Day: 7 Apr 2025

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to Union High School’s u/13A hockey team on an outstanding performance at the annual 𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗦 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (where they were entered in the u/14 Girls’ category) in Bloemfontein this past weekend!

Starting off with a tough 2-all draw against OMS u/14B on Thursday afternoon, they quickly found their rhythm, securing victories against Hoërskool Duineveld’s u/14A side (3-0) and Hoërskool Dinamika’s u/14A team (1-0).

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 in the cross pool matches, where they continued their winning streak against Bergsig Academy (2-0) and Curro Aurora (3-0).

Despite a narrow 1-0 defeat to Marais Viljoen’s u/14A side, they bounced back in the semi-finals with a strong win, earning their place in the final.

A hard-fought 0-0 draw against Bergsig Academy in the final was enough to claim the overall winners’ title, thanks to their previous success against the same team in the pool rounds.

A special 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗧 to 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 for being named the u/14 Girls’ ‘Defender of the Tournament’ and to 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗵 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁 for being recognized as the ‘Best Player’ in the u/14 girls’ category!

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴!

The first weekend of the school holiday saw Union High School’s u/13A hockey players travel to Gqeberha to participate in the annual 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 & 𝗥𝘂𝗴𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 hosted by Clarendon Park Primary School.

In their first match, the 𝘂/𝟭𝟯𝗔 𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 secured a 3-0 victory against Hurbert Hurd. The girls followed this up with a 1-0 win against Hudson Park. In a highly competitive match against Clarendon Park, Union managed to secure a hard-fought draw with a score of 0-0. The team then faced two challenging matches against Stirling and Westering, losing both 1-0.

𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺 & 𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘣𝘺 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯.

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to all the Union High School hockey players who have been selected to represent the 𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘 this year!

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲 will take the field as the u/14A team’s goalie, with 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿 and 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀 representing the u/14B side.

𝘈 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴: 𝘈𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘢y𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶/14 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘢 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘢, 𝘜𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘶 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘪, 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯-𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘒𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘈𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶/16 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮.

We are also proud of the players selected for the u/18B side, 𝗔𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗲 and 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁 and 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘯, 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘶/18 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦.