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Resurfacing Of Tennis Courts

When Unionโ€™s athletes take to the school’s tennis courts to start off the 2022 season, they will be playing on beautiful, newly reconstructed, playing surfaces.
The resurfacing of the schoolโ€™s tennis courts kicked off this morning, Wednesday, 17 November, and – in a couple of weeks – will soon be in great shape again, ready to serve the school community!
๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ!
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Palisade Project Underway

At Union High School, keeping our school ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—™๐—˜ โ€“ along with all the teachers, staff and learners residing inside โ€“ is of utmost importance.
We, therefore, recently embarked on a project that will see the school’s perimetre fence along the riverbank replaced with secure palisade fencing.
The total length of this project – which will enhance the security of our campus immensely – spans 600m and will stretch all the way from the corner at Union High School’s AstroTurf, past Herby Arnott House and the Union Preparatory School to the back of Arthur Kingwill House.
We can’t wait to see this project completed and thank our team of groundsmen for their efforts in erecting this fence.
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Langbourne Series Completed

“๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต.” โ€” ๐—๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ
Author Mr Alan Landau, who currently resides in Australia, recently published the sixth and final book in his ‘Langbourne’ series, titled โ€˜Langbourneโ€™s Legacyโ€™.
Although this book isn’t available in South Africa as yet, Union was extremely fortunate to be gifted two of them by Mr Landau, to complete the two sets of this series he donated to the school in 2019.
We are extremely grateful to Mr Landau for this gesture. The learners have loved following David and Morris Langbourne on their epic African adventure and we’re sure that many are looking forward to – what is sure to be – its epic conclusion.
Follow the link to read more about the Langbourne novels by author Alan Landau: https://www.unionschools.co.za/2019/08/
๐Ÿ“ท Seen here are library monitors and bookworms of note, Precious Nobula and Keisha Mentoor, with the copies of โ€˜Langbourneโ€™s Legacyโ€™.
Cricket, Sport Results

15th Senior Cricket Festival

Union High School is excited to announce that we will be hosting our ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น at the start of 2022, from 12 to 15 January!
We look forward to welcoming Daniรซl Pienaar Technical High School, Marlow Agricultural High School, Queen’s College Boys’ High School, Stirling High School, East London, Edgemead High School, Milnerton High School and Nico Malan to our campus for four days of competitive cricket in an environment that promotes collegiality, friendship and camaraderie.
๐— ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐— 
The team that will be representing Union High School as its 1st XI during this festival, consists of Sisipho Arnols (captain), Hlaki Skepe, Ivan Murray, Lihle Mxhunyelwa, Daniel Nell, Brent Hesselink, Joshua Horne, Laythan Carelse, Shaakir Kazi, Camran Swartz, Jude Langmead, Thokozani Mpanza and Jordan Wilmot.
We wish them all the best in their preparations for this festival
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Learners Shine At Karoo Eisteddfod

In spite of yet another disruptive year, the cultural activities of Union High School continued in the background.
The highlight of the year was certainly the more than 100 learners who participated in 82 items for the Karoo Eisteddfod in the categories of Music, Art, Drama, Speech, Photography and Creative Writing.
We are truly grateful to our educators, Ms Jenny Street, Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes, Mrs Bronwen Langmead, Mrs Sanette Brink, Ms Zelda van Rooyen and Miss Paula-Jane Phillips, who prepared and entered the learners in the different categories.
Our learners did exceptionally well, with marks ranging from Triple Gold to Silver.
Not one learner got under 70%.
๐Ÿ“ท Over the next couple of weeks, weโ€™ll feature the achievers in each category, but weโ€™d like to start it off today with Camran Swartz, Joy Merifield, Tyra Binney and Ababalwa Matutu, seen here on the accompanying photos, who each received a Triple Gold certificate for their 2D artwork entries.
Sport Results

2022 Sport Season Captains Announced

In an early morning assembly today, Friday, 12 November, Union High School announced its sports captains for the 2022 season.
๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Chloe Shires (Hockey), Sisipho Arnols (Rugby and Cricket), Brent Hesselink (Boys Tennis) and Marli Brummer (Girls Tennis).
We are delighted to have these learners lead our teams and look forward to the season ahead.
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Photographers Excel At Eisteddfod

Congratulations to young photographers Rebecca Copeman (Grade 7) and Sarah Jacobs (Grade 8 ) on their excellent results following this yearโ€™s Karoo Eisteddfod!

Rebecca entered six photos in the competitionโ€™s โ€˜Nature Photographyโ€™ entry class, receiving either a Gold or Double Gold certificate for all her entries.

Sarah received a Triple Gold certificate for her entry entitled โ€˜Mushroom Delightโ€™, and Double Gold and Gold for her other two entries respectively.

๐Ÿ“ทย Rebecca is seen here holding one of her entries, โ€˜Glorious Karoo Rain & Rainbowโ€™, while Sarah is holding her entry, โ€˜Mushroom Delightโ€™.

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Sport Results

Cricketers Included in EP Rural Inlands U/17 Team

Congratulations to Union cricketers, Sisipho Arnols, Hlaki Skepe and Shaakir Kazi on being selected for the 2021 EP Rural Inlands u/17 Team.
We wish them the best of luck when they compete in the CSA Rural Week (12 to 17 December 2021) at Kearsney College in Durban.
(The rest of the team is composed of Marlow, Cradock and Winterberg players, while Unionโ€™s Mr Sean Koeberg has been appointed to manage the team.)
Sport Results

Thokozani To Represent EP in Rugby 7s

During October, Thokozani Mpanza, a Grade 9 learner at Union High School, captained the Sarah Baartman Districtโ€™s u/15 rugby team during a #sevensย tournament hosted in East London.

Thokozani enjoyed a very successful tournament and was subsequently selected for the Eastern Province u/15 sevens rugby team that will travel to Johannesburg in December 2021 to participate in the Summer Games.

Congratulations and good luck, Thokozani!