Sports Celebration 2025

Our annual Sports Celebration brought together the school community to recognise the exceptional sporting achievements of our students throughout the year.

A Year of Remarkable Success

Head of Sport Christine Fourie opened the evening with impressive statistics: "This season, our students took part in 16 different sports, competing in 46 tournaments and participating in approximately 266 games, matches, and races."

The year featured exciting highlights including a Sports Tour to South Africa, our first-ever Football match, and hosting major events like the U14 Scotland Lacrosse Tournament and the launch of Judy Murray's Learn to Lead programme.

Christine emphasised our commitment to inclusion: "At St George's we continued to champion our school-wide 'Sport for All' initiative ensuring that every student had access to our full range of sports clubs." This year saw the introduction of sports clubs for Primary 1 and 2 students, complete with age-appropriate equipment to create a fun and engaging environment.

Award Winners

Year Group Sports Awards

• Primary 6 - Alice
• Remove - Annabel
• S1 - Charlotte
• S2 - Martha
• S3 - Emmie
• S4 - Lucy
• L6 - Imogen

Year Group Excellence Sports Awards

• Primary 6 - Gigi
• Remove - Abigail
• S1 - Minna
• S2 - Florence
• S3 - Kari
• S4 - Abby
• L6 - Mary

Volunteer/Contribution Award

Anais (S3) - Anais coached our P6 Hockey team this year and brought a fresh energy to the warm-up sessions, motivating the girls to be focused and ready to play. Her kind nature and supportive approach was a real asset to the team. Thank you for your dedication and hard work.

Outstanding Performances

Middle School

U13 Hockey Team - Bess (S1), Charlotte (S1), Clara (S1), Grace (S1), Isobel (S1), Larissa (S1), Maggie (S2), Maisie (S1), Minna (S1), Natalia (S1)

Upper School

Teme won Gold for long jump in the Indoor Scottish competition

Team of the Year

Middle School

Remove Netball Team - Alba (Remove), Alice (Remove), Annabel (Remove), Audrey (Remove), Georgia (Remove), Melody (Remove), Poppy (Remove), Teria (Remove), Tessa (Remove)

Upper School

U15 Cricket Team - Anais (S4), Adwita (S2), Caoimhe (S1), Hollie (S1), Bella (S3), Bridget (S3), Beth (S3), Diya (S2), Grace (S1), Kari (S3), Maisie (S1), Minna (S1), Saanvi (S2), Megan (S3)

Special Recognition

Steedman Salver Award: Florence and Hannah (joint winners) for excellence across multiple sports

PE Award: Isabelle for representing 1st Teams in Hockey, Lacrosse, Netball, and Cricket, plus National Lacrosse

New Leadership Initiative

A highlight was launching our Sport Leadership Initiative with new appointments:

• Sports Prefects: Florence and Hannah
• 1st Team Hockey Captain: Izzy
• 1st Team Netball Captain: Iris
• Lacrosse Captains: Sofia and Imogen (L6)

Pathway Selections

We celebrated 21 students selected for sports pathway programmes:

• Iris (L6) - Netball: U17 Edinburgh District
• Kari (S3) - Netball: U15 Edinburgh District
• Anais (S4) - Hockey: U15 and U17 East District Team
• Kari (S3) - Hockey: U15 and U17 East District Team
• Emily (L6) - Hockey: U17 East District Team
• Francesca (S4) - Hockey: U17 East District Team
• Imogen (L6) - Hockey: U17 East District Team
• Abby (U5) - Hockey: U17 East District Team
• Lily (U5) - Hockey: U17 East District Team
• Florence (U5) - Lacrosse Development Squad
• Bridget (S3) - Lacrosse Development Squad
• Sophia B (S3) - Lacrosse Development Squad
• Sophia M (S3)- Lacrosse Development Squad
• Imogen (S2) - Lacrosse Academy Squad
• Isla (S2) - Scottish Curling Academy programme
• Bella (L6) - East of Scotland Swimming
• Anushka (L6) - Tennis: East of Scotland U18
• Ludovica (S3) - District Volleyball
• Emmie (S3) - SRU East U16 Regional Talent Pathway
• Beth (S3) - SRU East U16 Regional Talent Pathway
• Sophia (S1) - Badminton Scotland's Regional Performance Programme
• Chloe (S3)- Badminton Scotland's Regional Performance Programme

National Success

We also honoured 13 girls for earning places on National and International squads:

• Alexia - GB Fencing
• Caoimhe - Swimming - Scottish Swimming Junior Academy
• Teme - Scotland Gymnastics
• Lucie - Scottish Rowing
• Emmie - Scotland U15 Touch Rugby Squad
• Tamsin - Scotland U18 Touch Rugby Squad
• Lucy - Scotland U18 Touch Rugby Squad
• Deepti - Badminton - Scotland Junior National Squad
• Diya - Cricket - Scotland Girls u17 Cricket Squad
• Adwita - Cricket - Scotland Girls u15 Cricket Squad
• Kari - Scotland Netball U15 Squad
• Isobelle - Scotland Lacrosse
• Abi - Hockey - Edinburgh Lightning Brave Aspiring Girls Squad

Guest Speaker and Thanks

The evening featured guest speaker Trudy Lindblade, Chief Executive of Cricket Scotland. Christine praised her as "a remarkable leader in what was, not too long ago, considered a male-dominated sport."

Special thanks were given to our sponsors: I-confidential (1XI Hockey Team), Brodies LLP (2XI Hockey Tournament), and Limitless (PE Staff kit), along with our dedicated coaching staff.

Christine concluded with our philosophy: "Our overarching goal remains clear: Sport for Life. We aim to instil in every student the joy of participating in both competitive and recreational sports, helping them carry these healthy habits and values into adulthood."

"Every woman's success should be an inspiration to another. We're strongest when we cheer each other on." - Serena Williams