Gr 12 Dux Learner – Congratulations, Erin

Union High School’s ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜†, once again provided a fitting celebration of the schoolโ€™s academic and cultural excellence.

As with every prizegiving, one of the eveningโ€™s most anticipated moments was the announcement of the ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐——๐˜‚๐˜… ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ – the highest academic honour bestowed at this event.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Œ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

Erinโ€™s outstanding academic record was further reflected in the numerous prizes she received during the evening, including the:

๐Ÿ† ๐—จ๐—›๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€

๐Ÿ† ๐—จ๐—›๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต

๐Ÿ† ๐—š๐—•๐—š ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

๐Ÿ† ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€

๐Ÿ† ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ

๐Ÿ† ๐—ฉ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ

๐Ÿ† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€

๐Ÿ† ๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€

๐Ÿ† ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ (๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜)

In addition to her academic excellence, Erin also excelled in the cultural sphere, earning recognition as a ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ and dedicated contributor to school life. Her additional awards included:

โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ / ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

โ€ข ๐—”๐—น๐—น-๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ

โ€ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ตรฉ ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ

โ€ข ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜-๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

Erin was also awarded the ๐—™๐—ฃ๐— ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ for her exemplary commitment to serving the school community, as well as the ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ & ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜†, which will assist her in pursuing her tertiary education.

Union High School congratulates ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ 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 – ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ.

Senior Cricket vs St Andrew’s – Results

The dayโ€™s 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 Unionโ€™s 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 Andrewโ€™s 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 Andrewโ€™s a comprehensive victory.

The U15 team also faced a challenging outing, being dismissed for 60 runs. St Andrewโ€™s 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.

Junior Cricket vs Grey Junior – Results

Union High Schoolโ€™s young cricketers enjoyed ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ against visiting sides from Grey Junior School today.

๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ/11๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ’๐˜ด ๐˜ถ/11๐˜‰ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ 90, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ป ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ-๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ 19 ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด.

Despite Grey reaching the target for the loss of just three wickets to claim a 7-wicket win, Unionโ€™s 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 ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, Union posted 74 runs, thanks to a composed unbeaten 20 from Grant Murray.

Unionโ€™s bowlers then rose to the challenge, dismissing Grey for 63 in a fine all-round display.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ, 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.

Junior Tennis vs Balmoral – Results

Perfect tennis-playing weather set the stage for ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ as our junior tennis girls took on a visiting Balmoral Girls’ Primary School side in Saturday, 25 October.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ to our team on their 13 – 5 victory!

A big ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ to Balmoral Primary for making the trip and sharing in a great day of tennis!