We wish to congratulate the following girls on their selection as Herby Arnott House prefects for 2019:
Photograph left to right:
Front: Zintle Maki (Head Girl) Jenna McNaughton (Deputy Head Girl)
Back: Jemimah Mangunda, Taylyn Miller, Micela Loock, Elizabeth Afful-Packson
Congratulations to the following Union biathletes who have been selected to represent EP in the upcoming interprovincial event to be held in Port Elizabeth on the 20th of October: Jenna McNaughton, Megan Doyle and Jade Shires (EP) and Hannah Bodenstein, Drew Dobinson and Kendall Krige (EP Development).
Five girls and five boys participated in a 2-day tournament against Nico Brummer Primary School in Beaufort West on Friday and Saturday.
Despite very windy conditions, our players managed to pull out all the stops and secured an overall victory. Each player played 5 matches and succeeded in winning most, losing only 5 matches in total.
The team enjoyed fine hospitality and were treated to wonderful accommodation in a guest house on a farm near Beaufort West.
Mrs Grewar would like to thank all the players for their excellent manners and the gracious way in which they played.
1st XI (50 over match)
St Andrews won the toss and elected to bat first. With a very new and inexperienced bowling attack Union allowed St Andrews to get off to a healthy start. However, despite being on the back foot the Union team fought back and managed to curb the run rate in the middle overs due to some excellent bowling by Brett Amsterdam and Caerwyn Spence, who managed to go for only 37 runs in his allotted 10 overs, in a game where the run rate was at 6 runs an over. This allowed Union to apply pressure on the already set batsmen and managed to take 3 quick wickets after drinks, leaving St Andrews having to rebuild their innings. Unfortunately having allowed them to have wickets in hand at the back end of the innings St Andrews took advantage of a good batting track and posted a well-played 302 for 4. Given the total posted the pick of the bowlers were Caerwyn Spence with 0 for 37 in 10 overs and Matthew Hesselink who took 2 for 27 in 5 overs.
Union then went in to bat and started with a wonderful 70 run opening partnership which was looking to set up the innings for an exciting run chase. Despite losing some quick wickets Luke Mc Naughton managed to hold his nerve and the innings together with some fine stroke play. Unfortunately a lack of experience in the middle to lower order proved to be the difference between the two batting performances and Union ended their innings on 218 all out.
Best batsmen were: Luke Mc Naughton 84, Brett Amsterdam 37 and Trevor Moos 25
Union lost the match by 84 runs.
Despite the loss there are many positives to take away for this very young side and the future of Union cricket is an exciting prospect.
U/15A
Union lost the toss, were sent in to bat and were bowled out for 59.
James Pienaar was the best batsmen with 25.
St Andrews Bloem went in to bat and managed to reach the total without losing a wicket.
Union lost the match by 10 wickets.
2nd Team
Union won the toss, elected to bat and managed to score 77 all out.
Best batsmen were: JJ Liebenberg 25, Z Ngwana 15 and W Kayster 11
St Andrews managed to pass the target with only 2 wickets down.
Best bowlers were B James 1/15 and Z Ngwana 1/24
Union lost by 8 wickets
The formal Music Evening was held at the end of the 3rd term. This was an opportunity to acknowledge all the students’ hard work and dedication throughout the course of the year. All the music students were also able to display their unique talents.
From the start, with a performance by the Union High School Junior Choir, to concluding with a solo by Zintle Maki, accompanied on the piano by Rebecca Langmead, the audience enjoyed an evening filled with ambience and an abundance of talent.
A special thank you goes to our music teachers, Mrs van der Walt, Mrs Brink and Mrs van Rooyen, for all their hard work and dedication in growing the music talent in our school. Thank you also to the Public Relations and Media departments for their help in making this very special evening a tremendous success.
Eight Union biathletes travelled through to Port Elizabeth on Wednesday,1O October to participate in the 3rd league event for the season. This outing saw us welcoming another 3 newcomers to the team and we want to congratulate Jade Shires, James Potgieter and Brent Hesselink on a fine start to their season.
The regulars have shown some significant improvements in their performances over the season already. Drew Dobinson and Jenna McNaughton did especially well on their run-times, while Hannah Bodenstein, Kendall Krige, Megan Doyle and Jade Shires posted some very competitive swim-times.
We await the provincial selections to be announced next week for the upcoming Interprovincial event.
On Thursday, 4 October 2018 Ryan Hobson went to his very first SA Silhouette Shooting competition in Bloemfontein. He participated in 4 events – Air Rife open sight, Small Bore Rifle Light Open Sight, Small Bore Rifle Silhouette Open Sight and Small Bore Rifle Open Sight Freestyle. Although it was a very windy day Ryan gave it his very best and his scores was very good for a first-timer at such a big competition.
Another group of learners completed a First Aid Level 1 Course this weekend. Thank you, ESS Medical.
Our U/11 Cricket team took part in the Queen’s Festival where our boys had the opportunity to compete against some of the best schools in the border region. This was a challenging couple of days that saw our boys play four matches over three days. Our boys had some difficulty playing against strong opposition losing three of our four games.
Vs Queen’s lost by 95 runs
Vs Dale lost by 5 wickets
Vs Alice lost by 46 runs
Vs Komani won by 63 runs
This was a great experience for our young cricketers and one they would certainly cherish for years to come.
Saturday 29/09/18
Union High School vs Paul Roos Gimnasium (Declaration)
Paul Roos won the toss and sent Union in to bat in very difficult conditions. With the ball swinging around and moving off the pitch, we struggled to get any partnerships going and didn’t really apply ourselves in the first hour and a half. The Paul Roos bowlers used the conditions to their advantage and skittled us for a dismal 43 all out in 25 overs. Conditions really changed the longer and hotter the day got. Paul Roos comfortably scored 230 runs for the loss of two wicket in 49 overs. They then declared and only need to get 5 wickets in the Union second innings to get an out right victory. We reached 39 for the loss of 5 wickets in 15 overs and lost by an innings and 138 runs. Not a very good start to a tough cricket festival.
Sunday 30/09/18
Union High School vs Bishops Diocesan College (Declaration)
Union High was again sent in to bat after losing the toss. This time the boys were up for the challenge.
We scored 252 for 9 in 70 overs, batting out the allotted overs given to us in this format of the game.
Best Batsman: Cowan Swartz 65; Luke McNaughton 62; Bowen Langmead 36; Sinethemba Ndudula 34.
Bishops then went in to bat and found it quite simple with us bowling both sides of the wicket. Bishops scored 253 for 3 in 44 overs. Cowan Swartz, Matt Harpur and Jaden Brotherton each picked up one wicket.
Union High lost by 7 wickets.
Monday 01/10/18
Union High School vs Paarl Boys’ High School (Declaration)
We lost the toss and were sent in to bat again. Union High scored 131 all out in 41 overs.
Top Batsman: Luke McNaughton 64
Paarl Boys were put under pressure for some stages of their batting innings, however not enough runs on the scoreboard helped them scratch to 132 for 5 in 39 overs.
Best Bowlers: Brett Amsterdam 2 for 36 in 14 overs; Matt Harpur 2 for 42 in 11 overs.
Union High lost by 5 wickets.
Tuesday 02/10/18
Union High School vs South African College High School “SACS” (Limited Overs – 50)
Union High was sent in to Bowl for the first time in 5 matches. SACS scored 343 for 5 in 50 overs due to ill disciplined bowling and not being put under any pressure.
Best Bowler: Caerwyn Spence 2 for 51 in 8 overs.
Union High went in to bat and scored 165 for 5 in 35 overs. Best Batsman: Bowen Langmead 63; Brett Amsterdam 37; Matt Harpur 21; Peter Watermeyer 13*; Union High lost by 178 runs.
All in all this was an amazing experience for the boys. They were able to play against provincial and national cricket players. This festival will help boost our cricket as we have made many new contacts and fixtures for the future. Our lads learnt invaluable cricket lessons and this young team will turn heads in time to come.
Union High School will host The Cape Schools’ Cricket Festival in 2019.