There are some supporters who quietly make a lasting difference and today we were reminded just how special that kind of support is.
While in Cape Town for the Cape Town International Hockey Tournament 2026, the Union girls had the privilege of a visit from Dr Jim Te Water Naudรฉ, a proud Old Unionite from the Class of 1978 and one of the biggest supporters of the school’s ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ campaign.
Despite the pouring rain – ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ – Dr Te Water Naudรฉ took the time to come and wish the girls well ahead of their matches.
His encouragement and commitment to the team mean more than words can express and ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น that he chose to spend part of his special day with them.
The Goals for Good campaign continues to gather wonderful support. Through the initiative, supporters pledge R100 per goal scored by the school’s 1st hockey team, with half of the funds going to charity and the other half helping to grow hockey at Union.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป, including 13 goals at the Cape Town International Hockey Tournament so far. Every goal is making a difference and that is only possible because of the generosity of supporters like Dr Te Water Naudรฉ and everyone who has backed this initiative.
๐๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
