Union High School, Graaff-Reinet was granted the privilege of hosting the regional leg of the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ’ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ this past Sunday, 5 March.
The event โ which brought together the top hockey talent in the region – provided a memorable experience for everyone involved.
All the players demonstrated a great deal of respect for their opponents and the officials and should be commended on their exemplary conduct โ they are a credit to their schools.
The positive atmosphere, exceptional play and overall sense of camaraderie made the tournament a huge success, and served as a testament of how sport can bring people together.
Both Unionโs 1st team and 2nd teamโs quality of play was exceptional throughout the day, with all the girls displaying a lot of skill, speed, and a high level of sportsmanship.
Their ๐๐ ด๐๐๐ ป๐๐ are as follows:
Union 1st team beat Cradock 2 โ 0 and Brandwag 4 โ 0, losing 2 โ 0 to DSG.
Unionโs 2nd team lost 3 โ 0 against Hoรซr Volkskool and 2 โ 0 against Kingswood, drawing 0 โ 0 against Victoria Girls High School.
๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค coaching staff, Mr Calvin Beck, Mrs Cathy Pringle, Mrs Claire Lemke, Mr Steggman van Zyl and Mrs Bronwen Langmead, to Mrs Elsebรฉ Moos and her First Aid team, to Mr Maarten Kruger and Mr JP Kruger, Mr Donald Kingwill and his groundsmen, as well as to all the parents and members of the community who supported the players on the day.
A word of thanks is also extended to Mr Louis Steyn for assisting us with the scaffolding for the SuperSport cameras and Spar for their valued sponsorship of the event.
๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บโ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.
