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Sport Results

Angora MTB Classic

Union was well represented at this past weekend’s Angora MTB Classic in Jansenville

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 to Union educator 𝗠𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗿, who successfully completed the 21km half marathon on Sunday, 4 September, crossing the finish line as the second lady home. She is seen here with Union learners, 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘇 and 𝗕𝗲𝗻 and 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗟𝗲𝗺𝗸𝗲 who each did the 5km run!

𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘒𝘦𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘕𝘪𝘦𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 25𝘬𝘮 𝘔𝘛𝘉 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 4𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘥, 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘮𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 21𝘬𝘮 𝘳𝘶𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 5𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭.

Well done to all!

Sport Results

Rising Stars Tennis Tournament

On Sunday, 4 September, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet welcomed tennis players from Kingswood, St Andrew’s College, Hoër Volkskool and Nico Malan to our campus for the Sarah Baartman leg of the national 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙪/16 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙧𝙚: (boys) Josh Neill, Angus McLaggen, Peter-Daniel Clegg, Stephan Vorster, (girls) Tara Ferreira, Catah-Leigh Koeberg, Kenza Neill and Charlize Vorster.

Congratulations to our girls’ team, who along with Kingswood, will represent the district in the next round on 1 and 2 October in East London. Congratulations are also extended to the teams from St Andrew’s College and Nico Malan who will represent the district in the boys’ section.

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Senior Tennis Results

On Monday last week, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st boys and girls senior tennis teams played a match against Cradock, narrowly losing by 13 matches to 11.

This past weekend, the tennis players competed in the 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 in Middelburg, where our Top 4 boys and girls faced very strong opposition.

We are pleased that they reversed last week’s result against Cradock, beating them by 33 games to 31.

Another fine result was a narrow defeat by Kingswood, by the same margin.

Union’s second tennis team, did their school proud by winning the B section of the tournament – they defeated Middelburg, Aliwal North and Cradock.

Union High School’s 1st boys and girls senior tennis teams at the Marco Wasserman Tennis Tournament in Middelburg this past weekend.

Seen here is Union’s second tennis team who won the B section of the Marco Wasserman Tennis Tournament in Middelburg this past weekend: (back) Misha Newton, Tayla Kingwill, AJ Victor, Angus McClaggan, Jordan Wilmot, Ndalo Qwalela, (front) Kenza Neill and Sadé May.

𝙎𝙖𝙙é 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙖 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 “𝙣𝙤 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚” 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 – 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙨!

Coach, Mrs Louise Vorster, extends her thanks to the tennis players for their good conduct, both on and off the court.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭!

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Junior Tennis vs Karel Theron

On Tuesday afternoon, 30 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted Karel Theron’s Top 6 u/13 boys and girls for an afternoon of 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦.

Well done to the Union girls, who won their encounter 6 – 3, as well as the boys, who beat their counterparts by 9 matches to 0. They certainly extended themselves and played excellent tennis.

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴.

The matches were all played in fine spirit.

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Learner Leaders Improving Together

Members of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s Representative Council of Learners (RCL), along with those representing Hoër Volkskool, had the privilege of attending a Leadership Development Session facilitated by Ms Josephine Rodgers, the Eastern Cape’s Deputy Provincial Manager for FEDSAS.

In this follow-up session to one held in May this year, the main topic of discussion dealt with 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗖 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴.

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Learner In The Limelight!

Well done to Grade 11 learner 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼 𝗡𝗲𝗹𝗹 who was selected out of thousands of entries through an audition process earlier this year to participate in the 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘺-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘬 run by 𝘈𝘉𝘚 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘬𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘴.

The 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘 ran for 12 months with well-known Afrikaans actors, such as Desire Gardner, Vilje Maritz and Izak Davel, stepping in as mentors for this time.

𝘈𝘳𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, Je-ani Swiegelaar 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 12-𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺.

This course consisted of online classes focussing on – among other things – character development, body work, voice work and improvisation.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘈𝘳𝘯𝘰!

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Karoo Eisteddfod 2022 – Results

𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙚’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨, 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩; 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘧𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵.

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗦 to the following learners on excellent results achieved in the Karoo Eisteddfod’s Visual Arts and Photography categories. (𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.)

𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗: Angus McClaggan, Sarah Jacobs, Lana Bouwer, Megan Putter and Sasha Cochrane.

𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗: Emon Emu, Haydn Pienaar, Ashleigh Shell, Liyema Sodlaka, Mecoli Vorster, Anebel Norval, Rebecca Copeman, Amber Bezuidenhout, Trinity West and Charlize Vorster and Lana Bouwer.

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Gr 8 Reader Of Term 3

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to Ben Lemke who won the termly Grade 8 reading challenge.

To get everyone on the same page when it comes to a love of reading, we celebrate the Grade 8 learner who read the most books each term.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥!

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Port Elizabeth Dance Festival

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to Union learners 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝘄𝗲𝗿 (Grade 8 ) and 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 (Grade 5) on stellar results achieved at the recent Port Elizabeth Dance Festival (PEDF).

Over 1500 dancers, from 30 dance studios, danced their hearts out at the 41st edition of this prestigious 10-day festival, in every single dance form including ballet, contemporary, modern, tap, hip-hop, Spanish, Indian, Irish, African, fusion, free movement, ballroom dancing, cheerleading and adaptive dance (freestyle).

• 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝘄𝗲𝗿 did exceptionally well to claim Gold for each of her two Ballet Classical Solos ‘Spring Time’ and ‘Once Upon A Time’, while 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 also claimed Gold for her Ballet Classical Duet ‘Spanish Flair’.

𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘧𝘧-𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰, Chinelle School of Dancing.

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Prefect Camp 2022

Our newly elected prefects for 2022/23 are attending their prefect camp this weekend, 26 to 28 August. This year’s camp is being held in the heart of Addo at the Leaders In Life-School and Sports Camps outdoor education centre.

Accompanied by Mrs Nelia Read and Mr Hanno Sparrius, our learner leaders will spend the weekend doing fun-filled activities geared towards fostering the development of key skills such as confidence, self-belief, communication and team spirit.

We’re sure each and every one of them will return from this weekend with memories that will last a lifetime!

Angora MTB Classic

Rising Stars Tennis Tournament

Senior Tennis Results

Junior Tennis vs Karel Theron

Learner Leaders Improving Together

Learner In The Limelight!

Karoo Eisteddfod 2022 – Results

Gr 8 Reader Of Term 3

Port Elizabeth Dance Festival

Prefect Camp 2022

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