U/16 Hockey ECHS Tournament – Results

This past weekend was an exciting one for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—” ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐— , who joined the other Union teams in participating in the ECHS coaching tournament held in Bloemfontein.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต 15 ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ.

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

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ’๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€:

โ€ข In their opening match against ๐—ข๐— ๐—ฆ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—–, the game ended in a draw due to the weather conditions.

โ€ข Continuing on, Union faced ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† and emerged victorious with a solid 2-0 win.

โ€ข The team then squared off against ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, securing another win with a narrow 1-0 score.

โ€ข In a tightly contested match against ๐—ฆ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—นโ€™๐˜€, Union faced their first defeat, losing 1-0.

โ€ข Bounce back they did, with a dominating performance against ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ป, clinching a 2-0 victory that reignited their momentum.

โ€ข Union continued their winning streak with a well-earned 1-0 win against ๐—›oรซ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฎ.

โ€ข In their final match against ๐—ฆ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—นโ€™๐˜€, the teams battled hard and while it ended in a 1-1 draw, Unionโ€™s perseverance throughout the tournament was commendable.

Special ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง to Onika Jantjies who was recognised as the ‘Best Forward of the Tournament’ in the u/16 Girls’ category.

๐˜–๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ถ/16๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 6๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ