As the Grade 12s’ time @theunionschools rapidly nears its end, the members of the Class of 2025 came together today to sign their names to the school’s signature wall, where all our soon-to-be high school graduates leave their mark to indicate “they were here”.
At the Union Schools, we take great pride in our strong Christian ethos, which continues to guide us in all we do.
As a small reminder of this, weโre delighted to share that ๐ช.๐ช.๐.๐. bracelets, in Unionโs colours, are now available at our Clothing Shop.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ป๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง 2026 !
Please ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ forย Union High Schoolโs 2026 Gisela Kingwill Mother & Daughter Morning, set to take place on Saturday, 24 January, at 09:00, during the school’s annual Founders’ Weekend celebrations.
This time around, the event will be themed โ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ & ๐๐ช๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ดโ
๐ง๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ this December from Ms Elsebรฉ Moos in the Union High School front office during report handout and again when school resumes in the new year.
In honour of ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ, or Poppy Day as it is often known, which is observed on 11 November each year, a Remembrance Day Service was held at St James’ Anglican Church in Graaff-Reinet on Sunday, 9 November.
(๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 11 ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ 1918, ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ (1914 – 1918) – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ โ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ดโ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง 8 634 300 ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.)
This is an important and deeply meaningful occasion, especially for the families and relatives of the fallen – and also for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, as we pause to pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
In the photo are Unionโs representatives โ our 2025 Head Girl, Misha Newton; Head Boy, Liso Booi; Deputy Head Girl, Katelyn Trollip and Deputy Head Boy, Josh Arends.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ:
โข Lt Charles M. de V. Booysen SAAF (1943)
โข Lt Victor P. de Kock MBE DSC MID (1943)
โข 2nd Lt Fanie Nieuwoudt SAAF (1943)
โข Trooper Gerrit T. Ferreira (1944)
โข Lt Ronald Briggs DFC SAAF (1944)
โข Trooper John G. Erlank (1944)
โข Lt Allan McCabe SAAF (1944)
โข Lt Piet Welman SAAF (1944)
โข Capt. A.C. Ramsay RE (1945)
โข Flt. Sgt Billy Wright SAAF (1945)
โข Lt Noel Wright SAAF (1945)
โข L Cpl Mark A. Plateel SAMS (1981)
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ,
๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฏ,
๐๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ,
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
A huge ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School cricketers ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ and ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ on their well-deserved selection to represent the Eastern Province Rural u17 team at the ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, from 5 to 8 December.
Weโre equally proud of Unionโs 1st XI coach, ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐, who has been appointed as head coach of the EP Rural u17 side, with Jason Vers joining him as assistant coach
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mr Tony Burrell, Union’s sixth Headmaster and a man whose vision helped shape the Union we know today.
In 1975, at just 38 years old, Mr Burrell took up the reins as Headmaster of Union High School and Superintendent of Arthur Kingwill House – roles he fulfilled with dedication and heart until 1990.
He believed strongly in the power of connection and worked to strengthen ties with Old Unionites far and wide, helping establish a National Executive for the Old Unionite Association.
๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐บ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ – complete with a lounge, kitchen, clubhouse and changerooms – a space that continues to bring our community together. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
We remember Mr Burrell with gratitude for his leadership, his vision and his enduring legacy at Union.
๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ.
As the Karoo welcomes the warmth of Spring, Union High School’s ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฆ greenhouse is a flourishing oasis of green!
The seedlings being nurtured behind Arthur Kingwill House are thriving under the care of our headmaster, learners and hardworking ground staff and ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ.
A beautiful variety of indigenous trees are currently available for purchase, including the Wild Olive (๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข var. ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ข), the Camdeboo Stinkwood (๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ข), the Huilboerboon (๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ข), the Kei Apple (๐๐ฐ๐ท๐บ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด) and the majestic Outeniqua Yellowwood (๐๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด).
๐๐น๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต.
In addition to the trees, vibrant red geranium plants are on sale at R30 per bush.
Weโre also delighted to announce that roses are now in stock for ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต.
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต.
From all of us at Union, a heartfelt ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ for keeping this initiative growing strong!
To place your order or learn more, email headmaster@unionschools.co.za
The Union Schoolsโ young athletes delivered a string of outstanding performances at the annual ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ meeting held against Laer Volkskool this past Monday afternoon, 3 November.
Undeterred by the blazing sun, the schoolโs youngest learners made their mark early, with ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐, ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ and ๐ค๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ถ sprinting to victory in their respective 60m events. Van der Walt also claimed the 1st place in the 80m Boys u8 sprint, clocking a new record time of 12.38s, while ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ ๐ ๐ฑ๐น๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ claimed gold in the Girls u8 80m.
In the middle distances, Unionโs runners proved their endurance and determination. ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ผ (Boys u12 1200m) and ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐พ๐ด๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ (Boys u13 1500m) powered through to impressive wins, while ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป, ๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ต and ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป earned valuable points for the team with strong podium finishes.
The field events also saw the green and white make its mark, with ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ setting a new record in the u13 Boys Shot Put (11.50m), ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด improving the u10 Girls High Jump record to 1,09m and ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป setting a new record in the u12 Girls High Jump (1.22m).
๐ก๐ผรซ๐น ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ also added another record to Union’s tally, with a distance of 5.29m in the u13 Boys Long Jump.
The Union learnersโ teamwork, however, shone brightest in the relays.
The schoolโs u12 and u13 Boysโ teams both stormed to victory in their 4ร100m events, while the u13 Girlsโ team also clinched first place with an excellent 1:01.84 finish – ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ.
We’re incredibly proud of all our learners, who, despite the sun beating down on them, never let the heat slow their spirit. Their combined efforts earned the school a strong overall result of 846, just short of Volkskool’s total of 866.
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ!
The past weekend saw Union High School’s u11A and u13A cricket teams take on Woodridge College & Preparatory School in a series of fixtures.
In the ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ T20 match on Friday, Union batted first to post 76/6 in their 20 overs, with steady contributions from ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป (15), ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ต (14) ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ (11). Despite Woodridge chasing down the target to win by seven wickets, Unionโs bowlers – ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ, ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ธ and ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป – each claimed a wicket, showing a lot of grit throughout.
Saturdayโs 25-over encounter saw Union win the toss and bat again, but Woodridgeโs disciplined bowling restricted them to 60 all out (25.2 overs). With the ball, ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ (1-15) ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ต (1-19) both struck for Union, keeping up the fight until the end. ๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ.
The ๐๐ญ๐ฏ๐ side produced an exciting T20 match, batting first to reach 69 runs. What followed was an outstanding bowling display, led by ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ผ (4-10) and ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น, who claimed a hat-trick – a remarkable achievement at any level!๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐บ 15 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.
In the 40-over clash, Woodridge posted a strong 216/7, with ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น once again impressing, taking 3-37. Unionโs reply of 82 all out included a solid 31 from Kingwill and 20 from ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐, but it wasnโt enough to chase down the total.
While results didnโt always go Unionโs way, the weekend was filled with growth, teamwork and moments of brilliance. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐! Mark your calendars and dust off those running shoes and bikes – the 4th edition of ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ will once again be held on the Union High School campus on 16 and 17 October next year!
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