The Year 7 Rugby teams played their final fixtures of the half-term in a fiercely contested Douglas derby against Ballakermeen. With all players new to rugby this year, the progress both teams have made is truly commendable. St. Ninian’s made a fast start, with some sharp play from Lucas C at fly-h…
The Year 7 girls faced tough opposition against a strong BHS side at the NSC, however they grew in confidence as the games went on. Despite the A team conceding a number of goals in quick succession in the first half, the Saints were much stronger in the second half and managed to get a goal back a…
We had a big win for the Saints in the local derby against Ballakermeen for the Year 10 Rugby team. BHS had the wind behind which made for a very close first half, tries from JJ Cosgrove and Ronin Murray with two, and Josh Corran converting two out of the three, gave St. Ninian's a narrow 19-14 hal…
Before this week's game, the boys were spoken to about taking responsibility and ownership. We knew that BHS had the tools to beat us, but if we take responsibility and do our jobs we'd win the game. From second 1 we took responsibility and scored early tries. 4 up after 12 mins. We tried to let BH…
Both the A and B teams from St Ninian’s put on outstanding performances in their matches against Ballakermeen, showing skill, teamwork, and determination throughout. Here's how they got on: A Team: St Ninian’s 8 – 0 Ballakermeen. What a performance from the A team, who cruised to an 8-0 victory! Th…
We are absolutely thrilled to share that the St Ninian’s High School Intermediate Boys’ Swim Team have achieved outstanding success at the ESSA North West Secondary School Team Championships, finishing 1st in both the 4×50 m Front Crawl and 4×50 m Medley Relays. Their performance places them among…
A great way for Leon Waddington to spend his birthday, representing school in a Rugby fixture against KWC! The boys were outstanding role models and facilitated the XV aside game by making up numbers for the visitors. The game was played in a friendly fashion giving the boys the opportunity to tria…
St. Ninian's Year 9 Hockey girls achieved a big 4-1 win against KWC! The Saints started the game slowly, struggling to get the ball out of defence, however, there was a vast improvement in the second quarter where we went 1 up thanks to a great run and finish by Erin Morgan. Sasa Mdlalose was compo…
The senior girls played their next game away at King William’s College, looking to continue the winning streak. The Saints started the game slowly and KWC capitalised 10 minutes in with an unmarked tap in at the far post, to put KWC 1-0 up. The game was frantic and end to end, with neither side kee…