Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior hockey teams’ results in their respective encounters against Cradock High School today, Saturday, 22 April, definitely put smiles on their coachesโ and supporters’ faces! The results were as follows:
U/14As won 3-0
U/16As won 4-1
2nd XI won 6-0
1st XI won 4-1.
(๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ.)
Union hosted Cradock High School today (Saturday, 22 April) for their annual rugby showdown.
It turned out to be ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ who turned up to watch the encounter, as the rugby teams managed to record several successes:
u/14As won 22 – 5
u/15As won 34-0
u/16As lost 11-12
2nd XV won 18-12
1st XV lost 13- 38.
ย
Congratulations to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s newly appointed ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ for 2023!
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
As a part of their ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Grade 12s were treated to an interesting demonstration by Rinette Enslin, the executive chef and owner of the Bloemfontein-based Olive Chef School.
The art of fine dining was beautifully demonstrated and the learners’ eyes opened to the stressful – but rewarding – career of cheffing.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Grade 11 AdMaths SA learner, Joy Merifield, whose Term 1 formal test results placed her in the Top 4 Grade 11 AdMaths students in the country!
The AdMaths programme is a national maths enrichment programme aimed at supplementing the curriculum to help prepare learners for university first year maths. It is of great help to those who want to pursue a career in maths, engineering, actuarial science, technology or related fields.
Attention everyone!ย Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย will be hosting its Term 2 SANBS blood donation drive on Tuesday, 16 May.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ช๐จ๐!
The donation process is quick, easy, and safe. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. All blood types are needed, so whether you are a first-time donor or a regular donor, your contribution is vital and appreciated.
๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ and join us in the Union High School Hall between 14:00 and 18:00 on the afternoon of the 16th. Let’s come together and make a difference! Don’t forget to spread the word to your friends and family, and we’ll see you there.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to senior chess players ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ and ๐๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฒ who both achieved excellent results during the second of three trial events hosted by the Sarah Baartman District Chess Union on 1 April at the Fountains Mall in Jeffreys Bay.
Jasmine was placed 2nd in the u/16 Girls’ section and received a silver medal.
Neelon was placed 3rd in the u/16 Boy’s section and received a bronze medal.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ!
[The three-trial qualifier will be followed by a closed tournament, to which selected players will be invited. A district team will then be chosen for the provincial chess tournament later this year.
In addition to playing a minimum number of games, players must participate in at least two of the three trials taking place in Kouga, and obtain a score of 50 percent or more in each, to be invited to the final closer.]
๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ!
Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs 2023 primary department stage production, ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐๐, will run in the school hall on Thursday and Friday, 4 and 5 May.
Based on the 2010 Disney animation, Tangled is a re-telling of the classic fairytale, Rapunzel. Described as an โadventure musicalโ that takes Rapunzel and her โrescuerโ Flynn Rider from a lonely tower in the woods, to the raucous Snuggly Duckling Pub, and to the distant Kingdom, where Rapunzel and Flynn finally find home.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet looks forward to welcoming Cradock High School as well as Lorraine Primary on Saturday, 22 April, for a set of ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ and ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ matches.
All games played on the Puttick Field and the Union High School AstroTurf will be livestreamed (๐ช๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด) via our YouTube channel. ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐: https://www.youtube.com/@theunionschools
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข Union High School, Graaff-Reinet junior rugby players ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐บ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ท๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต๐ฎ, ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ and ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ป, who were selected for the Karoo Sub Union u/13 Rugby Team.
Congratulations also to their coach, Mr Mpilo Njoloza, who will be coaching the team, alongside Laer Volkskool’s Mr Ruben van Zyl.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ 22 ๐ต๐ฐ 24 ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ