This past weekend was an exciting one for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s ๐จ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐ , who joined the other Union teams in participating in the ECHS coaching tournament held in Bloemfontein.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต 15 ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ.
The tournament saw its fair share of challenges, including unpredictable weather that affected gameplay.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ’๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐:
โข In their opening match against ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ ๐/๐ญ๐ฒ๐, the game ended in a draw due to the weather conditions.
โข Continuing on, Union faced ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ and emerged victorious with a solid 2-0 win.
โข The team then squared off against ๐ฆ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ, securing another win with a narrow 1-0 score.
โข In a tightly contested match against ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐นโ๐, Union faced their first defeat, losing 1-0.
โข Bounce back they did, with a dominating performance against ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐ท๐ผ๐ฒ๐ป, clinching a 2-0 victory that reignited their momentum.
โข Union continued their winning streak with a well-earned 1-0 win against ๐oรซ๐ฟ๐๐ธ๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ.
โข In their final match against ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐นโ๐, the teams battled hard and while it ended in a 1-1 draw, Unionโs perseverance throughout the tournament was commendable.
Special ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง to Onika Jantjies who was recognised as the ‘Best Forward of the Tournament’ in the u/16 Girls’ category.
