Balfron win our Giant National Heptathlon title again

Tuesday 19th March 2019

Giant Heptathlon 2018 report

Balfron High School have continued their impressive recent form in the National Giant Heptathlon to lift the national title for the second time in three years.

They followed their 2017 success with a top-five finish in 2018 before capturing this year’s crown with the highest score from the four regional finals.

With the Central and Tayside & Fife regional finals being combined for this year, Balfron competed in the final held at Dundee & Angus College.

This regional final proved to be particularly strong with the top three teams, including Webster’s High School and Queen Victoria School, featuring in the top five of the virtual national table.

Across the four regional finals, no fewer than 30 teams and over 400 athletes competed to make these the biggest regional finals of Giant Heptathlon to date.

This year saw the addition of teams from East Lothian and Borders, whilst the slight restructure mentioned above saw the Central and Tayside & Fife event combined.

Alongside the Sportshall events in Primary Schools, Giant Heptathlon (Secondary Schools) continues to be an important part of scottishathletics participation pathway providing links into local clubs for athletes not already involved in mainstream athletics.

In the East Region, Giant Heptahlon debutants, Peebles High School, were victorious with a total score of 14,783 giving them second position on the national virtual table. Their Border counterparts and fellow debutants Earlston High School took second place.

The Grampian Regional Final was won by Bucksburn Academy, who knocked last year’s Grampian winners Harlaw Academy into second place.

Finally, in the West Region, Greenfaulds High School were victorious taking third place on the national virtual table in the process. Cumnock Academy took the runners-up spot for the second year running and St Andrew’s Academy also finished in the top three for the second year running.

Balfron HS celebrate their win (photo via Twitter)

Once again, we would like to place on record our thanks to the local authority partners, teachers, Active School Coordinators, clubs and volunteers who put in countless hours across the country to make the local and regional events possible.

In particular, we would like to thank the delivery team at Sportshall Associates, the students from NESCOL, Dundee & Angus College, West Lothian College, West of Scotland College and our own Sportshall Co-ordinator, Harry Baird, who has done an excellent job of planning and delivering the Giant Heptathlon events.

The venues for this year’s events were:

Grampian – Beach Sports Centre, Aberdeen

Central, Tayside & Fife – Dundee & Angus College

East – Jack Kane Centre, Edinburgh Leisure

West – On-X, Renfrewshire Leisure

Finally, we would like to congratulate all the athletes that competed in the event and made this year’s Giant Heptathlon a great success.

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School	Region	Total Score
Balfron High School	Central, Tayside & Fife	14,831
Peebles High School	East	14,783
Greenfaulds High School	West	14,703
Webster’s High School	Central, Tayside & Fife	14,694
Queen Victoria School	Central, Tayside & Fife	14,643
Monifieth High School	Central, Tayside & Fife	14,568
Cumnock Academy	West	14.462
Grove Academy	Central, Tayside & Fife	14,211
Earlston High School	East	13,913
Boroughmuir High School	East	13,857
St Andrew’s High School	West	13,851
Woodmill High School	Central	13,759
Clydeview School	West	13,712
St Columba’s School	West	13,694
Bucksburn Academy	Grampian	13,625
Harlaw Academy	Grampian	13,292
Harris Academy	Central, Tayside & Fife	13,287
Cults Academy	Grampian	13,159
Aberdeen Grammar	Grampian	13,066
Dalkeith High School	East	13,013
Dunbar Grammar School	East	12,911
Park Main High School	West	12,771
Deans Community High School	East	12,626
Craigmount High School	East	12,496
Musselburgh Grammar School	East	11,822
Renfrew High School	West	11,756
Dunfermline High School	Central, Tayside & Fife	11,700
Dyce Academy	Grampian	11,237
St Machar Academy	Grampian	10,960
Northfield Academy	Grampian	10,188