Teamwork wins school volleyball

Grovetown and Fairhall Flyers were the standout teams in round three of the Marlborough junior volleyball competition at Marlborough Lines Stadium on Friday.

Both year 5 and 6 teams showed good teamwork to record their third straight wins, with Grovetown beating Renwick Green and Fairhall overcoming Springlands Setters.

After close games in the year 7 and 8 sections, BIS Jumping Jelliebeans won 2-1 over Renwick Yellow, while Bohally G-Units showed great skill in their convincing win over Bohally Spazmics.

Players from the premier grade continued to show their class, with both games featuring tough battles and beautiful rallies resulting in wins for Renwick Blue and Bohally Blues.

In Thursday's college grade, both Marlborough junior representative teams had close games and brought out the best in their opposition.

Jellybeans lead the competition with an impressive three wins from three outings after beating Nerds last week.

Results:

Primary school, Friday, March 5:

Year 5 and 6: Witherlea Smashers b St Mary's Spikers 2-1; Grovetown b Renwick Green 3-0; Fairhall Flyers b Springlands Setters 3-0; Renwick Red b Witherlea Rapids 2-1; Whitney St Blueberries b Spring Creek 3-0 (default).

Year 7 and 8: Section one – Redwoodtown Spacecats b Renwick Orange 2-0; Bohally Tangy Fruits b Fairhall Maidens 2-1; BIS Jumping Jelliebeans b Renwick Yellow 2-1. Section two – BIS Toot b Bohally Pineapples (default); Redwoodtown Rockets b St Mary's Setters 3-0; St Mary's Smashers b BIS Toot 3-0; Bohally G-Units b Bohally Spazmics 2-0.

Premier grade: Renwick Blue b BIS Gold 3-0; Bohally Blues b Fairhall Knights 3-0.

College, Thursday, March 4: MCC b Jnr Rep Boys 2-1; Jellybeans b Nerds 3-0; No Names b Jnr Rep Girls 2-1.

- The Marlborough Express

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