JGHS Sport

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The race is over and the staff have taken the win!

Well done to all who participated, as a community we have managed to travel 14,118 miles in just 25 days which is brillant 👏.

Have a wonderful summer and remember to stay active.

Miles are in for week 2 and the scores on the doors are as follows:

S2 - 790.51 miles. Almost made it to Bordeaux, France.

S3 - 1273.955 miles. Almost made it to Madrid, Spain.

S4 - 538.16 miles. Almost made it to Bordeaux, France.

S5 - 769.52 miles. Almost made it to Bordeaux,France.

Staff - 2875.47 miles. Almost at Agadez, Niger.

So staff are still out ahead but S3's are catching them, all other years groups need to make a big push this week to catch up, keep going!

After week 1 of our Race to Durban:

S2 - 135.73 miles
S3 - 384.14 miles
S4 - 144.87 miles
S5 - 108.65 miles
Staff - 1362 Miles

Staff are out in front and almost at Madrid with S3 close to reaching London. Still three week to go to get your miles counted!

We want to wish a HUGE congratulations to Cameron In S6 who has been selected as part of the Scotland Men’s Volleyball Team taking part in this years St.Patricks Day internationals!!! Well done Cameron!! 🏆🏐🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Fighter of the year for Kinli Kwok!

Kinli was honoured in 2018/19 to represent Scotland in her category and won Gold medals in individual and team sparring at the World TKD championships in Birmingham, Northern Ireland(Belfast), Welsh open(Cardiff), English(Birmingham) and Scottish (Motherwell)! A very big congratulations Kinli on such an amazing achievement and no doubt endless hard work!

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Now that’s what I call a super squad! S2 girls Scottish Cup finals runners up 2019! Out of 72 S2 teams in Scotland we made the final and we couldn’t be more proud! Thank you to all the supporters and those who have supported along the way! The girls for all their hard work and dedication and fabulous team work!you guys make our job easy!

AND WE ARE BACK!!

One week into the new 2018/2019 session and we are so excited for the year ahead! we have recieved great news from students already about sporting success during the summer break that we cant wait to share with you!

An email has gone out to all parents and carers regarding after school clubs!

Please like our page to keep up to date with all our news and updates!!

We would like to wish Catriona Forrest and Evie Tynan (both in S4) the very best of luck in Dublin this weekend at the Irish National Feva Championships!!! Good luck girls!

A big Congratulations to Milena in S2!
Milena is the 2018 British Champion in U14 Girls Foil.

This is her third year in a row of winning that title.

The Championships were held this weekend in English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

We also want to wish Milena the best of luck in the Polish Championships in the coming weeks!

We have some great news from a very talented student Kirsty (S2)

Kirsty was selected to represent Central and South East Scotland in the Youth Tour of Scotland that took place in Perthshire over Easter. This was a three day, four stage road race, competing against teams from all over the UK and further afield. At 13 years of age Kirsty was one of the youngest riders: of the 78 girls in her race!

She also took part in her first track race: a British Cycling Omnium held at the Caird Park Velodrome in Dundee. Competing against girls from all over Scotland, and came 3rd!!.

This weekend she's cycling in the another national competition: the Isle of Man Youth Tour, a 3 day stage road race! She had some company this time with Archie Ellen from S2 also competing!

Well done to both of them!

If anyone has any news or success stories please message us as we want to be able to congratulate everyone on their achievements!

What a final!!! JGHS-Vs- Holyrood were neck and neck throughout the entire game! The girls pulled it back in the last 10s with a nail biting win, 39-38! Well done girls! Open Bronze Scottish Schools cup Champions 2018- not bad for our first rodeo! Some very tough play and even harder standing n the side line! So proud of ALL you girls, your hard work, commitment, talent and sportsmanship! Thanks to all the parents, the boys and Ms. Sinclair for coming to support!!

JGHS PE Dept on Twitter “A huge congratulations to Isla Jamieson in S1 who has been selected for the Scottish youth development academy at Murrayfield. Knowing how much she loves rugby, this is a fantastic opportunity! Good luck Isla.”

JGHS PE Dept on Twitter “Well done to all the girls who played on the ESSFA U15s Soccer Sevens competition last night. Goals from Rose Newman (3), Pia Rogers (2) and Rose Shanks (1) helped the girls to an impressive 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Everyone was brilliant and did the school proud!”

A huge congratulations to two of our pupils that competed in the Scottish Indoor Athletics Championships.

Cerys Scott-Hobbs was 3rd in the U16 girls pole vault, whilst Fabian Despinoy was 2nd in the U16 boys 800m.

Well done to both of you!

We have just voted for in the Healthy Communities campaign for a chance to win £200,000. Support amateur youth sport by voting at https://t.co/mO8VRGBrPu - we are closely affiliated with Blaze and this would be fantastic!

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JGHS got 2 gold medals at the Scottish Schools Swimming Championship on Saturday the 27th of Jan!! Well done to:

Thomas MsSkinning First (gold) for 200m breaststroke
Liam McLaughlin First (gold) for 100m Freestyle!!!

Well done boys!

A great match for our Junior Boys Basketball team against St.Augustines yesterday. Unfortunately the boys were unable to bag a win against a strong Augustine side. They displayed some great work on court and should be very proud of themselves!

Congratulations to the U15 girls who beat James Young High School 5-2 in the Scottish Schools Football Shield yesterday!
The girls progress through to the next round! Fantastic goals from Pheobe Friend, Ava McConville and a hat-trick for S1 Erin Sheehan! Match report will be featured in this months Success Newsletter!

A vast amount of our pupils took part in the Edinburgh & Midlothian Scottish Schools Swimming Championship 2017 a last week. Well done to everyone involved!! Here are fantastic results from some of our JGHS pupils!
•Girls 14-15 100M Free-
Susannah Kernohan 9th

•Boys 12-13 100M Free
-David Kernohan 2nd
- Felix McDonald-Walker 15th
- Josh Tough 20th

•Boys 14-15 100M Free
-Liam McLaughlin 2nd
-Ross Kerr 3rd
-Daniel Keerie 16th

•Boys 16-18 200M Breaststroke
-Thomas McSkimming 1st

•Girls 16-18 200M Butterfly
-Taylor Finlayson 2nd

•Girls 12-13 100M Backstroke
-Anna Green 8th

•Boys 12-13 4x50M Free Relay
-Gillespies “A” 5th

•Mens 4x50M Freestyle Relay
-Gillespies A 8th

•Boys 14-15 200M Free
Liam McLaughlin 5th

•Boys 12-13 100M Breast
-Andrew Wright 5th
-Calum Morrison 6th
-Quinn Ungless 7th

The boys senior Basketball team played a blinder last night and secured their second win or the Scottish Schools Cup against Broxburn. Thanks to Broxburn for a great game!!

Great win yesterday for our volleyballS2/S3 girls against BelmountHouse, 23-25, 25-14, 15-5! The girls team work and communication ensured they came out on top!

Fantastic Football from our S1 girls this weekend! They played the girls from Broughton High School and had a fantastic win!!
The girls coach Mr.Shanks said that all of the girls worked really hard and really enjoyed their Saturday morning game!
Well done!!

Ailsa Morrison
Chloe Rough
Rose Shanks
Alanna Beetham
Niam Simpson
Rosie Sloan
Erin Sheehan
Amelie Primrose
Ailsa Peebles
Josie Reid
Pia Rogers
Emily Sturt
Meabh McKenna

We have an massive amount of students taking part in the Edinburgh & Midlothian Schools Swimming Championships 2017 this Sunday! The best of luck to everyone taking part!!

Yesterday our S1 and S2 girls travelled to Penicuik High school for a friendly Netball fixture!

Penicuik put on a strong defence with some great plays, but it wasn’t enough to stop our dynamic shooting duos as we took the first quarter 6-2.

From that point on JGHS grew in strength within defence and attack. Our Most Valued Player was awarded to Laila Flores-Rueda- Miss Ewing said that she was exceptional in defence making countless interceptions and aiding JGHS to a 16-2 win.

Well done girls! Hopefully the first of many Netball successes!
P.S- This girls were so excited to finally get to wear the schools black netball dresses that they played the duration of the game with them on backwards!! 😂😂😂

This Monday JGHS had the pleasure of hosting Kinross High School in the first fixtures of the Scottish Schools Volleyball cup. 3 Matches were arranged to be played throughout the afternoon, S2/S3 girls, Senior girls and Senior boys.

JGHS came away with 3 wins with some fantastic performances from everyone involved!!
Our S2/S3 girls won after two sets, finishing: 27-25, 25-20
Our Senior Girls won in the 3rd set finishing, 25-11, 25-27, 15-2
Our Senior Boys won after two sets finishing: 25-15, 25-14

The Senior Girls are through to the Quarter Finals
Our S2/S3 girls are away to Belmont next Monday for their next fixture and out Senior Boys are away to Aberdeen Grammar on the 6th of December!
The Best of luck guys!