Junior Rugby & Hockey Festival Results

Hockey Results

Union High Schoolโ€™s u/13A hockey girls brought their A-game to this yearโ€™s ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น.

Missing key players โ€“ Kari Stern, Hayley Krige, Kungawo Lisa and Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza โ€“ who were away representing at IPT, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ.

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 7โ€“0 win against Clarendonโ€™s 2nd team, rounding off what was truly an impressive showing, ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฑ.

Rugby Results

Our u/13A rugby side, proudly representing the host school at this yearโ€™s ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น, 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, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ with a well-deserved 33-17 victory over Westering, showcasing their fighting spirit in front of the home crowd.