Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Old Boys & Girls took to the field on Friday & Saturday, 26 & 27 January, in the traditional Founders’ Weekend cricket and hockey matches against the learners.
A lot of fun was had as these matches are not only about what happens on the field, but also on the sidelines and afterwards as current and former Unionites of al vintages share some time together.
CRICKET AWARDS
At the cricket prizegiving ceremony held in the Tony Burrell Union upon conclusion of the day’s play, the following trophies were presented by Mr Rhett Newton, Chairman of the Old Unionite Association:
• Best Bowler – 1st XI: Shaakir Kazi
• Best Batsman – 1st XI: Xavier Barlow
• The Dave Stern Memorial Award for an up-and-coming cricketer: Xavier Barlow
• Most valuable player of the day – 1st XI: Yonela Wana
• Best Schoolboy Performer – 2nd XI: Joshua Neill
• Best Schoolboy Performer – u/15: John-Henry King
𝘔𝘳 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘉𝘰𝘺𝘴’ 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘏𝘚 1𝘴𝘵 𝘟𝘐 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳’𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳.
HOCKEY AWARDS
𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵.
A round of applause goes to our outstanding 1st team players who received well-deserved recognition. 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗢 Amber Slater, awarded the title of ‘Most Promising Player’, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, securing the ‘Best Defender’ award, and Leigh-Ann Murray, claiming the top spot for ‘Best Goal.’
𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙅𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 – 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨.
