Union High Schools learners made their mark at the ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ (๐ ๐๐ฆ๐) ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐, held in Pretoria on 14 and 15 June.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ 680 ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ขโ๐ด ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
Fighting under the banner of KOSA (Kickboxing & MMA of South Africa), the Eastern Cape emerged as the top-performing province, proudly taking first place overall – a testament to the dedication of its fighters and the support of its coaches and communities.
๐๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, who represented not just their school, but their province and age divisions with courage beyond their years.
๐๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ, competing up an age group against 13-year-olds, showcased exceptional versatility and heart, earning:
Bronze in Grappling
Bronze in MMA Light
Silver in Points Fighting
Her sister, ๐๐ต๐น๐ผ๐ฒ-๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ, boldly faced off against her 17-year-old opponents and proved her resilience with:
Silver in Grappling
Silver in MMA Light
Bronze in Points Fighting
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐, stepping into a challenging 13 to 15-year-old division, demonstrated sharp technical skill and tactical control, walking away with:
Gold in Grappling
Silver in MMA Light
Not to be outdone, ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐, competing in the 10 to 12 age category, dominated his field with power and precision, earning:
Gold in Grappling