Ardrossan Academy sports and other group photos session 1969-70

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Ardrossan Academy sports and other group photos session 1969-70

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Starting another year's photos now, and here are the rugby and hockey teams for session 1969-70. You'll notice the absence of Miss McKelvie; she had decided to move on to Stanley School to concentrate on teaching primary pupils, and Miss Montgomery had taken her place.

Ardrossan Academy rugby team session 1969-70.jpg
Ardrossan Academy hockey team session 1969-70.jpg

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Here now are the golf and netball teams.
Ardrossan Academy golf team session 1969-70.jpg

Ardrossan Academy netball team session 1969-70.jpg

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The badminton team is a familiar feature:

Ardrossan Academy badminton team session 1969-70.jpg

Not so this one. Football at the Academy had been unheard-of for many years up till this date, and this team was in fact one inherited from Saltcoats Secondary, which the Academy had taken over that session as part of the comprehensivisation process.

Ardrossan Academy U-14 football team session 1969-70.jpg

But it was the start of things, and from then on the Academy had football teams in spite of Mr Hughes' aversion to the sport. And successful ones too; culminating in their U-18 team becoming national champions in winning the Scottish Secondary Shield at Hampden Park in 1978.

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Here are a couple more newly-introduced sports at the Academy : basketball and volleyball.

Ardrossan Academy basketball team session 1969-70.jpg
Ardrossan Academy volleyball team session 1969-70.jpg

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Last but not least, here is the orchestra photo. Just a few typos: it should be M Sagan, S Gordon, and G Alexander.

Ardrossan Academy orchestra session 1969-70.jpg

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