Day: 28 May 2025

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We are exactly one month away from hosting the 23rd annual 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗥𝗨𝗚𝗕𝗬 & 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟, sponsored by Astron Energy Eastern Cape and Botha’s Garage, and the excitement is building!

Preparations are in full swing as we gear up to welcome nearly 600 enthusiastic u/13 rugby and hockey players for four days of spirited competition, from 28 June to 1 July.

𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀, including Stirling, Clarendon Park, Gonubie, Muir, Grey Junior School, Volkskool, Lilyfontein, Lorraine, Westering, Crewe, George Randell, Belvue, King’s College, Sunridge, Clarendon Girls, Victoria Primary, Erica Girls’, Charlo, Cradock, Riebeek Girls’, Cambridge and Sonop.

𝘐𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴!

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A group of receptive and enthusiastic Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 12s, coupled with experts from various Higher Education Institutions and professionals from our community, made for an inspiring 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬 this year.

During the morning session, the Grade 12s were given 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 by private institutions including Eduvos, Varsity College, The International Hotel School and UXI Sport.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺!

The evening event was less formal but equally informative. 𝗠𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗻 spoke to the Grade 12s about his career journey in the field of Accounting; 𝗠𝗿𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 delved into to field of law and answered some fascinating questions; 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝘄𝘆𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝘂 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀 gave a fascinating talk on how our lives sometimes take 180° turns – often for the better – enlightening the Grade 12s on joining the police force.

The talks ended with 𝗗𝗿 𝗔𝗱𝗿𝗶 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘇, a local physiotherapist, who engaged the group on a discussion on the medical field, focusing on her specialization. Union High is extremely grateful to these friends of the school who gave up of their time so willingly.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦-𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 12𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥.