Training began two days after the last term of the academic year began, for both the senior and junior girls in our house. The best of the best had been chosen to represent Irinah House in the Annual Girls' Inter-House Basketball Tournament. Our players trained their hardest, even when the pressure of exams loomed over their heads. Their commitment to and love for the house was apparent when they gave up their free time after school and had to rush their dinners down in order to get back to the house in time, due to extended training sessions. Without complaints, and full of determination, our girls never gave up and continued to do their best during the two week long training period and until all the games were over on the day of the tournament: 25th April 2015.
The day we had been waiting for had finally arrived and all the Irinians were decked out in orange by lunch time. We all assembled in the MPH, nerves and excitement running high amongst the players and the spectators alike. The competition started off with two junior games playing simultaneously; one of them being Irinah vs Jawahir. Unfortunately, we lost against Jawahir but our spirits remained sky high and rightly so, as our senior team did us proud when they won against Alia in the game that followed. The senior game that followed, Irinah vs Jawahir, was neck and neck until the very last minute, when Jawahir took the lead and won the game by only 2 points, placing the Irinah senior team in 2nd position.
Although the Irinah junior team fought their hardest and gave it their all, they fell short of being champions. But we won’t let that bring us down; we’ll learn from our mistakes this time around and do better and win the trophy for the house next year.
Written by Rauwa, L6
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