โ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐บโฆโ
Meet Union High Schoolโs brand-new ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ for 2026!
Hereโs to a year of leadership, laughter and leaving their markโ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ!
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Union High School is proud of its four swimmers who represented the school at the third ๐-๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ held in Gqeberha today.
๐ญ๐ผรซ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ delivered a fantastic set of results, securing 2nd place in the 200m IM and 2nd place in the 50m Breaststroke, along with two 3rd-place finishes in the 100m Freestyle and 50m Freestyle.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ put in a brilliant effort across multiple events, claiming 1st place in the 50m Backstroke and 200m IM, while also earning 3rd place in the 100m Freestyle, 50m Fly and 50m Breaststroke.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ showed great promise and determination, finishing 8th in the 100m Freestyle and 9th in both the 50m Backstroke and 50m Breaststroke.
๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ also impressed, swimming to a 4th place finish in the 50m Freestyle, 7th in the 100m Freestyle and 3rd in the 50m Backstroke.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด – ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ!
Members of the Union community are requested to please ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ for the Union Schools’ annual ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐’ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ celebrations to be held on Friday and Saturday, 23 and 24 January 2026.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณย Union High School ๐ญ๐ฌ7 ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ.
U11A Cricket Report vs Queens
Union U11A enjoyed a successful weekend against Queens, winning both fixtures. On Friday, Queens posted 92/5 before Union chased it down with 94/3, thanks to Mark Copemanโs unbeaten 42 and strong support from teammates. On Saturday, Union set 101/8 and bowled superbly to restrict Queens to 83/9, sealing an 18-run victory. Disciplined bowling, sharp fielding, and mature batting underpinned two well-deserved wins.
13A Match Report vs Queens Junior
On Friday, 12 September, Union won the toss in the pro20 match and chose to bat first, posting 95 runs with Dante Mills (31) and Kari Stern (21) contributing well. Despite the modest total, Union produced an outstanding performance in the field, restricting Queens to 74/9 in their 20 overs. Union claimed a well-deserved 21-run victory.
On Saturday, 13 September, Union again batted first and scored 98 runs, with Nathaneal Phillips top scoring with 40. The bowlers were once more superb, restricting Queens to 90/9 in 30 overs, with Grant Murray taking 3/12. Union secured a narrow 8-run win.
T20 Match vs Victoria Park High School
Union High School won the toss and elected to bat first. Despite a positive intent, the team lost early wickets during the powerplay and was forced to consolidate. We managed to post a total of 92 runs.
Top scorers for the innings were:
Victoria Park chased down the target in 13 overs, winning the match by 6 wickets.
Declaration Match vs Daniel Pienaar Technical High School
(Played in Kariega on Friday)
Union High School once again won the toss and chose to bat first. Unfortunately, the batting unit struggled to build partnerships and the team was dismissed for 73 all out.
Daniel Pienaar responded strongly, surpassing the target and enforcing a follow-on. In the second innings, Union High was bowled out for 39, giving Daniel Pienaar victory by an innings and 5 runs.
The standout performance came from Yaseen Kazi, who delivered an impressive spell with figures of 5 wickets for 35 runs in 9.5 overs.
Match vs Alexander Road High School
Unfortunately, the scheduled fixture against Alexander Road High School was abandoned due to rain.
Summary
While our fielding department showed great effort and energy throughout the festival, the batting departments fell short of expectations. Key areas have been identified for improvement, and we are committed to working hard as we move forward.
It’s back to the drawing board with a clear focus on consistency, resilience, and discipline in all aspects of the game.
We are so proud to announce that some of our very own Union High School learners have been featured in the Imibala Trustโs first official book, ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ!
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ 9 ๐ต๐ฐ 20, ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ.
The book is more than just a creative showcase – ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐. It was launched earlier this year as part of the 2025 Indie Authors Rise Up – Fire Fringe Book Festival, highlighting culture and heritage from across the country.
๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
A huge ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to our talented learners whose work was selected for publication: Lina Tadesse, Amber Slater, Jade Slater, Clea Clark, Gerda Clarke, Saskia Strydom and Jourdon-Bethany Koeberg.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ดโ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ!
This past term, our learners have been channeling their creativity and skill into a range of ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ.
Featured here are some of our Grade 7s โ ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป, ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ป and ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ค๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ โ with their hand-crafted crane. Complete with hydraulics and a pulley system, their creation impresses with its smooth rotation and sturdy design.
๐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด-๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ!
Union High Schoolโs Primary Department is delighted to invite you to their annual ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ก๐, taking place on Tuesday, 30 September.
Themed โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บโ, this year’s showcase promises a magical night filled with songs that will have you humming along and tapping your feet.
๐ง๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต and will be available from the Union High School foyer starting Monday, 15 September.
๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด, ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ-๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ – all thanks to the incredible generosity, hard work and vision of our 1st team tennis parents.
The clubhouse has been beautifully transformed into a true recreational space that celebrates Union High Schoolโs love for tennis.
Spectators can now enjoy the matches from the comfort of lovely new benches added in front of the clubhouse, while ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
The upgrades also include a fresh coat of paint, a new fridge and urn, ensuring refreshments are always on hand, as well as Union tennis-themed mugs that add a personal touch.
Proudly adorning the walls are new honours boards, alongside updated 1st team photos dating all the way back to 1940, offering a rich glimpse into our schoolโs sporting history.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ – ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด.
We are deeply grateful to our 1st team tennis parents for their dedication and generosity in creating this ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
At the start of this term, we were delighted to put our brand-new ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ’ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ข๐ into use – a space created especially for our Grade 5 to 7 girls, who have thoroughly enjoyed having their own facilities.
๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด.
Our ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ go to Montego Pet Nutrition for their generous contribution in helping us meet this need at our school.