Our S1 and S2 girls were fortunate to very quickly get the opportunity to pull on the red, black and white of Stonelaw when we made the long journey to Oban, (yes, Oban!) for a girl’s development day. The journey was an eventful one. However, we finally made it and when the girls took to the field, they showed no signs of being affected, producing some outstanding individual and team performances on the day. The girls showed progress during the touch rugby matches in the morning but as we progressed to SCRAG (a form of contact rugby without the full completion of the tackle) the girls really came into their own. They showed outstanding bravery and commitment and a willingness to work hard for their teammates. A great day was had by all Friendships were established not only amongst our own girls from S1&S2 but with opposing schools such as St Thomas Aquinas. After getting a taster of SCRAG the girls were desperate for their first full contact game, they were given the opportunity when they took on St Pauls at GHA Rugby Club. The girls produced an outstanding performance, showing bravery and commitment to win the match by 4 tries to 3. Our try scorers were Rebecca Cowan, Kirsty Miller and Emma Boyd (2). However the whole team were outstanding and worked extremely hard to prevent St Pauls to limit St Pauls to 3 tries. Last week our S1 girls were fortunate to receive a guest coaching session from Cartha Head Coach Thomas Davidson. The girls worked extremely hard and impressed Thomas with their attitude and commitment. I would like to say a big thank you to Thomas from our Stonelaw SoR pupils.