Reviews

Euroquiz Final 2008

On Monday 12th May, a group of 5 children from the Junior School with be competing at the national Euroquiz final held in the debating chamber at the Scottish Parliament. Patrick Christie (P6M), Saul Melvin-Farr (P6M), Adair Wood (P6K), Peter Jacobs (P6R) and Alasdair Gillies (P6R) won the Edinburgh heat back in December against strong opposition and now have to face 24 other regional winners for the Euroquiz trophy. The event is organised by SEET (Scottish European Educational Trust) and supported by Standard Life as part of their Corporate Responsibility work in the community. The team would like to thank both organisations for organising the event and for the knowledge, understanding and fun it has given them. For your information, the final will be screened live on www.holyrood.tv from 1.30pm onwards, so if you are free, please do log on and support the team. I will let you know in the coming weeks how the team got on. Best wishes and good luck from all at the Junior School.

If anyone wanted to find out more information about SEET and/or Euroquiz please contact: Barbara MacLeod, National Organiser, Scottish European Educational Trust, 12B Cumberland Street South East Lane, Edinburgh,EH3 6RU. The office is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Phone 0131 557 9886.

Colin McCloghry

Scottish Garelochhead Marches 2008

20 members of the CCF travelled to Garelochhead on Fri 2 May in order to participate in the Scottish Two Day Marches. The team had been training since February and were looking forward to the weekend. Notes taken during the weekend:

Weather - Ideal

Roads - Very long and very winding

Hills - Hilly

Pipers - Excellent

Singing - Dodgy

Feet - Aaa – yah

James Brown - Very quiet

Jamie Francis - Never quiet

Victory - Sweet

The team performed extremely well during a very tough couple of days and were pleased to retain the Warrant Officer Sam Trussler Shield which was awarded to the best team. We all travelled back to Edinburgh extremely proud of ourselves – Nijmegen here we come.

Parents Association

Big Picnic 2008 - 21st June

Your Assistance is Required!

We need -

• Toys - new or old -complete and in good condition! No 2nd hand soft toys please!
• Books, DVDs, CDs and PC/PS etc Games - new or old in good condition!
• Bric-a Brac - good condition - no electrical goods please!
• Empty Jam Jars - any size, empty and clean, with a lid please!
• Full Bottles and Jars - unopened and within Use by Date - anything will do but nothing poisonous!

Please start your spring clean now!

Any items can be delivered to either Senior School office, or Ronnie Paxton's office in Junior School from now onwards

Any queries and any other offers of help please contact Tory Craig 07745130987 torylintoncraig@aol.com

Plant Stall

There will as usual be a plant stall at the Big Picnic-please start preparing now! If you are digging up plants you don't want, or splitting ones that are too big, or planting out and have too many -please think of us and hang on to them for us until June.

Any queries please contact Heike Campbell 01314671946 campbellz@blueyonder.co.uk

Raffle Prizes

The bigger the better - but size isn't everything! Any raffle prizes gratefully received - can be left for Gill Peters at Junior or Senior School.

Any queries contact Gill Peters 07769902027 melford@quik.com

Big Picnic Stallholders’ Meeting

Thursday 15th May 7pm at the Junior School

Please could all stall coordinators attend a meeting to discuss arrangements and preparations at the above place and time.

Any queries please contact Tory Craig 07745 130987 torylintoncraig@aol.com

What's On?

Third Year Play

Thursday and Friday, 8th and 9th May 7.30pm Watt Theatre

“Macbeth And The Rebel’s Plot”

Tickets available from the Senior School Office. All welcome.

Exams

Monday 12th May

The exam season opens next Monday with German GCSE Listeningand the start of the Geits/Seconds exams.

Higher Study Leave begins on Tuesday 13th.

Lunchtime Concert

Tuesday 13th May 12.45pm Robertson Room

Including solos from trumpeters Callum Gillies, Robin Cumming, Fraser Gillies, David November, Neil Gilchrist, Paddy Jenkins and Jonathan Moynihan.

Summer Concert

Saturday 17th May 7.00pm Queen’s Hall

Featuring our Orchestras, Concert Bands, Dance Band and Chamber Choir – plus final year soloists.

Tickets are on sale at the School Office. All pupils should have had a letter with order form.

There will be pm rehearsals for all groups on the day at the Queen’s Hall as follows:

12.45 Dance Band; 1.15 Senior Concert Band; 1.45 Junior Concert Band; 2.15 Chamber Choir; 2.45 Junior Orchestra;

3.15 String Orchestra; 3.45 Senior Orchestra. We aim to be finished by 5.00.

Performers please arrive ten minutes before rehearsal times.

EA Summer Rugby Course 2008

Open to all EA pupils from the current P3 to the current 5ths. Monday 11th August to Friday 15th August 10am to 3pm each day. Cost £90 per person. Free gift included. Cheques to be payable to Mike Allingham. To book a place contact Mike Allingham on 624 4959 or mjga@edinburghacademy.org.uk

Sport

U10 cricket v Loretto

The Academy fielded two 8-a-side ‘kwik’ style teams against formidable opposition. However, some of our fielding and bowling was excellent with many players taking wickets, catches and run-outs. Our batting showed promise especially when we defended good balls and ran between the wickets intelligently. The teams agreed to work on playing with a straight bat! That said, the enthusiasm and commitment was outstanding - well done, everyone! Keep working on it at practice.

EAJS ‘A’ 150 for 8, Loretto 171 for 7
EAJS ‘B’ 138 for 9, Loretto 160 for 6

Mark Enos, Head of PE

ATHLETICS

V Fettes, Merchiston and Stewart’s Melville: U17 and Open

Merchiston 265, Stewart’s Melville 225, Edinburgh Academy 218, Fettes 210

Some excellent individual efforts but also some disappointing performances and late withdrawals from events saw us come third overall in this match. We compete against Stewart’s Melville again on Tuesday so it would very good to turn this result around.

V Watson’s: Open, U17,U15,U14

Team athletics at its best as it went down to the wire with the Open Relay just pipped at the line to seal a Watson’s victory. Great entertainment and some tremendous performances. The U14 team were dominant with Freddie Smith, Chris Thompson, Davis Catonio setting new PBs in every event and Fergus Greig in 3 out of 4. Smith and Thompson won all their events.

The best performances in the U15 group were Tom Campbell in HJ with a PB of 1.56m, Angus Inwood winning his 800 and 1500m and Jamie Farndale's win in the 100m.

Notable wins in the U17s were Nasos Plevris in Discus, GP Franchi in 800 and 1500m and Sam Nicholson in Shot (13.19) - he is getting very close to the school record set 21 years ago by his uncle and is throwing well beyond the Games record.

In the Open, our captain Brodie Ballantine was in fine form winning 400m, hurdles, LJ and javelin, and Zak Muluzi won the HJ .

Open: EA 67, Watson’s 63
Under 17: EA 59, Watson’s 72
Under 15: EA 53, Watson’s 79
Under 14: EA 82, Watson’s 49

GOLF

Independent Schools Golf Association Finals

Sun 27th and Mon 28th April Wokefield Park, Reading

This final included teams from independent schools from all over Britain, with the Academy qualifying as runners-up from the Scottish Competition. Millfield School were justifiably favourites with their team comprising three scratch golfers; most other schools had teams similar to ours - Chris Duncan (H’cap 3), Bertie Allison (H’cap 8) and Nick Peoples (H’cap 8).

Sunday saw us arrive via Heathrow terminal 5 to find that the start had been delayed by a thunderstorm. The afternoon turned out to be dry but windy making the 7000 yard course very difficult. The best score in the first day of the competition was a 3 over par 75 which made Chris’s score of 85 and Bertie’s of 86 look very respectable. This placed the team 12th overall (and all three players avoided the dreaded 7.34am tee time for those at the tail end of the competition). Sunday saw another dry but windy day. Most players managed to cope a little better with these conditions except our players. This meant that we slipped back to 15th place overall. The event was most enjoyable; and all four sets of golf clubs made an uneventful journey (twice) through Heathrow.

N Armstrong

CRICKET

1st XI

The 1st XI are proving themselves to be consistently inconsistent. It was an important toss to win and we bowled steadily with special plaudits to Rob Madden and Nick Hunt. Strathallan had struggled throughout, but did use up their full quota of overs. In reply the two Nicks batted very sensibly making good decisions on shot selection against a steady medium paced attack. The outfield did quicken up and we ended up passing their total in 30 overs.

There is a challenging week ahead with our cup semi-final v Lothian Schools on Thursday and then Merchiston away on Saturday.

Saturday 17th May: I am afraid there are no fixtures on this day as Stewart’s Melville have changed their half term dates and it has not been possible to find replacement fixtures.

Results

Tuesday 29th April

4th XI v Heriot’s 2nds (h) 20 overs. Heriot’s 82-8 (A. Kunkler 2-8) EA 85 - 7 from 15.4 Overs (C. Littleboy 25)

Saturday 3rd May

1st XI v Strathallan (h) 45 overs. Won by 10 wkts. Strath 98 for 9 (R. Madden 4 for 16) EA 99 for 0 (N. Aspinall 47no, N. Hunt 47 no)

2nd XI v Strathallan (a) 25 overs. Won by 4 wkts. Strath 82 all out (P. Scott-Reid 4 for 29, G. Neep 3 for 10) EA 83 for 6 (A. Colam 21, A. Ramsey 20)

3rd XI v Strathallan (h) 25 overs. Lost by 134 runs Strath 206 all out (R.Sykes 2-26) EA 72 all out (A. Maclaren 30, R. Wilson 13)

B1 v Strathallan (h) Time match. Lost by 63 runs Strath 118-9 dec (J. Connor 2-19; J. Pardoe 2 – 19; M. Zegleman 2 – 24) EA 55 all out (A. Collins 15)

C1 v Strathallan (a) 30 overs. Won. EA 180 for 8 (A. Muir 65, R. Orr 37) Strath 121 for 5 (C. Simpson 2-15)

C2 v Strathallan (h) 25 overs. Won by 4 runs. EA 107 for 6 (A. Reid 19 no T.McClorey 17) Strath 103 for 3

D1 v Belhaven (h) 30 overs. Won by 27 runs EA 86 all out ( R Simpson 50, L Scott 11). Belhaven 59 all out (A. Swan 2-12, H. Macpherson 2-10).

D2 v Trinity (h) 20 overs. Lost by 5 wkts. EA 27 all out Trinity 28 for 5 (W. Graham 3 wkts)

JA1/2 v Belhaven (a) 25 Overs. Won by 8 wkts. Belhaven 88 for 5 (M Finlayson 2-13) EA 91 for 2 (C. Carmichael 54, M. Petrie 1

JA1/2 v South Morningside (h) 20 overs. Lost by 2 runs. S. Morn. 91 EA 89 all out

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