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EP Rugby Selection

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to junior rugby players, 𝗢𝘄𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗻 and 𝗞𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘂 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵, on being included in the EP rugby sides for two upcoming tournaments.
𝗢𝘄𝗲𝗻 will represent the Eastern Province u/12 side at the Southern Regional Tournament being played from 29 September to 1 October in Riversdale, while 𝗞𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘂 will represent the province as part of the u/13 EP Sevens squad at the Earl Hill Coastal Sevens Tournament being contested on 16 and 17 September in Kareedouw.
𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬

Sport Results

Premier Hockey Cup Results

The first leg of Union’s 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗖𝗨𝗣 was contested at the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet AstroTurf this afternoon, Monday, 5 September, and saw the Wolves take on the Bulldogs to draw 1-all and the Renegades face off against the Knights, with the Knights claiming a 4 – 2 victory.

Day 2 of Union’s 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗖𝗨𝗣 was another competitive affair, with both matches being tightly contested.

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to the Renegades who beat the Bulldogs 3 – 0 and the Knights, who remain unbeaten, having won their match against the Wolves 3 – 2.

• Day 3 (Wednesday, 7 September) will see the Bulldogs take on the Knights (14:00 – 15:00) and the Renegades face off against the Wolves (15:00 – 16:00).

Academic, Bulletin

STEM Fields Promotion by US

On Tuesday morning, 6 September, a group of postgraduate physics students from Stellenbosch University – backed by the professional and scientific bodies of Optica, SPIE and NITheCS – visited Union High School, Graaff-Reinet as part of an outreach programme to promote an interest in STEM fields (i.e. science, technology, engineering and mathematics) among high school learners.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟬 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟭 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 – applicable to the school curriculum – which covered a wide range of scientific topics, such as optics, momentum, electricity and electromagnetic induction, to name but a few.

The learners enjoyed the session tremendously and now have a much better understanding of the study and career opportunities that are available to students of math and science.

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵!

Sport Results

Premier Hockey Cup

There is cause for much excitement at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet this week, as our inaugural 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗖𝗨𝗣 – an internal competition – takes centre stage!

The teams have been selected and 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟰:𝟬𝟬 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 at the UHS AstroTurf – spectators are welcome!

Teams were compiled by way of a draw from a list of more than 60 of our hockey players, from u/13A level to senior 1st team level, who will battle it out to be crowned the first ever victors of this exciting competition!

This tournament is a first of its kind for Union, and sees teams comprised of Union’s hockey talent from junior level through to senior level face off against each other for top honours in a 3-day long round robin tournament.

Union’s Head of Hockey, Mr Calvin Beck, said, “We are very excited to host this event. We hope that this tournament will create an environment and atmosphere where all of Union’s hockey players feel welcome and get an opportunity to bond and get to know one another across all age groups. We hope the experience will be one our players will enjoy and look forward to seeing the bonds created between the players as the younger ones benefit from the seniors’ mentoring.”

This year, the 𝗞𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 hockey team, walked off the AstroTurf on Wednesday afternoon, 10 September, as the very first victors of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗖𝗨𝗣 (an internal competition). The team – captained by Caytah-Leigh Koeberg and Soso Mroro – put forth a stellar effort all round to remain the only unbeaten team during the tournament. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 the captains and their respective team members, Sarah Jacobs, Lisa Menos, Katelyn Trollip, Amy Waddelow, Ambesiwe Tokwe, Alex Short, Jade Slater, Elizabeth Houseman, Sinalo Khali, Zoë Mills, Brogan Koeberg, Sesethu Kotishini, Bukhobenkosi Nomatye, Ashley Shell and goalie Joy Merifield.

𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵!

Sport Results

Angora MTB Classic

Union was well represented at this past weekend’s Angora MTB Classic in Jansenville

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 to Union educator 𝗠𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗿, who successfully completed the 21km half marathon on Sunday, 4 September, crossing the finish line as the second lady home. She is seen here with Union learners, 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘇 and 𝗕𝗲𝗻 and 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗟𝗲𝗺𝗸𝗲 who each did the 5km run!

𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘒𝘦𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘕𝘪𝘦𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 25𝘬𝘮 𝘔𝘛𝘉 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 4𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘥, 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘮𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 21𝘬𝘮 𝘳𝘶𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 5𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭.

Well done to all!

Sport Results

Rising Stars Tennis Tournament

On Sunday, 4 September, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet welcomed tennis players from Kingswood, St Andrew’s College, Hoër Volkskool and Nico Malan to our campus for the Sarah Baartman leg of the national 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙪/16 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙧𝙚: (boys) Josh Neill, Angus McLaggen, Peter-Daniel Clegg, Stephan Vorster, (girls) Tara Ferreira, Catah-Leigh Koeberg, Kenza Neill and Charlize Vorster.

Congratulations to our girls’ team, who along with Kingswood, will represent the district in the next round on 1 and 2 October in East London. Congratulations are also extended to the teams from St Andrew’s College and Nico Malan who will represent the district in the boys’ section.

Sport Results

Senior Tennis Results

On Monday last week, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st boys and girls senior tennis teams played a match against Cradock, narrowly losing by 13 matches to 11.

This past weekend, the tennis players competed in the 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 in Middelburg, where our Top 4 boys and girls faced very strong opposition.

We are pleased that they reversed last week’s result against Cradock, beating them by 33 games to 31.

Another fine result was a narrow defeat by Kingswood, by the same margin.

Union’s second tennis team, did their school proud by winning the B section of the tournament – they defeated Middelburg, Aliwal North and Cradock.

Union High School’s 1st boys and girls senior tennis teams at the Marco Wasserman Tennis Tournament in Middelburg this past weekend.

Seen here is Union’s second tennis team who won the B section of the Marco Wasserman Tennis Tournament in Middelburg this past weekend: (back) Misha Newton, Tayla Kingwill, AJ Victor, Angus McClaggan, Jordan Wilmot, Ndalo Qwalela, (front) Kenza Neill and Sadé May.

𝙎𝙖𝙙é 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙖 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 “𝙣𝙤 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚” 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 – 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙨!

Coach, Mrs Louise Vorster, extends her thanks to the tennis players for their good conduct, both on and off the court.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭!

Sport Results

Junior Tennis vs Karel Theron

On Tuesday afternoon, 30 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted Karel Theron’s Top 6 u/13 boys and girls for an afternoon of 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦.

Well done to the Union girls, who won their encounter 6 – 3, as well as the boys, who beat their counterparts by 9 matches to 0. They certainly extended themselves and played excellent tennis.

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴.

The matches were all played in fine spirit.

Bulletin

Learner Leaders Improving Together

Members of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s Representative Council of Learners (RCL), along with those representing Hoër Volkskool, had the privilege of attending a Leadership Development Session facilitated by Ms Josephine Rodgers, the Eastern Cape’s Deputy Provincial Manager for FEDSAS.

In this follow-up session to one held in May this year, the main topic of discussion dealt with 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗖 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴.

Bulletin

Learner In The Limelight!

Well done to Grade 11 learner 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼 𝗡𝗲𝗹𝗹 who was selected out of thousands of entries through an audition process earlier this year to participate in the 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘺-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘬 run by 𝘈𝘉𝘚 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘬𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘴.

The 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘 ran for 12 months with well-known Afrikaans actors, such as Desire Gardner, Vilje Maritz and Izak Davel, stepping in as mentors for this time.

𝘈𝘳𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, Je-ani Swiegelaar 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 12-𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺.

This course consisted of online classes focussing on – among other things – character development, body work, voice work and improvisation.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘈𝘳𝘯𝘰!

Author: L. Crankshaw

EP Rugby Selection

Premier Hockey Cup Results

STEM Fields Promotion by US

Premier Hockey Cup

Angora MTB Classic

Rising Stars Tennis Tournament

Senior Tennis Results

Junior Tennis vs Karel Theron

Learner Leaders Improving Together

Learner In The Limelight!

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