Dalziel High
St Andrew’s Hospice-Ben Nevis Challenge
On June 3 senior Dalziel High pupils and some staff are making the trek to the summit of Ben Nevis.
This full day expedition will require grit, determination and masses of fundraising.
The challenge organised is in aid of St Andrew’s Hospice who provide a high standard of specialist palliative care to the people of Lanarkshire, encompassing human dignity and compassion.
Continued provision of these services is only made possible by the generosity and assistance of the people of Lanarkshire. Engineering for the Future
S3 pupil, Morgan MacLeod, has successfully gained a place on a week summer school placement with Engineering the Future for Girls.
Hosted by the Faculty of Engineering in the University of Strathclyde. It is designed to engage girls in a wide range of engineering challenges that will inspire them to become the next generation of engineers.
There are only 100 place in Scotland for this event and Morgan has successfully beaten off strong competition to obtain one of the places. Dalziel RFC School Festival
The annual Dalziel RFC Schools festival was once again held at Dalziel Park.
Dalziel fielded a young S1 side formed almost exclusively of S1 pupils.
They took part in the middle level tournament alongside Coatbridge, St Maurice’s and Stonelaw.
First up was Coatbridge a side Dalziel have played a couple of times already this session.
In a very evenly contested match Dalziel eventually got the better of their opponents by virtue of three tries to one with Oscar Logan, Lleyton Kearney and Ellis Kelly scoring tries. Andrew Sneddon added a conversion.
Next up were close rivals St Maurice’s from Cumbernauld, another side Dalziel have played this session.
This was an even closer match with in the end just one score separating the teams, St Mo’s winning by a solitary score.
The third match saw Dalziel pitted against newcomers Stonelaw.
Although raw in rugby terms they possessed bulk and power and while in all their games their opponents played better structured rugby size is always a determining factor and so it proved against Dalziel.
Kelly scored a try and Ethan King added a conversion but Stonelaw powered over for three scores to take the middle event trophy.
Many thanks to Willie Davidson of Bellshill for his organisation along with the members of Dalziel RFC who supported the event via officiating and organisational roles. NLC Active Schools Sevens
Round one of the NLC Active Schools competition was held at Cumbernauld RFC on Wednesday, April 26.
Competitions were held at S1, S2 and S3 age groups.
Dalziel have too few to offer an S2 side so it was S1 with nine players and S3 with eventually six who travelled.
It is with some considerable delight that it can be reported that the Dalziel teams ended the day unbeaten!