Uddingston Grammar School
Prize Giving Ceremony
Tuesday 21st June 2016 at 7 pm
Old Parish Church
Uddingston
ORDER of SERVICE
Welcome:
Music performed by the Senior Vocal Ensemble.
Introduction:
Mr David Wilson
Head Teacher’s Report:
Mr John McKay
- Presentation of the Head Teacher’s Award for
Exceptional Contribution to the School.
- Presentation to the School Captain.
School Captain:
Meghan Harvie
- Presentation of the Leadership Award
(The School Captain’s Cup)
Address:
Jeremy Southam
- http://www.lucky2bhere.org
Musical item:
Performed by the Young Musician of the Year
(Senior Winner) – Lewis Haxton.
Blue Moon – Tony Emmanuel
Presentation of awards:
Endeavour Awards
Sporting Awards
Special Awards
Musical Item:
Performed by the Young Musician of the Year
(Junior Winner) – Rachel McMillan.
Hornpipe – Cecilia McDowall
Presentation of awards:
Subject Awards
Vote of Thanks:
Chair of the Parent Council: Lynn Hendry
Benediction:
Rev. Fiona McKibbin
Award Ceremony Sponsors
The school is fortunate in having excellent relationships with the business community of Uddingston,
Bothwell, Hamilton and surrounding areas. We are grateful for the support offered to our educationindustry liaison and Work Experience programmes.
We are particularly fortunate in having secured, from the following companies, sponsorship towards
the cost of the Prize-Giving event.
Clearly the business community supports our pupils very well in their pursuit of excellence.
Our sincere thanks are extended to them.
Sponsors
Bothwell & Uddingston Rotary Club
Aegis (formerly Kwik Fit Insurance Limited): Uddingston
Mrs S. Ritchie
Mr & Mrs Tinney
Thomas Tunnock Limited: Uddingston
Harper family
Barrie family
Park Church
(in remembrance of Rev. James Murray)
We would like to congratulate all those pupils who have contributed to this successful school session.
These award winners have been nominated because of their very special contribution, but many other
pupils achieved a great deal during the year and contributed in a wide range of ways to the ever
improving ethos of the school: in sport, in charity endeavours, in study, in peer support, in the social
life of the school and in citizenship.
We congratulate and thank them all.
We would also like to take this opportunity to wish all our school leavers great success in their future
careers. We will follow their progress with great interest.
Endeavour Awards
S1: Arran
Saul Allan, Hollie Campbell, Rhian Fraser, Amy Hogg, Stefanie Hudson, Louise Reid, Brandon Rossi,
Robert Sainsbury & Andrew Stronach
S1: Bute
Mea Carson-Dyet, Samaawat Khan, Shelley Mitchell, Molly Paterson & Faith Scott
S1: Lewis
Ryan Beattie, Corey Blevins, Megan Britton, Jade Compson, Kirsty Gilchrist, William Govan, Scotty
MacLean, Erin McGurk & Chloe West
S1: Mull
Lewis Brooks, Rachel Gibson, Nathaniel Hossack, Abbie Hull, Mikolaj Jastrzebski, Abbi McGuire, Hollie
Moore & Ross Wilson
S1: Orkney
Lauren Chalmers, Phoebe Clarke, Laura Kansiime, Gleb Kurganskis, Catherine Lees, Chloe Miller,
Abigail Stewart, Jenna Thomson & Joshua Thompson
S1: Skye 1
Maura Allan, Evan Gray, Sophia Fulston, Daisy Gribbons, Heather Mason, Benjamin McQuaid, Nathan
McQuaid, Amy O'Neill, Lucy Porter, Janos Vegh, Emily Wotherspoon & Iman Zeeshan
S1: Skye 2
Aryaan Raees Ashraf, Katie Bodin, Tom Downey, Tom Keegan, Camila Palomares Osorio & Cameron
Whelan
S2: Arran
Laura Keogh, Josh Stoner, Heather Wratten, Holly Yeamans & Chi-Kin Yip
S2: Bute
Cameron Bisland, Ellie Forsyth, Christopher Gavin, Cameron Graham, David Kostelansky, Rachel
McMillan, Joe Russell, Cameron Stewart, Erin Thomson & Tai Vallance
S2: Lewis
Abby Baker, Cameron Curle, Zoe Gall, William Grantham, Dean Quinn & Olivia Simpson
S2: Mull
Eilidh Barclay, Ellie Coster, Michael Currie, Ewan McHenry, Sarah McKay, Jack Moffat, Emer Shields &
Nicole Still
S2: Orkney 1
Nicole Brown, Rhiannon Cantwell, Rachel Davidson, Lewis Ferguson, Olivia Forster, Cameron
McCarney, Lewis McKean, Tyler Murray, Niamh Nixon & Callum Russell
S2: Orkney 2
Liam Angely, Paige Bell, Andrew Halyburton, Casey Hardie, Aimee McKecknie, Matthew Mullen,
Shruti Sran & Aaron Thompson
S2: Skye
Parisa Ashraf, Ainsley Dickson, Shannon Donald, Ellis McDougall, Olivia Muir, Sophie Pow & Jamie
Wilson
S3 Endeavour Awards
Taylor Campbell, Chloe Cook, Jennifer Evans, Declan Gemmell, Emily Gibbons, Caitlin Grant, Bayley
Greenshields, Sarahbeth Haddow, Katie Hull, Rhona Lambie, Julie Mcinnes, Laura McCartney, Amy
McCormack, Mya Munro, Emily Murdoch, Nevin Pillal & Clara Simpson
S4 Endeavour Awards
Yasin Ameur, Shona Burt, Darren Caldwell, Shelley Campbell, Dylan Duff, Laura Marchant, Heather
Martin, Lauren McCluskey, Dean McDonald, Matthew McDowall, Abby Skillin, Arran Thomson & Colette
Whyte
S5 Endeavour Awards
Sophie Gibb, Declan Green, Joshua MacKenzie, Aimee Mason, Amy McGhee, Chloe McGregor, Amy
Mitchell, Jade Moore, Rachel Murphy, Nehaal Pillai, Sophy Smith, Rebecca Steven, Samantha Thomson
& Emma Watson
S6 Endeavour Awards
Tomas Blair, Ross Burns, Alice Gibson, David Haddow, Emma Hunter, Heather Leggate, Kirstin Menzies,
Kayleigh Mullen, Blair Moore & Emma Twaddle
Endeavour Prizes
Saul Allan & Katie Bodin
S1 - Dr. John Reid Award for Endeavour
Ellie Forsyth & Nicole Brown
S2 - McClelland Award for Endeavour
Emily Murdoch
S3 - Bothwell & Uddingston Rotary Club Award for Endeavour
Dean McDonald
S4 - Boys - P.T.A. Award for Endeavour
Shona Burt
S4 - Girls - Congregational Church Award for Endeavour
Nehaal Pillai
S5 - Boys - Wilson Paterson J.P. Award for Endeavour
Aimee Mason
S5 - Girls - John Liddell Award for Endeavour
Emma Hunter
S6 - Endeavour Award
Sports Awards
S1 Boys Champion: Tom Downie (Skye)
S1 Girls Champion: Kara Thompson (Arran)
S2 Boys Champion: Dean Quinn (Lewis)
S2 Girls Champion: Eilidh Barclay (Mull)
S3 Boys Champion: Callum Downie (Mull)
S3 Girls Champion: Hannah Wilson (Orkney)
Inter House Athletics Shield: Skye House
Special Awards
Introduction to Hair & Beauty (presented by Sharon Law and Anne Maxwell)
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hairdressing
Sarahbeth Haddow (3 Skye)
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Beauty
Shannon Malone (3 Lewis)
James Tinney Endeavour Award
Chloe Wood
J.L.G. Industries Trophy for Work Experience
Dylan Duff
Harper Award for Character & Commitment
Rebecca Steven
Harry Barry Prize for Music
Blair Moore
Junior Young Musician of the year
Rachel McMillan
Senior Young Musician of the Year
Lewis Haxton
Class 1/2 Bothwell & Uddingston Inner Wheel Award for Citizenship
Katie Bodin
Class 3/4 Award for Citizenship
Kyle Cheesemen
Audrey Butterfield Award for Citizenship
Chelsea Chatham
Recognising S3 School Leadership
Fiona Bennett
Euan Hamill
Hannah McIntosh
Eilidh Strang
Zoe Bennett
Katie Hull
Grant Menzies
Laura Thomson
Emily Gibbons
Laura McCartney
Andrew Moore
Katie Trainer
Jess Gibson
Eva McCluskey
Taylor Muir
Sophie Wade
Recognising S4 School Leadership
Dylan Duff
Alexandra McCulloch
Alexa Mungall
S4 British Gas Employability Event
Chloe Anderson
Dylan Duff
Skye McMillan
Karla Aitchison
Robbie Goonery
Amy O’Brien
Rosaleen Burns
Shane Martin
Junaid Roberts
Kaitlin Ballantyne
Melissa McCann
Spencer Williams
Conor Coulter
Ben McNicol
Shannon Walker
Recognising Senior School Citizenship
Arran House
(House Captain) - Rachel O’Neill
(Prefects) - Christy Cheung, Jennifer McCartney, Jon Pollock, Samantha
Thomson, Lucy Weir & Niall Wishart
Bute House
(House Captain) - Tomas Blair
(Prefects) - Ross Adams, Sam Campbell, Eilidh Corrigan, Katie Greenan, Jamie
Gribbons, Beth McLaughlin & Broghan McPartlin
Lewis House
(House Captain) - Jonathan Hare
(Prefects) - Finlay Carruthers, Robbie Davidson, Emma Hamilton, Lauren McLean
& Kirsten Neil
Mull House
(House Captain) - Karyn McCartney
(Prefects) - Jack Anderson, Ian Bannister, Aimee Gibson, Alice Gibson, David
Haddow, Ewan Lambie, Heather Leggate, Rachel Leggate, Kirsty McGuire &
Luke McKibbin
Orkney House
(House Captain) - Cameron McCormick
(Prefects) - Hayley Basset, Stuart Gebbie, Emma Hunter, Cara McSherry, Rachel
Millar, Vova Sutyagin & Andrew Wilson
Skye House
(House Captain) - Cara Reston
(Prefects) - Mehreen Ahmed, Carolina Ferguson, Craig Guy, Ellie McDonald,
Hayley McManus, Kayleigh Mullen & Euan Simpson
Recognising Senior School Leadership
Presented by the School Captain:
Ian Bannister
Emma Hamilton
Karyn McCartney
Cara Reston
Tomas Blair
Jonathan Hare
Cameron McCormick
Lucy Weir
Morgan Cant
Emma Hunter
Beth McLaughlin
David Haddow
Ewan Lambie
Rachel McPherson
Subject Prizes
Robyn Mason
Nicola Gartley
Sophy Smith
Laura Minty & Heather Smyth
Jade Moore & Nehaal Pillai
Heather Smyth
Luke Gall
Sophie Gibb
Rebecca Steven
Aimee Mason
Rebecca Steven
Kirsty McGuire
Aimee Mason
Heather Smyth
Sophie MacPhail
James Paterson
Sophy Smith
Jade Moore
Laura Minty & Heather Smyth
Cara Reston
Aimee Mason
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Business Studies Shield for Accounting
Jean Baird Prize for Administration
Nelson and Effie B. Brown Prize for Art & Design
Vita Scientia Award for Biology
Quaestus Award for Business Management
Ageas Prize for Chemistry
A.M. Ritchie Award for Higher Computing
Consilium Award for Design & Manufacture
Scott Montgomery Memorial Prize for English
Belt-Up Cup for French
Magellan Award for Geography
Conloquium Award for Graphic Communication
Narratio Award for History
Ageas Prize for Mathematics
James Weir MBE Memorial Cup for Modern Studies
Cencentus Award for Music
Sapientia Award for Philosophy
Caitlin McCart Award for Physical Education
P.T.A. Award for Physics
James Murray Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Prize
Uddingston Grammar School Award for Spanish
Studies at Advanced Higher Level & Other S6 Studies
Biology
Chemistry
Computing
English
French
Graphic Communication
Physics
Spanish
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Tomas Blair
Meghan Harvie
Kirsty McGuire
Tomas Blair
Cara McSherry
Jessica Thomson
Cameron McCormick
Cara McSherry
Open University Young Applicants in Schools Scheme (YASS): Professional Communication Skills in
Business Studies (30 credit module)
Cara Reston
Head Teacher’s Senior Pupil Award for Leadership
Announced on the evening
The Uddingston Grammar School Inter-House Achievement Shield:
Announced on the evening.
Clow Ross Memorial Prize for:
Proxime Accessit
Sponsored by Mr Boyd Tunnock (Thomas Tunnock Limited)
Heather Smyth
Crawford Family
Dux Memorial Prize
Sponsored by Bothwell and Uddingston Rotary Club
Cara McSherry
There are many more pupils worthy of recognition in Uddingston Grammar School.
Congratulations to all of those mentioned below:
Sporting Achievements 2015–16
Cycling: As well as collecting medals, Uddingston Grammar pupils have been achieving coaching
awards. Kyle Cheeseman & Chenji Zhou (both S4) spent the October week holiday at a Scottish Cycling
Camp on the beautiful Glenfeshie estate in the Highlands. As well as developing their mountain biking
skills the boys gained a Velotech qualification in bike maintenance and a basic First Aid certificate.
On their return, along with Jade Moore, Amy Mitchell, Amy McGhee, Megan McSherry, Leanne Grant,
Jack Curran, Robbie Platt, Kyle McParland (all S5) they passed the demanding Cycle Trainer Assistant
award which qualifies them to assist with Bikeability training in Primary schools. Well done!
Dance: Eva McCluskey, Laura McCartney, Kelly McCutcheon, Taylor Muir (all S3) and Georgia Lambie
(S4) passed their Dance leadership qualification. Sophie Henderson (S1) was part of the team who came
1st at the European Street Dance Championships in Prague in April. Becky McGraw (S1) was part of a
group who came 7th in the World Street Dance Championships, in their category. Leanne Grant (S5)
was part of a group who were awarded 6th in the World Street Dance Championships, and 4th in the
Scottish. She was also placed 1st in the Regional Championships with her solo dance. Rachel Oliver
(S1) finished 4th with her solo at the Extravadance competition.
Football: Our Girls’ football team finished runners up in the South Lanarkshire league. Shelley
Campbell (S4) is currently playing with Rangers U/17’s and & Lauren Simpson (also S4) is with
Motherwell FC’s U/17’s. Ross Taylor (S1) is with St Mirren and Lewis Budinauckas (S2) will move up to
Rangers U/15’s. Eddie McGhee (S3) played for Lanarkshire Schools’ U/15’s who won the Scottish Cup
with a 4-1 victory over Paisley & District Schools. Fraser Dawson (S3) won the Cumbernauld & Kilsyth
U/15’s league, the Janice Morton Memorial Cup, the Central Region Cup and the Knock-Out Cup with
Rossfield Madrid. Robbie McLay (S3) won the ‘Goal of the Season’ award for the Cumbernauld & Kilsyth
U/15’s ‘B’ league playing with Motherwell Community Boys Club.
In Gymnastics: In July, Collette Whyte (S4), Amy Livingston & Jade Moore (S5) represented GB at the
World Gymnestrada in Finland. Collette was also 4th at the Scottish Invitational, 5th at the Acrobay
Invitational, 3rd in the Scottish Championships, 4th in Kent NDGA Acro Cup 2016 and 2md at the Scottish
Tournament. Jade added 4 gold, 1 silver & 1 bronze medal to her collection at competitions in England
& North of the border beating teams from GB, Ireland & the United States at the International Aerobic
Tournament at Stoke-on-Trent in November. Collette came first in the Lanark Invitational and, at the
end of January, secured 3rd at the Scottish Championships. Chloe Miller (S1) picked up bronze at a
recent competition representing Hamilton Gymnastics Club.
Hockey: Barry Platt (S4) was an integral part of the Uddingston team who successfully retained their
position in Scotland’s top league. This was an incredible year for Uddingston Hockey Club who won
European Club of the Year from the EHF. Barry also played in the Indoor team which finished 3rd in
the country. Although eligible for Scotland Under 16’s he is playing for the U/18’s. Over the next few
days, Barry should find out if he has been selected for Scotland U/18’s team for the European
Championships and the International match against Spain.
Hockey is really taking off in the school and a number of our youngsters are playing for Uddingston
Hockey Club in the National & West District leagues. Lewis Haxton (S6) is with the 2nd’s, Jack Curran
(S5) Vice Captain of the 3rd’s, Graeme Haxton (S3) won Player of the Year with the 4th’s, Andrew Moore
(S3) won the Caitlin McCart Special Achievement Award and along with Bein Wilson (S4) all 3 look like
being promoted to the 2nd’s. Jamie Wilson and Joe Russell (both S2), have been selected for West
District U/14’s. Ross Pugh (S3) also plays for the 4th’s, was selected for West District U/14’s and U/16’s
and will be attending Scotland trials in September.
The school is also well represented in the women’s teams with Kirsty Wratten (S5) playing for the 1st’s,
Heather Wratten & Rona Lambie (both S3) for the 2nd XI.
Ice Hockey: Brother & sister, Ian & Emma Watson (S1 & S5 respectively) are both competing for
Lanarkshire Lightening. Both have also been selected to represent Scotland.
Ice Skating: Abigail Stewart (S1) trains 2 days a week before school, rising at 4:30am to travel to
Murrayfield and rises at 5:30am at weekends to get ice time at Braehead & Ayr. Her hard work is
paying off as Abigail secured 3rd place at her first International event in September, in London, before
going on to finish12th out of 38 at the British Championships in December.
Karate: Rhys Hartley (S1) secured an individual silver medal in the Scottish Championships in the 10 –
11 years category and matched this with another silver in the British Team Championships for the 1213 years group. Zoe Martin (S3) has recently achieved her brown belt.
Kayaking: Matthew Fisher (S1) is current U/14 champion at Glasgow Kayak Club.
Rowing: In November we had a visit from the Talent Identification Unit of GB Rowing. Eight boys were
put through a physically demanding battery of tests and Michael Cole (S6) was offered the opportunity
to be part of the GB Development squad. Daniel McQuaid (S5) is currently competing for Strathclyde
Rowing Club and finished in 4th & 5th place in his events at the Scottish Championships.
Rugby: Aidan Trim & Zak Simpson (both S1) have been selected for Glasgow Hawks U/13’s. Callum
Trim (S4) is playing with Hamilton Bulls and has been selected for Glasgow Pathway trials.
Shinty: Mr Thompson introduced us to Shinty this year and he already has 18 boys and 12 girls playing
matches – and is threatening a tour to Ireland next year! Cameron Curle (S2) finished top scorer with
7 goals in 7 matches. A number of the players are in contention for places in the Central Development
Squad who will be seen live on television at the McAuley Cup final in September! Lewis won the S1 /
Shinty Inter House competition.
Show Jumping & Dressage: Caitlin Grant (S3) was a member of the winning team at the Blue Ridge
Show Jumping Competition. Louise Murphy (S1) picked up 1st & 3rd in the Novice class at Roundknowe.
Alex Ross specializes in Dressage and was placed 1st at Blue Ridge, 1st & 3rd at Muirmill and 2nd & 5th at
the Scottish National Equestrian Centre.
Swimming: Ross Burns (S6) won 2 gold medals in the 100m & 200m breast stroke, added silver in the
200 IM at the South Lanarkshire Schools Championships. Ross finished just outside the medals at the
Scottish Schools’ before going on to compete in the Scottish Short Course Open meet where he swam
against Olympic & Commonwealth medalist Ross Murdoch. Ross and Ellie Forsyth (S2) were members
of the South Lanarkshire Swim Team who won the overall trophy for the best team at the Scottish
National Age Group Championships in April. Heather Smyth (S5) picked up silver in the 100m Butterfly,
bronze in each of the 100m Free Style and the 200m Breaststroke at the South Lanarkshire Schools
Championships.
This year we entered 2 teams into the Scottish Schools’ Aquathlon Relay which involves teams of 4
competitors each swimming 200m and running 1km. Ellie Forsyth (S2), Ryan Kirkpatrick (S2), Heather
Smyth (S5) & Ross Burns (S6) came 7th and Evan Gray, Millie Boyd (both S1), Cameron Bisland & David
Kostelansky (both S2) finished 10th.
Last week we were represented at the Brodie’s Schools National Relay Championships at the Royal
Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh by Claire Shanks, Evan Gray, Millie Boyd & Jenni Neil finishing 4th in
each of their heats.
Taekwon Do: We have two boys in 2nd year who are Black Belts - Aiden Carlin & Alexander Milligan.
Although only in 2nd year, Alexander won bronze in Sparring at the Scottish championships in the U/16
category and Aiden is currently preparing for the World Championships. Mya Munro (S3) won bronze
competing at a tournament in Wales.
Tennis: Christie McAllister (S4) holds the U/18’s singles title at Uddingston Tennis Club. Shona Burt
(S4) is one half of the current Mixed Doubles Champions at the club. Christie & Shona also represent
the club in the West District u/18’s League. Arran Thomson (S4) is also playing for the Gents 2nd team.
Inter House Cross Country Championships:
S1 Boys: Tom Downey
S2 Boys: Jamie Wilson
S3 Boys: Jake Bennett
S1 Girls: Jorja Philip
S2 Girls: Ellie Forsyth
S3 Girls: Kelly McCutcheon
The Inter House Cross Country Shield is awarded to SKYE House
South Lanarkshire Cross Country Championships:
Heather Smyth, Amy Johnston, Carla McVay (all S5) and Emma Hunter (S6) won silver in the Senior
Girls event.
S1 boys won bronze.
Emma Hunter (S6) also won bronze in the Senior Girls;
Emma also came a creditable 20th at the Scottish Championships at Irvine, in March.
South Lanarkshire Schools Athletics Championships:
6 x Gold: Kara Thompson (S1 Shot), Camila Palomares Osorio (S1 Javelin), Heather Wratten (S2
Javelin), Callum Downie (S3 Long Jump), James Crossan (S3 Discus) & Emma Hunter (S6 1500m)
4 x Silver: Zak Simpson (S1 Shot); Dean Quinn (S2 Discus); Greg Stewart (S3 800m); Jake Barnett (S3
1500m);
4 x Bronze: Callum Downie (S3 100m); Ellie Reston (S3 100m); Olivia Muir (S3 Discus), Robbie McLay
(S3 High Jump)
Scottish Schools Athletics Championships:
Kara Thompson (S1) won silver in her age group for Hammer and finished 6th in the Discus.
Young Ambassadors: Silver Award: Jade Moore & Luke McKibbin (both S5)
Greg Walker represented us at the South Lanarkshire Active Schools Leadership Academy.
South Lanarkshire Sports Coach Academy: Emma Hunter, Katie Culton, Rachel Millar, Chelsea
Chatham & Emma Twaddle (all S6)
Youth Football Level 1 Coaching qualification: Logan Jackson & Scott Mearns (S6)
Competition Organiser Conference: Ryan Cunningham & Scott Dearie (both S3) were selected to
attend this Leadership Conference at Strathclyde University in March – and we’re looking forward to
the boys’ help with next year’s programme of extra-curricular activity!
Boys’ Brigade Queen’s Badge: The following pupils achieved the Queen’s Badge which is the highest
award available in the Boys’ Brigade 
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Bruce Dunlop
Anthony Burns
Andrew Watson
Jack Curran
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Jon Pollock
Jamie Gribbons
Robbie Platt
For this award they had to take up a leadership role within their company, complete a minimum of 30
hours community service, learn a new skill and attend two residential weekend courses at Carronvale
the Scottish HQ. All these boys have given 11/12 years service to the Boys Brigade.