New Educators – Junior Department

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Junior Department was excited to welcome two ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—˜๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ to its compliment of staff at the beginning of the year.

๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ 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— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†-๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ 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. ๐™’๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™›๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ.

Interhouse Gala

Summer weather and happy learners made for a perfect start to the week as Union High School, Graaff-Reinet enjoyed its annual ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—š๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—” 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, ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™งโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, 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 thatโ€™s filled with smiles, friendly rivalry and a strong sense of camaraderie among all those participating. Last nightโ€™s 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.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

Junior Interhouse Athletics

Friday, 2 February, saw the Union Schools’ annual ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ 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.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ are in order for Arnott House, who clinched the victory with an impressive 1446 points, compared to Daly’s 1314 points.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด. ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.

First and foremost, we would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the following learners who set ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐——๐—ฆ in their respective events:

โ€ข Kim-Lynn Finnis: u/11 Girls’ 80m and 100m
โ€ข Taylor Jacobs: u/11 Girls’ 800m
โ€ข Raydon Hendricks: u/11 Boys’ 800m
โ€ข Ryonn Naude: u/12 Boys’ 800m
โ€ข Haley Krige: u/12 Girls’ 800m
โ€ข Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza: u/12 Girls’ High Jump
โ€ข Grant Murray: u/11 Boys’ Shotput

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

โ€ข ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€, 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.

โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€, 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.

โ€ข ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ, 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.

โ€ข ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ, 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.

โ€ข ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ, 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.

โ€ข ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, participating in the Girls u/13 category, secured first place in five different events: 100m, 200m, long jump, shot put and high jump.

โ€ข ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‡, 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.

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

U/13 & U/11 Cricket vs LVS – Results

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 ๐—จ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—–๐—›, 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 ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น, who was awarded the well-deserved title of โ€˜Man 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 ๐—จ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—–๐—›, 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.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด.

Senior Cricket vs Cradock High – Results

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. ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ช/15 ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ!

In the 1st XI match, Union won the toss and elected to field first.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 186 ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ 50 ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ.

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. ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜!

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!

Founders’ Senior Cricket Results

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.

Senior Interhouse Athletics

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 ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ – 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 ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐— ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐—ฆ:

๐—ค๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป (u/15):

โ€ข 1st place in 400m with a time of 1:04.45s

โ€ข 2nd place in 100m

โ€ข 1st place in Long Jump

๐—ข๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ท๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (u/15):

โ€ข 1st place in 200m with a time of 32.16s

โ€ข 2nd place in 800m

โ€ข 3rd place in 400m

๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† (u/15):

โ€ข 1st place in 3 000m with an impressive time of 13:50.64

โ€ข 1st place in 800m and 1500m

โ€ข 3rd place in Long Jump

๐—ž๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด (u/17):

โ€ข 1st place in Shot Put, Discus and the 200m

๐—”๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ (u/17):

โ€ข 3rd place in 1 000m

โ€ข 6th place in 3 000m

โ€ข 3rd place in 1 500m

๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ (u/17):

โ€ข 1st place in Shot Put (7.92m)

โ€ข 1st place in 1 500m

๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (u/17):

โ€ข 1st place in High Jump and Long Jump

โ€ข 2nd place in 100m and 200m

๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ (u/17):

โ€ข 1st place in Discus

โ€ข 2nd place in Shot Put and Javelin

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—”๐—ป๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† (u/17):

โ€ข 1st place in 3 000m and 200m

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ (u/17)

โ€ข 1st place in the 3000m and 800m

โ€ข 3rd in the 400m

๐——๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ (u/19):

โ€ข 1st place in High Jump

โ€ข 2nd place in Long Jump

โ€ข 3rd place in 100m, 200m, and 3 000m

๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ (u/19):

โ€ข 1st place in 100m (11.51s) and Long Jump

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (u/19):

โ€ข 2nd place in 400m

โ€ข 3rd place in 3 000m and 200m

โ€ข 4th place in Shot Put and 800m

๐—๐—ผ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ (u/19):

โ€ข 1st place in 100m and 200m

โ€ข 2nd place in 3 000m and 800m

๐—˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต (u/19):

โ€ข 1st place in 800m, 1 500m and 3 000m

๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ (u/19):

โ€ข 1st place in High Jump and Javelin

๐—ง๐˜†๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† (u/19):

โ€ข 1st place in 3 000m

โ€ข 2nd place in 800m

โ€ข 3rd place in 1 500m

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—–๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ (U/19):

โ€ข Dominated in throwing events with 1st place in Javelin, Discus and 2nd place in Shot Put

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต!

We also offer our sincere thanks to all parents, staff and members of the Union community who assisted on the day. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚!

(๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง๐—˜: Trophy winners will be announced at the Summer Sportsโ€™ Awards Assembly later this year.)

Opening Of Resurfaced Astro Turf

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet marked a significant milestone this afternoon as it celebrated the official opening of its recently resurfaced AstroTurf. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™™๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก’๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ’ ๐™’๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™š๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ค๐™˜๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ.

Underneath the blue skies, the school’s hockey players, along with their parents, staff, friends of the Union Schools and Old Unionites gathered on the pristine turf for the special ceremony. The atmosphere was filled with excitement and pride as everyone awaited the momentous event.

Addressing the assembled community, Headmaster Mr William Pringle extended a warm welcome to all attendees and expressed his heartfelt gratitude to those who played a vital role in making this project a reality. ๐™ƒ๐™š ๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™™๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™™ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ.

With great joy and a shared sense of accomplishment, the ceremonial red ribbon was cut, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the Union Schools.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ.

With the newly resurfaced AstroTurf serving as a testament to Union’s commitment to providing its learners with top-notch facilities, the celebration of this achievement during Founders’ Weekend made the occasion even more remarkable – ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

Founders’ Sport Awards

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Old Boys & Girls took to the field on Friday & Saturday, 26 & 27 January, in the traditional Founders’ Weekend cricket and hockey matches against the learners.

A lot of fun was had as these matches are not only about what happens on the field, but also on the sidelines and afterwards as current and former Unionites of al vintages share some time together.

CRICKET AWARDS

At the cricket prizegiving ceremony held in the Tony Burrell Union upon conclusion of the day’s play, the following trophies were presented by Mr Rhett Newton, Chairman of the Old Unionite Association:

โ€ข Best Bowler – 1st XI: Shaakir Kazi
โ€ข Best Batsman – 1st XI: Xavier Barlow
โ€ข The Dave Stern Memorial Award for an up-and-coming cricketer: Xavier Barlow
โ€ข Most valuable player of the day – 1st XI: Yonela Wana

โ€ข Best Schoolboy Performer – 2nd XI: Joshua Neill
โ€ข Best Schoolboy Performer – u/15: John-Henry King

๐˜”๐˜ณ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ’๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜–๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด’ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜๐˜š 1๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Ÿ๐˜ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

HOCKEY AWARDS

Well done Leigh-Ann, Caytah-Leigh and Amber!

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.

A round of applause goes to our outstanding 1st team players who received well-deserved recognition. ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข Amber Slater, awarded the title of ‘Most Promising Player’, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, securing the ‘Best Defender’ award, and Leigh-Ann Murray, claiming the top spot for ‘Best Goal.’

๐™’๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™…๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™›๐™š๐™ง ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™˜๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ – ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™™๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ.

Founders’ Senior Hockey Results

We were thrilled to welcome back a squad of enthusiastic Old Girls for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s highly anticipated annual Founders’ Weekend ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  hockey match this past Friday afternoon.

It is always a privilege for our 1st team girls to kick off their year with such a fun fixture against our accomplished Old Girls ๐Ÿ‘

The Old Girls brought their A-game, challenging our talented school girls every step of the way. However, it was our determined 1st team who emerged triumphant, clinching a hard-fought 1-0 victory.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.

A round of applause goes to our outstanding 1st team players who received well-deserved recognition. ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข Amber Slater, awarded the title of ‘Most Promising Player’, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, securing the ‘Best Defender’ award, and Leigh-Ann Murray, claiming the top spot for ‘Best Goal.’

๐™’๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™…๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™›๐™š๐™ง ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™˜๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ – ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™™๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ.

Thank you to everyone involved for making this year’s ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  hockey match an unforgettable occasion. Let the spirit and tradition continue to thrive!