Huge congratulations to Julian Smolinski 2DC2 who has qualified for the Scottish Boccia Championships in Glasgow later this month.
Julian has achieved this through lots of practice, skill and a strong competitive edge. He has worked his way from winning the school heats in February, the Inverness Heats at Millburn Academy and now the Highland Heats at UHI Inverness. The standard of play at this level was high and Julian had to deploy all his skills to win his category. We wish him all the best in Glasgow!
Last Thursday we held a Staff v Pupils Girls Football match at lunch on the astro.
Culloden Academy staff pulled out all the stops to prepare for the game and the final score demonstrates the commitment and dedication of staff to provide positive outcomes for all pupils. (Pupils won 6–0)
Well done to everyone for competing and a big thank you to the crowd for cheering on both teams.
Huge congratulations to the senior girls basketball team on their outstanding 84–50 semi final victory over Braes High School!
The girls delivered an exceptional performance, demonstrating fantastic help defence, great teamwork, and accurate shooting throughout the game. From start to finish, they dominated the court and set the standard high.
A huge congratulations to the U15 after an outstanding 87–73 victory over Falkirk High School!
Facing a strong and competitive side, the girls rose to the challenge and demonstrated their high standard of basketball from start to finish. Good luck in the final girls!
The senior football team’s run in the Scottish Schools Shield has come to a heartbreaking end.
After leading against Notre Dame High School until the 90th minute, the game finished 1-1 after normal time and they lost the deciding penalty shootout 4-3. Culloden were on top for the vast majority of the game and with 20 minutes to go they thought that Fionn Larnach’s powerful run and driven finish was enough to see them through. A further goal 10 minutes later from Oscar Beattie would have sent the team through for sure but it was chalked off after a narrow offside decision from the referee. Then, with almost the last kick of the game the Notre Dame team pulled level, finishing from close range after a long range effort was followed up by their striker. Culloden scored 3 of their penalties but the Notre Dame goalkeeper was the hero on the day, saving 2.
Well done to the boys this year on a very successful run and good luck to the S6 boys with their future footballing endeavours – Mr Houston
Our S1 girls travelled to take on James Gillespie’s High School this week and were so close—missing out by just one point! A tough result, but we couldn’t be prouder of the determination, teamwork, and resilience they showed from start to finish.
The Culloden Academy senior boys football team are through to the next round of the Scottish Shield competition following a 2-4 win away to Kirkcaldy High School.
The team went 1-0 down in the first half following a header from the Kirkcaldy centre back, however, Oscar Beattie scored a long range free kick to draw the game level at half time. The second half saw Culloden play some outstanding football. Firstly Oscar Beattie latched on to the end of an Innes McConachie cross to tap the ball home, after some neat build up play by Fionn Larnach. Fionn then scored a carbon copy, finishing the ball from close range, again after some excellent wide play involving Oscar Beattie. Culloden continued to control the game in the second half and with 20 minutes to go central midfielder Luigi De Vita scored a great team goal, capping off an excellent hard-working performance from him. Kirkcaldy pulled one back near the end of the match but the Culloden boys held on for a well-deserved 2 -4 win. Although there were some excellent goals scored, the win came down to the high energy levels across the pitch and a resolute defence. Goalkeeper Dexter Mackintosh made 3 unbelievable saves and the back 3 of Tommy Smith, Dylan Macdonald and Jack Urquhart defended excellently throughout the match. Jack Urquhart was awarded man of the match for his dominating performance at the back, with countless interceptions and sweep-up play.
The team will travel down to Greenock on Thursday next week in the round of 16 to face Notre Dame High School. The winners will then be away to St.Andrew’s & St.Bride’s High School, East Kilbride.
The first two days of the ski action had lots of snow and cloud cover. Everyone embraced the elements conquering the button and t-bar lifts.
Day 2 saw some groups head up the gondola for some challenging mountain runs.
Day 3 emerged with blue sky and sun. All groups headed to the top of the mountain to experience the views and get an idea of the sheer beauty of the environment.
