A ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌ for the books – huge congratulations to Daly House for retaining the title with 655 points, just ahead of a spirited Arnott House on 528!
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฏ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ during (and in the time leading up to) the 2025 NSC examinations.
๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณโ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.
๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑโs work in English Home Language produced 3 A aggregates with a highest mark of 86%, while Life Orientation achieved a 100% pass rate, 13 A aggregates and a top mark of 90%. ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต guided her Afrikaans First Additional Language learners to 9 A aggregates and a highest mark of 87%. Strong results were also seen in Mathematics under ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ท๐ถ๐ฒ๐ (1 A aggregate, highest mark 80%) and Mathematical Literacy with ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ (4 A aggregates, highest mark 89%). ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ธ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑโs Accounting class achieved a 100% pass rate, 2 A aggregates and a top mark of 93%. ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ recorded excellent results in Business Studies (4 A aggregates, highest mark 87%) and Tourism (100% pass rate, 1 A aggregate, highest mark 84%). Further 100% pass rates were achieved in Computer Applications Technology (๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐พ๐๐ถ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ถ๐-๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐), Geography (๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐), and Life Sciences (๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐), with Life Sciences also producing 2 A aggregates and a highest mark of 93%. ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ปโs History class earned an A aggregate with a top mark of 80% and Physical Sciences under ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ achieved an A aggregate with a highest mark of 81%.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ.
Our Grade 8s, accompanied by their teachers and prefects, set off early this morning on a memorable ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ธ๐บ ๐ต๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ ๐ข๐๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ in the heart of the Camdeboo National Park.
As part of their high school orientation, they are spending the night immersed in nature, rounding off the day with a special dinner, surrounded by the quiet beauty of the park.
๐๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ.
Monday, 19 January, saw the Union Schools’ annual ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌ for Grade 1 to 7 learners being held.
The year-long rivalry between Arnott House (in blue) and Daly House (in red) was kicked off in fine style, as the young athletes gave it their all in various track and field events.
There were many proud moments and shared joy throughout the day, as the learners cheered on their classmates and showcased their athletic abilities.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ are in order for Arnott House, who clinched the victory with an impressive 1450 points, compared to Daly’s 1063 points.
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต!
Further results to follow soon.
We are very pleased to welcome ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐๐น๐ผ๐ผ to the Union community as the new Head Kitchen Matron of Arthur Kingwill House.
She joins us with a wealth of experience, having previously served as matron of a boarding house at a private school in Bedford.
Samantha and her husband, Fanie, are proud parents to two children – Joshua, 10, who is in Grade 5, and Emily, 13, in Grade 8.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐๐น๐ผ๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ and we look forward to the positive energy, care and experience she brings to Arthur Kingwill House.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Eastern Cape Department of Education and to Mr Nicky de Bruyn, District Director for the Sarah Baartman District, for the delivery of ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ-๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐, which were offloaded at the school today.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.
We are truly grateful for this generous support and the positive impact it will have on our school community.
We are very proud of the excellent results our primary department music students achieved in their piano examinations at the end of last year.
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข-๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ Shana Theron (Grade 7, 2026), who completed two grades in a single year – passing Grade 3 with Distinction in Term 1 and achieving 96% Distinction in her RSL Grade 4 exam. ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ Kate Scott (Grade 7, 2026) for 90% Distinction in Grade 2, Nieke van Jaarsveld (Grade 8, 2026) for 91% Distinction in Grade 1 and Mia Labuscagne (Grade 7, 2026) for 83% Merit in Grade 1.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐, who has been awarded the prestigious Rupert Achievement Award after being named the ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
This award, which includes a generous cash prize towards her tertiary studies, is a fitting tribute to Erinโs exceptional academic journey at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet.
We are immensely proud that this achievement marks the ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ that our school has produced Graaff-Reinetโs top matriculant – from ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ (2020) to ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฒ-๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ (2021), ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ป (2022), ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ (2023), ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ (2024), and now Erin in 2025.
Erinโs results speak volumes.
With a final average of 87%, she achieved distinctions across a wide range of subjects, including Accounting (93%), Life Sciences (93%), Afrikaans FAL (87%), English HL (86%), Physical Sciences (81%), Life Orientation (89%) and Mathematics (80%). She further challenged herself by completing Further Studies Mathematics, achieving a commendable 72%.
๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ, Erin embraced school life fully. Her leadership and service are evident through her involvement as a Prefect, Mentor, Mathematics Tutor, Media Team member and Blood Peer Promoter, as well as her long-standing commitment to the RCL, Interact (serving as Treasurer and later Secretary) and First Aid, where she held the role of Head in both 2024 and 2025.
๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ณ, ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ-๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
Erin was also invited to the AAD based on her top Physics performance in Grade 11 in the Sarah Baartman District.
Erin, ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ and sister to Old Unionite Ethan Gedult, has accepted her final offer to study MBChB at Stellenbosch University in 2026.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ as she embarks on this exciting next chapter.
In the words of her mother, Abigail Gedult, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.
This success truly reflects the power of a supportive school and community working together.
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป. Your hard work, humility and excellence inspire us all.
We are incredibly proud of Grade 7 learner ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐, who recently represented the Eastern Cape Elephants at the Interprovincial Tennis Tournament held in Bloemfontein from 8 to 11 January.
Competing in her very first IPT for the Eastern Cape Elephants, ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป while playing as the No. 3 seed.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ-๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ-๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด.
Over the four days, Taylor spent an impressive ยฑ13 hours on court in singles alone, playing a total of six singles matches, along with six doubles and six mixed doubles matches.
๐๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, Taylor rose to the challenge and gained invaluable experience at provincial level.
The Eastern Cape Elephants finished 12th out of 16 teams, placing ahead of the Eastern Cape Aloes team who came 13th.
Union High School’s u13A cricket team enjoyed a competitive and rewarding weekend at the ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, showcasing great promise across three hard-fought matches.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ against Knysna, posting a competitive 97 in 19 overs. ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ and ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ anchored the innings with composed knocks of 23 apiece, setting the platform for a superb bowling performance. Unionโs bowlers applied relentless pressure, dismissing Knysna for just 58 and ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ต-๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ through disciplined and intelligent cricket.
๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ. Batting first, Union worked hard for their 70/8, with ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ top-scoring with a determined 24 and ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ adding a valuable unbeaten 18.
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ.
The team responded in outstanding fashion in their final match against Muir, producing a dominant all-round performance. Muir were restricted to 46/7 through tight, controlled bowling, before Union chased down the target with confidence and intent.
๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ once again impressed with an unbeaten 20, guiding Union to an emphatic 8-wicket victory and rounding off a weekend full of growth, teamwork and encouraging performances.
