsty Wilson S4 (mixed media) (lino print & indian ink)
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Mark Forbes S2 Jamie Robinson S3
James Wilson S3 Seri Oh S1
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Lucy McCall S3
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Moninder Sohal S6 Hannah Gilmour S4 Liam Hay S2
Class 2T - Table Lamp
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Barrie Watson S2
Group Project - P7.3
Ross Swanson S3
Weiyi Peng S2
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Victor Chow S6 34 Chronicle School Clubs Debating Society forward to another year of continuing often-constricting social structure and onwards and upwards in 2011-2012. share their hopes, their fears, or their In the Chronicle last year, the 2009- hatred for the X-Factor. And it is amazing 2010 session was described as ‘full- Lily Mortimer what comes of it. Too often in our bordering-on-hectic’ for The Debating society it is only the bad adjectives that Society; this year has been absolutely The Gavel Club are associated with young people – but no different. From young to old, novices those who sit in T3 for two hours every to the experienced, the rhetorical to “Ummm… nerds.” Friday night defy those stereotypes in the downright hilarious, The Debating every possible way. For the Gavel club Society has undoubtedly benefited Upon being asked to sum up the Gavel is a collection of passionate people who from the huge variety of speakers and Club in one word, many ill-informed unashamedly respect each other but debates that it has seen over the past people may resort to Bill Crosby’s aren’t afraid to make their voices heard year. A week at The Academy never immortal opening line at a college – they are comics, carers, academics goes past without a controversial graduation ceremony. And I don’t blame and leaders of all ages and passions and entertaining debate; this year them. I mean, look at its President – a who aren’t afraid to laugh along the has seen us establish that women guy whose idea of a fun night in is a way. And every single one of them has are worse drivers, aid should still be three-hour Presidential debate hardly made this nerd a very proud President. given to countries that have no human conveys an aura of coolness and social rights, and life is, indeed, ‘like a box of sophistication. That guy’s a nerd. Seamus McGuigan chocolates’. Which is why I wonder why they made him President. For if you look deeper, Engineering Club The autumn term brought another you’ll find that the Gavel Club actually successful year of the House Debating represents an amazing cross-section Two engineers from Thales Optronics competition, showing off the very best of of Academy life. Its ranks include have been coming to the Chemistry the school’s debating talent competing actors, musicians, 1st XV and 1st XI Department between half four and six for the VW Hadcroft trophy. All houses players, outdoors-y people, and head on a Wednesday evening to support presented exceptional speakers and girls and boys present and future. But four S2 pupils with what began as a some thought-provoking arguments, why? Perhaps it was Mr Murphy’s Toyota Technology Challenge PICAXE resulting in a closely-fought victory by impassioned rants, Mr Hamilton’s ‘sage’ car. The team, engineers and Mrs Temple over Fraser in debating ‘This advice, Miss Airlie’s hilarious musings, Hunter took this to the Young Engineers House believes American culture is an Miss Mortimer’s exasperation or Mr and Science Clubs Annual Technology oxymoron’. McAlpine-Scott’s infallibly hilarious Challenge at the Glasgow Science perspective on life that encouraged Centre on Friday the 10th of June and The competitive spirit and debating them to stay on into the dark hours will also be entering this for a Bronze prowess continued externally, with The of winter nights. Or maybe it was the BA CREST Award. Academy participating in other inter- lovely Mrs Young, without whom it school competitions. Unfortunately, our would all have reached an even higher The two engineers and a third colleague success in the Law Society of Scotland’s level of disorganisation. Regardless of will be returning on Wednesday Donald Dewar Memorial Tournament their motivation, all Gavellers know what evenings from August in order to was somewhat controversially and they have gained by being here. For support two teams of pupils in building prematurely ended. However, Lily although it is firstly a public speaking radio-controlled “Rampaging Chariot” Mortimer and Clemmie Mitchell club, it is also where anyone can come robots. These will be entered in the presented some excellent arguments along and let loose the bonds of our June Scottish Robotic Games. In and a confident summation, and our addition, the engineers and Mrs Hunter first team of Seamus McGuigan and will be working on a biodiesel project Lauren Hudson reached the semi- with pupils. finals of the competition with some This is a wonderful opportunity for the outstanding debating. A competition pupils and hopefully links between at Glasgow University Union also saw the school and Thales Optronics will three Academy teams engage in a new become stronger over the years. format of debating, yet still continue to do the school proud with excellent Dr Sowden speaking.
I must finish by thanking every single member of The Debating Society for the contributions, continued support and enthusiasm that has kept the Society thriving. Ms Fulton’s guidance has been nothing short of invaluable, and the help of President Seamus McGuigan and Secretary Tom Masters has been a vital part of Academy debating. We look Chronicle 35 Ethical Enterprise These outdoor activities were followed Rufus Sullivan, Oliver Mennie, Ilesha by an award ceremony in which The Ewart, Christina Wilson and myself are Wish Upon a Tree Glasgow Academy walked away with involved in an on-going investigation in four of the eight trophies, including Pain Relief. We have been researching Early in 2011 a business venture was the Greenest Enterprise, Best Use various ways of relieving pain and are embarked upon by five pupils: Catriona of the Co-operatives Website, Best currently investigating different techniques for manufacturing some simple analgesics. Murray, Jessica Watson, Leanne Presentation and Best Overall Project. These techniques and procedures will Massie, Robyn Phillips and Susan Kidd. As a team we learnt sales skills, time be refined and amended to achieve the We were taking part in the Co-operative management and communication – maximum percentage yield. We have not only within the team but with the College’s Ethical Enterprise Challenge tested the purity of our own sample of which gives young people a practical year groups and other environmental Aspirin and will attempt to make it as introduction to co-operative enterprise clubs in the school. It was definitely a pure as possible by re-crystallisation. by helping them to set up and run their successful and interesting few months Our showcase was judged and we were own businesses while bearing in mind and we hope that more pupils in the entered for a Best Showcase prize - which their impact on the environment. school will be encouraged to take part we unfortunately did not win. We intend in the Young Co-operatives Challenge to expand our investigation in the coming We started off the year by deciding next year. months and will be applying next year for and voting on business ideas with a Gold Crest Award. all members having equal power to Catriona Murray vote and respective roles being set After we had been judged, we participated on individual’s strengths. Two new in a Carbon Dioxide Crisis workshop, members were collected along the learning about carbon foot-printing and way: Chris Simpson and Kevin Morrow climate change awareness. who both helped in the planning side Our experience at The Big Bang was of the project. As 2011 was the official helpful and worthwhile; moreover, we UN year of the forest we decided to had the chance to talk with teachers and come up with an idea to save trees professors in science and learnt a great from deforestation and Robyn had the deal from them. When the opportunity idea to take inspiration from Tibetan arose, we observed others' displays and Prayer Flags and Japanese Wish Trees found the whole day rather intriguing. and sell wish tags. We also decided Our involvement in the competition has to make our own tags out of recycled brought us confidence and we genuinely newspapers which we collected with feel grateful to have participated in such a an inter-form competition to bring in the spectacular event. most newspapers. We aimed to improve the school environment, support the Molly Millar work of other groups in the school, run a profitable and ethical business venture, S1 Space Station Day - spread the co-operative values through Friday 17th June 2011 the school, raise a good sum for a charity of our choosing and learn about The day began with an edited version business and team work. of the IMAX Space Station film, to set the scene for the pupils. The pupils We recycled the newspapers into paper Chemistry then moved through three eighty minute with the help of the art department and sessions on a rotation basis, before the final rocket launch in the afternoon. They donated any leftover newspapers to Big Bang Scotland, Perth - Monday did this in groups of four or five pupils them to reduce wastage. Nearly 200 13th June 2011 tags were sold over the next two weeks Rocket Fuel - Professor Cole-Hamilton at 50p each and £93.50 was raised. A group of pupils, Mrs MacDonald and (University of St. Andrews), Mrs Hunter, In the end we decided to donate the myself attended The Big Bang Scotland in Mrs MacDonald and Mr O'Thy. money we raised to the “Sky Rainforest the Perth Concert Hall this June. The Big Charity” which aims to help save one Bang, organised by the British Association The pupils investigated which of three billion trees in the Brazilian Amazon. of Science (BAS), is a National Science sugars (granulated, caster and icing) and and Engineering competition in which The tags were threaded over the library then which sugar to potassium nitrate 11-18 year olds can showcase, and be to improve the look of the school, so ratio made the best fuel. Once they had rewarded for, projects from every area that the whole senior school could be determined this they packed their ignition of Science, Technology, Engineering and inspired by them. tube with the fuel and completed all of the Maths. necessary safety data. In June we were invited to the Young Co-operatives Final in Birmingham Space Stations - Mrs Graham, Dr to compete against other teams from Rodgers (Royal Society of Chemistry), schools across Britain. Whilst there Dr Monaghan and Mr McKenzie (STEM we took part in many exciting activities Ambassador) such as Zipwire, Tree-Trekking, swimming, team building exercises and The pupils had to work in their team to an Assault Course but the best part design and build a transport vehicle, after was probably the night-time manhunts! testing the fire resistance of the potential building materials. Each group was also 36 Chronicle assigned a section of the Space S2 Climate Change Conference - Monday 20th June 2011 Station, which they had to construct and then ensure that the four The event was based on a collapsed timetable day which Dr Sowden helped sections (one made by each group) the London Science Museum to develop last session and two staff from the fitted together neatly at the end of the Museum were in attendance to evaluate the day. The S2 pupils were given a session. choice of ten possible sessions in advance of the day:
- Clothes for Climate Change - Mrs Wellcoat and Mrs Hunter - based on London Science Museum resources - Ice Core Data - Dr Sowden - based on London Science Museum resources - It could be you! - Mr Ford - Solar Cells - Mrs Graham - Water Purification - Mrs MacDonald and Mr O'Thy - Prepared for Flooding - Ms. Calder and a STEM Ambassador - Blue not Green: being eco doesn't work - Mr Etherington - Creative Climate - Mrs Young and guest author Diet and Exercise on the Space - Les Impacts du changement - Miss Cuthbert Station - - Marine Ecosystems - two STEM Ambassadors - this involved crabs and Dr Sowden and Mr Gwynne other sea creatures from Loch Fyne
The pupils considered what astronauts Mr Ford put together a timetable so on the Space Station would need to that each pupil was able to carry out eat and do to remain healthy. They their top three choices, in the format sampled some dehydrated strawberry of a real conference. The day began porridge and then looked at the with an introduction from Heather vitamin C content of fresh, dried, and "the Weather" Reid and ended with dried and boiled blueberries. an excellent debate, organised by Ms The day was a great success and Fulton, but put together and overseen strengthened by the various guests in on the day by Lily Mortimer. New attendance. None of the rockets went S6 pupils helped with several of the into orbit, but the winning team were sessions. Mrs Hunter is currently collating all the pupil evaluation sheets, but the day able to launch a commercial rocket, was a huge success and the London Science Museum were very impressed which made it onto the roof of House by what they saw. The majority response from the S2 pupils was that this day Nine from outside the Dining Hall! should run again next year.
STEM Ambassador Awards at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 10th March 2011
The STEM Ambassador scheme is a fantastic way of matching schools up with those working in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. The Glasgow Academy has STEM Ambassadors to help with Chemistry Club, and the S1 and S2 end-of-year Activity Days and currently Thales engineers come to help pupils with engineering projects every Wednesday from half four until six. The awards recognise outstanding contributions from teachers, companies and individual STEM Ambassadors in Scotland.
Andrew Halliday, Callum Whitefoot, Seb Schraag (all from S2) and myself were invited to attend the event and put on a hands-on display during the networking lunch. However, we had to promise the Parliament not to make any mess at all, which I'm proud to say the boys did manage. Then getting our very safe "supermarket chemicals" into the Parliament Buildings was no mean feat in itself. In fact, I'm still laughing that they let me in with a box of raw eggs and yet queried our two metal "Young Engineers and Science Clubs" awards!
The boys were outstanding ambassadors for the school and wowed all of the MSPs and others in attendance with their enthusiasm and ability to explain the various Chemistry Club experiments. These included Lava Lamps, Gaviscon Worms, Volcanoes, Clouds in a Bottle, Concrete Cornflour, Banana DNA, Perfect Poo and Eggciting Eggsperiments. The BA CREST Awards carried out by pupils at the Academy and Dr Sowden's Curriculum for Excellence Activity Days were also showcased. The latter included the P7 Volcano Survival Day, the S1 Microbes and Medicines and Rocket Launch Days and the S2 Murder of the Deputy Rector and Alien Abduction Days.
The event was a great success and I don't think that anyone left who wasn't extremely impressed by the Glasgow Academy.
Dr Sowden Chronicle 37 Fairtrade
Fairtrade has continued to go from strength to strength at The Academy and we have been re-accredited as a Fairtrade School for the coming year. The highlight of our year has continued to be the Fairtrade Fortnight and it is now an integral part of the school calendar. From Unfair Olympics to the usual Fairtrade stall, the fortnight brought together pupils from all years and once again raised awareness for the cause, uniting everyone under the one banner.
The first week started in a flurry of Fairtrade activities. The theme, 'Showing off the Label', was a challenge that the Academy pupils rose to with appropriate enthusiasm. The fortnight was introduced by an Assembly highlighting the importance of supporting the Fairtrade Foundation and people in the developing world. As part of our celebrations staff helped to display posters and banners, making the place look like a Fairtrade mosaic. The Kindergarten, Nursery and Prep School all took part in painting bunting as part of the 'Show Off Your Bunting' record attempt being organised by the Fairtrade Foundation. On the first day of the fortnight, there took place a unique event of an ‘Unfair Olympics’ - a new idea, which pitched groups of S1 and 2 pupils from each house against each other in a series of tests and challenges. The staff loved the Traidcraft Big Brew during the first week of the Fortnight and the joint Fairtrade-AmnesTEA party kept us pupils happy with a selection of home-baked cakes, tea, coffee and biscuits being sold in the comfortable surroundings of the Crush Hall.
The Fairtrade group also ventured out into the West End of Glasgow to spread the message of Fairtrade by giving out Fairtrade Foundation, Traidcraft and Scottish Fairtrade Forum leaflets to unsuspecting members of the public. In the second week of the Fortnight the House Captains were pitched against each other in a series of fruit-based sports during Pineapple Sports Day. The winners, Fraser House, demonstrated their skills at beat the goalie, tenpin bowling, shot-putt and the relay to be crowned this year's winners: well done to JAK Muir and Jen Sinclair. The debating society and Mr Horgan's assembly both advocated the case against the Fairtrade movement, but were unsuccessful in convincing the school that the costs outweighed the benefits.
It was not all fun and games and number of departments organised special Fairtrade lessons. Amongst the highlights was the Geography department taste test for S4 pupils and the good old Trading Banana's game went down well in Modern Studies. Indeed, the number of subjects that teach about fair trade has continued to grow: the Business Education department is the latest to join us.
We have also been working closely with the Prep School this year. As part of Just Trading Scotland’s 90kg Rice Challenge we produced a recipe book of authentic Malawian recipes which Prep 7 sold at school events. The Fairtrade Bazaar has had its busiest year so far! From chocolate bars and crisps, to tea and coffee, we've been selling it! We took on tea and coffee duties at the Senior School show and the Drama and Classics Departments’ summer production, Antigone.
Through the micro-finance site Kiva we have invested our profits in a number of small businesses in the developing world, including a seamstress in El Salvador and a mobile phone shop in Lebanon. The money we have invested will be repaid, which means we can then help support other people in the future. Overall, it was been a very busy and successful year for the Fairtrade group.
Max Aitchison, Lyle Hill and Dylan Bruce
38 Chronicle Eco-group
After three years of hard work we have achieved the Green Flag award. Some of our work this year has included increasing the types of recycling available in the school from only paper two years ago to paper, bottles, cardboard, tin cans, ink cartridges, mobile phones, pdas, textiles, Christmas cards, spectacles and some food waste. We have worked with Network Services to bring in back-to-back printing in all network printers and thanks to some nifty software all of our computer equipment now shuts down at 7pm. We raised funds for a green cone for Home Economics and have planted it in the garden area. We worked with the Heads of House and Senior Leadership Team to bring in information points around the school to reduce the number of notices and posters being put out on wasted paper. We have held assemblies about litter and other eco-issues throughout the year.
Our teachers have been very supportive in getting the eco-message into the curriculum. Mr Ford and Mrs Muirhead introduced a Litter Unit to S2 PSE, Dr Sowden organised a Climate Change Day, Mrs Keith has been recycling books and Mr Gwynne introduced everyone to the Cairngorm Poo Project: whether they wanted to know about it or not! There is so much eco work going at the school Eco-Schools Scotland have asked to use our curricular audit as an example of Best Practice for other schools in Scotland.
We have also been working hard with the Prep School and organised a competition to write the new Eco Code with them. We teamed up with Atholl and Dairsie to recycle mobile phones for the Give Every Child a Voice campaign.
However, it hasn’t all been hard work. In the autumn term we organised a tutor group competition through Freerice. com, part of the UN World Food Programme. It’s a really informative and entertaining website where you answer multiple choice questions and for each correct answer you get 10 grains donated to the World Food Programme. The school ended up donating more than at 90000 grains. We also took part in the first Climate Week Challenge to create a money-saving or making green idea and once again organised our very own Earth Hour. Some of our 6th year members were also lucky enough to spend a day at the Science Centre with Dame Ellen MacArthur’s Project Redesign. Meanwhile the rest of us were hoping to win an i-tunes voucher in the Luck Bin competition we held to reduce littering.
Overall, it has been a great year in the eco-group and we look forward to another successful one this session. Finally, we would like to thank everyone who has helped over the last few years, including staff, parents, pupils and governors. Without your help we could not have achieved everything that we have!
Michael Masters and Iona Gordon
Chronicle 39 PTA Chairperson’s Report
A robust and enthusiastic Committee has ensured another highly successful year for the PTA.
The new term began with our annual New Parents’ Welcome Evening in August, which is now a firm fixture in the school calendar. This occasion is a great opportunity to meet other new parents and staff in a relaxed and informal setting and PTA Committee members were also present at the Open Mornings and Evening.
Also in the Autumn Term the PTA launched a Christmas Card project for Prep School children to design their own cards and gift tags which were then professionally printed and purchased by parents. This was a great success and it is planned to repeat the project for Christmas 2011.
Although the PTA is not primarily a fundraising organisation, we do need to raise the funds which allow us to support the school and our aim is to do this in ways which include as many children and families as possible. The PTA is grateful to all the parents who support our events, whether by attending them or by donating items or sponsorship which help defray our costs.
In October we held the Ladies’ Charity Lunch at the beautifully refurbished Grand Central Hotel where 180 ladies enjoyed a delicious lunch, fine wines and great chat, at the same time raising over £4,500! The PTA was delighted to be able to donate over £3,000 to the Physically Disabled Rehabilitation Unit at the Southern General Hospital. Our donation has enabled the PDRU to purchase equipment and software which will help current and future patients in the Unit.
In December, we were delighted to support the Christmas parties for Kindergarten to Prep 3. Once again Santa made a special journey to Colebrooke Terrace to attend each party and all the children, staff and Santa’s little helpers had a great time.
A new venture this year was the Prep School Discos which were held on Friday 18th March for Prep 4-5 and Prep 6-7, when the Prep School Hall was a seething mass of children and luminous glow bracelets. A good time was had by all!
The Street Party – another new venture for the PTA – took place on Saturday 18th June in Colebrooke Terrace. The inclement weather on the day meant that most of the activities were moved indoors but that didn’t discourage anyone and the magnificent sum of £4,000 was raised. Huge thanks to everyone for their contribution.
The PTA also runs the uniform sales which provide a valuable service to parents and also bring in substantial funds, this year raising well over £2,000 for the PTA. I would encourage all parents to use the sales as a source of uniform and to donate pre- owned, good quality uniform - 60% of the sale price is given back to parents and the more uniform we have the more money can be raised. My sincere thanks to all the parents who work hard to organise the sales.
PTA Committee Meetings are held throughout the school year with dates advertised on the website and in the School calendar, and are open to all parents. A varied list of topics is discussed throughout the year and we were also pleased to welcome Gordon Jack, Chairman of the Board of Governors, who gave an update of the School Development Plan at the January meeting.
We aim to keep the PTA pages on the school website up to date and would urge all parents to visit the site. As well as information on PTA activities it includes links to other useful websites and minutes from the PTA Committee meetings are now available online.
The PTA aims to give donations to aspects of school life and this year we are delighted to have donated £1,600 for 4 benches for the playground, £2,199 for a rugby scrummage machine, £350 for football strips for the Senior Football Team, £884 for Food Technology equipment, £1,000 for the Kindergarten and Prep Christmas parties and £550 for the Chemistry Department. Two Wiis for the Kindergarten were also kindly donated by a PTA member. Information on all previous PTA donations is on the website.
The PTA needs the support of all parents, as committee members, occasional helpers and supporters of our events. The Committee always welcome views and comments from parents, either in person at Committee meetings, or through the website.
I should like to thank the Rector and Mr Brooke for their support and guidance and the PTA Committee for their support over the past year. Thanks also to staff in the Administration Centre, Catering, External Relations and the Janitors, who provide support to the PTA throughout the year. There are a number of Committee members retiring this year, having given sterling service to the PTA, and I should like to thank them all for their commitment and hard work – we couldn’t have done it without you!
Elspeth Campbell Chairperson
40 Chronicle The PTA Street Party
Chronicle 41 Glasgow Academy CCF
In 2004 I wrote that having just celebrated our first year of going voluntary, we were going through the anticipated dip in numbers. Up until 2003 the CCF at Glasgow Academy had been a compulsory organisation, as were many Independent school CCFs. Writing this today I am looking out at a parade of over 150 volunteers already in uniform and in their training sections!
Our recruiting has been a great success and this year we took in over 95% of the third form with an almost equal number of male and female cadets. These cadets will go to Garelochhead Training camp at the end of September for a weekend of basic training and will be joined by the remainder of the CCF on the Sunday afternoon through to the Monday afternoon, our Biennial Inspection being on the Monday.
The Naval section will be at sea travelling from Faslane to Greenock by Fleet Tender, the Army will be learning Field Craft techniques and the RAF will be flying out of Glasgow Airport.
The CCF is very much alive. Our Army Section celebrated success as the top Contingent at Central camp last summer. This was followed by winning the Scottish CCF Military Skills Competition and then, at Central Camp in Warcop, they again carried off the top Contingent award! Our NCOs are benefitting from advanced Method of Instruction techniques and are now starting to regularly attend the SCIC - Scottish Cadet Instruction Cadre - where they spend almost 8 days in intensive training situations living and training side by side with the cadets from the ACF.
Our aim is to produce cadets who are capable of making good judgements under pressure and who can approach a problem in a practical way showing sound, developing leadership.
All this requires a massive amount of dedication and organisation and I would like to record my personal thanks to the SSI, Officers, Cadet Training Team and adult helpers who make efforts to maintain an enjoyable and meaningful programme.
Lt Colonel GRM Anderson Contingent Commander RN Section
This has not been the easiest of years for the RN Section. Numbers continue to be small and, although there are signs of growth both last year and in the current session, I would like to see a greater influx in the future.
The Recruits Week-end was held at Garelochhead in October and this was followed by the Autumn Field Day. Again, this was a sea day held on board the fleet tender "Omagh" and a cruise was undertaken between Great Harbour, Greenock and Rothesay. Whilst underway, the cadets were instructed in boat handling, basic coastal navigation and Rule of the Road. The weather was favourable and an enjoyable day was had by all.
It was a year of visits, by and large. The Royal Marines Outreach team, based at RM Condor, came on three occasions and instructed cadets in basic fitness and "urban awareness". On one occasion, their visit coincided with a torrential downpour which failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the cadets who ended the day tired, soggy but happy.
Two cadets attended "Operation Cadet Wader" held on board HMS Albion in Plymouth prior to the Christmas break. Along with about eighty cadets from all over the UK, they experienced life on board a major, capital ship and were instructed in the joint RM/RN operations undertaken by the ship. This included a trip on two forms of landing craft, basic hand to hand combat and a visit to a nuclear submarine. There was also the opportunity to attempt the climbing wall at HMS Drake. Hopefully more cadets will attend this event when it is held on board HMS Bulwark this year.
Summer Field Day was planned for HMS Caledonia with a day's sailing followed by a day's powerboating but, unfortunately, had to be cancelled due to cadets having commitments elsewhere.
Summer Camp on board HMS Bristol was held at the start of July and was attended by Emily Stewart who enjoyed all the facilities the ship has to offer and the variety of different hulls - from kayaks to Canadian canoes, from single-handed toppers to bosuns, from Cheverton champs to larger powerboats. Again this was a national event and was attended by cadets from over thirty schools around the UK. The training programme was an exciting mix of water- and land-based activities and cadets were housed in the mess decks on board a working ship.
42 Chronicle Three cadets, Ashley Elder, Alastair Spike and Claire Dalling, were fortunate in gaining RNVR Sponsorship to spend a week on board the Jubilee Trust's tall ship "Tenacious". She is built to accommodate a mixed disabled/able-bodied crew and allowed our cadets to mix with people from different backgrounds and circumstances whilst enjoying a tall ship experience which included a visit to a foreign port.
During the year, we welcomed CPO (PT) Scotty Mather as the CCF (RN) Area Instructor for Scotland and Northern Ireland. His infectious enthusiasm and "can do" approach will, I am sure, have a beneficial effect on the Section and I look forward to working as closely with him as I did in the summer.
Lt Cdr R Williams (CCF) RNR
Army Section
Warcop was the setting for this year's annual Army Camp, a change from the familiar Barry Buddon. At 2 and a half hours and approximately 150 miles from Glasgow, Warcop lies in beautiful countryside just south of the border, along the A66 between Penrith and Scotch Corner. Almost 60 cadets from S3 - S6 took part in an action-packed week. The younger cadets were ably guided by the older NCOs, several of whom had benefited from courses at Garelochhead on instruction and leadership. Their enthusiasm and obvious enjoyment was clear to see from the outset with heads held high as they marched confidently from place to place about the camp and happy smiling faces as they took part in all the activities on offer. Comments I heard included, "Awesome!", "I'm really enjoying this!", "Challenging!", "Wow, I never thought I'd be able to do that!", "Look at how good she is at that!", "This is amazing!" and, "Can we come back here another year - it's such fun!" So what did they actually do? Well, most of the activities were set in the training areas around the main camp and in the camp itself. Writing in diary form lets you see how busy the cadets were throughout the week. On the first day everyone was based at Derwentwater in the Lake District where the main problem was sunburn! Here the options enjoyed were hill walking, climbing, canoeing and kayaking. This was a favourite day for many. Day two, back within the Warcop training areas, comprised raft building and first aid, while day three centred round communications and orienteering, finishing the day with an all-important orienteering competition. Day four saw a day's tactical exercise of stealth, patrolling, assaulting the enemy position and many other aspects of platoon and section attack. On day five the cadets had to navigate their way round a seven mile course, encountering and successfully dealing with a large number of command tasks on the way. The final day involved a round robin of obstacle course, paint balling, archery and target shooting on the 25m range. In the evenings the cadets could abseil from the purpose-built climbing tower or shoot in the DCCT which is similar to a huge game of laser quest. At the end of the final day there was a formal parade and presentation. We were delighted to be awarded the shield for best contingent, winning outright in each of the aspects which were to be considered. It was also very rewarding when several of the camp staff took time to comment personally on the involvement, manners and general conduct of the contingent as a whole. The cadets should be proud of all of their achievements throughout the week. Now all of this does not just happen. As well as thanking the senior cadets for the enormous effort they put into this achievement, not just at camp but throughout the entire year, I would like to thank WO2 Duff, Capt McCallum, Lt Mathewson and Mr Etherington for their unstinting support and also Miss Smith, Miss Kirkwood and Mr Fairlie-Clarke for giving of their time to visit us mid-week.
Capt EA Gilmour
Chronicle 43 RAF Section All recruits attended the training weekend at Garelochhead Training Camp. After two days’ inter- service training, we joined with the RN Section for their Field Day and sailed from Helensburgh to Rothesay and then Greenock. The experience of sitting in the captain's chair and sailing the boat was matched by the thrill of sailing close to warships taking part in a NATO exercise in the Firth of Clyde.
Despite this year's dreadful weather, all cadets have had the opportunity to fly at least once and recruits have flown twice. We were fortunate in being offered additional dates for gliding, which had been cancelled by other schools. The weather held and on three out of the four days all cadets flew.
At Easter the Section had a survival exercise, requiring cadets to bivouac under the stars. Local owls proved a bit of a nuisance but everyone survived! On our Summer Field Day we visited the national Museum of Flight at East Fortune, the highlight of which was the opportunity to tour Concorde.
In a change from the norm, we organised our own summer camp locally. We had an enthralling morning at Strathaven Airfield, where Colin McKinnon, microlight instructor and airfield operator, showed cadets round a hangar full of microlight aircraft. He captivated us with his flying experiences since he was a cadet in the Glasgow Academy CCF and the problems he faced in setting up his venture. The afternoon was spent at the NATS (National Air Traffic Services) Centre in Prestwick, where we learned at first hand about the principles of air traffic control in the network of corridors within UK airspace and over the Atlantic. That evening we camped at Muirshiel Country Park and as part of our night exercise presented Flight Sergeant Ashley Elder with the Cowie Cup, for services to the Section. The following day was spent in adventurous training, on the water, at Castle Semple Loch.
Flight Lieutenant AL Evans
44 Chronicle Bisley 2011 Arriving home on the Saturday afternoon, after proves very popular. The prize for most clays hit was a tiring but very successful army camp, 12 shared by Emily Dow and Hamish Wyllie, who both enthusiastic cadets set off from Glasgow early managed to hit 11 clays in a row. the following morning on the long journey south to Bisley in Surrey for 4 days of competition shooting The week ran very smoothly and efficiently, and at the Schools' Meeting of 2011. this is largely thanks to the staff members who were present, Capt. Gilmour, WO2 Duff and OCdt Before heading south, every pupil had attended a Gilmour. The shooting itself would not have been number of practice shoots at the local ranges of nearly as successful as it was without the guidance Dechmont and Castlelaw, where they gained all- of our world class shooting coach, Allan Mabon. important experience with the powerful full-bore rifles and benefited from the expert tuition of our We would like to thank the London Academicals' coach and friend, Allan Mabon. This year's team Club, who once again furnished us with a most comprised a number of younger shooters, seven of enjoyable evening on the Thursday to celebrate whom had not previously been to Bisley. They were a very successful week. This treat, annually, is an keen to learn from the older cadets who quickly excellent culmination to a busy week and we are introduced them to their new environment. indebted to them for their support. After the prizes The scores achieved on the first three days were for this year had been awarded it was announced very promising, with many of the older shooters that the captain of shooting for next year would be beating personal bests and the younger shooters Oliver Whyte, with Charlotte Alford vice-captain. exceeding expectations. These days provided the perfect practice for the main competition, the Capt EA Gilmour Ashburton, which takes place on the Thursday.
Special mention should go to a couple of cadets who accomplished a lot over these days. Tom Masters should especially be commended for his role in captaining the team and his excellent coaching, a task he shared with David Auld and Hamish Wyllie. Tom also managed to place highly in the Iveagh competition, shot at 500 metres over two days. David Auld shot the highest individual score of the team, for which he received the Brodie Shield, with a total of 34 and 4 V-bulls. David also shot the highest aggregate of the week and was selected to shoot for the Spencer Mellish, in which he came 9th overall with a score of 45 and 2 V-bulls. His aggregate rewarded him a place in the Schools' Hundred, which only a handful of others from the school have previously achieved. Emily Dow also placed very impressively in the Victoria Tankard Competition.
In the end, the Ashburton team came 13th overall, only 70 points behind the leading school. Continuing a long tradition, the team also came 2nd in the London Scottish competition, winning medals and making us the 2nd best school in Scotland when it comes to shooting. The cadet fours, comprising the four youngest members of the team, also shot very well.
This year, as before, the cadets also took part in a relaxed night of clay pigeon shooting, which always
Chronicle 45 Senior School Rugby 1st XV were Jonny McLellan and JAK Muir – Jonny had an offloading game that was simply unrivalled and many attacks were sparked from his ball carrying, JAK was a useful lineout operator who stamped his aggression on every game. The backrow of Kris Boyle, Iain McCallum and George Finlay set the tempo for every game and without this unit we would have lacked dynamism and belligerence in the contact.
In the backs, Harry Walker, when he finally turned 16, was the newcomer of the season. With his strong running and elusive side step he was the danger man in midfield. In the back three, Brodie Clark, Fraser Webster and Stuart McLean were all regulars. Brodie was a brutish runner and he made some bone-crushing hits coming off his wing in defence. Brodie was yet another, along with Kris Boyle, who were mysteriously excluded from representative squads despite wonderful performances. Stuart was an elusive counter attacker with a good left boot while Fraser retained his position for the second year in a row. Like all teams there was always competition for places and this year was no different. Max Brown, Scott Henderson, Chris Coutts, Robby Brown, Kenny Scott and Rory Wallace all staked a claim for a At the start of the season we suffered some heavy losses and as a regular 1st XV jersey. squad we were worried we could end up with the poorest win and loss record in history. Happily through hard work and dedication we turned For the leavers, we have taken a great deal from our rugby experiences things around and that unfortunate tag still comfortably belongs to a at the Academy and I am immensely privileged to have played alongside first XV from the mid-seventies. my friends for almost ten years. I wish the best of luck to next year’s team and I hope they hit the ground running after a good preseason. We were losing to teams we should have been beating; by the end of Finally, this season could not have happened without the knowledge the season however, we were outplaying sides and deservedly winning and guidance of our coaches. I would like to thank, on behalf of the games. The turn-around in our results against High School of Glasgow team, Mr Campbell, Mr Carswell and Mr Curle for their unwavering showed the progress we had made. support. Also, thanks to the families and friends that came to watch us week in, week out. They lifted our sprits when the chips were down and With a prolonged break from November to January, we took it upon their support always made the game worth playing. ourselves to raise standards in training and revaluate our goals. We trained more frequently and raised the intensity of these sessions. The Cameron McCall hard work definitely paid off because after the winter break, we found ourselves in some very tight games in which we had to scrap for every point. We duly came through these games with wins, and from this point we never looked back. Winning is a habit and once we tasted success, momentum carried us on. In the second half of the season we only lost two games. In addition to improving our 1st XV, our sevens squad proved to be the best team in the west of Scotland, with a tournament win and a second place at the Hutchesons’ and High School events respectively. We were all very proud of our achievements, but what counted most was that we were playing a brand of rugby that was both stimulating and enjoyable.
Our player of the season was Robert Beattie - he was our best line breaker and top try scorer. From scrum half, he was able exploit any gap around the breakdown or scrum with powerful runs, and with his strong pass, we were able to attack wider as a team and stretch the opposition defence. Most important though was his defence – he tackled like a flanker and inspired the teammates around him with his tenacity in contact. His exclusion from the Glasgow squad was absolutely baffling. He also played his part in the influential 9-10 partnership, along with Fraser Wilson, that determined the result of many of our games. They controlled the play magnificently and it was no coincidence that when these two played well the whole team followed suit. Fraser proved himself to be a reliable goal kicker too - off his boot he kept the scoreboard ticking over, and for two games in a row he had the temperament to handle the pressure by providing the match-winning points.
The forward pack was built on a sturdy front row with an athletic back five. Jordan Sproule played tighthead and was the cornerstone of our scrum as well as being a big, powerful ball carrier. David Simpson, at loosehead, made up for his lack of bulk with good, effective technique. At hooker, Cameron Petrie threw majestically in the lineout and often found himself going over the whitewash from the back of mauls. Craig Borland, covering prop and hooker, had a high-work rate around the park and never backed down from a challenge. The second rows
46 Chronicle 2nd XV
This year the 2nd XV have had a season affected by injury to key players within our squad. This has led to new players stepping up and putting their names into the mix for both 1st and 2nd XV rugby this year.
At the start of the season, injury to Alistair Spike, our captain, and Andrew Murdoch and later Alex Bartlett, impacted upon the squad greatly, but the versatility of Nico Liverani must be particularly commended, due to his transformation into a back row forward where he performed admirably in games against Dollar Academy and Hutchesons’. Jack Lang had a very good debut at hooker, aiding the team with his athleticism and determination, alongside a prop pairing of Jack Wiggins and Ross Dunlop. Our mobility in the second row was also of great help to the team, through the pairing of Tim McAlpine-Scott and Kevin Bellini. Kevin’s skills from his time playing American football were a real benefit. Chris Scade’s running and tackling while playing at flanker made him one of our key players this season. Andrew Melville playing at scrum half and wing lent speed and creativity to both these positions, and, with the passing ability of Chris Coutts at scrum half and fly half, our back line had good delivery to attack with. Laurence Prior, coming in at fly half, gave the team the ability to gain territory with his strong kicking. Robbie Brown and Matteo Ventisei too, brought strength and power to our centre, in attack as well as defence. Max Brown gave speed to our attack on the wing, and the safe hands and strong tackling of Scott Henderson at full back, gave a good outlet for our attack, and a strong last line of defence.
This team has developed over the season, culminating in a spirited display against Hutchesons’ in our final game. Yes we may have lost, but it was a huge improvement on our previous display against them. Arthur Johnson also has to be thanked for our display in the final game, as he came in and covered for the team when numbers were down, giving a good performance although not having played rugby since third year. The 2nd XV this year has made my final year at the school a real delight and I hope to see them continue their rugby careers and hopefully break through into a strong 1st XV team for next season. I would also like to thank our coach Mr Bull for taking us on Saturday mornings, as well as training us into the players we are today.
Kenneth Scott
Chronicle 47 U16 XV
The U16s had a mixed but mostly successful season. The forward pack, although smaller than many other teams, dominated larger sides. The front row, consisting of Suhaib Siddiqui, Cameron Murdoch and Craig McGrandles, competed well in the scrum against larger and heavier opposition throughout the season. At second row, Craig Taylor controlled the lineout well and Fergus Neilson showed his ball carrying skills throughout the season. The back row of Michael Masters, William Mann and Andrew MacLachlan tackled and won ball from the breakdown consistently all season. The backline showed the pace, creativity and skill needed to unlock opposition defensive lines. Our scrumhalf Hamish Rankin passed and kicked consistently well. Standoff was split between Jack Bain and Connor Sproule, who both offered unique skills to the team. At inside centre for most of the season was Harry Walker who was dangerous in attack and solid in defence while Ross Fergusson at outside centre showed great strength and skill in all games. On the wings Cameron Small and Stuart Campbell scored many tries between them. Full back duties were shared between Laurence Prior, whose goal kicking saw us win many games, and Jack Sleight, whose last gasp tackling prevented many tries being scored against us. The skills and talents of the players brought us notable wins against teams like North Berwick and George Heriot’s. I would like to thank Mr Kirby and Mr McAslan for their coaching and also all the parents who supported us.
Craig McGrandles Rugby Results 2010-2011 Played Won Lost Drawn 1st XV 16 9 7 - 2nd XV 50 5 - U16 XV 17 7 9 1 3rd Year A 14 4 9 1 3rd Year B 10 7 3 - 2nd Year A 13 9 3 1 2nd Year B 12 8 4 - 1st Year A 17 13 4 - 1st Year B 14 10 3 1 1st Year C 54 1 - P7A 12 8 3 1 P7B 13 11 1 1 P7C 41 3 - P6A 85 12 P6B 74 21 P6C 61 32
48 Chronicle 3rd Year ‘A’ 2nd Year ‘A’
At the beginning of the season, we struggled to field a full team This year we have had a great season, winning nine out due to many injuries to key players. In our first few games, we of thirteen games and drawing one as well. We started by suffered heavy defeats to rivals The High School of Glasgow convincingly winning our first five, including notable wins over and George Heriot’s, which dampened the morale of the George Heriot’s and The High School. Our winning streak players. After some much needed training sessions, the team ended with a loss to a strong George Watson’s team, who came together, however, and we beat St Columba's 62-5, in we only lost to by thirteen points however. We suffered a a rather convincing and morale-boosting win. In the previous narrow defeat due to a late interception try against a strong week, we had managed to get a draw against St Aloysius' in St Aloysius’ team, but after the extended Christmas break we extreme conditions, which was a big achievement. Later on in redeemed ourselves in the return fixture on home soil. the season we met again, and this time with some pace on the wing provided by Jack Feeney, we scored in the last play. Then In the front row Liam Hay, Louis O’Boyle and Harris Yeoman Zack Birnie provided a fantastic kick to seal a well-deserved held a strong scrum and put in some fierce tackles. In the win. second row Seb Glen made some great runs and secured a lot of ball for the team. Partnering him there was an on-going We were then faced with a hard game against North Berwick, fight between Ben Walsh and Gillan Coats, who both brought which we narrowly lost despite some strong running from the different skills to the game. In the back row the pace of Aidan centres, Calum Fordyce and Timothy Miller, and lots of clean Gallacher and Tom Speedie produced some great tackles ball provided by our ever-determined forwards, led by Innes which saved tries. At No. 8 Andrew Craig scored many close Hopkins. Following this game we faced Marr College, which range tries with power and aggression. Andrew Simmers led was, without doubt, the best win for the team this season. The us to many victories and demonstrated his skill as a scrumhalf forwards played the best they had all year and brilliant line- throughout the season. Mark Forbes controlled the game well out work from Angus Neilson and Emilio Giovanazzi provided and made lots of decisions which led to many well-worked us with a large quantity of possession. A huge thanks go to tries. Leon Hay showed his pace and agility as a centre Mr Weston and Mr Gillies for the work they have done with and racked up lots of points with the boot. Harry Matthews the team, and the coaching they have provided. Overall, the made the move from flanker to centre and used his pace and season was a massive learning curve for us and I hope that we power to create holes in the opposition defence. There was can take on what we have learned this season, and put it into healthy competition for places between Chris Rae, Cameron practice in the next. Russell and Kyle Thomson, who all brought different skills to the team. On the wings Campbell McCready and Marcus Kerr Moir Kennedy produced some of the tries of the season, and also some crucial try-saving tackles. Finally, at full back, Adam Kidd ripped up defences with his direct running and scored some great tries in the process. He was unlucky to miss the 3rd Year ‘B’ final part of the season with a broken collarbone. The B team has had yet another successful rugby season, Thank you to Mr McCaskey, Mr Gillies, Mr Curle and Mr losing only three matches throughout the season. This Campbell who all helped us throughout the season. We are included impressive wins over Hutchesons’ Grammar twice, already looking forward to next season and we hope it’s even The High School of Glasgow and Dundee High School. more successful than this one.
Positions in the B team changed regularly as the season Andrew Simmers progressed, with a number of players taking part in their first Saturday game. However, the end result was outstanding, allowing the team to hold onto a 100% win streak for most of the season, most notably against Dollar Academy where 2nd Year ‘B’ the team won convincingly despite a number of players being This year the B team have taken their rugby to new levels, called into the A team. helped by the determination and attitude of the players. Each and every player had the desire to win. This was proved week in We would like to thank our coaches Mr Manson and Mr Gillies week out with powerful displays against very tough opposition, for their help throughout the season. Thanks also go to Robin in most of which we came out triumphant. Some great players McCall for the fastest and most nerve-shredding try I have ever came through the C team and showed tremendous potential seen, despite needing Matthew to tell him which way to run! in crucial fixtures. We ended the year on a high, beating Finally, thanks to the team themselves for giving it everything Hutchesons’ 13 tries to nil even though reduced to a 12 man during Tuesday training and Saturday matches. You have team! On the whole, I feel that this year the forwards and been a great team to play with. backs have developed an understanding and I am hopeful that everyone can continue with their progression and maybe Chris Haughey even move up to the A team, to hone their rugby skills further. To sum up, I would like to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of a brilliant team this year, which I was lucky enough to captain.
Jamie Judd
Chronicle 49 1st Year ‘A’ 1st Year ‘B’
This season saw many ups and downs for the 1st year A team. This year the S1 B team have been in sublime form; we only However, with our outstanding team work and spirit, we have lost three games! We defeated all of the other Glasgow schools had some very good results this year. Some of our more and ended on a high beating Hutchesons’. Our backs were noticeable ones came in away games against George Watson’s, tremendous; never failing to score in a match. Our forwards Edinburgh Academy and Dollar. The game against Watson’s have been delivering the big hits in important places to stop was a hard fought victory over a very strong defensive side. tries and some even got onto the score sheet. We won almost The other games were among our most complete performances every ruck we competed in and this is in no small part down of the season, showing attacking flair and strong running lines. to the brilliant effort and determination in getting to the break We also had good wins over all the Glasgow schools that we down. Each player brought a different strength to the squad played, showing an eagerness to play for each other and keep whether it be speed, tackling or passing; when combined, we the ball alive. made a brilliant team. Each and every player has an excellent chance of being in the A team next season, due to the strength As the season progressed we took part in the Hutchesons’ of this year’s rugby. Grammar School Rugby Sevens. We had a very difficult group which included George Watson’s, St Aloysius’ and Wellington. I, along with the rest of my team, would like to thank Mr MacLeod We won our group and progressed, undefeated, to the Semi- for his continued support of the team throughout the season. finals where we were met by George Heriot’s and, after their Also, thanks go to Mr Furnish, who helped the forwards, and Mr quick try at the start, we went on to defeat them 6 tries to 1. Kirby, who coached the backs. I enjoyed captaining this team We then moved on to the Finals where we met our toughest and hope we are even more successful next season. challenge yet: The High School of Glasgow. In an intense game of cat and mouse, where we would score then they would Callum Taylor equalise, it was two all by the end of the first half, but we fought on to win 5 tries to 3. We were over the moon with our results because we were the first team from the Academy to win this tournament in over 20 years and we also stopped Watson’s from winning the shield for the 11th time in a row.
Our achievements this season could not have been done without the dedication of our teammates and our admirable coaches Mr Furnish and Mr Kirby. We would also like to thank the parents who came to support us each week. We have had a great year and are looking forward to next season...
James Clark and Steven Simmers
50 Chronicle Senior School Hockey Review of the Season
The year started with Laura Bartlett, who was recovering from injury, coming in September to coach the girls before she went back down south to continue with her training in preparation for London 2012. The girls were clearly extremely motivated by this and I am very grateful to Laura. This season saw some of the worst weather that I can remember in my not insignificant 36 years of teaching and the spell between mid-November and the end of January saw huge disruption to our games programme as well as to our fixture lists across the board. When the weather improved it was a real challenge to get the teams motivated and up and running again! The most memorable parts of the hockey year have to be once again the 1st XI being runners-up in both the BP Cup Plate competition and the Robert Gordon’s 1st XI Tournament in September, the Sevens team reaching the Semi-finals of the West District Tournament, the 2nd XI reaching the Semi-finals of the West District 2nd XI Tournament and the 1st year A team being runners-up in the West District Tournament. The 3rd/2nd yr and 1st yr had extremely successful tours to Holland, with the 3rd/2nd years winning 2 out of 3 of their matches and the 1st years winning 1 out of 3 - well done girls! The 1st XI, 2nd XI and 1st year B team once again experienced life in the North of Scotland, as boarders albeit very briefly at Gordonstoun School. I am extremely heartened to see just how competitive and determined our young hockey players are and it certainly bodes well for the future of hockey at the school. Hockey is going well at The Academy!
This year our already well-oiled machine of PE teachers, other teaching staff and coaching staff saw the addition of Miss Dawn Adams and Miss Lisa Campbell to our programme. Dawn is a PE teacher who took on the role of i/c S3 on Saturdays and Lisa is a member of the teaching staff in the Prep School who assisted our P5s on Friday games sessions and P7 on Saturdays.
I would like to take this opportunity to especially thank my other teaching colleagues Nicky Bannerman, Jen Barr, Tom Menzies, Jenni Brackenridge, Lindsay MacNeill and Susie FitzGerald for all of their support and invaluable help once again this season, during Games sessions, Saturdays and at mid-week matches; as ever, I can’t do without you! We said goodbye in summer 2011 to some of our coaching staff, namely William Marshall who is now working as a hockey development officer in East Renfrewshire, Katy Andersen who is heading down to London after securing a place on the prestigious John Lewis’ Graduate Training Programme, Iain Smart who is heading to Australia to coach hockey and travel having just graduated in Aeronautical engineering from Strathclyde University, and Fraser and Alistair Crawford who have both graduated as Optometrists and are now entering their Pre-Registration year. This will leave a considerable hole in our hockey programme but with the expertise remaining led strongly by Mark Ralph, along with some new coaching staff, we should continue to build upon our developing programme. I would like to thank these coaching staff in particular for their dedication and efforts over the last several years - you have been fantastic and I will miss you!
SM Crawford Hockey Awards and Honours 2010-2011
Lesley Smart receives the 1st XI Captain’s Goblet and Games Captain’s Trophy. Karin Belch was the Outstanding 1st XI Hockey Player, representing both Scotland and West District at U18 this season. Hannah Hood was Most Improved 1st XI Player and Gabrielle Clark Most Consistent 1st XI Player. Lucy McCall and Sophie Thornton were the Most Promising Middle School Hockey Players. Both were key members of the 3rd Year A team this year and Lucy represented West District at U15, scoring ALL the goals in the Inter-District Tournament in June 2011. Susan Al-Haddad was selected as No 1GK for the West District U15 team. Our Most Successful Hockey Team were the 1st Year As, captained by Rebecca Lyden. This young team were the runners-up in the West District S1 Tournament, just losing out to Hutchesons’ Grammar in a very exciting Final.
Chronicle 51 1st XI
Lesley Smart and her able assistant Kirsty Hall were a force to be reckoned with as Captain and Vice-Captain. They were passionate about the team, dedicated to achieving success and, as well as that, they were great fun to work with. The 1st XI this year were a very young group and having lost 11 out of last year's team it was always going to be a team to build upon. Lesley and Kirsty were excellent at integrating the younger ones and, as there were 6 S4s and 4 S5s in the squad, their work was certainly cut out for them from the outset!
The best game of the season was without a doubt the Semi-final in the BP Cup Plate competition where we met St Aloysius' College in what proved to be a superb example of commitment and the drive to succeed. The game was played at Windyedge and the weather was kind to us. The team were somewhat nervous because our previous encounters with St Aloysius' had been hard-fought games where we had come out in 2nd place! Hannah Hood at LD had been given specific instructions to mark the on-coming RS who would try to break for the circle and if she managed that she would likely shoot; Hannah was totally focused and dedicated to the task in hand, managing to frustrate this strong attacker which was very well done. The rest of the defence - Claudia Campbell, Kirsty Hall, Kirsty Wilson and Katy Archibald - followed instructions from their Captain and GK, Lesley Smart, and worked extremely well as a team to keep the attackers away from the circle.
All of the practice we had done, clearing the ball round the back and collaborating with each other, paid off as St Aloysius' attacks were foiled time and time again. Gabrielle Clark, who like Hannah had been given a specific job to do, Iona Gordon, Emily Dow and Karin Belch were all extremely strong in midfield and set up many attacking moves, using the athletic assistance of Kirsty Wilson on RD and Claudia Campbell on LD, to work the ball using 2v1 moves down the sides of the pitch. Karin Belch, as ever, proved to be a difficult opponent for the St Aloysius' midfield and got past them time and again. Our strikers, Abigail Stevenson, Eilidh Murdoch, Alison Beattie and Stephanie Berger, worked extremely hard and there were several shots on goal which certainly boosted their confidence; this was the biggest problem throughout our season, with no-one being more frustrated than the girls themselves. There is nothing more disappointing for the players and the spectators when good hard shots at goal go just wide of the target, in spite of hours of practice. This was very much down to how young our strikers were and both Mr Ralph and I are confident that next year this aspect of the game will be much more confidently approached. The exciting score line of the game was as follows:-
St Aloysius’ Glasgow Academy 10 20 21 22 23 33 34 4 Last 2 minutes 4 2 Penalty Strokes 2 Sudden death penalty 0 strokes 1 We were the winners!
Although the season on paper was not totally successful, the weather in the mid-season was significantly disruptive Hockey Tournament Results 2010-2011 to our results and it is to the credit of the girls and their Captain that their hard work and determination to improve Girls' Teams Tournament Result paid off in the end. Our efforts in the Sevens and Indoor seasons were very good and our congratulations go to 1st XI West 7's Semi-finals Lesley Smart (GK) and Gabrielle Clark (MID) on gaining places in the West District Under 18 outdoor and indoor Robert Gordon’s Runners-up teams, and particularly to Karin Belch on gaining West District outdoor and Scotland Under 18 representative BP Plate Runners-up honours. We would like to thank all of these girls for making our job such a pleasant one; working with them 2nd XI West Semi-finals was a pleasure. Particular thanks go to Mr Ralph for his expertise and dedication to improving the team, and also 1st Year A West Runners-up all of the parents for their support throughout the season in turning out at our matches - it makes a huge difference P7A TGATournament Runners-up to the team when they have support! P7B TGATournament Plate Runners-up SM Crawford and M Ralph
52 Chronicle 2nd XI
This year the 2nd XI welcomed 9 new members into the ranks and this again was a challenge for all. The team were lucky to have Lauren Hudson as the Captain as her common-sense, no-nonsense approach was strong and clear from the outset. I could totally rely on Lauren getting the team organised and she was a pleasure to work with. On the rare occasions that Lauren was unavailable, Rowan Johnstone took over the reins and, again, Rowan’s dedication and commitment to her hockey shone through as she got the job done efficiently.
It took a few weeks for the team to settle but they duly did this and were displaying good teamwork and a pleasing shape by October. Catriona Murray (GK) was a quiet force to be reckoned with in the circle and her skills improved rapidly in the first term, ably controlling her defenders: Lauren Hudson, Rowan Johnstone, Amy Lam, Jillian Hamilton, Fiona Griffin, Christina Macpherson and Jenny Speedie. It is always good to see a younger girl ordering around the S6 girls and to see them jump at her command! The midfield was dominated by Elspeth Couper, although she was injured early on in the year, which thwarted most of her season. This was unfortunate as she was clearly destined for the 1st XI. Nina Petric-Gray took over as the quietly unassuming leader of this group, along with Clemmie Mitchell who played a consistently intelligent game of hockey between the defence and the midfield, but who I would like to dominate more as she clearly has the potential. Laura McMillan and Amy Lam proved to be versatile players in the team, showing that they could effectively play almost anywhere on the pitch. The strikers of Melissa Liao, Bridget Fleming, Danae Constantine and, latterly, Julia Sillito, who had come from the 1st XI and who contributed significantly, all worked very well together setting up and scoring many lovely goals.
From the outset, the focus was on the West District 2nd XI Tournament in February, with the team determined to do as well as last year’s 2nd XI who had reached the Final. However, tournaments have a habit of being frustrating and 1-0 was a common score-line during the section play. We finished up 2nd in the section, which was not where we wanted to be as this meant a harder Semi-final. Unfortunately we came up against The High School and went no further, which was a disappointing result after such a lot of solid preparation.
The game of the season for me was definitely the one up at Gordonstoun in March, where the team produced excellent attacking moves and linked their passes very well, winning impressively with a 5-0 score-line, although Danae ended up with a broken finger, which was very unfortunate. Throughout the year this whole team worked well to develop good corner attacking moves and effective defensive plays and I thank them for their enthusiasm and commitment. It was a pleasure working with you girls and your team spirit was superb!
Once again, a group of people I would especially like to thank are the parents and travelling supporters who appeared faithfully at our fixtures and many of you, I know, will miss your Saturday morning outings next year! Thank you all!
SM Crawford 3rd XI 4th XI
This year the 3rd XI team was raring to go from the start! The I was very excited to be asked to be the Captain of camaraderie of the girls was very strong, providing us with the the 4th XI hockey team and have enjoyed the level of important relationships required to go out and win games. We fought responsibility and communication needed for the role, hard and won our fair share of ‘cheeky wee wins’, in the words of Maia which I feel will definitely help me in later life. Focusing Gentle, our rock-hard left defender. There were some intense flurries on advancing our hockey skills has been a big part of of competitiveness demonstrated on the pitch, often by Rebecca hockey training this year, doing drill exercises involving Goldie, whereas our outstanding sweeper, Pamela Sandford, took dribbling, hitting, short corners and other necessary a more reserved approach to the game. We often saw shining skills. We also had Monday and Thursday fitness moments out of Caitlin Bell, chipping the ball into the net, assisted by sessions so as to improve our stamina and I advise any her fellow strikers Megan Craig and Carole Hutchison. Carole has a future hockey captain to encourage their teammates to hit that even the fiercest goal keepers aren’t embarrassed to shy away go to this as it really does help your hockey. The girls from. The ball was often moved swiftly through the field by any of our have shown a great level of skill, both individually and dashing midfielders: Brodie Hunter, Catriona Ritchie, Jennifer Sinclair as a team. We have also bonded very well together, and myself. Of course, we cannot forget our goalkeeper, Natasha supporting each other through both good games and bad Duda, who was always very keen to tie her hair back and get down and this made hockey this year a great experience. to business! Natasha was ably assisted by a wall of strong defence consisting of the lovely Kirsty McDonald, enthusiastic Molly Millar, Charlotte Alford fierce Maia Gentle and extremely loud Rachel Stewart! All in all I had a great time working with the team and am saddened to move on. I am more comfortable leaving, however, knowing that the team is in the hands of Mrs FitzGerald (in her matching team hoodie).
Shona MacVicar
Chronicle 53 2nd Year ‘A’
I genuinely don’t know where to start about how great a year this extremely reliable Captain and Laura Gallagher played consistently has been! We started off the hockey season with a win in our first well all season in midfield, working hard to feed the forwards some match against Kelvinside Academy. After that the team began to win great scoring opportunities which Lucy Wilson, Rachel McCourt and consistently and team spirits were always high on a Saturday morning. Masha Lucic were happy to take advantage of. Although we didn’t score a huge amount, we still recorded victories with The season ended with a fantastic tour to Holland where the girls very few goals scored against us. We were unbeaten until February won 2 of the 3 fixtures played. The set up and standard of hockey in of this year, then the weather stopped matches and training, which Holland is extremely impressive; however, this did not affect the girls ultimately affected our results – possibly more GLAM bars were needed! who held their own and also played to a very high standard. Bethany Curse the Scottish weather – a new water-based pitch maybe?! We Gallagher was awarded Player of the Tour and Gracie Mallinson was entered the Hutchesons’ Tournament with high hopes and confidence. awarded Buddy of the Tour (buddying India Somerside S1), which We were seeded in the toughest section, with Hutchesons’, St Aloysius’ highlights that it wasn’t just on the pitch where the girls worked well and St Columba’s. We achieved three 0-0 draws, but to the team’s together. credit, we kept St Columba’s at bay, a school that had beaten us by a This was a very enjoyable season for the girls, Miss Adams and Mrs goal on our last encounter. We left with our heads held high. I’d like Crawford. I wish all the S3 girls every success with their future hockey to thank Miss Barr, Miss Hyslop and the games staff for all the time careers at senior level. and effort they have put into helping and encouraging the team with our skills. D Adams
Rachel Buist
Holland Tour This year we took two teams and five teachers along with us to Holland. After an initial defeat we picked up our game and came back to win the next two matches against the International School of The Hague and Almeerse Hockey Club. The standard of hockey this year 2nd Year ‘B’ was excellent and we all felt that we had improved throughout the tour. As well as playing hockey we had some great trips to D’Eftling We started the season well with a convincing 3-0 win against Kelvinside. theme park and the lovely seaside town of Scheveningen. One of We played a total of 10 games with 4 wins, 3 losses and 3 draws. Our the highlights of the tour was the Buddy Challenge, where we had a goalkeeper, Nicola Pell, played extremely well, saving goals when we fashion show using recycled clothing that we had created. We also needed her. We had a strong defence too, who all worked well together all took part in a room challenge that consisted of a talent show, with to keep the ball away from our goal. Our strikers formed a reliable goal- some interesting dance moves. All in all it was a very successful and scoring unit with a total of 18 goals scored. Our midfielders supported enjoyable tour, thanks to the great organisation, time and effort that the defence to ensure the ball travelled up the pitch to set up valuable was put in by the teachers and our tour bus driver, Dickie. goal-scoring opportunities. I have enjoyed being captain of a strong, dedicated team and I hope that next year we can go from strength to Lucy McCall strength.
Catriona Ritchie 3rd Year ‘A’ The S3 hockey season was both successful and impressive. The A Team played 15 fixtures in total; they won 9, drew 2 and only lost 4. They were captained extremely well by Lucy McCall, who offered inspirational encouragement during half time team talks and led by example, taking on opposition defences to score some great goals. Lucy’s season finished on a high with her being selected to play for the West District U15 squad, and she scored every goal for them in the Inter-district Tournament. The A team had some high-scoring results - a credit to the forwards who capitalised on every scoring opportunity. The midfielders were the workhorses in the team, linking great defensive play to feed the forwards some great balls. Sophie Thornton and Bethany Gallagher were both consistently sound in defence, remaining calm and distributing the ball down the wing effectively. The B team also had a successful season, winning 7, drawing 4 and only losing 2 games. Molly Hutcheon was an enthusiastic and
54 Chronicle 1st Year ‘A’ 1st Year ‘B’
The S1 A hockey team has enjoyed a very successful season. The S1 B team have had an excellent year. One of our most We won the majority of our games. One of our most memorable successful matches was against Kelvinside Academy which we games was our first which was against Kelvinside Academy. won 4-1. The B team girls played well, together and encouraged We won 1-0 and it was the first time we had played together each other on. This led to many wins, including a 2-0 win over as a team against another school with our new coach. Miss Jordanhill. Due to the extreme winter weather conditions Bannerman could not believe we were a first year team as she some of the fixtures were affected. During the course of this said we played like third years! All in all we had some excellent year some of the girls went on a trip to Gordonstoun to play a results, which included wins over Jordanhill (5-0), St Aloysius’ match. Going to Gordonstoun was a valuable experience and College (4-1) and The High School of Glasgow (1-0). we all had a great time, despite the five hour drive there and back. They were formidable opponents and we thought it was The last fixture for the S1 A team was the West District the hardest match of the year. Playing on a grass pitch was Tournament. It was great fun, exciting but nerve-wracking at certainly very different to astroturf. During the trip we got to the same time. From the start, we played well and managed to see what life at a boarding school was like and we all enjoyed win our section, progressing to the Quarter-finals and then the it thoroughly. Skills and tactics have developed well over the Semis. Our Semi-final match was very close but after a penalty season and will be put to good use in the coming year. shoot-out, we managed to secure a win which took us to the final where we met Hutchesons’ Grammar School. We knew Heather Allan from previous encounters that this would be a tough match and this was going to be even harder because we were also very tired. After a challenging match filled with blood, sweat and tears we were awarded runner-up of the West District Tournament. Everyone was very happy with our achievement and proud of the badge we earned to put on our blazers.
Becky Lyden
Hockey Results 2010 - 2011 Played Won Lost Drawn 1st XI 218121 2nd XI 17 10 5 2 3rd XI 83 3 2 4th XI 81 5 2 3rd Year A 15 9 4 2 3rd Year B 13 7 2 4 2nd Year A 13832 2nd Year B 10 4 3 3 1st Year A 16 13 2 1 1st Year B 14842 1st Year C 31 1 1 P7A 9432 P7B 98 1 - P7C 3111 Boys’ 1st XI 14 5 9 - Boys’ 2nd XI 92 7 -
Chronicle 55 Boys’ Hockey 1st XI The season kicked off away at Dundee on a very bouncy artificial pitch. Despite dominating large parts of the game and showing some good team-work, we failed to master the conditions and lost 1-0 to a deflected cross. Our next match saw Hutchesons’ Grammar come to Lower Windyedge. They are always a well-drilled team and, for 15 minutes, we outplayed them and competed well. Unfortunately, Hutchesons’ hit us on the break twice and, also scored 2 short-corner strikes to go in 4-0 leaders at half time, a score which flattered them. The second half saw much of the same and we eventually lost 7-0. The following Wednesday saw us take on The High School, and record our first victory. Dominating the game, we scored 4 good goals and both The High School goals were deflections, but we held on to win comfortably 4-2. After half term, The High School returned for our second fixture. They had a new tactic, which was to target several of our “better” players, who were subjected to some rough treatment. This tactic paid-off, as we lost our composure and structure and, unfortunately, lost a goal at a short-corner, to lose by 1-0. Next, we had a long midweek trip to play the very strong Robert Gordon’s in Aberdeen. For 15 minutes we played well, with our defence keeping a good structure, but once Gordon’s scored, that was it. We kept our heads up and scored a very good goal of our own following some good interplay, but unfortunately fell by 8 goals to 1. We then welcomed Beaconhurst to Anniesland and, after a physical encounter, won comfortably by 3-1. We then had two trips to Edinburgh, first to play Stewart’s Melville. Despite some good defensive play, we lost 4 goals, without reply, going down 4-0. However, the following week, we played George Watson’s College and played with great spirit. It was a ding-dong affair and, after going 2-0 down, we fought back to 2-1, then 3-2 and finished the match much the stronger team: a greatly encouraging performance. Our last game before the Christmas break was a Scottish Cup match, where we beat a dogged Douglas Academy 1-0 in a match that we totally dominated.
Following Christmas, and the departure of the snow, we again took on Dundee High School, this time at Anniesland. It was a good match, where we played some good “team” hockey, to win comfortably 2-1. Our next match saw a second fixture with Hutchesons’. Unfortunately, we just didn’t rise to the occasion and, despite scoring an excellent goal, we conceded 8, so you can work out the result! We next had yet another midweek road-trip to Aberdeen and Robert Gordon’s, this time for a Scottish Cup quarter-final. We were poor in the first half, giving them too much space and time, for which we were punished and went in at half time 6-0 down. In the second half, however, we adopted a new strategy, where we man-marked each player and put them under pressure as soon as they received the ball. The boys played out of their skins and only conceded 2 more goals, playing their best hockey of the season; the long trip home wasn’t so bad after that second half performance. We were outplayed by a well-drilled Edinburgh Academy, who won comfortably 3-0, before the Sevens tournaments kicked-in, where we competed in the Hutchesons’, Stewart’s Melville and High School events. We didn’t win any of them, but put in good performances and didn’t finish bottom in any of them either! Sandwiched in-between these, was our last 11-a-side fixture away at Beaconhurst, where we once again dominated and recorded a comfortable 2-0 victory.
Many thanks to Jonny Barbour, who captained the team well and always led from the front with some inspiring and determined play. Gavin Hamilton was a rock at the back, ably supported by Ross Taylor, Andrew Morris, Nick Kennovin and William Brooke. The midfield worked tirelessly, where Roland Li was outstanding and ably supported by Jonny, Oliver Whyte, Gregory Graham, Greg Stark and Douglas Sinclair. Our forwards struggled to find the net regularly, but Rory Kerr, Ben Jones and Oliver Mennie were always a threat and will develop into good players. The outstanding player this season was, however, the goal-keeper Lyle Hill who, despite being new to the game, proved to be a “natural”, making some breath-taking saves. A very reliable last-line of defence, he has a great future in the game. We didn’t have a settled coach this year, but thanks to all who helped out, those being William Marshall, Jonathan Horne, Alan Meikle, Jamie Frail and Iain Smart; your contribution was vital and helped the boys develop their skills in the sport. Thanks to everyone who made this an enjoyable, but tough season and good luck to all in the future.
T Menzies 2nd XI We were lacking numbers this season, so 2-3 1st XI players had to help out to allow us to field a team. The season started well, away at Dundee High School, where, on a bouncy pitch, we managed to sneak a goal and then hold out for a well-deserved 1-0 victory. Hutchesons’ then visited us and, with a few minutes left, we were leading 1-0; however, a late goal pegged us back and we conceded a short corner with the last touch of the ball and, you guessed it, they scored to take away an undeserved 2-1 win. With The High School unwilling to put out a 2nd XI against us, the team had to wait until early November and Beaconhurst School. They were very physical and dominated the game, winning easily by 3-0: another loss, but some positive play to work on. Stewart’s Melville looked well organised, but we passed the ball well and attacked at every opportunity. Unfortunately, they scored 2 goals to our blank, so we went down 2-0. Our next match against Watson’s saw a rare event; we scored a goal! Unfortunately, Watson’s managed to slot 3 home, so it was a 3-1 defeat. The snows then ensured our next match was in January, where Dundee High proved to be too strong this time around and we lost 2-0 in a very frustrating game. Our next match against Hutchesons’ showed how far they had developed and it was a very easy 2-0 win for them, followed by a similar performance and result the next week against Edinburgh Academy. Our final match was our last chance to do what we hadn’t done since the first match of the season, which was win. Beaconhurst this time lacked discipline, and we took full advantage of this to run out worthy winners by 2-1 in an exciting and physical match.
Thanks must go to Andrew Morris for taking on the difficult task of captaining the team and for taking over in goal when Lewis Reid decided to ply his trade up front. The boys all played with great determination and have developed their skills well. Euan Dowers, Cameron Jones and Alasdair Ferguson regularly took responsibility and played with great flair. Peter Ritchie, Fraser Wright and Tony Pace all developed well and have a bright future in the game. Despite the results, it was an enjoyable season and I know all involved will build on what they have experienced this year. Good luck to you all.
T Menzies
56 Chronicle Senior School Cricket 1st XI While last season we saved the best for last, this season we started with a bang! We restricted The High School of Glasgow’s score to 113 for 9 wickets in 35 overs. Alasdair Spike was the pick of our bowlers, capturing 3 wickets for 12 runs off his 7 overs. The pitch at High School had considerable bounce and some balls reared off a length well above the batsman’s head, which prompted a High School boy to say, “Welcome to WACA” (Western Australia Cricket Association pitch in Perth, considered by many to be the bounciest cricket pitch in the world.) We began losing early wickets against some good High School bowling and, at 65 for the loss of 7 wickets, everyone thought it was curtains for us. At this point, however, Suhaib Siddiqui came in to bat. What happened in the next few overs was what makes this game one of glorious uncertainties: Suhaib pressed his accelerator and went on the offensive straight away with some lusty blows all around the wicket, leaving the High School boys bewildered. We finished with 116 for 9 wickets and won an exciting match with 15 balls to spare. Suhaib remained not out on a well-made 31 off just 27 balls.
The second match was against George Watson’s College whom we invited to bat first. The pitch at Anniesland was firm, well prepared and full of runs thanks to the pitch covers, as the rest of the square was wet. Of our bowlers, Alasdair Spike in particular swung the ball well and made it difficult for the Watson’s batters. Both Alasdair Spike (3 wickets for 7 runs) and Lyle Hill (4 wickets for 13 runs) ran through the Watson’s innings and dominated proceedings. Lyle Hill bowled fast and straight to have three of his victims bowled, while skipper Iain McCallum not only made some intelligent bowling changes but also held an excellent ankle-high catch in the slips to raise the fielding bar. George Watson’s were bowled out for 61 runs in 19.5 overs in a 30 over match. One might have thought that this would have been an easy win for us, but Watson’s bowlers fought hard and when we lost Lyle Hill, caught at point trying to square drive with the score on 23, panic set in. A combination of nerves and poor decisions in terms of shot selection saw the boys reduced to 52 for 6 wickets. However, Iain McCallum (17 not out off 70 balls), who opened the batting, grafted well with solid defence and saw us through. Chris Coutts supported McCallum well, playing some fine on-drives, and the boys won by 4 wickets.
The match against a strong XL Club was played on a nice hot day at Anniesland. The XL Club batters, who included a New Zealand amateur, put pressure on our bowlers by attacking them; they also tested our fielders by running quick singles. While many sides would have fallen apart under the kind of onslaught our bowlers encountered, it was gratifying to see our boys maintain their cool and fight well to stick to a plan. All our bowlers toiled hard on a hot day and bowled well, with Lyle Hill bagging 3 wickets for 54 runs. Iain McCallum came into bowl last and finished with an amazing analysis of 2 overs, 4 wickets for 5 runs! We fielded well and the highlight was a brilliant diving catch by Neil Cuthill at covers, with some good wicket-keeping from Andrew Morris too. XL Club were all out for 178. Haris Chaudhry and Iain McCallum batted responsibly to put up a partnership of 84 runs for the second wicket. In trying to push the scoring rate we lost some quick wickets and thereafter it was left to Neil Cuthill and Andrew Morris who batted well to hold out for a draw. We finished with our score on 140 for 8 wickets.
Our match against Hutchesons’ Grammar School had to be called off halfway through the innings due to heavy rain. The match against Wellington School was won by 104 runs. TGA scored 161 for 6 wickets in 30 overs, with Alasdair Spike unbeaten on 66 and Neil Cuthill on 20 being the main contributors. We bowled out Wellington School for 57, winning the match by a substantial margin. Suhaib Siddiqui took 4 wickets for 16 runs and Haris Chaudhry 3 wickets for 14 runs.
Although our season was curtailed because of the weather, the boys trained hard and spent long hours in the nets in the sports hall. It was an excellent season and we remained undefeated: the last time our 1st Xl had an undefeated season was way back in 1992! I thank Iain McCallum who led from the front and proved that he could be a very good leader. Thanks also go to Scott Weston our Master in Charge of Cricket and Iain Smart for his assistance on Tuesdays.
V Hariharan
Chronicle 57 2nd XI This was a short, but enjoyable, season for the 2nd XI, starting with a match on astroturf against a strong High School XI. Putting us in to bat first, we struggled to come to terms with the pace of their bowling and we managed to reach 52 in 16 overs: not too bad a score, with David Munn top scoring on 9. The 2 experienced High School opening batsmen then took control and they cruised to 53 without loss in just 5.3 overs: a real lesson for us. Watson’s next visited us and, again, we were put in to bat first. Cameron Turner (11) and Arthur Johnson (23) started very promisingly, but Watson’s chipped away with tight, accurate bowling and a middle-order collapse saw us all out for 54. This time, however, our bowlers came out all guns blazing and really restricted Watson’s early on, with Arthur Johnson taking 3 for 16 and Ali Ferguson 1 for 7. Watson’s were rattled and they only got their winning runs in the 15th over, with 5 wickets down. Had we scored about 20 runs more, it would have been very interesting indeed! Hutchesons’ were our next opponents at a damp and cold Auldhouse. Electing to bat first, and with a few “rested” 1st XI players, who didn’t have a match that day, their opening batsmen made 46 not out. This steered them on the way to 108 for 6, with Arthur Johnson taking 3 for 16 (again) and Tim McAlpine-Scott 2 for 12. Our batsmen started aggressively, but soggy conditions and bitter cold didn’t help and we lost regular wickets on our way to a total of 63 all out, with Cameron Turner top scoring with 15. Our next match, away to Lomond 1st XI, proved to be our last of the season. They were a strong team, with many playing for Helensburgh Cricket Club’s 1st XI. Their opener was out on 59 and their number 3 batsman finished on 90 not out; their total a massive 197 for 3 off 20 overs! Our batsmen, however, took it all in their stride. David Munn opened and struck an impressive 17 against good bowlers, Arthur Johnson chipped in with 31 and Sohaib Ahmed played a smashing innings, quite literally; one of his two sixes bounced off the mini-bus windscreen shattering it! We really did stick at it and scored an impressive 99 for 4 in our 20 overs; well done indeed, boys!
As I say, this was a short, but enjoyable, season, despite the way results went. The boys played with spirit and determination and encouraged one another throughout. I cannot fault them at all! They will have learned a lot and will come back, next season, as better players for it. Thanks to all involved and good luck in the future.
T Menzies
58 Chronicle Under 15 Cup This year’s Cup run was an exciting affair incorporating all available for duty and this allowed us to vary the attack many different means by which one might qualify for considerably. the Finals. With the bat, Kerr Moir, Angus Neilson, Innes Hopkins, In the first round, having bowled out Hutchesons’ Cameron Burt and Robert Sandford all made contributions for a fairly paltry 54, the boys did their best to beat worthy of note. themselves having scored only 12 off 10 overs! This went to the final over when our old friend Mr Extras My thanks to all the boys for their efforts this year; I can made a welcome appearance to secure victory by 4 assure them that I was as frustrated as they were with our wickets. lack of continuity! Many thanks also to the parents who appeared with such regularity and with all kinds of conditions In the next round we received a bye. (Mrs Moir, Mrs Burt and Mrs Campbell, take a bow).
In the next round (to decide who would go through Kerr Moir received the bowling prize, and Angus Neilson to Finals day at Doo’cot Park in Perth) the weather received the batting prize. scuppered our attempts to play High School of Glasgow in a proper match and we had to resort to a AJ McCaskey bowl-off with 6 boys having two legal deliveries each at unprotected stumps. We prevailed! This is a most unsatisfactory way of settling a cricket match, but the boys were knocked out by the same method, by the same opposition and at the same stage last year, so 2nd Year were not complaining. This has been a fantastic season for all involved in 2nd Year Unfortunately, the Finals Day itself proved to be just a cricket; both the A and B teams have only lost once each, stage too far for the boys, but we can, technically, lay against George Watson’s. This opening statement should claim to being, almost officially, the fourth best under help elucidate the abundance of talent that we have on offer 15 team in Scotland! within this year group and this meant that we were afforded the luxury of being able to rotate squads throughout the I am delighted to report that there were never fewer season. than four S2 boys in the team and this augurs well for next year’s campaign. We started off the season well with wins against High School of Glasgow and Hutchesons’, with both teams winning AJ McCaskey quite comfortably and our bowlers really restricting their opponents’ run chases. The games against Watson’s were very tight indeed and the A team only lost on the penultimate ball of the match!
3rd Year Further wins against Wellington and Hutchesons’ (again) brought the curtain down on the season, as well as a very The cricket season, thanks to a world record number of successful tour to Lisburn. April holiday weekends followed by appalling weather in May and June, once again proved to be a frustratingly It really has been a privilege to work with this group of young disjointed affair and this denied us the opportunity to men; they are exceptionally talented and desperate to learn. build on the solid performances of many individuals The most inspiring thing is that they keep each other going from last year. In the end we recorded impressive when things are not going their way. victories over Kelvinside Academy (by 86 runs) and Wellington School (by 112 runs). We lost a thrilling I would like to thank Mr Hariharan, Mr Smart and Mr match by 13 runs to George Watson’s College on a Bartholomew for all their help and support over the season; cold and windy Edinburgh morning at Myreside. We this has proved to be invaluable. The final thanks must go to also lost out to Hutchesons’ Grammar School, albeit the boys for their attitude and dedication; well done, chaps! in a game where our regular top four batsmen were all playing for the School XI! This was indeed unfortunate AW Mathewson as in the previous fixture (when at full strength) the match had had to be abandoned due to rain when at a finely balanced point in proceedings.
Captain Innes Hopkins led admirably and did well to select from the veritable smorgasbord of bowling talent: Innes himself; Kerr Moir; Angus Neilson; Robert Sandford; Cameron Burt; and Zuhayr Siddiqui were
Chronicle 59 S1 ‘A’ S1 & S2 Belfast Tour 2011 has been a successful year in cricketing As is now traditional, mid-June saw Messrs Hariharan, terms for the S1 ‘A’ team. A fine balance of wins Weston and McCaskey ‘enjoying’ a cooked breakfast and losses has allowed us to learn invaluable en route to Larne with 12 First Year boys and 12 lessons. Second Year boys.
Cameron Horn’s 74 runs secured our first win over This trip, though only two days and one night in Hutchesons’ Grammar School and this set us on duration, has become a fixture of the lower school’s course for two further triumphant matches. The cricket season and we have been very lucky not next match we played against Wellington was a only to have two such friendly and accommodating victory won by our imported American star Ethan schools as Wallace High and Friends’ School in Nicol, who made a fabulous total of 33 runs. Sadly Lisburn, but also that the skill levels of all the boys Ethan is leaving us this year and his is a talent we should be so evenly matched. The games on the will sorely miss. Best wishes, Ethan! Monday afternoon/evening saw a victory for the First Year boys and a narrow defeat for Second Year, while Over the season our bowling became increasingly on the Tuesday, these results were reversed. strong as our five main bowlers - Cameron Horn, Simon McAlpine-Scott, Steven Simmers, Euan In an exciting development, Friends’ School came McDonald and Lewis Gilkison - gelled together as across in March to play us at rugby and it is hoped a team. that this will continue and allow us to return some of the boundless hospitality they have provided us with Thank you to Mr McCaskey for organising a great over the past eight years. S1 cricket tour to Belfast. Of the two games we played we got a victory over Wallace High School, AJ McCaskey with Ross McCrea and James Clark taking all the quick singles on offer to allow us to overhaul their total. We couldn’t have done it without the superb coaching of Mr Hariharan and Mr Weston and we hope that we will build on our strengths to become an even stronger S2 team.
Lewis Gilkison
Cricket Results 2010-2011
Played Won Lost Drawn 1st XI 53 - 2 2nd XI 4- 4 - 3rd Year A 9441 2nd Year A 75 2 - 2nd Year B 42 1 1 1st Year A 83 5 - 1st Year B 53 2 - P7 A 54 1 - P7 B 43 1 - P6 A 5- 5 - P6 B 51 4 -
60 Chronicle Rowing
On the 23rd July 2011 the Glasgow Academy pair of Ross Urquhart and Ronan Murphy lined up on the start for the climax to their season - the Home International Regatta. In the previous six weeks they had won both the Scottish and British Championships and this would be a unique triple. After 2000 gruelling metres and the hardest race of their lives they beat Ireland by half a boat length. Their time of 6.56.3 was the fastest in Britain this year and would also have won the senior event that day. It was the 7th fastest time of any Scottish junior or senior pair ever. This was an outstanding achievement for two dedicated Academy athletes who had been rowing for just two years.
Over 70 pupils took part in rowing this year, each striving to achieve their own personal targets and goals. We had four Scottish internationalists, four British medal winners and seven Scottish Champions as well as numerous wins and places.
We started our competitive year in November with a training camp in Inverness, taking part in the Inverness head. Later that month Ross and Ronan raced at the Hampton Head in London, achieving a silver medal. At the Scottish Indoor Championships in January Eleanor Jamieson, Ross Swanson, Ross Ferguson, Ben Chan and India Somerside joined Ross Urquhart and Ronan Murphy as medal winners.
In March it was the Scottish Schools’ Head and Chloe Wilson, Kate Jackson, Kimberley Somerside, Eleanor Jamieson and Ilesha Ewart won the girls’ J16 fours ahead of George Heriot’s School. Ross Urquhart, Ronan Murphy, Cameron Scally and Ross Swanson, coxed by India Somerside, came second in the schools event. Then, rowing as Glasgow Schools, Ross and Ronan won the overall junior event and Kimberley and Eleanor the J16 event.
Crews also raced and won at the Strathclyde Park, Clydesdale and Castle Semple regattas. The Academy was also represented for the first time at the National Schools’ Regatta in Nottingham, when they came up against the top English public schools.
At the Scottish Championships the school had its largest entry to date. Ross and Ronan won junior pairs, coxed fours and senior eights and came second in senior pairs. Kimberley and Eleanor came third in junior pairs and, in so doing, secured Scottish selection. The Junior 12 quad of Becky Neilson, India Somerside, Heather Allan, Emma Webster and cox Euan McLeod won Gold, and our J13 quad came second. School rowers also came second in the Wylie Cup and Junior 12 doubles.
In June we held the House rowing competition, with all Houses fielding full teams and racing in quads, doubles and singles. The shortened course made for exciting racing and some surprise results. The overall winning house was Fraser.
Our four top rowers went to the British Championships in Nottingham where Ross and Ronan won Gold in junior pairs by a distance, and Kimberley and Eleanor won a Bronze in junior eights. All four represented Scotland at the Home International Regatta.
My thanks go to Ronan and Ross as Rowing Captain and Vice-Captain last year. It was an absolute privilege to work with these two athletes. Their dedication and achievements will act as inspiration to those who follow in their wake.
I Somerside
Chronicle 61 Tennis
Tennis has once again proven to be a very popular This year's House Tennis Championships were once summer games option for Senior School pupils. again very well supported and we hope all of you Windyedge continues to be an impressive facility, with who participated enjoyed a great morning of tennis. our 21 courts often full to capacity. We have such a The results of this year's Championships were as diversity of players at The Academy as many of our follows: pupils who select tennis may be new to the sport, or inexperienced, while others, at the other end of the Senior Boys' Cameron Mackie (S4) beat Ben spectrum, have been playing competitively for years Mazzucco (S5) both at school and club level. Enjoyment comes in many forms; some of our pupils wish only to play recreational The trophy played for by the Senior Boys is perhaps tennis whilst others relish the physical challenge one of the most valuable in the School's possession of training and competing. The Academy's tennis and was presented in 1912 by J W Hardy Esq in programme tries to embrace all pupils' preferences but memory of the connection his five sons had with underpinning everything is enjoyment. Only when we The Academy between the years 1897-1909. have delivered enjoyment to our pupils, will they then Next year therefore marks an important historic deliver success. milestone when the winner will be presented with a trophy dating back 100 years. Most of our matches this year have been mid-week although there have been a couple of Saturday fixtures. Senior Girls' Abigail Stevenson (S4) eventually It would be fair to describe this season as a difficult beat Nina Petric-Gray (S5) in a one as we have unfortunately had some cancellations mammoth 3-hour match (6-7, 7-5, which have therefore resulted in fewer fixtures. 6-1). This was an outstanding match Weather was sometimes to blame, but we have had a and the girls were exhausted after number of matches cancelled by opposing schools who it! have been unable to field teams and therefore honour fixtures. The Games Department is always keen to Junior Girls' Bethany Gallagher (S3) beat Rosa offer as many opportunities as possible and it is always Spinney (S2) positive to see so many of our pupils attend Saturday morning coaching sessions with Mr Kirby. Junior Boys' Alasdair Forrest (S1) beat Lewis Kennovin (S3) One of our first fixtures was against St Columba's School and we won 12 of the 15 matches played. This A new tournament was established this year for was a great start to the season. Another convincing win our Prep 7 girls. This was a highly enjoyable and we recorded was against The High School of Glasgow competitive event which produced some terrific when we lost only two matches out of 14. Our Dollar tennis. After a close final, Morna Sinclair eventually fixture is always a highly competitive affair and although beat Holly Wicklow in two sets. Well done to all girls results were mixed, it was interesting to note that our who entered this tournament and made it such a first couple at every age group (Prep 7, S1, S2, S3 and success. Senior Girls), all won their matches. Many thanks to all pupils who represented The Six senior school girls competed in The High School Academy in a fixture or played in the Tennis of Glasgow Girls' Tennis Tournament and we were Championships. As usual, the programme could attempting to match our host's record of 'six-in-a-row' not run as smoothly as it does without the hard work competition wins. Despite our best efforts, however, of Mr Kirby who runs the after-school tennis clubs, we finished as the runners-up in the tournament. Well Saturday morning training sessions and oversees done to the Under 13 couple Emma Webster & Alex our senior teams. A final thanks to Lauren Hudson Fletcher, Under 15 couple Bethany Gallagher & Rosa who has been an asset to The Academy's tennis Spinney and Over 15 couple Nina Petric-Gray & Abigail programme since she first represented the school in Stevenson. Prep 6! She has been an excellent tennis captain this season. Our boys narrowly missed reaching the quarter-finals of the Scottish Schools' Tennis Championship. They were NL Bannerman knocked out by the current Championship holders, Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. Although we were beaten overall, our first seed, Cameron Mackie, easily defeated the Merchiston first seed. The team consisted of Cameron, Ben Mazzucco, Iain McCallum and Lyle Hill. Well done, boys!
62 Chronicle Tennis Results 2010-2011 Played Won Lost Drawn Senior Girls 321- Senior Boys 321- S3 Girls 431- S2 Girls 422- S1 Girls 541- Prep Girls 330-
Cameron Mackie with the JW Hardy Trophy
Chronicle 63 Football
Football continues to go from strength to strength at the school thanks to the commitment of the pupils to the sport. The season started with pre-season training in the summer holidays just before we returned to school in August 2010. It was clear then that the Senior Footballers had the making of a good side.
The Senior Football Team which consists of 4th, 5th and 6th year pupils, have developed considerably since last season. The team were entered into the annual SISFA League where they competed against players a valuable insight into professional football other independent schools from the West of Scotland. at the highest level. The pupils have played eight competitive matches and won three of them. Victories against The High At the time of writing the U14 football team have School of Glasgow, Lomond and St Aloysius’ proved played one match against Jordanhill who they that the team and the school's reputation for football beat convincingly. Campbell McCready scored have come a long way in a short time. The team a hat-trick and we are hopeful that he is able to were captained by Andrew Murdoch who led them repeat this in the forthcoming matches. Campbell with distinction. All of the players attended training and team captain Christopher Rae are just two of once a week and worked hard to improve their own the thirty players that attend football training each skills and develop the team. week on a Friday evening. The dedication to the sport can only bode well for the future. Andrew Murdoch, Connor Sproule, Fraser McDonald and Calum McCormick attended trials for the West of Thank you to all of the pupils who taken part this Scotland Independent Schools’ team. The standard season. You have been a pleasure to work with. was high as this is a team which normally provides a Thank you also to the parents who have come large number of players for the Scottish Independent to support the boys, often in difficult weather Schools’ National Team. Well done to the players conditions. A special thank also must finally go to involved for competing strongly at this level. the PE Department, Mr Etherington, Mr Shields, Mr Brunton and Mr Farrelly for their support with the On behalf of the Senior Football Team and all of the matches and with training. footballers of the school I would like to thank the PTA for their generosity which allowed us to buy a new DJ Ford strip for the 1st XI Footballers. The new kit allows the players to take pride in the team and the school and this was noticeable in their performances on the pitch. Thanks also to Academy parent Mr M Bain who allowed the Senior Football team to attend a training session at Murray Park, the training complex of Rangers FC. The players enjoyed a tour of the facilities, training from the Rangers FC coaches and a lesson in Sports Science. The trip gave the
64 Chronicle Athletics
Senior School pupils returned from the Glasgow selected to represent Glasgow District at the Inter Schools’ Finals Night at Scotstoun on 1st June with Area Athletics Match at Grangemouth, where Erin 9 gold, 11 silver and 17 bronze medals to show for won her 100m event, and Harry and Ben were both their efforts - a significant improvement on last year’s 2nd in their events. Glasgow was victorious in the results! Performances to note came from Calum Girls’ and Boys’ separate competitions and then the Wray (75m hurdles) and Harry Matthews (400m) who Overall event. both recorded championship best performances, and Ben Chan, who added a silver relay medal to his 2 All in all this was a very successful Athletics season individual golds from the 100m and the Triple Jump. for Academy athletes and we look forward to this Calum Wray, Lucy McCall and Jamie Robinson also winning streak continuing into the indoor season. all collected 3 medals each. In the overall results table, S1 boys and S3 Girls finished 2nd, while S2 The season ended for our pupils with the Glasgow Girls, S2 Boys and S3 Boys all finished 3rd. Schools’ Multi-event and our own TGA Pentathlon event. Ben Chan continued his winning streak and improved his personal best to take the Triple Jump title at the Results from the GS Multi-event were:- Scottish Schools’ Championships which were held at Grangemouth on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th Harry Matthews - 2nd in S2 Boys with 1167 points June. Calum Wray also improved his personal best Ben Chan - 2nd in S1 Boys with 1039 points to win silver in the 80m Hurdles and Erin Crichton Erin Crichton - 3rd in S1 Girls with 1135 points equalled her season’s best performance to win Bronze in the High Jump. All of our athletes really rose Winners from the TGA Pentathlon were:- to the occasion at this, the highlight of the school’s athletics calendar. However, the performance of the U15 girls O15 Girls 1st Anya Morrison 1212 points 1st Lucy McCall 1308 points weekend came from Max Aitchison, who won double 2nd Erin Charters 1181 points 2nd Abigail Stevenson 1214 points gold in the Senior Boys’ 1500m and 3000m, front- 3rd Katya Morrison 1167 points 3rd Linnea Hay 734 points running both events in wet and blustery conditions. U15 Boys O15 Boys 1st Tim Miller 1324 points 1st Jamie Robinson 1345 points In the Athletics League this year, 5 of our 6 teams 2nd Harry Matthews 1314 points 2nd Jake Graham 1213 points qualified for the Finals, which were held on Monday 3rd Andrew Craig 979 points 3rd Lindsay Parkinson 1017 points 13th June at Hutchesons’ Grammar School. There were some very close races and final points could This event was reduced to a Triathlon of 200m, not have been tighter with The Academy taking the Shot Putt and 800m/1500m for everyone due to S2 Girls’ title by 1 point. the horrendous rain that was falling throughout the competition. 5 athletes and 10 teams participated in the Well done to ALL athletes for continuing in spite of Scottish Senior Schools’ Relay and Pentathlon the dreadful conditions. Championships. Josh Armstrong used his strength across a number of events, taking the silver medal My thanks particularly go to Miss MacNeill for all of in the Group D triathlon, while Harry Matthews ran her sterling work with these young athletes and to himself to his knees in the 800m to hold onto 3rd place Mrs FitzGerald, Mr Bull, Mr Gillies, Mr Campbell and in the Group C Pentathlon. Erin Crichton finished Mr Furnish for their help in organising their teams. 4th in the Girls’ Group D event, while Lucy McCall and Robin Belch exceeded their expectations and SM Crawford thoroughly enjoyed their first multi-event experience. 7 of the 10 teams qualified for the relay finals, with the Group D Boys’ team just missing out on a medal in 4th place.
4 Academy athletes were rewarded for all their hard work with district representation: Ben Chan (Triple Jump), Harry Matthews (400m), Calum Wray (80mH) and Erin Charters (100m) were all
Chronicle 65 Cross-country Inter-House Cross-country
The Senior School Cross-country was held at Nether Pollok on POS NAME H Tuesday 22nd March. The new format of one big start for the teams 1 Zuhayr Siddiqui M 3rd Year is popular with the runners and they enjoy the cavalry charge across 2 Timothy Miller M the grass before heading into the North Wood of Nether Pollok. 3 Alessandro Mazzucco T Over 300 Academy pupils participated again, which is certainly an indication of the determination to see their own Houses well represented. POS NAME H The senior girls’ trophy, presented by Fiona L. Gentles, was won 4th-6th 1 Ross Urquhart T by Clemmie Mitchell who, as a fourth year girl, competed very well Year 2 Alasdair Ferguson M against the other senior girls. The boys’ trophy, presented by the Bremner family, was won by Zuhayr Siddiqui who, as an S3 boy, ran 3 Scott Henderson T very strongly to win by a clear margin.
As ever, there was a mix of keen competition between those hoping Overall House Results to do well and be placed, those who pushed themselves to help their house and those who enjoyed the house competition aspect of the Boys Girls race. This was an afternoon that seemed to confirm Morrison as the dominant house in recent years as they, once again, held on to the House 1 2 3 4-6 1 2 3 4-6 Total Place Inter House Cross-country Running Cup. Arthur22222342193rd Fraser13314134202nd SW McAslan Morrison44433413261st Temple31141221154th Inter-House Cross-country Girls Captain Michael Johnston Memorial Cup: Morrison
POS NAME H Glasgow and Scottish Schools 1 Alexandra Rankin F 1st Year 2 Rebecca Lyden M Senior Championships 3 Claire Fitzpatrick F Glasgow Academy was well represented at regional and national Cross-country events across Scotland this year and a number of the pupils were rewarded with medals for their efforts. 46 senior POS NAME H pupils in total participated in the Glasgow Schools' Cross-country, 1 Anya Morrison A 2nd Year despite conditions which were unpleasant overhead and even less 2 Katya Morrison A so underfoot. The top performance of the day came from the S3 3 Heather Kilpatrick M girls. Catriona Graves took the individual title and Lucy McCall, Sophie Thornton and Zoe Boothby packed into the top 15, giving them the silver team prize. Even more impressively, all 7 athletes from The Glasgow Academy finished in the top 25. The Senior Girls, POS NAME H Clemmie Mitchell, Karin Belch, Abigail Stevenson and Emily Dow, 1 Catriona Graves F were also all top 15 finishers and rewarded with a second place 3rd Year 2 Lucy McCall A team finish. Anya Morrison, Katya Morrison, Heather Kilpatrick 3 Zoë Boothby T and Robyn Belch all finished in the top 20 in an extremely high quality S2 girls' race and finished 4th team. Alexandra Rankin just missed out on individual honours, finishing in 4th place in the S1 Girls’ Cross-country Champion Cup girls' race and also led her team to a 4th placing. Zuhayr Siddiqui finished second in a very close S3 boys' race but was rewarded POS NAME H for his brave run with a silver team medal to add to his individual 4th-6th 1 Clemmie Mitchell M one. Robbie Barr was also close to individual honours, finishing Year 2 Emily Dow F in 6th place in the S1 boys' race. The S2 boys packed well, with 6 finishing in the top 30, and were also rewarded with a 4th team 3 Gabby Clarke M finish.
Inter House Cross-country Boys The dismal weather conditions continued for the Scottish Championships, which were held at Irvine Beach Park. Despite POS NAME H snow, hail, rain and wind, our students braved the elements and 1 Robbie Barr A all ran extremely well. Again, Catriona Graves led the way with 1st Year 2 Matthew Moore T an exceptional 8th place finish in the Group C girls' race. Leading her team to a bronze medal, this also gained her selection for 3 Steven Simmers M an International Schools' race where she represented Scotland. Clemmie Mitchell, Abigail Stevenson, Lucy McCall and Zoe Boothby POS NAME H proved that every position counts, securing the silver medal in the 1 Harry Matthews T Group B girls' race by 1 point. Robbie Barr continued his return to 2nd Year form with a 38th place finish in the Group C boys' race. 2 Leon Hay A 3 Cameron Russell F L MacNeill 66 Chronicle Swimming
The 112th Senior Swimming Gala was held on Monday 7th February 2011 at a new venue, Drumchapel Pool, with Mrs Adams presenting the prizes. The house staff assembled some very competitive swimming teams and the pupils rose to the challenge of vying for both the Inter-House Swimming Trophy, and also the final house event. The Girls’ Championship was a very exciting affair with Katie Archibald improving on her third place last year by winning all three of her races to win the title, whilst Stephanie Berger was second again and Emily Smith was third. I suppose one's outlook depends upon whether you see the glass as half full or half empty, but I would like to make special note of Stephanie Berger. Stephanie has been a stalwart of school swimming and has come second in the championship for three consecutive years: this is certainly a commendable achievement. In the Boys’ Championship Fraser Webster retained his title with three wins in his races; Suhaib Siddiqui and William Brooke were second and third respectively.
New records on the night came from Katie Archibald beating two of Lucy Richens’ records in Senior Championship Butterfly and Senior Championship Back Crawl. Gabby Clark improved Suzie Carter's Senior Back Crawl record from 1999 in the Senior Breaststroke. Rory Kerr beat Graham Ronald's Senior Back Crawl record from 2006. Lucy McCall beat Katie Archibald's S3 Breast Stroke record from 2009. In the mixed relays Temple S1, Fraser S2 and Arthur's Senior relay all improved the previous best marks.
Morrison reclaimed the Inter-House Swimming Trophy.
SW McAslan
Arthur Fraser Morrison Temple
S1 Girls 2143
S1 Boys 12.52.54
S2 Girls 1423
S2 Boys 1.5 4 1.5 3
S3 Girls 3.5 1 3.5 2
S3 Boys 2143
Championship Girls 23 12.5 26.5 10
Championship Boys 20 31 18 9
Senior Girls 2.5 1 4 2.5
Senior Boys 2143
Total 58.5 59 70 42.5
Place 3rd 2nd 1st 4th
Chronicle 67 Sports Day Sports Day This year will be remembered for its great April but drenched May and June. We were indeed fortunate to have a dry afternoon and a full programme of events on Sports Day. So, our 144th Sports Day was an excellent afternoon and we were grateful to Mrs C McLean for presenting our prizes. The competition for the London Branch Trophy was won by Morrison, who were delighted to retain the trophy; again. Finally, my thanks to the staff and coaches who made the afternoon work smoothly, Mrs FitzGerald for her efficient organisation, and of course, the extremely able ground staff, led by Mr Cheape.
SW McAslan London Branch Trophy Activity Arthur Fraser Morrison Temple Girls S12431 GirlsS23241 Girls S3 4 2 1 3 Girls Senior 1342 Boys S12134 Boys S2 4 2 3 1 Boys S31243 Boys Senior 4123 Totals 21 17 24 18 Senior Girls Winners 100m Karin Belch 200m Abigail Stevenson Upper Vth Trophy 400m Clemmie Mitchell 800m Emily Dow Pat Johnston Trophy 1500m Clemmie Mitchell 100m Hurdles Eilidh Murdoch Susan Watson Trophy High Jump Eilidh Murdoch Sheena MacDonald Cup Long Jump Kym Paterson Triple Jump Clemmie Mitchell Shot Putt Lesley Smart Discus Lesley Smart Javelin Rowan Johnstone Cricket Ball Elspeth Couper Tug of War Morrison The Lang Trophy for Throws was awarded to Lesley Smart 4 x 100m Relay Fraser Senior Boys Winners
100m Cameron McCall Laird Cup 200m Cameron McCall Mackay Shield 400m Jack Bain Fraser Bowl 800m Max Aitchison Walker Quaich 1500m Max Aitchison Campbell Cup 110m Hurdles Cameron Small Waddell ChallengeTrophy Long Jump Stuart McLean Murray Challenge Cup High Jump Stuart McLean Murray Cup Triple Jump Stuart Campbell J. Coleman Smith Cup Shot Putt Brodie Clark Muir Cup Discus Michael Robertson Academy Cup Javelin Brodie Clark Challenge Shield Cricket Ball Alasdair Spike Challenge trophy 4 x 100m Relay Arthur Laird and Gentles Cup 4 x 200m Relay Arthur Kenburn Cup Tug of War Morrison McDonald Cup 68 Chronicle S3 Girls Winners 100m Taylor Henry Moira Thomas Trophy for Sprints 200m Taylor Henry 400m Eve Dunlop 800m Lucy McCall Lorna A Murray Trophy 1500m Catriona Graves 80m Hurdles Linea Hay Long Jump Chloe Mechan High Jump Linea Hay Shot Putt Lucy McCall Discus Lucy McCall Javelin Caroline Neilson 4 x 100m Relay Arthur The Carruthers Cup for Throws was awarded to Lucy McCall
S3 Boys Winners S1 Girls Winners
100m Jamie Robinson 100m Isobel Greenock 200m Lindsay Parkinson 200m Alex Rankin 400m Zuhayr Siddiqui 400m Iona Robinson 800m Tim Miller 800m Erin Crichton 1500m Zuhayr Siddiqui 1500m Alex Rankin 100m Hurdles Tim Miller 75m Hurdles Rachel Cannon Long Jump Lindsay Parkinson Long Jump India Somerside High Jump Ryan Morgan High Jump Erin Crichton Triple Jump Jamie Robinson Shot Putt Sarah McKee Shot Putt Alistair Henry Discus Lauren Ferguson Discus Kerr Moir Javelin Anna Swan Javelin Tim Miller 4 x 100m Relay Fraser 4 x 100m Relay Morrison
S2 Girls Winners S1 Boys Winners 100m Ben Chan 100m Erin Charters 200m Daniel Frame 200m Jennifer McNaught 400m Ben Chan 400m Jennifer McNaught 800m Matthew Moore 800m Katya Morrison 1500m James Clark 1500m Anya Morrison 80m Hurdles Calum Wray 75m Hurdles Robyn Belch Long Jump Robbie Barr Long Jump Emily Whyte High Jump Josh Armstrong High Jump Erin Charters Triple Jump Ben Chan Shot Putt Rachel Buist Shot Putt Ryan Sweeney Discus Alex Mennie Discus James Clark Javelin Rosa Spinney Javelin Chris Anderson 4 x 100m Relay Morrison 4 x 100m Relay Arthur S2 Boys Winners
100m Martin Prempeh 200m Harry Matthews 400m Harry Matthews 800m Gillan Coats 1500m Andrew Craig 100m Hurdles Campbell McCready Long Jump Harry Matthews High Jump Leon Hay Triple Jump Leon Hay Shot Putt Philip Cai Discus Douglas Sleigh Javelin Jack Graham 4 x 100m Relay Arthur
Chronicle 69 Senior Music With the standard of music within the Senior School shooting up, we have been able to introduce new ensembles and events to the calendar. The school year started out with the choir getting themselves prepared to sing at the Commemoration service in Glasgow Cathedral. This took place on the same afternoon that the P7 and S1 music tour left for Scarborough in North Yorkshire. These pupils sang “Lead me Lord” (Wesley) as the introit and the choir sang the anthem “Love Divine” (Goodall). Once past the October break we began to work on the music for Christmas. Again, this involved the choir working towards the carol service and joining the other ensembles for the Christmas concert. December also saw the production of “Fiddler on the Roof” - excellent.
One of the new ensembles for this year has been the Saxophone ensemble, directed by their tutor Ms Karen Dufour. This ensemble is already playing to a high standard and has an exciting future. The Jazz band has also been new for this year and has appeared at many events, including the PTA celebration of the year as well as the Street Party. The standard of playing amongst this group has been exceedingly high and it has been a pleasure to have worked with them this year.
During the spring of 2011 we had the March music evening, where we were able to showcase all of the Senior School ensembles. Again the standard of performance was high and it was great to see the Junior and Senior choirs combined (a group of over 100 pupils).
During the summer term the competitions took place. There were 42 performances in total and the adjudicators' task of choosing winners and runners up was very difficult. In amongst all of this there have been many pupils taking instrumental exams as well as being involved in local music festivals.
Special mention must go to the choir, who have been working particularly hard towards the music tour to Barcelona in October this year. Whilst there we will be putting on four concerts as well as taking in tourist attractions, including the famous football stadium. A special treat will be a day in the Port Aventura theme park. I would also like to give special mention to members of the Pipes and Drums who turn up regularly to play at many events throughout the school year, even occasionally during the holidays.
I hope that you have enjoyed the music in the school this year as much as I have and I look forward to the next one!
With grateful thanks for all your support.
MB Marshall
70 Chronicle P7 & S1 Music Tour to York and Scarborough
After the Commemoration service in October 2010, 26 P7 and S1 pupils left for Scarborough on the first ever music tour for this age group. After a bus ride lasting several hours we arrived at our hotel and checked in. After a good night’s sleep and a good breakfast we had our first rehearsal in England! In the afternoon we visited the sea life centre and marine sanctuary and headed off for our first concert in St Martin’s church. Sunday began with another rehearsal, a concert in the afternoon followed by some leisure time. After the evening meal we all went bowling. The musical highlight of the trip was our performance on the Monday in York Minster. This was quite a daunting task for the children but, as they were well prepared, a very good performance was given. We were lucky enough to have a good audience to perform to. After our short recital we were treated to a very informative tour of the Minster and then headed off to the National Railway Museum. Then we went shopping in the Shambles and returned to the hotel for dinner. Did we have enough energy left for a disco in the hotel? Of course we did! Our last day was spent at the Flamingo Land theme park - a great time had by all!
Lastly, I would like to thank Mr Teall and Mrs Middleton who came along as members of staff and helped to keep all the pupils in order!
MB Marshall
Chronicle 71 Music Competitions Instrumental
Once again, the standard of performance for this year's competitions was very high. The instrumental competition was judged by Mr Tim Mills, who is our new music teacher. He had a very difficult job and, after much discussion, awarded the prizes to joint winners in both competitions. The Elizabeth V Mackay Award was won by Sharan Maiya and Yue Wu, with Robin Marshall and Andrew Dickson as highly commended. The Sinclair Memorial Salver was won by Leanne Massie and Suhaib Siddiqui, with Tim McAlpine Scott, Katherine Raison and Cameron Jones as highly commended.
Vocal
The singing competition was judged by Mr Tim Dean, Head of Opera at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and course director of the RSNO. Again his job was very difficult and at one point we had 6 winners for the senior competition! However, he was able to get this down to one and prizes were awarded as follows: the Nina Morrison Cup was won by Hattie Greig and Lydia Harrison, with Adam Kidd as the runner up; the Seona Cameron Cup was won by Hamish Wyllie, with Anjlee Patel, Claire Hutchison and Suhaib Siddiqui as runners up. Congratulations to everyone that took part - we had two superb evenings of music.
MB Marshall
72 Chronicle Senior School Appointments
Head Boy Simon Jones TENNIS Mathematics Iain McCallum Head Girl Emily Dow Captain: Lauren Hudson Alice Ahn Stuart McLean Jason Long Jonathan McLellan Deputy Head Boys Cameron McCall CRICKET JAK Muir Seamus McGuigan Captain: Iain McCallum Music Cameron Perrie Vice-Captain: Alasdair Spike Alice Ahn Christopher Scade Deputy Head Girls Claire Dalling David Auld Kenneth Scott Shona MacVicar COLOURS Hector Barbour David Simpson Megan Dunbar Jordan Sproule HOUSE CAPTAINS AND VICE-CAPTAINS Athletics Bobby Greig Fraser Webster Stuart McLean Kirsty Hall Jack Wiggins Arthur Lauren Hudson Captains: Jordan Sproule Cricket Claire Hutchison Shooting Stephanie Berger William Brooke Rowan Johnstone David Auld Vice-Captains: Melanie Paterson Haris Chaudhry Ben Jones Ronan Murphy Chris Coutts Cameron Jones Sound and Lighting Neil Cuthill Simon Jones James Kirk Fraser Lyle Hill Elaine Ma Captains: JAK Muir Arthur Johnson Shona MacVicar Swimming Jennifer Sinclair Cameron McCall Tom Masters Stephanie Berger Vice-Captains: Iain McCallum Iain McCallum Fiona McDonald Claire Hutchison Andrew Morris Seamus McGuigan Tennis Ramis Rahim Joanne McIntyre Lauren Hudson Morrison Suhaib Siddiqui Rhiannon Petrie-Rohmer Iain McCallum Captains: Tom Masters Alasdair Spike Rachel Porteous Nina Petric-Gray Lauren Hudson Katherine Raison Vice-Captains: James Kirk/Calum Faith Debating Lewis Reid Megan Dunbar/Anna Ross Lily Mortimer Anna Ross Julia Sillito Temple Drama Lesley Smart Captains: Gavin Hamilton Daniel Correia Jennifer Speedie Lesley Smart Mark Cunningham Vice-Captains: Claire Hutchison Music and Drama Ross Urquhart Ronan Murphy Claire Dalling Julia Sillito Zoe Douglas Golf Susan Kidd CAPTAINS OF GAMES JAK Muir Kevin Morrow Sofia Spinney RUGBY Boys’ Hockey Hamish Wyllie Captain: Cameron McCall Jonathan Barbour Vice-Captain: Robert Beattie William Brooke Public Speaking Gregory Graham Gavin Hamilton GIRLS’ HOCKEY Gavin Hamilton Simon Jones Captain: Lesley Smart Lyle Hill Seamus McGuigan Vice-Captain: Kirsty Hall Nicholas Kennovin Rory Kerr Rowing BOYS’ HOCKEY Ben Jones Ronan Murphy Captain: Jonny Barbour Roland Li Ross Urquhart Vice-Captain: Rory Kerr Oliver Mennie Andrew Morris Rugby ROWING Douglas Sinclair Alexander Bartlett Joint Captains: Ronan Murphy and Greg Stark Robert Beattie Ross Urquhart Ross Taylor Craig Borland Oliver Whyte Kris Boyle SHOOTING Robby Brown Small bore Girls’ Hockey Brodie Clark Captain: Hamish Wyllie Katie Archibald Christopher Coutts Vice-Captain: David Auld Alison Beattie George Finlay Karin Belch Scott Henderson Fullbore Stephanie Berger Cameron McCall Captain: Tom Masters Claudia Campbell Vice-Captains: James Kirk and Gabrielle Clark Greg Stark Elspeth Couper Emily Dow SWIMMING Bridget Fleming Captain: Stephanie Berger Iona Gordon Kirsty Hall BOYS’ ATHLETICS Hannah Hood Captain: Stuart McLean Lauren Hudson Rowan Johnstone GIRLS’ ATHLETICS Amy Lam Captain: Jennifer Speedie Melissa Liao Shona MacVicar Eilidh Murdoch Julia Sillito Lesley Smart Jennifer Speedie Abigail Stevenson Kirsty Wilson Chronicle 73 Senior School Houses
In all of Morrison's successful years of competition, 2010-2011 has to be a highlight. Through enthusiastic, talented and willing pupils of all ages getting truly and genuinely involved in House activities, the House managed to win an outstanding majority of events throughout the year and gain an incredible 20 point lead in the overall competition.
Every week saw Morrison teams from all year groups compete in basketball, hockey and football, winning convincingly in most of these events. Furthermore, in the whole-school events, Morrison's winning streak continued, taking the titles in House Swimming, Cross-country and at Sports Day.
Morrison has also established an excellent reputation in one of the newest events of the House competition - Drama. Our 1st and 2nd year cast produced fabulous productions of both "Oliver" and "Annie".
Joining clubs and societies within the school is also a crucial way to win points for the House, and we were delighted to see so many Morrison pupils contributing to, and getting so much from, the activities that they enjoy and benefiting the house in the process.
The overall victory is due to the contributions of every single Morrison pupil in the Senior School, and the outstanding leadership of an incredibly strong, motivated and enthusiastic Sixth Year, led by captains Tom Masters and Lauren Hudson. All will miss Mr Campbell, who has been crucial to the running of the House for several years, but we also welcome Mr Ford as a new Head of House who is just as determined to see great things from Morrison. The captains for 2011- 2012 are looking forward to continue this exceptional winning streak - Ms Fulton's polishing the trophy already...
Lily Mortimer
74 Chronicle Arthur It is perhaps fitting, given that Mrs Ruddock studied Mathematics, and Mr McCaskey Philosophy, that Arthur House enjoyed yet another year of disproving Gestalt theory. Gestalt states that the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. We discovered that this year, despite several fantastic individual and group efforts and successes we just could not wrestle back the House Championship!
Throughout the year all of our age-group teams recorded some excellent results in basketball, hockey and soccer, while participation in Saturday morning rugby and hockey, and the many and varied outdoor education events saw Arthurians to the fore.
In cross-country the Morrison sisters, Anya and Katya, again dominated the girls’ junior event, while we also managed several very respectable placings in all other age-groups.
House swimming saw an impressive turnout and, again, despite several excellent individual performances (notably Katie Archibald and Stephanie Berger for the girls, and Fraser Webster for the boys), we just could not manage to tip things in our favour.
Sincere thanks are due to the many Sixth Years who gave of their time and efforts so happily: Stephanie Berger, Jordan Sproule, Melanie Paterson, Cammy McCall and Ronan Murphy to name but a few.
Given the excellent example set by last year’s pupils, it can surely only be a matter of time before we get our hands on the silverware once again...
A McCaskey & PM Ruddock
Fraser The 2010-2011 session could definitely be categorised as being one of ups and downs for Fraser House. Despite a large number of 1st and 2nd place finishes in individual events, and huge amounts of enthusiasm from many members of the House, we finished the year down in 4th place.
We got off to a wonderful start, when we finished second in the House Singing Competition! Having been placed fourth (or joint third!) in every previous year, we were overjoyed by this result, and finally were able to tell the House, “Don’t stop believin’, you really can do it!” Our Chess team kept up the good work when we finished 2nd in the House Chess Competition, only being narrowly beaten to the title we had held for the previous four sessions during the last match of the competition. The Autumn term finished with a similar result, seeing Max Aitchison and Gregor Stark doing a sterling job on their first foray in the House Debating Competition, finishing second in the final on the last day of term. As new debaters, they did a magnificent job against the more seasoned speakers of Temple House.
The Spring term brought another round of big House Events, including the first ever House Rowing Competition. This took place in the Cargill Hall, with each House rowing on two machines. We finished first having rowed an impressive 285,000m, starting at 7am and finishing at 7pm. We were ahead at every 30 minute interval throughout the day and both machines were constantly kept in use - this is what helped us to win by 3 or 4 thousand metres. Thanks to Eleanor Jamieson, Kimberley Somerside, Cameron Turner, Gregor Stark, Emily Dow, Jen Sinclair, Claudia Campbell, Claire Hutchison and India Somerside in particular for turning up early doors and lasting the pace. In the House Drama Competition, our S1 and S2 actors and actresses put a lot of effort into their performance; however, it was not our day and we finished in 4th place. The Cross-country and Swimming Galas, however, saw us finishing 2nd in both, with some great individual and team results: our S2 swimming relay team (Susan Al-Haddad, Megan Auld, Alex Mennie, Mark Forbes, Jamie Judd and Tom Speedie) managed a new school record between them, while in the cross-country, Alex Rankin and Claire Fitzpatrick came 1st and 3rd respectively for the S1 girls’ competition; Cameron Russell and Adam Kidd finished 3rd and 5th for the S2 boys; Catriona Graves won the S3 girls’ contest; and Emily Dow and Abigail Stevenson came across the line in 2nd and 4th place for the Senior girls. Towards the end of the term we were thrilled to hold on to our title once again in the Skiing Competition. Mairead Spangler was placed 1st for the entire competition, with Jack Sleight coming in a very respectable 4th. The top five times were very close, but the Fraser team finished 1.36 seconds ahead of our closest rival!
The final term of the session brought us the Tennis Competition, in which Fraser finished in 1st place, with 64.5 points across the two age and gender groupings. In the final stages of the year, Sports Day came around once more. On a rather wet and windy day, Fraser managed a number of great performances at individual and team level, including 1st in the S1 and Senior girls’ 4 x 100m relays. Overall, however, we achieved 4th place.
Fraser House have nothing to be ashamed of: everyone has played their part in some small (or big!) way, whether it be through lunchtime activities, co-curricular clubs or in one or more of the major House events this year. We would like to thank everyone for their efforts in getting out there and winning points. Finally, a special mention goes to our House Captains, Jen Sinclair and JAK Muir, and our Vice-Captains Claire Hutchison and Iain McCallum. Without their enthusiasm, organisation, commitment and encouragement in leading the House this session, we would not have managed to do so well in so many areas. We look forward to competing for the title again next year (especially since the first House points on the board are already ours). Following the success of the Indoor House Rowing Competition, the 1st House River Rowing Competition took place on the very last day of term, after this year’s points and placing were already announced. Well done to Kimberley Somerside and Eleanor Jamieson for organising this event (and for winning the Doubles race), as well as to Mairead Spangler, Claire Fitzpatrick, Emily Dow, Cameron Turner and Gregor Stark for finishing first in the Quads race. Let us hope that the 2011-2012 session sees the House going from strength to strength - that elusive title may, just may, come our way!
FC Calder & PA Richmond
Temple The House singing competition was an exciting start to the year - with the theme of Glee everyone was motivated and we were delighted to win. Our band members - Simon Jones, David Zhou, Ben Jones, Josh Thorburn and Ross Jones - were particularly praised for their ability and the choir for their musicality and enthusiasm, yet again!
The debating competition was fiercely fought with Simon Jones and Seamus McGuigan winning for us in the final, proposing the motion “This House believes that American culture is an oxymoron”. They have been very strong debaters for the past 4 years and deserve thanks and congratulations for all they have done both in school and nationally.
In the swimming gala, we had the greatest number of swimmers we have seen for many years, but despite excellent individual performances from Emily Smith, Hamish Campbell, Stuart Campbell and a valiant effort from our House captains and fellow S6 we managed a decent third place.
The Cross-country competition was a chance for our top runners, namely Ross Urquhart, Scott Henderson, David Zhou, Harry Matthews, Finlay Johnstone, Sandro Mazzucco and Jamie Robinson to shine. Unfortunately for Temple the results are based on the team performance across all years and therefore we were last.
In the S1 and S2 Drama competition, Hamish Wyllie took on the difficult task of arranging, directing and producing Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, even creating a soundtrack to the scene. Freya Stewart, Alex Jackson, Flora McGuigan, Emily Lightbody and others worked hard to deliver a great performance.
We had another successful year in the tennis competition with an all Temple Boys’ senior final where Cameron Mackie beat Ben Mazzucco. Bethany Gallagher won the junior girls’ competition for the second year.
The timing of the House Rowing competition was not ideal for us this year: many of our regular rowers were also involved with the pipe band on the same day. Team Temple rallied, ensuring we had a full squad, but with a few individuals who had never rowed together before the team came a very gracious last.
Sports day saw an improvement on previous years with team Temple enthusiastically led by Lesley Smart and Gavin Hamilton. Far more pupils participated, securing us third spot overall.
Orchestras and choirs, clubs, merits and sports teams all count when it comes to gaining House points and the race was very close right up to the end. The members of Temple House are very proud to come second in a year where the sixth year set high standards and encouraged participation from all year groups in a vast array of activities. Well done to all!
IA Mackie & KR Graham Chronicle 75 Senior Prize-giving
SENIOR 1
Katie BRENNAN Modern Studies Hannah CAMPBELL Latin Alexander DE KONING History Eirinn FITZGERALD English Claire FITZPATRICK Endeavour Prize Alexandra FLETCHER Science Alasdair FORREST Mathematics Ruairidh HOOD Sports Jasmine LI Mathematics Sharan MAIYA English, Geography, Mathematics, Science The Elizabeth V MacKay Salver for Instrumental Music Sarah McKEE French, Science Ilias MUCKLI Art & Design Ethan NICOL Music Seri OH Art & Design, Computing, Mathematics Alexandra PIEROTTI Endeavour Prize Cameron RITCHIE French SENIOR 2 Zachary SHEERAN Drama Katie THORNTON History Megan AULD Art & Design, Craft & Design, Emma WEBSTER Sports English, Mathematics Philip CAI Chemistry, Computing, Mathematics Anna DUNLOP English Andrew HALLIDAY Music Adam KIDD French, Latin Heather KILPATRICK English Jessica LEE Mathematics Shaina MAHAL French, Modern Studies Endeavour Prize Isha MAHMOOD Art & Design Harry MATTHEWS Sports Anya MORRISON Endeavour Prize Louise MURPHY History Scott WEBSTER Physics, Spanish Emily WHYTE Geography, Sports Ta-Hsin WU Biology, Chemistry Harris YEOMAN Speaking with Style SENIOR 3
Zoë BOOTHBY Biology, Music Cameron BURT Geography Matthew DORAN Speaking with Style Hattie GREIG The Nina Morrison Cup for Singing Lydia HARRISON The Nina Morrison Cup for Singing Linnea HAY Drama, French Molly HUTCHEON Hospitality Laura KHNICHICH Art & Design Elodie LIEBERMAN English, Mathematics Gracie MALLINSON Modern Studies Simona MARCHETTI French, Spanish Lucy McCALL Sports Mhairi McMORRIN Computing Studies Angus NEILSON History, Sports Zuhayr SIDDIQUI Mathematics SENIOR 4 Emily STEWART Geography Ross SWANSON Craft & Design Max AITCHISON Biology James WILSON Art & Design, PE Katie ALLAN Art & Design Yue WU Accounting & Finance, Biology, Alison BEATTIE Biology, Spanish Chemistry, English, Latin, Mathematics, Mary CHAN Accounting & Finance, English Physics Ilesha EWART Latin The Elizabeth V MacKay Salver for Nico GENASI Chemistry Instrumental Music Maia GENTLE French Hannah GILMOUR Craft & Design Iona GORDON Accounting & Finance, Geography Eleanor JAMIESON Drama Andrew MacLACHLAN Sports Guanlan MAO English Craig McGRANDLES History Catriona McKIMMIE French, Geography Clemmie MITCHELL Biology, Chemistry, English, Latin, Music, Physics Jack SLEIGHT PE, Physics Abigail STEVENSON Sports Wenrui SUN Computing Studies, Mathematics Kirsty WILSON Art & Design, Modern Studies
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SENIOR 5
Madeleine AIRLIE French Karin BELCH The Gentles Prize for History The Westbourne Cup for Best All-Round Sportswoman Naomi BRODIE Art & Design Claudia CAMPBELL Drama Brodie CLARK Sports Elspeth COUPER PE Euan DOWERS French Rebecca GOLDIE Biology Jillian HAMILTON The Canada Prize for Geography Shaunagh HENDRY Music Roland LI Accounting, English, Physics Caitlyn MARTIN Geography Leanne MASSIE Biology The Sinclair Salver for Instrumental Music Oscar MITCHELL The Da Costa Cup for Art Andrew MORRIS Modern Studies Lily MORTIMER English, French, Latin, Modern Studies Catriona MURRAY Computing, Mathematics, Physics Robyn PHILLIPS Biology Suhaib SIDDIQUI Chemistry The Sinclair Salver for Instrumental Music Christopher SIMPSON Chemistry, English, History, Mathematics, Physics David SIMPSON Product Design Gregor STARK The Rose Henderson Essay Prize Kirstin TAUSNEY Spanish
SENIOR 6
Monisha BANERJEE Computing Victor CHOW Product Design Ashley ELDER French Gavin HAMILTON Classical Studies Amy LAM The Russell Prize for Mathematics Iain McCALLUM The Scougall Cup for Best All-Round Sportsman Fiona McDONALD Music Michael RITCHIE Economics The Thomson Stuart Prize for Business Management Imaan SHARIF English Alasdair SPIKE PE Hamish WYLLIE The Seona Cameron Cup for Singing
ADVANCED HIGHER PRIZES and SPECIAL PRIZES
Gabrielle CLARK Sports JAK MUIR The Thomson Stuart Prize for Accounting The Eric McNaught Quaich for Initiative Julia SILLITO Chemistry, French The Stevenson Prize for Services to the CCF Jordan SPROULE Geography Daniel CORREIA Drama The McNaught Rosebowl for Art & Design Claire DALLING The David Hope Taylor Prize for English Emily DOW The Ian Jeffery Travel Scholarship The Iain MacLeod Prize for Literature The Attrill Cup Head Girl Megan DUNBAR Computing The Henderson Prize for Services to the Rector's Prize for Contribution to the School Community The Indian Trophy Bobby GREIG The Frank Coutts Cup for Service to the Simon JONES Latin Pipe Band The Fraser Cup Head Boy The Remploy Prize for Citizenship The Henderson Prize for Services to the Lauren HUDSON The Blair Bowl for Modern Languages School The London Academical Prize for History The Indian Trophy James KIRK Physics Ronan MURPHY Chemistry Tom MASTERS Modern Studies The Mowat Scholarship Seamus McGUIGAN The James W Jope Trophy for Public Speaking Alice AHN Mathematics Speaking with Style The Ian Jeffery Memorial Prize for Biology The Alstead Award for Service to the The Temple Scholarship Community Jason LONG Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, The McLaurin Cup for Dux The War Memorial Scholarship
Chronicle 77 Staff Tributes
Tom Whiteside
Tom retires this summer and leaves the Academy for a warmer, sunnier and drier climate. As many will know, Tom does not like to be late, especially for lunch, and so it was, when he arrived for his interview, one hour early, over 33 years ago. Tom has held many positions during this long period of service; he was Housemaster of Arthur, Detention Master, and master in charge of the Dining Hall as well as of Parents’ Evenings. He contributed to the Games programme and he co-ordinated the post-SCE courses. Tom supported staff in his role as Secretary of the Common Room and many pupils have benefited from Tom’s well-disciplined lessons, not least three existing members of staff. As Assistant Head of the Mathematics Department, Tom has executed tasks efficiently and without fuss. From his 7am daily arrival, he just gets on with the unglamorous jobs and the department will miss this as well as his humour and support as a valued colleague. We would like to wish Tom and Jan, his editor for a few thousand reports, all the very best in Sri Lanka.
Adrian de Villiers
In August 1990 this native South African came north to join The Academy as Head of Art.
Adrian has experienced many changes in his twenty years at Colebrooke Street - the transition from a 'Boys' school to co-educational, and the building of a new Art department being two of the most significant. On his arrival at The Academy, Adrian was surprised at the relatively small number of pupils who chose to study Art. Due to his enthusiasm this quickly changed and soon Art and Design became a 'serious' subject where pupils could fulfil their artistic potential. Adrian is a dedicated teacher who always succeeds in getting the best from a young person. It did not take long for Adrian's expertise and infectious passion for fine art and design to become a major influence in the development of very many pupils. He has in fact been responsible for sending in excess of seventy pupils on to various Art Schools to study Fine Art, Design, and Architecture. Adrian's classroom was always a hive of activity, with pupils creating and producing a wide range of contemporary designs, prints, paintings and sculptures. Added to this his commitment extended beyond the classroom and he organised highly successful Art Trips to Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and New York.
Although this is the end of Adrian the teacher, with his purpose-built garden studio, it will surely not be long before we see some of Adrian's own art work being exhibited.
Not only do generations of pupils have much to thank Adrian de Villiers for, but his colleagues will forever remember his friendship, humour and never-ending support. We, in the Art department, will miss him greatly, as over the years we have developed a special bond. We all would like to wish him a long and happy retirement.
Gary Schwarting
Gary joined the English Department in 2002, having taught for several years in such exotic locations as Japan, Zambia, Jordan and...The High School of Glasgow. It was in Japan that Gary met his wife, Claire, also an English teacher, and now, nine years and two daughters later, the Schwartings are setting off on a whole new family adventure, leaving Glasgow behind and heading to Germany where Gary and Claire will take up positions at the International School of Dusseldorf.
Gary has brought a great deal to the English Department, and the Academy as a whole, and will leave an indelible mark on his closest colleagues and on the many pupils he has inspired and encouraged over the years. Gary's American sense of optimism, his enthusiasm, and his energy have been infectious and we will miss his voice booming down the corridor: you always know when Gary has arrived in House 10!
Gary's pupils know how much he cares: he has set high standards and pupils do not want to let him down. He has always believed in the importance of personal contact with parents and often makes encouraging, and, sometimes, concerned phone calls home, usually on his "day off" as a part-time teacher. There is nothing "part-time" about Gary, however; his commitment and dedication are without question. His organisational skills make him a great member of a team. In typically American fashion, if asked to help with something, Gary's facetious response is "Hey - there's no I in team". Yet, this truly represents Gary's approach to everything.
In his time at the Academy, Gary has involved himself in a variety of activities, most notably editing "The Chronicle" from 2005- 2008, and co-directing a production of "A Christmas Carol" ( the show went without a hitch even though Gary became a father for the second time the day before opening night!). Gary has also directed class productions of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", raising money for charity and providing an opportunity for all pupils to shine. He has accompanied Duke of Edinburgh expeditions and organised House softball, introducing a new element to the Academy sporting scene.
It is in the classroom where Gary has made his mark most, however: he is a teacher who will be remembered by pupils for years to come and he will be greatly missed. We wish Gary, Claire, Katie and Sarah good fortune on their next adventure. Who knows, on a quiet night, with a favourable wind, if you listen very carefully you might still be able to pick out that distinctive voice...
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Alan Campbell
Alan joined the Academy in August 2004 from Lomond School and lost no time in making an impression on both staff and pupils. A graduate of Edinburgh University with a Masters in Physical Education and Youth Sport in addition to a B.Ed (Hons) in Physical Education, Alan is a hardworking, enthusiastic teacher with a very high expectation of attainment and behaviour from his pupils.
He arrived from Lomond with an outstanding reputation and credentials in both physical education and rugby, which he quickly lived up to. He is a keen sportsman and has a strong tennis serve, as demonstrated at the staff-pupils tennis match! Alan played rugby in Australia and went on to play club rugby at the highest level domestically in Scotland as well as achieving age grade honours. Having retired from playing he is now climbing the ladder towards refereeing at international senior level, having already presided over both women’s and junior internationals.
The pupils of the Academy hold Alan in very high regard having benefited from the innovative changes he has made to the rugby programme: weight training at lunchtimes, after school extra-curricular rugby for all age groups, touch rugby for those who do not enjoy the physical side of the game, as well as encouraging sixth year pupils leaving the school to undertake both refereeing and coaching qualifications and to continue to be involved in the development of rugby at the school.
A large number of pupils have gained invaluable experience from the numerous tours that Alan has organised. Holland, Italy, Spain and France have been conquered by Academy teams led by Alan, culminating in a terrific and never to be forgotten tour of South Africa in 2008 for Rugby and Hockey.
He was appointed joint Head of Morrison House in 2006 and, leading enthusiastically and by example in conjunction with his great buddy Jan Fulton, instilled a sense of pride in all the pupils under his charge. He was a popular head of house as the pupils found an empathetic, kind and generous man beneath the strict exterior! Alan leaves to take up the position of Director of Sport and Physical Education at Dundee High School. We wish him well in the next stage of his career and his ready wit, blunt honesty and outrageous sense of humour will be sorely missed by both staff and pupils.
Neal Gwynne
Neal literally abseiled into the Academy in August 2004, taking up the position of Teacher of Biology and Head of Outdoor Education. A graduate from Aberdeen University with an honours degree in Neuroscience, a PGCE in Biology and Outdoor Activities from Bangor University in Wales and an MA (Education) from Durham University, Neal had spent the previous 3 years at Westbuckland School in Devon as a Teacher of Biology, Head of Outdoor Education and Housemaster of the Sixth Form Boys’ Boarding House.
From the moment of his energetic arrival at the Academy, Neal was recognised by all parts of the school community as a dynamic and influential teacher. In the Biology classroom and on the mountain or the river, he was a brilliantly organised and dynamic leader; Neal led by example, setting very demanding standards and challenging pupils to meet these aspirations. Over his seven years in biology, Neal contributed in a multitude of areas to the success of the department and the subject. He developed course work, assessment and e-learning material for all year groups; he prepared pupil sessions with significant national figures in biology from Higher Education, business and industry; he organised outside pupil visits to places of biological interest. However, most of all, Neal motivated and excited learners about biology; pupils valued the enjoyable and challenging classroom experience, the concomitant academic success and, inevitably, they returned for more.
Neal single-handedly raised the profile of Outdoor Education at the Academy, making us the leading school in Scotland. He organised a vibrant programme of activities for all levels, ranging from climbing and kayaking for beginners, through winter mountaineering and the Scottish Islands Three Peaks Race to fully blown expeditions to Greenland involving a number of first ascents. For a significant number of our pupils, their most valued and poignant memory of school will have happened outside the classroom in one of the many activities planned by Neal and his skilled Outdoor Education staff.
Sadly nowadays everyone is expendable, but some are irreplaceable; Neal falls into this category. His significance to the Academy is neatly summed up by the fact that the school needed to appoint two full time members of staff to replace him! We wish Neal every success in his new appointment as Head of Science at the St Gilgen International School near Salzburg in Austria.
Chronicle 79 Staff Tributes
Ashleigh MacLeod
"I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason, bringing something we must learn and we are led to those who help us most to grow if we let them and we help them in return". To those pupils and teachers who have had the pleasure of working with Ashleigh MacLeod, these lyrics will hold significance. They are from the song "For Good" from the musical "Wicked" and are apt words to reflect upon as Ashleigh begins an exciting new stage in her career. Why? Well, since joining the Academy six years ago, in 2005, as a probationer after her PGCE in Music from Moray House (which complemented her first degree in Applied Music from the University of Strathclyde), Ashleigh has brought real passion, enthusiasm and dedication to the Music Department and has really inspired many pupils' love of musical theatre and contemporary music. Indeed, she has played an important role in all Senior musical productions and many Prep Shows and had responsibility as Musical Director in shows such as "Grease", "Disco Inferno", "Joseph" and "Fiddler on the Roof". "Grease", in particular, played an integral role in engaging the interest of many of our pupils and not just the musically select: the importance of this should not be forgotten.
In all of the shows that Ashleigh has collaborated in, the ethos has been about achieving high standards, yet more importantly about having fun whilst learning to work closely together. Ashleigh's Theatre Choir has always been a lively and exuberant place to be, from the weekly rehearsals to the annual Christmas charity event at Princes Square, and has been vital in meeting the wide range of musical needs of our pupils. Indeed, many of this year's leavers will recall fondly the trip to London which Ashleigh organised: two West End shows, an acting workshop with some of the cast of "Les Miserables", copious amounts of shopping later and a good time was most definitely had by us all! Ashleigh has been involved in many school trips and activities - both of the musical variety and many others. Without Ashleigh's presence, many pupils' experiences on these trips (whether it be singing in the chapel at Ground Zero in New York, playing in a quaint village square in Tuscany, dressing up and expertly dancng as Lady Ga Ga for the M Factor, whizzing down a ski slope in Austria, or climbing up a mountain on the lovely island of Raasay) would not have been as enjoyable. Ashleigh puts her heart and soul into every activity she is involved in. She genuinely cares, and her pupils know this. Combined with her Postgraduate in Guidance and Pastoral Care and her undoubted passion for her subject, this level of care will ensure that her new school in Abu Dhabi can rest assured they have good things coming their way. Ashleigh has helped our pupils to learn and grow and has developed considerably as a teacher: we have all been changed "for good".
Dr Maureen Monaghan
In 1995, Dr Maureen Monaghan went straight from fifth year at school to the University of Glasgow, to study Forensic and Analytical Chemistry. Such is her academic ability that, two years later, she went to France on an Erasmus Scholarship, spending a year in Montpellier being taught and examined entirely in French. This experience initiated a desire to travel and see the world so, from 1998 to 1999, she was in the Netherlands (Eindhoven) for her industrial placement. A PhD followed, during which she developed a new method to detect the explosive, Semtex; so when you are next held up at the airport by scanning devices, you may have Maureen to blame, or thank, for the experience.
After University, she gave a year of her life from, 2004 to 2005, to VSO, teaching mathematics in Eritrea. School there involves classes of 80 children, in the open air with little, or no, equipment or materials, but the experience of teaching must have caught her interest because, on her return to the UK, she applied for, and was accepted on to, a PGDE course at Glasgow University. After an NQT year in Coatbridge, Maureen was appointed Teacher of Chemistry at the Academy and she started with us in August 2007.
The past four years have flown by and, in that time, Maureen has made her mark on national assessment by becoming a multiple choice item writer for SQA. She first wrote some questions for the Intermediate 2 paper and her talent was recognised immediately. She was, in rapid succession, asked to join writing teams for Higher and Advanced Higher and this has led to membership of the Science QDT, designing the rationale for the new National exams.
Maureen is an inspiring and popular teacher who is an excellent chemist and who gives a huge amount of time to extra-curricular activities like the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. She has made a very positive impact on the Chemistry Department and on the life of the Academy, and she will be greatly missed.
FM Macdonald
Margaret Caddle
Margaret retires from the Academy on 30th June 2011 after 22 years. Since she has worked at the Academy, she has managed to survive a number of new computer systems and office moves and to see off 6 Bursars!
We are going to miss Margaret. She has been a great colleague and the office is going to be especially manic now she's not here to bring some order!
Margaret is mostly looking forward to being more involved with her five grandchildren during her retirement. Good luck and keep in touch, Margaret, from all your friends and colleagues.
80 Chronicle New Staff Dr Andrew Potter family. I aim to put my outdoor interests to good use through picking up After graduating in Mathematics from the University of responsibility for The Duke of Edinburgh scheme in the Academy. Having Edinburgh, I went on to study a PhD in Pure Mathematics travelled in the Third World, I am committed to supporting urban street at the University of Bristol. During my studies I was able children and currently chair the Scottish support group for the charity to spend a year living in the Netherlands, which afforded Street Child Africa. me the opportunity to learn a new language. After returning to Scotland, I decided to turn my passion for Neil Simpson teaching into a career and obtained a PGDE at Moray I studied Film and Theatre at Glasgow University, before House School of Education. In addition to mathematics moving on to a Masters of Musical Theatre Performance and languages, I am a keen musician. at the RSAMD. I worked as a professional actor for a few years, including work with the National Theatre of Gregor Wood Scotland and The Arches. Acting roles during this period I join the Academy having previously worked as a were varied: from Oedipus to The Gruffalo! During this Learner Development Tutor at Edinburgh’s Telford time I also devised, wrote and directed many plays for College and PE teacher at Grangemouth High young people. I then completed my Postgraduate in School. I completed a PGDE in PE Teaching in 2009 Primary Education at Jordanhill. I am very excited to from Edinburgh University, following an initial degree join The Glasgow Academy, and look forward to being part of all the great in Sport and Exercise Science with Psychology at things this school has to offer. Heriot-Watt University. My rugby experience includes representing Scotland as a Club internationalist (2010), Peter Wright Under 21 (2006) and Under 18A (2003). I have also I first played club rugby for Lasswade, then moved represented Edinburgh Rugby as part of their development squad (2009) to Boroughmuir where I played for ten years before and Watsonians 1st XV from 2005-2010, and until recently was the head moving for a season to Melrose, and then on to West coach of Murrayfield Wanderers’ Men’s 1st XV. of Scotland. I played three years in the professional game, first with the Border Reivers then with Edinburgh Javed Ali Reivers. During this time I played 21 tests for Scotland I am the Arabic teacher. I started mid-February 2011 and toured New Zealand with the British Lions. I was and so far I can say it has been a pleasure teaching the the first person to be a league and cup double winner as pupils at The Glasgow Academy. My pursuit of studying a player and coach with Melrose and Glasgow Hawks Arabic has taken me to Egypt, Jordan, Yemen and Qatar, respectively. where I received a certificate in the teaching of Arabic to I have been coaching for twelve years at club level and seven years as an non-native speakers at the University of Qatar. age grade international coach, and have taken part in seven junior world After sustaining so many injuries playing football I cups, in places like South Africa, Japan, Argentina and Dubai. changed my interest to a much safer pastime: European medieval fencing, specialising in the longsword and Rosie Goolden backsword. I am delighted to be joining the Academy as the new Head of Outdoor Education and am excited about the Kirsty Ironside opportunities and experiences that we will be creating I was born and brought up in Aberdeen, obtaining a BSc for pupils and staff in the months to come. For the last Hons degree in Bioscience with Biomedical Science at 14 years my passion for climbing and mountaineering Robert Gordon’s University. After graduating I worked has taken me worldwide, and is matched by my for a short time in industry as a Safety Coordinator for enjoyment of teaching people in these environments. a diving and engineering company. In 2004, I decided I have run my own mountain guiding and expedition to follow in the footsteps of my mother and become a business, ‘Chicks Unleashed’, since 2003 and am teacher. I obtained the PGDE in Biology with Science currently studying towards a Postgraduate Masters in Outdoor Education from the University of Aberdeen and began my career at Edinburgh University. teaching at Robert Gordon’s College in the city. A move to Glasgow two years later saw me gain further teaching experience as Shona Douglas the Principal Teacher of a small department within the independent sector. I have joined The Glasgow Academy as a teacher of I’m now delighted to be working in the Biology department at The Glasgow Art and Design. I studied textile design (specialising Academy and also as a tutor in Morrison House. I enjoy travel, theatre in woven fabrics) at The Glasgow School of Art where I and dance and am a member of the Association for Science Education as obtained a BA Honours degree. After being awarded The well as being a marker for the SQA. Glasgow School of Art West of Scotland Postgraduate scholarship, I continued my studies and obtained a Laura Harvey Masters Degree in Design (Textiles as Fashion). I’ve I graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music really enjoyed teaching since obtaining my PGDE at and Drama (RSAMD) and have spent the last six years Strathclyde University (Jordanhill Campus), having working as an Actress and TV Presenter. I also have taught in Williamwood High School, Barrhead High School and Marr a Graduate Diploma in English from Strathclyde and a College. I will be involved in the running of ‘Trashen’, the S1 - S6 Art and PGCE in English & Drama from Cambridge so, as well Design Club , focusing on the construction and decoration of fashion. as doing some supply teaching at Jordanhill, I’ve taught at schools in Essex and Suffolk. I’m delighted to be Tim Mills back in Glasgow and am very much looking forward to I studied Music at the University of Wales, Bangor working at the Academy. specialising in choral music and piano accompaniment. After graduating I split my time between a freelance Dr Laura Murphy career (including a private practice of pupils and some I joined The Glasgow Academy as a Chemistry teacher BBC work), working as an accompanist for the University in August 2011 and look forward to working in this and being the Organ Scholar (and subsequently Second dynamic and highly successful department. I completed Assistant Organist) at St Asaph Cathedral. During this both my honours degree and PhD at Glasgow University time I worked on many projects, including two important before joining ICI as a Research Scientist. During my BBC Radio 3 recordings and acting as rehearsal industrial career I worked on the development of a accompanist for Dame Kiri te Kanawa on part of her number of major inventions and went on to hold a Senior UK tour. In 2005 I took up the position of Assistant Master of the Music Management post managing a large research group. I at Shrewsbury Abbey and became Master of the Music the following am passionate about sharing my love of chemistry with year. During this time I was also teaching at Welshpool High School and young people and aim to share my business experience with pupils to help playing for many ensembles, including Shrewsbury Choral Society. I am them realise the impact that modern chemistry is having on their lives. I the co-director of “Quindici”, a semi-professional group of singers who am a member of the skills group of Chemical Sciences Scotland which have performed all over the country, and am also the pianist in a jazz advises government bodies on the skills required to have a sustainable quartet started by some university friends called “Janet & The Cats”. Chemical Industry in Scotland and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In my spare time I enjoy walking, sailing and skiing with my
Chronicle 81 Prep School
82 Chronicle From the Deputy Head
It was obvious there was a significant commotion out on Apart from some highly entertaining class assemblies, the Prep children took the playground. I could hear loud shouting from my office, part in several different drama productions ranging from the P1s with their which was very odd indeed as it was not break time. The moving nativity story through to the hugely enjoyable Prep show, Splash! I sight that presented itself as I walked down the Terrace was could not believe how many lines the KG children learnt for their show and extraordinary. Placards were being waved angrily in the air also that they knew when to say them without being prompted. That really is whilst the police were doing their best to calm several very impressive for such young children. clearly irate young ladies. Over the course of the year there were many notable sporting achievements. This, though, was not a time to be concerned. It was instead an The girls’ hockey was as successful as ever. Between the A, B and C teams opportunity to relish how confident and articulate our children 21 matches were played with 13 wins and 3 draws. In rugby the P6 and 7 can be. It was the P7 Suffragette Day and the children were boys played 51, won 33 and drew 7 matches. The P7 A team won the plate in period costumes re-enacting some of the ways in which the at the Stewart's Melville tournament, beating the Edinburgh Academy in fair sex managed to eventually secure the right to vote. the final. In swimming we won 2 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze at the Glasgow schools competition and in the athletic equivalent, we won 2 gold, 4 silver and 3 I have often been struck with how well our children can bronze, with the P7 relay team going on to the Scottish Championships. In the express themselves. What I am especially pleased to note Henderson Challenge the boys were first overall and the girls a very creditable is how such confidence is not at the expense of humility, 3rd. In cricket the P7 A lost only one game and beat both the High School kindness and a strong desire to understand the points of view and Hutchesons', a pattern repeated in the Bs. We held our first P7 tennis of others. Empathy is not something that can be simply taught tournament for girls. The P6 and P7 rugby tour of northern England proved to in just a few lessons or by a lecture at an assembly. I am not be immensely enjoyable with some high quality tackling and rucking. aware that you can purchase an Empathy for Dummies which lays out step by step instructions on how to understand the The P7 and P6 trips to Lochranza and Abernethy respectively, proved as situation of others. I wonder what our world would look like if worthwhile and enjoyable as ever. Once again, the kindness of our pupils to it were that simple? Empathy is something which is nurtured one another was very evident with any home sickness quickly banished as over time, reinforced at both home and at school. The fact friends rallied round one another. that we raised nearly £15000 at the Prep School for a wide variety of charities is perhaps a very obvious example of a The Eco Committees on the Kelvinbridge site began the year eager to help strong desire to understand the needs of others. It is, though, emulate Atholl and Dairsie in achieving Green Flag status. Working with the not the only indication. When a child falls over or is worried Senior School Eco groups, the children explored and implemented many about something, other children will quickly offer reassurance. initiatives to cut down on waste and to ensure that we re-cycle wherever possible. On the Terrace our P7 playground helpers assist any child Following the inspection, there was an anxious wait. Had Green Flag status who needs support whilst in a wide range of activities, been secured? We did not need to worry as not only had Green Flag status Senior School mentors encourage Prep children to help one been awarded but one of the assessors congratulated the Eco Committees another. Every day I see examples of such thoughtfulness, on making one of the most comprehensive and effective presentations by any such humanity. Our academic results are significantly school in Scotland: yet another example of how well our children can perform, above national averages. That is truly wonderful and we will even when under pressure. continue to strive to achieve even better results. But we will do so secure in the knowledge that our children have a well- Glasgow Academy really does help each and every child be as prepared for balanced outlook on life. This equilibrium is surely something adulthood as is possible. It is quite simply a joy and privilege to be part of such that every school aims for but, unfortunately, not all obtain. My a supportive family. belief is that Glasgow Academy is somewhere where such a commendable goal is achieved on a daily basis.
Over the last year we have had a particular focus on developing literacy skills. We published our reading handbook, provided an online hassle-free way of purchasing high quality fiction and revamped the Transitus library.
One of my favourite television programmes is Dragons' Den. Courtesy of the P7s, I had the opportunity to be a dragon as they took part in a contest to see which group could make the most compelling pitch to design the format of the P7 Prom. To do this, as part of their initial research, each group had to have negotiations with various companies during which time they learnt about VAT, health and safety issues, staffing and the consequent controlling of costs. Money Week also allowed all the children to gain a better understanding of real world issues that impact on businesses. We can be very proud of the sound grounding we are giving our children in developing enterprise skills. Little wonder that HMIe were hugely impressed and filmed some of the activities to go on the Journey to Excellence website to be used as exemplar material for educationalists throughout Scotland. Glasgow Academy is a school that seeks to be at the head of the pack.
Music and Drama and Sport continue to set the highest possible standards. The P7/S1 Music tour was based in Scarborough during the October break and I was privileged to witness their superb performance in York Minster. There are now 235 pupils taking individual music lessons on 12 different instruments with several choirs, flute, violin and percussion groups all thriving. The Summer Prep School Concert was quite simply outstanding. I felt greatly humbled as a succession of young musicians exhibited astonishing skills.
Chronicle 83 Prep 1 & 2 Nativities
84 Chronicle World Book Week The Prep School celebrated World Book Week in style this year, with both pupils and staff dressing up as their favourite novel characters, and staff reading extracts from their favourite childhood novels to pupils during the week's assemblies.
The whole Prep School was involved, with infant pupils being taken for paired reading by the upper Prep pupils, as well as being treated to fictional stories written by their older peers. The highlight of the week was the Scottish poetry recital competition run from P1-P7; every pupil in the Prep School took part and the performances given in each year group final were simply outstanding. The judging panel for each final was drawn from both senior teachers and Governors and the poems were very well received among the pupils.
The whole school, and by that I mean both staff and pupils, really embraced this new concept and everyone gained a great deal as a result of this. Next year we hope to enhance the educational value of this week even further by organising author visits and workshops for each stage.
SA Mathewson
Chronicle 85 Prep School Music The children of the Prep School always approach their music with such enthusiasm and this is very evident in the superb performances that they have produced this year. New to this year was the combination of P5, P6 and P7 into the Junior Choir. This group has met after school for an hour most weeks and has been very successful. Their best performance was during the music evening in June when they proved that not only could they sing well, they could look good and manage to get on and off stage in a smart fashion - all part of a very good performance.
Highlights of the year have included the P7 & S1 music tour to York and Scarborough, the P7 Home Front Roadshow and “Splash!” the Prep School Show. For the first time this session we also had a Prep School Music Evening in November. This was a chance for all the groups to show off all the good work that they do in the Christmas term, rather than having to wait until June.
The standard of music for the P7 competition this year was particularly high and Miss MacLeod had a difficult job to choose a winner. In the end we had two performances that we were not able to separate and therefore the joint winners were Jamie Percival and Sarema Shorr. The runner up was Rachel Shannon who also won this year's music prize. It was such a pleasure to hear all the pupils play and I am looking forward to them all moving up to S1.
For the music evening in June we were treated to some extremely good music-making, from all the ensembles in the Prep School. First on were the percussion ensemble, who had to adapt to having one member off sick. This they coped with very well and performed both their pieces from memory. The flute ensemble has progressed particularly well this year and is now split into pupils from P3 - P5 and then P7. The Prep 4 choir was a joy to see and hear when they performed two songs written by Mr McColl. There are more and more pupils becoming involved in pipe band drumming, which means that the future of pipe band drumming at the Academy is secure. It was great to hear these young people (and their teacher) perform. The guitar ensemble treated us to a performance of “When I'm 64” and the Junior Choir finished the evening off. Superb!
MB Marshall
86 Chronicle Prep School Music Evening
This was a very successful concert with over 100 pupils taking part. The audience greatly enjoyed the instrumental performances, which were given by the Percussion, String, Guitar, Flute and Pipe Band Drummer ensembles. There were also vocal items from the Prep 4 Choir and the Junior Choir, many of whom will be participating in the tour to Barcelona. Among the many highlights of the Music Evening were the solo performances given by Sarema Shorr and Jamie Percival, who were joint winners of the Prep 7 Music Competition.
A McColl
Prep 4 Choir The new Prep 4 choir rehearsed every week throughout the Spring and Summer terms. Over 30 pupils reliably participated and worked enthusiastically at learning a number of new songs. The highlight of the year was their rendition of “Riding on a Rocket” and “Promised Land”, which they performed impressively at the Prep Music Evening. They should be very proud of their achievements and I hope they will all continue to enjoy singing in the Junior Choir.
A McColl Prep School Talent Contest On 14th June the Prep School hall was buzzing with excitement. The time had arrived for the final of the Prep School talent contest. The auditions had been held earlier in the term. The Senior School Heads of House had chosen the acts to go through to the final. Three or four acts were selected for each house. I was chosen as one of the acts for Arthur. Which house was going to win? There was a wide variety of talent: comedy to opera, dance to musical theatre, playing violin to magic tricks. We had it all! The audience was fantastic and cheered on all the acts. The judges had a very difficult decision to make. I was impressed by the quality of all the performances. I performed ‘Wouldn’t it be Loverly?’ from My Fair Lady. The time had come for the decision. There was a drum roll before they announced the winner. At first I didn’t realise that they had shouted my name out until my friends nodded to say, yes, I had won. I had to get up and sing again to close the show. I would like to say a very big thank you to Miss Campbell, Miss MacLeod and Miss Mowat for organising this wonderful event. It was a privilege to be asked to sing, later that week, at a reunion tea for former pupils. I have loved my first year at Kelvinbridge and can’t wait for all the opportunities in the future.
Hannah Shields Chronicle 87 Splash...... bang, wallop...... what a Prep Show!!!
There is an idiom in the English language which refers to something as being as old as having been on the Ark. Whereas it would be true to say that some of the jokes in this year’s Prep School presentation may well have been enjoyed by Noah and his family, the freshness and enthusiasm with which it was performed were definitely of the twenty-first century. This production was a mix of Billy Budd, Dr Dolittle and the Love Boat and it worked perfectly.
The story centred around Mr and Mrs Parrot, wonderfully portrayed by Chloe Thornton and Fraser Gordon, and how they corralled a band of disparate animal families on board their ship. They had everything - from Italian armadillos to Mississippi hippos, from mice to marsupials, from does to dodos - all played with great aplomb by a wide variety of pupils from Prep Six and Seven.
The Crew also played their part - seagulls to a man - and Gordon Stackhouse reprised his role of a previous year as the deliverer of the cutting one-liner. The Pie-rats - yes, it took me a little time to work out that built in joke, - added to the pantomime feel of the piece although their individual names took a little getting used to.
The chorus, that hardy band of future character parts, looked like renegades from the Russian Navy and sang their hearts out with the gusto of the Red Army Choir.
As ever, the Prep School Show is very much a team effort. Produced by Mrs David, Miss Kirkwood and Mr Anderson, they worked their customary magic and waved their magic wands to bring the show to life.
The colour and the spectacle was a feast for the eyes, the spectacular costumes being spun by that arch-seamstress Mrs McLellan who begins the show months before anyone else to ensure all are dressed appropriately. Mrs Halliday and her team rose manfully to the challenge of being asked to make-up anything from a baby mouse to a crusty seagull and Mrs MacLeod begged, stole and borrowed anything to fulfil her props manifest. All of them are crucial to the success of the show.
Music was provided by Mr Marshall and members of the Senior School band and it was good to note how many old Prep School stagers - quite literally, in many instances - were still making a contribution to the show.
Other members of staff also played their part - Miss Logie as prompt - although she remained redundant on both evenings; Miss McDonald preparing the programme - a task which is now traditionally hers - and Mrs Clarke and Mrs Wong handling the ever- increasing ticket demands. A goodly number of ex-theatre club members also found themselves in the sound and lighting team.
The Prep School Show is the highlight of the Prep School year. It is the fulcrum around which activities orbit. At its core lies teamwork. I am often reminded during the week in which the show is performed of Orwell’s Animal Farm, at the end of which the animals, staring through the windows of the farmhouse, find it difficult to tell the difference between human and pig. Any visitor coming to the school and observing the efforts made by the Prep School community may find it difficult to differentiate between staff and pupil - as the former busy themselves on a wide variety of small yet essential tasks often led by the initiative of the latter, who increasingly take responsibility for the success of the show.
The team works!
R Williams
88 Chronicle Chronicle 89 Money Week 2011 - just relax and have fun
90 Chronicle As the instigator of Money Week, I was delighted but also a little anxious to hear from the Rector that Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools were coming to film Financial Education for the Journey to Excellence section of their website and just to relax and have fun.
In preparation for the event, we were given 'Phase 5 Filming Information'. Could we describe excellent practice in Financial Education? What were the key messages to be captured and what rigorous questioning would ensure this was done effectively? How did this all impact on the pupils' learning? I was going to lose a bet: the cellophane would have to come off the new Curriculum for Excellence folder.
When Andrew Waddell, an Academy parent and one of the Money Week speakers, was chosen to be filmed, he, unlike me, took it all in his stride. His only concern was that he felt he had a face more for the radio. He is a stockbroker, so his key message about shares was not the easiest to explain to P7s. Choosing to talk about the success of Greggs the Bakers, followed by distributing trays full of sausage rolls, cookies and muffins to constantly hungry teenagers, was inspirational!
Collaboration for Money Week extends beyond the school and across the sites. We had our regular, stalwart speakers: Gavin Halliday from Lloyds Banking Group, Matthew Lee from the BBC, Alastair Scott from Scott- Moncrieff, Douglas Laing from Wiseman Dairies, Ken Welsh from Wealth Management, Alistair Briggs and speakers from the Institute of Chartered Bankers. We were also delighted to welcome Mrs Hardiman, a finance broker, speaking to Dairsie pupils, and Kevin Booth from French Duncan Chartered Accountants at Atholl. Dr Bill Kerr, Hamish Miller and Enid Reid became Dragons in P7’s highly competitive but gripping Dragons' Den task.
Learning in Financial Education transcends subject boundaries. Everyone is invited to participate in the programme and in Senior School the pupils in the Art Department priced the cost of materials, Latin looked at the economies of the Roman Empire, ICT used spreadsheets for budgeting, Physics priced electricity for a house, Chemistry compared the true cost of alternative fuels, PE explored the salaries of professional sportsmen and investigated sponsorship, Hospitality looked at the cost of food, Drama studied 'Small Change', Modern Studies played trading games and History priced the cost of war.
The cameras continued to roll but filming was never all going to go to plan. Classes waited for their slots, trying hard to keep spontaneity for the film. 'Impact' was wearing a little thin, 'rigour' had all but gone. The crew crossed Glasgow to capture all the year groups. The Atholl pre-fives' routine had been disrupted. They had moved away from the supermarket and were ready for tooth-brushing and snack. Michael, aged three, was in the sand and a camera lens was in his face. Just at that moment, his spade struck a gold coin and he jumped towards the camera man shouting, 'Treasure! Treasure!' We all heaved a huge sigh of relief. At least three year olds can relax and have fun on cue.
JA McMorran
Chronicle 91 Prep 1
Anna Campbell - Prep 1.1 Katie Bell - Prep 1.1
Catherine McCarey - Prep 1.3 Eve Whitton Prep - 1.2
Stella Hardie - Prep 1.2 Rachel Brown - Prep 1.1
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Prep 1.3 with their sea stars Callum Nelson and Saul Aaron Walker and Georgia Dunn Prep 1.1 reading together McGlennan drawing flags looking after their plant
Prep 1.2 at the sand Prep 1.3's Halloween biscuits Prep 1.3's Change Challenge
Prep 1.1 working together
Prep 1.2 on World Book Day Prep 1.1 quiet as mice...
Prep 1.3 World Book Day Prep 1.2 make a Lego man Prep 1.3 with Reece Recycle
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Abigail Tausney - Prep 2.2 Emma O'Neil - Prep 2.3
Olivia Kennedy - Prep 2.1 Lisa Khorishko-Rennie, Christopher Scott and Sophie McMillan - Prep 2.3
Nicholas Short, Murray Baggley and Cameron Little - Prep 2.3
Keisha Hughes - Prep 2.1
Jack Percival - Prep 2.2 Tiger Masks - Prep 2.2 Vanessa Prescott - Prep 2.1
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Prep 2.3 Trip to the fire station Prep 2.3 The paramedics visit Prep 2.1
Prep 2.2 growing sunflowers Prep 2.2 listening to the stories of Prep 2.3 playing dominoes older children
Prep 2.1 celebrate World Book Day Prep 2.2 ambulance visit
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Alexander Scott, Fergus Munro, Looking at the animals at Kelburn Murray Baggley and Ross Simpson Park making 3D shapes
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Thomas Aggleton - Prep 3.1 Charlie McCready - Prep 3.2 Blythe Wray - Prep 3.1
Rachel Lochhead - Prep 3.2 Lindsay Mackie - Prep 3.3
Honey Morris - Prep 3.3 Darcie McCann - Prep 3.2
(Left) Abdul Aziz - Prep 3.1 96 Chronicle Prep 3 (Left) Prep 3.1 releasing their butterflies
Prep 3.2 pond dipping Prep 3.2 Prep 3.1
Prep 3.1 on World Book Day The lights are coming on in Prep 3.3 Prep 3.1 investigating electricity
Prep 3.1 baking cupcakes with Mrs Prep 3.3 on World Book Day Eureka! Dolan
Prep 3.2 at the Hunterian Gallery Making a gladius Prep 3.3
Chronicle 97 Prep 4
Andrew Tan - Prep 4.1 Nadia Al-Haddad - Prep 4.1 Sophie O'Neil - Prep 4.3
Katie Ritchie - Prep 4.2 Finlay Whitton - Prep 4.3 Daisy Morris - Prep 4.1
Morgan Dalton - Prep 4.1 Ailish Forbes - Prep 4.3
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Check out our penguins... Prep 4.1 at Mugdock The Prep 4 shop in Money Week Park
Prep 4.3 Showing off our modelling skills Prep 4.1 busy constructing
Prep 4.1 on Red Feb Day Prep 4.2 on World Book Day
Knights and damsels Prep 4.1 planting daffodils
Chronicle 99 Prep 5
Caroline Jones - Prep 5.4 Jamie Mickel - Prep 5.2 Rebecca Short - Prep 5.3
Nina Schuster - Prep 5.3 Farah Maryan - Prep 5.3
Farris Hassan - Prep 5.2
Nina Graham - Prep 5.3 Christopher Holdstock - Prep 5.3
Hope Conway-Gebbie - Rosie Nugent - Prep 5.4 Delft Pottery by Prep 5.3 Prep 5.4 100 Chronicle Prep 5
Prep 5.2 in Stuart dress Prep 5.4 at Calderglen Country Park Ross Heginbottom winemaker
Heather Harden as Sir Francis Prep 5.1 investigating volume Prep 5.1 Drake
Prep 5.1 full of Christmas cheer Prep 5.1 investigating volume Prep 5.1 at Edinburgh Castle
Finlay Neilson brought to justice Prep 5.4 on World Book Day Katie Prentice where she belongs
Delft Pottery by Prep 5.3 River dipping Gary Baird as the Earl Joanna Fraser, Colin Taylor and Lisa of Bothwell Gallagher talking about famous Tudors and Stuarts Chronicle 101 Prep 6
Zainab Munir - Prep 6.2 Robert McNaught - Prep 6.2 Suits you sir....
Prep 6.3 at Scotland Street Prep 6.1 on World Book Day Prep 6.1 with Mr Bones Museum
Veronica Haughey Rick Mukhopadhyay - Nina Boothby - A Prep 6.3 joint art - Prep 6.3 Prep 6.1 Prep 6.2 project
Fiona Short - Prep 6.2 Investigating sustainable energy Hollie West-Gibson - Prep 6.1
Dhruv Shah - Prep 6.3 A millipede gets a Fencing - new this year! fright.... 102 Chronicle Abernethy
Chronicle 103 The Home Front Roadshow
Waiting for a Lost Love
Waiting, waiting for my loved man, I haven't had a letter since this war began. His letters were all that soothed my heart, Since we are so many miles apart. All my friends clap letters to their chests, I smile but beneath my breast, Is an aching heart that will not beat, until he is near, within two feet.
A letter came today, hip hip hooray! In my heart, hope did lay. I opened the letter, my heart in my mouth, They were coming back! They were marching south. I sat waiting by the windowsill, When my man came back, all was still. When I saw his coffin marching by, No, No! My heart did cry. For how was I to go on, Now that his soul was gone?
Beth Mickel – Prep 7.4
104 Chronicle Looking Back at Lochranza
Lochranza was really fun! What a great time we all had. Even though the weather was poorly, And the midges weren’t that bad.
The King’s Cave was full of history. We learned about many types of rock. The seashore study was amazing, I enjoyed the Glen Rosa walk.
The centre was really cool, The food was absolutely great. Even the classroom was really fun, And luckily, I was in a room with a mate.
Now that I’m back in Glasgow, Thinking of how much I enjoyed it. All the work, and the fun and games, I’m missing it more than just a bit…
Morven Cormie – Prep 7.5
Chronicle 105 P7 Suffragette Morning
Back in November 2010, on a cloudy, windy morning, the Prep 7s held a Suffragette Morning in the grounds at Colebrooke Street. The event involved a whole bunch of exciting and creative activities. The whole year group took part and dressed up in period costumes. The girls wore floor length skirts, frilly blouses and hats and the boys old-fashioned suits. Some of us played the part of famous suffragettes as Emmeline Pankhurst who started the movement, whilst others played the parts of those who opposed her.
The whole of the school could hear the noise made by both groups as they marched around the playground. We all had a fantastic time, shouting out our demands and waving home-made banners displaying slogans such as 'Deeds not Words' - one of Emmeline's favourite quotations - and 'Votes for Women'. Some of the girls chained themselves to the railings beside the main gate, chanting loudly that they would not move until their demands for the vote were met. We enacted the scene where we created a fake art gallery which was vandalised by a couple of protesters, who were then arrested. Later, we also played out a scene where the boys were sent to war and the girls were sent to do male jobs such as working in factories, on farms and in hospitals.
Near the end of the morning the whole year group took part in a hustings, debating against teachers who were playing the roles of leading politicians and businessmen of the day. Mr Brooke played the important part of Mr Herbert Asquith, the Prime Minister of the time, who strongly opposed the suffragettes. After a long debate the suffragettes eventually won and got the vote for women.
The Suffragette Morning was a great success. Every activity was great fun in its own way. I particularly enjoyed making the banners showing our slogans and the protest march. It was fun to have the playground to ourselves and march around it shouting freely!
Samar Rehman
106 Chronicle Prep Prom
Chronicle 107 Prep School Hockey
Prep 7 During the course of the year the Prep 7A hockey team had a fabulous time. The whole team enjoyed every minute of every game. We had wonderful coaches, including Mr Ralph - who played hockey at the Commonwealth Games!, Miss Brackenridge and Miss MacNeill. Our tactics of pressurising the opposition and moving up the pitch as a unit helped us through our games. In training there was also 'The Wall', where we had to focus on working as a team to build it up, because if we didn't do well it would come tumbling down. Throughout the year we were reminded we were players and not positions and we were very nearly unbeaten as a result. Overall it was a great year!
Jodie Judd and Luisa Queen
Prep 6 This year the P6s were a smallish group of 26 girls; however they certainly made up for this by being extremely enthusiastic and motivated when at games sessions and the fixtures. Very quickly they got into the habit of the 4 minute run to start the warm- up, with different girls leading the exercises each time until they all knew exactly what to do. They listened well and were very keen to play and learn, which makes our job as teachers so much easier.
Although this age group do not have Saturday fixtures, the events that we do have are still very exciting: the Carol Hamilton Memorial match against The High School of Glasgow, and the Craigholme Festival of Hockey against Craigholme, St Aloysius’ College and Hutchesons’ Grammar. This year we won the Carol Hamilton match, which is played as a mixed ability tournament where each team plays against everyone else. Craigholme allowed us to take all of our girls this year, as it was a Festival, and the girls all thoroughly enjoyed the experience. If this group continues to train hard they should certainly have a bright hockey future ahead - well done, girls!
SM Crawford and S FitzGerald
108 Chronicle Prep School Rugby Prep 7 ‘A’ This year, a first for P6 rugby, we were invited to join the P7s on their February tour The Prep 7 A team had a fantastic season, to Northumberland. We were duly victorious starting on a high by thumping George in both fixtures against Percy Park and Heriot's 7-2. Throughout the season we Blaydon, although at times we did wonder enjoyed a great number of wins and only where the grass had gone. The white stripes a few losses. In particular our record on our rugby shirts will never be the same against the other Glasgow schools was again! We had a hugely enjoyable weekend very strong, which meant a lot to the boys! with warm hospitality and friendship shown Our biggest triumph was travelling through by both oppositions. to Edinburgh to play in the Stewart's Melville tournament, in which we came Our thanks go to Mr Carlin, Mr Kirby, Mr back with the plate. This season we had Bull and Mr Milne for all their enthusiasm, a great team with a combination of all encouragement and excellent coaching. sorts of players but I was most impressed We are very much looking forward to P7 with James Streule who has contributed a rugby. lot to our team with his electric pace and massive hits, despite never having played Robert McNaught rugby before. I would like to thank all our coaches: Mr Mathewson, Mr Fairlie- *Quotations from the legendary BBC Clarke and Mr Weston, who have kept commentator Bill McLaren, 1923-2010, the up the team spirit and maintained our ‘voice of rugby’. enthusiasm for the game. I have loved being the captain and look forward to next year! Prep 6 ‘B’ This year the Prep 6 B team played very Jack McCready well with tremendous forwards and very quick backs. We played superbly in our first Prep 7 ‘B’ match against George Heriot’s, winning 9-3. Our best game was our last match against What a fantastic year we have had in the Hutchesons’ however, when we drew 10- Prep 7 B team with just one game lost 10. It was a very exciting match with all the in the whole season (against Edinburgh parents screaming us on from the side and Academy). Our highest win was against there was at least one try every two minutes. the High School of Dundee where we We beat them earlier in the season and they scored a mighty 13 tries to their 3. Our were desperate for revenge but we fought fitness levels have improved due to all the back from the jaws of defeat and nearly won training we have been given, including the the game ourselves. Wednesday night twilight sessions. As captain of the team I would like to say well Kerr Webster done to the players for all their hard work, it really did pay off and thank you too to Mr Fairlie-Clarke who kept us motivated but Prep 6 ‘C’ also made sure rugby was fun as well. This season the P6 C team has improved dramatically with many victories from Blair Stewart-Henderson both home and away matches. The first match that we played was against George Prep 6 ‘A’ Heriot’s and unfortunately we were beaten 8-5, but that taught us a lot about how we Dedication, determination, strength and could improve our skills. This was evident passion, but most importantly teamwork in a match against The High School which resulted in a fantastic season where we won and our teamwork continued to the scoreboard reflected some great improve in subsequent matches. Although performances. Our team was ‘as cunning we didn’t always win, the team showed as a bag o’weasels’ and our ‘sidesteps great dedication and always turned up for were marvellous, like shafts of lightning.’* Saturday practice. The training that was We won five, drew two and lost only one provided has helped us both individually match, our very first game of the season and as a team. I would like to thank Mr against George Heriot’s. However it McNaught, Mr Carlin and Mr Bull for their is worth mentioning that against the patience and encouragement and I look formidable George Watson’s College we forward to P7 rugby next year. drew on both occasions; 2-2 and 0-0, both games being very well fought. George Munro
Chronicle 109 Northumbria This year we went down to Northumbria to play two games against Blaydon U13s and Percy Park U13s. We left school at 12 o'clock on a bus bound for Alnmouth; spirits were high and we sang as we travelled. Arriving at dusk we were told who would be rooming with for the next two nights. There were certainly some interesting combinations! On the Saturday morning we travelled to Blaydon Rugby Club; our hosts were very hospitable and welcomed us with a piper and guard of honour, together with a tray of shortbread for Mr McCaskey. We played a rough and physical game against older opposition and went down 4 tries to nil. In the clubhouse after the game we were presented with a framed Blaydon 1st XV shirt. The team played well but a special mention must go to Ruairidh Russell who tackled like a demon. Back at the hostel we watched the Scotland-Wales Change strip for the second game (in which Scotland fared no better than we did!). match
We awoke on Sunday morning to the prospect of another tough game against Percy Park. This time we put some points on the board but even with all the team playing their hearts out we were defeated 25-15. We returned to The Academy dirty and tired but still in a good mood after a fun weekend. All of this would not have been possible without the hard work of Mr Mathewson, Mr Fairlie-Clarke, Mr Weston, Mr McNaught, Mr Carlin, Mr McCaskey and Mr Milne. My thanks go to all of them on behalf of all of the boys.
David Noble
They knew they were in a game! The The opposition The P7 team warm-up act awaits...
The P6 team Another express delivery from Strategy meeting the scrum...
Put on your scary face... Practice makes perfect... One way traffic...
110 Chronicle Prep School Cricket
Prep 7 ‘A’ In Prep 7 we have many enthusiastic cricketers who all love the sport. The P7 A team had an amazing season with many victories and everyone contributing with bat or ball or in the field.
Our first match was against The High School, which we won narrowly through everyone playing well. Our next game was against George Watson’s but this time we narrowly lost, followed by victories over Hutchesons’ and Wellington. The weather meant that we had two matches cancelled against Kelvinside and Stewart’s Melville. However, we played them both in our one day tournament in 10 over matches. We managed wins against The High School and Kelvinside but lost to Stewart’s Melville who went on to win the tournament.
We finished the season against Hutchesons’, looking for another victory to cap a fantastic season. We were able to do this due to another good team performance and an outstanding innings from Mikal Rahim who clubbed an unbeaten 83 off 15 overs. I would like to thank Mr Fairlie-Clarke and Mr Furnish for taking us and running the Saturday matches and also Mr Hariharan, Mr Milne, Mr Weston and Lachy Bartholomew for all the effort they put into our training sessions. All the parents were very encouraging and supportive on match days and I would like to thank them also.
Ruairidh Russell
Prep 7 ‘B’ We had very determined players and good batsmen in the Prep 7 B team. Our fielding was excellent too, especially our catching and we had a good team spirit. We won our first game against The High School by 46 runs. In the tournament we played well and fought hard against lots of other schools. Although we were not all that successful we have to remember that we were mainly playing A teams.
I would like to thank Mr Fairlie-Clarke, Mr Hariharan and Mr Weston our coaches, and also the boys for playing great cricket and always giving their all. I would also like to thank all the parents for their support and guidance.
Gordon Stackhouse
Prep 7 Cricket Tournament This year saw the Prep 7 A&B teams competing for the Crawford Cup in the new Prep Schools’ Cricket Tournament. The trophy has been very kindly donated by Mrs Crawford on behalf of her three sons, Fraser, Alistair and Euan, who have all represented the senior 1st XI throughout their time at school. This was the first year it has been played as last year was cancelled due to the weather. Both teams, led well by Ruairidh Russell (A Team) and Lochlan Morris (B Team) competed in two groups against The High School of Glasgow, Kelvinside Academy, Dollar Academy and Stewart’s Melville College. The whole day event involved each team playing two matches in the morning group stage, followed by a placing play-off after lunch. The B team performed well against all the other schools’ A teams and were an excellent example of the strength in depth that the year have. The A team won the opening match of the tournament against Kelvinside Academy and were then beaten by the eventual winners Stewart’s Melville College before lunch. This meant a 3rd/4th play-off after lunch against our local rivals, The High School of Glasgow. Having beaten them by only five runs earlier in the season, this was expected to be another close game. A fine batting and bowling display led to a convincing victory however, and a respectable 3rd place finish. Well done to all the Prep 7 players and I look forward to a repeat of this event on an annual basis.
SG Weston
Prep 6 ‘A’ The P6 cricketers have been very enthusiastic this season. The spirit of the team has been excellent and we all had high hopes for every match. Our season started with a narrow loss to Kelvinside - which we gifted them with a wicket off the last ball.
Despite a magnificent batting performance in the second innings against Hutchesons’ we lost this one too, as well as our games against George Watson’s and Wellington. In this last match, one of our pairs scored 29 runs off 2 overs and three of the remaining four pairs scored 18 runs off 2 overs each. Our fielding could be somewhat rusty throughout the season but our batting and bowling always gave us a chance to win. The wonderful weather has favoured us in many ways, both for matches played and great batting tracks. I would like to thank Mr Hariharan, Mr Milne and Mr Carlin for their hard work and we are all looking forward to hard ball cricket next year.
Rick Mukhopadhyay
Prep 6 ‘B’ All the boys involved in this year’s P6 B Cricket team showed great promise in their first year of competitive cricket. Although the weather for most of our games was good, our training sessions throughout April and May were hugely limited due to extensive holidays and bad weather. We unfortunately narrowly lost our match against Kelvinside despite putting up a good fight, excelled in tough matches against George Watson’s and Wellington but were defeated twice by Hutchesons’.
I would like to thank Mr Milne and Mr Hariharan for great encouragement during our first year of cricket and, of course, the parents for their support. I feel that the B team will move forward into P7 with strong and extremely enthusiastic players who are all looking forward to next year and playing with a hard ball.
Fergus Horne
Chronicle 111 Prep Inter-House Cross-country
The Prep School Cross-country was held on the Kelvin Walkway on Friday 28th January, having been postponed from snow-ravaged December. So, although the race was actually run in 2011, the event will be recorded as being the 2010 race. As usual, there was a mix of keen competition between those hoping to do well and be placed, those who pushed themselves to help their house and those who have enjoyed the fun run aspect of the race. Although the race is new to the Prep 5 pupils, most seemed excited by the prospect of a competitive run along the Walk Way. I would like to make special mention of Ruairidh Russell who has managed to win the Prep 5, Prep 6 and Prep 7 races over the past three years, a great effort; well done.
SW McAslan Inter-House Cross-country Prep School Inter-House Cross-country Prep School Boys Girls
POS NAME H POS NAME H 1 Finlay Neilson T 1 Emma Forrest F PREP 5 PREP 5 2 Scott Sprang T 2 Annabel Ballantyne T 3 George Gourlay T 3 Freya Hill F
POS NAME H POS NAME H 1 Cameron Ballantyne F 1 Veronica Haughey F PREP 6 PREP 6 2 Scott Briggs A 2 Emily Duncan A 3 Cameron Wray T 3 Emma Hunter A
POS NAME H POS NAME H 1 Ruaridh Russell F 1 Abbie Jeffrys M PREP 7 PREP 7 2 Gordon Stackhouse T 2 Darby Mulvey-Keenan F 3 James Streule M 3 Jodie Judd F Overall House Results P5 P6 TR Total Place Arthur 1 3 2 6 3rd= Fraser 424101st Morrison 2 1 3 6 3rd= Temple 3 4 1 8 2nd
Ruairidh Russell having The winners with their medals completed three Prep victories
112 Chronicle Prep School Athletics The Glasgow Schools’ Primary Finals were held at Scotstoun on Wednesday 25th May and The Glasgow Academy was well represented in all disciplines. Holly Wicklow took an individual title, winning the Primary 7 Girls Standing Long Jump. Cameron Wray, (Standing Long Jump) and Ross Montgomerie (Cricket Ball Throw) both collected silver medals, while Larissa Macaloney, (Cricket Ball Throw) finished 3rd. The Primary 7 relay teams both qualified for the Scottish Schools’ with the girls’ team taking individual honours and the boys finishing second. The Primary 6 Boys’ team also finished in 2nd place. Points could not have been closer in the battle for the overall title, with the boys finishing 1st equal with Garrowhill Primary and the girls 3rd, just 1 point behind another 1st equal tie between Garrowhill and Hutchesons’ Grammar.
The Henderson Challenge brought with it glorious sunshine and a number of fine performances from Academy pupils. Overall the boys retained the trophy, while the girls just missed out in a close-fought event, finishing 3rd behind Craigholme and St Columba’s.
SM Crawford
Glasgow Preparatory Schools Swimming Finals ‘Glasgow Schools’ Primary Monday 28th February 2011 Cross-country Championships’ Results Event Name Stroke Result 1 Darius McDavitt Butterfly 3rd 3 Finlay Neilson Freestyle 6th 5 Iain Fletcher Freestyle 3rd 5 Andrew Munro Freestyle 2nd 6 Veronica Haughey Freestyle 5th 8 Holly Wicklow Freestyle 2nd 9 Scott Sprang Breaststroke 2nd 9 Jack Wicklow Breaststroke 5th 10 Emma Forrest Breaststroke 2nd 11 Andrew Munro Breaststroke 2nd 11 Scott Briggs Breaststroke 6th 12 Veronica Haughey Breaststroke 5th 12 Lucy Roberts Breaststroke 4th 14 Holly Wicklow Breaststroke 1st 15 Finlay Neilson Backstroke 4th 16 Emily Duncan Backstroke 3rd 17 Iain Fletcher Backstroke 3rd 17 Zander Grant Backstroke 6th 18 Amie McIntyre Backstroke 5th 18 Nina Boothby Backstroke 6th 19 Darius McDavitt Backstroke 3rd Scott Sprang, Ryan 21 Relay Laing, Jack Wicklow, 2nd Finlay Neilson Lara Jolliffe, Heather 22 Relay Harden, Emma Brown, 3rd Emily Duncan Iain Fletcher, Andrew 23 Relay Munro, Scott Briggs, 1st Fergus Horne Veronica Haughey, Nina 24 Relay Boothby, Amie McIntyre, 4th Lucy Roberts
David McAllister, Gordon Stackhouse, Brandon 25 Relay 3rd Dempsey, Darius McDavitt Isabella Ross, Jodie 26 Relay Judd, Sophie Pell, Holly 2nd Wicklow
Chronicle 113 Prep School Prize-winners
CLASS PRIZES CLASS PRIZES
DP4 Aidan Lynch P6.1 Timothy Chan Jamie Morrison Iain Fletcher Amy Smith Lucy Roberts
AP4 Lucy McCorkindale P6.2 Nina Boothby Jack McCamley-Wilding Zainab Munir Fraser Craig Cameron Wray Duncan Kilpatrick P6.3 Euan Chalmers P4.1 Meghan Ray Veronica Haughey Daisy Morris Alastair McLeod Hannah Madden Annabella Graham P7.1 John Burrows Language David Noble Mathematics P4.2 Eilish Day Anna Craig Environmental Studies Lucas Anderson Henry Cohn French Katie Ritchie P7.2 Milo Graham Language P4.3 Sophia Gomez Filip Petrov Mathematics Sophie O'Neil Holly Wicklow Mathematics Finlay Whitton Holly Wicklow Environmental Studies Holly Wicklow French P5.1 Ian McNaught Aisha Rasul P7.3 Fraser Gordon Language Fraser McDonald Fraser Gordon Mathematics Catriona Cuthbert Environmental Studies P5.2 Shoumita Bardhan Michael McMillan Environmental Studies Colin Taylor Fraser Gordon French Jasmine Lee Kyle Sockalingum P7.4 Amy O'Neil Language Ruairidh Russell Mathematics P5.3 Kira Logie Greg McMillan Environmental Studies Mary Prempeh Chloe Thornton Environmental Studies Adam Orr Ruairidh Russell French
P5.4 Jack Wicklow P7.5 Ashley Cairns Language Harmony Hill Ross Montgomerie Mathematics Chloe Welch Darby Mulvey-Keenan Environmental Studies Fayz Siddiqui Morven Cormie French
SPECIAL PRIZES
POETRY SPEAKING Jonathan Green Shoumita Bardhan Toni Collins Jamie Percival
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC’S Jamie Percival PRIZE FOR PERFORMANCE Sarema Shorr
MUSIC Rachel Shannon
P.E. GIRL Holly Wicklow P.E. BOY Ruairidh Russell
ART Georgia Dunn
ESSAY Eve Graham Mark Wilson Scott Duffield Beth Mickel Darby Mulvey-Keenan
FRAME CUP Fraser For Inter-House Competition
THE DUX Holly Wicklow
114 Chronicle Nursery
"We all go to Kelvinbridge Nursery"
Our highlights this year were making new friends and visiting the Theatre Royal to see a production of The Gruffalo.
We created our own "Golden Rules" to keep us safe in nursery.
We went for interesting walks around our local community and we had a sponsored walk with Kindergarten to raise funds for East Park School.
For our Halloween Party we all got dressed up and had lots of fun and party games.
The children helped pick new resources and their favourite was the fish lava lamp.
We celebrated St Andrew's Day and some of us even wore a kilt.
We enjoyed our Christmas party and we had a visit from Santa who brought us lovely presents.
In January we celebrated Robert Burns. We sang "Auld Lang Syne" and ate haggis, neeps and tatties.
For Shrove Tuesday Mrs Mann kindly came into Nursery and made pancakes with lots of different toppings, yum, yum!
In April we had an Easter Egg hunt and even designed our own Royal Wedding Cake.
For Health and Wellbeing we got active with Miss Peteranna and had relaxing yoga with Miss Chalmers.
We had fun building in our construction corner. The staff have also been Building the Curriculum 5!
Chronicle 115 Kindergarten
In the summer we had a visit from Ben's mum who works for Open Reach: she brought in one of her engineers to show us how the phones work and how we can communicate. We also staged our own Royal Wedding as part of our topic on Weddings.
Bride and Bride's Archbishop of The whole Kindergarten wedding party. father Canterbury
Left to right, best man (seated), Other activities included playing outside Exploring science and maths Bridegroom, Bride, Father of the in the better weather. through baking bride and Bridesmaid.
Measuring activities involving blocks and towers.
Taking part in the Eco challenge game with the Eco Gardening in and out of the playroom. reps from the committee and children from other classes. 116 Chronicle 'Together we are fantastic, fun and friendly...'
Chronicle 117 atholl*atholl*atholl* a t If you don't like the Scottish weather… t h …just wait for ten more minutes or drive for ten miles, and it'll be different. Such was the case during December and h o January when Atholl staff, parents and pupils left their homes and headed for school. There was no point in tuning into the weather forecast, just turning into Mugdock Road opened a o l whole new experience. Weather or winter tyres became the new conversation openers. Was this a new kind of greeting l l or literally a good way of breaking the ice?
Intelligent pedestrian accessories of choice were 'les l * crampons': spiked or coiled? Yet another debate ensued! In a sporting context, the French say, 'chausser les crampons', which translates as 'digging in deep', and the Anniesland * a groundsmen, who helped us so much during this period, can certainly testify to that. a t On showing a Spanish family, who had just relocated to Scotland, around the school, I pointed out the summer dress and shorts option. There was great hilarity all round. t h They had seen on the internet that Glasgow sometimes had sunshine but had not encountered anything other than snow since they had landed in the country. h o
Our pupils took the inclement weather in their stride but by o l mid-January even they had had enough. When the Prep 3s ventured to Bar Hill in a hailstorm, they might have had an inkling on why the Romans threw in the towel after twenty l l years on the Antonine Wall. The Prep 4s needed no props for their topic on Polar Lands: looking out the window was more than enough. Perhaps it was our Nursery/Kindergarten l * who loved the snow the most however. Lots of passers-by noticed their distinctive all-weather suits and were keen to know where they were based. With a school that is so well * a hidden, the publicity was an added bonus.
We love to get out and about in the local community. The a t Eco Committee with Mrs Davies has achieved Green Flag status, which has involved many trips to Barloch Moor and out into our decking area. All the children planted fruit and t h vegetables in the raised beds and after the summer holidays they will weigh and cook their produce. This has helped h o Ms Sinclair and her School Council to achieve our Healthy School award. Mrs Nyadu held an Enterprise Week where the pupils increased their skills through various technological o l challenges and Mrs McDonald put the finishing touches to an excellent production of 'Sparkle', our Christmas Nativity. l l Involving the parents in school life continues to be a central part of the ethos of Atholl. Our parents are always in and out of the school supporting new classroom initiatives like l * our Science morning, accompanying school trips, supporting Cultural Diversity week, talking to pupils about finance, running the N/K library, taking forward the gardening, * a manning the Healthy Tuckshop, supporting all the Atholl staff on their '10K' or being kept busy with PTA events. a t Perhaps one of our most testing collaborations was building Scalextric cars and their surrounding environment with seven t h and eight-year-olds leading the way. This was the time to tear out hair and throw wheels and hacksaws through windows! However, yet again, Atholl pupils, parents and staff met the h o challenge head on. Perhaps this is because we are a small school and small schools build team spirit, creating a sense of commitment and camaraderie, which makes for a very o l effective learning environment.
'Atholl surpassed my expectations, which were already very l l high.' - Mrs Nathalie Jones, Atholl N/K parent.
JA McMorran l * atholl*atholl*atholl* 118 Chronicle atholl*atholl*atholl* a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * atholl*atholl*atholl* Chronicle 119 atholl*atholl*atholl* a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * atholl*atholl*atholl* 120 Chronicle atholl*atholl*atholl* a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * atholl*atholl*atholl* Chronicle 121 atholl*atholl*atholl* a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * atholl*atholl*atholl* 122 Chronicle atholl*atholl*atholl* a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * * a a t t h h o o l l l l * atholl*atholl*atholl* Chronicle 123 DAIRSIE*DAIRSIE*DAIrsie d Just like the snow, wind and heavy rain which have hit us this year, Dairsie days are never the e same! a i i There were lots of highlights during the year, but two of the most memorable were being awarded s
our first Green Flag last September and our own Royal Wedding Day in April. r r Our Eco Committee under the leadership of Mrs Whyte, ably assisted by Mrs Sommerville and s our parent helper Mrs Ballantyne, have gone from strength to strength. They are now working i towards their second Green Flag to join our first one now flying proudly in the corner of the i playground. They have planted bulbs, seeds and vegetables in our garden and these are all a happily flourishing despite the weather! They have 'litter picked' for the Clean Up Scotland e
d Campaign and held a fantastic Eco Day last month with activities from fitness and junk musical * instruments to planting seeds, playing Internet Eco games and making healthy fruit kebabs. *
Finally, at the end of the day, the children came together in the hall and made music with their d homemade instruments. Well done! e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d DAIRSIE*DAIRSIE*DAIrsie 124 Chronicle DAIRSIE*DAIRSIE*DAIrsie d e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d
e P4 chose Asthma UK Scotland as their Enterprise charity this year and through a various Enterprise schemes: Christmas Gems at Christmas, Red Nose Day’s
i fun dance in March and their soaking on Dairsie Daft Day in May amongst i other things, they have raised £791.16. The children presented their cheque
s to Janie Hamilton from the charity at a special assembly. r
r Through their enterprise efforts P3 raised £1475 for “Children in Need”, by s organising a sponsored ‘Jog in the Park’ last November. P2 ran a healthy
i tuck shop throughout the year and P1 were very able Christmas posties. All in all the children have raised, i for various charities, the magnificent sum of £2,691.16. a e Very well done to all! d DAIRSIE*DAIRSIE*DAIrsie Chronicle 125 DAIRSIE*DAIRSIE*DAIrsie d Our Royal wedding day was a P3 enterprise initiative. The weather was glorious and after e spending the morning in cross-stage activity groups they created crowns and tiaras, designed a
i outfits and commemorative plates and decorated cakes. The afternoon was the Big Event; our i bride wore a beautiful gown, our groom was very smart in his morning suit and all the guests s
wore their best outfits topped off with crowns or tiaras. It was a Royal Wedding after all! After the r ceremony the toasts and reception were held outside in the playground where eating, drinking r and dancing took place. A great day thoroughly enjoyed by all. s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d DAIRSIE*DAIRSIE*DAIrsie 126 Chronicle DAIRSIE*DAIRSIE*DAIrsie d e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d e Performances with singing and music play a large part in our children’s lives. This a year the wonderful Christmas Nativity was "Follow Me" and our brilliant end-of-session i production was Puss in Boots. All was very ably produced and directed by Mr Paterson i s
our Music teacher, with a little help from the children! He also organised the lovely wee r concert the children gave to their appreciative grandparents in March. r s i i a e d DAIRSIE*DAIRSIE*DAIrsie Chronicle 127 DAIRSIE*DAIRSIE*DAIrsie d e a
i There have been lots of outings, too many to mention, but all part of their Environmental studies i programmes. We have also held workshops in school from Strathblane Falconry, Zoolabs s
Minibeasts, Generation Science and, during the successful Money Week, from parents and r visitors: all very much part of our ‘Active Learning’. r s This is a mere snap shot of life at Dairsie, but the children have fun and learn through all their i varied experiences throughout the year. i a S McKnight e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d DAIRSIE*DAIRSIE*DAIrsie 128 Chronicle DAIRSIE*DAIRSIE*DAIrsie d e Winner of the Dairsie Munro Quaich for Creative Writing a i i s Rudolph Saves The Day! r r s It was one Christmas Eve. Rudolph was ready to help Santa when Rudolph i
had a funny feeling. He felt that something was about to jump on him. It was a i polar bear. Rudolph tried to run but he was attached to the sleigh. Rudolph was a so strong that he pulled the sleigh all by himself. He started to fly away. Santa e ran after him but it was too late. Rudolph had already gone. But something d strange had happened. Rudolph was delivering all the presents. Rudolph went * all around the world. Rudolph came back but he had missed out a child. It was * nearly morning. So Rudolph had to go to the little boy’s house before sun rise. d
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Henry McFadzean - DP4 i s r r s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d * * d e a i i s r r s i i a e d DAIRSIE*DAIRSIE*DAIrsie Chronicle 129 Academicals Golf Our Summer Meeting, which felt more like a Winter Meeting, took place at a very wet and sodden Pollok on Sunday the 11th September. The competition was played over 10 holes only, due to the wet conditions which prevailed all day. The Coronation Cup for the best net score was won by Crawford Brechin, the scratch Club Championship by Martyn Ker and the Seniors’ Championship by our club President John Taylor. A good lunch was had by all.
June the 19th was the day for our match with Watsonians, which this year took place at Luffness, and we could not have had a better summer’s day for golf. The course was, as always, in immaculate condition and this year we increased the match to 12 a-side due to the success of last year’s match at Prestwick, hoping that the extra pairing might work to our advantage. Despite some great golf and some very close matches however, unfortunately we have to record that Watsonians triumphed and retained the Ken Scott Trophy. Next year, Watsonians’ Golf Section celebrate their 125th anniversary so we need to make sure they have a day to remember at Prestwick with Glasgow Accies winning the trophy back.
High School produced their elite team for our Match at Kilmacolm, including “ex-internationalists” and not surprisingly won the match 5-1. A good day was had by all and thanks go to Gordon Wilson for arranging it.
On Sunday the 18th September we had our match against Kelvinside at Old Prestwick, and again we could not have been luckier with the weather. It was an idyllic day for golf over a links course which was in truly stunning condition. Six foursomes in the morning, a hearty lunch at the long table and then 6 more foursomes was the recipe for a great day’s sport. The result seemed unimportant at the time (and even less so now) but Kelvinside won the match 7½ to 4½. Golf as always was the winner and thanks to Mark Kitson for organising the day. We have booked the same Sunday (the 3rd Sunday in September) at Prestwick for this match for 2012. of the Arthur McKay Scottish Cup, beating Grange EL from Division One and George Our annual match with The School was again played at Killermont on Heriot’s FP from Division Two in the process. Wednesday 22nd June. It was a six-a–side affair which, surprise surprise, Glasgow Academicals won, so retaining the Keith Deighton Quaich. 2nd X1: The Twos also had a great season, beating old rivals East Kilbride, scoring over 30 goals, making it to the Quarter-finals of the Scottish District Plate and finishing Brian Ker in a solid 6th place in West District Division One. Player of the Season was awarded to our Social Committee maestro Celia Hill, top goal scorer was Jill Buchanan, Most Gents’ Hockey Improved Player was shared by Katy McKinnon and Carol Cooke and Best Newcomer Overall, the Gents’ hockey section had a really positive transitional year. was awarded to Jenna Strang. The 2nd XI have a lot of great talent to build on for From barely having one squad at the end of the 2009/10 season; we fielded next season and hope to place higher in their league and continue to enjoy playing a a 1st and 2nd XI in the West District 1st and 4th Divisions respectively, with high level of competitive hockey. weekly training with Scotland Junior Coach Adam Bain. We welcomed a large number of schoolboys from the Academy into the fold and also gained Indoor Hockey kit sponsorship from the Royal Mail Sport Foundation. The indoor hockey season was a great success for both teams. Each did exceptionally well in performance and goal scoring. Accies Blues won The West District Indoor On the pitch, the 1st XI struggled and the unprecedented number of postponed League, narrowly beating Hillhead on goal difference. Accies Whites were placed 4th games due to the winter weather affected both teams heavily. We did pick up in the League and are to be commended for beating Hillhead in their last match which some excellent wins as the season progressed, most notably a 3-0 against secured the Blues’ League win. Clydesdale and arguably our best game of the season, a battling 2-1 victory against Strathclyde University (a team who earlier in the season had beaten Summer Hockey 2011 us 5-0). Unfortunately, these were not enough to keep us from the drop and The summer hockey season finished in late August and what a summer we had! the 1st XI are playing in Division 2 this season. Glasgow evenings of torrential rain and beautiful sunshine saw a combination of guys and girls Accies Hockey players take to the field and play teams from all over Last season was really the 2nd XI’s year. From a team made up mainly of the city. We had a record turnout and even saw some rugby and cricket players schoolboys, many of whom had not played before, along with a few older take part, along with a number of Academy pupils. We had some great wins, some bodies; we managed to finish 5th in a Division of 11 teams. Most notable was disappointing losses and have introduced many new players to the club. We also the run to round out the season with a draw and three wins, including a 4-3 sported a new playing top which made us look like a winning team (even when we win over the league leaders after being 3-1 down. weren’t). Anyone wishing to play some fun, sociable hockey next summer should email [email protected] for more information. We’d be delighted to We have started the new season in spectacular fashion under new coach, welcome you along. Scotland Internationalist Gordon Munro. The 1st XI won their opening game 9-0 and currently top the table with two wins from two, while the 2nd XI are New Coach top half of the table after a 5-0 victory over local rivals Hillhead and a narrow Nicola Pitticas joins us for Season 2011-12 to push Accies to great league positions loss to Anchor. We have managed to hold on to the majority of last year’s in both National League Division 2 and West District Division 1. Nic is a very hands- new players, and gained a number of new faces after a successful summer of on coach who expects high levels of commitment and enthusiasm from everyone in mixed hockey with the girls. None of this would have been possible without the club. She currently plays for Glasgow Western and has previously represented the huge help of a number of people and I would like to take this opportunity to Greece in the 2004 Olympic qualifiers. Nicola has promised that should both teams thank Lindsay Crawford, Jamie McNaught, Andy McKay, John Taylor, Adam win more games than they lose this season, she will do a forfeit of our choosing. Our Bain, Robert Cheape, Allison Farr, Paul Borland and Tom Menzies for their thinking caps are on! help and support to get us back on our feet, and for their hard work throughout the year. Welcome Erica Erica Dickson (1999) takes over from Stephanie Barnet as Club Captain for the As always, we would welcome any new players of any standard. We train on upcoming season. Erica originally started playing hockey with Accies in 1996 when Monday evenings at Windyedge, from 7pm - 9pm, with league games most she was at school and is glad to see that the club finally has some players following Saturdays. More information can be found at www.glasgowhockey.co.uk or in her and Nuala Devlin’s footsteps. They come in the shape of Hannah Hood and by emailing [email protected] Jillian Hamilton and, although it’s a hard life doing your homework in between school and extra training, it is worth it in the long run. Since leaving school, Erica played and Stuart Ward was a committee member at Waverley Inveresk Trinity in Edinburgh, alongside fellow Accie Suzanne Howie. In 2009 she returned to the Accies’ fold and, due to her hatred Ladies Hockey of long silences, volunteered herself to captain the club for the upcoming season. 1st X1: After finishing in third place and narrowly missing the play-off position for promotion out of National League 3 last year, Glasgow Accies Ladies’ 1st Join our Club XI had high hopes for an even more successful season this year. With a As always, we welcome any former pupils, or friends of The Glasgow Academy to lot of hard work, this turned out to be the case with the team unbeaten until join us. Club membership is also open to school girls aged 14 and over. Training is their final game of the season against Haddington. However this loss made every Tuesday night, 6.30-8.30pm and please visit our website for more details on no impact on Accies claiming the top spot in only their second season of what else is going on at the club: www.glasgow-hockey.com Home game supporters playing in the National League set-up. The squad, led by Tricia Haughney are most welcome! and ably assisted by Caroline Sweetmand, also reached the Quarter-finals 130 Chronicle Academicals You can also keep up to date with our social calendar by becoming a fan of the Section’s efforts. The children clearly greatly enjoyed taking part in the various Glasgow Accies Page on Facebook, www.facebook.com/glasgowacciesclans, or activities offered. In view of the huge number of U13’s, it has already been decided follow us on twitter, @GALadiesHockey, for the latest score lines. to enter two teams for league competition in 2012. The future is bright…
Stephanie Barnet Under 18’s Congratulations to Dhruv Satpute who takes the batting award, and who also Cricket narrowly pipped George Clark for the bowling award. The 2011 season will go down in history as one that never really got started for Glasgow Accies Cricket Club. Many players commented that the season was the Under 15’s wettest they could remember, with the 1st XI completing only eight of a scheduled Congratulations to Cameron Russell who takes the batting award, and to 18 league matches. Clemmie Mitchell who takes the bowling award for an incredible fourth time in five seasons! This was enough to see the club finish third in the WDCU Division One with a record of 6-2; disappointingly, only one of the four matches against the teams that Under 13’s finished first and second reached a result. There were positive signs for the future, Congratulations to Thomas Aston who takes the batting award, and to Ruairidh however, in the bowling of juniors George Clark, Nirvik Ganapathi and Dhruv Russell who takes the bowling award. Satpute. The fact that skipper Richard Andrew (27) was the oldest of the regular bowlers paints a rosy picture for cricket at New Anniesland for years to come. Under 11’s Andrew topped the wicket tables with 21, with Euan Sheridan, Clark and Satpute There were two stand-out performances and, incredibly, they both occurred in the all in double figures. The batsmen understandably struggled in a wet, stop/start same match early in the season against Uddingston. Jamie Percival and Drew season – only four half-centuries were scored: Fraser Murray and Andrew Dodson Cameron both took hat-tricks, turning what might have been an easy Uddingston to set up a win against Helensburgh, and Lachy Bartholomew and Neil Dowers in win into a comfortable defeat. a losing cause away to Irvine. Representative Honours The second team finished comfortably mid-table and could have finished higher Clemmie Mitchell played for Scotland Women U17 on four occasions against but for a slow start to the season. The best batting came in unbeaten knocks Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. from Neil Dowers (109*) and Chris Hawkins (88*), the architects of wins over Dhruv Satpute was again selected for both the Western Cricket Academy Senior Motherwell and Vale of Leven respectively. Captain Waj Bashir led the way with [4] and Junior [4] teams, captaining the latter. the ball, particularly in a stunning 5-16 against St Ninians, while Stuart Murray’s Thomas Aston [5], Arman Khan [4], Jamie Percival [2] and Euan Ramsay [2] all personal best 4-9 will also live long in the memory. had matches for the Glasgow North U13 team. Jamie Percival also played for West District U11 against Northumberland and Cumbria. The Club’s third and fourth teams were occasionally overwhelmed by disproportionately strong opposition in the new league conferences. Bhaumik Special thanks Nayak was the star of the lower teams, managing 21 wickets in the season in the In my own “time out” season, particular thanks must go to all the team managers: face of testing oppositions. George Clark [U18], Richard Russell [U15], Lynne Ramsay [U13] and Jameel Gardee [U11], all the team coaches, parents who offered transport and other The brightest moments for Accies came at the close of the season with the Sixes assistance and finally to young David Gibson who, as part of his Duke of Edinburgh team regaining the Anglo-Scottish Sixes trophy, last won in 2007. On a rainy day Silver Award, gave invaluable assistance to the Junior Section over the course of in Berwick, every member of the Accies contributed to a well-deserved victory. the entire season. Thanks also are due to Robert Cheape and his staff for all their Special praise must go to Richard Andrew, who restricted Berwick to just three hard work on the pitches. runs from the last over of the final when six were needed for victory. CAC Dawson The Club was also delighted to announce the creation of Glasgow Accies Ladies Squad (GALS) at the start of 2011. The GALS enjoyed a successful inaugural London season, winning the Scottish Women’s Indoor Tournament, the Scottish National The London Section has moved on from the Annual Dinner, held in March, with Women’s League and reaching the final of the Scottish Women’s Cup, which has Gordon Low (1972–1984) now installed as President, succeeding Anthony Frieze, been postponed to the start of the 2012 season. who had a very successful term of office. We look forward to Gordon bringing the famous ‘Low’ enthusiasm to the Presidency. This season also marked Vedam Hariharan’s 20th season with the club – he joined as professional in 1992. Since then, he has become an active and enthusiastic In July, the London Section entertained the School Shooting Team during their coach and has had a hand in the development of all cricketers to come through annual visit to Bisley. The arrangements for this event were handled most efficiently Accies in the past 20 years. The club recognised his years of service with a by Crawford Alexander and Henry Watson and we thank them for making the visit donation towards his new course of study (an MSc at Stirling University) and a to Bisley that bit more enjoyable for the School representatives. plate, engraved with the message, “in recognition of 20 years’ service, guidance and wisdom offered to our members”. Four members of the London Section were involved in organising The Discovery Ball held September 3rd in support of the Mark Scott Foundation. Antonia Scott, Accies look forward to next season with renewed optimism and the hope that the Cameron Wilson, Karen Smith and Jon McLeish all worked exceedingly hard in weather will not cast up further frustrations. organising this event and their efforts and the support they received yielded a large amount for this worthwhile charity. N Dowers The London Section is planning to augment the London Section Bursary Fund Curling with a donation of £4,000 from our funds. This payment, together with further The Curling Section is in good heart with a small but enthusiastic membership donations from our members, will help achieve our aim of funding a Bursary for a who play an internal league competition, and also in Dunbartonshire Province and second pupil. All amounts gratefully received. Scottish Wanderers matches, throughout the winter season. Most of our games are played at the excellent Braehead Ice Rink in Renfrew. The London Scottish Schools’ Golf day was held at Denham Golf Club in June and we had two teams representing the London Section. Peter Marr, Gordon Last season, 2010/11, our internal Duncan Trophy was won by the effervescent MacSween and David Stirling contributed excellent scores to help their team Clive Thomson with his team of Rory Duff, Ian Gemmell and Jim Kerr. David into third place finish in the overall competition. In the equally important match Rome’s team lost out on “shots up” - to a measure in the last end of the last game between Glasgow Accies and Glasgow High School, I am pleased to announce – against me! How we laughed… that the Accies retained the trophy by defeating our old rivals.
We enjoyed success this season, winning the Scottish Wanderers Competition. The Annual Dinner for 2012 will be held on Friday 17th February 2012 at The David Rome came up trumps this time, with his team beating a good Kelvinside Caledonian Club and we plan to have a big name speaker – more details to be team in our final match to win the trophy. announced, but in the meantime, note the date in your diary!
We wound up our curling year in March with a traditional light-hearted Bonspiel I would like to take this opportunity to ask any Accies living or staying in London and curry, convincing ourselves that we would all play much better next season. and the South of England and who have not yet made contact with us, to please feel free to drop me an email ([email protected]) or a call (0207 235 9012): we I would be delighted to hear from anyone interested in joining our section as new would be delighted to add you to our mailing list. There is undoubtedly some members (of any standard) would be very welcome. movement from address to address, and if that is the case, please send us your updated details TW Gemmill, Secretary David W Hall, Secretary/Treasurer Junior Cricket Season 2011 will not be remembered for outstanding success on the field of play! However, numbers in the Junior Section have risen to record levels, especially at the younger age groups of U13 and U11. Although the weather was particularly unkind throughout the entire summer, reported as being one of the worst for decades, post-season comments from parents were full of appreciation of the Chronicle 131 132 Chronicle Chronicle 133 134 Chronicle Chronicle 135 136 Chronicle Chronicle 137 138 Chronicle Chronicle 139 140 Chronicle Chronicle 141 142 Chronicle Chronicle 143 144 Chronicle The Glasgow Academy
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