๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ
The annual Karoo Gala was held in the Hoรซr Volkskool swimming pool, on Wednesday afternoon, 22 February.
In events ranging from u/9 through to the Open swimmers, 104 events in total, our swimmers made a difference by seeing that the Union lanes were filled where ever possible.
Congratulations to Unionโs juniors, who claimed the win for Union in the Primary Schoolsโ section with 457 points, followed by Laer Volkskool in second place (335), Gill Primary in third place with 157 points, the Homeschoolers in 4th place (49) and Cradock Primary in fifth place (18).
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 4 learners, Taylor Jacobs and Mateo Schoeman, who were announced as the ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ซ and ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ , respectively.
Their superb solo swims saw Taylor setting a new ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ in the Girls u/10 4x25m Individual Medley, Girls u/10 50m Freestyle and the Girls u/10 50m Backstroke, while Mateo broke the ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฆ in the Boys u/10 50m Breaststroke and the Boys u/10 50m Backstroke.
The UPS u/10 Girls’ relay team, comprised of Taylor Jacobs, Klara van Jaarsveld, Allison Gilfillan and Catie Davenport, also added to Unionโs point tally, improving the Medley Relay ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ time with 7 seconds! They also claimed the win in the Freestyle Relay.
The UPS u/10 Boys’ relay team, comprised of Mateo Schoeman, Michael Finlaison, Dan Davenport and Grant Murray, also didnโt hold back, smashing the ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ time in the Medley Relay by 10 seconds and winning the Freestyle Relay comfortably.
(๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด, ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ธ๐บ๐ฌ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.)
With regards to the ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก, Union extends its congratulations to Hoรซr Volkskool, on coming out victorious.
Here, Volkskoolโs Kate-Lynn Kruger claimed the title of senior Victrix Ludorum, while Marlowโs Hennie Snyman won the Victor Ludorum title.
Union claimed second place in the senior girlsโ section, with the boys coming in third in theirs.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to all our swimmers who competed in this event! You were ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ and we look forward to the announcement of the Karoo team in the next couple of days.
In closing, we’d like to extend our thanks to our coaches and parents for all they do, and to our friends from Volkskool on a well run gala and for being excellent hosts
