Sport Results
On Tuesday afternoon, 24 June, Union High Schoolโs senior ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ sides took to the field in a series of matches against Hoรซrskool Swellendam and Asherville Secondary. The ๐/๐ญ๐ฐ๐ and ๐/๐ญ๐ฑ๐ teams both secured solid victories over Asherville, with scores of 21โ0 and 10โ0 respectively. The ๐/๐ญ๐ฒ๐ team went down 19-32 in a well-contested match. Our […]
We extend our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to all the Union High School learners who have been selected to represent the ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ at various Interprovincial Tournaments this holiday! A special shoutout to ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ต๐ฒ, who will take the field as the EP u/14A goalie and to ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ on their […]
Union High Schools u/13 hockey teams delivered an outstanding performance against Victoria Primary School this past Saturday, with all three teams securing impressive wins. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ/13๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ 9-0, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ/13๐๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ 8-0 ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ/13๐๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 5-0.
Union High School Clinches Victory Over Graeme College On Saturday, 21 June, Union High Schoolโs 1st XV delivered a performance to remember as they hosted Graeme College from Makhanda in a closely fought rugby encounter. ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ – ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ […]
Union High Schools learners made their mark at the ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ (๐ ๐๐ฆ๐) ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐, held in Pretoria on 14 and 15 June. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ 680 ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ขโ๐ด ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ. Fighting under the banner of KOSA (Kickboxing & MMA […]
Match Report: U/13ADespite missing several key players, the U/13A boys put up a brave fight against Queens but ultimately went down 21-43. The team showed great spirit and determination, battling hard right until the final whistle. A gutsy performance under tough circumstances. Other Results7A lost 5-10U/7B lost 0-20U/9A lost 12-24U/9B lost 0-31U/11A lost 0-12U/11B lost […]
Thereโs something truly special about derby days – not just the action on the field, but the spirit that fills the sidelines. Today, we were delighted to welcome Woodridge College and their staff, parents and proud alums (๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐บ๐ด) to our campus. Itโs moments like these that remind us how deep the […]
HockeyU/7 B 1-0 wonย U/7 A lost 3 – 1U/8B Won 2-0U/8A Won 6-4U/9B lost 2-7U/9A won 2-1U/10B lost 2-6U/10A won 4-2U/13D won 3-0U/13C lost 1-3U/13B drew 0-0U/13A lost 0-1 RugbyU/7A drew 10-10U/7B won 10-5U/9B lost 21-22U/9A lost 7-13U/11B lost 7-32U/11A lost 10-7U/13B lost 27-5U/13A lost 31-34 U/13A Rugby Match Report The U/13A boys showed incredible […]
Senior Hockey vs VGHS The girls produced a commanding performance against VGHS, dominating possession and dictating the pace of the game from start. Their passing, movement off the ball and work rate were excellent. Although they created numerous scoring opportunities. The final 3โ0 score line did not reflect the full extent of their dominance. Defensively, […]
1st XV Report Union High Schoolโs 1st XV Narrowly Defeated in Thrilling Encounter Against Andrew Rabie Hoรซrskool. Union High Schoolโs 1st XV rugby team put on a valiant display in a closely contested match against Andrew Rabie Hoรซrskool from Gqeberha, ultimately falling short with a final score of 21โ29. The game kicked off with Union […]
U/11A won 32-19U/13A won 52-5 U/13A Match Report vs Kroonvale on Wednesday 28/05/25 The U/13A team put on a brilliant display, playing as a united and focused side. Lukhona Bulembu starred with a superb hattrick, while Noรซl Shakane added two goals. A great team effort and a well-deserved win!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High Schoolโs u/13A rugby captain, ๐๐๐ธ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐, on his well-deserved selection to the U13 Craven Week team. This is a remarkable achievement and we are incredibly proud that he will be representing the Eastern Province Rugby Union at the upcoming SARU National Youth Week being hosted by Selborne College from 30 June […]
This past Saturday saw our ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ teams travel to Komani to compete against Queenstown Girls’ High School. UHS 1st Team vs Queenstown Girls’ High โ Match Report Our 1st team delivered a standout performance, securing a well-deserved ๐ฐ – ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ against a strong and physical Queenstown side. The girls remained composed under pressure and […]
Union High Schoolโs senior rugby players travelled to Komani for a much-anticipated clash against Hangklip High School this past Saturday. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป. After several missed chances, Liso Booi finally broke the deadlock with a well-earned try, confidently converted by Makukhanye de Beer, who remained […]
It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Herbert Hurd Primary School to Union this past Saturday for a wonderful day of junior sport. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด – ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด’ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ. Our […]
U/11A lost 17-19 U/13A won 50-3 U/13A Match Report Union dominated from the start, securing a convincing 50โ3 win. Lukhona Bulembu scored 3 tries and Noรซl Shakane scored two tries in a strong all-round team performance.
Saturday, 17 May vs St Dominicโs Priory Saturdayโs clash against Priory was another test of our discipline and patience due to poor umpiring. We controlled nearly 70% of the possession, dominating the game in both territory and chances created. Despite this, Priory opened the scoring after a defensive error. Again, the girls responded wellโfighting back […]
Friday, 16 May vs Framesby High School We took on Framesby in what turned out to be a competitive fixture. Despite going 1โ0 down early in the match, the girls showed composure and stuck to our structure. A moment of brilliance from Nadine Murray brought us levelโshe picked up the ball just outside the halfway […]
Union High Schoolโs ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฒ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐โ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐โ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ players took to the courts against their Kingswood Junior School, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape counterparts this afternoon. With key players Dante Mills and Madison Tam unfortunately sidelined due to injury, Gemma Murray and Keith Hudson stepped in and rose to the occasion – their beautiful tennis […]
Our junior rugby boys enjoyed a spirited outing to Kingswood Junior School on Saturday, 17 May. The ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ side delivered an impressive performance, claiming a 34-5 victory, while the ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ team followed with a strong 38-12 win. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ, who showcased outstanding teamwork to secure a […]
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to our u/13 hockey teams on a clean sweep in yesterdayโs matches against Kingswood Junior School! ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, with the u/13D side winning 1-0, the u/13C and u/13B teams both claiming convincing 4-0 victories and the u/13A team rounding off the day with a strong 3-0 win. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ […]
We were excited to host Spandau Secondary School on Thursday afternoon for a round of rugby matches. 1st XV match report From the opening whistle, it was clear this was going to be a physical and high-intensity encounter. Union set the tone early, with Shaakir Kazi crossing the line for the first try within minutes. […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School junior hockey players – Kari Stern, Hermon Wolde, Hayley Krige, Kungawo Lisa and Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza – on their well-deserved selection for this yearโs ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ ๐๐ฃ hockey teams! We are incredibly proud of Hermon, Kari and Hayley, who will be representing the ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ, as well as Kungawo and Angelique, who […]
Union High School is proud to celebrate the achievements of four of our learners – Chloe-Anne Fourie, Sinead Christoffels, Elizabeth Fourie and Matthew Christoffels – who participated in the MASA (Mixed Martial Arts South Africa) Championship on Saturday, 10 May. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น-๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐. […]
Union High School’s girls gave it their all on the hockey field on Saturday, 10 May 2025. First Team Report:We had a shaky start to the match, Collegiate quickly took advantage of our early nerves and unforced errors, scoring 3 goals in the first chukka. In the second chukka, the girls regrouped and performed with […]
Union High School’s junior and senior teams competed in a ๐ค๐จ๐๐ญ competition at Collegiate Girls’ High School on Saturday morning, 10 May 2025. With buzzing brains, quick wits and lots of laughs along the way, our teams showed fantastic spirit. A big shoutout and well-deserved ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the Collegiate girls who snatched the top spot […]
This Saturday morning, 10 May 2025, Union High School’s ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ girls brought incredible energy to the courts as they faced off against Collegiate Girls’ High School in both doubles and singles matchups. Our girls delivered a commanding performance – emerging victorious! ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐โ๐๐ฒ […]
Union High School’s junior and senior ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ-๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฅ๐ฌ teams took on Collegiate Girls’ High School in an exciting meet on Saturday morning, 10 May 2025. ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ – ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด. The ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ athletes tackled a […]
This past Saturday, Union High School’s rugby fields saw our players battle it out against a visiting Muir College Boys’ High School, Kariega in a series of home matches. ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ – from the spirited effort of our youngest u/11s to the nail-biting finale of the 1st XVโs narrow 30โ31 encounter, our […]
Our hockey teams delivered a dominant set of performances against Cradock High School. The U16B side set the tone for the afternoon with a confident 4-0 win. Their control and discipline throughout the match ensured a comfortable victory. Our 2nd team followed with an equally impressive display, also winning 4-0. The First Team was simply […]
The Union Schools’ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ teams took to the field on Wednesday afternoon, 7 May 2025 in a spirited set of home fixtures against Karel Theron Primรชre Skool/Primary School. It was a proud day for our young boys, with the u/7A team securing a confident 15-0 victory, while the u/7B side gave it their all […]
Congratulations to Grade 7 learner ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป on excellent results achieved at his very first archery competition, hosted on Saturday, 26 April, by Hoรซr Volkskool. Mason managed to claim a bronze medal in the competitionโs primary schools section for boys while competing against archers from Graaff-Reinet, Kariega, Despatch and Jeffreys Bay. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ!
On Saturday, 26 April 2025, the Union High School 1st XV delivered a dominant performance against Cradock High School, securing an emphatic 51โ7 victory. Union got off to a flying start, crossing the try line twice in the opening stages of the match. The early points gave the team solid momentum, which they capitalized on […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ซ๐ฉ traveled to Oudtshoorn over the Easter weekend to participate in the Langenhoven Gimnasium Sports Festival. ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ, Langenhoven Gimnasium, the boys faced an early challenge as the hosts secured the first points with a try, leading 7-0. However, Union quickly responded with a […]
This past Saturday, 12 April, saw several Union High School participate in another round of trials for the Sarah Baartman Chess Union. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐: โข ๐จ๐ญ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ: Neelon Fourie (Gold) and Stephan […]
On Saturday, 12 April, Union High School’s rugby teams enjoyed a great day on the field as they faced off against Kariega’s Bergsig at home. The ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ team delivered an outstanding performance, winning decisively with a score of 53-5. The ๐จ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ team also put in a commendable effort, narrowly winning 7-5. The ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ฉ faced […]
Despite an early start this morning, the Union Schools’ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ players had an outstanding day in Gqeberha against Sunridge Primary School. The u/7A team secured a 2-1 victory, while the u/7B side followed suit with a solid 2-0 win. The u/8A players enjoyed an impressive 7-2 triumph and the u/8B team added to the […]
Rugby Report Our 1st Rugby Rugby team was scheduled to play against opposition from East London, namely Stirling High School and Cambridge High School. The first match against Stirling High School was also our first home game for the 2025 season and proved to be one of our toughest games of the year so far […]
On Thursday, 27 March, as the school holidays kicked off, Union High School’s u/13A rugby boys headed to the ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ช ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ. The tournament began with a challenging match against Brackenfell, where the boys faced a steep […]
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Union High School’s 1st hockey team who emerged as the champions – ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ – of the highly-anticipated annual ECHS hockey tournament held in Bloemfontein this past weekend. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง 18 ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด, ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ […]
This past weekend was an exciting one for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s ๐จ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐ , who joined the other Union teams in participating in the ECHS coaching tournament held in Bloemfontein. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต 15 ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ. The tournament […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School’s u/13A hockey team on an outstanding performance at the annual ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (where they were entered in the u/14 Girls’ category) in Bloemfontein this past weekend! Starting off with a tough 2-all draw against OMS u/14B on Thursday afternoon, they quickly found their rhythm, securing victories against Hoรซrskool Duineveld’s […]
During the recent holidays, our u/11A rugby players travel to Gqeberha to participate in the annual ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ & ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น hosted by Clarendon Park Primary School. The ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ took the field against Graeme College, St Andrew’s Preparatory, Grey Junior School and Hudson Park over the course of the tournament’s three days. […]
The first weekend of the school holiday saw Union High School’s u/13A hockey players travel to Gqeberha to participate in the annual ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ & ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น hosted by Clarendon Park Primary School. In their first match, the ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ secured a 3-0 victory against Hurbert Hurd. The girls followed this up with […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to all the Union High School hockey players who have been selected to represent the ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ this year! ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ต๐ฒ will take the field as the u/14A team’s goalie, with ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ representing the u/14B side. ๐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด: ๐๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ขy๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ/14 ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ […]
Well done to Union High School Grade 7 learner, ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ, who participated at the 2025 South African Regional Level 2 Age Group Championships in East London, held from 28 to 30 March. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ […]
Union High School’s u/16A rugby team enjoyed a successful ๐ช๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข-๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ this past weekend. The event, hosted in Gqeberha, saw the boys triumphing over Alexander Road with a score of 29-5 and following it up with a solid 22-5 win against DF Malherbe. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ, ๐๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ถ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ฏ […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s 2025 u/13A rugby captain ๐๐๐ธ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ and vice-captain ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ as well as ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ on being selected for the Karoo Sub Union u/13 Rugby Team. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐จ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ 24 ๐ต๐ฐ 25 ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ
This past weekend saw Union High School learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ participating in the Graaff-Reinet Camdeboo SANParks Endurance ride. On Friday, 21 March, he took on the challenging ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ธ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ aboard SMP Bella May, marking her first attempt at this distance. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ […]
Our 1st senior hockey girls participated in the annual ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ in East London over the long weekend. The team started their campaign off strong against Cambridge High School on Thursday evening, claiming an 8-1 victory. The team’s second match of the festival was against GHS, drawing 3-3. The girls followed it up […]
On Saturday, 22 March, the Union High School rugby boys faced a challenging day at the Graeme College Rugby Fesitval in Makhanda. Union High School’s U/13 A rugby team delivered an exceptional performance, triumphing 52 – 5 against St Andrew’s Preparatory School. The standout player of the match was ๐๐๐ธ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐, who scored an impressive […]
This past Saturday, 15 March, saw five Union High School swimmers participating in the ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ. This event marked the culmination of a busy and challenging swimming term, and our learners rose to the occasion with outstanding performances that truly exemplified the rewards of hard work and perseverance. โ Leading […]
Union High Schoolย is bursting with pride following Grade 7 learner Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza’s stellar performance at the ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ด ๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ in Gqeberha. Angelique secured 1st place in the Girls u/12 50m, a 3rd place finish in the 50m Backstroke and a commendable 4th in the 50m Butterfly. Transitioning to the Girls u/13 category, she captured […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School Grade 7 learner ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ on winning a silver medal in the Boys u/13 Shotput event at the Eastern Cape Provincial Primary Athletics Championships, held this past weekend at Queen’s College in Komani. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ’๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง 10.7 ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด […]
Saturday, 15 March, saw Union High School’s senior rugby teams facing off against their counterparts from St Andrew’s School in Bloemfontein. In the ๐/๐ญ๐ฑ๐ match, Union fought hard but ultimately fell to St Andrew’s with a score of 10-37. The ๐/๐ญ๐ฒ๐ team enjoyed a great game, holding St Andrew’s to a scoreless game, finishing at […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School swimmers Daniel Marais, Kyle Liebenberg, Zoรซ Mills, Gerda Clarke, Esethu Mabula, Alyssa Trollip and Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza who were selected to compete at this yearโs Top 8 Invitational Gala in Gqeberha. The ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ด ๐๐๐๐ – which will be held this evening, Wednesday, 12 March, at the Newton Park Swimming Pool […]
Saturday: EP Open One-Way 30-Min MatchesThe true test of a team is not how they perform when things go their way, but how they respond when faced with adversity. After a tough Friday, They walked back onto the field with a determination that could not be measured by the scoreboard. They played for each other, […]
Facing Pearson is always a demanding fixture, and while the results may not reflect the effort, our teams showed immense heart and resilience.U16A lost 6-0U14A lost 3-01st Team lost 5-0 Pearson capitalized on their set plays, scoring three goals from short corners, a penalty flick, and a well-worked field goal. Despite the losses, I was […]
This past weekend, our 1st XV rugby team traveled to East London to participate in the annual Hoรซrskool Ooskus Gimnasium Sports Fest. In a thrilling final match of the day on Saturday, the boys faced off against the host team, Ooskus. The first half presented some challenges for Union, as mistakes led to lost ball […]
On a beautiful Wednesday morning, 5 March, Union High School proudly hosted the much-anticipated ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐, bringing together the Karoo, Albany and Amathola districts for an exciting day of competition. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ, […]
Game 1 vs The Wykeham Collegiate (TWC) โ Lost 4-2 Our opening match was an extremely tough and a disappointing start to the tournament. We lacked cohesion, struggling to communicate effectively and execute our structure. Our passing gameโusually one of our strengthsโwas almost non-existent, and we failed to string together three consecutive passes. Our movement […]
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Union High School’s 1st XV on an outstanding performance at the Gill College Sports Day today! Kicking off the year with a pre-season victory, the boys won their match against Lilyfontein School 31-0. A commendable effort was also seen from the ๐/๐ญ๐ฒ๐ team, who triumphed over Hoรซrskool Ooskus Gimnasium with a score […]
Saturday, 1 March, saw Union High School’s junior cricketers head to Gqeberha for a fixture against Summerwood Primary School. In the ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ match, Union won the toss and chose to bat first, aiming to set a strong total. However, despite a determined effort, they were bowled out for just 38. Defending the low total, Union’s […]
A round of applause for Union High School u/13A cricketer ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น on scoring a magnificent 113 runs against Summerwood on Saturday, 1 March 2025.
This past Saturday, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ girls traveled to Gqeberha, where they faced off against their counterparts from Summerwood Primary School. ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, the girls competed in two singles matches and one doubles match. ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to the girls who emerged victorious, finishing the encounter with a […]
Our Top 8 senior tennis players took part in the Graaff-Reinet and surrounding area summer league from 5 February to 26 February. They played their hearts out, some days on very warm courts, but ultimately it was the experience of the older players that resulted in more losses for Union. The results are as follows: […]
Union High School Grade 11 learner, Tristan Hope, recently showcased his exceptional equestrian skills at the ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ in the Hofmeyer district. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. On Friday, 21 February, Tristan took on a challenging ๐ด๐ฌ๐ธ๐บ […]
On Monday afternoon 24 February, our top 12 senior tennis players took part in a fun and speedy fixture against Hoรซrskool Middelburg. Only singles matches were played and each player had exactly 30 minutes to play as many games as possible. Our top 6 girls once again showed off their skills and tenacity, beating Middelburg […]
Saturday, 22 February, saw Union High School’s junior cricketers face their St Andrew’s Preparatory School counterparts at home. After winning the toss and opting to bat first, Union posted a total of 116 all out, with Josh Kingwill top-scoring with 36 and Nathaneal Phillips contributing 21. In response, St Andrew’s were bowled out for 79, […]
We are delighted to celebrate the achievements of our learners at the chess trials hosted by the Sarah Baartman Chess Union at Union High School on Saturday, 15 February. ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง 131 ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ด. โข […]
Congratulations to Union High School cricketer ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป who made his debut for the school’s 1st XI against Muir College this past Saturday. Receiving your ‘white cap’ from Headmaster Mr William Pringle is a very special honour that reflects the trust and confidence the school has in your abilities and ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ […]
Congratulations to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet juniors ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ on their well-deserved selection for the Sarah Baartman Athletics Team following an impressive performance at the recent athletics day held at the Westbourne Oval in Gqeberha! ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, 8 ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ […]
Representing your school is always a major honour, but reaching the milestone of 50 first team caps is something that does not come around too often. That being said, two members of the Union High School’s 1st cricket team had the honour this morning of taking the field in their 50th match for their school! […]
In an exciting day of cricket, Union High School’s senior cricketers faced off against Muir College Boys’ High School, Kariega today, Saturday, 15 February. While the 2nd XI traveled to Kariega for their match, both the 1st XI and the u/15As took the field at home. ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to the 1st XI who secured a […]
As the sun shines brightly over Bloemfontein this week, our ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฆ are facing off against some of the top cricketing schools in the region: Grey College, Willem Postma and St Andrews’ School. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด 4-๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ […]
This past Saturday, 8 February, the District Schools’ trials gala was successfully held at the Newton Park Swimming Pool in Gqeberha. ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the following Union High School swimmers who qualified to compete at the Eastern Cape Provincial Schools’ Swimming Championships scheduled to take place on 22 February in Newton Park. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ […]
Earlier this afternoon, Union High School’s u/15A cricket team faced their Volkskool counterparts on the Puttick Field. ๐ฉ๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐๐ธ๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐. The Union batsmen struggled to find their rhythm, managing to score a modest total of 64 runs before being bowled out. However, the tide turned dramatically as Union took […]
On Saturday, 8 February, a group of six swimmers from Union High School participated in the B-Age gala held in Gqeberha. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ. ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป, competing in her second B-Age gala, made remarkable strides by achieving two significant personal […]
This past Friday morning, 7 February, Union High School’s Top 4 senior boys’ and girls’ tennis players set off for the Van Niekerk and Koen Tennis Tournament in Burgersdorp. Over the two days that followed, the team faced off against competitors from Middelburg, Burgersdorp, De Aar, Cradock and Hoรซrskool Jim Fouchรฉ. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ […]
U/11A Union won the toss and chose to bat first in challenging windy conditions. However, an early run-out disrupted their start. Mark Copeman and Liam Raath then steadied the innings, but once they were dismissed, the Union batting order collapsed, leaving them all out for 83. Herbert Hurd comfortably chased down the target, with “Mr. […]
The annual Interschools Athletics took place on Thursday, 30 January 2025 at Hoรซr Volkskool. It was a warm afternoon with good competition and excellent participation from both schools. Congratulations to Xavier Barlow, whose exceptional abilities earned him the title of Victor Ludorum at the Interschools athletics. Xavier clinched 1st place in both the Long Jump […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the following Union High School junior athletes whose stellar performance at yesterday’s zonal athletics meet for primary schools at the Botanics Sports Grounds, has seen them qualify for the next round of athletics to be held at the Westbourne Oval in Gqeberha on Saturday, 9 February: โข Girls u/11 High Jump: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟโข […]
This past Saturday, Union High School’s senior cricketers made the trip to Cradock for a set of matches against Cradock High School. In the ๐ฎ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ โs match, Union won the toss and opted to bat first. The team delivered a solid all-round performance, setting a total of 103 runs before being all out. In the […]
This past Saturday, Union High School’s junior cricketers faced off against a visiting Laerskool Hangklip Primary at home. In the ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต, Union won the toss and elected to bat first. Unfortunately, the team struggled early on, suffering a quick dismissal for just 48 runs, which included an early run-out. Hangklip seized the opportunity and […]
Summer weather and happy learners made for a perfect ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐ for Union High School Grade 5 to 12 swimmers on Tuesday evening, 28 January. The two houses entered into the spirit of the day and gave great support to all the swimmers and, after an evening of extraordinary effort, ๐ฟ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ๐๐ […]
We are incredibly proud of the Union High School contingent that participated in this past Sundayโs sea mile in Gqeberha. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ, with swimmers navigating the waters from Kings Beach to Hobie Beach. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ […]
Early on Sunday morning 19 January, 16 of our senior tennis players departed for Grahamstown where they participated in the Boys Settlers Cup and Girls Quadrangular tennis tournament hosted by Kingswood College. Our boys and girls played 3 matches against the likes of Graeme College, St Andrews, Victoria Girls High, DSG and of course Kingswood […]
On Monday morning, 27 January, the Union Preparatory School and Union High School junior department gathered to compete in the schoolโs annual ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌ. ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต. Congratulations to team ๐๐ฅ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ who retained the title at this yearโs Junior Interhouse Athletics […]
Union High School hosted its annual Founders’ Weekend cricket matches today, Saturday, 24 January, featuring the school’s 1st, 2nd and u/15A teams against the Old Boys. These matches are more than just a showcase of talent on the field; they also serve as ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ […]
This past Wednesday morning, 22 January, saw the official start of Union High School’s year-long Interhouse competition, with the much-anticipated ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด 8 ๐ต๐ฐ 12 ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ. The Arnott and Daly athletes showcased their talents in […]
This past weekend, saw our u/13A cricketers deliver an outstanding performance at the ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, remaining unbeaten across their three matches. * ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ธ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ:Union scored 131/5, with Cayden Thompson (32) and Josh Kingwill (26) leading the charge. They restricted Hangklip to 44/8, winning by 87 runs, with Josh taking an incredible 4/4 in […]
T20 Format The senior cricket festival began with Union High School playing a warm-up T20 match against Daniel Pienaar on Wednesday, 8th January 2025. Union High won the toss and decided to field first. Daniel Pienaar scored 184 runs. In reply, Union High School tried to chase down the score but fell short, with Daniel […]
Towards the end of 2024, Union High School chess player ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ was selected by the Department of Education to represent the Eastern Cape u/18 team at a tournament from 16 to 20 December in Polokwane – an event that served as national trials. ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด […]
Congratulations to 1st team cricketer Yaaseen Kazi who received his 50th cap from Union High School’s Headmaster, Mr William Pringle, on Saturday afternoon, 11 January, prior to the team’s 50-over encounter against Cape Town’s DF Malan.
It is with great pleasure that we ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ the following Union tennis players on their selection to represent the Eastern Cape, in their respective age groups, at the upcoming National Schools’ Week in January and Synergy Cup in February: ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐:Tara Ferreira (Eastern Cape Elephants u/19 Girls)Cayla Newton (Eastern Cape Elephants u/15 Girls) […]
Congratulations to Union cricketers, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ธ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ and ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ on being selected for the 2024 EP Rural Inlands u/17 Team. We wish them the best of luck when they compete in the SA National u17 Rural Week (5 to 10 December 2024) at the Drostdy Technical High School in Worcester. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ […]
The annual ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ event between the Union Schools and Laer Volkskool was held during the month of October. In perfect weather conditions, our beautiful school fields were a hive of activity where the athletes were involved in various track and field events, such as long jump, high jump, shot put, sprints, middle-distance running […]
Union High School’s ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ cricketers enjoyed their last fixture of the year this past weekend, taking on a visiting Woodridge College & Preparatory School On Friday evening, after winning the toss, Union batted first in a T20 encounter at the Botanics Sports Grounds, scoring 119 runs with Joubert Vorster leading the way with 53 runs […]
We are excited to share that Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s young equestrian ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ recently participated in the ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ in Graaff-Reinet. This event took place over the weekend of 17 and 18 October, where Tristan not only demonstrated his passion for riding but also marked significant milestones in his equestrian journey. On […]
This past weekend, four of Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs top junior boysโ and girlsโ tennis players participated in the annual ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ held in Graaff-Reinet. Over the course of two exciting days, our players not only showcased their skills on the court but also embraced the spirit of sportsmanship and camaraderie. Competing against […]