Vision For The Future – High Performance Centre

At the Union Schools, our hope for the future has always been bigger than any challenges we face and in an ever-changing world, our dedication to excellence, opportunity and the holistic growth of every learner remains unwavering.

It is in this spirit of optimism and resolve that we are proud to share our vision for the Union Schools’ state-of-the-art ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ – a transformative project born from our belief in the boundless potential of every child.

Slated for completion in the coming years and located adjacent to our main AstroTurf hockey field, the new Centre will be a multi-sport facility designed to inspire, support and elevate the physical development, wellness and competitive spirit of our learners.

๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€. We are actively engaging with philanthropic partners and potential benefactors who share our vision for youth empowerment through sport. This means the Centre will be brought to life at no financial cost to the parents or families of our school – ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ.

At the heart of the Centre lies a fully adaptable indoor arena, equipped with an innovative netting system that allows for transformation into eight indoor cricket nets, an action cricket pitch, or an indoor hockey field. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ-๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ-๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

A high-performance gym will serve as the strength and conditioning cornerstone of the facility, complemented by on-site medical and rehabilitation spaces to foster a holistic approach to athlete care – prioritising health, recovery and sustained excellence.

Overlooking the action will be our second-floor sports administration offices and viewing deck, providing coaches and support teams with an ideal vantage point for coordination and planning. On the ground level, purpose-built amenities – including modern change rooms, a tuck shop and kitchen, comfortable seating and essential storage – will round out the facility.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต; ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป with our Union Schools community and look forward to the day when the doors to the High Performance Centre open โ€“ unlocking new opportunities and lasting impact for generations to come.

Senior Rugby vs Spandau – Results

We were excited to host Spandau Secondary School on Thursday afternoon for a round of rugby matches.

1st XV match report

From the opening whistle, it was clear this was going to be a physical and high-intensity encounter. Union set the tone early, with Shaakir Kazi crossing the line for the first try within minutes. Xavier Barlow followed up with a second try, giving Union a dream start at 14โ€“0.

The momentum continued with tries from Peter-Daniel Clegg and Yaaseen Kazi, extending the lead to 26โ€“0. Despite consistent pressure and control from Union, a brief lapse allowed the hosts to score just before half-time, bringing the score to 26โ€“7 at the break.

The second half saw Union resume their dominance. The kickoff was secured and turned into immediate attacking pressure. Makukhanye de Beer added his name to the scoresheet, followed by two more tries from Yaaseen Kazi โ€” completing a well-deserved hat-trick. Yonela Wana also impressed with two tries of his own, sealing an emphatic 53โ€“7 victory.

A special mention goes to Yaaseen Kazi for his outstanding hat-trick performance and relentless work throughout the game.

Other Results:
(๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต)
U14: 28 – 5
U15: 12 – 0
U16: 57 – 16
2nd XV: 29 – 5
1st XV: 53 – 7

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ถ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ!

Junior Hockey – EP U13 Selection

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Union High School junior hockey players – Kari Stern, Hermon Wolde, Hayley Krige, Kungawo Lisa and Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza – on their well-deserved selection for this yearโ€™s ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—˜๐—ฃ hockey teams!

We are incredibly proud of Hermon, Kari and Hayley, who will be representing the ๐—” ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, as well as Kungawo and Angelique, who will proudly take the field for the ๐—• ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ!

Mixed Martial Arts (MASA) Championship – Results

Union High School is proud to celebrate the achievements of four of our learners – Chloe-Anne Fourie, Sinead Christoffels, Elizabeth Fourie and Matthew Christoffels – who participated in the MASA (Mixed Martial Arts South Africa) Championship on Saturday, 10 May.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น-๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€.

As a result of their exceptional performances, all four have been selected to represent the Eastern Cape at the National Championships taking place in Gauteng on 14 and 15 June.

๐—–๐—ต๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฒ-๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ secured second place in no fewer than four categories: MMA Light, Grappling, Continuous and Points Fight.

๐—˜๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ also impressed, earning a second place in Points Fight and a third in Grappling. ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ brought home two silver medals in Grappling and Points Fight, while ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ dominated in his events, taking home two gold medals – one in Continuous and one in Grappling.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ.

Hockey vs Collegiate – Results

Union High School’s girls gave it their all on the hockey field on Saturday, 10 May 2025.

First Team Report:
We had a shaky start to the match, Collegiate quickly took advantage of our early nerves and unforced errors, scoring 3 goals in the first chukka. In the second chukka, the girls regrouped and performed with more composure, managing Collegiateโ€™s attacking threats. Unfortunately, a poor decision-making on defense allowed them to add another goal just before halftime.

The third chukka proved to be the most challenging, with Collegiate netting three quick goals. Despite the setback, our girls showed great resilience and continued to fight throughout the game. In the fourth chukka, we managed to limit them to just one goal and launched numerous counterattacks,  we couldnโ€™t convert our chances. Collegiate showed exactly why they are ranked fourth in the countryโ€”they were tactically sharper, physically dominant, and mentally switched on. They simply wanted it more on the day. The match ended in a 0โ€“9 lossโ€”my toughest defeat to date with the first team.

Match Results:

  • 1st Team: Lost 0โ€“9
  • 2nd Team: Lost 0โ€“5
  • 3rd Team: Lost 0โ€“5
  • U16A: Lost 0โ€“8
  • U16B: Lost 0โ€“4
  • U16C: Lost 0โ€“7
  • U14A: Lost 0โ€“9

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ the ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ

Union High School’s ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” hockey team put forth a truly Herculean effort, showing immense determination and grit as they battled hard to restrict a strong Collegiate Girls’ High School side to a narrow 0โ€“2 victory.

Quiz & Speech Competition vs Collegiate – Results

Union High School’s junior and senior teams competed in a ๐—ค๐—จ๐—œ๐—ญ competition at Collegiate Girls’ High School on Saturday morning, 10 May 2025.

With buzzing brains, quick wits and lots of laughs along the way, our teams showed fantastic spirit.

A big shoutout and well-deserved ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to the Collegiate girls who snatched the top spot – brilliant job!

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ

Our ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ delivered both prepared and impromptu speeches to the adjudicators.

With topics ranging from Freedom to Friendship, it was a lively and engaging morning for all involved. While Collegiate claimed victory in the junior division, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†!

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ, ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ตรฉ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ป๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต, ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ!

Senior Tennis Girls vs Collegiate – Results

This Saturday morning, 10 May 2025, Union High School’s ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฆ girls brought incredible energy to the courts as they faced off against Collegiate Girls’ High School in both doubles and singles matchups.

Our girls delivered a commanding performance – emerging victorious!

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ!

Cross-Country vs Collegiate – Results

Union High School’s junior and senior ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ-๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ฌ teams took on Collegiate Girls’ High School in an exciting meet on Saturday morning, 10 May 2025.

๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ – ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

The ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ athletes tackled a fast-paced 2km route and absolutely cleaned up the leaderboard.

๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ led the charge with a phenomenal time of 07:47,8, just edging out ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, who was hot on her heels at 07:48,5. ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ stormed in to claim third place, followed closely by ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ and ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต, rounding out a dominant top five. ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ also had a strong showing, finishing 7th and helping solidify Unionโ€™s sweep of the front of the pack.

The ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ team, facing a tougher 4km course, held their own. ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ crossed the line in 5th, closely followed by ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น (6th) and ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ (7th), all showing impressive endurance and pace. ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป secured 9th place, with ๐—”๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ, ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ all putting in solid efforts to complete the Union lineup.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด.

Well done, Union!

Rugby Vs Muir College – Results

This past Saturday, Union High School’s rugby fields saw our players battle it out against a visiting Muir College Boys’ High School, Kariega in a series of home matches.

๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ – from the spirited effort of our youngest u/11s to the nail-biting finale of the 1st XVโ€™s narrow 30โ€“31 encounter, our boys gave their all on the field.

1st XV Match report

The Union side got off to a brilliant start by scoring in the first minutes of the game through a try by Shaakir Kazi. Not long after the first Union try, Muir scored a try through poor defense from the Union side. Quick thinking from scrumhalf Makukhanye de Beer lead to his name being put on the scoreboard and allowed Union to take the lead again, score now was 12-5. A lapse in concentration once again allowed Muir College to score a try. A try by Similo Mvandaba once again extended Union’s lead to 17-10. The Union boys struggled to secure the kick off from the try scored, allowing Muir College to get into our half and regaining possession which eventually lead to them scoring once again, the score now was 17-17. A penalty kick through Makukhanye de Beer allowed Union to take the lead by 20-17 going into the half-time break. 

Muir scored to quick tries at the start of the second half, immediately putting the Union boys under tremendous pressure and we were now behind by 11 points. A try by Yaaseen Kazi middle second half gave the boys some confidence and this lead us to fighting right up until the end of the game, scoring a try by Liso Booi, the conversion was unfortunately missed and this gave the victory to Muir College by 30-31.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

The results were as follows: u/11A lost 0โ€“12, u/11B lost 26โ€“42, ๐˜‚๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿดโ€“๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฒ, u/13B lost 14โ€“38, u/14 lost 7โ€“17, u/15 lost 20โ€“33, u/16 lost 15โ€“45, the 2nd XV lost 17โ€“35 and the 1st team delivered an intense game, narrowly losing 30โ€“31

Thank You, Tam Safaris!

A heartfelt ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ to Tam Safaris โ€” and especially to Stephen and Megan Tam โ€” for your incredibly generous sponsorship of our junior Top 6 boys’ and girls’ tennis players.

๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น and young tennis players – your generosity makes a meaningful difference!

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