Sports News 2010
Highland Footballers Swiss Success
Back row L to R Michael MacKay, Jason Simpson, Ritchie Munro Front row L to R Peter Corbett (coach) Sean Fraser, Chris Cameron, Charlie Forbes (coach)
Five Highland footballers and two coaches have just returned
home after a successful trip to Switzerland competing for a
Scottish Select team in the Schtroumpfs European Tournament for
learning disabilities. The players all members of the Highland
United Football Club set up the guidance of Highland Disability
Sport played 9 games losing only once.
The young team showed great endeavour playing together for the
first time against teams who have been playing with each other
for months leading into the competition. They got off to a
flying start with a 3-0 win against France then a 1-0 win
against Germany with a superbly taken free kick by Ritchie Munro
from Cantraybridge near Inverness. In the final game in the
league section Scotland held off an onslaught on their goal by
the favourites of the tournament Spain thanks to the heroics of
Highland goalkeeper Jason Simpson also from Cantraybridge. Time
after time he pulled off some amazing saves which was widely
appreciated by the Swiss crowd who were backing Scotland so that
they could avoid the Spanish in the next round. The score ended
0-0 which got the Scots into the final stages of the tournament.
Eventually they finished in 7th position out of the 18 teams
that took part and recorded wins against France 3-0, Germany 1-0
and Luxembourg 1-0 with 0-0 draws against Italy, Austria,
Portugal and Belgium. They eventually went on to play the Swiss
for the 7th place position and beat them 2-1 in their final
game.
The results in the league were as follows:
Played 8; Won 3; Lost 1; Drew 4; Goals for 5; Goals Against 4; Points 13.
The Highland players and coaches were assisted in the funding for the trip by Inverness Common Good Fund and Highland Council funded Sports Councils in Sutherland, Ross Shire, Nairn and Inverness and are also grateful of the support from Don Lawson of Johnny Foxes, Inverness
(Report courtesy of Highland Disability Sports)
Highland Disability Sport Senior Athletics Championship
Cantraybridge College had a very successful day at the Highland Disability Sport Senior Athletics Championship held at Queen's Park, Inverness on 9 June. They won the Cathel Robertson Trophy for the sixth successive year awarded for the most wins overall. They also won the Speedprint Trophy for the sixth successive year. There were some splendid individual performances but overall it was an excellent team performance.
SDS Scottish Championships
Eight Cantraybridge students took part in the SDS Scottish Championships at Grangemouth on the 8th September 2010. Those taking part were Ian Dingwall, Darren Smith, Alex Clark, Ewan McWilliam, Adam Gallacher, Robbie Kirk, Aaron Lacey and Jason Simpson. Ian Dingwall, Jason Simpson and Robbie Kirk did particularly well in winning their events. All were members of the Highland team which finished third overall in the Championships.
HDS Swimming Gala
On Tuesday 5th October the HDS Swimming Gala was held at the Inverness Aquadome. Eilidh Stewart, Robbie Kirk and Alastair Herd took part and all returned with medals..