The art department have made banners, the home economics staff have created flags, the school has already filled half-a-dozen buses for the trip, and, akin to what happened when the whole community worked their socks off to ensure the quarter-final tie against Peebles went ahead – "It was like the Beechgrove Garden but it paid dividends," said the ubiquitous Carrick coach, Gordon Brown – there is an uplifting sense of a group pulling together in a common cause.
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Club Scene: Carrick Academy
These past few days, the teachers and pupils at Carrick Academy in Ayrshire have joined forces to prepare for their Under-18s' first appearance in a Scottish rugby final at Murrayfield tomorrow.
