Month: Feb 2023

Sport Results

Congratulations to Grade 6 learner 𝗘𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗶 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗳 on excellent results achieved at the first archery competition of the year, hosted this past Saturday, 11 February, by Hoër Volkskool.

Elandri managed to claim two silver medals in the competition’s primary schools section for girls – one in the HVS Open and one in the Graaff-Reinet Open – while competing against archers from Uitenhage, Despatch and Jeffreys Bay.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘌𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘪!

Sport Results

Thursday, 16 February, Union’s 1st XI took the field in a 𝗧𝟮𝟬 against their Cradock High School counterparts.

While the Union boys worked steadily towards a victory, spectators and fielders found it difficult to keep their eye on the action in the middle, with Mother Nature once again producing a mesmerizing backdrop to this cricketing encounter.

Sport Results

On Wednesday afternoon, 15 February, Union welcomed Laerskool Cradock Primary School’s cricketers to our campus for an u/11A and u/13A match.

𝘂/𝟭𝟯𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧

Union won the toss and elected to bowl first. Union’s bowlers bowled brilliantly to restrict Cradock to 91 after 20 overs. Owen Paxton, Salmaan Steele and Joubert Vorster claimed 1 wicket apiece.

Union chased down the target with 3 wickets down, winning the game by 7 wickets. John Henry King was the best batsman for Union, scoring 45 not out.

𝘂/𝟭𝟭𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧

Cradock won the toss and elected to bat first.

Cayden Thompson was Union’s best bowler with figures of 4 for 13 in 3 overs. Nathaneal Phillips also bowled brilliantly, with figures of 2 for 6 in 1 over. The Union team was brilliant in the field, with 3 run outs.

Union reached the target set by their Cradock counterparts in 10.5 overs.

Josh Kingwill was Union’s best batsman with 32 runs from 19 balls. He also smacked one massive six

Union won the match by 6 wickets.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴! 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶!

Sport Results

Monday afternoon, 13 February, saw Union’s 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟲 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 players face Volkskool on the tennis court in an enjoyable start to the 2023 season.

All the players put forth their best efforts on the day and certainly did the school proud. 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to the Top 6 girls who won their encounter 8 matches to 1 and to the boys, who won their encounter 6 matches to 3.

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗦 𝘵𝘰 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴𝘬𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵! 𝘈𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶!

𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗧 to our Top 6 senior boys and girls tennis players for showing their support to our juniors today as they took to the courts against Volkskool!

The busy seniors took the time out of their day to make an appearance next to the courts to watch the youngsters play for a bit.

𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴!

Sport Results

Well done to Union biathlete Ben Lemke, who claimed a silver medal in the Boys u/17 age group at the 𝗘𝗣 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 in Gqeberha on Sunday, 12 February.

Ben recorded a 02:17.94 (800m) run time and a swim time of 01:10.30 (100m)

Sport Results

U/13A vs Herbert Hurd

Union’s 𝗨/𝟭𝟯𝗔 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 played a fixture against Herbert Hurd Primary School on Saturday, 11 February in Gqeberha.

Union lost the toss and were sent in to bat.

After losing 3 early wickets, 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻-𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗢𝘄𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗻 enjoyed a 90-run partnership which consolidated the innings.

Union ended up scoring 125 all out.

Herbert Hurd chased down the total with 4 wickets down, therefore securing the victory with 6 wickets to spare.

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘥!

U/11 A vs Herbert Hurd

The 𝗨/𝟭𝟭𝗔 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 travelled to Gqeberha for their first fixture of the year – a 40-over match against Herbert Hurd Primary School.

The hosting school won the toss and sent Union in to bat.

Union lost an early wicket, but 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 managed to keep the innings together. He was unlucky not to get to his half century, ending on a total of 42.

𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡, 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 100 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙.

When Herbert Hurd went in to bat, Union’s bowlers were rewarded for their accuracy, bowling their opponents out for a total of 47 in 17 overs.

Well done to Union’s top-performing bowlers, 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗻 (4 wickets) and 𝗖𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗻 (3 wickets). 𝗥𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 and 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 also claimed one wicket each.

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝟱𝟯 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀.