Congratulations to Lunga Zantsi and James Pienaar who received their 1st Team Cricket Caps on Friday, 19 January before the match against Framesby.
Having a school surrounded by a national park makes for some interesting sightings on our campus. We had an expert on grass visit the Arthur Kingwill House cricket nets last Thursday! During times of drought one should never lift tortoises to move them, as quite often they eliminate precious liquid when stressed.
Our Centenary Founder’s weekend kicks off of Friday, 1 February at 8am with a service at St James’ Anglican Church. After the service at approximately 9.15am, staff, learners and friends of Union will walk from St James’ church, past significant buildings in Union’s history, ending on our Centenary walkway at the school. Thereafter refreshments will be served for adults in the Union and learners on the field. We would love for those with a connection to Union to participate in this special event. Please RSVP to Mrs Shell on 049-8910262
The following biathletes have been selected to represent EP at the Highgate Interprovincial event to be held in Oudtshoorn on the 2nd of February.
Mia Botha
Drew Dobinson
Kendall krige
Hannah Bodenstein
Jade Shires
Jenna McNaughton
Megan Doyle
Reserves are:
Rebecca Copeman
Brigette Oelofsen
Bowen Langmead
Congratulations to all these athletes.
U/13A Cricket vs Niko Brummer
On Saturday, 20 January, our U/13A cricket team played a limited over match against Niko Brummer. We were asked to bowl first and started with real urgency in the field, with our opponents on 35-4 after 10 overs we were well in control of proceedings, however, we then suffered a severe lapse in concentration conceding 82 extras in the next 30 overs allowing Niko Brummer to reach 220 runs. Our batsmen started well and after being 92-3 after 13 overs it looked …like it would be smooth sailing. This was not the case and we were bowled out for 122 losing by 98 runs.
Best bowler – Shaakir Kazi 6/28
Best Batsmen – Camran Swartz 32 runs
U/13B lost by 108 runs.
1ST XI vs Framesby
18 January: T20 vs Framesby
Union won the toss and elected to bat first and struggled to get the scoreboard ticking over through the loss of regular wickets. After being put under pressure with good accurate bowling Union only managed to score 82 runs in their 20 overs.
Best batsmen: Zusakhe Ngwane 20; Brett Amsterdam 15; James Pienaar 15
Framesby came in to bat and Union had them struggling at 17 for 3, however we struggled with our consistency with the ball and were unable to keep them under pressure which allowed Framesby to reach their target with 6 wickets down.
Best bowlers: Lihle Mxhunyelwa 3 for 16 in 4 overs; Trevor Moss 2 for 20 in 2 overs; Luke Mc Naughton 1 for 14 in 3 overs
Union lost the match by 4 wickets
Saturday, 19 January: 50 over match vs Framesby
Framesby won the toss and elected to bat first. Once again we struggled with our consistency in line and length and allowed Framesby to score freely and in the end managed to score 245 in their 50 overs.
Best bowlers: Lunga Zantsi 2 for 29 in 7 overs; Trevor Moss 2 for 39 in 10 overs; Brett Amsterdam 1 for 32 in 10 overs
Union went in to bat and did well to see off the new ball but unfortunately could not kick on and lost four quick wickets. It was then that Luke Mc Naughton and Bowen Langmead took the game by the scruff of the neck and put together an outstanding mature 150 run partnership and placed Union in a position that seemed set to take us over the line. We were unfortunately unable to capitalize on this wonderful partnership and were bowled out for 206.
Best batsmen: Luke Mc Naughton 83; Bowen Langmead 53; Union lost the match by 39 runs.
2nd Team vs Framesby
On Saturday our second cricket team travelled to Port Elizabeth to play against Framesby in a 40 over match. Framesby won the toss and elected to bat first.
The Union bowlers struggled to find their rhythm and conceded way too many extras to apply any pressure of sorts. Framesby scored 208 for 3 in their alotted 40 overs.
Union got bowled out for 77 in 21.4 overs. The only batsmen that showed a bit of resistance was MJ Newton who scored an entertaining 29 not out and Khanya Butshingi 12.
Union lost the game by 131 runs.
U/15A vs Framesby
19 January: T20 vs Framesby
Union won the toss and sent Framesby in to bat. Framesby scored 106/8 in 20 overs. Best bowlers: Laythan Carelse 3 for 12 in 4 overs; Rhuze Hendricks 2 for 29 in 3 overs; Ivan Murray 2 for 4 in 1 over; Daniel Nel 1 for 15 in 4 overs.
Union went in to bat and were bowled out for 95. Best batsmen: Sisipho Arnolds 28; Jude Langmead 26 not out; Hlaki Skepe 14.
Union lost the match by 11 runs.
20 January: 50 over match vs Framesby
Framesby won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 250 all out in 49.3 overs.
Best bowlers: Hlaki Skepe 3 for 51 in 10 overs; Rhuze Hendricks 2 for 28 in 5 overs; Union went in to bat and were bowled out for 144.
Best batsmen: Hlaki Skepe 26; Sisipho Arnolds 21; Brent Hesselink 14; Ivan Murray 14.
Union lost the match by 106 runs.
19 JANUARY 2019
Six Union biathletes travelled through to PE to represent the school in the 5th league meeting of the season. The Union team was delighted to welcome two newcomers to the team, namely, Rebecca Copeman in Grade 5, and Mia Botha in Grade 3. Rebecca, competing in her first biathlon event, delivered a confident performance and placed well in her age-group. Although Mia Botha is not new to the sport, she is new to U…nion and she did us extremely proud by producing a very comfortable first place in her age group. While both these young athletes did exceptionally well, it was however evident that the senior team-members had had a long and restful holiday and took a bit longer to enter into the competitive spirit of the event. We hope for a substantial improvement all round in the next outing.
UHS 2nd Cricket vs Middelburg 1st
Middelburg won the toss electing to bat, we were bowled out in the 16th over for 78.
Bowling: William Kayster 3 for 14 in 3 overs; Jarrod Naudé 2 for 7 in 2.4 overs; Lunga Zantsi 2 for 7 in 4 overs; Matthew Hesselink 2 for 19 in 3 overs.
Josh Calitz took an excellent catch at mid on.
Batting: James Pringle 36 not out opened the batting with Matthew Hesselink, who made 22 were in an opening partnership of 52.
Union won by 8 wickets in the 9th over.
U13A Cricket vs Volkskool
On Wednesday our u13A boys played a 20 over match against Volkskool. We we’re sent in to bat first and got off to a great start, unfortunately we soon started loosing wickets due to a lack of patience and experience ending our innings on 91 after 20 overs. Our opening bowlers put Volkskool under pressure and were soon rewarded with early wickets, we struggled to keep the momentum up and allowed Volkskool to reach 60 runs all out winning by 32 runs.
This is a very talented group of boys that can reach tremendous heights if they work hard and stay committed.
U11A – won by 7 wickets.
The Art Club had its first outing to the Imibala Gallery at the Drostdy Hotel. Mrs Kim Imrie gave a very interesting talk about the art in the gallery and we learned about prints and commissions. She guided us through the gallery and gave us interesting information about the artists and their backgrounds. We are looking forward to our next gallery visit and visits to artist in their studios. We would love to visit all the local artists and galleries in our area, so please let us know where you are!
The top level club opening function for 2019 was held in the Tony Burrel Union on 16 January 2019 at 18h00.
A short motivational videoclip for teens on how to achieve success, formed the introduction on the topic on “How do we perceive success”. Top levelers shared their ideas on what will inspire them as individuals.
The objectives of the Top level club was discussed and the evening concluded by sharing a light supper.