Preston Lodge Term 2 Sports Update
S5 pupil Cameron Simpson has recently been picked to play scrum half for Edinburgh u17's. As many of you will know, he is not the tallest of pupils but this has not stopped him. His determination and excellent attitude have helped him become Edinburgh's best scrum half. Cameron has worked very hard to improve his performance and he has been doing extra work developing his skills, as well as strength and conditioning. Cameron is a great example of a PL pupil's going the extra mile to achieve a goal. With continued effort and strong performances in an Edinburgh shirt, who knows ..... maybe he could be switching the Edinburgh shirt for a Scotland jersey. Well done Cammy!
PLHS rugby teams have been involved in lots of fixtures and tournaments recently with mixed results. Many of the players have been doing extra training sessions to increase their chances of making the East Lothian squads. Mark Coull, the Preston Lodge community development officer, is running extra sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays (8.00 am to 8.37 am) and at lunch time alongside the normal sessions after school on Mondays and Wednesdays. Keep up the good work folks!
Preston Lodge sport has been on a high in recent months with lots of sporting success individually and as teams. Even with the bad weather postponing matches rugby, hockey, football, badminton and other sports have all seen great successes.
Dean Appicella claimed victory at the recent Scottish Kickboxing Championships at Ravenscraig sport centre. Dean, who is 15, won in the men's points section. He continued his fine form when he dropped down to the boys section and he is now due to fight in Dublin at the largest tournament in the world, with more than 2500 fighters representing 29 countries.
The girls hockey team have braved the weather and continued to get teams out on a Saturday with S1, S2/S3 and a senior team competing every week. They recently played Trinity in very close games. As well as that, they played North Berwick and Knox after the Christmas break. They finish their season off with tournaments after Easter. However, the last Saturday match is against Ross High which the girls will be hoping to win to finish the season off.
The badminton club has continued to run well again this year. The Uâ€19 team qualified for the Senior Quaich finals at Ravenscraig Sports Centre. In the first match they beat Eastwood 5â€0. They were handed a tough group and played Auchinlek in the second match. The match was level at 2â€2 and went down to the deciding game. Auchinleck won the final game 21â€19 to seal their place in the final. Preston Lodge played off in other matches and ended up finishing fifth on the day.
The football teams have competed in many cup competitions in recent weeks, with the senior boys reaching the quarterâ€final of the Lothian Cup, winning against North Berwick and drawing with Ross High in the East Lothian Cup. They will now play Knox and Dunbar for the final of the East Lothian Cup.
The Uâ€15 girls and Senior girls have both qualified for the Quarterâ€final of the Scottish Cup. This is the second year that the senior team have qualified. The senior girls travelled to Stornoway this week for the quarter â€final after beating Bell Baxter 2â€1 in the last 16 and Crieff 5â€0 in the round of 32. Unfortunately they lost 3â€0.
After Easter, Active Schools will continue to offer clubs to the pupils of Preston Lodge with alternative sports such as tennis, cricket, dance and golf but we will also be continuing hockey, football and rugby as a transitionprogramme.
East Lothian Cross Country
A team of six boys and six girls from S1â€3 represented the school in the East Lothian Cross Country Championship held at Meadowmill on Thursday 8 March. The boy’s teams were outstanding and swept the board winning all three team trophies. In S1 Jordan Purves, Daniel Purves and Matthew Foot won individual medals being placed in 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 2nd year team Lewis Mitchell received a 2nd place medal as did Brandon Archibald in the 3rd year. The girls teams were placed in a respectable 3rd placed in both S1 and S2, with individual medals being presented to Katie Lessel in S1 (1st place).Unfortunately the S3 were not placed as a result of the whole team not finishing the race. The pupils who represented Preston Lodge are:
Jordan Purves, Katie Lessels, Daniel Purves, Shawnisay Millar, Mathew Foot, Kirsten McCann, Mathew Knox, Emily Sneddon, Ben Muir, Rebecca Milburn, James Morgan, Caroline Dunn, Harvey Cunningham, Erin McDonald, Melissa Quinn, Jonathan Pryde, Robyn Clark, Lewis Mitchell, Charli Slarks, Aaron Wallace, Alicia Steele, Tyron Marshall, Karli O’Brien, Brad Scott, Laura Moos, Aiden Shearen, Kirsty Dunlop, Craig McDonald, Chloe Fitzpatrick, Conor Gordon, Meghan Collins, Brandon Archibald, Claire Connelly, Johnny Brown, Kimberley McKay, Duncan Wilson, Erin Inverarity, Douglas Crawford, Jessica Stevens, Aaron Lawson, Claire McGovern, Elliot Mannion, Katie Paterson.
