2025 Sport Report – Term 4, Week 4

Term 4, Week 4 Results

Boys Volleyball

It was a dominant round for the boys’ volleyball teams on Friday evening with all sides taking home comfortable victories. The Senior A team, led by Isaac put on an impressive display, defeating St Peter’s College in straight sets (3–0) to remain undefeated across the season. The Senior B team followed suit, also winning 3–0 against the same opposition whilst the Senior C team secured a forfeit win over Pembroke, rounding out a clean sweep for the senior boys.

Senior Boys Badminton

The Senior Boys’ badminton teams faced a challenging round against a strong Prince Alfred College line up going down 0-9 despite another strong performance by Lachlan. The Senior B1 team, aided by some high quality from Jun Jue put up a solid fight but were narrowly defeated 3–6 against the same opposition in their clash on Saturday.

Middle Boys Badminton

There were mixed results across the Middle Boys’ Badminton fixtures this week. The Middle A1 team impressed with a commanding 7–2 win over Prince Alfred College that saw Thomas showcase his talents. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be for the Middle B1 team in the corresponding fixture who went down 3–6 in a closely battled contest whereby Ashwath was the team’s most valuable contributor.

Glenunga International proved tough competition, with both the Middle A3 and B3 teams defeated 2–7 and 1–8 respectively. Despite the results, Narendran (A3) & Kyle (B3) were commended for their strong outings on the day. The Middle B4 (C) team also faced a difficult match against Marryatville High and were unable to overcome the tough test going down 0–9.

Middle Tennis

It was an all-NIHS showdown in Middle C tennis with the red team claiming bragging rights on this occasion in claiming a 6-3 win over the blue team. Results aside, both teams demonstrated great teamwork and comradery making for exciting matches played in excellent spirit. Well done to Oscar (blue) & Raghuveer (red) who claimed wins in both their singles and doubles matches.

Girls Middle Tennis

Unfortunately, several unavailability led to a forfeited match for the girls on Saturday. They will look to bounce back in their match with St. Ignatius’ College next weekend.

Girls Basketball

The Year 8/9 B Girls Basketball team faced their most formidable opponent to date in Modbury High School, who proved too strong on the day to claim a heavy win. Despite the result, the team’s persistence and energy were commendable, highlighted by that of Hailey.

Girls Volleyball

The Senior B2 team again demonstrated their power to dominate their match, defeating St Aloysius College 3–0 thanks to the efforts of star player Gabrielle.

The Middle B2 team, aided by a strong serving display from Yodi fought hard in a tight contest but ultimately were edged out by St Paul’s in their clash (1–2). The Middle C1 Red team secured an action packed 2–1 victory over St Michael’s College, whilst the Middle C2 Blue team impressed with straight sets win over Loreto College (3–0). Special mentions to Avni (red) & Letizia (blue) who were named as best players on the day for their respective teams.

Among the Year 7 teams, the red team took bragging rights over the blue girls (3–0) in their mid-week NIHS showdown whilst the yellow teams girls went down to St Dominic’s Priory (0–2).

Cricket

A scheduled BYE meant no game for the cricketers on Saturday who will now wait in anticipation for their match up with Rostrevor next week.

Matt Mauriello
Sport Manager