Sport Fixtures and Results
On Tuesday 19 February Union hosted the annual Primary Interschools Athletics Meeting with Laer Volkskool. In perfect weather conditions, our beautiful school fields were a hive of activity where the athletes were involved in a total of 64 events ranging from U7 to U13, involving field and track events. Many of the races were very […]
On Monday the 18th of February the top 6 Junior boys and girls enjoyed a wonderful afternoon’s tennis against Gill Primary. The boys matches were tightly contested with Union losing 3 matches to 4. Special mention must be made of Peter-Daniel Clegg who won both his singles and doubles matches. The girls did well to […]
Union Schools vs Laerskool Frans Conradie (Home) Thursday 21 February 2019 14:30 U11A T20 Puggy Munnik field 14:30 U13A T20 Puttick field
U13A Cricket vs Laerskool Albertyn On Saturday our U13A boys played a limited over match against Laerskool Albertyn from Uitenhage. The match was played in Great Spirit with Union winning the toss and electing to bowl first, our bowlers immediately hit the right areas and put Albertyn under pressure, we managed to take wickets at […]
Daniel Short achieved 2 bronze medals at the Sara Baartman athletics meeting in Port Elizabeth today. Congratulations Daniel!
Hoër Volkskool hosted the 2019 Interschools Gala at the Hoër Volkskool pool on Tuesday, 12 February. Although we were represented well in all age groups, Union swam against strong competition at this year’s Interschools gala. Our swimmers made Union proud by truly giving their all, many of them competing in every event they could to […]
1st XI vs Muir College On Friday our 1st XI played their last game for the season in a 50 over day night game against Muir College. This was also a very special occasion as two of our boys received their 50th cap, Trevor Moos and Luke Mc Naughton. Muir won the toss and elected […]
A group of 16 Union swimmers, from U/13 to Open, participated in the 4th and last B Age Group gala of the season, in Port Elizabeth on Saturday 16th February. Our swimmers did very well, improving on their times and some again achieving awards times. The swimmers are awaiting their invitations to the prestigious Top […]
After a successful outing at the B-age group gala on Saturday, nine of our more determined swimmers stayed over in PE to take part in the 95th Spar Sunday’s River Mile on Sunday, 17 February as well. While the swim last year was exceptionally tough, the excellent conditions this year saw the swimmers slashing their times […]
On Saturday our Top 12 Tennis girls travelled to Queenstown to participate in our annual tennis match against GHS. This time round Girls’ High had a very strong team and our girls had to give of their best in most of their matches. Although we beat them by 11 sets to 7, most of the.games […]
1st XI vs Daniel Pienaar – T20 On Friday the 1st Xi played against Daniel Pienaar in a T20 match. Union won the toss and elected to bat. Daniel Pienaar hit their lines and length right from ball one putting our batsmen under pressure and had us at 27/4 after 8 overs. However an excellent […]
JUNIOR On Friday 1 February Daniel Short took part in the Regional Athletics trails at Collie Koeberg Stadium. Lovely sunny weather ensured for a great display of talent and skill. Daniel competed to the best of his ability and held the school’s name high. Following his excellent performance, Daniel has been selected to compete in […]
13A Cricket vs Gill Primary On Wednesday our U13A Cricket XI travelled to Somerset-East for our annual T20 match against Gill Primary. Gill won the toss and sent us in to bat. Our opening batsmen laid a solid foundation and our middle order kept piling on the runs with Camran Swartz scoring 56*. We ended […]
On Wednesday 6 February Union 1st XI played a T20 against Hoër Volkskool in the CSA National T20 competition. Union won the toss and elected to bat. A wonderful opening partnership of 48 between James Pringle and Zusakhe Ngwane got Union off to a perfect start which was followed by another great 53 run partnership […]
On Tuesday, 5 February, the UHS top five junior girls played tennis against Nico Brummer Primary. Our girls won all their doubles matches convincingly, so at the request of the opposition coach, and in the best interest of the game, the decision was taken to mix the UHS and Nico Brummer teams. This resulted in […]
Twelve of Union High School’s athletes competed at the Camdeboo Athletics meeting, held on Saturday, 2 February, at the Collie Koeberg Athletics Stadium. Our athletes all gave their best, despite the long day with heat , rain and high humidity. We received some podium places, but are still awaiting final results.
1st Senior Team vs Moms / Old Girls The 1st half of the match was entertaining with the 1st team girls scoring 4 goals. However, the old girls managed to keep a clean sheet in the second half as the Union girls failed to capitalise on their chances. The match was played in good spirit […]
1st XI vs Old Boys On Saturday the 1st Xi took on the Old Boys during the annual Founders day clash of youth versus experience. The Old Boys won the toss and elected to bat. The school boys struggled to find a consistent line and length and allowed the Old Boys to score freely. With […]
1st XI vs Graeme College On the Wednesday 30 January Union travelled to Grahamstown to play against Graeme College in a declaration match played over two days. Graeme won the toss and elected to bat first. After 56 overs Graeme declared on 214 for 7 with still 30 min of play left in the day. […]
On Saturday Matthew McNaughton and Daniel McNaughton participated in the NASP QUAGGA OPEN archery competition. 70 archers from as far afield as East-London and Victoria West took part. Matthew fared extremely well receiving Bronze medals in the 3D and Bull’s eye categories and was also on the podium for the 50/50 3D event. Our archers […]
On Saturday, 22 Union swimmers travelled to PE to participate in a B-age group gala and produced some excellent results. It was the first time that four of our junior swimmers had taken part in an event of this nature and it was encouraging to see how quickly they settled and delivered some very competent […]
Union 1st XI vs Stirling Over the week end the 1st XI travelled to East London to play against Stirling in a declaration match. However due to rainy weather the match was reduced to a 40 over match. Stirling won the toss and elected to bat. It was a day of moments for Union with […]
Congratulations to Matthew Paxton who has been selected for the Eastern Province U/13 tennis team. He will be participating in the SA primary school tennis tournament held in Bloemfontein 16-19 March.
The following learners have made the Eastern Province Country Districts Tennis Team in their various age groups: JUNIOR TENNIS PLAYERS U/12 Girls Tara Ferreira Misha Newton Chloe Erasmus U12 Boys Matthew Paxton SENIOR TENNIS PLAYERS U/14 Girls Caytah-Leigh Koeberg Anna Pringle (Reserve) U/14 Boys Brent Hesselink U/19 Girls Micela Loock Sara […]
The Top 8 Senior boys’ and girls’ tennis teams competed against our traditional Grahamstown rivals, St Andrews, DSG, Graeme College, Victoria Girls and Kingswood on Sunday 20 January 2019. The girls beat both VG and Kingswood by 12 matches to 0, with only DSG providing any opposition. UHS won this clash by 7 matches to […]
Congratulations to Lunga Zantsi and James Pienaar who received their 1st Team Cricket Caps on Friday, 19 January before the match against Framesby.
The following biathletes have been selected to represent EP at the Highgate Interprovincial event to be held in Oudtshoorn on the 2nd of February. Mia Botha Drew Dobinson Kendall krige Hannah Bodenstein Jade Shires Jenna McNaughton Megan Doyle Reserves are: Rebecca Copeman Brigette Oelofsen Bowen Langmead Congratulations to all these athletes.
U/13A Cricket vs Niko Brummer On Saturday, 20 January, our U/13A cricket team played a limited over match against Niko Brummer. We were asked to bowl first and started with real urgency in the field, with our opponents on 35-4 after 10 overs we were well in control of proceedings, however, we then suffered a severe […]
1ST XI vs Framesby 18 January: T20 vs Framesby Union won the toss and elected to bat first and struggled to get the scoreboard ticking over through the loss of regular wickets. After being put under pressure with good accurate bowling Union only managed to score 82 runs in their 20 overs. Best batsmen: Zusakhe […]
19 JANUARY 2019 Six Union biathletes travelled through to PE to represent the school in the 5th league meeting of the season. The Union team was delighted to welcome two newcomers to the team, namely, Rebecca Copeman in Grade 5, and Mia Botha in Grade 3. Rebecca, competing in her first biathlon event, delivered a […]
UHS 2nd Cricket vs Middelburg 1st Middelburg won the toss electing to bat, we were bowled out in the 16th over for 78. Bowling: William Kayster 3 for 14 in 3 overs; Jarrod Naudé 2 for 7 in 2.4 overs; Lunga Zantsi 2 for 7 in 4 overs; Matthew Hesselink 2 for 19 in 3 […]
On Tuesday, 15 February, all Arnott and Daly athletes participated in a memorable Interhouse Athletics Meeting. Competition was fierce but fun and participation was even more important.This year’s senior Inter-House athletics day was a celebration of talent, true Union spirit, hard work and a good handful of joy! The student body responded well to Mr […]
We congratulate the following tennis players who have been selected to represent Graaff-Reinet and District at the Eastern Province Country District trials: U/12 girls Chloe Erasmus Misha Newton Tara Ferreira U/12 Boys Matthew Paxton U/14 girls Tayla Kingwill Caytah-Leigh Koeberg Anna Pringle U14 Boys Brent Hesselink U/16 boys Kyle-Luke duPreez Open girls Micela Loock Christine […]
From 3-5 January our 1st XI participated in the 13th Annual Mica UHS Cricket Festival. In spite of it being so early in the year, the teams played with great enthusiasm and in great spirit, which made for a very enjoyable week of cricket. We started the week with a declaration match against Daniel Pienaar […]
We wish to congratulate the following Union boys on their selection to the Karoo U/12 cricket team. They will be taking part in the U/12 Rural Cricket Festival in Cradock from 30 November – 2 December 2018. Camran Swartz Jayden Swart Peter Michaels Yaseen Kazi Shaakir Kazi Tokozani Mpanza Apiwe Maxhegwana Daniel Marais
A large number of Union swimmers travelled to Port Elizabeth this weekend (17 November) to participate in their final B-Age Group gala for this year. The event proved to be a great outlet from the stresses of exam time and many of our swimmers managed to post new personal best times in numerous events; in […]
The 4th EP league event was hosted by Volkskool this weekend (10 November) in true Karoo style. With music playing, temperatures soaring and the smell of kudo burgers and lamb sosaties wafting over the track and pool, it was a splendid event in all respects and was definitely enjoyed by spectators and competitors alike. Special mention […]
Our top four girls and boys represented Union in the annual Jocelyn Marais Invitational Tennis Tournament organised by MatchPoint Tennis on Friday and Saturday. Although we played against very strong teams, our players rose to the challenge and played very good tennis. It was a great experience and the players certainly benefitted from exposure to […]
Union went to the C Age Group Gala in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Our six swimmers bravely took on the cold water. There were 190 swimmers in total. Zara Deysel-Douman came 8th in Backstroke and 9th in Freestyle. Anna-May Hayes came 6th in Backstroke, 8th in Breaststroke and 10th in Freestyle. Angus McLaggen came 3rd […]
This weekend our u13 cricket boys played their last two matches of the season against Westering Primary from Port Elizabeth. Friday (T20) After winning the toss we selected to bat first against a strong bowling attack. Our batsmen did well under pressure, but struggled to get runs on the board ending our innings on 63/7. […]
On Tuesday our u13 cricket team played a T20 match against Gill Primary in Somerset East. We were asked to bowl first and struggled to hit our target, allowing Gill to reach 129 runs in 20 overs. Our batsmen replied with a disciplined run chase constantly rotating the strike and putting away the bad deliveries, […]
The 16th Interschools Athletics Meeting against Hoёr Volkskool, was held on Wednesday, 17 October at Hoёr Volkskool. It was a cool, windy afternoon, but that did not stop the Union team of taking part in big numbers and breaking quite a few records. Union received 17 first places, 24 second places and 26 third places. […]
Union attended the first B-Age gala of the swimming season on Saturday 27 October, with 15 swimmers competing. Even though the gala occurred much sooner in the term than usual, our swimmers did very well by … recording good times for the start of the season. It was great to see so many entries and […]
On Saturday morning the top 8 Junior girls travelled to Port Elizabeth to play tennis against Collegiate. Despite losing to Collegiate there was some excellent tennis played with many games going to deuce/add and some matches being decided by a tie breaker.
U13A Cricket vs Summerwood This weekend our u13 cricket team played two matches against Summerwood from Port Elizabeth. On both occations our boys played well, but struggled to show disspline when bowling and fielding. This allowed our opponents to score freely and ultimately kept us out of the game. A total of 97 extras were […]
On Wednesday our U/13 boys played an intense cricket match against Laer Volkskool. In blistering heat the Union boys were sent in to bowl and through some laziness in the field allowed Volkskool to reach 129 after 20 overs. The Union team regathered after the break and hit back by putting Volkskool’s bowlers under pressure. […]
The boys lost 4-5 to a very motivated Gill side. Our players sold themselves short and failed to capitalize on important points. Special mention must be made of Finn and Chuma, playing at couple number 3, who managed to beat Gill’s first couple. The Girls won 5 matches to 4. Gemma and Sade played well […]
Over the weekend our u13 Cricket team competed against Lorraine in two matches over the Friday and Saturday. Both games where played in Great Spirit and our boys gained a lot of experience playing against strong opposition. Friday T20 Union 63/9 after 20 overs – Lorraine won by 8 wickets Saturday Limited overs Union 99/10 […]
On Wednesday our u13A cricket team played a 20 over match against Volkskool. We were asked to bat and took full advantage, scoring freely around the field, our batsmen constantly took on the fielders and we managed to reach 133/9 after 20 overs. With our tails in the air our bowlers bowled with confidence and […]
On the 10th of November EP Biathlon will be hosting a Biathlon event in Graaff Reinet. This is a great opportunity for any interested learners, teachers and parents to take part to see if they might enjoy the sport. Biathlon is a multi-discipline sport comprising of running and swimming. The athletes complete the following distances […]
On 13 October, eleven Union High athletes participated in the prestigious Bestmed TAMS Superspar Madibaz Top Ten Athletics Meeting held in Cradock. Various schools as far afield as Upington and Paarl, were represented. This event is attracting more and bigger schools, each year. The Union-team was placed 43th out of 83 teams. The following learners […]
On Friday and Saturday our u13A Cricket boys competed against the two top cricketing schools in Port Elizabeth. This was a great learning experience for our players, who unfortunately were out of their depth against strong opposition. Friday 12 October Our boys played their first ever match under lights in very cold condition on Friday […]
Congratulations to the following Union biathletes who have been selected to represent EP in the upcoming interprovincial event to be held in Port Elizabeth on the 20th of October: Jenna McNaughton, Megan Doyle and Jade Shires (EP) and Hannah Bodenstein, Drew Dobinson and Kendall Krige (EP Development).
Five girls and five boys participated in a 2-day tournament against Nico Brummer Primary School in Beaufort West on Friday and Saturday. Despite very windy conditions, our players managed to pull out all the stops and secured an overall victory. Each player played 5 matches and succeeded in winning most, losing only 5 matches in […]
1st XI (50 over match) St Andrews won the toss and elected to bat first. With a very new and inexperienced bowling attack Union allowed St Andrews to get off to a healthy start. However, despite being on the back foot the Union team fought back and managed to curb the run rate in the […]
Eight Union biathletes travelled through to Port Elizabeth on Wednesday,1O October to participate in the 3rd league event for the season. This outing saw us welcoming another 3 newcomers to the team and we want to congratulate Jade Shires, James Potgieter and Brent Hesselink on a fine start to their season. The regulars have shown […]
Our U/11 Cricket team took part in the Queen’s Festival where our boys had the opportunity to compete against some of the best schools in the border region. This was a challenging couple of days that saw our boys play four matches over three days. Our boys had some difficulty playing against strong opposition losing […]
Saturday 29/09/18 Union High School vs Paul Roos Gimnasium (Declaration) Paul Roos won the toss and sent Union in to bat in very difficult conditions. With the ball swinging around and moving off the pitch, we struggled to get any partnerships going and didn’t really apply ourselves in the first hour and a half. The […]
1st XI On Saturday 22 September Union High School played against Brandwag from Uitenhage in a 40 over match at the beautiful Asantesana Game Reserve. Brandwag won the toss and sent the Union lads into the field on a flat track. Due to the conditions of the pitch our seamers struggled to pick up wickets, […]
14 September UHS 1st XI vs Woodridge 1st – T20 On Friday the 1st XI played against Woodridge in a T20 at Botanics. Woodridge batted first and scored 107 for 5 in their 20 overs. Bowling figures: Sinethemba Ndudula 1/10 in 4 overs; Luke McNaughton 1/18 in 4 overs; Matt Harpur 1/20 in 4 overs. […]
Cradock batted first and scored 88 for 3 in 20 overs. Kyle-Luke du Preez took 1 wicket for 8 runs in 4 overs, Rogan Odendaal 1 for 11 in 4 overs and Kwande Mhlabeni 1 for 16 in 3 overs. Union replied with 93 without loss in the 13th over. Kyle-Luke du Preez 56* Sisipho […]
On Thursday 6 September, the 1st XI cricket team left to take part in the annual Pearson Cricket Festival. Owing to the rain, the boys played just one match. Despite this, the boys made use of every opportunity to enjoy the outing and put together some fun-filled team building experiences. Results from the T20 vs […]
On the 1st September students from the Karoo OGKK (Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate Kyokai) dojo based in Graaff-Reinet attended the 35th Annual Southern Cape and Eastern Cape Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate Tournament held in the picturesque town of George in the Western Cape. The Tournament, hosted by Jannie Le Grange Sensei (7th Dan), saw teams […]
On Friday, 7 September, twelve rugby players, coached by Mr Felix and Mr Sparrius, travelled to Port Elizabeth to participate in the EPRU under 17 Sevens qualifiers. This was the first experience of 7’s rugby for the Union boys, and after the first match, the team realised what fitness levels are required of them to […]
Friday, 31 August UHS 1st XI (T20): UHS won by 7 wickets On Friday the 1st XI got their season under way playing a T20 against Pearson. Union won the toss and sent Pearson in to bat. The bowlers immediately found their straps with maintaining a perfect line and length and put Pearson under pressure […]
On Saturday, 1 September, three Union High learners took part in the Angora Classic held in Jansenville. James Potgieter came 3rd in his age group, finishing his 25km mountain bike race in 1:20:05. Keanu Nel also finished 3rd in his group with 1:37:35 and Megan Nel did a 10km race in 1:27:45, finishing in first […]