As always school entertainment and talent was on display with a duet from Dora Lewis and Karen Pollard called “Eilidh”. The S5/6 students were then presented with their awards.

The Subject Prizes were also presented at this time:

Subject	Awarded to	Sponsor
Administration	Joanna Morris	Manson & Partners
Art & Design	Kelsey Garthwaite	David Borthwick, Photography
Biology	Amy MacPherson	Lockerbie Wildlife Trust
Business Management	Thomas McBride	Lockerbie Trust
Chemistry	Callum Tollick	Solway Agriculture Ltd
Computing	Kabir Arain	Video Sport
Drama	Hayley Jardine	Welcome Break Group
English	Amy Cochrane	Lockerbie Academy Parental Forum
French	Victoria Pollard	Lockerbie Ice Rink
Geography	Alistair Inglis	The Cheese Company
German	Shona Common	Haas-Tek Services Ltd
Graphic Communication	Shona Common	BLW Associates Ltd
History	Shona Common	The Queens Hotel, Lockerbie
Home Economics	Emily Jackson	Dryfesdale Country House Hotel
Mathematics	Victoria Pollard	Gretna Gateway Outlet Village
Modern Studies	Hayley Jardine	Lockerbie & District Rotary Club
Music	Kabir Arain	Lockerbie Common Good Fund
Physical Education	Nathan Muir	Lockerbie Golf Club
Physics	Gary Robertson	Magnox North Chaplecross
Product Design	Sam Henderson	H K Thorburn & Son
Religious Education	Joanna Morris	Protect

After an excellent powerpoint and presentation on the USA trip 2008, Amy McPherson sang “Wishing you were somehow here again”. Special Awards were then presented to the Sports Personalities of the Year – Andrew Williamson (fencing) and Hannah Fleming (curling) followed by a celebration of our two National winning teams – the Scottish School Curling champions and the Under-13 Scottish National Shield Winners – an amazing achievement for a “small rural school in South West Scotland”. The Milk House Captains Nicola Shortreed and Craig Prater also received the shield for the winning House.

Finally the remaining Special Awards were presented:

Special Awards

Dux	Victoria Pollard
Proxime Accessit	Rhian Williams
Syracuse Scholars 2009– 2010	Stefan Hanley, Alistair Inglis
Rector’s Cup	Hayley Jardine
Positive Futures (Careers Scotland)	Ashley Candler
Andrew McClune Memorial Trophy	Dora Lewis
Brian Watson Memorial Trophy	Emma Peck
School Chaplain’s Plate for Citizenship	Duncan McNab
Enterprise (Lock-up Lockerbie)	Alan Holt, Annmarie Mooney, Eryn Williamson, Rachel Young
Enterprise (Unique Foods)	Rachael Darroch
Creative Writing (CREATE)	Kate Shenton
Shennan Memorial Cup	Gary Robertson

After the Special Awards the Lockerbie Academy Fiddle Club provided a selection of jigs and reels, and the evening was brought to a close by a vote of thanks from Mairi Aitken and Taylor Edwards.

Parents, pupils, guests and staff then joined together in an excellent buffet and shared stories and the excitement of another outstanding year for Lockerbie Academy.

We are very grateful to the 2009 Sponsors without whose assistance this Celebration of Achievement ceremony would not have been possible:

ANNANDALE FUNERAL DIRECTORS
ANNANDALE AND ESKDALE AREA COMMITTEE
BRITTONS ICE CREAM
CAREVISIONS SPECIALIST FOSTERING
DR & MRS BEARDON
D S SMITH SPECIALITY PACKAGING
GRETNA GATEWAY OUTLET VILLAGE
HAAS-TEK SERVICES LIMITED
HENDERSON & MACKAY
HOUSTON MINI COACHES
LOCKERBIE, DRYFESDALE, HUTTON & CORRIE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
LOCKERBIE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY COUNCIL
LOCKERBIE & DISTRICT ROTARY CLUB
LOCKERBIE ICE RINK
LOCKERBIE MANOR HOTEL
LOCKERBIE MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOCKERBIE POST OFFICE
LOCKERBIE WILDLIFE TRUST
MAGNOX NORTH, CHAPELCROSS
MCJERROW & STEVENSON
MID ANNANDALE COMRADES CLUB
MR & MRS BLACK
OPERATION FRIENDSHIP GROUP
PROCESS PLANT & MACHINERY LIMITED
PRO-TECT
RAVENSHILL HOUSE HOTEL
ROSTRUM SPORTSWEAR
THE ROYAL BURGH OF LOCHMABEN & DISTRICT COMMUNITY COUNCIL
SPORT & TROPHY CENTRE
STUDIO J PHOTOGRAPHY
TESCO

Finally a special thanks go to staff for their hard work in the management and organisation of the evening.