Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Top 6 boys’ and girls’ junior tennis players travelled to Cradock this afternoon for a mid-week fixture against Cradock Primary School.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ.
The experience, however, served as a valuable learning curve for our young players, who are still in the process of establishing themselves in their new positions on the team.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ.
Although the results may not have favoured us this time, we are confident that our Top 6 tennis players will continue to grow and excel in future fixtures.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Senior Department also welcomed two new additions to its staff this year!
Firstly, we are delighted to welcome back ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐, who has previously taught at Union and will now be the Class Teacher for Grade 8B. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ. Mrs Botes will be teaching Geography to our Grade 10, 11, and 12 learners, Social Sciences to our Grade 8 and 9 students, as well as Life Orientation and PE for our Grade 8 and 9 learners.
Secondly, we are excited to introduce ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต, a fresh new face at Union. Miss Bosch joins us as the Class Teacher for Grade 9B. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ. Miss Bosch will be teaching Afrikaans FAL to our Grade 11 and 12 students, Life Orientation to our Grade 11 and 9 learners, and she will also be responsible for Life Orientation and PE for our Grade 12, 10, 9 and 8 learners.


We are confident that Mrs Botes and Miss Bosch will make a positive impact on our learners’ education and well-being. Please join us in welcoming them to Union. ๐๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ช๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Junior Department was excited to welcome two ๐ก๐๐ช ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ to its compliment of staff at the beginning of the year.
๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ has seamlessly settled into her role and is providing excellent instruction to our learners. In addition to being the class teacher for Grade 7M, she is teaching a diverse range of subjects such as Life Skills and Art for the Grade 5 learners, Afrikaans and Natural Sciences and Technology for the Grade 7s and Life Orientation and PT for the Grade 6 girls.
We are also thrilled to have ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐-๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ on our team. Her dedication and passion for teaching is evident in her work. Miss Abels is the Class Teacher for Grade 6A and is teaching mathematics for our Grade 5s and 6s, as well as Life Orientation and PT for the Grade 5 and 6 boys.


We are confident that both Miss Matthews and Miss Abels will contribute greatly to the growth and development of our learners. ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ข ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐ค๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ.
Summer weather and happy learners made for a perfect start to the week as Union High School, Graaff-Reinet enjoyed its annual ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐ for its Grade 5 to 12 swimmers on Monday evening, 5 February.
The two houses entered into the spirit of the day and gave great support to all the swimmers and, after an evening of speedy swimming, a lot of effort and extraordinary Union spirit, ๐ฟ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐๐๐งโ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ, with a total of 636 points, compared to Arnott’s commendable 562.
The Interhouse Gala holds a special place in our hearts as its always an event thatโs filled with smiles, friendly rivalry and a strong sense of camaraderie among all those participating. Last nightโs event only served to โ once again โ remind us of how fortunate we all are to be a part of such an incredible school community.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
Friday, 2 February, saw the Union Schools’ annual ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌ for Grade 1 to 7 learners being held.
The year-long rivalry between Arnott House (in blue) and Daly House (in red) was kicked off in fine style, as the young athletes gave it their all in various track and field events.
There were many proud moments and shared joy throughout the day, as the learners cheered on their classmates and showcased their athletic abilities.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ are in order for Arnott House, who clinched the victory with an impressive 1446 points, compared to Daly’s 1314 points.
๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
First and foremost, we would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the following learners who set ๐ก๐๐ช ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฆ in their respective events:
โข Kim-Lynn Finnis: u/11 Girls’ 80m and 100m
โข Taylor Jacobs: u/11 Girls’ 800m
โข Raydon Hendricks: u/11 Boys’ 800m
โข Ryonn Naude: u/12 Boys’ 800m
โข Haley Krige: u/12 Girls’ 800m
โข Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza: u/12 Girls’ High Jump
โข Grant Murray: u/11 Boys’ Shotput
๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
โข ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐, who competed in the Boys u/11 category, secured the first position in the 1200m event. He also set a new record in the 800m race and achieved second place in the 80m, 100m and long jump events.
โข ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐, a participant in the Girls u/11 category, not only broke the record in the 800m race but also secured the second position in the 1200m event. She demonstrated her versatility by achieving third place in the 100m, first place in the long jump and second place in shot put and 80m events.
โข ๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ, competing in the Girls u/12 category, secured first place in the 1200m event and set a new record in the 800m race. She also achieved joint first place in the 150m event, third place in the 100m and high jump.
โข ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ, participating in the Girls u/12 category, delivered an outstanding performance by securing first place in the 100m, long jump and shot put events. She also set a new record in the high jump and achieved second place in the 150m event.
โข ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น ๐ช๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ฎ๐บ, competing in the Girls u/13 category, secured first place in the 1500m and 800m events. She also achieved second place in the 200m and 100m events, as well as third place in long jump.
โข ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ, participating in the Girls u/13 category, secured first place in five different events: 100m, 200m, long jump, shot put and high jump.
โข ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, competing in the Boys u/13 category, claimed 1st place in the 100m, 200m, 800m, long jump and high jump. He also achieved second place in shot put.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.
On Saturday, 3 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/11A and u/13A cricket teams faced off against their counterparts from neighbouring school, Laer Volkskool Graaff-Reinet, in an exciting cricketing encounter.
In the ๐จ/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐, Laer Volkskool won the toss and elected to bat first. Union’s bowlers delivered a stellar performance, bowling out the opposition for a total of 69 runs in 29 overs. A special mention goes to ๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น, who was awarded the well-deserved title of โMan of the Matchโ. Joshua bowled 7 overs (of which two were maiden overs) claiming 5 wickets for only 10 runs.
The Union team chased down the target in the 9th over with ease. Opening batsmen Jordan Maritz contributed 32 runs and Dante Mills, 10. The team’s collective efforts resulted in a victory for Union, winning the match by 8 wickets.
In the ๐จ/๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐, Union won the toss and elected to bat, posting a score of 99 runs. Laer Volkskool’s batting line-up struggled against Union’s bowling attack and were bowled out for 60 runs. Union secured a win by a margin of 39 runs.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด.
This past Saturday, 3 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/15 and 1st XI cricket teams faced off against their counterparts from Cradock High School at home.
In the u/15 match, Union’s bowlers performed exceptionally well, bowling Cradock out for just 47 runs. The u/15 team quickly chased down the target, winning the match by 5 wickets. Leander Kraai was the standout player for Union, taking 5 wickets for just 20 runs in 6.2 overs. ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ช/15 ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ!
In the 1st XI match, Union won the toss and elected to field first.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง 186 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ 50 ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ.
An opening partnership of 100 runs between Yaseen Kazi and MS de Beer set a solid foundation for the team. Yaseen played an outstanding innings, scoring 60 runs off 95 balls. Tristan Hulleman was Union’s best bowler in the match, taking 3 wickets for just 4 runs in 2.5 overs. Yaseen Kazi was named the Player of the Match for his all-round performance, scoring 60 runs and taking 2 wickets in 10 overs for 30 runs. ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐!
Overall, it was a successful day for the Union cricket teams, with both the u/15 and 1st XI securing victories. Well done to all the players!
The 2024 Founders’ Weekend Old Boys cricket matches at Union High School were – as always – a highlight on Union’s cricketing calendar, showcasing the talent and determination of the players.
In the 1st XI match, the Old Boys scored an impressive 329 for 6 wickets.
Despite their efforts, Union’s first team could not match the Old Boys’ score and ended up falling short by 142 runs. Yonela Wana and Shaakir Kazi were standout bowlers for Union, with Union’s Xavier Barlow leading the team of batsmen in scoring with 47 runs.
The 2nd XI match saw a similar story, with the Old Boys scoring 336 runs in the first innings and Josh Neill being hailed as Union’s best bowler with 62 runs and 2 wickets. Trystan Hulleman also put up a valiant effort for Union with 27 runs off 35 balls, but ultimately, the second team was all out for 118 runs in 19.3 overs.
In the u/15 match, the Old Boys batted first and scored 205 runs, but Union’s young team showed great potential and determination as they fell just short by 20 runs. John-Henry King was Union’s top scorer in the match, displaying immense talent that shines bright for the future of the school’s cricket team.
Overall, the matches were a testament to the skill and dedication of both Union High School’s current players and their esteemed Old Boys.
As the sun rose on Tuesday morning, 29 January, we knew it was going to be a stunning day for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s annual ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌ – and it didn’t disappoint.
The Grade 8 to 12 Arnott and Daly athletes participated in their numbers and continued to run, jump and throw with gusto!
The following athletes must be commended on their ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ:
๐ค๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐ป (u/15):
โข 1st place in 400m with a time of 1:04.45s
โข 2nd place in 100m
โข 1st place in Long Jump
๐ข๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ท๐ถ๐ฒ๐ (u/15):
โข 1st place in 200m with a time of 32.16s
โข 2nd place in 800m
โข 3rd place in 400m
๐ก๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ (u/15):
โข 1st place in 3 000m with an impressive time of 13:50.64
โข 1st place in 800m and 1500m
โข 3rd place in Long Jump
๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด (u/17):
โข 1st place in Shot Put, Discus and the 200m
๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ต ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ (u/17):
โข 3rd place in 1 000m
โข 6th place in 3 000m
โข 3rd place in 1 500m
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ (u/17):
โข 1st place in Shot Put (7.92m)
โข 1st place in 1 500m
๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (u/17):
โข 1st place in High Jump and Long Jump
โข 2nd place in 100m and 200m
๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ (u/17):
โข 1st place in Discus
โข 2nd place in Shot Put and Javelin
๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ป๐ป ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ (u/17):
โข 1st place in 3 000m and 200m
๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ (u/17)
โข 1st place in the 3000m and 800m
โข 3rd in the 400m
๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ (u/19):
โข 1st place in High Jump
โข 2nd place in Long Jump
โข 3rd place in 100m, 200m, and 3 000m
๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ (u/19):
โข 1st place in 100m (11.51s) and Long Jump
๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (u/19):
โข 2nd place in 400m
โข 3rd place in 3 000m and 200m
โข 4th place in Shot Put and 800m
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ (u/19):
โข 1st place in 100m and 200m
โข 2nd place in 3 000m and 800m
๐๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต (u/19):
โข 1st place in 800m, 1 500m and 3 000m
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐ (u/19):
โข 1st place in High Jump and Javelin
๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ (u/19):
โข 1st place in 3 000m
โข 2nd place in 800m
โข 3rd place in 1 500m
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (U/19):
โข Dominated in throwing events with 1st place in Javelin, Discus and 2nd place in Shot Put
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต!
We also offer our sincere thanks to all parents, staff and members of the Union community who assisted on the day. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐!
(๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐: Trophy winners will be announced at the Summer Sportsโ Awards Assembly later this year.)
