๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Union High School’s 1st hockey team who emerged as the champions – ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ – of the highly-anticipated annual ECHS hockey tournament held in Bloemfontein this past weekend.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง 18 ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด, ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
During the ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐, they faced off against Hoรซrskool 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 Hoรซr Volkskool and a 3-0 victory over Hoรซrskool Dinamika.
The ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ 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 ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง to Leigh-Ann Murray who was recognised as the ‘Best Midfielder of the Tournamentโ in the u/19A Girlsโ category.
Well done, girls!