There is cause for much excitement atย Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย this week, as our inaugural ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฃ – an internal competition – takes centre stage!
The teams have been selected and ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ at the UHS AstroTurf – spectators are welcome!
Teams were compiled by way of a draw from a list of more than 60 of our hockey players, from u/13A level to senior 1st team level, who will battle it out to be crowned the first ever victors of this exciting competition!
This tournament is a first of its kind for Union, and sees teams comprised of Unionโs hockey talent from junior level through to senior level face off against each other for top honours in a 3-day long round robin tournament.
Unionโs Head of Hockey, Mr Calvin Beck, said, โWe are very excited to host this event. We hope that this tournament will create an environment and atmosphere where all of Unionโs hockey players feel welcome and get an opportunity to bond and get to know one another across all age groups. We hope the experience will be one our players will enjoy and look forward to seeing the bonds created between the players as the younger ones benefit from the seniorsโ mentoring.โ
This year, the ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ hockey team, walked off the AstroTurf on Wednesday afternoon, 10 September, as the very first victors of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฃ (an internal competition).ย The team – captained by Caytah-Leigh Koeberg and Soso Mroro – put forth a stellar effort all round to remain the only unbeaten team during the tournament. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ the captains and their respective team members, Sarah Jacobs, Lisa Menos, Katelyn Trollip, Amy Waddelow, Ambesiwe Tokwe, Alex Short, Jade Slater, Elizabeth Houseman, Sinalo Khali, Zoรซ Mills, Brogan Koeberg, Sesethu Kotishini, Bukhobenkosi Nomatye, Ashley Shell and goalie Joy Merifield.
๐๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต!
