Team spirit, grit and kindness – that is what Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Senior Interhouse Athletics Day was all about!
On Wednesday, 25 January, all Grade 8 to 12 Arnott and Daly athletes participated in a very memorable athletics meeting, where a ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ and ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป hallmarked the day.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Arnott House who claimed the victory, with 600 points to Dalyโs 501.
(๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด!)
The following athletes must be commended on their ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ:
๐.๐ญ๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ:
โข Josh Arends came in first in the 200m and 400m and second in the 100m, high jump and long jump.
โข Ben Lemke claimed first place in the 3000m, 1500m and 800m, second place in the 400m and fourth place in the 100m event.
๐.๐ญ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:
โข Misha Newton won the 3000m and 800m races and came in second in the 400m, 1500m and long jump events.
โข Anna Bouwer claimed three first places in the 200m, high jump and long jump events, respectively.
๐.๐ญ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ:
โข Naโeem Mahomed won the 100m, 400m and 3000m events and came in second in the 200m.
โข Xavier Barlow took first place in the high jump and long jump, second in the javelin throw and third in the 100m race.
๐.๐ญ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:
โข Sade May claimed three first places in the 100m, 200m and 400m events.
โข Kenza Neill took 1st place in the 800m, 3000m and second place in the long jump.
โข Joy Merifield came in second in the 200m, 400m, 800m and javelin throw.
๐.๐ญ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ:
โข Jude Langmead took first place in the 200m, 400m, discus throw and shot put and second place in the 100m, high jump and long jump.
โข Ethan Linch reigned supreme in the middle to long distance events, claiming first place in the 800m, 1500m and 3000m events.
๐/๐ญ๐ต ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:
โข Lana Bouwer came first in the 400m and high jump events and second in the 3000m and long jump events.
โข Brigette Oelofsen claimed three first places in the 100m, 1500m and 3000m events, respectively.
The ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ on the day, were those of:
โข Joshua Swartland in the Open Boys 100m event where he crossed the finish line in 11,00 seconds;
โข Yonella Wana in the Boys u/15 100m event with a time of 12 seconds and;
โข Misha Newtonโs time of 13:33,00 in the Girls u/15 3 000m event.
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต!
We also offer our sincere thanks to all parents and members of the Union community who assisted on the day. We appreciate you!
(๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐:: Trophy winners will be announced at the Summer Sportsโ Awards Assembly later this year.)