Hassan Haider Gets a Kick Out of Taekwondo

Hassan Haider walks into the interview with a smile on his face, you can tell right away how passionate he is about Taekwondo and how motivated he to go to the Taekwondo Commonwealth Games. Hassan is a senior in the school and is happy with himself and his sport. I interviewed him on Tuesday morning at Larbert high school’s library.

Cammy Dick Interviews TKD Superstar and Senior in LHS Hassan Haider

Over to you, Hassan……

Who inspired you to take up Taekwondo?

“I used to go with my cousin to his TKD classes and when I was old enough I went in with him once and ever since then I’ve loved it and stuck at it”.

 

Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?

“In the future, I’d like to see myself as a professional athlete I would love to do Taekwondo as a job.  I love competing, especially in major competitions around the world”.

 

What does Taekwondo mean to you?

"It means everything to me, I just love competing, traveling abroad and meeting new people”.

 

What are your achievements in Tae Kwon Do?

“I’ve won a few medals internationally and I’ve won a bronze 1^st class medal which I’m particularly proud of”.

 

How many times do you train a week?

“I train 5-6 times a week, usually 6”.

 

What is your training like?

“It depends what time of year it is, in the summer we do a lot of running and strengthening right now however we are doing a lot of sparring in preparation for the commonwealth games”.

 

Have you had any major injuries?

“I’ve not had any major injuries, just a few knocks here and there but nothing major”.

 

Thanks Hassan..!!

 

It’s great to see how passionate Hassan is about Taekwondo. All of us here at LHS hope he does well and achieves lots in the future.  Good luck to Hassan and the rest the LHS pupils making their way to the upcoming Taekwondo Commonwealth games!

by Cammy Dick

2014 Ryder Cup

 The 2014 Ryder Cup was held in Gleneagles. It is a golf event and is held every two years between America and Europe. Europe has dominated the past few years and they won again in Gleneagles in 2014. The first Ryder Cup was held in 1921. The name “Ryder” for “Ryder Cup” comes from an English man called Samuel Ryder who was playing golf at the start of the 20^th century.

 

The Jubilant European Team Celebrate their third successive European Victory and sixth out of last seven Ryder Cups

The Ryder Cup has the 12 best players in Europe and the 12 best players in America playing against each other over three days.

Playing For Europe	Playing for America
Thomas Bjorn	Keegan Bradley
Victor Dubuisson	Jim Furyk
Sergio Garcia	Matt Kuchar
Graeme McDowell	Phil Mickelson
Ian Poulter	Webb Simpson
Henrik Stenson	Jimmy Walker
Jamie Donaldson	Rickie Fowler
Stephen Gallacher	Zach Johnson
Martin Kaymer	Hunter Mahan
Rory McIlroy	Patrick Reed
Justin Rose	Jordan Spieth
Lee Westwood	Bubba Watson

 

On the Friday and Saturday the players play with a partner in the four-ball and foursome formats. On the Sunday they play single matches. Each game is worth a point for a win and a half point for a draw.

 

After the Friday and Saturday Four-balls and Foursome’s the score was 10-6 in favour of the Europeans.  This meant the hosts only needed four and a half points to maintain their recent dominance over USA in the bi-annual event.

 

On the Sunday singles early wins from Northern Ireland duo Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell teed the Europeans up perfectly before debutant Jamie Donaldson sealed a third successive European win and sixth in the last seven meetings.

 

The next Ryder Cup is held in 2016 in USA at the Hazeltine National Golf club in Minnesota.  Hopefully Europe can continue to dominate the Ryder Cup and can bring the trophy back to Europe in 2016.

 

 by Mitchell Wallace and Owen Lake

Larbert v Grangemouth - A Tale of Two Halves

On Monday night the Larbert High under 13’s were playing against Grangemouth High School which proved to be a tough game. In the end Larbert came out on top with a 4-3 victory, giving them their second win of the season.

Evan Collumbine bags his third penalty of the season

The game started brightly with Larbert on the front foot with a good chance created from Lewis Dawson up to Michael Baba-Yemi but the Grangemouth keeper pulled off a great save. It wasn’t long before Larbert created another chance with Rhys Dow driving at goal and the Grangemouth keeper again denying Larbert. Larbert got their first goal when Ryan Dewar crossed the ball in and Evan Collumbine heading the ball into the back of the net. Larbert’s second goal came from a Cameron Stein free kick which led to Rhys Dow’s tap in past the keeper.

At half time Larbert were 2-0 up playing and some great football. Grangemouth on the other hand hadn’t really created any big chances. Just after the break Ryan Dewar gave Larbert their third, smashing it past the goalkeeper from the edge of the box.

And then the comeback was on.


The Grangemouth striker drove through the defence and produced a neat finish past Evan Taylor giving Grangemouth their first goal of the game. It wasn’t long before Grangemouth found the net again winning the ball in midfield and finishing with a similar goal to the first, 3-2 Larbert.

 

Larbert were 3-2 up but it seemed their heads were down, this half had proved to be Grangemouth’s. Grangemouth were starting to create more and more chances including scoring an offside goal.  Soon Grangemouth had equalised with a good ball over the top of the defence, into the striker who burst the net. 25 minutes into the second half and the score was all even at 3-3.

 

Later in the match Larbert were starting to change things around with a few subs.  Soon they were soon 4-3 up. Evan Collumbine was fouled in the box, it was a dubious penalty. Evan stood up to take it himself and neatly slotted it into the bottom left hand corner.

 

It was full time and Larbert had won 4-3 which was a good first half performance but the second half wasn’t the best.  In the end Larbert earned their second win in a row and played some nice football.

 

We’ve given the MOTM performance to Ryan Dewar.

 

 

by

Jamie Forrester and Cameron Dick