Scottish Inter District Cross Country Championships

A big congratulations to Connor MacLean S3 who had an outstanding run at the Inter District Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh last Saturday. Connor was running in the u15 race for the North of Scotland. The race involves the best athletes from each district in Scotland with the North, West and East teams all involved. This race is traditionally very fast on a normally firm course but this year the athletes were faced with high winds and soft underfoot conditions making it tough going. Connor finished in 10th position which was a great performance at this level. The race was very close with Connor only being 8 seconds away  from 4th place. This race is a good warm up for Connor for the Scottish National Championships in Falkirk on 18/2/12 and if this race is anything to go by, every second will definitely count.

Welcome back!

Happy New Year to everyone.

Nicolson Institute have got a busy calender of sporting events over the next couple of months so keep checking back about fixtures, up to date results and competition reports.

Today the senior boys are playing football in the North of Scotland Cup against Kingussie. Next week the Junior girls are playing against Arbroath in the Scottish Shield. We then have athletes taking part in various events such as: the Scottish Schools Swimming Championships, Scottish Schools Indoor Athletics Championships, Rugby and Basketball games.

Good Luck to all those involved in what is a busy time of year.

How Professional Athletes Spend Christmas Day

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/dec/23/christmas-day-sport-training

Christmas Eve - Santa shows off his footballing skills

Have a Great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Scottish Schools Swimming Championships

Congratulations to Kara Hanlon who has qualified for two events for the Scottish Schools Swimming Championships in East Kilbride on Saturday 28th January.

Kara qualified as 8th fastest overall for the 200m breaststroke and 5th fastest overall in the 100m breaststroke. Kara has done very well to qualify for this event considering it is a National event, and we wish her all the best for her training!

Scottish Schools Indoor Athletics Championships

Anyone wishing to enter the Scottish Schools Indoor Championships which takes place on the 9th February should speak to Mr MacCorquodale or Miss Arthur. Here are the standards for the championships, athletes must meet the standard to be considered for the event.

http://www.ssaa.co.uk/otherwebstuff/Indoorstandards.doc

Friday - Video of the Week

Here's a couple clips of the great Jonny Wilkinson:

North District Cross Country Championships

Pupils from the Nicolson Institute had a successful weekend at the end of November at the North District Cross Country Championships. Great running from all that took part. To see full results and photographs:

http://www.forresharriers.org.uk/news.htm
http://www.srac.org.uk/ndxc2011.htm

Here's a summary of the results:

u20 boys race
Justin Cupid 4th

u17 girls race
Rebecca Munro 3rd
Allison MacInnes 5th

u15 girls race
Jane MacInnes finished 16th

u17 boys race
Micheil Smith finished 16th in the u17 boys race

u15 boys race
Connor MacLean 1st
Michael MacMillan 13th
Kenneth MacSween 15th

u13 girls race
Eilidh MacLeod 15th

u13 boys race
Hugh McKenzie 5th

North District SASA Age Group Meet

Well done to Kara Hanlon who competed on Friday and Saturday at the North District SASA at the Inverness Aqua Dome. Kara had a busy weekend competing in 6 events in the 13/14 age group. Although competing over two days in what was a busy schedule, Kara had a very successful weekend recording personal bests (p.b) in 4 out of her 6 events which is incredible.

200m Freestyle: 2.31.18 (new p.b)
100m Freestyle: 1.05.36 (new p.b)
200m Backstroke 2.44.69 (new p.b)
200m Breaststroke: 2.54.14 (4th Place finish)
100m Backstroke: 1.14.39 (new p.b)
100m Breaststroke: 1.17.11 (Silver Medal!)

Well Done Kara!

Friday - Video of the Week

Another trick shot video for you this week: