Our 24th edition, once again sponsored by Astron Energy Eastern Cape and Bothaโs Garage, brought together incredible kids, infectious energy and unforgettable moments on and off the field.
Union High School proudly kicked off the annual ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ & ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น with its traditional welcoming cocktail function this evening, setting a warm and festive tone for the days ahead.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ, who extended a heartfelt welcome to all in attendance. He expressed his sincere gratitude to everyone who played a role in bringing the festival to life, especially the coaches for their commitment and enthusiasm.
The programme continued with a few words from Mr Dewald Niemand, Cluster Manager at Astron Energy Eastern Cape – the festivalโs anchor sponsor – who echoed the excitement and importance of events like these in supporting young talent.
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐.
Hockey Results
Union High School’s u/13A hockey girls brought their A-game to this yearโs ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น.
Missing key players – Kari Stern, Hayley Krige, Kungawo Lisa and Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza – who were away representing at IPT, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ.
They charged through the festival with a 4-0 win over Sonop, a 6-0 victory against Gonubie, suffered a narrow 2-1 loss against Sunridge, drew 1-1 with a tough Lorraine side and ended on a high with a 7โ0 win against Clarendon’s 2nd team, rounding off what was truly an impressive showing, ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ.
Rugby Results
Our u/13A rugby side, proudly representing the host school at this yearโs ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, faced a challenging lineup of opponents over the three-day event.
The boys put in a determined effort in their opening match, narrowly losing 15-17 to their Clarendon Park counterparts. The second encounter proved even tougher as they came up against the Grey Bulldogs, eventually going down 14-40 despite some spirited moments of play.
However, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ with a well-deserved 33-17 victory over Westering, showcasing their fighting spirit in front of the home crowd.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ.
We hope you enjoyed every second of the action and the beauty of our campus as much as we did!
