Perth High School

Sports Newsletter

August – December 2015

Leap of Faith

Ellis Watson (S5),

performing at the Pony

Club UK Championships

in Team Show Jumping.

The championships were

held at Cholmondeley

Castle, Cheshire in

August.

Ellis and her team

received an award for

best turnout at this

event.

S1-S2 Basketball

Thomas Rofe (S6)

and Craig Wilson

(S5) delivering

basketball to some

of the S1 girls at the

after school club.

Pupils are welcome

to come along to the

club at any time.

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Thomas Rofe (S6) and Craig Wilson (S5)

delivering basketball to some of the S1 girls at

the after school club.

Pupils are welcome to come along to the club at

any time and will be made to feel welcome.

Physical Education

Euan Simpson (S5) undertaking agility training as part of his Higher PE course.

Pupils are welcome to come along to the club at any time and will be made to feel welcome.

Fencing

Congratulations to Sam McLellan (S4), who has been selected for the GB fencing squad in his first season at cadet (U’17)

level. Sam competed in Meylan, France in October and in December he competed at the Scottish Schools Individual Fencing

Championships. Sam won the U’16 event to become the U’16 Sabre champion for the 2nd year in a row.

Ultimate Frisbee

Pupils in action during the Monday night after-school club. We are looking for more players to come along to the

club. No experience is necessary, just turn up and bring some friends.

Baton Twirling

Emma Grehan (S4) who is leading a baton twirling group on Mondays at lunchtime.

Lunchtime Volleyball Club

Thomas Rofe (S6) and Craig Wilson (S5)

delivering basketball to some of the S1 girls at

the after school club.

Pupils are welcome to come along to the club at

any time and will be made to feel welcome.

International Ties

Congratulations to all pupils who have received their international school tie for representing their country and/or being

selected for GB squads. Some of our pupils are pictured below: Erynn Legge (S4), Basketball; Robert Fyffe (S5), Fly Fishing;

Cameron Cobb (S6), Karate; Sam McLellan (S4), Fencing; Scott Sutherland (S5), Football; Jamie Blaikie (S5), Hockey, Craig

Middleton (S5), Bowls; Yousef Kahlil (S5), Basketball; Charlotte Cobb (S3), Karate; Ben Kelly (S3), Canoe Slalom; Isla Kelly (S5),

Canoe Slalom; Charlie Scott (S3),Ice Hockey and Amber King (S5), Cycling.

Girls Football Club

Thomas Rofe (S6) and

Craig Wilson (S5)

delivering basketball to

some of the S1 girls at the

after school club.

Pupils are welcome to

come along to the club at

any time and will be made

to feel welcome.

Community Sports Leaders

Well done to the senior pupils who gave up a week of their October holidays to undertake the Community Sports Leader

Award with Miss Cook. Pupils also did Positive Coaching Scotland training and the Cricket Leaders Award. Perth High pupils

Megan Fletcher (S5), Megan Roberts (S5), Jamie Johnston (S5) and David Thomson (S5) were joined by St John’s Academy

pupils Niall Martin, Jordan McKay and Hannah Johnson.

S2 Physical Education

Dannielle Taylor, Caitlin Snowden &

Leigh Wishart taking part in their

mountain biking lesson in December.

Cricket Leaders

Pupils from Perth High School and St John’s Academy did their Cricket Leaders Course during the first week of the October

holidays. The course was delivered by James Ross and Peter Ross from Live Active Leisure.

Basketball

Perth High’s S1/S2 team did well at the Perth

and Kinross tournament in Bell’s in October.

The team finished 3rd overall. Well done to all

who took part.

Midlands Hockey

A fantastic action shot of Jamie Blaikie (S5) playing for the U’18 Midlands squad in Glasgow. The squad went on to win the

event in Glasgow in September. Jamie Johnson is also pictured below in the team photograph. Pictures are courtesy of

Duncolm Sport.

Hockey

Pictured below are the Senior Hockey squad who were participating in the first inter-school event at NICC in September.

Many of the players are looking forward to their Hockey tour to Barcelona in June 2016.

Ruth Blaikie (S3), (3rd from right, front row), who was part of the winning Midlands U’16 team who won the inter-district

event in October.

PHS Teams

S1/S2 Netball Team and S1 Football Team

Climbing Club

The climbing club is open to all pupils and takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunchtimes and after school. If

you would like to take part please see Mrs Duthie in room G26 to book your session.

Scottish Schools Tennis

Some of our pupils in action against Strathallan in October at their new tennis facility.

Taekwondo

Congratulations to Robyn Lennon (S5) who won 3 gold medals in the British Championships as well as 2 gold and 1 silver

medals in the Chang Ung Cup World Championships. Robyn also earned the Junior female overall champion at the same event.

Perth Taekwondo Club have selected Robyn as their student of the year. Robyn has since received her International School Tie.

Fencing

Rory McLellan (S1), has begun competing this year in fencing competitions. In the Scottish Schools Individual Fencing

Championships Rory was runner-up in the U’14 event. A fantastic achievement, well done Rory.

P&K Schools Gymnastics

Competition

Katie Gregory (S3), Iona Jackson

(S3), Charlotte Cobb (S3), Ciaran

Jardine (S2) & Krzysztof-Cameron

Black (S2) were joint 2nd in the

Level 3 floor and vault event.

P&K Schools Gymnastics

Competition

Ailie Kinnear (S2), Ellie MaGee (S2),

Miasie Jackson (S2), Connie Drew

(S1) & Victoria Mathieson (S1), were

joint 2nd in the Level 3 floor and

vault event.

P&K Schools Gymnastics

Competition

Iona Jackson (S3), who won best

overall performance at level 3.

Perth & Kinross Schools Badminton

Well done to all of our pupils who participated in this event. It was great to have so many pupils take part this year.

Congratulations to our medal winners Molly MacDonald (S3), U’16 Singles Champion as well as Curtis Weir (S4) & Megan

Fletcher (S5), U’16 Mixed Doubles runners up. Marcus Weir (S1) and Finlay Bayer were U’14 Boys Doubles runners up.

Perth High Physical Education

A class of S2 pupils taking part in a mountain biking lesson on a fine December morning. Also pictured below is Liam Kavanagh

who is doing agility training in his Higher PE class.

Cycling

Congratulations to Amber King (S5), who has recently been selected to represent Team GB in the Junior Sprint Squad for

2015/2016. Amber is the 1st Scottish female to be selected for this squad and will compete in Holland in January. Amber is

pictured below at the Sainsbury’s School Games in the wind up laps for her flying 200, in which she won a silver medal.

Another silver medal was won with her team mate in the Team Sprint event. Amber also recently won a Perth & Kinross

Council Spirit of Youth Award for her achievements this year. Keep up the good work Amber!

Perth & Kinross Recreational Volleyball League

One of the three Perth High School volleyball teams who take part in the recreational volleyball league at Bell’s Sports Centre

on Sunday evenings.

British Schools Gymnastics Heats

Perth High School had 2 teams competing

in the heats in Haddington in December.

The U’14 Girls team won a gold medal and

have qualified for the British Schools

Gymnastics Finals in May 2016 in Stoke-

On-Trent. The team are: Connie Drew (S1),

Ailie Kinnear (S2), Ellie Magee (S2), Victoria

Mathieson (S1) & Maisie Jackson (S2).

U’19 Mixed Team

The U’19 mixed team won a silver medal

at the event and the team are: Krzysztof-

Cameron Black (S2), Ciaran Jardine (S2),

Katie Gregory (S3), Charlotte Cobb (S3) &

Iona Jackson (S3). Iona Jackson (far right)

also won best floor, vault and best overall

performance at U’19 mixed level.

Ellie Magee (S2) won the best vault and

overall performance at U’14 level.

Curling

Matthew McKenzie (S3) and Duncan McFadzean (S5) were part of Team Kinnear who won the Stevenson Trophy in Lockerbie.

Both players won the first 2 Asham U’17 slam events which had 24 teams from all over Scotland competing in each event.

They also went on to win the Perth Open in December. Also pictured are the 3 Perth High School teams who were taking part

in the Hay Trophy at Dewars, Perth in December.

Pupil Achievements

We aim to capture as many sporting achievements of Perth High pupils as we can; however if we have missed anyone out

please contact Miss Cook or Mr Robertson – Active Schools Coordinators. We will aim to include your son/daughter’s personal

achievements in our next newsletter.

Miss Cook – christinecook@pkc.gov.uk

01738 454419

Mr Robertson – dalerobertson@pkc.gov.uk

01738 472237

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Other News

Cycling – Congratulations to Grant Martin (S6) who became the U’18 Road Cycling Champion in July.

Curling – Leeanne McKenzie (S5) won the 3rd U’17 slam at Greenacres. Leeanne is also 1st reserve for the Youth Olympic

Games in Lillihammer in February 2016.

Cyclocross – Ross McGuire (S1) has won the Cyclocross Scottish Bike Championships in December. Well done Rory!

Karate – Adam Shedlock (S2) won a Kumite (sparring) Bronze medal at the Scottish Open Karate Championships in November.

Umpiring/Officiating

Netball Getting Started Umpire Award – Katie Fairbairn (S4), Jenni Allan (S4), Louise McGregor (S5), Natalie Boal (S3), Miss

Dawson (PE) & Miss Hardie (Maths)