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: (๐จ๐ญ๐ฒ) Luyolo Khali, (๐จ๐ญ๐ด) Yonela Wana, Tafadswa Munzvenga, Elvandre Meyer and Sibabalwe Mbutye.
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.
Congratulations to Grade 6 learner ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ on achieving an outstanding 90% – a Distinction – for her RSL Classical Grade 2 Piano Practical examination.
The examiner praised Kirstenโs โ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ตโ, as well as her โ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บโ throughout the performance – a wonderful reflection of her hard work and musical talent.
Union High School’s InterAct Club recently concluded its ๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ with the delivery of a collection of pre-loved books, puzzles and colouring-in books to Vuyani Safehaven.
A ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป must be made of Grade 12 learner, Taegan Hamid, for her generous contribution to the initiative.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ.
Union High School’s ๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ 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.
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ as the learners explored colour, texture, line, tone and form throughout the project.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ.
Congratulations to Union High School cricketers ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ and ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น on their selection for the PE Centurions U14 Premium Division side, as well as ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ 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.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ.
1st team won 34 – 15
2nd team won 34 – 23
U16 team lost 20 – 24
U15 team lost 28 – 36
U14 team won 16 – 7
Our First Team produced two dominant displays, recording a 6โ0 victory against St Michaelโs and following it up with a convincing 7โ1 win over Hangklip.
Against St Michaelโs, 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
โข UHS 2nd Team vs SMS 1st Team: Lost 1โ8
โข UHS U/14A vs SMS U/14A: Lost 0โ3
โข UHS U/16A vs SMS U/16A: Won 2โ1
Saturday
โข UHS U/16B vs SMS U/16A: Lost 0โ2
โข UHS U/16C vs SMS U/14A: Lost 0โ10
โข UHS 1st Team vs SMS 1st Team: Won 6โ0
Hangklip Fixtures
โข UHS U/14A vs Hangklip 3rd Team: Won 12โ0
โข UHS 2nd Team vs Hangklip 2nd Team: Won 3โ0
โข UHS 1st Team vs Hangklip 1st Team: Won 7โ1
The junior rugby and hockey teams experienced a day of mixed results against strong opposition.
Rugby: The U/13A side produced an impressive 36โ12 victory, while the U/11A (5โ17), U/11B (0โ40) and U/13B (0โ40) teams battled hard but came up short.
Hockey: There were excellent wins for the U/11A team (2โ1) and U/13B team (1โ0). The U/11B, U/13C and U/13A sides were narrowly defeated 1โ0 in closely contested matches.
Well done to all players and coaches for their effort, commitment and sportsmanship throughout the day.
Well done to ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ (U14B), ๐จ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ถ (U16A) and ๐๐๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ (U14A) on their selection to the Eastern Province hockey sides.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด.