News from Lockerbie Academy - Thursday 11 June 2009

Lockerbie Academy Sports Day

The junior (S1-3) sports day was held on Wednesday 3rd June at King Edward Park in warm sunny conditions.

Having completed all field events the previous week, points were carried forward, resulting in Dryfe house starting the sports afternoon of track finals in the lead.

Due to the lay-out of the 300m track (instead of 400m) at King Edward Park, only the 100m events were open to setting new school records. Despite some very good running, no 100m records fell.

In the field events, Douglas Hyslop broke the record in the S3 boys discus and Scott Cochrane created a new record in the S3 boys shot putt.

At the conclusion of the keenly-contested track finals the whole school gathered round to congratulate the individual champions and the winning House. Presentation of trophies was made by a most popular retiring teacher and colleague, Mr Jim Rae.

S1 Girls Champion Hannah McGregor
S1 Boys Champion Dean Smith
S2 Girls Champion Danielle Beattie
S2 Boys Champion Macaulay Ramsay
S3 Girls Champion Stephanie Sloan
S3 Boys Champion Daniel Nordon

House Championship Winners: Dryfe
Runners-up: Annan

Junior Sports Captains

Assisting Sports Day in organizing relay teams were this year’s Junior Sports Captains chosen from S3 pupils who are interested in sport:

Kirtle – Kirsty Gordon, Emma Jackson, Michael McFee, Struan Robinson
Dryfe – Fiona Anderson, Stephanie Sloan, Scott Cochrane, Dylan Tait
Milk – Stephanie Jackson, Katie Morland, Peter Gardiner, Ryan Gilmour
Annan – Eilidh Farish, Rachel Nicholson, Josh Davidson, Douglas Hyslop

Field Event Winners

The week before Sports Day various heats were run off and all the field events were decided. The winners were as follows:

Football News

Under-13 Gordon Cup Regional Cup Final
Lockerbie Academy 6 v 4 Stranraer Academy
Scorers: Dean Smith (3), Sean Dunbar (2), Kieran McCrudden
Man of the match : Kieran McCrudden

In exceptionally hot conditions, the final was played at Lochar Thistle’s Enterprise Park which was in superb condition. Lockerbie missed a couple of chances before Dean Smith headed in a pin point Luke Hammond free-kick. Lockerbie looked on top until Stranraer hit back with two breakaway goals both of which were just a bit too easy. Fortunately Dean added a second goal just before half time after a goal mouth scramble.

After half time Sean Dunbar began to trouble the Stranraer defence and scored Lockerbie’s third, followed by another precise Dean Smith finish to give Lockerbie a two-goal cushion. Stranraer rallied strongly and their centre reacted quickly after a good Robbie Carter save. Lockerbie went 5-3 ahead with a brilliant Sean Dunbar finish but again Stranraer closed the gap although Robbie Carter would normally hope to save this kind of shot. In the last 2 minutes Lockerbie defended bravely, but Stranraer almost equalized when a shot came off the post. In the last minute Lockerbie broke away and Kieran McCrudden ran 40 yards to slip the ball past the goalie… and celebrations could begin. This time Luke Hammond, who was taken off injured, was given the honour of lifting the cup.

Thanks go to Lochar Thistle FC for their hospitality, DGSSFA for their organisation and our vocal travelling support.

Fantasy Football

The final results were as follows:

FA Cup Mrs Anderson
S1 Eilidh McNab
S2 Jay Bryson
S3 Stephanie Sloan
S4 Richard Graham
S5 Roisin Trant
S6 Grant Bryson
Parent Mr White
Staff and Overall Winner – Mr Scott

Well done to the winners and thanks to Mr Dickson for all his excellent organisation.