There is something rather special about a business whose story stretches back almost as far as the town itself. In the case of ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, that story begins on 1 August 1856 – a remarkable legacy that speaks not only to longevity, but to trust, stability and deep roots in the Graaff-Reinet community.
Union High School is proud to continue our ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ series by recognising the generous support of Midboard Financial Services, a business whose history is woven into the fabric of this town and whose connection to Union is especially meaningful.
Pictured here are Union hockey girls ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ป๐ป ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ and ๐๐บ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ with Midboardโs ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ – a proud Old Unionite from the Class of 1981 whose ties to the school run deep.
Married to Lizet Crankshaw, who serves on Unionโs staff and father to Kara-Lynn (Class of 2012) and Jonathan (Class of 2016), Mr Crankshaw and his family have long been part of the Union story.
๐๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ – ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ.
That is what makes Midboardโs support of this initiative so fitting. ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ is all about partnership – about local businesses choosing not only to back our 1st team hockey girls, but also to shine a light on causes that are doing important work in our wider community.
Through their pledge, Midboard Financial Services has chosen to support the ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, an organisation that offers comfort, practical assistance and compassion to local patients and families walking the difficult road of cancer treatment. It is a cause that touches many lives, often quietly and behind the scenes, and Midboardโs decision to stand behind it is a deeply meaningful reflection of the care and community-mindedness that have helped define the business over generations.
In a campaign that celebrates the powerful link between sport, service and community, this partnership is ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐. Midboardโs legacy may stretch back nearly 170 years, but its willingness to continue investing in people and place is what makes its contribution so significant today.
On behalf of Union High School and our 1st team hockey girls, we extend our ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ to Midboard Financial Services and Mr John Crankshaw for their generosity, their enduring connection to Union and their support of both our girls and the Graaff-Reinet Cancer Association.
