Graaff-Reinet has always been a town that rallies behind its own. This year, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s 1st team hockey girls are inviting our community to be part of something truly special, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต.
As our girls prepare for an exciting 2026 season, they wonโt just be playing for results on the scoreboard. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐โ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐.
We are proud to launch our ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ pledge campaign – a heartfelt partnership between our Union hockey girls, local businesses and the charities that serve our town.
Hereโs how it works:
Local businesses pledge R100 (๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐20) per goal scored by our 1st hockey team throughout the season, with the option to ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐๐บ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ for the season.
At the end of the season, the total pledge is calculated – and then the following happens:
โข ๐ฑ๐ฌ% ๐ด๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ (๐ก๐ฃ๐ข) ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
โข ๐ฑ๐ฌ% ๐ด๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ – supporting equipment, coaching travel and player development
That means every single goal scored in 2026 becomes a goal for our community too.
But weโre not stopping there.
Each sponsor and their chosen NPO will receive ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป – because we want to celebrate the businesses who back our girls and shine a light on the incredible organisations doing life-changing work in Graaff-Reinet and beyond.
Even more importantly, our girls will make it their mission to personally connect with the NPOs during the year. They want to visit, learn serve and give back where they can. ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐.
This initiative is about more than fundraising.
Itโs about raising young women who understand gratitude.
Itโs about strengthening the bond between school and town.
Itโs about turning sport into service.
Some matches may end goalless. Others may see the scoreboard light up. But whatever the result, we know this:
Every goal will stand for something greater.
๐ง๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ – thank you for always supporting Union.
๐ง๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ก๐ฃ๐ข๐ – thank you for the quiet, powerful work you do every day.
๐ง๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ – thank you for raising girls who play with heart.
Letโs make 2026 a season where every goal truly is a ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ 
If you would like to pledge your support or find out more, please reach out to us directly at ushmarketing@unionschools.co.za or via WhatsApp at 061 310 8343 or respond on the following link: https://forms.gle/V3BMwrAsAudd8wYv8
