Category: Sport Results

Union won the toss and elected to bat first. The Union team was bowled out for a total of 129 in the 41st over. Union’s best batsmen were Yonela Wana with 22 runs and Yaseen Kazi with 15 runs.

Union then made quick work of their Grey opponents, bowling them out for a total of 50 runs, with great fielding leading to 3 runouts.

Union’s best bowler was Geoff Wilmot with 3 wickets.

This past Saturday, 16 October, Union’s u/13A cricketers travelled to Gqeberha to compete against their Herbert Hurd counterparts.

Union won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 133 in 35 overs. Union’s best batsmen were Callum Jacobs (24) and Yaseen Kazi (22).

Union then managed to bowl the Herbert Hurd side out for a total of 104, to win the match by 29 runs.

Union’s best bowlers were Yaseen Kazi, who took 4 wickets, and Richard Murray, who claimed 2.

Rarely has our squad of players and all our staff looked forward to a season like this one. With everything that the country has been through in the past two years, we are so excited to be gearing up for a full cricket season and have a very real hope of the imminent return of our glorious supporters to cheer us on.

“𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 – 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 – 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦.” – From Sport’s Deep Lessons for Leadership and Life by 𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗘 𝗩𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗡, 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟰

This high-performance training clinic was a wonderful opportunity for Tara to help her prepare for the Inter-Provincial Tournament against the Western Cape taking place this coming weekend, in which she’ll be representing the Eastern Province in the u/13 age category.

With the recent cessation of hockey skills’ training, Union’s coaches are finding new and innovative ways to ensure the players stay motivated and excited about the game.

During Ms Jacqui Jones’ recent practice session with the junior hockey girls, she employed Union’s Head Boy, Kyle-Luke du Preez, a SAHA-qualified umpire, to host a session with the players from an umpire’s point of view.

Kyle-Luke made use of video footage to demonstrate and explore the rules of hockey with the players. The girls thoroughly enjoyed the various discussions that ensued and interpreting the various ways they, as players, can manage the ball in the match scenarios presented to them by Kyle-Luke.

Union High School’s 1st XV played Muir College Boys’ High School in their annual derby day fixture at Union this past Saturday, 15 May.

Union started the match well by applying lots of pressure which the Muir College side struggled to deal with.

Union opened up a 9-0 lead through the boot of James Pienaar who kicked exceptionally well in very windy conditions. Muir College was relentless on attack, but Union was equal to the task on defence.

Union was unlucky to not have slotted another couple of penalties towards the end of the first half. Both teams created opportunities but failed to convert and assert dominance. Muir scored a converted try just before half-time, which ended 9-7 in favour of Union.

The second half was going to be tough as Union received a yellow card on the stroke of half-time. Union defended well during this period with 14 men only conceding a try. Muir then took the lead 12-9.

It was a match of multiple opportunities created by both sides and Union, unfortunately, failed to convert theirs. With 10 minutes to play, Union cut open the Muir defence but could not hold onto the last pass to score and regain the lead.

“I must commend the Union team, they played their hearts out and kept on trying until the final whistle,” commented coach Mr Christopher Felix. “This loss is hurting, but as a coach, I am proud of the way the boys played. Union had a last gasp at drawing the match but unfortunately failed to convert. My message was simple: keep on trying and enjoy the match. Which they did wholeheartedly.”

Congratulations to Muir College for taking the spoils 12-9.

We wish the participating teams the best of luck for their respective encounters!

[𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴.]