The summer term draws to a close and all Lomond S1 – S6 pupils and staff travelled to Linwood Athletics Track to host their School Sports Day on Monday (24th June). The hurdles were set by Linwood staff and the day continued to shine for competitors.
Throughout the competition 9 records were broken and most pupils performed to the best of their abilities. The track events entertained the spectators and the field events tested the individual skills of the pupils. The day finished with the House Relays and all year groups worked extremely hard to gain maximum points for the Relay Cups. In the girls’ competition, Graham House managed to beat Bergius for the trophy and in the boys’ event it was Colquhoun House finishing first with Bergius a close second.
At the end of the events, Mr Dominic Fitzgerald from the P.E. department presented the prizes to the deserved winners. Mr Fitzgerald is leaving Lomond School after 9 years to take up a promoted post at Fulham Prep School in London. He will be sadly missed by the pupils and staff at the school but we wish him all the very best in his new job.
The Individual Championship for each year group was very closely contested and the results are as follows:
1st Year Girls
1st Wallis Jamieson 27pts
2nd Mackenzie Serpell 26pts
3rd Emma Scott 21pts
1st Year Boys
1st = Lewis Robinson
& Tyler Thomas 32pts
3rd Charlie Johnson 17pts
2nd Year Girls
1st Zoe Burden 32pts
2nd Kimberley Rijsdijk 24pts
3rd Katie McGlinchey 18pts
2nd Year Boys
1st Keir King 35pts
2nd Erik Halvorson 29pts
3rd = Calum Caskie
& Jacob Siems 13 pts
3rd Year Girls
1st Cara Wilson 28pts
2nd Kirsty Scott 27pts
3rd Sarah Rijsdijk 22pts
3rd Year Boys
1st Crawford Brown 35pts
2nd Lewis Serpell 32pts
3rd Fraser Fulton 23pts
Senior Girls
1st Fiona Burnet 35pts
2nd Rebecca Holland 28pts
3rd Fiona Cameron 26pts
Senior Boys
1st Tony de Abreu 27pts
2nd Andrew Ram 25pts
3rd Alexander Lewis 23pts
In the special awards, the Girls’ Throwing Cup was presented to Katie McGlinchey (S2) for winning both the Shot Putt and Javelin and finishing second in the Discus. The Boys’ Throwing Cup was won by Tony de Abreu (S6) for winning the Discus and Javelin and coming second in the Shot Putt. The Most Meritorious Girls’ award was presented to Wallis Jamieson (S1) who broke the 1500m record from 2003 and Emma Scott (S1) was runner up by breaking the Hurdles record from 2009.
In the Boys’ competition, the most Meritorious Award was presented to Tyler Thomas (S1) who broke 4 individual records. He is a very talented athlete and broke the Shot Putt record from 1983 with a throw of 11.09m and jumped 5metres in the Long Jump to break the record from 1993. He also broke the 400m and 800m records.
The runner up was Lewis Robinson (S1) who broke three records in the Hurdles, 200m and Triple Jump. Both pupils have performed exceptionally well throughout the season and it was a pleasure to watch them both perform to the highest of standards. The House Trophy was won by Graham House for achieving 699pts with Colquhoun a close second on 631pts and Bergius on 597 pts.
I would like to thank all the staff who officiated throughout the day and also our spectators and performers. The pupils returned to Helensburgh by coach following an extremely successful day on the track and field.
(M Taylor, Head of PE)