Sport Results
First Team match report: Unfortunately, our team struggled to adapt to this defensive approach, resulting inย numerous 50/50 ball situations. Within the first 5 minutes, Stirling was awarded aย penalty stroke due to poor defence. The girls demonstrated resilience, bouncing back with aย beautiful team goal. The half-time score stood at an even 1-1. Second and Third Chukka: Despite creating numerous […]
In a highly anticipated annual rugby fixture, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XV clashed with Stirling this past Saturday, 20 April, in East London. 1st XV vs Stirling:The match kicked off with Union’s 1st XV showing immense vigour and determination, eager to secure a victory. However, a costly mistake early on allowed Stirling to pounce, […]
Saturday, 20 April marked an early start for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior hockey teams as they hit the road to compete against Lorraine Primary in Gqeberha.U/13 Aย won 1-0U13 D drew 0-0U13 B won 2-0U/13 C won 1-0 ๐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ […]
U/11A drew 12-12U/11 B lost 47-0U/13B lost 12-5U/13A lost 29-5
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to junior rugby players ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ and ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ, on being included in the 2024 u/13 Karoo rugby team that will be participating in the Sub-Union Rugby Tournament (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ) being held in Kariega as from tomorrow, Friday, 19 April.
This past Sunday, 14 April, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 5 learner ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐ participated in the 2024 Nelson Mandela Bay School District Series mountain bike league. Cyclists competed on a challenging track, aiming to complete the 7 laps as swiftly as possible. The demanding terrain tested their endurance, technical skills and mental fortitude. Reeceโs […]
๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ The recent South African Level 2 Regional Championships Gala held in Oudtshoorn, witnessed an outstanding display of talent and determination from the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet swimming contingent. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ […]
Our senior hockey teams travel to Cradock for a hockey fixture against Cradock High School. ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น-๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ’๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ. Despite displaying excellent hockey, they couldn’t convert their opportunities into goals, ultimately falling short with a 0 – 3 loss. Congratulations […]
In our matches against Cradock High School, Union’s senior rugby teams experienced a mix of results. The u/14A side faced a tough challenge, falling to a 12 – 38 defeat. However, the u/15A side managed to secure a thrilling victory with a 14 – 10 win. Continuing the winning streak, the u/16A team dominated with […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior hockey teams’ matches against a visiting Sunridge Primary School today, delivered a mix of outcomes. In the match between Union’s u/13D side and Sunridge’s u/11A team, the Union team faced a tough challenge and unfortunately lost with a final score of 0 – 4. ๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior sports teams enjoyed a successful day in their respective sporting codes today. The ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ girls travelled to Gqeberha to compete against Westering High School, recording the following results: U/14A won 5 – 2U/16A drew 0 – 02nd team won 8 – 01st team won 2 – 1 ๐ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior sports teams enjoyed a successful day in their respective sporting codes today. Our ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ teams faced off at home against Spandau Secondary School, achieving the following results: U/14A won 10 – 5U/15A won 36 – 7U/16A won 26 – 192nd XV won 5 – 01st XV won 20 – 15: […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/13A rugby team enjoyed an eventful tour to Durban to attend the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น. They faced a tough loss against Penzance on Day 1 of the festival (Monday, 18 March), but quickly turned things around the next day by defeating Glenwood Preparatory’s u/13B side 17-10. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ […]
This past Saturday, 23 March, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner Ben Lemke participated in the NMB Bellbuoy Challenge in Gqeberha. ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฑ, ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ’๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐. The NMB Bellbuoy Challenge, a 5km Indian Ocean swim event, is […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/16A hockey team recently had the opportunity to participate in Pearson High School’s annual ๐จ/๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ in Gqeberha. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ. The team kicked off the festival with some tough competition, facing off against Collegiate and DSG. Although […]
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learners, sisters Jenelle and Shana Theron, as well as little Reece Gibbons, who participated and did exceptionally well at the recent ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐น ๐ ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ. The 25km Girls’ category, saw Jenelle, a Grade 11 learner, emerging as the frontrunner, securing the 1st place position. Not far behind was […]
The Union High School, Graaff-Reinet u/13A hockey team returned from Bloemfontein today, after participating in the ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ over the past four days. On ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ, the girls got off to a great start by defeating Paarl’s Panorama Primary School u/13B side with a score of 6-0. ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ brought an exciting match against Laer […]
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st hockey team who emerged as the champions of the highly-anticipated ECHS hockey tournament held in Bloemfontein this past Easter weekend. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง 12 ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด, ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. During the ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐, they […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XV on their 24 – 3 victory against Hoรซrskool Dirkie Uys today on Day 1 of Union’s 2024 ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ & ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น! Our 1st XV wrapped up their festival with a 17-10 victory over Elspark High School from Germiston this afternoon! ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the boys on their […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st hockey team delivered an outstanding performance at the school’s 35th annual ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ & ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, contested from 21 to 24 March. This year’s ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ & ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น is truly unique and special as, for the first time ever, the hockey side of the festival has adopted a tournament […]
Last week, at the start of the March school holiday, the Union Schools’ u/11A rugby team took part in the annual ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ & ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น hosted by Clarendon Park Primary School in Gqeberha. ๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/13A hockey side participated in the annual ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ & ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น hosted by Clarendon Park Primary School over a span of three days last week. ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ช๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ 7-๐-๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ, ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ. In their first […]
The past Friday, 16 March, was a day filled with excitement and determination as Union High School’s senior rugby players travelled to Makhanda to participate in the annual Graeme Day. The u/16A team kicked off the day’s proceedings with a challenging match against Daniรซl Pienaar. Despite their best efforts, the Union side faced a tough […]
Union tennis player John-Henry King represented the u/15 Eastern Cape Schools Tennis Team at the ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฃ (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ท๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ), contested in Cape Town this weekend. ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ-๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ดโ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ดโ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ.
Our 1st senior hockey girls participated in the annual ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ in East London over the weekend. vs Clarendon Girls’ High School: 0 – 0vs Hoรซrskool Sasolburg: 2 – 1vs Duineveld: 1 – 0 vs Witteberg: 2 – 1
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior hockey girls enjoyed a fantastic start to their season with impressive results against DSG in Makhanda. The ๐จ/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ side put on a captivating performance, gaining confidence as the match progressed, and emerged victorious with a score of 3-0. ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ to goal scorers Mellissa Marais (2) and Luphiwo Maloyi (1). […]
Congratulations to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet cricketer Leander Kraai who was acknowledged during a recent assembly for a stellar performance in a match against Cradock High School, during which he claimed ๐ฑ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ in 6.2 overs, conceding only 20 runs.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Grade 6 learner ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด (Union’s top-seeded junior girls’ tennis player) who, alongside her u/12 team, emerged victorious at the Synergy Cup, a prestigious interprovincial tournament held in Cape Town over the last few days. ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐พ๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ , ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ. They secured an […]
On Tuesday morning, 5 March, a group of 11 swimmers from Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet and Union High School, Graaff-Reinet proudly represented the Karoo at the annual Inter-Districts Gala held at DSG in Makhanda. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ต’๐ด ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด […]
On Friday, 1 March, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/13A team faced off against Summerwood Primary School at the Botanics Sports Grounds. ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ. With a collective effort from Union’s batters, they were able to accumulate a respectable total of 80 runs. The bowlers from Union displayed their brilliance, […]
On Monday, 2 March, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted Gqeberhaโs Hoรซrskool Pearson High School for a very competitive hockey fixture. The afternoon kicked off in blustery weather conditions with the u/14A and u/16A matches, setting the stage for an exciting showdown. Right from the start, it was evident that the Pearson sides were determined to […]
Learners were acknowledged at this morningโs Assembly for achievements in cricket. Josh took ๐ฑ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ for 19 runs in 8 overs in a match against Frans Conradie while representing the u/13A team, he then claimed another ๐ฑ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ in a match against Laer Volkskool. ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง to junior cricketer Sintayo Kaitro who claimed ๐ฑ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ for […]
In a fun showdown earlier this afternoon, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted Gill Primary School for a set of junior cricket matches. First up, it was Union’s u/11B side taking on Gill’s u/11A side. Gill won the toss and decided to bat. They made 8 runs and with the 21 wides conceded, Gill’s innings came […]
Earlier this afternoon, the Top 6 junior boys and girls of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet and Laer Volkskool converged for an exciting afternoon of tennis. In a very close finish, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ’ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ค๐ช๐จ with a score of 5-4 against their Volkskool counterparts. On the boys’ side, despite a valiant effort, the ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ […]
This past Saturday, 24 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior cricketers travelled to Komani to compete against Laerskool Hangklip Primary. In the ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ’๐ match, Union won the toss and decided to bat first. ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ’๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 144. Hangklip, despite losing an early wicket, […]
On Monday, 26 February, our Top 6 boys’ and girls’ tennis players traveled to Middelburg for an afternoon fixture against Hoรซrskool Middelburg. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ต-๐ฑ. In the girls’ singles matches, Union dominated, winning 5 out of 6 matches. The girls’ doubles matches also […]
On Friday, 23 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s rugby boys participated in Hoรซr Volkskoolโs 2024 ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆรซ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ – a pre-season tournament that allows rugby teams the opportunity to effectively finalise their pre-season preparations in a competitive yet relaxed and accommodating environment. While some of our players had to sit this one out due to […]
A total of 80 swimmers represented the Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet and Union High School, Graaff-Reinet at the annual ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ข ๐๐๐๐ held at Hoรซr Volkskool on Wednesday, 21 February. In addition to Union’s spirited participants, teams from Gill, Cradock, Volkskool, Marlow and a group of dedicated home-schoolers showcased their skills in the pool. The high […]
Congratulations to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XI captain, Shaakir Kazi, for reaching his ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฃ with the first team! The milestone was marked by Headmaster, Mr William Pringle, as he presented Shaakir with this well-deserved achievement before their match against a visiting Graeme College this afternoon.
This past Saturday, 24 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior cricketers travelled to Komani to compete against Laerskool Hangklip Primary. In the ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ’๐ match, Union won the toss and decided to bat first. ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ’๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 144. Hangklip, despite losing an early wicket, […]
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet biathlete ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ, who participated in this past Sunday morning’s EP Biathlon Championships in Gqeberha. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด’ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ. Ben claimed a commendable […]
Three talented swimmers from Union High School, Graaff-Reinet – Ben Lemke, Zoรซ Mills and Gerda Clarke – made their mark at the SA Schools’ Swimming Trials in East London this past Saturday, 17 February. Representing the Sarah Baartman District Team, these athletes competed against formidable opponents, with two of them clinching well-deserved medals. ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ, […]
๐จ/๐ญ๐ฑ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง team faced off against Muir College this past Saturday, 17 February. Despite losing the toss at Muir College, our young team displayed tenacity and determination on the field. ๐๐ช๐๐ง ๐พ๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ 152 ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ง๐จ ๐ง๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ stood out with a remarkable performance, bowling […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s young cricket talents made their school very proud this weekend in matches against Saint Andrew’s School, Bloemfontein and Laerskool Frans Conradie. In the u/11A team’s match against St Andrew’s, Union opted to bat first but faced a disciplined bowling attack, managing to score only 65 runs. ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ […]
Saturday, 10 February, saw several Union High School, Graaff-Reinet athletes showcasing their skills across various disciplines at the Beyers Naudรฉ High School Athletics Meet held at Hoรซr Volkskool, with their stellar performances earning several of them the opportunity to represent the Dr Beyers Naudรฉ Municipality at the upcoming Sarah Baartman Athletics Meet in Gqeberha, planned […]
In an exciting cricket match held at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet earlier today, Thursday, 15 February, the ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ took to the field against a visiting Cradock side. The game started with Cradock taking their turn to bat, but they struggled to find momentum, eventually scoring only 40 runs, resulting in all players being […]
As per usual, the annual ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ between the Union Schools and Volkskool – held this past Tuesday afternoon, 13 February – was a thrilling and closely contested event. Despite the unbearable heat, the young swimmers displayed remarkable perseverance and determination throughout the competition. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐๐ธ๐ผ๐ผ๐น for their victory and express […]
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet swimmers – Alyssa Trollip, Mark Lemke, Esethu Mabula, Gerda Clarke, Ben Lemke and Zoรซ Mills – who have qualified to compete at the SA Schools Trials being held in East London this Saturday, 17 February.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Top 6 boys’ and girls’ junior tennis players travelled to Cradock this afternoon for a mid-week fixture against Cradock Primary School. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ. The experience, however, served as a valuable learning curve for […]
Summer weather and happy learners made for a perfect start to the week as Union High School, Graaff-Reinet enjoyed its annual ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐ for its Grade 5 to 12 swimmers on Monday evening, 5 February. The two houses entered into the spirit of the day and gave great support to all the swimmers and, after […]
Friday, 2 February, saw the Union Schools’ annual ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌ for Grade 1 to 7 learners being held. The year-long rivalry between Arnott House (in blue) and Daly House (in red) was kicked off in fine style, as the young athletes gave it their all in various track and field events. There were […]
On Saturday, 3 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/11A and u/13A cricket teams faced off against their counterparts from neighbouring school, Laer Volkskool Graaff-Reinet, in an exciting cricketing encounter. In the ๐จ/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐, Laer Volkskool won the toss and elected to bat first. Union’s bowlers delivered a stellar performance, bowling out the opposition for a […]
This past Saturday, 3 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/15 and 1st XI cricket teams faced off against their counterparts from Cradock High School at home. In the u/15 match, Union’s bowlers performed exceptionally well, bowling Cradock out for just 47 runs. The u/15 team quickly chased down the target, winning the match by 5 […]
The 2024 Founders’ Weekend Old Boys cricket matches at Union High School were – as always – a highlight on Union’s cricketing calendar, showcasing the talent and determination of the players. In the 1st XI match, the Old Boys scored an impressive 329 for 6 wickets. Despite their efforts, Union’s first team could not match […]
As the sun rose on Tuesday morning, 29 January, we knew it was going to be a stunning day for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s annual ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌ – and it didn’t disappoint. The Grade 8 to 12 Arnott and Daly athletes participated in their numbers and continued to run, jump and throw with […]
We were thrilled to welcome back a squad of enthusiastic Old Girls for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s highly anticipated annual Founders’ Weekend ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ hockey match this past Friday afternoon. It is always a privilege for our 1st team girls to kick off their year with such a fun fixture against our […]
Pure excitement filled the air as the u/13A and B hockey teams took center stage on Friday afternoon during Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s annual Founders’ Weekend hockey encounters. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด – ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ง ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด – ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ฎ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ธ๐ฆ […]
In this Dads vs Lads game, the Lads bowled first and made an immediate impact by picking up two early wickets. It was a great start for the boys that set the tone for an intense battle between bat and ball. ๐๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ bowled an impressive 7 overs on the trot, finishing with figures of […]
This past Sunday saw the Union Schoolsโ largest cohort of swimmers in recent years, participating in the 100th edition of the annual River Mile event. The ๐ ๐๐ก’๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ saw Unionโs Max Price, Joshua Basson, Ben Lemke, Mark Lemke, Daniel Davenport, Daniel Marais and Dantรฉ Mills participating, while the ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ’ ๐ ๐๐๐ saw Catie Davenport, Zoรซ Mills, […]
This past Sunday, 21 January, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ฒ senior boys’ and girls’ tennis players competed against their traditional Grahamstown rivals, St Andrew’s College, DSG, Graeme College, Victoria Girls’ High and Kingswood College. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต 9 ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 12 ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ 12, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ […]
This past Saturday, 20 January, the Union u/13A cricket team took part in a ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ held at Woodridge College. ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ. ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐’๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ, where Union won the toss and opted to bat first. Although Union lost an early wicket, it paved the way for an outstanding 161-run partnership […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union learners ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ (Grade 5) and ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ (Grade 7) who have been selected for the ECHS u/13 invitational hockey team, which will see them represent their school and country as they embark on an exciting tour to the Netherlands later this year. ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ […]
This past weekend,ย Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย proudly saw ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ represent the school in the u/17 boys category at the 5th Biathlon League event held in Gqeberha. The day kicked off with an exhilarating 800m sprint, where Ben lined up alongside nine other athletes. With an explosive start and a thrilling finish, Ben showcased his talents […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ recently participated in the Waterlea Endurance Ride. Mounted on his horse, Mahdeeva, who had completed all her novice stages, Tristan took on the challenge of his first competitive 80km ride. ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐จ. He claimed the […]
At Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s final assembly for 2023 on the last day of school, young Grade 7 cricketer ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป was congratulated on taking 5 wickets for 12 runs in 5 overs in a recent encounter against Frans Conradie. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ!
This past Friday’s assembly at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet saw some of our cricketers being ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ during their recent encounters on the cricket field. ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to these young Unionites on their exceptional performances on the cricket field. ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ […]
On Wednesday afternoon, 25 October, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Grade 8 to 12 athletes participated in the annual Senior Interschools Athletics event held at Hoรซr Volkskool. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐บ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐. In a tightly contested afternoon, the final scores saw Union […]
This past weekend saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Top 4 junior girls and boys tennis players participating in the annual ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ in Graaff-Reinet. The girls’ team competed against formidable opponents from Stellenbosch, Worcester and Cradock in the group stage, emerging victorious in all their encounters to finish at the top of their […]
The recent Interschools’ athletics meet, contested by the Grade 1 to 7 learners of Union and Volkskool on Monday afternoon, 23 October, saw several records being broken. Six of these new records were set by Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s Grade 5 to 7 athletes. ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the following new ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ: – Boys u/11 Shotput: […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s impressive chess players on their outstanding achievements at the recent Eastern Province Chess Championship held in Jeffreys Bay! In the u/16 Boys’ category, ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ secured a well-deserved silver medal in the team competition. Great job, Neelon! In the u/16 Girls’ category, ๐๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฒ (who captained the Sarah Baartman […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet had the pleasure of hosting Newton Park today for a match between the schools’ respective u/13A sides. Union lost the toss and were asked to bat first. Initially, Union encountered difficulties, losing four wickets with only 36 runs on the scoreboard. ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ […]
The Union High School’s 1st XI cricket team once again had the privilege to attend the prestigious Cape School’s Cricket Week hosted by Paul Roos Gymnasium from the 29th of September until the 3rd of October 2023. Unfortunately the first game against Paarl Gymnasium was called off due to a wet pitch and outfield. The […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป competed in the Paardepoort Rally, the second round of the Algoa Rally Club’s regional championship, on Saturday, 30 September. Assisting her father Deon as navigator in his speedy Toyota Etios, Demi performed exceptionally well. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น […]
Congratulations to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ and his teammate, his dad Grant, for their incredible performance at the 2023 Fish River Canoe Marathon contested in Cradock this past weekend! Participating in this exciting 2-day race, covering 82km of fast-flowing, technical river, is no easy feat and requires not only speed and fitness […]
This past weekendโs cricket matches between Union High School, Graaff-Reinet and Kingswood College, South Africa, contested in Makhanda, saw Unionโs u/11A and u/13A teams achieve mixed success in a series of entertaining and closely contested games. โข On Friday, 22 September, Unionโs u/11 team displayed their impressive bowling skills as they bowled Kingswood out for […]
On Wednesday afternoon, 20 September, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet was excited to welcome Marlow Agricultural High School’s 1st XI to our campus for a cricket match. Union’s decision to bowl first proved to be a wise choice as they successfully bowled their opponents out for 50 runs. ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐, ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ก๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐น and ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ on being awarded their 1st XI cricket caps on Wednesday afternoon, 20 September, prior to their match against Marlow Agricultural High School. ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ 1๐ด๐ต ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s hockey girls had an amazing day at Hoรซr Volkskool Graaff-Reinet‘s 8-a-side tournament on Saturday, 9 September. The team, consisting of talented players from Grades 7 to 11, made us exceptionally proud, securing victories in all their matches. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐๐ธ๐ผ๐ผ๐น for including us in […]
Over the past weekend, Union High Scohool, Graaff-Reinet’s junior cricket teams faced off against Queen’s College Boys’ Primary School in a series of matches. In the ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต on Friday, Queenโs won the toss and chose to bat first. Right from the start, their opening batsmen played aggressively, putting pressure on […]
The ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ kicked off with a thrilling day of cricket, showcasing Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XI team in two intense matches. In the early morning T20 clash, Union’s 1st XI faced Westering in a highly anticipated game. Union began their innings, hoping to set a challenging target for their opponents. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ […]
Hoรซrskool Pearson High School in Gqeberha is hosting its 15th annual ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ as of today, Thursday, 7 September. The 2023 edition will once again see 25 of the top cricket-playing schools in the province in action, including Union High School, Graaff-Reinet. Union is already on the field in a ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต against Westering which […]
The Union High School, Graaff-Reinet ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง team enjoyed a great start to their season on Friday, 1 September, by securing a convincing T20 victory against Sonop Laerskool. Losing the toss, Union was put in to bat and managed to score 130 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฃ, […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior tennis players, ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ก๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐น, ๐๐ป๐ด๐๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ, ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ต-๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด, ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป and ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑรฉ ๐ ๐ฎ๐, took part in the annual Marco Wasserman tennis tournament, contested in Middelburg this past weekend. Over the course of the two days, the players competed in a Round Robin doubles and […]
This past week saw twelve talented Union High School, Graaff-Reinet junior tennis players showcasing their abilities over three days of intense competition at the 2023 Spar Cradock Primary Tennis Tournament held in Cradock. ๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ’ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐จ’ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ฎ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐จ. […]
We take great pride in being able to congratulate Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ on having been awarded his Full Eastern Cape Colours in Endurance Riding. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏโ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 6 learner, Jordan Maritz, who has been selected to represent the Eastern Province at the u/12 Southern Regional Rugby Tournament to be hosted in Riversdal from 28 to 30 September. This tournament forms part of the u/12 talent identifications process in aid of identifying talent for the 2024 […]
We were incredibly privileged this morning, to present seven Union High School, Graaff-Reinet 1st team hockey players – Mecoli Vorster, Leigh-Ann Murray, Misha Newton, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, Anna Pringle, Sarah Jacobs and Sade May โ with their well-deserved ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฆ before the highly anticipated Interschools clash against Volkskool. These exceptional athletes have shown unwavering commitment to […]
Union vs Asherville 5-10Union vs Muir 0-10Union vs Middelburg 0-0Union vs Asherville 5-13Union vs Kirkwood 10-12Union vs Despatch 3-15Union vs Spandau 13-18Unionย vs St Andrews Bloem 18-8Union vs Mary Watersย 26-7Union vs Cambridge 12-5Union vs Asherville 12-17Union vs Muir 7-38Union vs Cradock 13-38Union vs Jim Fouche 24-15Union vs Stirling 18-10Union vs Woodrige 22-26Union vs Burgersdorp 10-7Union […]
Season OverviewUnion first hockey team had an exceptional hockey season during the 2023 season. The girls’ demonstrated exceptional grit and resilience, refusing to back down even in the face of tough challenges posed by tough opponents. They fought for every inch of the pitch, displaying remarkable determination and a never-say-die attitude. This unwavering spirit was […]
This past Friday afternoon, 28 July, Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs 1st team hockey girls took the field against a visiting York High School. They put up a fantastic fight, playing with incredible teamwork and passion throughout the game. However, in a nail-biting finish, York managed to secure a narrow victory with a score of 2-1 […]
Sending a ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the amazing Musa Zweni on earning her 50th cap today for the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet 1st hockey team. Musa, your dedication, skill and passion for the game has made you a force to be reckoned with on the field and a true inspiration to our younger players. ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ […]
This past Sunday, 23 July, 8 junior tennis players represented Union High School, Graaff-Reinet at the Sarah Baartman leg of the ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง in Makhanda. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ: (boys) Owen Paxton, John-Henry King, Ethan Raath, Brett Kenmuir, (girls) Mia Botha, Nadine Murray, Cayla Newton and Amelia King. ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ […]
SENIOR HOCKEY On Friday afternoon, 21 July, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st team hockey girls embarked on an exciting outing to Makhanda. Upon their arrival, they faced off against Kingswood College, unfortunately losing 2 – 1. ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, on Saturday, our 1st team girls took on DSG in another intense battle. Despite […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to junior rugby players ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ผ ๐ง๐ถ๐ป๐ถ, ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ and ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐บ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ท๐ถ๐ฒ๐, on being included in the u/12 Karoo rugby side that will be participating in the Sub-Union Rugby Tournament (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ) being held at Hoรซr Volkskool on Friday and Saturday, 28 August and 29 July.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/13A hockey team on their successful participation in the Elsie Coetzer Hockey School (ECHS) coaching tournament held in Bloemfontein from 14 to 16 July. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด. The team triumphed over Pretoria’s Anton van Wouwโs u/12A side […]
On Friday, 16 June, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s rugby teams played their much-anticipated annual derby against Graeme College. ๐๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด. Despite Union’s valiant efforts, Graeme College owned the field, winning nine out of the derby’s ten contests, with […]
We’d like to give a round of applause to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior hockey girls for their performance against Queenstown Girls’ High School on Youth Day! ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ. Special mention must be made of Union’s 1st team […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XI on their 2-0 win against Hoรซrskool Framesby in Gqeberha today! ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to the 2nd team for their amazing 6-0 win, and to the U/16A team for their close 1-0 victory. A ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง by the u/16B team saw their match end with a scoreless draw. Although […]
Congratulations to our Union High School, Graaff-Reinet u/11A, u/13B, and u/13A hockey teams on their outstanding performance against Balmoral Primary School in Komani today! ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ช/11๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ 3-0 ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐. The u/13Bs had an amazing match and were ultimately able to draw 1-1 against […]
Our junior sports teams arrived in Komani bright and early on Saturday for their encounter against Laerskool Hangklip Primary, where they battled it out in a full day of ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ and ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ matches. HOCKEYU/13A lost 1 – 2U/13 B lost 0 – 1U13/C lost 0 – 1 RUGBYU/11A lost 25 – 0U/11B lost 38 – 0U/13A lost […]