It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Herbert Hurd Primary School to Union this past Saturday for a wonderful day of junior sport.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด – ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด’ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ.
Our ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ teams put in commendable performances across the board:
โข u/9A secured a commanding ๐ฑ-๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ป
โข u/9B edged a close game with a ๐ฎ-๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ป
โข u/10A delivered a solid ๐ฑ-๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐
โข u/10B played to a competitive ๐ญ-๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐
โข u/13D showed great heart despite a ๐ญ-๐ฏ ๐น๐ผ๐๐
โข u/13C ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ-๐ญ, displaying tenacity throughout
โข u/13B pulled off a tight ๐ฎ-๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ป
โข u/13A rounded things off with a strong ๐ฏ-๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐
On the ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ fields, the matches were fiercely contested and full of excitement:
โข u//9A showed grit in a ๐ญ๐ฎ-๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐
โข u/11A fought hard to a ๐ญ๐ฌ-๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐
โข u/11B claimed a narrow but well-earned ๐ฑ-๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ป
โข u/13B impressed with a ๐ฎ๐ณ-๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ป
โข u/13A delivered a truly memorable performance with a ๐ฏ๐ด-๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ป, especially notable as they rose to the occasion despite the absence of several key players due to EP trials and injuries.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ to the staff, coaches, parents and of course, the players from both schools who made the day so special – ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ.