It was a tough and competitive first Basketball fixture for our Junior boys against QEII. The Saints started the game the stronger and more organised team, with Carter doing an excellent job off both boards and Louis controlling our tempo when on the ball. As the game went on we seemed to tire and…
We had a cracking Year 9 Rugby Douglas Derby before half-term, in a tightly contested affair St. Ninian's came from behind to edge a thrilling game 19-12. Jacob Dawkins scored a hat-trick of tries for the Saints with James Longden kicking two important conversions to maintain the 7 point lead in th…
Before half term the Year 9 girls competed in the Douglas derby vs BHS. This was certainly a game of two halves!! Saints struggled to cope with the constant attacking play from BHS, Elsie Chinn made 2 fantastic saves early on to keep the score at 0-0. Constant pressure from BHS soon resulted in 2 q…
The senior girls went into the final league game before the half term break against a strong Ballakermeen side, who had won all of their games so far, with the saints anticipating a tricky game in the Douglas Derby. With 5 key players missing due to injury and availability, it was important to ease…
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…