Our students have completed a review of our sports progress so far this term.  Please enjoy their updates below.

On Wednesday 18th September 2024, we had our first volleyball match of our SISAC Volleyball Season against Wellington, it was an away game. Our squad consisted of players from Years 9-11 and our captain was Williams Z from Year 9. We went in knowing it was going to be a very difficult game, however, as we started to play we realised we had a great chance of winning, which resulted in the start of our season with a huge 2-0 win. Throughout the game we had some ups and downs, for example communication issues, serve misses and unnecessary net touches, however as a team we pushed through, kept the positive energy, and secured the win! A funny incident from that game came when we were close to winning the second set. Ray asked Mr. Wyatt while he was still on the court playing, “Wait Mr. Wyatt, do we go back home after we win or do we play another set?” That is how confident we were in the second set!

On the Monday 23rd September, we had our second game against SMIC, and it was a home game. Our squad consisted of the same players however we had lost our captain, who was injured and could not play, but this didn’t have a single negative impact on our squad and energy. As our captain we had Lloyd W from Year 10. Again, we went into the match unsure if we would be able to win. As the first set progressed we started making stupid mistakes like serve misses, and miscommunications, which resulted in us losing the first set. A huge thing was at home there was sunlight on the court which was a disadvantage to us however it later became an advantage to us. Moreover, we had pressure that we had to win the second set. Again, we were down in the second set making stupid mistakes and at that moment we were all thinking this game was a loss. We went on to win the second set due to some great serves which got us 8 consecutive points taking us from 17 to 25 and winning the second set. Now we were preparing to play the third set which was only up to 15, we got on the court, a horrible start for us and we were down 2-9, however Kevin C from Year 10 got some great serves in and brought us up to 7-9. We still kept making mistakes and that resulted in us losing the whole match. An unfortunate defeat, if only we had Williams…

The following Wednesday 25th of September, we had our third game against Dulwich College and we were playing away. Our squad was all the players from Years 9-11 except for Lloyd W who got a fever and Williams Z who was still injured, which meant we didn’t have 2 of our best players, yet we still went in with a positive attitude. The first set started and we were serving first, we got 8 consecutive serves in and the score was 8-0. The set went on great with some great digs, sets and spikes. One highlight was Eli T from Year 11 who made a great receive which was basically magical, the ball navigated its way through the poles on the ceiling without touching it and it won us a point. As well as that, Victor H from Year 11 made a great receive, the ball got up from a spike from Dulwich and it went almost to the other court however Victor was like Spiderman, jumped and got the ball back to the court where someone put it over. With that we won the set, our energy was high and positive. The second set started, Dulwich were serving first, they got 7 consecutive serves in and then we finally got one up and got a point, we got serves in and we were almost equal, however in the second set they did some tips which we couldn’t receive and made some net touches from our side as well, moreover some miscommunications as well which resulted in us losing the second set. We did not dare to lose the positive, energetic and winning spirit, and we played the third set up to 15. We started serving and we got in 7 consecutive serves. We limited their serving streak to 2 serves and continued to get points, and we won the set, resulting in another big W! We were so pumped and hyped up after that game and this proved that we didn’t need our best players for anymore matches (just a joke).

Overall, the season is going well so far, 2 wins and 1 loss and as a team we feel we have a fair chance on entering the cup. We have a hard game coming up the Thursday after Golden Week against Concordia and its at home, but it’s fine till then we get our star players back and we have the full team ready for action!

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我们的学生最近完成了本学期体育进展的回顾。请欣赏他们的更新。

2024 年 9 月 18 日星期三,我们迎来了 SISAC 排球赛季的第一场比赛，对手是惠灵顿队。我们的队员来自 9到11年级，队长是Y9的 Williams Z。

当我们开始比赛时，我们就已经充满了信心！最终，我们以 2-0 的比分赢得了本赛季的开门红。在整场比赛中，我们经历了一些起伏、例如沟通问题、发球失误和不必要的触网。

但是，作为一个团队，我们坚持了下来，保持了正能量，并取得了胜利！那场比赛中的一件趣事是，当我们快要赢下第二局时，Year 9的Ray问Mr Wyatt，"等等，Mr wyatt，我们赢了之后是回家还是再打一盘？” 这就是我们对第二盘比赛的信心！

9月23日星期一，我们与中芯国际进行了第二场比赛，这是一场主场比赛。虽然我们的阵容和之前一样，但队长因伤无法参赛，然而这并没有对我们的团队和士气造成任何负面影响。我们由10年级的Lloyd W担任队长。比赛开始时，我们依然认为自己会输。在第一局比赛中，我们开始犯一些低级错误，比如发球失误和沟通不畅，最终导致我们输掉了第一局。值得一提的是，主场场地上有阳光，这对我们来说一开始是个劣势，但后来却变成了优势。此外，我们有赢下第二局的压力。在第二局中，我们再次因低级错误落后，那时我们都以为这场比赛要输了。由于几次出色的发球，我们拿下了8个连续得分，从17分追到25分，赢下了第二局。接下来我们准备迎战仅打到15分的第三局，然而开局对我们非常不利，我们一度以2-9落后。不过10年级的Kevin C打出了一些出色的发球，把比分追到了7-9。尽管如此，我们仍不断犯错，最终输掉了这场比赛。真是一次遗憾的失利，要是有Williams在就好了...

9月25日星期三，我们与德威学院进行了第三场比赛，这是一场客场比赛。我们的阵容由9到11年级的所有球员组成，唯独Lloyd W因发烧缺席，Williams Z仍因伤无法上场，这意味着我们失去了两位最佳球员，但我们依然保持了积极的态度。第一局开始时，我们先发球，连续发了8个球，比分是8-0。整局比赛进行得非常顺利，有不少出色的接球、二传和扣球。值得一提的是，11年级的Eli T做出了一个精彩的接球，简直像是魔术般，球巧妙地从天花板的柱子间穿过而没有碰到任何东西，为我们赢得了一分。还有11年级的Victor H也有一个出色的接球，德威的一次扣球让球几乎飞到了另一个场地，但Victor像蜘蛛侠一样跳起来，把球救回场内，并让队友顺利将球击过网。凭借这些精彩的表现，我们赢下了第一局，团队的能量和士气非常高昂。

第二局开始时，德威先发球，他们连续发了7个球，最终我们才成功得分并拿到发球权。虽然我们逐渐追平了比分，但在第二局中，他们做了一些我们接不到的小球，还有我们队员触网的失误，加上一些沟通不畅，导致我们输掉了第二局。尽管如此，我们仍然保持着积极、充满能量的取胜精神，进入了第三局（比赛到15分）。我们首先发球，连续发了7个球。我们限制了对方的发球机会，仅让他们得了2分，随后继续得分，最终赢下了第三局，取得了一场重要的胜利！比赛结束后我们都非常兴奋，这也证明了我们不需要最强的球员就能赢下比赛（开个玩笑）。

总体而言，本赛季目前进展顺利，我们取得了2胜1负的成绩，整个团队觉得我们有很大机会进入杯赛。黄金周后的星期四我们将迎来一场硬仗，对手是协和国际学校，而且是主场比赛，不过还好到那时我们的明星球员都会回归，整个队伍将整装待发，准备迎接挑战！