Unionโs young cricketers are putting their own local spin on one of cricketโs best-loved formats with the launch of the Union Premier League – ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐13 ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด.
Inspired by the IPL franchise format, the UPL brings local businesses, families and young players together through seven newly formed franchises.
Tomorrow evening, ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ญ๐ณ ๐๐๐ด๐๐๐, the franchise holders will gather at the Graaff-Reinet Club for a steak dinner and live player auction. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ช๐น-๐ข-๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, 22 ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ Union High School ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด.
We are deeply grateful to the businesses and groups that have bought into this idea and become the first UPL franchise holders:
๐๐๐ท๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ – Derek Light Attorneys
๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ – PSG Insure Somerset Street
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ – Van Wyk Theron Financial Advisors & Wealth Partners
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ – Graaff-Reinet Hardware & Building Supplies cc
๐๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ – Dentists at Health – Graaff-Reinet
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ – Pick n Pay Graaff- Reinet
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ – Graaff-Reinet Over 40 Cricket Club
Thank you for backing our young cricketers and for helping turn a simple fundraising idea into something the children can truly enjoy and remember. Your support reaches far beyond the cricket field – it helps make new experiences, friendships and opportunities possible.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ด:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ด:๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐.
All are welcome! We look forward to seeing how the teams take shape and then to a happy day of six-a-side cricket at Union on Saturday.
