Catch up with all things sport related here!
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Friday 29 December 2023 U11 A Boys St. Mary's Vs Fettes Prep It was bitterly cold and a little bit of snow meant we needed to keep the lads moving, and after running in eight fantastically worked trys we gained a healthy upper hand in the opening half.
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Wednesday 29 November 2023 U11B v Fettes Well done to all boys in both teams in the challenging conditions who still managed to put on much entertaining play for slightly frozen spectators.
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Wednesday 29 November 2023 St. Mary's U9 v Fettes
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Wednesday 22 November 2023 U9's v Mowden Hall I to see how well the girls' moved positions and worked together to create scoring opportunities for all of the team.
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Wednesday 22 November 2023 2nd VIII Hockey Vs Mowden Hall Venue: Mowden Hall
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Wednesday 22 November 2023 U11 B V Merchiston/Loretto rugby Due to the cancellation of our original fixture, we found ourselves travelling to Edinburgh on Wednesday for a triangular with our host Merchiston along with Loretto.
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Wednesday 22 November 2023 U11 A Boys Rugby vs Merchiston and Loretto I would say we played our most mature style of rugby so far this season in very complex conditions, and from a coaching perspective I was hugely satisfied with our game play, consistency, intent, and relentlessness were there in abundance, a hallmark of our game plan for this season executed to perfection.
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Wednesday 22 November 2023 Under 11 hockey v Mowden Hall This was a fast and furious game from the start, and it wasnt long until all the girls had rosy cheeks!
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Wednesday 22 November 2023 1st VIII v Mowden Hall Mowden have gone early on their Christmas festivities, so Mrs Brown & I grabbed a quick photo in Santas sleigh before we headed north. Very well gone to all the girls today; another fantastic performance.
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Wednesday 22 November 2023 U10's hockey - Mowden Hall The girls had a windy game this afternoon but at least the rain stayed away.
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Wednesday 15 November 2023 U11B V Compass Rugby This week we were on the road again on this occasion up to Haddington to play Compass. The format was a triangular with the host squad alongside our own A team. After a lot of rain things cleared up on arrival which was a boost for handling skills all be it on a very sodden and soft pitch.
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Wednesday 15 November 2023 U11 A Boys Rugby V Compass Yesterdays fixture at Compass was a fascinating affair where we had to play a very tactically aware game of rugby and really utilise a number of stratagies to unlock a sparky team who offered some fine attacking rugby in some quite complex conditions.
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Wednesday 15 November 2023 1st VIII Hockey There was much excitement ahead of todays match and thankfully the rain stopped as we arrived in Earlston just after 2pm.
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Wednesday 15 November 2023 2nd XIII hockey v Earlston High School S1 Despite having most of the possession, it took 17 minutes before the first goal was scored by Holly; this raised the confidence and Mya soon followed suite.
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Wednesday 15 November 2023 Thistles Rugby report On Wednesday the selected Thistle representatives travelled to Ardvreck for the annual IAPS tournament.
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Wednesday 15 November 2023 Thistles hockey report n the few years this new tournament has been running, I cant remember beating both the Saltires and Caledonians, so huge congratulations to all the girls, but particularly to the St. Marys contingent.
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Friday 10 November 2023 U11 girls' National IAPS Hockey Finals Excitement for this trip had been building since winning the Scottish regional qualifiers in mid-October and when the day finally arrived, we were all raring to go.
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Wednesday 8 November 2023 U9 girls hockey vs Belhaven Well done to the girls who all played brilliantly in our fixtures against Belhaven. Instead of writing our usual match reports, we asked the girls what they were proud of themselves for.
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Wednesday 8 November 2023 U11 A Boys vs Belhaven We have previously encoutered Belhaven in a number of tournaments this year and we were eager going into this week to facilitate a more balanced match, so we played half a competative fixture, where despite missing two of our core leadership group we played some expansive and healthy rugby.
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Wednesday 8 November 2023 8.11.23 U11B V Belhaven This week our under 11Bs made the journey to the East Coast for our fixture with Belhaven on Wednesday. Playing conditions were excellent, dry and sunny, though a little chilly.
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Wednesday 8 November 2023 St. Mary's U10 v Belhaven There was a cold breeze across the pitch today but the girls had to work hard and soon warmed up.
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Wednesday 8 November 2023 St. Mary's 2nd VIII Hockey Vs Bellhaven An excellent 9-0 win today for the girls which was a great result for out last home game of the season. This is perhaps the best Ive seen the girls play.
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Wednesday 8 November 2023 St Mary's U11 v Belhaven A beautiful day in Dunbar not sure the girls appreciated the autumnal colours on the journey but the mini bus driver did!
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Wednesday 8 November 2023 1st VIII hockey v Belhaven The autumn sun tried its hardest to warm Tweedbank this afternoon, but failed! What was pleasing however, was the hockey on show. Both teams played some good hockey and kept the crowd royally entertained.
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Saturday 4 November 2023 Under 11A Cargilfield Tournament As a team, the St. Marys girls were the talking point of the tournament it was clear to all that they were the deserved Scottish representatives for the forthcoming IAPS finals in Millfield and this was an ideal warm up for what is to come.
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Friday 3 November 2023 1st VIII Hockey - Fettes Tournament
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Wednesday 11 October 2023 U11 B Boys V Strathallan Rugby Both sides ran well with ball in hand which was each team's strength, and we were proving to be an equal match in this regard, especially during the first quarter of the game.
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Wednesday 11 October 2023 U9 Girls v Strathallan Prep On Wednesday, we welcomed Strathallan Prep School to Tweedbank for a very windy but exciting hockey match.
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Wednesday 11 October 2023 U11A IAPS QUALIFIERS I could not be prouder of the team who worked hard for each other and fully deserved their victory. We look forward to keeping you posted on our journey south.
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Wednesday 11 October 2023 U10 Hockey v Strathallan 3 weeks in a row scoring 6 goals to 1!! Well done to both teams who played half a match each with the Strathallan team.