The recent Karoo Eisteddfod was a wonderful experience for our learners!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to pianists Joy Merifield, Vivian McEwan, Brigette Oelofsen, Caitrin Spence and Arno Nell on having been awarded Triple Gold certificates for their respective performances.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ!
On Saturday, 24 September, Union High Schoolโs ๐จ/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ hosted Muir College for a 40-over encounter.
Union lost the toss and was sent to bowl first. Muirโs batsmen got off to a very decent start, managing a run-rate of about 10 an over for the better part of their innings. Union’s bowlers, however, managed to bring that down by taking wickets at regular intervals, resulting in Muir making a total of 155.
Unionโs best bowlers were ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ (2 wickets), ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป (2 wickets) and ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป-๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด (3 wickets).
The Union side then went in to bat, but got off to a bad start, losing their top order with only 24 runs on the board.
๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ managed to build a few partnerships, but the Union side eventually fell short by 43 runs with ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ being the best batsman, scoring 50 not out.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ
This past Saturday, 24 September, Union had a strong team of 14 ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฆ participating in the second meet of the season in Gqeberha.
๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ‘๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด’ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐น๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
The great thing about biathlon is that the participants may run with several different age groups, but it is their OWN time that is important, not winning or losing a particular race. This first event allowed Union’s biathlon team to get both a running and swimming time on record in order for them to now try and beat that time at every following event.
๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ “๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ข” ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐, with great manners and sportsmanship, and fantastic running results, most notably Luvela Makaula and Qhama Solomon who ran fantastic times to take first and second place respectively in the u/15 boys running category.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ and mention must be made of Miley Burger and Samantha Gilfillian who, for the first time, had to run 800m – a hard sprint twice around the track!
The swimming was held at Brylin – Independent Learning Centreโs 50m indoor pool, and our athletes did very well considering they haven’t been able to train throughout the winter. They held their own, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it, with two of our athletes improving on their past times (Ben and Taylor)!
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ข๐ค๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ’๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐:
๐/๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:
โข 1st Taylor Jacobs
โข 3rd Allison Gilfillian
๐/๐ญ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:
โข 5th Samantha Gilfillian
โข 8th Miley Burger
โข 10th Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza
๐/๐ญ๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ:
โข 7th Luvela Makaula
โข 8th Qhama Solomon
โข 9th Lulonke Vumazonke
โข 10th Asakula Nkomo
๐/๐ญ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:
โข 8th Onika Jantjies
๐/๐ญ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ:
โข 3rd Ben Lemke
โข 8th Sophephela Vimbi
โข 9th Connor Horn
๐/๐ญ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:
โข 6th Misha Newton
โข 8th Mecoli Vorster
โข 9th Rebecca Copeman
Each year, Unionโs Grade 10s spend months anticipating the Odyssey hiking adventure which takes them on a physical, soul-searching journey down the Gats River Canyon, starting in Nieu-Bethesda and ending in Graaff-Reinet five days later.
Bright and early this morning, Friday, 23 September, it was the Grade 10 class of 2022โs time to set off on this adventure.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด. ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Grade 10 learner Camran Swartz on being awarded his 1st XI cricket cap!
Camran received his cap during the recent Pearson Cricket Festival. ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ 1๐ด๐ต ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ.
On Saturday, 17 September, Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs senior tennis girls played their hearts out in doublesโ and singlesโ encounters against their counterparts from the The Diocesan School for Girls – Senior School on Union’s Bremner and Arthur Kingwill House courts in Graaff-Reinet.
๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด.
โข Unionโs 1st team remained disciplined to claim a close win – 5 matches to DSGโs 4.
โข Unionโs 2nd team girls showed tremendous fighting spirit, but in the end, lost 4 matches to DSGโs 2.
Overall, DSG narrowly edged out Union โ winning 8 matches to Unionโs 7.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to both the Union and DSG teams for displaying good sportsmanship and impeccable manners.
๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ! ๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ.
What better time of year to focus on some of the โnew growthโ at the Union Schools!
Over the past couple of weeks, visitors to our school would have seen that there are several areas under construction, with builders hard at work in every nook and cranny of our campus.
โข We were excited to break ground on the new junior school classrooms on the corner of Donkin and Caledon Streets a short while ago. The ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐๐ช ๐๐ก๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ข๐ ๐ฆ is taking shape at an incredible pace and is on track for completion before the end of the year.
โข The radical ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ is also well underway. Once completed, Unionโs science lab will be a tech-forward, bright, friendly and comfortable educational space, second to none in the province.
โข The ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆ’ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ข๐ is also nearing completion. Once finished, the elongated pool will measure exactly 25 metres in length, which will allow the school to host formal swimming galas and in doing so, generate, and allow for, renewed commitment from our swimmers and coaches to take swimming at Union to new heights.
We are incredibly excited about these projects – ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด – and are exceptionally grateful as a school for the innovative thinking and collaborative teamwork of the Union Schoolsโ Governing Body members in realising these enormous undertakings and the support of the generous sponsors backing the various projects
This past Tuesday afternoon, 6 September, learners from 10 schools in Graaff-Reinet competed for fantastic cash prizes at a ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง held at the Botanics Sports Club โ hosted by ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐.
โข In the Primary School’s A-league, Union placed first through Grade 7 learner ๐๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฒ, who won all five her matches.
In the category for high schools, Unionโs senior players did exceptionally well in both the A and B league, coming out tops in both.
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐!
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ 
Union extends a special ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ to the following sponsors for their contribution to the event: Wรผrth, Haslop & Mason, Mynhardt Construction, Montego Cares and Steel Pipes & Fittings.
๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ & ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ!
Are you a youth looking for an awesome journey? Are you a parent who would like their child to experience the outdoors and learn while doing in a safe and wholesome environment?
๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ.
Leadership abilities, teamwork, self-motivation, commitment, perseverance, environmental and cultural awareness and strong values are just a few of the life skills scouts acquire whilst having fun and ‘learning by doing’. Positive peer pressure and outdoor activities all contribute to individuals growing up with the belief that they can and are changing the world in order to leave it a better place than how they found it.
The Graaff-Reinet Scout Troop meets every week on Thursday evenings in the Chookie Geard Scout Hall in Neser Street and is open to all boys from Graaff-Reinet in Grade 5 to Grade 12.
๐๐ข๐ก๐ง๐๐๐ง Mrs Tess Neill at 072 178 7699 or tessneillsa@gmail.com to find out more.
This past Friday, 9 September, Union’s ๐จ/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง team played a T20 match against Queen’s College Boys’ Primary School in Queenstown.
Queens batted first and scored 137 runs in their allotted 20 overs. Unionโs best bowlers were ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ, ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ who took one wicket each.
Union then went in to bat, and, unfortunately, fell short by 18 runs. Unionโs best batsmen were ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ and ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
The next morning, Saturday, 10 September, Union’s u/13As took on their Queens counterparts again โ this time in a 50 over encounter.
Union went in to bat first. The boys got off to a slow start and, with a regular loss in wickets, only managed to put 68 runs on the scoreboard before they were all bowled out.
Queens managed to chase down the score in the 10th over with two wickets down. Union lost the match by 8 wickets.
๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ Queen’s College Boys’ Primary School ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
๐จ/๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ
This past Saturday, 10 September, Unionโs u/11A cricket team was hosted by Queen’s College Boys’ Primary School in Queenstown for a ๐ฐ๐ฌ-๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ encounter.
Queens won the toss and elected to bowl first on a misty and cool morning.
Union openers got off to a good start and put on seventy runs for the opening stand.
The batting momentum was slightly stalled with a quick loss of wickets in the middle order, however, a good partnership for the seventh wicket ensured they reached a competitive total of 155/8 in their allotted forty overs.
Good performances with the bat included ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น who made 46, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (25) and ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ (16).
The Union team showed a spirited performance with the ball by never giving up and eventually bowled Queens out for 138.
The stand out bowlers included ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ who ended with figures of 3-22, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (2-16), ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น (2- 31) and ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น (2-32).
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ
