Cricket, Sport Results

UHS vs Graeme College

1st XI vs Graeme College

On the Wednesday 30 January Union travelled to Grahamstown to play against Graeme College in a declaration match played over two days. Graeme won the toss and elected to bat first. After 56 overs Graeme declared on 214 for 7 with still 30 min of play left in the day.

Bowling figures:  Brett Amsterdam 3 for 63 in 15 overs;  Lihle, Jayden, Matthew and James Pienaar each took one wicket

This declaration meant that Union had to come in and survive at least 6 overs before the end of play and was wonderful for the boys to experience this type of mini test cricket and get put under a different type of pressure.  The Union batsmen were up to the task and looked forward to the challenge. Unfortunately we lost a wicket in the second over, however for the remainder of the overs James Pringle and Jayden Brotherton saw the onslaught off with ease leaving a sense of confidence going into day two.

Day two dawned with a very gloomy looking day with rain in the air. Despite the weather looking threatening we were able to start on time. James Pringle and Jayden Brotherton carried on where they left off and batted with fantastic patience and application during a very trying time with conditions well suited for bowling. After a well-played 24 run partnership Brett Amsterdam joined James Pringle and on a day with many disruptions being on and off the field due to rain. These two did not let that get the better of them and batted with excellent maturity and kept the scoreboard ticking at a respectable rate.

In the end the weather got the final say and Union finished the day on 60 for 2.

With a match well poised it would have been wonderful to have seen what the outcome would have been had we got the full time of cricket in. This really was an amazing experience for the boys who were exposed to a very different brand of cricket and have taken many positive lessons from the experience.

Batting performance:  James Pringle 29 N/O;  Brett Amsterdam 19 N/O;  Jayden Brotherton 8

The match ended in a draw.

U/15A vs Graeme College

Union High won the toss and elected to bowl first.  Union bowled Graeme out for 89 in their first innings.

Best Bowlers:  Matthew Basson 4 for 11 in 6 overs;  Laythan Carelse 3 for 38 in 9.1 overs;  Daniel Nell 2 for 11 in 6 overs;  Hlaki Skepe 1 for 11 in 7 overs.

Union High replied with 95 all out in their First Innings.

Best Batsman:  Sispho Arnols 62;  Brent Hesselink 12

Union lead by 6 runs.  Graeme College then went in to bat for their second innings.Graeme were 47 for 4 when rain stopped play.

Best Bowlers:  Hlaki Skepe 2 for 12 in 6 overs;  Matthew Basson and Daniel Nell each picked up a wicket.

Union High achieved a winning draw based on their 1st Innings win.

Bulletin, Cultural

Top Level Chess Coaching

On Tuesday evening the top 6 chess players from all the schools in Graaff-Reinet attended the first of many Top Level Chess coaching sessions facilitated by Ian Kirsten. We are very proud to have initiated this venture and hope to see many more Graaff-Reinet learners attending the South African Junior Chess Championships in the future.

 

Bulletin, Cultural

Art Club visits the Hester Rupert Art Gallery

Accompanied by Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes, the Art Club went on an outing on Thursday 31 January to the Hester Rupert Art Gallery. The Hester Rupert museum is one of Graaff-Reinet’s hidden treasures and is well worth a visit.

Bulletin, Cultural

Debating

On Tuesday, the 22nd of January, Grade 8’s and 9’s were invited to attend the first Debating/Public Speaking evening for 2019. Enthusiastic learners were encouraged to engage with peers in preparation for panel discussions on a variety of current affairs.

Those in attendance received valuable feedback from the audience and this was sure to encourage learners – building confidence in a public speaking environment under the guidance of Ms Phillips.

Hostels

AKH Cyclists

One of the perks of living in Arthur Kingwill House is that the lads get to ride some of the loveliest routes in and around Graaff-Reinet on a regular basis. Superintendent (and cycling enthusiast) Donald Kingwill instills a love of this sport in his young charges through leading by absolute example. Today saw a few new faces to the group before they headed off for their evening cycle.

Sport Results

Archery

On Saturday Matthew McNaughton and Daniel McNaughton participated in the NASP QUAGGA OPEN archery competition. 70 archers from as far afield as East-London and Victoria West took part.  Matthew fared extremely well receiving Bronze medals in the 3D and Bull’s eye categories and was also on the podium for the 50/50 3D event.

Our archers look forward to the next event on 16 February in Port Alfred.

Bulletin, Student Life

Matric Dance

There was much excitement during break today as the Matrics received their invitations to the Matric Dance which takes place in a few week’s time. A whimsical …fruit drink including candy floss and jelly babies accompanied the invitations and made the occasion an auspicious one as a start to this traditional rite of passage!

Bulletin, Cultural, Student Life

Eco Representatives for 2019

Our 2019 Eco-Representatives have been elected by their peers to uphold our school’s commitment to the environment. Congratulations! We thank you for taking on this awesome responsibility and know that you will serve our school well.

Grade 5:  Josh Arends;  Ashleigh Shell;  Mecoli Vorster;  Leigh-Anne Murray
Grade 6:  Emma Short;  Shaakir Kazi;  Erin Gedult;  Aaminah Steele
Grade 7:  Caytah-Leigh Koeberg;  Thokozani Mpanza;  Ann-Noleen Koeberg;  Na’eem Mahomed
Grade 8:  Hilary Jacobs;  Matthew McNaughton;  Caitrin Spence;  Elihle Robile;  Xhamla Magubeni;  Andrue Victor
Grade 9:  Asa Matross;  Liam Langeveldt;  Lauren Waddelow;  Liyabona Teysie
Grade 10:  Sayma Wajid;  Kyle-Luke Du Preez;  Kaydn Retief;  Joshua Calitz;  Primrose Mutapati;  Tracy Petitt
Grade 11:  Tsireletso Tsolo;  Juandre Jaftha;  Somila Batala;  Liyema Sonjani
Grade 12:  Chevonne Prinsloo;  Ryan Hobson;  Kia Hoffman;  Liano Naidoo;  Jenna-Mare Brotherton;  Matthew Price

Sport Results, Swimming

B-Age Group Gala

On Saturday, 22 Union swimmers travelled to PE to participate in a B-age group gala and produced some excellent results. It was the first time that four of our junior swimmers had taken part in an event of this nature and it was encouraging to see how quickly they settled and delivered some very competent performances.

Well done Mack!

The seniors recorded some incredible times too and although the complete list of results has not yet been posted, we do have confirmation of some.

The following learners achieved a podium finish in one or more of their races:  Mack Rubidge, Elia Railton, Amber Binney, Megan Doyle, Damon Fouche and Drew Dobinson.

Union is very excited to see the return of Mack Rubidge to the team and with good reason. Mack stunned spectators with a clean sweep of comfortable wins for every one of his races and recorded some award winning times in the process.

The rest of the team though, is close on his heels and they are all working hard to put together the requisite times for school awards at the end of this season.

 

Cricket, Sport Results

Snr Cricket Results vs Stirling

Union 1st XI vs Stirling

Over the week end the 1st XI travelled to East London to play against Stirling in a declaration match. However due to rainy weather the match was reduced to a 40 over match.

Stirling won the toss and elected to bat.   It was a day of moments for Union with the ball and in the field. There were moments of brilliance and moments of struggle and unfortunately the latter proved to be prominent on the day and we allowed Stirling to reach a well-played 196 in their 40 overs.

Best bowlers:  Lunga Zantsi 2 for 25 in 8 overs;   Jayden Brotherton 2 for 47 in 8 overs;   Union went in to bat and struggled to get the score board ticking over with the regular loss of wickets. Thanks to a fantastic batting performance by Jayden Brotherton who kept the innings together right till the end despite having wickets fall all around him got us to a rather short but respectable 142. Unfortunately a lack of application at the wicket by our batsmen let us down in a game where things could have gone far better had we put together one good partnership.

Best batting:   Jayden Brotherton 66;   James Pienaar 16.

Union lost the match by 54 runs

U/15 A vs Stirling

The U15 A cricket team travelled to East London to play against Stirling. Due to rain the start of play was delayed and the match was reduced to 30 overs.  Union batted first and scored 126 all out in 26 overs.

est Batsmen:   Sisipho Arnolds 35;   Laythan Carelse 23;   Hlaki Skepe 15.

Stirling replied with 100 all out in 24 overs.

Best bowlers:   Kwande Mhlabeni 3 for 16 in 5 overs;   Hlaki Skepe 3 for 22 in 6 overs;   Daniel Nel 2 for 15 in 5 overs.  Laythan Carelse and Likhona Finca each took one wicket.

Union won the match by 23 runs

2nd Team vs Stirling

The 2nds played against Stirling at home on Saturday.  Stirling won the toss and elected to bat. UHS started off well to have the opposition 53/7 in the 12th over, but were unable to prevent their remaining batsmen from taking their score to 167 in the 32nd over in this 40 over match.
Josh Calitz bowled well for figures of 5/40 in 7 overs and William Kayster 3/43 in 8 overs.

UHS struggled against some hostile bowling. Peter Watermeyer made 40 runs batting for 23 overs, and was the only bat to weather the storm. William Kayster did well for 18 runs. UHS were bowled out in the 29th over for 107 and lost by 60 runs.