Union High School, Graaff-Reinet looks forward to welcoming Cradock High School as well as Lorraine Primary on Saturday, 22 April, for a set of ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ and ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ matches.
All games played on the Puttick Field and the Union High School AstroTurf will be livestreamed (๐ช๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด) via our YouTube channel. ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐: https://www.youtube.com/@theunionschools
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข Union High School, Graaff-Reinet junior rugby players ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐บ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ท๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต๐ฎ, ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ and ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ป, who were selected for the Karoo Sub Union u/13 Rugby Team.
Congratulations also to their coach, Mr Mpilo Njoloza, who will be coaching the team, alongside Laer Volkskool’s Mr Ruben van Zyl.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ 22 ๐ต๐ฐ 24 ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ
Our special ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ that was held on morning, Friday, 14 April, served as the perfect opportunity to revel in our learnersโ achievements in the various summer sporting codes.
On top of that, we were also able to present awards for Music and Culture and Service Awards to our Library Monitors and SANBS Blood Peer Promoters.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.
SUMMER-AWARDS-ASSEMBLY-2023View photographs on our Facebook Page
The temperature’s dropping, and our learners will be required to be in full winter uniform from the 2nd of May.
With this in mind, Union is very excited to announce that we have introduced a new โwinter lookโ for our Grade 5 to 12 girls. ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ โ as seen here being worn by head prefects Brigette Oelofsen and Caitrin Spence – ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐จ๐๐ง๐จ.
All items needed for the schoolโs Winter Uniform are in stock at the Clothing Shop and available for purchase โ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ด:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฏ:๐ฌ๐ฌ.
Skin care โ the ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ way!
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet would like to extend a massive ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ to Mrs Corli Schoeman of Alchemy Skin & Body as well as ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป for gifting our 1st Junior hockey team with a skincare parcel this week.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ.
Our 2023 1st Junior hockey girls are a dynamic, enthusiastic and talented set of girls who are dedicated to their practices and committed to seeing their team succeed. They, therefore, put in a lot of hours each week to ensure that they are competition-ready when the time comes.
With the Karoo sun being what it is, and the girlsโ increased exposure to it, ๐ฌ๐โ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ผ๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐จ๐ช๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐.
Because the ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป range is fun (who doesnโt like an instant foamy face wash!?) and practical to use, our girls can now easily have a skin care routine that helps them glow up!
In today’s rugby fixture against a visiting Muir College, the u/11A team – Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s undoubted ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ – showed great form and passion to win their match (the first of the day) 24 – 0.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Lukhona Bulembu (2), Robert Finlaison (1) and Sibusiso Jantjies (1) on their respective tries, two of which were successfully converted by Lukhona.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ.
This reflected on the scoreboard, with our boys suffering the following losses:
u/13A 5-55
u/14A 7-26
u/15A 5-22
u/16A 10-22
2nd XV 14-33
1st XV 7-39
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด!
This past Saturday, 15 April, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ team travelled to Gqeberha where they faced their Sunridge Primary School counterparts for their first fixture of the season.
Although the girls played well and displayed some lovely skill on the day, in the end, hockey is a game of opportunity as much as it is a game of skill and the Union girls fell short in that they did not capitalise on the opportunities presented.
Sunridge claimed the win with 3 goals to Unionโs 2.
Big pat on the back, however, to all the girls for playing their hearts out โ the grass was a challenging surface to play on, but they ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐.
We look forward to seeing the team go from strength to strength this season as they are a talented group of girls with a passionate and knowledgeable coach.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐
The u/11 girls played their first full-field, 11-a-side hockey match this past Saturday against Sunridge Park. The girls have had to learn new structures and rules in a very short period of time and have done exceptionally well to apply all instructions.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ 2 ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ 1.
๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐
The u/13B side enjoyed a good start to their season, ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฌ-๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ. The girls dominated this match and unfortunately did not capitalize on opportunities to score goals. We predict an excellent season ahead for this group of girls.