Union High School hosted its annual Founders’ Weekend cricket matches today, Saturday, 24 January, featuring the school’s 1st, 2nd and u/15A teams against the Old Boys.
These matches are more than just a showcase of talent on the field; they also serve as ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, both during the games and in the camaraderie that follows.
Following an exciting day of cricket, a prize-giving ceremony was held in the Tony Burrell Union, where several trophies were awarded to outstanding players:
โข Most valuable player of the day – 1st XI: ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ
โข Best Batsman – 1st XI: ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ
โข Best Bowler – 1st XI: ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป
โข Best Schoolboy Performer – 2nd XI: ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด
โข Best Schoolboy Performer – u/15: ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ
โข The Dave Stern Memorial Award for an up-and-coming cricketer: ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐
๐๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ’๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐บ๐ด’ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ 1๐ด๐ต ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ’๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.