Sport

Well, to be honest; I have always thought that UK isn’t that much into sport as other countries in the world, but after being here for a while I figured out that I was wrong.

Scotland is a big arena for different types of sports, and they are actually arranges The Commonwealth Games later this year! The Commonwealth Games will be placed in Glasgow, and since Larkhall is just 20 minutes away I think it is a big chance that all of us will attend in the audience.

Since we are students (or pupils as they insist calling us) at Larkhall Academy I thought that this blog post would be a good opportunity to tell you something about how the sports at Larkhall Academy works.

 

At Larkhall Academy we have fourteen different clubs’ we could join. At the start of the semester could we chose between joining the Badminton Club, Boxercise, Boys’ Football, Girls’ Football, Candid, Dance Club, Jogging club, Music, Netball Club, Rugby Club, Table Tennis Club, Trampoline Club, Volleyball Club and Writers’ Club. Eleven of this clubs’ are sport related. Since all of us are quite interested in sport, we decided to join one team each, and after the season we would tell each other’s about how the club we decided to join was.

 

Angelika and Marius wanted to try sports that are not especially popular in Norway, so Angelika joined the Badminton Club and Marius joined the Rugby Club. First I thought about joining the Girls’ Football, but I have played soccer for about nine years in Norway so I though it was time to chose another sport. Therefore I decided to join the Dance Club.

 

Badminton Club

The school badminton club has over 70 pupils playing each year and meets twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) at the Larkhall Leisure Centre. The school teams participate every year in the Quaich competitions that are a Scottish Cup. This cup holds place around Easter, and our school participate every year. We also have a school championship, and the finals are always played 12^th January. This year did Larkhall academy won, so Angelika was really excited!

 

 

This picture was taken in the finale which Angelika and her best friend Poung won.

 

Dance Club

I was joining the dance club, and I doesn´t regret a moment for that decision! This dancing club is a fantastic opportunity for all student´s who loves to dance. This is an energetic dance class taken by the fully qualified dance coach, Miss Griffin! We mostly dance Street Dance, but we also have with some elements of hip-hop and jazz dance. We have a big Dance Competition in the end of February, so I’m really excited for that! I am fortunately selected to represent Larkhall Academy in the competition, so I am both nervous and happy to be one of the student´s Miss Griffin chose to take on the team.

 

Jogging Club

Rachel has been joining the jogging club this semester. The jogging club meets on Mondays after school in the Games Hall. They jog for 20 minutes along with their favourite songs through the speakers. Rachel’s favourite song to jog to is Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus. Mrs Gordon, Miss Moore and Mrs Miller also take part in the club. When I talked to Rachel she said: “If you are looking to improve your fitness in a friendly, non-competitive environment then come along and join the fun!”

 

Rugby Club

This is a new club at school where Mr Mitchell and Mr Warnock, with support from Hamilton Rugby Club, have put together a squad of players. Sadly is this a club only for the boys at school (sexist?). Many of the players had never played rugby before they joined Larkhall Academy Rugby Club, and Marius is so lucky that he got a opportunity to join the schools first Rugby Club in the history! Training took place on Thursdays after school on the grass pitch where the players enjoyed learning how to play the game and developing their passing and tackling skills. Since Mr Mitchell and Mr Warnock created the team with support from Hamilton Rugby Club was they so lucky that the team could attend at a training day at Hamilton Rugby Club along with players from South Lanarkshire Schools. Marius and the other boys really enjoyed the experience.

 

 

This is Marius and his team after they won the local tournament.

xxx Oda



Sources:
http://www.glasgow2014.com/ (29.01.14)
http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/22/46/1/4875369/3/628x471.jpg (04.02.14)
http://www.larkhall.s-lanark.sch.uk/page65.html (04.02.14)
http://www.larkhall.s-lanark.sch.uk/danceclub.html (04.02.14)
http://www.larkhall.s-lanark.sch.uk/jogging_club.html (04.02.14)
http://www.larkhall.s-lanark.sch.uk/rugby.html (04.02.14)