Help for Heroes misson is to deliver an enduring national network of support for our wounded and their families. To inspire and enable those who have made sacrifices on our behalf to achieve their full potential.

This week, we ran a Beat the Goalie and Goal Keeper in the playground. Both winners won a box of chocolate Heroes! Today was wear an item of your clan colour for £1.

Lower 6B are delighted to be able to donate £130.50 to this worthy charity.

There were 19 pupils from Albyn who had won through from the in-school qualifying competition held during the spring term.

Albyn trophy winners of their gender/age section were:

Collin Campbell – U8 Supremo
Charlotte Mackenzie U8 Suprema
Kelly Grant – U9 Suprema
Nathan Roulson – U10 Supremo
Maurizio De Gennaro Sorrentino – U10 trophy winner
Alexandra Eagles – U12 Suprema
Ross Greig – U12 Supremo
Mhairi Brooker – U13 Suprema
Tariq Pasha – U13 Supremo
Thomas Roulson – U14 Supremo

In the U10 boys there was a draw for the title between Nathan and Maurizio. After 6 games both boys had 5.5 points. A ten minute play off game was held to decide the title winner. Nathan was the eventual winner and therefore gained the U10 Supremo title. Both boys received a trophy.

The following scored 4 points (out of 6) and joined the section winners in qualifying for the Northern Gigafinal in Manchester on the 13th and 14th July.

Seumas Hughes – (U1)
Ngoni Masiyakurima – (U1)
Jessica Carns – (L5)
Holly Greig – (L5)

The following children were Rosette Winners (children who scored 3.5 points out of 6) -

Samuel McKenzie (L6),
Michael Doig (L5),

Mrs Eagles said; “all Albyn children who played in the Megafinal should be very proud of their achievements. Well Done and good luck if you are going to the Gigafinal”.

On 13th May author, Teresa Flavin, will be visiting Albyn to speak to both Lower 6 classes about reading and writing. She is an author and illustrator and we hope will inspire our budding writers and artists alike.

The team beat St.Machar 2-1 with a first pairing of David McIvor and Alistair Kinghorn beating their opponents 1 up on the 18th green.

Well done!

Stuart    -34pts   – 40 Clan Points

Douglas-28pts   -25 Clan Points

Forbes-28pts     -25 Clan Points

Gordon-24pts    -10 Clan Points

The results in the group stage were as follows: Albyn 5 tries Strathmore 1 try; Albyn 7 tries Montrose 1 try; Albyn 4 tries Deeside 2 tries. The boys played magnificently and conducted themselves impeccably both on and off the pitch; they were a credit to the school.

The team comprised of; Oliver Nash, Joshua Minty, Thomas Ryan, Matthew Henderson, Matthew Lynas, Andrew Macrae, Adam Walker, Kai Tait and Ben Cooper.

Well done!

It is a team event with showjumping and dressage across 3 age groups – 12 and under, 14 and under and 15 and over.
The teams are placed for the combination of both dressage and showjumping. Individual awards are made for the top 3 in dressage, show jumping and the combination of both.

Albyn were represented individually by Charley and Tasha Hamilton and were among the youngest there. The 14 and under team comprised Lauren Kerr, Rebecca Johnston-Harmon and Leila Bedawi. Charley was third in the individual dressage, second in the individual showjumping and third overall in the combined event. A very creditable performance for Charley with 35 competitors from all over Scotland. The 14 and under team were second overall in the team competition, dressage section and third overall in the showjumping. Lauren Kerr had a fantastic day with an individual win in dressage and the combined event. Laila was third in those disciplines showing just how strong Albyn are amongst Scottish schools.

In a very large section the Albyn team were first to go and were the only team with three competitors which meant every score had to count. This is the first year that Albyn have participated in this competition and performed very well considering that many of the schools participating have been doing it for many years.

Well done!

Rebecca is now the City of Aberdeen 18 years Scottish Champion and had previously won a confined championship aged 12, (where competitors are restricted to the area where they live, in her case North Aberdeenshire).

This is a fantastic achievement, demonstrating Rebecca’s hard work and commitment in a significantly more challenging competition which attracted National and International competitors.

Well done!

Well done boys!