Strontian Mod

From Morven MacPhail

Yesterday's Mod, which took place in Strontian, was a competition in Gaelic singing and recitation involving individual entries and six schools spread across Mull, Morvern and Ardnamurchan. The children at Kilchoan, which must be the smallest of the schools, did remarkably well.

The Kilchoan School choir, which consists of all twelve children in the school, won second position out of four on their first entry in the Mod, receiving the highest points for their Gaelic - scoring 91 for Gaelic and 87 for music - just one point behind first placed Salen School on Mull. This is a massive achievement and the first time Kilchoan has had a choir in some years.

Hannah Hunter won first in her solo singing class, Innes Ferguson, the only boy in his solo singing class, came first with high praises for his rhythm, Kirstyn Rowantree was first with her poetry recitation out of a class of six, while Katie Cameron got first for poetry. Mhairi MacKenzie also sang solo with her own choice and was fourth out of seven.

They all did very well and have had a fantastic week between this and the inter-school sports.

A big thank you must go to Moira Fisher and Janet Campbell who have been working with the children on the run up to this event. It's the silverware next year!

[Hoping for photos to follow]