A very special congratulations to ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ, ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ and ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ on reaching the milestone of 50 caps for Unionโs 1st XI!
What an achievement and a wonderful reflection of the dedication and passion they have shown to Union cricket.
Our Grade 7s enjoyed their annual ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ today as part of their EMS lessons, putting their business skills to the test as they sold all sorts of goods and treats to the rest of the school.
Boba was a hit, as always, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐ and a hardworking group of lads even rolled up their sleeves to wash cars!
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ and enjoying every moment of the day.
A big thank you to the entire school for the wonderful support, including our Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet and Union Pre-School learners and staff who came along to shop and join in the fun.
Well done to Union High School Grade 7 learner ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป who has earned herself a place in the Eastern Province Archery Team.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐, where she claimed first place in the 2D division for primary school girls, scoring an impressive 266/300 and was also named the overall winner of the division.
She followed this with another strong performance in the bullseye division, finishing second among the primary school girls with 262/300.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐บ๐ด ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด.
Unionโs young cricketers are putting their own local spin on one of cricketโs best-loved formats with the launch of the Union Premier League – ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐13 ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด.
Inspired by the IPL franchise format, the UPL brings local businesses, families and young players together through seven newly formed franchises.
Tomorrow evening, ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ญ๐ณ ๐๐๐ด๐๐๐, the franchise holders will gather at the Graaff-Reinet Club for a steak dinner and live player auction. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ช๐น-๐ข-๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, 22 ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ Union High School ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด.
We are deeply grateful to the businesses and groups that have bought into this idea and become the first UPL franchise holders:
๐๐๐ท๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ – Derek Light Attorneys
๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ – PSG Insure Somerset Street
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ – Van Wyk Theron Financial Advisors & Wealth Partners
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ – Graaff-Reinet Hardware & Building Supplies cc
๐๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ – Dentists at Health – Graaff-Reinet
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ – Pick n Pay Graaff- Reinet
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ – Graaff-Reinet Over 40 Cricket Club
Thank you for backing our young cricketers and for helping turn a simple fundraising idea into something the children can truly enjoy and remember. Your support reaches far beyond the cricket field – it helps make new experiences, friendships and opportunities possible.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ด:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ด:๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐.
All are welcome! We look forward to seeing how the teams take shape and then to a happy day of six-a-side cricket at Union on Saturday.
Union’s junior U13 tennis teams faced off against Cradock
We are incredibly proud of these boys and girls who gave their utmost best on the courts today.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐:
โข Union’s 1st Girls’ Junior team drew their singles 3-3 and lost doubles 3-0, and the 2nd team lost 4-2 singles and 2-1 doubles.
โข The 1st Boys’ Junior team went up against a strong team losing 6-0 singles and 3-0 doubles
Thank you to every player for the effort and sportsmanship you showed on and off the courts. Days like these are about so much more than the final scores.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs annual ๐๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ was held early this morning, Friday, 14 August.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ.
Congratulations to the following learners:
๐๐จ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ
๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ: Kirsten Trollip, Hayley Hawkins, Isabel Hyldig, Carlie George (Re-award), Kate Scott (Re-award), Layla Ott (Re-award), Mackenzie Preston (Re-award), Taylor Jacobs (Re-award)
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ: Micha Murray, Clea Clark, Isabelle Tadesse
๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ: Kira Hector
๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ง: Letago Mphahlele
๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ: Gerda Clarke, Chloe-Anne Fourie, Kay-Leigh Hartney, Cu-Shan Hoffman, Zakithi Sishi, Esethu Mabula, Ashleigh Shell
๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐: Avuya Tsutsu, Amyoli Sizila, Philip Kayster
๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐๐๐: Konke Gawula, Mark Lemke
๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ฌ: Athayanda Mahlati (Re-award)
๐๐๐๐-๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ: Entle Mdlulwa, Imivuyo Nondlazi, Lutholwethu Bottoman, Simamkele Ngqele
๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ: Ben Lemke, Sintle Mdlulwa, Kwakhanya Ntlonti, Okuhle Mahuza, Sinoyolo Pantsi, Endinako Jadezweni, Lisa Vutula, Mihle Nkohla, Taegen Hamid (Re-award), Amber Bezuidenhout (Re-award)
๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐: Jemae-Mari Davids, Zunaida Deysel, Taegen Hamid, Bella Hawkins, Kira Hector, Ciara Kivedo, Brogan Koeberg, Lethabo Ledwaba, Nombulelo Ncombo, Simamkele Ngqele, Viwe Ngxekisa, Sixolile Singeni, Isabelle Tadesse
๐ช๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ
๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ
๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ: Jordan Maritz
๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ: Mark Lemke, Melissa Naude, Misha Newton (Re-award), Tristan Hope (Re-award), Vincent Clarke (Re-award), Amber Slater (Re-award), Samantha Charles (Re-award), Stephan Vorster (Re-award)
๐๐๐๐-๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ: Nadine Murray, Cayla Newton, Richard Murray
๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ
๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ: Lisa McEwan, Tiyanah Abader, Zoey Buys, Bethany Adams, Gemma Murray
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ: Hannah van der Walt, Cayley Brunette, Kirsten Trollip, Carlie George, Emily Marais, Layla Ott
๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ: Emma Burger, Taylor Jacobs
๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ: Hermon Wolde, Kari Stern, Miley Burger, Abonani Matushe
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ: Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza
๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ: Kungawo Lisa
๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ: Cayla Newton, Nadine Murray, Alyssa Trollip, Antonia Adams, Jade Slater
๐๐๐๐-๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ: Katelyn Trollip, Amber Slater
๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ: Unabantu Maneli, Amy Waddelow, Misha Newton (Re-award), Mecoli Vorster (Re-award), Leigh-Ann Murray (Re-award)
๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ
๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ: Matthew Bosch, Leandro Norman, Khwezi Cona, Ben Steynberg, Sibabalwe Silimeni, Edwin Holmes
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ: Noah Greene, Isiphile Galela, Michael Maritz, Raydon Hendriks
๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ: Grant Murray, Muhammad Uthmaan Steele, Yolo Vutula, Preston Owusu, Jameson Houseman, Sintayu Kaitro
๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ: Callum Jacobs, Leander Kraai, Lulonke Vumazonke, Luvela Makaula, Qhama Solomon
๐๐๐๐-๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ: Josh Arends
๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ: Ronan Ewers, Maqhawe Norman, Iminathi Koneit, Peter Daniel Clegg, Masixole Bhayi, Liso Booi, Elvandrรฉ Meyer, Athiyanda Mahlati, Similo Mvandaba, Yaaseen Kazi, Christopher Nqumashe, Sibabalwe Mbutye.
Union High Schoolโs 1st XI opened their season against Victoria Park High School with a convincing T20 victory on Friday.
Union posted 157 runs before a disciplined bowling performance secured a 78-run win.
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น-๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐, scoring 45 runs and taking three wickets for just three runs.
The match also marked a special milestone for Yaaseen as he reached 150 wickets for Unionโs 1st XI – ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ.
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฌ-๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐.
Union High School lost the toss, and Victoria Park High School elected to bat first. They were bowled out for 170. A standout moment in the field was a superb catch by Salmaan Steel in only his second appearance for the First XI. Unfortunately, several dropped catches throughout the innings proved costly and allowed the opposition to add valuable runs.
In reply, Union High School fought hard in pursuit of the target but fell just 6 runs short. While there were positive contributions, the innings highlighted the importance of valuing our wickets, building partnerships, and taking responsibility in key moments of the chase.
Standout Performer: Richard Murray, who played an excellent innings of 72 runs.
Overall, the day produced one convincing victory in the T20 format and a narrow defeat in the 50-over match. There were many positives to take from both games, while the 50-over fixture also provided valuable lessons as we continue to develop as a team.
White Cap presented to Salmaan Steele
Ahead of the first match of the season against Victoria Park, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ was proudly presented with his white cap as a member of Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs 1st XI cricket team.
A special moment for Salmaan, marking the start of an exciting new chapter in his cricket journey.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ
Ahead of their first match of the season this weekend against a visiting Victoria Park High School side, our ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ gathered in the Tony Burrell Union to receive their beautiful new kit.
From their traditional whites and T20 kit to their warm-up gear and new trolley bags, our boys have certainly been spoilt.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ.
Our sincere thanks go to Tyremart Graaff-Reinet, ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐, for sponsoring the teamโs warm-up, T20 and 50-over kits; and to Karoo Meats & Deli and ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต, for ensuring that every player received his own trolley kit bag.
We are equally grateful to ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ for sponsoring the Full Track AI programme for our school – ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 1๐ด๐ต ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด, ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต.
To each of these sponsors, ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ. It means a great deal to have people within our wider Union community who are willing to invest so generously in opportunities for our learners.
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ.
Earlier this morning, Friday, 14 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet proudly announced its ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ณ during a special assembly in the school hall.
It was a meaningful moment in the school year as the newly elected prefects stepped forward to sign their pledge – ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ.
Each prefect was then presented with a prefect tie and badge, marking the trust that has been placed in them.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, listed in alphabetical order, on their appointment as prefects for 2027:
โข Jasmine Abercrombie
โข Warren Barlow
โข Kirsten Collett
โข Alex Hunter
โข Callum Jacobs
โข Dwayne Koeberg
โข Leander Kraai
โข Jourdon-Bethany Koeberg
โข Esethu Mabula
โข Richard Murray
โข Sixolile Singeni
โข Amber Slater
โข Jade Slater
โข Lulonke Vumazonke
๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
On Saturday, 8 August we were pleased to recognise a special milestone for five of our Union High School, Graaff-Reinet 1st team hockey players.
Ahead of the #Interschools2026 match against Hoรซr Volkskool, Headmaster Mr William Pringle and coach Mr Calvin Beck presented the girls with certificates to mark the occasion. ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ป๐ป ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ have each reached ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ for the 1st team, while ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ have reached ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐.
Behind each of those numbers are many practices, matches, early mornings and hours spent together on the turf. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ and to Union hockey over the years.
On Tuesday our five Grade 12 hockey players were awarded their ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ+ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ in the Derek Light Technical Area at the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet AstroTurf – a special tradition reserved for players who complete their Union hockey careers having represented the school in more than 100 first-team matches.
For these girls, ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ณ – of practices and early mornings, long trips and tough matches, friendships, lessons, victories and disappointments and the privilege of pulling on their Union kit time and again.
Together, they are affectionately known within the team as the ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ – five girls who have shared so much of their Union hockey journey alongside one another and who now leave their names and numbers together at the AstroTurf they have called home.
๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ป๐ป ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ – 162 caps ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป – 156 caps ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ – 151 caps ๐๐บ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ – 134 caps ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ – 101 caps
Captain Leigh-Ann is ending her school hockey career on an extraordinary 162 caps – ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐-๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
๐๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ง, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
May you always look back on this little corner of the turf and remember just how much of yourselves you gave here.