Tuesday21stMarch
Music
Glasgow Music Festival
The ScholaCantorum entered the Senior School Choir category of the Glasgow Music Festival last Tuesday evening. They sang outstandingly and should be proud of their efforts to put this performance together, particularly having sung at three Masses and the dedication of the Sports Hall in the preceding fortnight. The top three choirs were separated by just one mark from the judge, and in the end the ScholaCantorumwere placed second.Well done to all of you!
Sports Results
Football
Congratulations to the First XI Football team who beat Albyn School, from Aberdeen, 4-0 in the quarterfinal of the Scottish Independent Schools Football Association Cup. The team now progress to play Stewarts Melville in the semifinal. Well done boys!
Hockey
Wednesday 15 March
High School Hockey 7’s
The First Team again had a difficult afternoon of matches but played some great hockey. In a very closely contested section, the girls lost 1-0 to High School, beat Morrisons Academy 2-0 and lost to St Georges 1-0. Both High School and St Georges progressed into the finals of the cup and plate competitions.
S1 West District
The S1 girls had their West District Tournament on Saturday. The girls had some really tough section matches and did not make it through to the next stage of the competition.
Rugby
S1 Team 7s
The S1 did extremely well at the Hutcheson Grammar Schools 7's. They were beaten by 1 point by Watson's. They then went through to the plate, progressed to the final and were beaten by Edinburgh Academy 15-11.
Saturday 18 March
Heriots 7s First Team
Another good display for the First Team but the boys were fatigued from efforts on Wednesday at the High School of Glasgow, that you will hear more about later from Mr Tearney. The team lost to a strong Howe of Fife team 27 – 19, but finished strongly against Fettes college to win 19 – 12
Heriot 7s U16s
The u16s done very well to win their group and make it to the semi-final of Heriots 7s on Saturday. Along the way, they beat Dollar 24 – 5 and Edinburgh Academy 26 – 7. In the semi-final, they lost by one try, 12-5 to eventual tournament winners Merchiston Castle.
Interhouse Hockey and Rugby
Many thanks to the Senior School Rugby and Hockey players who have given up time in the past two weekends to support the Junior School Interhouse competitions. Your coaching and organising as well as your encouragement are greatly appreciated by our young senior school sports stars of the future! A further thank you to the Hockey girls who will also be helping again this weekend at the Senior School Interhouse competitions.
Senior 7s Rugby Results
On Wednesday 15 March the First Team Senior 7s won the High School of Glasgow’s 7s Tournament. The boys overcame some superb opposition to win the tournament, which is a fantastic achievement. The spirit that they showed throughout the tournament was incredible coming back from being two tries down twice. They were a true credit to themselves and the college.
Results:
- Glasgow Academy 15 -19
- High school B 37 – 5
- Wellington/Ayr 35 - 0
- Austin Friars 31 – 5
- Final Heriots 19-17 in the last second of the match
The members of the team included Michael Hughes (Captain), Mark McCourtney, Josh Kelly, Steven Considine, Adam Scott, Nic McAllister, Daniel Sinclair, Michael Dunn, Jacob Siems and Chris Lynas
Well done boys on another successful 7s season.
Scotland Selections
Hockey
Congratulations to Anna Hoolaghan in S3 who has been selected to represent the Scotland Under- 16 Hockey Team in a series of matches in Wales. A wonderful achievement! Well done Anna!
Rugby
Congratulations to Dan York (S6) who made the Under-18 national squad and played against England last Saturday.
Congratulations also go to Nic McAllister, Adam Scott and Andrew Hughes who have been selected to theScotlandUnder-16 team. They will play in a tournament in Wales from the 6th -12th of April. This is an unbelievable achievement for the boys and a great representation of the College. Well done boys.
St. Aloysius’ College Celebrating Success