Interschools 2023 Results

The ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜ of the Interschools clash between Union and Volkskool has once again proven to be ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐——-๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—š๐—›๐—ง.
The two schools have been neighbours, friends and rivals for more than a 100 years and, irrespective of the outcome, this annual encounter always fosters an intense feeling of school pride while evoking a lot of emotion and excitement. This year was no exception.
๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ, ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น’๐˜€ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฒ.
The cultural richness emanating from the unity between our three Union Schools and the school’s unwavering commitment to the spirit of diversity, inclusivity, participation and tradition resonated profoundly throughout the contest and weโ€™d like to extend our grateful thanks to our exceptional senior role models who set a remarkable example for our entire community this Interschools, exemplifying the values ingrained within our institution.
๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ’๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ – ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด’ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด – ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต – ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ!
๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ ’๐™จ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ:
๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€:
โ€ข Union Junior 1st team lost 1 – 6
โ€ข Union Junior 2nd team won 5 – 2
โ€ข Union Preparatory School won 5 – 2
โ€ข Union Senior 1st team won 4 -3
โ€ข Union Senior 2nd team won 6 – 1
๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜‡:
โ€ข Union won 12 โ€“ 10.
๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต:
โ€ข ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด: Union High claimed first and second place
โ€ข ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด: Volkskool won first place, Union won second place
๐˜‚.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€:
โ€ข Boys lost 0 – 9
โ€ข Girls won 7 โ€“ 2
๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€:
โ€ข 1st Girls Team won 7 – 2
โ€ข 2nd Girls Team won 8 – 1
โ€ข 1st Boys Team won 5 – 4
โ€ข 2nd Boys Team lost 4 – 5
๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€ (๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€):
๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด
โ€ข Union 1st Team won 5 – 4
โ€ข Union 2nd Team won 8 – 1
โ€ข Union 3rd Team won 8 – 1
๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด
โ€ข Union 1st Team lost 0 – 9
โ€ข Union 2nd Team lost 0 – 9
โ€ข Union 3rd Team lost 1 – 8
๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜†:
โ€ข Union u/7A lost 1 – 3
โ€ข Union u/7B lost 0 – 2
โ€ข Union u/7C lost 0 – 4
โ€ข Union u/8 B won 6 – 1
โ€ข Union u/8 A lost 0 – 11
โ€ข Union u/9 A drew 2 โ€“ 2
โ€ข Union u/9B lost 0 – 4
โ€ข Union u/10A won 5 – 0
โ€ข Union u/13B won 2 – 0
โ€ข Union u/13A drew 1 – 1
โ€ข Union u/14A drew 0 – 0
โ€ข Union u/16B won 1 – 0
โ€ข Union u/16A won 9 โ€“ 0
โ€ข Union 2nd team drew 1 – 1
โ€ข 1st team won 2 โ€“ 1
๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜†:
โ€ข Union u/7A won 50 – 5
โ€ข Union u/9B lost 0 – 29
โ€ข Union u/9A lost 5 – 43
โ€ข Union u/11B lost 5 – 53
โ€ข Union u/11A won 17 – 5
โ€ข Union u/13B lost 5 – 35
โ€ข Union u/13A lost 10 – 36
โ€ข Union u/15B won 22 – 10
โ€ข Union u/14A lost 5 – 21
โ€ข Union u/15A lost 12 – 18
โ€ข Union u/16A won 8 – 7
โ€ข Union 3rd XV lost 5 – 48
โ€ข Union 2nd XV won 19 – 17
โ€ข Union 1stย XVย lostย 6ย –ย 39

Interschools 2023 – Match Of The Day

Each year at Interschools, there is a match that stands out from the rest โ€“ whether itโ€™s a game that showcases the underdogs and their triumphant victory, or one in which a team claws their way back to victory after trailing by double-digit points for nearly the entire contest.

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง’๐™จ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, as Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/16A rugby team, led by their coach Mr. Hanno Sparrius, claimed an amazing 8-7 victory.

This is the first time that a Union u/16A side has won their Interschoolsโ€™ encounter since 2013, making this a truly ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ for all the boys and their parents!

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ!

Hockey – 50 Caps

We were incredibly privileged this morning, to present seven Union High School, Graaff-Reinet 1st team hockey players – Mecoli Vorster, Leigh-Ann Murray, Misha Newton, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, Anna Pringle, Sarah Jacobs and Sade May โ€“ with their well-deserved ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐—ง๐—› ๐—–๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ before the highly anticipated Interschools clash against Volkskool.

Anna Pringle, Sade May, Sarah Jacobs, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, Mr Beck (coach), Misha Newton, Leigh-Ann Murray and Mecoli Vorster.

These exceptional athletes have shown unwavering commitment to the team since donning their 1st team kit for Union and ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ค๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฎ at the school on such a momentous occasion with a small token of our appreciation.