Day: 23 Mar 2023

Sport Results

1st Team – Gregg Beiling Festival
Union’s 1st XI hockey girls participated in the 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗚 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 in East London this past weekend.

On Friday they played their first match against Eldoraigne High School, which saw Union lose 2 – 1.

On Saturday they played two matches. The first was against a Top 10 side, Collegiate High School, which saw the girls go down 1 – 6. A couple of hours later, Union played against Merifield College, drawing the match 2 – 2.

Their last encounter of the festival on Sunday, saw Union conclude their weekend with a 1-all draw against Sasolburg High School.

We would like to thank coach Calvin Beck  for looking after our girls, as well as the parents who supported the girls throughout the weekend.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.

U/16A team: Pearson Festival
Pearson High School hosted their annual u/16 Girls’ 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 this past weekend in Gqeberha.

The Union u/16A side, accompanied by new coach Arijana Botha, played well and with great energy throughout the weekend.

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀:
vs Kingwood: lost 0 – 1
vs Woodridge: won 1 – 0
vs DSG B : lost 0-1
vs Framesby: won 2-0
vs Pearson A : lost 8 – 0
vs Pearson B: won 0 – 3

Sport Results

On Saturday, 18 March, Union took on Saint Andrew’s School on home soil in an annual derby day that has become a 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧, eagerly awaited by both schools.

As expected, the day started with a bang, with all matches being played at a furious pace, with teams from both sides attacking and defending with everything they had.

Aggressive attacking and big hits in defence saw our senior teams enjoying more success than the juniors. Congratulations to the u/15As and 2^nd XVs on their victories.

Union’s 𝟭𝗦𝗧 𝗫𝗩 put on a brilliant performance to beat the Saints 18 – 8, ending the day off on a high note for Union.

The Union side played with the wind in the first half and, although they had numerous opportunities to cross over the try line, they were unable to do so until a moment of stellar play secured Union a lead of 5 – 0.  St Andrew’s however followed this up with a try against the run of play, followed up by a penalty, giving them a 8 – 5 lead going into half-time.

Union looked a better team in the second half, controlling possession and territory which eventually resulted in them scoring their second try, to take the lead by 13 – 8. A penalty in favour of Union, secured them the win with 18 points to Saint Andrew’s 8.

𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀:

u/11A lost 22 – 10
u/13A lost 5 – 0
u/14A lost 24 – 31
u/15A won 31 – 7
u/16As lost 0-15
2nd XV won 36- 5

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 – 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.