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Issue 05 Autumn 2014

Celebrating Success through sport in the community SP RT
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Young
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Sport Panel
Former pupil Fraser Johnston has
secured a place in the Young
People's Sport Panel. Set up in
2012, the Young People's Sport
Panel comprises of 16 young
people from across Scotland.
Their aim is to influence and
shape the future of sport in
Scotland. In just a few months of
having been on the panel Fraser
has already campaigned with
UNICEF in the
Athletes
Village, had the
opportunity to
gain VIP
access to the
athletes parade
and will be
heading to
Doha with three
other members
of the panel in
November.
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he biggest night in sport in the Falkirk area took place on Thursday 12th June at the Town Hall at the Active Schools Sports
Awards. Larbert High School dominated from start to finish with thirteen awards in total including cross country and Basketball,
Swimming and Football. Larbert also secured the lucrative Sports School of the Year Award for the second consecutive year.
Rising Taekwando star, Asia Bailey, who is now living and training full time in Manchester as she sets her sights on Rio 2016 won the
Senior and Overall Sports Personality of the Year Award. Well done to all involved!
Active School
Sports Awards
#LHSBringItOn
Launched during Glasgow 2014, this twitter campaign encouraged pupils and
staff to share their experiences at the games and attracted nearly 100
responses. From pictures of Eilidh Child, Usain Bolt and our energetic LHS
Clyde-siders, the hashtag now stands as a great way for our
pupils to celebrate all that they are involved with.
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School News
Another successful trip to Ochilview this time for the S2 football team playing in the league
cup final. The match was a very tightly fought encounter finishing 1-1 after full time with
Larbert's goal coming courtesy of Alistair Mckenzie. The game had to be decided by a
penalty shoot out which made the finish very nerve wracking for the 200 Larbert High pupils
in attendance to support their friends. The penalty shoot out entered into sudden death and
the penalty to win the match was taken by Ryan Wilson who coolly stepped up to the and
slotted it home to ignite the celebrations! He was quickly met by the rest of his team mates
who rushed from the half way line to celebrate with him! Well done to the whole team and
Jamie Swinney and Mr Hamilton.
S1/2 7 a-side
A team of s1 and s2 boys strolled to victory at the annual Active
Schools Football Tournament allowing team captain Robbie
Sinclair the job of lifting the trophy at Ochilview. The boys were
undefeated during the whole tournament and didn't concede a
goal thanks to a great defensive performance and also
goalkeeper Owen Erskine. As
well as keeping a clean sheet
in the tournament the team
scored 25 goals! Well done to
the team of Owen Erskine,
James MacAdam, Jake
Coxall, Robbie Sinclair, Fraser
Wittman, Keir Stevenson,
Robbie Fotheringham, Conor
Gamble and Jack Donaldson.
S2 League Cup Victory
Active Schools Athletics
Larbert High entered a very strong team of 45 pupils from first to
fourth year to compete at the annual Active Schools Athletics
Competition held at Grangemouth Stadium on Friday 9th May.
There was a lot of very successful individual performances from
Larbert High's athletes with school collecting 18 medals
unfortunately it wasn't quite enough to win the overall schools
prize. A few a pupils deserve special recognition for their
achievements on the day. Jake Collie, entered into the shot putt
event having never done it before and winning the gold medal!
Also very well done to Abby Gifford who won gold for long jump,
shot putt, javelin and in the s3/4 girls relay and a bronze medal in
the 100m a fantastic all round performance, well done Abby!
Selina Henderson also won gold in the 100 and 200 meters Well
done to all the pupils who took part in the competition you
represented the school well!
Senior
Basketball
The Senior Basketball team were successful at the
Active School Basketball Competition held at
Grangemouth Sports Complex. Well done to all
the pupils involved and to Miss MacGowan.





































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Lewis Peddie
Congratulations to Lewis Peddie who recently signed for
Hamilton Accies under 17s. Lewis is a centre midfielder who
previously played for Stenhousemuir Pro Youth and a season at
Forth Valley Academy before being snapped up by Hamilton.
When Lewis go the chance to sign for Hamilton it was a move
that excited him "I was very excited about having the opportunity
to play for a team like Hamilton as they have a good youth set
up. Hamilton are a full time club and hopefully I can impress and
be offered a full time contract next season." Everyone at Larbert
High School would like to wish Lewis all the best for the future.
Individual News and Extras
Malcolm on Ice
Former House Captain Fraser Malcolm had a
highly successful summer campaign with Scotland
finishing top goal scorer at the European B
Championships with an average of 17.4 points per
match. Fraser is heading off to Iceland for the next
year to combine is interest in Physical Education
alongside continuing his training for Basketball. We
wish him all the best.
Conner Gamble
S2 pupil Conner Gamble has signed with The Forth Valley
Academy after having a fantastic season with Stenhousemuir
2001s, scoring 120 goals. The FVFA was established in July
2013 as a 3 year pilot project and represents the first elite
regional football academy in Scotland. The FVFA
encompasses a partnership between three clubs- Falkirk FC,
Stenhousemuir FC and East Stirlingshire FC, the Scottish FA
and Stirling University. The academy aims to establish itself as
one of the leading youth development programmes in
Scotland, offering talented young players the chance to
progress onto the very highest level within the game. .
Selina Henderson wins silver at The
Sainsbury School Games
Selina Henderson won silver in the 200ms at the 2014 Sainsbury School Games. Selina ran a time of 24.85
seconds. The Sainsbury's 2014 School Games is a multi-sport event that takes place from 4-7 September
2014 in Manchester. Nine venues hosted the event, including: the National Cycling Centre, the Phones 4 U
Arena and Manchester Aquatics Centre. Around 1,600 of the nation's finest young sports stars competed
across the 4 days of competition
Larbert has another Great Britain
Taekwando Super Star.
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ordyn Smith has represented Great
Britain in Azerbaijan at the cadet
world's Championship. Jordyn won her
first match against Chinese Taipei 9-3 and
followed this by winning 9-1 against
Cyprus. Jordyn reached the semi-final and
narrowly missed out on the medals after a
defeat to France.Jordyn has just returned
from the British National Championships
which she won. At the moment Jordyn is
the number 1 in the UK and is ranked 5th in
the world. Jordyn also trains at
Manchester Academy every month for two
days with Olympian Jade Jones and former
Larbert pupil Asia bailey also train.
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Places are available in ALL adult classes, to book please contact
info@trystsportsclub.com or call Head of Sport Billy Brotton on
07940558395
John Buchannan
Goes for Gold
Tryst Sportif Judo Coach John Buchannan came out of
retirement for this years Commonwealth Games in
Glasgow. After his 3rd place at World Champs in 2001,
John retired to a career of coaching, and this year
launched a club at the Tryst. While continuing his
coaching commitments John entered an intense
training programme which proved to be extremely
rewarding with his Bronze medal at this Summers
games.
Tryst Summer Camp
Over 60 children from all over the Falkirk District
descended on Larbert High for the second week of
the holidays as the Tryst Summer Camp took
place. Featuring some of the best coaches in
Central Scotland, a huge variety of sports were
offered throughout the week including: Football,
Basketball, Table Tennis, Dodgeball, Rounders and
many more. The Camp returns in the October
holidays, please contact Billy Brotton at Larbert
High School for any further information.
The Tryst Gymnastics Club had their 3rd Annual
Gymnastics Competition at Larbert High. It was a
fantastic event with over 80 spectators in attendance.
Head of Sport Billy Brotton attended the event and
had the honour of presenting the winning medals.
Well done everyone - judges, coaches, volunteers,
spectators and gymnasts on a fabulous competition.
Congratulations to our bronze medallists
Mairi, Orlaith, Cayleigh, Catriona, Megan, Erin and
Charlotte.
Our silver medallists:
Isla, Kian, Rachel, Isla, Niamh, Hannah and Sophie
And finally, our champions:
Holly, Hannah, Brooke, Jenna, Rachael, Ryan and
Ellie
Tryst Gymnastics
Competition