Junior Interschools Athletics

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€
The annual ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ event between the Union Schools and Laer Volkskool was held this afternoon, Tuesday, 8 February.
The meet was hosted by Union with various items such as long jump, high jump, shot put, sprints, middle-distance running and relays taking place on Union High School’s sports grounds.
On the one hand, it was a fierce, gruelling battle with Volkskool and Unionโ€™s best young athletes having to dig deep in order to put on their best performances for the crowd and the schools they represent.
On the other hand, it was ๐™– ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ and the chance for learners to see their hard work and talents come into fruition on the field.
The tremendous effort, attitude and willingness of the learners โ€“ from both schools – were great to see and created such a sense of fun, and a spirit of great sportsmanship on the day.
Congratulations to all the athletes involved for their efforts and participation – we could well have witnessed some budding athletic stars of the future!
โ€ข ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ 685 ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด 566 ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด.
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