Athletics Competition

23 pupils from Doon Academy visited Dam Park for the annual East Ayrshire Athletics competition. The weather was glorious and all pupils behaved exceptionally well and performed to the best of their ability. The athletics training that had been taking place really paid off as our school came away with 9 gold medals. Lauren Shaw in S1 gained 2 gold medals for High Jump and Shot Putt, S2 pupil Dillon Dunn 2 gold medals for 100m and 200m, S1 Varri Murdoch gold medal for Discus, Stuart Paulin S1 gold medal for Javelin, Ross Mellis S1 gold medal for Discus, Ashley Green S2 gold medal for Discus, S3 Kieran Mullen gold medal for Discus. We also came home with 2 silver medals. Rory Dempsey S1 Long Jump, Dylan Thirtle S1Triple Jump. Finally, there were 4 bronze medals presented to S3 pupils, Marc Dyer 1500m, Jonathan Milligan 2 medals for High Jump and Long Jump, Kieran Mullen for Shot Putt. Special mention to all the senior athletes who automatically go through to the Ayrshire Athletics due to the lack of participation from other schools. Congratulations to all athletes for their impeccable behaviour and great results. We look forward to more of the same when our athletes go to the next round in the Ayrshire Athletics.