U/13 Hockey, Alan Lones Hockey Festival – Results

The first weekend of the school holiday saw Union High School’s u/13A hockey players travel to Gqeberha to participate in the annual ๐—”๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† & ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น hosted by Clarendon Park Primary School.

In their first match, the ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ secured a 3-0 victory against Hurbert Hurd. The girls followed this up with a 1-0 win against Hudson Park. In a highly competitive match against Clarendon Park, Union managed to secure a hard-fought draw with a score of 0-0. The team then faced two challenging matches against Stirling and Westering, losing both 1-0.

๐˜–๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ & ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

EP Hockey Selection

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to all the Union High School hockey players who have been selected to represent the ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ this year!

๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ will take the field as the u/14A team’s goalie, with ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ representing the u/14B side.

๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด: ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ขy๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ/14 ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช, ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ-๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜’๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ/16 ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ.

We are also proud of the players selected for the u/18B side, ๐—”๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ and ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ and ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ถ/18 ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ.

Well Done, Angelique – SA Regional Level 2 Gala

Well done to Union High School Grade 7 learner, ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ, who participated at the 2025 South African Regional Level 2 Age Group Championships in East London, held from 28 to 30 March.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€:

โ€ข Gold Medals in the 100m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle;

โ€ข 5th place in the 200m Individual Medley with an impressive 8.20-second personal best;

โ€ข Qualified 6th for the 200m Freestyle and finished 3rd in the final, improving her personal best by 5.32 seconds;

โ€ข Bronze in the 100m Backstroke and;

โ€ข Eighth place in the 100m Breaststroke.

๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 200๐˜ฎ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ 50๐˜ฎ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.

This season has been remarkable for Angelique and we are immensely proud of her achievements. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ!

U/16 Rugby, Westering Festival – Results

Union High School’s u/16A rugby team enjoyed a successful ๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—–๐—ข-๐—˜๐—— ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ this past weekend.

The event, hosted in Gqeberha, saw the boys triumphing over Alexander Road with a score of 29-5 and following it up with a solid 22-5 win against DF Malherbe.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, ๐˜”๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ!

Thank You, Ambiton & Karoo Taxidermy

We are proud to announce that for the second consecutive year, Union High School’s 1st rugby team is generously sponsored by two Old Unionites, Mr Philip Putziger (๐—”๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€) and Mr Frank Elliot-Gentry (๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜†).

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ด, ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.

We extend our ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ง ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ง๐—จ๐——๐—˜ to Mr Putziger and Mr Elliot-Gentry for their unwavering dedication to their alma mater and its learners.

Seen here is Mr Jason Marais, representing Karoo Taxidermy, presenting the kit to 1st XV captain Kyle Liebenberg and coach, Mr Andrรฉ Human

RSL Music Examination – Well Done Shana!

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Union High School Grade 6 learner ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป on an impressive set of piano exam results!

After completing her RSL Grade 2 Classical Piano exam at the end of Term 3 last year, she swiftly passed her RSL Grade 3 exam in just one short term and 7 weeks of Term 1, 2025.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ-๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป. During the long December holiday, she independently mastered her technical work, including scales and arpeggios, without formal lessons. Upon resuming lessons, music teacher Mrs Sanette Brink only needed to refine her interpretation and dynamics, leading to a polished performance that earned her an outstanding 91% Distinction ๐Ÿ‘

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ขโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค – ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ!

Top 10 Academic Achievers of Term 1, 2025

On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, we would like to congratulate the ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ academic achievers of Term 1, 2025.

โ€œ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ; ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.โ€ – ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ

1. Erin Gedult

2. Milani Pongoma

3. Trystan Hulleman

4. Tara Ferreira

5. Kenza Neill & Megan Nortjรฉ

7. Aaminah Steele & Someleze Ntshuca

9. Chloe Tainton & Ndondana Speelman

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ:

1. Samantha Charles

2. Katelyn Trollip

3. Misha Newton

4. Amber Bezuidenhout

5. Ben Lemke & Anna Bouwer

7. Taegen Hamid

8. Jade Palmer & Anรจbel Norval

10. Nombulelo Ncombo

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ:

1. Amber Slater

2. Lina Tadesse

3. Kirsten Collett & Jade Slater

5. Jasmine Abercrombie

6. Richard Murray & Liso Sobantu

8. Alexander Hunter

9. Callum Jacobs

10. Jacquin Smith, Jourdan-Bethany Koeberg, Skye Meyers & Emma Gibbons

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿต:

1. Isabella Hulleman

2. Antonia Adams

3. Cayla Newton

4. Kay-Leigh Hartney

5. Avuya Tsutsu, Alyssa Trollip & Carlen Prinsloo

8. Konke Gawula & Zunaida Deysel

10. Zoรซ Mills

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿด:

1. Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout

2. Clea Clark

3. Kira Hector, Aidan Ferreira & Miley Burger

6. Rachel Wenham

7. Isabelle Tadesse

8. Maribel-Martisha April, Micha Murray & Connor Te Water Naudรฉ

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿณ:

1. Kari Stern

2. Adam Clark & Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza

4. Ryan Collett

5. Noรซl Shakane

6. Lwandle Dali & Mason Knoesen

8. Nieke van Jaarsveld & Mellissa Marais,

10. Lilly Hunter & Hermon Wolde

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฒ:

1. Taylor Jacobs & Kate Scott

3. Shana Theron

4. Layla Ott

5. Mia Labuschagne

6. Carlie George & Emma Burger

8. Aaron Dyter

9. Reece Gibbons, Isabel Hyldig & Sintayu Kaitro

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ:

1. Kirsten Trollip

2. Madison Tam & Kelly van Rensburg

4. Lesedi Mphahlele

5. Gemma Murray

6. Saskia Strydom & Rosemary Brown

8. Cathryn Davenport

9. Ben Steynberg, Mia Serfontein, Iana Magwetshu & Harlee Palmer

Karoo Sub Union Rugby U/13 Selection

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s 2025 u/13A rugby captain ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚ and vice-captain ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ as well as ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† on being selected for the Karoo Sub Union u/13 Rugby Team.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ 24 ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ 25 ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ

Indurance Riding

This past weekend saw Union High School learner ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ participating in the Graaff-Reinet Camdeboo SANParks Endurance ride.

On Friday, 21 March, he took on the challenging ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐—ธ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ aboard SMP Bella May, marking her first attempt at this distance. ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 7 ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 44 ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ.

The following day, he continued to excel, riding Henarstep Willow for an ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐—ธ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ, where he not only finished in a stellar time of 4 hours and 30 minutes but also earned the title of first junior rider and placed 4th overall.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป!

FULL MOON WALK

Union High School is thrilled to announce a once-in-a-lifetime fundraising event that promises to create lasting memories for all participants.

Join us for an unforgettable ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ช๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ž this April!

๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ 8.8๐˜ฌ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: Saturday, 12 April

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ: 17:30 at the Valley of Desolation Gate

๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€: R100 for under 18s, R150 for adults (includes park entrance). ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ.

Purchase your tickets or read more here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/301160-full-moon-walk/#/

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ – ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€!

For more info, call 071 875 8521.

๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Participants will be transported to the starting point at the Valley of Desolation for ease and convenience.

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ?

The Full Moon Walk is not only a chance to soak in the ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜-๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† but also an opportunity to foster a sense of community and contribute to the schoolโ€™s Blรผthner Grand Piano restoration fundraising efforts. Bring along friends and family to share in this magical experience!