Superschools is an international sporting event similar to a mini Olympic games.  It involves a minimum of eight teams from throughout Europe.  Each team consists of 10 boys and 10 girls and the teams compete athletics (both track and field), basketball, football, swimming and table tennis.  The teams that have participated in all Superschools competitions are England, France (2 teams), Finland, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Wales.  The Czech Republic have participated in three competitions and the first competition in Wales consisted of the previous nine countries plus Germany, Italy, Spain and Estonia.

Scotland (Carluke High School) has a very proud record in Superschools competions and were the first school to win the competition on three seperate occasions.

Month	Year	Town	Country	Winners
May	1997	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	Ireland
Sept	1998	Dungarven	Ireland	Ireland
May	200	Helsinki	Finland	Scotland
April	2001	Gravelines	France	Czech Republic
March	2002	Carluke	Scotland	Scotland
April	2003	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	Scotland
Sept	2004	Upsalla	Sweden	Wales
Sept	2005	Nottingham	England	Ireland
April	2007	Bourbourg	France
April	2008	Dungarven	Ireland
April	2009	Gravelines	France	Scotland

 

The level of competition is very high and each game in each sport is contested fiercely but fairly.  Pen Y Dre High School (Wales) and Ellis Guildford (England) are designated Sports Schools and as such receive considerable grants to promote sports.  St Augustine's College (Ireland) has the national sports coach on their PE staff.  The French schools receive funding from the Atomic Energy Industry which is located in their region.  Gymnasium Sportif (Czech Republic) is a sports school and selects young athletes from an area the size of the West of Scotland to attend their school.  Petyr Cech the Chelsea goalkeeper attended the school.

Apart from the fulfilment of playing international sport, pupils gain immensely from participating in Superschools.  They have the opportunity to visit European countries and are exposed to the lifestyles and cultures of our European neighbours.  Most importantly they mix with and appreciate the talents of their fellow competitiors.  Many friendships are developed and these last years after the pupils have left school.