Union Schools enjoyed a competitive day of rugby and hockey against Woodridge, with our learners showing great determination and sportsmanship throughout the fixtures.
Rugby Results
U/11B: Lost 5โ17
U/11A: Lost 7โ10
U/13B: Lost 0โ36
U/13A: Lost 19โ40
Hockey Results
U/11A: Won 13โ0
U/11B: Drew 1โ1
U/13C: Lost 0โ1
U/13B: Drew 0โ0
U/13A: Drew 1โ1
Well done to all our players and coaches for their effort and commitment. We are proud of the character shown by every team.
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.
Our boysโ and girlsโ stairways have been fitted with a series of ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ that lie at the heart of a Union education.
Each day, as our learners move between classes, they will be reminded of ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐ต๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ.
More than simply words on a staircase, these messages reflect the character and values we strive to nurture in every Unionite.
๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s annual ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ will be held on Friday morning, 7 August, at 09:00 in the school hall.
Per tradition, this year’s assembly, will see a representative of the Class of 2001 – this year’s 25-year reunion group – taking the stage as guest speaker.
๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ข๐ include the Headmaster’s Address, a performance by the junior and senior choir, the Head Prefect’s message and the introduction of the 1st rugby and hockey teams.
โข The Assembly will be followed by tea and eats served in the Tony Burrell Union.
๐๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ.
As we come to the end of this year’s ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ & ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, we’d like to pause for a moment to acknowledge the invaluable support of our festival’s anchor sponsor, Astron Energy Eastern Cape, together with our local fuel sponsors, Astron Energy Graaff-Reinet (Astron Energy College Motors), represented by Stephan and Jeanri de Souza, and Astron Energy Bothas Market Square (Bothaโs Garage), represented by Johan and Michaela Smit.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ.
Every year, when the final whistle has blown and the fields begin to quieten, we’re reminded that the ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ & ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น has never been only about rugby and hockey.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
For a few short days, our boarding houses become home to visiting teams, meals are shared around the same tables, conversations about the day’s matches turn into laughter and new friendships and ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
Coaches catch up over the festival’s traditional braai and steak evenings, parents give so generously of their time to help host the event and every person who walks onto our campus becomes part of something bigger than themselves. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ.
As the messages begin to fill our festival WhatsApp group – one by one letting us know that everyone has arrived home safely – we’re reminded how privileged we are to have shared this weekend with each of you.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป, for embracing the spirit of the festival and for helping create an atmosphere that is warm, welcoming and genuinely special.
Union High School enjoyed a highly successful Anne Beagley Junior Festival, with outstanding performances across both hockey and rugby.
The U/13A Hockey team had an exceptional tournament, remaining unbeaten in seven matches and recording impressive victories against Cambridge (3-0), Charlo (7-0), DSG (2-0), the Invitational Team (7-0), Cradock (3-0), Stirling (1-0) and Clarendon (8-0), while drawing 1-1 against Sonop.
The U/13B Hockey team showed tremendous commitment and growth throughout the festival. Their results included victories over Crewe (4-1 and 1-0) and Riebeek (3-1), a goalless draw against Gonubie, and competitive matches against Cradock (0-1), Union U/13A (0-5) and Riebeek (1-2). The team improved with every game and displayed excellent determination throughout the tournament.
On the rugby field, the U/13A Rugby team produced some excellent performances, defeating Cambridge 53-0 and Muir 38-5. Their only defeat came against a strong Selborne side, going down 17-5. The festival was a fantastic experience for all involved, showcasing excellent sportsmanship, teamwork and the proud spirit of Union High School. We congratulate all players and coaches on their efforts and achievements throughout the tournament.
As we come to the end of this year’s ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ & ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, we’d like to pause for a moment to acknowledge the invaluable support of our festival’s anchor sponsor, Astron Energy Eastern Cape, together with our local fuel sponsors, Astron Energy Graaff-Reinet (Astron Energy College Motors), represented by Stephan and Jeanri de Souza, and Astron Energy Bothas Market Square (Bothaโs Garage), represented by Johan and Michaela Smit.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ.
Every year, when the final whistle has blown and the fields begin to quieten, we’re reminded that the ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ & ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น has never been only about rugby and hockey.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
For a few short days, our boarding houses become home to visiting teams, meals are shared around the same tables, conversations about the day’s matches turn into laughter and new friendships and ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
Coaches catch up over the festival’s traditional braai and steak evenings, parents give so generously of their time to help host the event and every person who walks onto our campus becomes part of something bigger than themselves. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ.
As the messages begin to fill our festival WhatsApp group – one by one letting us know that everyone has arrived home safely – we’re reminded how privileged we are to have shared this weekend with each of you.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป, for embracing the spirit of the festival and for helping create an atmosphere that is warm, welcoming and genuinely special.
Union High School enjoyed a highly successful Anne Beagley Junior Festival, with outstanding performances across both hockey and rugby.
The U/13A Hockey team had an exceptional tournament, remaining unbeaten in seven matches and recording impressive victories against Cambridge (3-0), Charlo (7-0), DSG (2-0), the Invitational Team (7-0), Cradock (3-0), Stirling (1-0) and Clarendon (8-0), while drawing 1-1 against Sonop.
The U/13B Hockey team showed tremendous commitment and growth throughout the festival. Their results included victories over Crewe (4-1 and 1-0) and Riebeek (3-1), a goalless draw against Gonubie, and competitive matches against Cradock (0-1), Union U/13A (0-5) and Riebeek (1-2). The team improved with every game and displayed excellent determination throughout the tournament.
On the rugby field, the U/13A Rugby team produced some excellent performances, defeating Cambridge 53-0 and Muir 38-5. Their only defeat came against a strong Selborne side, going down 17-5. The festival was a fantastic experience for all involved, showcasing excellent sportsmanship, teamwork and the proud spirit of Union High School. We congratulate all players and coaches on their efforts and achievements throughout the tournament.
Union High School, congratulates ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฎ on an outstanding performance while representing the SA Rugby Legends Grant Khomo Iqhawe XV at the 2026 FNB U16 Grant Khomo Week, held at Kearsney College in Durban from 29 June to 3 July.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข’๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐16 ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ.
The Iqhawe XV opened the tournament with a commanding 68-8 victory over Border Country Districts, scoring ten tries.
They followed that with a 24-22 win over the Griffons, where Keanan was named ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต.
Playing at flyhalf, he kicked three goals, including the penalty that secured victory in the closing moments. The Iqhawe XV had trailed 22-14 before fighting their way back, with a late try setting up Keanan’s match-winning kick.
They finished the week with a 23-20 victory over Namibia, completing an unbeaten tournament with three wins from three matches.
Being selected for the SA Rugby Legends Grant Khomo Iqhawe XV is recognition of a player’s potential. Being named Man of the Match at one of South Africa’s premier schoolboy rugby tournaments reflects the quality of Keanan’s performance when it mattered most.
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ข๐ธ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ and this weekend our U13A hockey girls once again proved exactly what that means.
Competing at the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, hosted by Eunice Primary School in Bloemfontein, the team emerged as the winners of the Plate Final after producing a remarkable series of performances against strong opposition from across the country.
Along the way, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, one draw and just a single narrow defeat, finishing the tournament in outstanding fashion and proudly bringing the Plate title back to Graaff-Reinet.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
Of the schools that Union defeated or drew against during the festival, four boast senior first-team programmes currently ranked among the top 20 in South Africa – ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ and the determination with which they competed.
The tournament began with a hard-fought 1-0 loss to Brescia House School before the girls bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Durban Girlsโ Primary, courtesy of a goal from ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐.
A goalless draw followed against Laerskool Garsfontein before Union found their rhythm with a 2-0 win over Truida Kestell Primary, with ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ and ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป finding the back of the net.
Further victories followed against Laerskool Fichardtspark (1-0), St Maryโs School, Waverley (1-0) and Kenmare Primary School (2-0), with ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ continuing her excellent goalscoring form and ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ adding another goal to her tally.
The team then defeated DSG, Makhanda, thanks to a goal from ๐ญ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐ before rounding off a memorable weekend with another 1-0 victory over St Maryโs, Kloof in the Plate Final, where ๐ญ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ once again scored the decisive goal.
Congratulations must go to our goalscorers whose finishing played an important role throughout the festival. ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ, whose teamwork and resilience carried them through nine demanding matches.
Special mention must also be made of the players who earned ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ honours during the tournament: ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ (three matches), ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ (two matches), ๐ง๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ and ๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ.
Their individual performances reflected the spirit and determination shown by the entire group.
We are incredibly proud of these young hockey players and their coach. ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐, ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
Congratulations to Union High Schoolโs U13A hockey coach, ๐๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฎ, who was announced as the ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ at the 2026 Nika Coertzen Hockey Festival, hosted this weekend in Bloemfontein.
This special recognition is a reflection of the time, dedication and care that Ina invests in her players and we could not be prouder of this well-deserved achievement.
For most people, the rugged mountain trails of the Northern Drakensberg would be daunting enough, but for Union High School Grade 11 learner ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ถ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐, they became the setting for a noteworthy achievement.
Benji recently took part in the ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ผ, a gruelling three-day off-road motorcycle race regarded as the largest Hard Enduro event in South Africa and the second largest in the world.
Drawing more than 1 200 competitors, the event challenges riders to conquer hundreds of kilometres of unforgiving terrain, including river crossings, rock slabs and steep, technical climbs. Competing in the Iron Category for the very first time, ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, finishing 25th out of a field of 337 riders.
To take on an event of this magnitude requires a lot of skill and perseverance, making Benjiโs result all the more impressive.
๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
The Anne Beagley Junior Rugby & Hockey Festival proudly bears the name of a woman whose contribution to Union High School and junior sport was truly extraordinary.
Anne โDobbyโ Beagley dedicated more than two decades of her life to the education and development of young people at the Union Schools in Graaff-Reinet. ๐๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
To generations of young girls, she was simply โMrs Junior Hockeyโ. Dobby possessed a unique ability to nurture confidence, sportsmanship and a love for the game, ensuring that every child felt valued and encouraged.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ, ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต.
It was this passion that led her to establish the Junior Rugby & Hockey Festival in 1999. What began as an opportunity for young players to enjoy healthy competition, friendship and personal growth has, over the years, grown into one of the most anticipated junior sporting events in the region.
๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ – participation, camaraderie, respect and enjoyment.
Her influence extended far beyond the sports field. She was involved in swimming, drama and cultural activities, inspiring young people to discover and develop their talents. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ whose vision continues to create opportunities for young sportsmen and sportswomen to learn, compete and build lifelong memories.
๐๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ, ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ.