Hockey
A hearty ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ to our u/13 hockey teams on their clean sweep against Cradock Primary today – with our D team winning 2-0, C team 1-0, B team 6-0, and A team 3-1, ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ!
Rugby
U/11A lost 5-31
U/11B lost 0-47
U/13A won 36-29
U/13B lost 5-49
U/13C lost 0-50
This past weekend, the Union High School boys affiliated to the Graaff-Reinet Scout Troop participated in one of Scoutingโs best known and most loved traditions โ camping!
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐บ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
They honed their survival skills by learning how to build shelters, tried their hand at backwoods engineering and told stories around a crackling campfire, all under the watchful guidance of their seasoned scout leaders.
๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
Today, Union High Schoolโs Scouts are proudly wearing their scarves to school in celebration of ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ.
๐๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ 1 ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ง ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต-๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ 1907 – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
The Scout scarf, introduced by Lord Baden-Powell in 1908, has since become far more than just part of a uniform. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ง ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ – ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ.
๐๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ – a simple yet meaningful reminder of their identity and the global community theyโre part of.
Hockey
U/13B won 4-0
U/13A won 1-0
U/13A Hockey Match Report:
The U/13A team dominated the game from start to finish, displaying excellent teamwork and control. Their efforts were rewarded with a well-deserved 1-0 victory.
Rugby
U/11A lost 7-28
U/13B lost 12-32
U/13A lost 24-36
U/13A Rugby Match Report:
It was a game of two halves as Lukhona Bulembu and Liya Magqabi each scored twice to give Union a 24-12 halftime lead. However, playing into the wind, the boys lost focus and eventually went down 24-36.
First Team vs Oranje Meisies (Friday)
Final Score: UHS 1 โ Oranje 5
The match started with great energy and focus from our girls, ending the first chukka 0-0. In the second chukka, we took the lead with a short corner goal from Mia Botha to make it 1-0. Unfortunately, a lapse in concentration and communication during the third chukka saw Oranje capitalize and take a 4-1 lead. They added a fifth goal in the final chukka, leaving the final score at 5-1 in their favour.
Despite the result, I want to commend the first team players for their outstanding effort in chukkas 1, 2, and 4. You not only competed against one of the top hockey schools in the country, you dominated them at times. I am incredibly proud of each and every one of you! Well done Kenza and team.
First Team vs St Michaelโs School (Saturday)
Final Score: UHS 2 โ SMS 0
While not our best performance, the team showed heart and stuck to the structure to secure a victory. The scoreline doesnโt truly reflect the dominance we had throughout the match.
We created numerous scoring opportunities, earning 15 short corners, but only managed to convert two into goals. This is an area we will continue to work on. That said, credit must go to the girls for their persistence and composure under pressure.
Weekend Results Summary:
Friday:
Saturday:
Well done to all our teams for representing UHS with pride and passion this weekend!
Special recognition goes to our Second Team for their outstanding 3โ1 victory over Gill College First Team, a result that speaks volumes about the depth and strength of our hockey program.
A heartfelt thank you to all the staff who played a role in helping ensure a successful and smooth weekend of hockey.
Letโs keep building, growing, and working hard as we set our sights on Interschools.
Union High School’s 2nd hockey team put in a strong performance against Gill College’s 1st team earlier today, securing a 3-1 win, while our 3rd team edged out Gillโs 2nd team 1-0 in a tightly contested match – ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต.
Union High School’s junior hockey and rugby teams enjoyed a full morning of fixtures against Woodridge College & Preparatory School on Saturday, hosted on home turf.
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐, Unionโs u/13D team secured a solid 2-0 win, while the u/13C narrowly lost 1-2. Both the u/13B and u/13A teams played to competitive 1โ1 draws, reflecting closely contested games.
The U/13A girls faced a strong, hard running Woodridge team. The match was thrilling to watch with both sides attacking well ย and defending with big hearts. Special mention to Cayley Brunette, our grade 5 goalkeeper that made ย amazing saves! Despite being 1-0 down for a big part of the game the Union girls fought back with grit and determination and levelled the score with one minute left on the clock!
๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ถ/11 ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 27-5 ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ 12-5.
The u/13C and B teams gave it their all but were edged out 20-22 and 5-12 respectively. ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, Unionโs u/13A boys faced a strong Woodridge outfit.
Despite missing three key players, the team showed immense heart and commitment. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ, eventually going down 19โ24 in a spirited and proud performance.
Union High School’s rugby teams took to the field against Gill College on Saturday, 26 July.
From the u/14s to the 1st XV, our players showed great determination, with ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ the u/16s (17-12), 2nd XV (24-14) and 1st team (34-24). While the u/14s (14โ26) and u/15s (8โ12) faced defeat, the matches were closely contested.
๐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ.
1st XV Match Report
The game started slowly for Union, as the boys took some time to find their rhythm. Once they settled, they began applying pressure on the Gill defense, earning an early penalty inside kicking range. Opting not to go for the posts, Union instead pushed forward and were rewarded when Issy Ahmed crashed over the line from a maul to open the scoring. The conversion was unsuccessful, but Union had drawn first blood, 5โ0.
Gill had an opportunity to respond with a penalty of their own but failed to convert. Union struck again shortly after, this time through a moment of brilliance from flyhalf Similo Mvandaba, whose pinpoint cross-kick found Liso Booi on the wing. Booi dotted down in the corner to extend Unionโs lead to 10โ0.
Gill fought back, gaining momentum through a midfield break which saw them enter Unionโs half. Their pressure paid off with a try from a 5m lineout, narrowing the gap to 10โ5. But Union responded swiftly. After a lineout, Elvandre Meyer broke through the defensive line to score under the poles. The try was converted, restoring a 12-point cushion at 17โ5.
However, Gill werenโt done yet. A well-timed intercept on Unionโs 10m line led to another try, bringing them back into the game at 17โ12. Just before halftime, Gill capitalised on a lapse in discipline and struck again, leveling the scores at 17โ17 going into the break.
Union came out firing in the second half. They regained the lead early on through a well-taken penalty, making it 20โ17. The momentum continued as loosehead prop Athi Mahlati bulldozed over for a crucial try, taking the score to 27โ17.
Substitute Shaakir Kazi made an immediate impact off the bench with sharp spatial awareness. His accurate cross-kick found Siba Mbutye, who finished beautifully to push Union further ahead at 34โ17.
Injuries and moments of ill-discipline disrupted Unionโs flow, allowing Gill to mount a late surge with a well-earned try, closing the gap to 34โ24. Despite the pressure, Union held firm in the dying minutes to secure a well-deserved win.
Final Score: Union High School 34 โ 24 Gill College
Hockey Results
Union High Schoolโs u/13A hockey girls brought their A-game to this yearโs ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น.
Missing key players โ Kari Stern, Hayley Krige, Kungawo Lisa and Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza โ who were away representing at IPT, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ.
They charged through the festival with a 4-0 win over Sonop, a 6-0 victory against Gonubie, suffered a narrow 2-1 loss against Sunridge, drew 1-1 with a tough Lorraine side and ended on a high with a 7โ0 win against Clarendonโs 2nd team, rounding off what was truly an impressive showing, ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ.
Rugby Results
Our u/13A rugby side, proudly representing the host school at this yearโs ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, faced a challenging lineup of opponents over the three-day event.
The boys put in a determined effort in their opening match, narrowly losing 15-17 to their Clarendon Park counterparts. The second encounter proved even tougher as they came up against the Grey Bulldogs, eventually going down 14-40 despite some spirited moments of play.
However, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ with a well-deserved 33-17 victory over Westering, showcasing their fighting spirit in front of the home crowd.
Union High Schoolโs annual ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ will be held on Friday morning, 15 August, at 09:00 in the school hall.
This year, we are honoured to welcome Old Unionite ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐, representing the Class of 2000 – this year’s 25-year reunion group – as our guest speaker.
๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ข๐ include the Headmaster’s Address, a performance by the junior and senior choir, the Head Prefect’s message and the introduction of the 1st rugby and hockey teams.
โข The Assembly will be followed by tea and eats served in the Tony Burrell Union.
๐๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ.