15th Senior Cricket Festival

Union High School is excited to announce that we will be hosting our 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 at the start of 2022, from 12 to 15 January!
We look forward to welcoming Daniël Pienaar Technical High School, Marlow Agricultural High School, Queen’s College Boys’ High School, Stirling High School, East London, Edgemead High School, Milnerton High School and Nico Malan to our campus for four days of competitive cricket in an environment that promotes collegiality, friendship and camaraderie.
𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠
The team that will be representing Union High School as its 1st XI during this festival, consists of Sisipho Arnols (captain), Hlaki Skepe, Ivan Murray, Lihle Mxhunyelwa, Daniel Nell, Brent Hesselink, Joshua Horne, Laythan Carelse, Shaakir Kazi, Camran Swartz, Jude Langmead, Thokozani Mpanza and Jordan Wilmot.
We wish them all the best in their preparations for this festival

Learners Shine At Karoo Eisteddfod

In spite of yet another disruptive year, the cultural activities of Union High School continued in the background.
The highlight of the year was certainly the more than 100 learners who participated in 82 items for the Karoo Eisteddfod in the categories of Music, Art, Drama, Speech, Photography and Creative Writing.
We are truly grateful to our educators, Ms Jenny Street, Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes, Mrs Bronwen Langmead, Mrs Sanette Brink, Ms Zelda van Rooyen and Miss Paula-Jane Phillips, who prepared and entered the learners in the different categories.
Our learners did exceptionally well, with marks ranging from Triple Gold to Silver.
Not one learner got under 70%.
📷 Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll feature the achievers in each category, but we’d like to start it off today with Camran Swartz, Joy Merifield, Tyra Binney and Ababalwa Matutu, seen here on the accompanying photos, who each received a Triple Gold certificate for their 2D artwork entries.

2022 Sport Season Captains Announced

In an early morning assembly today, Friday, 12 November, Union High School announced its sports captains for the 2022 season.
𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to Chloe Shires (Hockey), Sisipho Arnols (Rugby and Cricket), Brent Hesselink (Boys Tennis) and Marli Brummer (Girls Tennis).
We are delighted to have these learners lead our teams and look forward to the season ahead.

Photographers Excel At Eisteddfod

Congratulations to young photographers Rebecca Copeman (Grade 7) and Sarah Jacobs (Grade 8 ) on their excellent results following this year’s Karoo Eisteddfod!

Rebecca entered six photos in the competition’s ‘Nature Photography’ entry class, receiving either a Gold or Double Gold certificate for all her entries.

Sarah received a Triple Gold certificate for her entry entitled ‘Mushroom Delight’, and Double Gold and Gold for her other two entries respectively.

📷 Rebecca is seen here holding one of her entries, ‘Glorious Karoo Rain & Rainbow’, while Sarah is holding her entry, ‘Mushroom Delight’.

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Cricketers Included in EP Rural Inlands U/17 Team

Congratulations to Union cricketers, Sisipho Arnols, Hlaki Skepe and Shaakir Kazi on being selected for the 2021 EP Rural Inlands u/17 Team.
We wish them the best of luck when they compete in the CSA Rural Week (12 to 17 December 2021) at Kearsney College in Durban.
(The rest of the team is composed of Marlow, Cradock and Winterberg players, while Union’s Mr Sean Koeberg has been appointed to manage the team.)

Thokozani To Represent EP in Rugby 7s

During October, Thokozani Mpanza, a Grade 9 learner at Union High School, captained the Sarah Baartman District’s u/15 rugby team during a #sevens tournament hosted in East London.

Thokozani enjoyed a very successful tournament and was subsequently selected for the Eastern Province u/15 sevens rugby team that will travel to Johannesburg in December 2021 to participate in the Summer Games.

Congratulations and good luck, Thokozani!