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This past Sunday saw the Union Schools’ largest cohort of swimmers in recent years, participating in the 100th edition of the annual River Mile event.

The 𝗠𝗘𝗡’𝗦 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘 saw Union’s Max Price, Joshua Basson, Ben Lemke, Mark Lemke, Daniel Davenport, Daniel Marais and Danté Mills participating, while the 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦’ 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘 saw Catie Davenport, Zoë Mills, Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza, Gerda Clarke, Tyra Binney, Rebecca Copeman, Lisakhanya Zonke and Mecoli Vorster taking to the water.

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙕𝙤ë 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 22:31 𝙖𝙣𝙙 22:25, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮.

The day was bittersweet for two matric swimmers, Max Price and Tyra Binney, who have been competing together in the River Mile for several years. They’ll be missed next year!

𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵.

Congratulations to everyone involved!

𝗔 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:

This year’s River Mile also saw Old Unionite Brigetté Oelofsen, from the Class of 2023, joining her former schoolmates for the day. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘢, 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.

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