What a joy and an honour itโs been to open our campus to this yearโs Gravel Burn adventure!
Catch the full highlight video of the Graaff-Reinet stage at the following link: https://youtu.be/froQcKV5KbI?si=EbSH6tt5fgQZzJY-
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Union High Schoolโs u13 cricketers, ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ and ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป, on their well-deserved selection to represent the Eastern Province!
Nathaneal has been named to the u13A Boysโ team, while Kari has earned her place in the u13A Girlsโ side.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ๐ด 
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
In a world that often feels hurried and impersonal, this gesture from the Graaff-Reinet Dutch Reformed Church stands out as an example of the community spirit and kindness that makes our town such a wonderful place to live.
To the congregation of NG Graaff-Reinet, your thoughtful initiative has made a significant impact. The NSC examinations can be a source of stress and anxiety for many young learners – ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐.
Union High School kicked off the school swimming season at the first ๐ ๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ, held at Newton Park Pool in Gqeberha this past Saturday, 25 October.
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ:
โข ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป who claimed 1st place in the 50m Backstroke and finishing in the Top 6 in all her events.
โข ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐น๐ฎ impressed with 2nd places in both the 50m Fly and 50m Backstroke, plus a 3rd in the 100m Breaststroke.
โข ๐ญ๐ผรซ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ earned a 3rd place in the 50m Breaststroke and turned in solid performances across her other races too.
โข ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ stood out with a 2nd place in the Girls 50m Backstroke and several strong Top 10 finishes.
โข ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ showed great promise with strong swims and Top 10 results.
โข ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ made fantastic progress, dropping a huge 7.69 seconds in her 50m Backstroke and 9.81 seconds in her 100m Freestyle – an incredible reward for her hard work and dedication!
โข ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ proudly represented Union in her first-ever B Age Gala, gaining valuable experience and showing great determination throughout the day.
๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ธ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
A big ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ for being poolside with the team all day!
Union High School’s ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐, once again provided a fitting celebration of the schoolโs academic and cultural excellence.
As with every prizegiving, one of the eveningโs most anticipated moments was the announcement of the ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ – the highest academic honour bestowed at this event.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ.
Erinโs outstanding academic record was further reflected in the numerous prizes she received during the evening, including the:
๐จ๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐
๐จ๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ถ๐๐ต
๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
๐๐น๐ผ๐ฒ๐บ๐ต๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ
๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐บ
๐ ๐ฎ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐
๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐
๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ (๐ญ๐๐)
In addition to her academic excellence, Erin also excelled in the cultural sphere, earning recognition as a ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ and dedicated contributor to school life. Her additional awards included:
โข ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ / ๐๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
โข ๐๐น๐น-๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ
โข ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ตรฉ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ
โข ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐-๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ
Erin was also awarded the ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ for her exemplary commitment to serving the school community, as well as the ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ & ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐๐น๐ผ๐ผ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐, which will assist her in pursuing her tertiary education.
Union High School congratulates ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ on this remarkable achievement and commends her for her unwavering dedication, humility and pursuit of excellence. She leaves behind a legacy of hard work and quiet inspiration – ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ.
The dayโs play began with the 1st XI captain winning the toss and electing to bowl first under overcast conditions. The decision seemed to pay early dividends as Unionโs bowlers maintained good discipline with the new ball. Despite intermittent rain, 24.5 overs were completed before weather forced the players from the field.
Among the standout performances, Callum Jacobs delivered an impressive spell, claiming 3 wickets for 31 runs in 6 overs, demonstrating both control and consistency. Unfortunately, persistent rain after lunch led to the match being officially called off, resulting in no further play for the day.
In the second team encounter, St Andrewโs College took first strike and posted a strong total of 235 runs in their first innings. In reply, Union struggled to build partnerships and were bowled out for 25 runs, giving St Andrewโs a comprehensive victory.
The U15 team also faced a challenging outing, being dismissed for 60 runs. St Andrewโs College made light work of the chase, securing victory by 10 wickets.
Despite the results, there were encouraging individual performances and valuable lessons learned across all teams. The boys showed good spirit and sportsmanship throughout the day.
Union High Schoolโs young cricketers enjoyed ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ against visiting sides from Grey Junior School today.
๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ/11๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐บ’๐ด ๐ถ/11๐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ 90, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ป ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ-๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ 19 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด.
Despite Grey reaching the target for the loss of just three wickets to claim a 7-wicket win, Unionโs Mark Copeman (2/21) and Iminathi Sididi impressed with the ball.
The u/13A clash against Grey’s u/13Bs proved to be a very exciting contest, with ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐.
After winning the toss and electing to bat, Union posted 74 runs, thanks to a composed unbeaten 20 from Grant Murray.
Unionโs bowlers then rose to the challenge, dismissing Grey for 63 in a fine all-round display.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ, with standout performances from Grant Murray (3/12), Nathaneal Phillips (3/13), Uthmaan Steele (2/10) and Edwin Holmes (2/15), capping off a memorable team effort.
Perfect tennis-playing weather set the stage for ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ as our junior tennis girls took on a visiting Balmoral Girls’ Primary School side in Saturday, 25 October.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ to our team on their 13 – 5 victory!
A big ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ to Balmoral Primary for making the trip and sharing in a great day of tennis!
Preparations are in full swing for the ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป event taking place right here on the Union Schools’ campus!
The #NedbankGravelBurn2025 is a 7-day, 800km full-service gravel cycling stage race taking place from ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ – ๐ญ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ, featuring more than ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐.
Starting in ๐๐ป๐๐๐ป๐ฎ, the route winds its way through some of South Africaโs most breathtaking landscapes, with overnight stops at ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐๐ฟ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ (๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐), ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ (๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฒ๐ธ) and ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ, before finishing in spectacular style at ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ.
๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: https://gravel-burn.com/route/
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ: Gravel Burn
Excitement is building as we get ready to welcome riders from around the world to our campus!
Our U11A team were narrowly beaten by Laer Volkskool, losing by just 4 runs in a tight contest.
Volkskool scored 81/4 in 20 overs, with wickets shared by Iminathi Sididi (2), Kevin de Klerk, and Mark Copeman.
Union replied with 77/7, Micheal Maritz top-scoring with 18 (35).
UHS U13A team delivered a dominant performance to claim a 159-run victory.
Batting first, Union posted 215/3, led by a brilliant 122 (66) from Dante Mills and 60 (47) by Josh Kingwill.
Volkskool were bowled out for 56, with Josh Kingwill (3-5), Nathaneal Phillip (3-12), and Sintayu Kaitro (2-5) starring with the ball.
A special milestone was achieved today as Josh Kingwill surpassed 1000 runs as an U13 cricketer over the past two years, a remarkable achievement.