Chess Challenge

On Monday evening, 15 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted a ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ’ ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—˜ in the Tony Burrell Union.
The evening provided an opportunity for the schoolโ€™s chess players โ€“ from prep school through to matric โ€“ to compete against their parents in a game of chess.
[ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด-๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ]
As the event commenced, the ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™œ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ.
Throughout the evening, across the floor, participants could be seen crowded close to the chessboards, nervously assessing the game, with the opportunity of beating their opponents cause for much excitement and it was quite heart-warming to see the younger children playing their moves like stalwarts with rapt concentration and a collected demeanour.
In the end, whether a match was won, lost or drawn, a ton of fun was had by all!
After conclusion of the matches, all those who attended could help themselves to a delicious selection of soups and breads.
๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅรฉ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ.

Interschools 2022 Results

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅโ€ฆ
As is always the case, there is no easily won Interschools between Union and Volkskool. We are, however, grateful to this year be in a position to be able to ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ our learners on an Interschools well-fought!
๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to those whose overall efforts this past week has secured Union the title of ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ with 40 points to Volkskoolโ€™s 36!
๐˜ž๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข 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˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ โ€“ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ดโ€™ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด โ€“ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต โ€“ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ!

The scores were as follows:

Chess

โ€ข Union Juniors lost 13 โ€“ 23
โ€ข Union Seniors won 14 โ€“ 2

Quiz

โ€ข Union won 18 โ€“ 11

Debate

โ€ข Seniors: Union High claimed first place, Volkskool took second place
โ€ข Juniors: Volkskool won first place, Union won second place

Tennis (Seniors)

Senior Girls
โ€ข Union 1st Team won 5 โ€“ 4
โ€ข Union 1st Team won 9 โ€“ 0
โ€ข Union 3rd Team won 6 โ€“ 3

Senior Boys
โ€ข Union 1st Team lost 9 โ€“ 0
โ€ข Union 2nd Team lost 9 โ€“ 0
โ€ข Union 3rd Team lost 3 โ€“ 6

Junior Tennis
โ€ข 1st Girls Team won 5 โ€“ 4
โ€ข 1st Boys Team lost 1 โ€“ 8
โ€ข 2nd Boys Team lost 6 โ€“ 3

u.10 Tennis
โ€ข Boys lost 0 โ€“ 9
โ€ข Girls won 9 โ€“ 0

Hockey

โ€ข Union u.7 lost 0 โ€“ 5
โ€ข Union u.8 B lost 1 โ€“ 2
โ€ข Union u.8 A won 2 โ€“ 0
โ€ข Union u.9 A won 2 โ€“ 0
โ€ข Union u.10 won 10 โ€“ 0
โ€ข Union u.13B won 1 โ€“ 0
โ€ข Union u.13 A lost 1 โ€“ 2
โ€ข Union hockey vs HVS netball won 7 โ€“ 0
โ€ข Union u.16A won 2 โ€“ 0
โ€ข Union 2nd Team won 2 โ€“ 0
โ€ข 1st Team won 1 โ€“ 0

Rugby

โ€ข Union u.7A lost 0 โ€“ 35
โ€ข Union u.9B lost 10 โ€“ 15
โ€ข Union u.9A won 7 โ€“ 27
โ€ข Union u.11B lost 20 โ€“ 24
โ€ข Union u.11A lost 0 โ€“ 28
โ€ข Union u.13B lost 0 โ€“ 51
โ€ข Union u.13A won 12 โ€“ 14
โ€ข Union u.14 won 27 โ€“ 5
โ€ข Union u.15 won 7 โ€“ 5
โ€ข Union u.16 lost 0 โ€“ 26
โ€ข Union 2nd XV won 14 โ€“ 5
โ€ข Union 1st XV lost 31 โ€“ 3

Results vs Winterberg

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s senior rugby teams enjoyed their very last encounter of the season against Winterberg Agricultural High School today, Saturday, 13 August, at home.
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด:
u/14 won 26 – 7
u/15 won 22 – 0
u/16 won 31 – 8
2nd XV lost 0-50
1st XV lost 9-10
These Grade 12 rugby players ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™š๐™ก๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š for Union this past Saturday, 13 August.
They are (back) Jaden-Lee Hopps, JJ Liebenberg, Hlomla Ngqoza, Bubele Thibini, Liam Langeveldt, Ruzhรฉ Hendricks, Likhona Batala, Siya Badiwe, (front) Aashiq Hartley, Lonwabo Sishuba and Alutho Cekiso.
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ!

Final Results!

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅโ€ฆ
As is always the case, there is no easily won Interschools between Union and Volkskool. We are, however, grateful to this year be in a position to be able to ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ our learners on an Interschools well-fought!
๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to those whose overall efforts this past week has secured Union the title of ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ with 40 points to Volkskoolโ€™s 36!
๐˜ž๐˜ฆ’๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข 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˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ – ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด’ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด – ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต – ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ!

The scores were as follows:

Chess

โ€ข Union Juniors lost 13 – 23
โ€ข Union Seniors won 14 โ€“ 2

Quiz

โ€ข Union won 18 – 11

Debate

โ€ข Seniors: Union High claimed first place, Volkskool took second place
โ€ข Juniors: Volkskool won first place, Union won second place

Tennis (Seniors)

Senior Girls
โ€ข Union 1st Team won 5 – 4
โ€ข Union 1st Team won 9 – 0
โ€ข Union 3rd Team won 6 – 3

Senior Boys
โ€ข Union 1st Team lost 9 – 0
โ€ข Union 2nd Team lost 9 – 0
โ€ข Union 3rd Team lost 3 – 6

Junior Tennis
โ€ข 1st Girls Team won 5 โ€“ 4
โ€ข 1st Boys Team lost 1 โ€“ 8
โ€ข 2nd Boys Team lost 6 โ€“ 3

u.10 Tennis
โ€ข Boys lost 0 – 9
โ€ข Girls won 9 โ€“ 0

Hockey

โ€ข Union u.7 lost 0 – 5
โ€ข Union u.8 B lost 1 – 2
โ€ข Union u.8 A won 2 – 0
โ€ข Union u.9 A won 2 – 0
โ€ข Union u.10 won 10 – 0
โ€ข Union u.13B won 1 – 0
โ€ข Union u.13 A lost 1 – 2
โ€ข Union hockey vs HVS netball won 7 – 0
โ€ข Union u.16A won 2 – 0
โ€ข Union 2nd Team won 2 – 0
โ€ข 1st Team won 1 โ€“ 0

Rugby

โ€ข Union u.7A lost 0 – 35
โ€ข Union u.9B lost 10 – 15
โ€ข Union u.9A won 7 – 27
โ€ข Union u.11B lost 20 – 24
โ€ข Union u.11A lost 0 – 28
โ€ข Union u.13B lost 0 – 51
โ€ข Union u.13A won 12 – 14
โ€ข Union u.14 won 27 – 5
โ€ข Union u.15 won 7 – 5
โ€ข Union u.16 lost 0 – 26
โ€ข Union 2nd XV won 14 – 5
โ€ข Union 1st XV lost 31 – 3

Karoo Eisteddfod 2022

The ๐—ž๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข ๐—˜๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐——๐——๐—™๐—ข๐—— ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ will be hosted at Union High School on Friday, 12 August, from 07:30 to 16:30.

โ€ข Tickets are valid for the entire day (after purchasing a ticket, you can leave and re-enter throughout the day, at will.)

Please click on the accompanying link to view the day’s ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—–, ๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐——๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐— ๐— ๐—˜:ย https://online.flippingbook.com/view/32703874/

Click on the accompanying link to view the day’s ๐——๐—ฅ๐—”๐— ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐— ๐— ๐—˜:ย https://online.flippingbook.com/view/33457890/

Special Interschools’ Message From Our Prefects

This is an incredibly special time of year not only for the learners involved but for ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™š.

We are fortunate enough to be able to participate in this event after two years of not being able to have interschools due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

The 2022 Union High School Prefect body wishes to encourage all the sportsmen and -women to give it their all on the field this weekend.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ.

The Head Prefects of Union High School: Sisipho Arnols (Deputy Head Boy), Matthew Basson (Head Boy), Kendall Krige (Head Girl) and Asa Matross (Deputy Head Girl).

Interschools Captains

Perhaps nowhere is the importance of ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ as apparent as in a sports team.
A good sports team captain can lead his team to success and recognition; and can help a moderate team play better; whereas, a weak captain with poor leadership skills can hinder a teamโ€™s chances of competing and bonding successfully.
๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ leading our teams this Interschools who will most assuredly lead their teammates to victory .

Sport Results – 30 July 2022

Junior Hockey
On Saturday, 30 July, Unionโ€™s Junior hockey teams travelled to Gqeberha to participate in St Dominicโ€™s Priory Schoolโ€™s Winter Sports Festival.
Despite the icy temperatures and occasional rain, the girls gave a very good account of themselves.
Unionโ€™s 1st Junior Hockey Team
Unionโ€™s ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ beat Prioryโ€™s u/13As 6-0
Unionโ€™s ๐Ÿฎ๐—ก๐—— ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ beat Prioryโ€™s u/13C side 1-0, lost to Prioryโ€™s u/13A side 0-1 and drew with Prioryโ€™s u/13B side 0-0.
Unionโ€™s ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฅ๐—— ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ drew both their matches 0-0 against Prioryโ€™s u/13B side and u/13C side respectively.
๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด!

RCL Hosts Youth Session

Union High School RCL played host to youth leaders representing their respective schools(Union High School prefect body, Nqweba RCL, HVS RCL, Spandau RCL, Asherville RCL) in an hourย Empower Youth Session on 21 July 2022 in the Union High School Hall.

The learners were engaged in four speeches delivered by Mr. Elrich Jantjies, Mr. Lazlo Maya, Matthew Basson (headboy) and Katherine Odendaal (president of UHS RCL).

The program was masterfully directed by Ijabulile and a few fun activities, brilliantly led by Musa, rounded up the program. The vote of thanks was delivered by Singalakha.

The afternoon was concluded when all 84 participants enjoyed a hamburger together.

Our thanks goes to each member of the Union high school RCL for displaying a wonderful sense of teamwork and responsibility and their effort to make our guests feel welcome.

Sport Results vs Gill Primary

An action-packed ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—•๐—ฌ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ between the Union Schoolsโ€™ junior sports teams and a visiting Gill Primary School took place earlier today, Wednesday, 27 July.
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ.
Both schools played very competitively and there was such a positive atmosphere and good sport and sportsmanship all round.
Union extends its grateful thanks to members of staff, learners, coaches, parents, supporters and players โ€“ everyone played their part to create a warm and festive atmosphere and to make the day run smoothly.
๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to our teams on a great set of results:
๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ:
โ€ข u/7A drew 1-1
โ€ข u/7B won 8-0
โ€ข u/8A won 7-0
โ€ข u/9A won 18-0
โ€ข u/10A won 8-0
โ€ข u/10B drew 2-2
โ€ข u/13A won 14-0
โ€ข u/13B won 5-0
๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—š๐—•๐—ฌ:
โ€ข u/7A won 10-5
โ€ข u/9A won 28-14
โ€ข u/9B lost 5-15
โ€ข u/11A lost 5-29
โ€ข u/11B won 43-10
โ€ข u/13A won 43-24
โ€ข u/13B lost 5-37