Archive for the 'Sports' Category

Two Decades of Football

It was a step back in time for one special visitor to Musselburgh Grammar School this week. In the last week of term, former Deputy Headmaster Walter Roy was back at the town’s secondary school to help celebrate 20 years of volunteering by one of his past pupils.
Grammar school coach Scott Robertson has just completed [...]

Wii comes to the Grammar


Rugby and Athletics Success

Congratulations to Craig Owenson on his selection to the Under 18 Scotland Rugby Squad and Sara Warnock for winning the long jump event at this years Scottish Indoor Games. Well Done!

Badminton Success

Congratulations to Scott Fergus for winning the Silver medal in the U16 ‘D’ Singles at the recent Mid and East Lothian Championships. Any other pupils interested in playing Badminton should contact Mr Parker (Maths Department) or Mr Woodhead (Sports Co-coordinator).

Dancing Queen

Well done Abbie in 1G2 for her recent dancing success.
She won a Star Diva medal and a shield for her Acrobatics Gold medal performance.
Another great achievement for an MGS student.

Saturday Skiiing at Braehead

 

On Saturday Mr Brown took a group of students to the indoor snow zone at Braehead, Xcape in Glasgow. Skiing is a popular extra-curricular activity at Musselburgh Grammar School every term groups of students (and staff) have an opportunity to learn to ski.
The snowslope at Brahead was really popular and most of the group couldn’t [...]

Hockey News

Well done to the Un 14 boys Hockey squad who took part in the Core Programme Hockey Tournament at Meadowmill. The team were awarded the ‘Most Improved’ title after going from strength to strength following a shaky start. Great Job boys. Check out the squad below.
 The hockey squad trains on Tuesdays 4-5pm. See Mr Woodhead [...]

Duke of Edinburgh Award Presentation Evening

This year the school started the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award as an extra curricular activity for S3/S4 students.  Last Wednesday we had our first Duke of Edinburgh Award Presentation Evening to acknowledge the success of a group of students – full Bronze awards went to Debbie Cain, Deborah Calder, Emma Coull, Kirsten Coyle, Mhairi [...]

Swimming Success

We found out today that we have six pupils representing Edinburgh & The Lothian’s in the National Swimming Gala for pupils with Additional Support Needs.  The pupils who beat off strong competition in the local heats will be travelling to Tollcross, Glasgow on the 21st of November to compete against others schools from all around [...]

MGS Rugby News

Musselburgh Grammar School’s Under 15 rugby team gears up for battle on Friday as they take on North Berwick in the second round of the Bell Lawrie Cup. The boys will be travelling out to North Berwick for a showdown under new Coaches Craig McGeary and Mr Richardson. The team face North Berwick [...]