Last week, at the start of the March school holiday, the Union Schools’ u/11A rugby team took part in the annual ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ & ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น hosted by Clarendon Park Primary School in Gqeberha.
๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด.
The team’s resilience was clearly evident as they bounced back from the initial loss, gaining confidence and building strong cohesion, which ultimately led to improved performances throughout the festival.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ-๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐: a challenging 29-5 loss against Clarendon, convincing wins of 14-0 against CPPS invitation and 24-7 against Summerwood, hard-fought draws of 7-7 against Herbert Hurd and 12-12 against Charlo, and a narrow, but well-deserved, 12-10 victory over Lillyfontein.
๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐จ!
