Welcome, Mr Bezuidenhout

We are delighted to extend a very warm welcome to ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜, who returns to Union this year as part of our teaching staff.

An Old Unionite (Class of 2004), Carlโ€™s journey with Union has come beautifully full circle.

Carl previously taught at Union before going on to gain invaluable experience at a number of exceptional schools, both locally and abroad. ๐—›๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿณ ๐—˜๐— ๐—ฆ, ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge and a deep passion for education.

A respected leader, mentor and coach, Carlโ€™s approach to education – ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ – resonates strongly with Unionโ€™s ethos and traditions.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ. Carl and Leighโ€™s daughter, Madison, has begun her Union journey in Grade 1 this year, while their son, Blake, is in Grade 3. We are equally delighted to welcome Leigh back to town and into the Union community.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ป๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

Tennis News

After bidding a fond farewell to tennis coaches Tiaan and Lente Mostert at the end of last year, we are delighted to usher in ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ for tennis at Union.

We warmly welcome ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ of the Born To Play Tennis Academy, who will be taking the reins in coaching our Top 6 u10, u13, and 1st senior tennis teams.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ.

Morney recently relocated to Graaff-Reinet from Kuruman, together with his family, and brings with him a passion for developing young talent and ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜.

We are excited about the energy and fresh perspective he brings to Union tennis ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ

House Captains for 2026

With plenty of pride and excitement, we are delighted to announce our elected ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—–๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ for the year ahead!

Daly House will be led by ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ and ๐—ซ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป, while ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑรฉ and ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฎ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜‡๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ will be flying the flag for Arnott House.

๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ!

Prefects’ Sunrise

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ!

This morning we hosted our very first ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—ฆ’ ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ก๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜ just before the first school day of the year officially began.

As the sun rose, our prefects, together with their teachers-in-charge, Mrs Nelia Read and Mr Hanno Sparrius and headmaster Mr William Pringle, met bright and early to share a delightful breakfast, warm conversation and a sense of anticipation for the year ahead.

Each prefect was presented with a special keepsake – a prefect mug – as a reminder of the responsibility and pride that comes with their role.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€’ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: while being selected as a prefect is an exciting honour, the year that follows is challenging. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ.

Pastor Simon van der Pol from Freedom Church shared a beautiful devotion and led the group in prayer, grounding the moment in faith and purpose.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต – ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ.

Prefect Camp

Earlier this week, the prefects of Union High Schoolโ€™s boarding houses, Herby Arnott House and Arthur Kingwill House, were treated to a truly special ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—˜๐—–๐—ง ๐—–๐—”๐— ๐—ฃ at Asante Sana Private Game Reserve.

๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

๐—” ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ treated the group to incredible wildlife sightings, followed by a relaxed braai in a beautiful setting, surrounded by nature at its best.

As night fell, the sky came alive with countless stars, setting the scene for meaningful conversations, plenty of laughter, board games and – as always – non-stop talking.

๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, strengthening leadership skills and building bonds that will carry into house life back at school.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

UHS Top Matriculant For 2025 – Erin Gedult!

๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s top matriculant for 2025, produced an exceptional set of results that reflect both academic ability and unwavering commitment.

With a final average of 87%, ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€, including Accounting (93%), Life Sciences (93%), Afrikaans FAL (87%), English HL (86%), Physical Sciences (81%), Life Orientation (89%) and Mathematics (80%). ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

Further highlighting her academic ambition, Erin also completed Further Studies Mathematics, achieving a commendable 72% in this advanced programme.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข-๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ.

Erinโ€™s success shows what is possible when talent meets hard work, perseverance and a genuine love of learning.

The Results Are Out

Well done and congratulations to the Matric Class of 2025.

Proud parents, relieved learners and smiling staff filled the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet foyer this morning as the ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ returned to collect their National Senior Certificate results.

With 41 subject distinctions achieved by the class overall, ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜, who topped the class with an exceptional 87% average and an impressive collection of 7 distinctions across a demanding subject load. She was followed by Milani Pongoma in second place, with Tara Ferreira in third place and Someleze Ntshuca in fourth, both producing strong, balanced results.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ Trystan Hulleman, Lwandile Memani, Ndodana Speelman, Demi Kretzmann, Aaminah Steele, and Muhammad-Ismail Ahmed – ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 2025.

Subject excellence was evident across the curriculum. ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ-๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€: English HL – Erin Gedult, Afrikaans FAL – Erin Gedult, Mathematics – Erin Gedult, Mathematical Literacy – Matthew Oosthuizen, Accounting – Erin Gedult, Business Studies – Unam Vumazonke, Computer Applications Technology – Alexander Neill, Geography – Trystan Hulleman, History – Someleze Ntshuca, Life Sciences – Erin Gedult, Physical Sciences – Erin Gedult and Tourism – Chloe Tainton.

๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€.

Seventy-one percent of learners achieved Bachelorโ€™s passes, opening doors to further study at tertiary institutions, while a further 20% earned Diploma passes.

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ such as Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Accounting, as well as the number of learners achieving distinctions in multiple subjects.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข 94,44% ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 2025 ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ – ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ – ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ.

Thank You, Tyremart Graaff-Reinet

Our 1st XI took the field in ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€, cutting a proud figure as they represent Union High School, Graaff-Reinet.

A huge ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง-๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง and heartfelt thank you to Tyremart Graaff-Reinet for their generous support of the team – ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ.

Senior Cricket Festival

This year, a total of 14 teams competed for glory on the cricket field. The carefully crafted programme featured a mix of T20 matches, 50-over games and declaration matches, promised an exciting and varied cricketing experience for both players and spectators alike.

We welcomed Framesby High School, Victoria Park High, Westering High School, Muir College, Lilyfontein School, Edgemead High School, Rand Park High, DF Malan High School, Cradock High School, Daniel Pienaar THS, Nico Malan, Stirling High, DF Malherbe and our very own 1st XI.

Per tradition, we were delighted to host our annual cocktail function to officially kick off the ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ and warmly welcome all participating teams.

During Mr Pringleโ€™s address, special mention was made of Standard Bank for their generous sponsorship of the festival. Standard Bank was represented by Mr Kobie Venter, Head: Local Market, Business Banking, Eastern Cape, and we extend our sincere thanks for their continued support.

A special word of appreciation was also extended to Tyremart Graaff-Reinet for their valued contribution in the form of new kit for the Union team.

The evening preceded the much-anticipated ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง T20 at the Botanics Sports Grounds, featuring two players from each participating team to form the competing sides.