Union High School’s u/14 cricket side recently enjoyed a fantastic tour to the 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝘆𝗺𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 held over the holidays.
The young team played five matches, winning three and losing two – 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
The boys embraced every challenge with enthusiasm, representing Union with pride and spirit both on and off the field.
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝟯𝟬-𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼, setting the tone for the festival with disciplined bowling and sharp fielding. Though they fell short against a strong Parel Vallei side, the team bounced back superbly to secure an emphatic 89-run win over Boland Landbou, thanks in large part to a mature and composed 65 not out from 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 – a confident chase against host school Worcester Gymnasium, where they overhauled 114 runs in just 17.3 overs.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺’𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲. Once again, Collett led the charge with another outstanding 65, an extraordinary effort for a 13-year-old playing well above his age group.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶/14𝘈 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 – 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴.