๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Grade 6 learner Saalman Steele, who was acknowledged this morning for recent achievements in cricket.
Salmaan took ๐ฑ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ for 43 runs in 8 overs in a match against Lorraine Primary while representing the u/11A team, he then claimed ๐ฏ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ, for 18 runs, in 4 overs during an u/11A match against Herbert Hurd.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ข๐ข๐ฏ!
โ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ’๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.โ – ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐. ๐๐๐น๐น
To our dear parents and Old Unionites, this past weekend, during our annual Foundersโ Day celebrations, we were again amazed by the wonderful group of supporters we are fortunate to have at the Union Schools.
๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐ค๐ก๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฃ.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all those who actively participated in the various activities this past weekend!
JUNIOR HOCKEY
Friday afternoonโs ๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ’ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฆ, saw two young and very nervous teams of junior hockey players take to the turf, to face what might be their toughest competition this year โ a determined set of mothers, fathers, 1st team players and Old Girls.
๐๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ 
They came out fighting in both games and gave the spectators an epic showdown.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ on a fine, early start to the season. There were some lovely moments of cohesion and good communication with each other throughout the respective games and ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐.
SENIOR HOCKEY
The Friday of Foundersโ Weekend ended with an intense game of hockey between the schoolโs 1st team and the Old Girls.
The 1st team girls were understandably nervous but also full of excitement. It was brilliant to see the girls who have been training tirelessly, take to the turf for their first encounter of the 2023 school year and they did so with tremendous spirit and effort. The girls put on an excellent performance, fighting to the very last whistle, to win the match 4-3.
During the prizegiving ceremony at the end of the day’s play, the award for the day’s best defender went to Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, with the best goal being awarded to Leah Marais.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Misha Newton and Leigh-Ann Murray who shared the award for the ‘Most Promising Player’.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet extends its thanks to all those who participated and for the support received from the Old Girls and parents.
A special ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ is also extended to Mrs Jennifer Hope for taking the reins with the organisation of the event this year. As well as to all those who assisted her.
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ!
MOTHER-DAUGHTER TEA
On Saturday morning, 28 January (during Union High School’s 2023 Founders’ Weekend) the school hosted its annual ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ & ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ก๐ in the garden of the Union Preparatory School.
๐๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
This year’s event was very special, as usual, with the 180 guests enjoying a beautiful morning of good company, scrumptious eats and the uplifting speeches of three exceptional local ladies.
๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ gave us a glimpse into the neurological processes that can shape how we see the world and how we are able to thrive despite our circumstancesโฆ heartfelt and wise words from an amazing woman and mother who has certainly walked a journey.
๐ง๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ถ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ผ๐๐ very bravely shared the heart-wrenching story of how Cancer has forever changed their lives on so many levels, but how the road has strengthened their family bond and their faith. She encouraged every single woman and girl to never give up and to live life courageously, with faith and gratitude.
๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒโs 360ห career change from physio to nursery owner, has given her the opportunity to fully explore her long standing love of plants, and to share this happiness and joy with others. As she says, โto plant a garden, is to believe in tomorrowโ. Thank you Claudia for inspiring us to get our hands into some life giving soil.
While the ladies were enjoying their delightful drinks and eats, the Grade 11s treated the little girls at a special pamper station set up especially for them. To top it all off, a few lucky draws were held to the delight of the winners!
All in all a wonderful morning was had by all.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet extends its grateful thanks to all those who attended for their support of this fundraising endeavour.
A special word of thanks is also extended to the following businesses for their contribution to this event – ๐ผ๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ & ๐ฝ๐ค๐๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ซรฉ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฝ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ฃ’๐จ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฅ, 3:16, ๐๐ผ๐พ, ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ก๐ก, ๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ, ๐๐๐๐ฏ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ก๐, ๐๐๐ก๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ข๐จ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ (๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฅ).
JUNIOR CRICKET
Saturday morning, 28 January, saw Unionโs ๐จ/๐ญ๐ฏ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฆ face off in their annual Foundersโ Weekend encounter on the Puggy Munnik Field.
And, what can we say, never have two teams been more keen to beat each other. There was more than just mere bragging rights at stake in the match that pitched fathers vs sons and brother against brother.
In the end, the dads claimed the victory. In cricket, as in life, never underestimate calm experience. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด.
Well done to all involved! (๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ง๐ฎ 2024 ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐.)
SENIOR CRICKET
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Old Boys and parents took to the field today in the traditional Founders’ Weekend cricket matches against the school’s 1st, 2nd and u/15A cricket teams.
๐ผ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐จ, ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง.
At the prizegiving ceremony held in the Tony Burrell Union this evening, Saturday, 28 January, upon conclusion of the day’s play, the following trophies were presented:
โข Most valuable player of the day – 1st XI: Shaakir Kazi
โข Best schoolboy performer – 1st XI: Hlaki Skepe with bowling figures of 8 – 0 – 41 – 5 (the trophy is shared with Mr William Copeman who captained the victorious Old Boys’ team that managed to edge out the UHS 1st XI in their encounter today).
โข Best Batsman – 1st XI: Shaakir Kazi
โข Best Bowler – 1st XI: Hlaki Skepe
โข Best Schoolboy Performer – 2nd XI: Oyanda Tele
โข Best Schoolboy Performer – u/15: Shiraz Pederson
โข The Dave Stern Memorial Award for an up-and-coming cricketer: Yaseen Kazi
Known as the โHome of Cricketโ, Lordโs Cricket Ground in England, undoubtedly, is the legendary ground and the haven of the gentlemanโs game.
There is a tradition at Lordโs for a distinguished visitor to ring the large silver bell outside the Bowlerโs Bar of the Pavilion, five minutes before the start of play in a Test Match. This was installed to further make it a unique cricket destination.
๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐ก๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐๐ โ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐กโ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐. ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ง, ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐จ 2023 ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ’ ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ.
The bell was erected by the Old Unionite Association ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป, who served as chairman of the Old Unionite Association at the time of his passing, and will henceforth be known as the โDavid Stern Memorial Bellโ.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ โ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด – ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ 1๐ด๐ต ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet has always been closely tied to the scouting movement in Graaff-Reinet.
The Graaff-Reinet Scout Troop was established in 1910 and is recognised throughout South Africa for its high calibre of Scouts that go out into the world.
Scouts offer boys of Union High School and beyond (from Grade 5 to 12) ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ก๐-๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐๐ก๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐-๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข.
The Scout Troop will hold its ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐, ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, from 18:00 to 20:00 at the Chookie Geard Scout Hall, where skills such as outdoor survival, first aid, citizenship, leadership as well as teamwork are learned.
๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ต 072 178 7699.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข the following Union tennis players on their inclusion in the Sarah Baartman District Zone 2 tennis teams:
(๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ 3 ๐ต๐ฐ 5 ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ.)
๐.๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:
Amelia King
๐.๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ:
Aidan Ferreira
๐.๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:
Samantha Gilfillan
Miley Burger
๐.๐ญ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ:
Owen Paxton
John-Henry King
๐.๐ญ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:
Mia Botha
Cayla Newton
Nadine Murray
๐.๐ญ๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ:
Sean Musakasa
๐.๐ญ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:
Tara Ferreira
Misha Newton
Melissa Naude
Samantha Charles
Jourdon Koeberg
๐.๐ญ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ:
Brent Hesselink
Josh Neill
Angus McLaggen
Ndalo Qwalela
๐.๐ญ๐ต ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:
Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
Gemma Naude
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A beautiful day dawned as the Union learners travelled by bus to Somerset East to join our neighbouring district as Gill College hosted their first ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ก on Saturday, 21 January.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง 14 ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ.
Each athlete performed well on the well-maintained grass track with a number of personal bests (PB’s) being recorded. Our two new boys, Tafadzwa and Benjamin Munzvenga were thrown into the deep end but gamely competed, while making new friends along the way.
The swim brought ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ of its own with the pool being 33 yards (30m), however, the turns and rope finish did not daunt our team as they swam enthusiastically throughout. Ben Lemke achieved a PB in his swim, which placed him first in his age category.
The u.11 girls did exceptionally well with Taylor Jacobs and Klara van Jaarsveld coming 1st and 2nd respectively. This is a ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง for Klara who has battled this season with injury (broken arm!) and illness.
The ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฆ of the day were Onika Jantjies and Luvela Makaula who bravely swam 100m for the first time! They displayed such grit as they faced their fear of swimming this distance and completed their swim wreathed in smiles.
Biathlon changes young people’s lives by giving them the confidence to achieve small milestones and build upon that by improving their times at the following event. This is invaluable for building self-esteem and ultimately confident, well-rounded individuals.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ!
Congratulations to the Class of 2022, who achieved a 96.6% pass rate, with 57 out of 59 learners passing the NSC examination.
While disappointed that we did not achieve a 100% pass rate, we are delighted in the overall excellent performance of our learners.
A special word of congratulations goes to our top candidate ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ป on achieving six subject distinctions and an average of 85%, as well as ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ (five subject distinctions and an average of 83,14%), ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ (five distinctions and an average of 82,57%), ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ ๐๐ฟ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ (3 distinctions and an average of 79,86%), ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ (4 distinctions and an average of 79,25), ๐ง๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ (4 distinctions and an average of 78,29%), ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ผ๐ป (1 distinction and an average of 73,71%), ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น (2 distinctions and an average of 73,14%), ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ (2 distinctions and an average of 72,82%) and ๐๐ต๐น๐ผ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ (1 distinction and an average of 71,86%).
Thirty-nine (66%) of the learners qualified for Bachelor Studies, while eighteen (31%) qualified for Diploma studies.
๐ผ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ค๐ 54 ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐.
Our sincerest thanks go to a very dedicated team of educators, who assisted these learners in reaching their full potential, as well as to all stakeholders in this community for their tremendous support of our efforts to maintain excellence in education and academics in particular.
The annual assembly to acknowledge the learners who had attained ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ during the course of last year was held today, Friday, 20 January.
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At Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs Academic Awards Assembly on Friday morning, 20 January, the sought-after ๐ช๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ was presented to Unionโs 2023 Head Girl, Caitrin Spence.
The blazer was presented to her in recognition of her well-deserved Honours Award. (๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.)
๐พ๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ having maintained an academic average of 95% throughout her Grade 10 and 11 years. It is no small feat to reach this level of academic achievement. Caitrin, however, brings the goal of excellence to all her endeavours, and while sheโs involved in all aspects of life at Union, she demonstrates an unwavering focus on her studies in particular, which has allowed her to reach this level of success.
Caitrin becomes the 5th Unionite to receive this award since its inception in 2004 when it was awarded for the very first time to Carl Bezuidenhout. Since then, the three other Unionites who have enjoyed the privilege of donning the white blazer, consists of Sulette Damons (Class of 2007), Kelsey Minnaar (Class of 2016) and Lynne Mugglestone (Class of 2007).
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to senior music student, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐รฉ ๐ข๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป, who successfully passed her Rockschool Contemporary Practical Examination with assurance!
Brigettรฉ played a Contemporary Rockschool Grade 7 Graded Certificate Examination and achieved 83% (Merit).
A Contemporary Rockschool Graded Certificate examination plots the student stylistic specialism, helping them to develop an in-depth understanding of the type of music that appeals to them mostly, whether it is pop, rock, metal, blues, country, funk, latin, jazz, reggae or film and musical theatre.
Brigettรฉ mastered the key skills up to Grade 6 and developed notable security of appropriate technique, use of expressive devices, rhythmic complexity, fluency and musical understanding. She has mastered the ability to improvise with conviction and personality plus demonstrate strong musical form as well as structure. Her performances showed mature and authentic stylistic awareness, with developing individuality and communication.
๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฎ-๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐๐จ, ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐๐จ, ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ฎ (๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ) ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ (๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ) ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ข๐.
According to Ms Zelda Oosthuizen, her music educator, Brigettรฉ showed exceptionally diligent work, especially for keeping in mind that Brigettรฉ takes music as an additional module while still achieved subject music standard.
๐๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ตรฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ!