Union High School is incredibly proud to share that Grade 11 learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ has officially been selected ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ under the Endurance Ride Association of South Africa (ERASA) in the prestigious international challenge against Namibia – taking place at none other than the 50th Fauresmith Endurance Ride – South Africaโs National Championship event 
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด: ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 204-๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ต’๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ – ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ต ๐ท๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ.
Out of 283 riders who entered the qualifying series this season, Tristan stood out with consistent excellence. He was shortlisted as one of just 10 junior rider-and-horse combinations and after passing the final veterinary inspection, ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ.
This is more than just a selection – itโs a celebration of Tristanโs dedication, resilience and the beautiful partnership heโs forged with his horse. ๐๐โ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ.
Well done, Tristan – we are beyond proud of you!