As the sun rose on Tuesday morning, 29 January, we knew it was going to be a stunning day for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s annual ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌ – and it didn’t disappoint.
The Grade 8 to 12 Arnott and Daly athletes participated in their numbers and continued to run, jump and throw with gusto!
The following athletes must be commended on their ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ:
๐ค๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐ป (u/15):
โข 1st place in 400m with a time of 1:04.45s
โข 2nd place in 100m
โข 1st place in Long Jump
๐ข๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ท๐ถ๐ฒ๐ (u/15):
โข 1st place in 200m with a time of 32.16s
โข 2nd place in 800m
โข 3rd place in 400m
๐ก๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ (u/15):
โข 1st place in 3 000m with an impressive time of 13:50.64
โข 1st place in 800m and 1500m
โข 3rd place in Long Jump
๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด (u/17):
โข 1st place in Shot Put, Discus and the 200m
๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ต ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ (u/17):
โข 3rd place in 1 000m
โข 6th place in 3 000m
โข 3rd place in 1 500m
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ (u/17):
โข 1st place in Shot Put (7.92m)
โข 1st place in 1 500m
๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (u/17):
โข 1st place in High Jump and Long Jump
โข 2nd place in 100m and 200m
๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ (u/17):
โข 1st place in Discus
โข 2nd place in Shot Put and Javelin
๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ป๐ป ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ (u/17):
โข 1st place in 3 000m and 200m
๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ (u/17)
โข 1st place in the 3000m and 800m
โข 3rd in the 400m
๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ (u/19):
โข 1st place in High Jump
โข 2nd place in Long Jump
โข 3rd place in 100m, 200m, and 3 000m
๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ (u/19):
โข 1st place in 100m (11.51s) and Long Jump
๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (u/19):
โข 2nd place in 400m
โข 3rd place in 3 000m and 200m
โข 4th place in Shot Put and 800m
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ (u/19):
โข 1st place in 100m and 200m
โข 2nd place in 3 000m and 800m
๐๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต (u/19):
โข 1st place in 800m, 1 500m and 3 000m
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐ (u/19):
โข 1st place in High Jump and Javelin
๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ (u/19):
โข 1st place in 3 000m
โข 2nd place in 800m
โข 3rd place in 1 500m
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (U/19):
โข Dominated in throwing events with 1st place in Javelin, Discus and 2nd place in Shot Put
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต!
We also offer our sincere thanks to all parents, staff and members of the Union community who assisted on the day. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐!
(๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐: Trophy winners will be announced at the Summer Sportsโ Awards Assembly later this year.)