Sports News
03 March 2010
Knox Academy played Musselburgh Grammar in their first competitive hockey match of the year and won 5-0 at Pinkie St Peters.
Knox Academy took nine youngsters to Pinkie on Tuesday 2nd March to play against Musselburgh Grammar in a mixed S1/2 Hockey match. Musselburgh, who have recently raised a team and Knox who have not had a game since before winter, were desperate for some game time. It was a great run out for the youngsters and Knox were delighted with their 5-0 win. Katie Archibald (2T3) scored four goals and Angus Riddell (1G2) scored one.
A return fixture will be played at the Aubigny Astro on Tuesday 16th March at 4.30 pm.
Team: Angus Riddell, Jacob Walker, Caitlin Wright, Michael Paxton, Fraser Watt, Eve Swinton, Holly Taylor, Katie Archibald, Kirsty Steven
03 March 2010
Knox Academy were beaten 62-12, by last year's winners of the Scottish Cup, in the semi-final of the U15 girls basketball plate.
St Andrews Secondary, from Glasgow, have a fantastic pedigree in the basketball cup winning and being runners-up for the last two years. They proved too strong for the Knox Academy team in this year's competition out-scoring and out-classing a relatively young team. In comparison Knox field four first years players compared to St Andrews who field four national age grade players.
However, our girls stuck in all the way through the match and battled hard to the end and now know what it takes to become one of the top playing schools. The girls will build on this performance and will be looking to avenge this result, one day.
