Dunbar Grammar School’s sporting successes celebrated

Ahead of the summer holidays, Dunbar Grammar School held its sports awards evening, with parents and carers in attendance for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dozens of prizes were handed out at the evening, which was hosted by the school’s sports ambassadors Morgan Laird and Amy McHardy.

Success both inside and outside the school was recognised at the event.

Paul Sutherland, principal teacher for health and wellbeing, said: “There were a number of sporting achievements from students out of school that we are so proud of.

“We have recently introduced our international category and were able to recognise the achievements of five of our young people for their international success.

“This was fantastic to do.

“These students have put in a huge amount of hours on top of school to ensure they are at the highest level possible.”

The school has had a very successful year at county sporting events, winning the Willie Innes Youth Games, cross-country championships and county sports.

Staff wanted to celebrate the achievements and recognise the efforts and commitment students had shown.

The achievements of athletics champions – S1 to senior boys and girls who accumulated the most points from the events they entered on sports day – were marked.

Chris Laidlaw, formerly the school’s rugby development officer and now working with the SRU as an academy coach, was guest speaker and the audience also enjoyed musical performances, including by S5 pupil Hannah Swinney.

The evening ended with the presentation of the S1 to senior sports person of the year awards.

The accolade is based on students’ attitude towards physical education (PE), extra-curricular involvement, as well as overall character within the subject seen by PE staff.

Mr Sutherland added: “Overall it was a fantastic night. Parents and carers were delighted to be back in the building attending an event like this.

“From our point of view, it was incredible to celebrate the inspiring sporting achievements of our students. We are so proud of them all.”

Award winners:

Girls’ basketball youth games winners – led by team captain Katie Wood, and Ruby Chatwin, Ayla Glen, Anna Johnston, Abby Stebbing, Georgia Stewart, Clara Vance and Lucy Young.

Boys’ basketball youth games winners – led by team captain Sandy Smith, and Jamie Barker, Lukas Berggren, Tom Falconer, Lawrie Govan, Jack Lumby and Blair Randall.

S2 boys’ football youth games winners – led by team captain Jamie Brown, and Ben Craigie, Noah Craigie, Connor Douglas, Kruz McMonagle, Riyaan Mohammed, Fraser Munro, Keiran Paterson, Haseeb Saqib and Fin Tulloch.

Badminton youth games winners – led by team captain David Campbell, and Kate Lorimer, Evie Maclean, Nathalie Moore, Jake Page, Coel Pettet and Ewan Romanis.

S1 boys’ rugby: Gordon Cockburn, Noah Ecks, Elliot Hay, Cridhe Maxwell, Josh McNeil, Jamie Mellor, Ansel Parkin and Jack Pearce.

S2 boys’ rugby: Isaac Anderson, Jayden Anderson, Carlton Carter, Logan Divers, Aaron Pawlowski, Mackenzie Ramage, Sandy Russell, Howie Sturrock and Lewis Thomson.

Girls’ football: Eryn Cowell-Smith, Eve Craigie, Freya Gourlay, Ellie Hampshire, Brooke Peters, Aimee Richardson, Sam Steel, Kyla Walker and Tiger Lily Young.

Golf: Shane Hay, Cameron Penny and Tristan Richards.

S1 girls’ hockey: Lizzie Bell, Amber Fyall, Yvie Gregory, Sienna Kumari-Bowles, Lauren Maxwell, Eva McCandlish, Lois Vidler, Ava Waddel and Amber Wyatt.

S2 girls’ hockey: Lara Burke, Marnie Erskine, Anabelle Fowler, Zara Hutchinson, Hannah Kaszuba, Kendra Laird, Kerryn Liversage, Sarah Murray, Hayleigh Stalker and Francesca White.

S1 girls’ cross-country champions: Maresia De Oliveira Buchanan, Freya Gourlay, Alana Jones, Lilly Logan, Emilia Scrimgeour and Sula Semple.

S1 boys’ cross-country champions: Ewan Anderson, Thomas Gornall, Lachlan Gourlay, Ben Krievs, Cridhe Maxwell, Ben Melville and Jake Page.

S2 girls’ cross-country champions: Devon Broomfield, Kendra Laird, Beth Lockett, Tiger Lily Young and Lily Wallace.

S2 boys’ cross-country champions: Issac Anderson, Nicholas Brown, Connor Douglas, Kruz McMonagle, Aiden McNelis, Haseeb Saqib and Sandy Smith.

S3 girls’ cross-country champions: Kathryn Anderson, Heidi Baker, Eve Cowe, Carlotta Ecks, Leila Fyfe, Lana Mulroy and Amelie Neil.

S3 boys’ cross-country champions: Donald Bird, Fraser Lamb, Struan Leitch, Finlay Milne, Isaac Stevenson and Ewan Thomas.

Senior girls’ cross-country champions: Amy McHardy, Niamh Richards and Olivia Robbins.

Senior boys’ cross-country champions: Bailey Crawford, Iain Curtis, Euan Daff, Luke Krieves, Morgan Laird, Aidan Page and Cameron West.

S1 girls’ county sports team: Carla Hilferty, Alana Jones, Mya Lapsley, Sula Semple and Lois Vidler.

S1 boys’ county sports team: Gordon Cockburn, Ben Krievs, Cridhe Maxwell, Ben Melville, Jake Page, Ansel Parkin and Samuel Smith.

S2 girls’ county sports team: Sylvie Christopherson, Orla Kelly, Kendra Laird, Kerryn Liversage, Lily Wallace and Katie Wood.

S2 boys’ county sports team: Jamie Brown, Logan Divers, Connor Douglas, Aiden McNelis, Kruz McMonagle and Sandy Smith.

S3 girls’ county sports team: Brodie Boyle, Erika Cockburn, Leyna Cockburn, Eve Cowe and Emma Robertson.

S3 boys’ county sports team: Oliver Coghlan, Christopher Kilfara, Robbie Pritchard, Jack Richard, Ewan Thomas and Reuben Wimbledon-Hall.

Senior girls’ county sports team: Jessica Bullen, Olivia Robbins, Eva Sutherland, Faye Sutherland and Kate Thomson.

Senior boys’ county sports team: Connor Burke, Bailey Crawford, Gregor Goldie, Aidan Page, Ethan Wilson and Alistair Zochowski.

The school’s senior hockey girls’ team was also recognised after going undefeated throughout the season: Sylvie Arkieson, Rachel Barker, Karly Conn, Billie Donaldson, Milly Green, Charlotte Hawthorn-Buchanan, Aimee Higginbottom, Kirsten Irwin, Niamh Langley, Kirsta Lawler, Ailsa Lugton, Cara Maxwell, Amy Paul, Orla Pearson, Ava Ross, Mable Sangster, Catrin Smith, Faye Sutherland, Lucy Thomson, Eilidh Towler, Jessica Walker, Alexandra Whitehead, Dana Williams and Paige Woods. Coach – Kirsty Nicolson.

Recognition for achievements out of school:

Struan Adams – representing east boys’ U14 hockey.

Tegan Black – won two golds, one silver and three bronze in Scottish Nationals swimming competition.

Adam Collin – U18 Scottish Cup winner with Grange Hockey Team.

Morgyn Conn – representing East Lothian girls’ rugby U16s.

Eve Cowe – representing East Lothian girls’ rugby U16s.

Bailey Crawford – representing Team East Lothian.

Oliver Creasey – awarded first degree black belt after training with RMA for six-plus years.

Euan Gillespie – awarded first degree black belt after training with RMA for six-plus years.

Thomas Gornall – won the Reverse Rett Men’s 10k running in just over 42 minutes.

Andrew Irvine – placed sixth in the scratch competition and 10th in the handicap competition at the East Lothian Schools Golf final; finished fifth overall in the East Lothian Order of Merit.

Fergus Johnston – won 63kg category full contact Kickboxing Scottish Championship.

Ben Krievs – representing Team East Lothian.

Tandala Macrae – representing East Lothian girls’ rugby U16s.

Leah McClung – achieved 1st Dan in Wado Kai karate after six years of hard work.

Jake Page – representing Team East Lothian.

Adele Parkinson – representing East Lothian girls’ rugby U16s.

Sophie Rapson – signed for Hibernian Football Club.

Olivia Robbins – representing Team East Lothian.

Faye Sutherland – won Scottish Plate Final with Cala Hockey Team and has also represented Edinburgh Lightning team.

Clara Vance – competed in DUO Gymnastics Club competition. Clara competed in floor/vault/beam and bars at Elevate Gymnastics.

Isla Whetton – won two golds and three silver medals in Scottish Nationals swimming competition.

Dunbar U17s Colts Tom Wilson Memorial Cup winners: Taylor Anderson, Aidan Beattie, Connor Carmichael, Harry Clark, Adam Collin, Gregor Goldie, Daniel Hall, Declan Hannan, Morgan Laird, Alby Lorimer, David McIntyre, Ruairidh Munro, Callum Sands, Michael Seeley, Aaron Turnbull, Jasiu Zakrzewski and Alistair Zochowski.

Recognition for achievements out of school – international honours:

Aiden Page – selected for Scottish Schools Cross Country team.

Ebon Parkin – finished second in the Scottish Surfing Federation Under-16 Junior Series October 2021 and as a result earned himself a place on the Scottish squad for the upcoming trip to Portugal for the 2022 European Championships Eurosurf.

Findlay Thomson – represented Scotland in the U18 Rugby 6 Nations Festival in Paris in April. Fin played in all three matches against Italy, France and England.

Hayden Turnbull – British champions 2021 – Saltire Gymnastics Youth Mixed Micro who placed first at the Teamgym British Championships; winners across both pieces, overall score: 25.3, trampette: 12.0, tumble: 13.3.

Murdo Watson – GBR Ambition Racing Skiing team.

Outstanding Performance in Athletics:

Winner of the Mrs WB Small Cup for 1st year girls: Sula Semple.

Winner of the Calderhead Cup for 1st year boys: Jake Page.

Winner of the Collin Cup for 2nd year girls: Kendra Laird.

Winner of the WT Aitken Cup for 2nd year boys: Jamie Brown.

Winner of the WD Wylie Cup for 3rd year girls: Eve Cowe.

Winner of the Fallon Cup: Finlay Milne.

Winner of the Headmaster’s Cup for senior girls: Olivia Robbins.

Winner of the Cunningham Cup for senior boys: Ethan Wilson.

Sports Day Cup – Dyce Cup: Castle.

Overall House Cup: Cromwell.

Overall sports attainment:

Joint winners S1 Sports Persons of the Year: Sula Semple and Blair Randall.

Joint winners S2 Sports Person of the Year: Kendra Laird and Jamie Brown.

S3 Sports Person of the Year: Eve Cowe.

S4 Sports Person of the Year: Olivia Robbins.

Senior Sports Person of the Year: Alastair Zochowski.

Overall Sports Person of the Year: Sam Craigie.