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School Exhibition Closes
November 2009
The Glasgow School of Sport Exhibition at Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery has now come to an end.
This hugely popular exhibition showcased the lives and stories of the people of the School and featured memorabilia spanning the last ten years.
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Ryan and Mahad at the 2009 School of Sport Exhibition |
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Pupil Mahad Ahmed, the fastest schoolboy in Great Britain had his running spikes on display alongside hockey graduate Kenny Bains’ medal from the Youth Olympics. Badminton coach Craig Robertson proudly displayed his bronze medal from the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Sponsor Andy Sim, of Sim Ltd., shared his Formula 5 sporting past with us and explained why this drove him to invest in our future.
Visitors were treated to sporting tricks and skills with a preview of our coaching and performance podcasts due to be launched via our website very soon.
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School of Sport pupils at the 2009 Exhibition |
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Graduates Kimi Bright, Steven Percy and Kenny Bain inspired visitors with their sporting and career successes and Rebecca Hillis currently on swimming scholarship at the University of Texas shared her secrets on how she became the third fastest swimmer in the world in her event.
This exhibition captured the essence of what we do and I’d like to thank all the pupils, graduates, coaches, staff and partners for their continued support that has made us what we are today.
Roll on the next ten years!
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Who is the fastest? |
Head teacher Ian Anderson opens the exhibition |
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Graduate Steven Percy (left) Youth Development Officer at Scottish Hockey shares his career and sporting successes and Kenny Bain (right) displays his Youth Olympic Medals |
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A huge thank you to Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery for hosting this exhibition and their enthusiasm and skill in bringing together our collection of objects and stories and producing an inspiring exhibition.
The photographs are courtesy of Jim Galloway of the Glasgow Herald.
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Scotstoun Stadium Keys Handover
November 2009
School of Sport athletes were invited to join Glasgow North West MP John Robertson, Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy and UK Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe at Scotstoun Leisure Centre for the keys handover to the new athletics stadium. The athletes thought the facility looked amazing and there was a hard fought race to be first to run on the new track.
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The new Scotstoun Stadium with School of Sport athletes Amy, Lee, Claire, Mahad and Jock and watching on John Robertson, Jim Murphy and Gerry Sutcliffe |
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UK Games 2008
The UK School Games, held in Bath and Bristol from 28-31 August 2008, brought together 1500 top athletes from all over the United Kingdom to compete in nine sports. More than 250 competitors were from Scotland, which included nine Glasgow School of Sport pupils. Congratulations to the following pupils on their selection:
Scottish Selection
- Badminton players: Kirsty Gilmour (S4), Fiona Archibald (S5), Robyn Glen (S4), Gregor McVean (S4)
- Hockey players: Seoras Gaughin (S5) and Josh Cairns (S6)
- Swimmer: Rachel Tedeschi (S4)
- Athletes: Jade Barclay (S4) and Sean Dimeo (S6)
Medal Scoop
The School of Sport pupils won an impressive seven medals, the majority coming in the sport of badminton.
Kirsty Gilmour won gold in the girls’ doubles and a silver medal in the singles. Fiona Archibald won bronze in the doubles while Robyn Glen and Caitlin Pringle, daughter of School of Sport coach Iain Pringle, finished second in their group and narrowly missed out qualifying for the knock out stages. Gregor McVean, Fiona and Robyn all finished second in their respective groups.
Swimmer Rachel Tedeschi added to the School of Sport medal tally winning bronze in the 800 metres freestyle.
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School of Sport pupils are pictured before the event on a FirstGroup bus (Photograph courtesy of First Travel) |
FirstGroup were the transport partner for this year’s Games and it was their job to make sure athletes got safely to and from the event and had a fantastic time. It was a job well done.
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Open Day Sets New Record - 24 November 2007
The School of Sport held its Annual Open Day on Saturday 24th November 2007 for entry to the School of Sport in 2008. Over 250 people came along to Bellahouston Academy from all over Scotland including the Isle of Lewis, Inverness, Mauchline and Stirling. It was the busiest School Open Day in history!
Senior pupil Calum and Coach Iain Pringle leading the way at the Open Day |
Visitors had the opportunity to look around Bellahouston Academy and the School of Sport.
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Hockey and badminton pupils display their skills |
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Badminton and hockey pupils put on a fantastic display of skills and there were several presentations explaining how the Glasgow School of Sport works and the curriculum sports pupils follow. High Performance Swim coach Andrena Hammond provided a coach's perspective and Roselind Hall, with two children currently at the School of Sport, provided a parents view. Bellahouston Academy's Head Teacher, Depute, sports pupils, coaches and staff were on hand to answer any questions.
The School of Sport would like to thank everyone who attended and we look forward to getting to know you at the forthcoming trials. Don't worry if you missed the Open Day as applications are still open and do not close until the 23rd December 2007.
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2007
What a fantastic year 2007 has been for the Glasgow School of Sport.
There have been many highlights including winning titles at District, National, British and International Level.
This academic year alone, the 5 sports represented at the School of Sport have amassed in excess of 200 medals at various championships and we currently have seventy Scottish Champions and eleven British champions.
In the sport of athletics, pupils won seven Scottish and one British Title. Matthew Turner and Sean Fontana are two of the title winners both nominated for the prestigious Glasgow School of Sport Annual Awards for Outstanding Achievement and Most Improved Performer.
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Kenny Bain with his silver Olympic Medal and Outstanding Achievement Trophy 2006/2007 |
School of Sport's Kenny Bain and club buddies the Morton brothers |
In Hockey, Kenny Bain has had an outstanding year of which the main highlight is his selection to compete at the Youth Olympics in Australia and winning a silver medal for his country. This year the hockey programme has fifteen players who are in Scottish Squads and five who have represented Great Britain in their age group. This is a phenomenal achievement not just for the Glasgow School of Sport but also for Scottish Hockey.
The other sports have also had a hugely successful year with Badminton players winning 11 Scottish School titles and gaining 14 places in Scottish Squads. Four pupils are now British Champions. Senior pupil Kenny Young has had a brilliant year picking up two European Circuit Titles.
In swimming there are six Scottish Titles winners and 1 British gold medal winner. Rebecca Hillis is in great form winning various titles including the 100 and 200 metre Breaststroke at the UK Games and gold at the British Championships. Rebecca is ranked 1st in Great Britain and Scotland in her discipline.
The gymnastics programme continues to celebrate success with six pupils in the Scottish National Squad. Emma Coyle with her trio is the current Scottish Champion.
Pupils have been successful academically and several awards were collected at Bellahouston Academy’s Annual Prize Giving.
These include:
S1 General Excellence - Umer Ansari, Rhona Stewart and Ben Torrance
S2 General Excellence - Megan Donnelly and Kirsty Gilmour
S3 Geography - Amy Liu, Maths and Modern Studies-Craig Morton
S4 Biology and Geography equal - Caitlin Ross, Mathematics -Danny Leinster
S5 and S6 Administration - Melanie Rankin, English - Rebecca Hillis, Human Biology -Wei Adams, Physical Education - Kristine Ayling
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2007 prize winners |
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Sudirman Cup
The Glasgow School of Sport pupils enjoyed some supported leave from school to soak up the atmosphere at the Sudirman Cup and to learn from the world’s top badminton players, including the schools own coaches Rita Gao and Gordon Thompson, part of the successful Scottish Team.
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Rita and Gordon are pictured below relaxing on drums between games! |
Goddard and Hughes show GSOS up and coming stars just how the sport can be played! |
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The School of Sport is backing the bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and with its continuing record of success looks forward to our pupils performing in front of a home crowd!
Live Window Display
Pupils have been out and about supporting the bid including GSOS Gymnasts performing a live window display at John Lewis with Olympic Gymnast Steve Frew.
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Live Window display for the 2014 bid |
This is an exciting time at the Glasgow School of Sport. Glasgow's bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2014 is gaining momentum and pupils and staff at the school eagerly await the announcement in November 2007 as to whether or not the City has been successful.
