Senior Rugby Trials

Well done to the following Union High School boys on their participation in the recent Level 3 rugby trials – a wonderful opportunity to test themselves against strong competition: (๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ) Luyolo Khali, (๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด) Yonela Wana, Tafadswa Munzvenga, Elvandre Meyer and Sibabalwe Mbutye.

Chess Trials – Results

On 23 May 2026, Union High School had the privilege of hosting the Sarah Baartman District Chess Association trials. The event brought together talented young chess players from across the district for a day filled with strategy, competition, and sportsmanship. It was an exciting and enjoyable occasion, and we were honoured to welcome all the learners, coaches, and officials to our school.

We are especially proud of our Union learners, who performed exceptionally well and represented the school with excellence:

The Union Prizewinners:

U14 Boys: Caron Goliath โ€“ Gold
U16 Girls: Isabelle Tadesse โ€“ Gold
U18 Girls: Kwakhanya Ntlonti โ€“ Gold
U18 Girls: Gerda Clarke โ€“ Silver

Congratulations to all our players on their outstanding achievements. Your dedication, hard work, and perseverance continue to make Union High School proud.

Well Done, Kirsten

Congratulations to Grade 6 learner ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ on achieving an outstanding 90% – a Distinction – for her RSL Classical Grade 2 Piano Practical examination.

The examiner praised Kirstenโ€™s โ€œ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ตโ€, as well as her โ€œ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บโ€ throughout the performance – a wonderful reflection of her hard work and musical talent.

Inter Act Club Book Drive

Union High School’s InterAct Club recently concluded its ๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ with the delivery of a collection of pre-loved books, puzzles and colouring-in books to Vuyani Safehaven.

A ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป must be made of Grade 12 learner, Taegan Hamid, for her generous contribution to the initiative.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ.

Art Club

Union High School’s ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—• has enjoyed a creative and productive term working on bird portraits.

Using masonite boards kindly donated by Mr Niรซl Keyser, the learners were taught how to sand, prime and prepare the boards before starting their acrylic paintings.

They also practised enlarging their reference material using the gridding technique, helping them plan their compositions carefully before painting.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ as the learners explored colour, texture, line, tone and form throughout the project.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ.

Cricket – Selection to PE Centurions

Congratulations to Union High School cricketers ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ and ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น on their selection for the PE Centurions U14 Premium Division side, as well as ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† on his selection for the PE Centurions U13 Premium Division team in the EPL (National Premier League).

This exciting achievement is a wonderful reward for the boysโ€™ hard work and we are incredibly proud to see them earning the opportunity to compete on such a respected platform for youth cricket in South Africa.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜Œ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.

Senior Hockey vs St Michaels and Hangklip – Results

Our First Team produced two dominant displays, recording a 6โ€“0 victory against St Michaelโ€™s and following it up with a convincing 7โ€“1 win over Hangklip.

Against St Michaelโ€™s, the girls produced a strong all-round performance where our structure looked solid against a competitive side. We controlled the tempo of the match well and made sure we capitalised on our opportunities.

In the second match against Hangklip, the girls started brilliantly and created numerous goal-scoring chances. However, frustration began to creep in as we failed to convert opportunities, which led to forcing passes and trying to create goals too quickly. Our final decision-making inside the circle was not at our usual standard. Despite this, the girls once again showed the strength and quality within our First Team.

Overall, it was a very positive weekend and a true team effort from every player involved. Well done to all the girls on their performances.

Standout players this weekend were: Antonio Adams, Katelyn Trollip, Misha Newton, Leigh-ann Murray and Abonani Matushe.

Other results from the weekend:
Friday
โ€ข UHS 2nd Team vs SMS 1st Team: Lost 1โ€“8
โ€ข UHS U/14A vs SMS U/14A: Lost 0โ€“3
โ€ข UHS U/16A vs SMS U/16A: Won 2โ€“1
Saturday
โ€ข UHS U/16B vs SMS U/16A: Lost 0โ€“2
โ€ข UHS U/16C vs SMS U/14A: Lost 0โ€“10
โ€ข UHS 1st Team vs SMS 1st Team: Won 6โ€“0
Hangklip Fixtures
โ€ข UHS U/14A vs Hangklip 3rd Team: Won 12โ€“0
โ€ข UHS 2nd Team vs Hangklip 2nd Team: Won 3โ€“0
โ€ข UHS 1st Team vs Hangklip 1st Team: Won 7โ€“1

Junior Sport vs Herbert Hurd – Results

The junior rugby and hockey teams experienced a day of mixed results against strong opposition.

Rugby: The U/13A side produced an impressive 36โ€“12 victory, while the U/11A (5โ€“17), U/11B (0โ€“40) and U/13B (0โ€“40) teams battled hard but came up short.

Hockey: There were excellent wins for the U/11A team (2โ€“1) and U/13B team (1โ€“0). The U/11B, U/13C and U/13A sides were narrowly defeated 1โ€“0 in closely contested matches.

Well done to all players and coaches for their effort, commitment and sportsmanship throughout the day.

EP Hockey Selection

Well done to ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ (U14B), ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ (U16A) and ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ (U14A) on their selection to the Eastern Province hockey sides.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ, ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ and ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜— ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.