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EARTH continued its environmental drive in October by
Craigielaw Golf Club was the venue for encouraging the collection of two more unusual recycling
the Loretto Junior Golf Championships, items – crisp packets and milk bottle tops. The crisp
in which Heriot’s was represented by packets were used to help raise funds for a new charity
ten young golfers, ranging from P3 to air ambulance, while the milk bottle tops were taken to
S3. Some had plenty of experience of Galashiels & District Rotary Club to help their fundraising
golfing competition, others less so, but efforts for Macmillan and Marie Curie.
every one of them rose to the challenge Miss Rachel Hay
wonderfully. In the fiercely competitive
U13 boys’ section, Sebastian Harvey
(P7) played impressively to come third, Relay gold for girls
while Rita Murphy (P6) brilliantly won
the U11 girls’ competition. Both can feel A Heriot’s team struck gold in the S5/6
extremely proud of their achievements, girls’ race at the Scottish Schools Athletic
as can the entire group, for representing Association Secondary Road Race
Heriot’s so well on the links. Championships. Cade Wright led the
quartet home in third, followed by Pippa
Mr Alastair Morrison
Carcas (4th) Tallulah Wright (8th) and
Jasmine Mitchell (19th). An S5/6 boys’
team was third overall. The first runner
home was Harry Henriksen in 13th place, Katrina Lambert at a Former Pupil event
with Callum Murison 39th, Lachlan Katrina makes
Rowley 41st and Noah McDermott 48th.
‘most inspiring’ list
Mr Gordon Robertson
Former Pupil Katrina Lambert, who left
Drummers make in 2019, was announced as one of the
world rankings 30 most inspiring women in Scotland
under 30 years old by YWCA Scotland.
Two Heriot’s pupils placed in the Katrina’s contributions to wider society,
World Championship ranking following notably while she was a pupil, include
performances at the World Solo being a spokesperson for Girlguiding,
Drumming Championship 2019, held at serving as a #iWill ambassador and
Glasgow Caledonian University. Rachel being the youngest (and only Scottish)
Geographers in field trip action
Fairley (S6) tied on points for first place member of Youth For Change.
Geographers in in an extremely high standard competition
and was finally awarded second place, Swimmers success
Blencathra trip on adjudicator’s preference, for the third

A cohort of Advanced Higher time in four years at this event. Ailsa The Junior and Senior school swimming
geographers, along with Mrs Hughes Brodie (S2) took an impressive fifth place galas happened during October. The
and Mr Watson, set off on an epic in her age group, in what was her first individual champions are listed below:
adventure south of the border to competition at world class level. Boys’ U10 champion – Sebastian Sinclair
Blencathra in the Lake District. This Girls’ U11 champion – Imogen Harvey-
would be our first visit to the Field Hockey 1st XI Jamieson
Studies Centre in Cumbria and it did Boys’ U11 champion – Thomas Edgar
not disappoint. There was blazing demolish rivals Girls’ U11 champion – Iona Robertson
sunshine, good food, soil pits, river Boys’ U12 champion – Michael Sherriff
studies, glacial features galore and the The 1st XI hockey team began their Girls’ U12 champion – Lily MacLeod
ubiquitous hide and seek, with the odd assault on the Scottish Cup – a Boys’ U14 champion – Sean Si-Griffiths
game of table tennis and chess and a competition in which they were semi- Girls’ U14 champion – Rosie Forster
little (lots!) of classroom learning and finalists in 2019 – with a 5-0 demolition Boys’ U16 champion – Alistair Sherriff
stats. It was undoubtedly the trip of of Kelso. The team also revealed Sophie Girls’ U16 champions – Molly Kidd & Isla
a lifetime for dedicated geography Hinds as this session’s captain, with Bathgate
students! Katy Martin and Rosanna Thomson her Open girls’ champion – Eilidh Redpath
deputies.

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