Forfar Academy PE

Official Twitter page for all things PE @ForAcad. Information and news on everything from classes to extra curricular sport.

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Lyall (S5) was recently selected to play for the U19 Scotland Water Polo team to compete in national championships in Gloucester.

Lyall’s team won bronze, the first time a Scottish team have medalled in 6 years!

Well done to Lyall and his team!

#FORteamwork #FORbeingthebest

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Well done to Robbie (S2) who took part in the National Schools Aquathlon Championships on Friday in Glenrothes. He finished 87th with a time of 19 minutes. Great effort in his first ever Aquathlon. Well done Robbie!

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Seniors win Semi-final ⚽️🏆

We travelled to Carnoustie for our Angus Cup semi-final. A very competitive game seen both teams take the lead at different points, with Forfar eventually running out 5-4 victors.

Goals - Balfour x3, Crighton, Duncan

#FORteamwork
#FORbeingthebest

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Scottish schools curling championships

Forfar Academy took three teams along last week. FA Sky Blue (grey) team made it out the group & got to the semi-final, narrowly losing in the 6th end to St Josephs College from Dumfries. Well done to all involved!

#FORteamwork

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Finishing off the year in style with our annual hot chocolate and ceilidh celebration. Merry Christmas from us all and see you in 2024.

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Good luck to Haillie Crombie and Lucia Milne who have made it through to the next trial on Tuesday for the East Region Girls Scottish Schools football. Hard luck to our other girls who missed out.

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Huge congratulations to Eythan Galloway on yet more achievements in his powerchair football... this time in 🇪🇸 Spain. Full story below. #FORbethebestyoucan
https://t.co/i7r8pfrlEf

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Huge Congratulations to S2 pupil Magnus Carter who won the Junior Boys net prize on Sunday at the Dunhill Schools Golf Challenge at Carnoustie Golf Links. Great to see all his hard work paying off with a great win. #FORBethebestyoucan
https://t.co/uaX0gV2Q5h

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🏸 Interested in playing more Badminton or starting for the first time? #ActiveForfar @anguscouncil @StrathmorePS @LanglandsPS @Whitehillsps @LethamPS @AberlemnoPS @InverarityPS @tealing_ps @ForAcad @ForAcadPE

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S1/2 (and anyone who would like to try it) strike days video 🏃‍♀️🏃

We understand that the video link for the BGE PE work isn’t working in the PowerPoint so please follow along here

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Alfred Dunhill Schools Golf event at Carnoustie. Entry open to all pupils who hold an official handicap. Entry link....
https://t.co/zPZp7U2Hon

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The 2023 Chapman Quaich winner. #FORbethebestyoucan

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The Chapman Quaich Golf final was played today @ForfarGolfClub. Huge thanks to the golf club for hosting us. Dylan won the 18th hole to half a very close match and take it to extra holes. Congratulations to Arran on his win after 1 extra hole. #FORperseverance ⛳️ 🏌️‍♂️

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Following our Staff V Pupils golf match on Friday (which the staff won), our golfers played @carnoustiegolf today for the Angus Secondary competition. They braved the rain and did very well considering their age/experience. Lewis managed a tied 4th in the net stableford 37pts.

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Congratulations Neva! Well deserved award!

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⭐️ ⭐️ Well done Neva Whyte ‘Secondary Pupil of the Year!Thank you for all you have done for the school to promote sport;links you have been part of with the community clubs,your role as Young Ambassador & for being such a fantastic role model!Well deserved!👏🏼 @ForAcadPE @ForAcad

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S1 Pupil Corrigan (Moy) was delighted to break the S1 boys 400m school record. One which hadn't been broken since 1981. Congratulations🥇🏃‍♂️ 📖 #FORbethebestyoucan

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Great day today for our first whole school sports day in 9 years. 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 🥇🥈🥉Congratulations to everyone who took part. The 🌞 was shining and pupils from all 3 houses ran, threw and jumped to gain house points.🏆 Huge thanks to all staff for helping run the event. #FORteamwork

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The role secondary pupils play in school sport is huge. They deliver, organise & support participation & competition across Angus, allowing them to develop many leadership skills.
@AngusCouncil @angusalive @SchoolAngus @sportscotland #AngusActiveSchoolsAwards

Our nominees are...

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Scottish Schools MTB Championship 🚲
Any pupils involved outside school in mountainbiking and would be interested in competing in this event should see Mr Roulston for further details in Art during lunch or break (excluding Wednesdays as he isn't in). #FORopportunitiesforall

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Chapman Quaich Qualifier results
D Wilson 29pts, D Hutcheon 24pts, L Gourlay 23pts, A McLean 22pts, M Carter 20pts, J Carnegie 19pts, E Graham 14pts. Top 4 players Qualify for the semi finals on Friday.
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