We extend our heartfelt thanks to Montego Pet Nutrition for their incredible generosity in gifting our u/13B hockey team with brand-new Grays Hockey team bags and a stunning OBO goalie kit!
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐๐น๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ and involvement in our school community.
Saturday, 17 May vs St Dominicโs Priory
Saturdayโs clash against Priory was another test of our discipline and patience due to poor umpiring. We controlled nearly 70% of the possession, dominating the game in both territory and chances created. Despite this, Priory opened the scoring after a defensive error. Again, the girls responded wellโfighting back to level the score and then push ahead with a second goal to seal the 2โ1 win. While we had an impressive 30 short corners, we were unable to convert more of those opportunities into goalsโan area weโll be looking to sharpen moving forward. Nonetheless, a solid win and another step forward for the team.
Congratulations to Miley Burger and Antonio Adams on receiving first team caps this weekend .
Other Results vs Priory:
Second Team won 3โ0
U16A won 9โ0
U14 won 5โ1
U16B drew 0โ0
Overall, a successful weekend for Union Hockey across all teams!
Friday, 16 May vs Framesby High School
We took on Framesby in what turned out to be a competitive fixture. Despite going 1โ0 down early in the match, the girls showed composure and stuck to our structure. A moment of brilliance from Nadine Murray brought us levelโshe picked up the ball just outside the halfway line, eliminated four defenders and finished confidently to equalise. From there, we settled into our structure, moved the ball well, and took control of the game. Our attacking intent and team cohesion saw us pull away to a commanding 5โ2 victory.
Other Results vs Framesby:
Second Team won 3โ0
U16A lost 0โ4
U16B lost 1โ4
U14 drew 0โ0
Union High Schoolโs ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฒ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐โ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐โ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ players took to the courts against their Kingswood Junior School, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape counterparts this afternoon.
With key players Dante Mills and Madison Tam unfortunately sidelined due to injury, Gemma Murray and Keith Hudson stepped in and rose to the occasion – their beautiful tennis was a joy to watch!
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, securing a well-deserved 47 – 18 victory. The boys fought hard in a tightly contested match, narrowly losing 35 – 31.
๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, much of which can be credited to the dedicated coaching and mentorship of coaches Tiaan and Lente Mostert from Born To Play Tennis Academy.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต.
Perhaps the most heartening moment of the day came after the official matches were over – when the learners, still full of energy and excitement, chose to keep playing among themselves. The joy of the game, the laughter and the camaraderie on the courts spoke volumes about the thriving tennis spirit at Union.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
Our junior rugby boys enjoyed a spirited outing to Kingswood Junior School on Saturday, 17 May.
The ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ side delivered an impressive performance, claiming a 34-5 victory, while the ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ team followed with a strong 38-12 win.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ, who showcased outstanding teamwork to secure a commanding 50-7 triumph.
๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to our u/13 hockey teams on a clean sweep in yesterdayโs matches against Kingswood Junior School!
๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, with the u/13D side winning 1-0, the u/13C and u/13B teams both claiming convincing 4-0 victories and the u/13A team rounding off the day with a strong 3-0 win.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ผ the Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet teams, who mirrored this success with a clean sweep of their own.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ.
At the Union Schools, our hope for the future has always been bigger than any challenges we face and in an ever-changing world, our dedication to excellence, opportunity and the holistic growth of every learner remains unwavering.
It is in this spirit of optimism and resolve that we are proud to share our vision for the Union Schools’ state-of-the-art ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ – a transformative project born from our belief in the boundless potential of every child.
Slated for completion in the coming years and located adjacent to our main AstroTurf hockey field, the new Centre will be a multi-sport facility designed to inspire, support and elevate the physical development, wellness and competitive spirit of our learners.
๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐. We are actively engaging with philanthropic partners and potential benefactors who share our vision for youth empowerment through sport. This means the Centre will be brought to life at no financial cost to the parents or families of our school – ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ.
At the heart of the Centre lies a fully adaptable indoor arena, equipped with an innovative netting system that allows for transformation into eight indoor cricket nets, an action cricket pitch, or an indoor hockey field. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ-๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
A high-performance gym will serve as the strength and conditioning cornerstone of the facility, complemented by on-site medical and rehabilitation spaces to foster a holistic approach to athlete care – prioritising health, recovery and sustained excellence.
Overlooking the action will be our second-floor sports administration offices and viewing deck, providing coaches and support teams with an ideal vantage point for coordination and planning. On the ground level, purpose-built amenities – including modern change rooms, a tuck shop and kitchen, comfortable seating and essential storage – will round out the facility.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต; ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป with our Union Schools community and look forward to the day when the doors to the High Performance Centre open โ unlocking new opportunities and lasting impact for generations to come.
We were excited to host Spandau Secondary School on Thursday afternoon for a round of rugby matches.
1st XV match report
From the opening whistle, it was clear this was going to be a physical and high-intensity encounter. Union set the tone early, with Shaakir Kazi crossing the line for the first try within minutes. Xavier Barlow followed up with a second try, giving Union a dream start at 14โ0.
The momentum continued with tries from Peter-Daniel Clegg and Yaaseen Kazi, extending the lead to 26โ0. Despite consistent pressure and control from Union, a brief lapse allowed the hosts to score just before half-time, bringing the score to 26โ7 at the break.
The second half saw Union resume their dominance. The kickoff was secured and turned into immediate attacking pressure. Makukhanye de Beer added his name to the scoresheet, followed by two more tries from Yaaseen Kazi โ completing a well-deserved hat-trick. Yonela Wana also impressed with two tries of his own, sealing an emphatic 53โ7 victory.
A special mention goes to Yaaseen Kazi for his outstanding hat-trick performance and relentless work throughout the game.
Other Results:
(๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต)
U14: 28 – 5
U15: 12 – 0
U16: 57 – 16
2nd XV: 29 – 5
1st XV: 53 – 7
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ถ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School junior hockey players – Kari Stern, Hermon Wolde, Hayley Krige, Kungawo Lisa and Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza – on their well-deserved selection for this yearโs ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ ๐๐ฃ hockey teams!
We are incredibly proud of Hermon, Kari and Hayley, who will be representing the ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ, as well as Kungawo and Angelique, who will proudly take the field for the ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ.
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ!
Union High School is proud to celebrate the achievements of four of our learners – Chloe-Anne Fourie, Sinead Christoffels, Elizabeth Fourie and Matthew Christoffels – who participated in the MASA (Mixed Martial Arts South Africa) Championship on Saturday, 10 May.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น-๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐.
As a result of their exceptional performances, all four have been selected to represent the Eastern Cape at the National Championships taking place in Gauteng on 14 and 15 June.
๐๐ต๐น๐ผ๐ฒ-๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ secured second place in no fewer than four categories: MMA Light, Grappling, Continuous and Points Fight.
๐๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ also impressed, earning a second place in Points Fight and a third in Grappling. ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ brought home two silver medals in Grappling and Points Fight, while ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ dominated in his events, taking home two gold medals – one in Continuous and one in Grappling.
๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ.