Day: 8 Apr 2025

Hockey, Sport Results

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 to Union High School’s 1st hockey team who emerged as the champions – 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝘄 – of the highly-anticipated annual ECHS hockey tournament held in Bloemfontein this past weekend.

𝘖𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 18 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

During the 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, they faced off against Hoërskool Kimberley and secured an impressive 3-0 win. They followed that up with a 2-0 win against Bergsig Academy, ending up at the top of their pool.

The winning teams in each pool then competed against each other. The girls held Merrifield College to a dynamic 1-all draw and beat Lyndenburg 2-0 and Marais Viljoen 2-1. Their journey to the finals was sealed with a 1-0 triumph over Hoër Volkskool and a 3-0 victory over Hoërskool Dinamika.

The 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 saw the Union girls face off against Merrifield College once again. This time around the Union side emerged victorious, with a final score of 0-1 in their favour.

Special 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗧 to Leigh-Ann Murray who was recognised as the ‘Best Midfielder of the Tournament’ in the u/19A Girls’ category.

Well done, girls!

Hockey, Sport Results

This past weekend was an exciting one for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s 𝗨𝟭𝟲𝗔 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠, who joined the other Union teams in participating in the ECHS coaching tournament held in Bloemfontein.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 15 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱.

The tournament saw its fair share of challenges, including unpredictable weather that affected gameplay.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀:

• In their opening match against 𝗢𝗠𝗦 𝘂/𝟭𝟲𝗖, the game ended in a draw due to the weather conditions.

• Continuing on, Union faced 𝗞𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 and emerged victorious with a solid 2-0 win.

• The team then squared off against 𝗦𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, securing another win with a narrow 1-0 score.

• In a tightly contested match against 𝗦𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹’𝘀, Union faced their first defeat, losing 1-0.

• Bounce back they did, with a dominating performance against 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗷𝗼𝗲𝗻, clinching a 2-0 victory that reignited their momentum.

• Union continued their winning streak with a well-earned 1-0 win against 𝗛oë𝗿𝘀𝗸𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗸𝗮.

• In their final match against 𝗦𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹’𝘀, the teams battled hard and while it ended in a 1-1 draw, Union’s perseverance throughout the tournament was commendable.

Special 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗧 to Onika Jantjies who was recognised as the ‘Best Forward of the Tournament’ in the u/16 Girls’ category.