We warmly ๐ช๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ all Old Unionites, visitors, families and friends to our campus for this yearโs Interschools โ may your time here be filled with camaraderie, school spirit and cherished memories
As you step through the Bruce Maree Gates and into Union High School you are now greeted by something new – and profoundly meaningful.
An elegant cast iron signpost stands proudly at the entrance, its directional fingers not pointing to places, but to principles: ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐. ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐.
This is more than just a beautiful addition to our campus – ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. Each word has been carefully chosen, representing the ideals we strive to live by, both in and out of the classroom.
At Union, we believe education extends far beyond academics. It is about shaping character, fostering compassion and instilling a strong moral compass that will serve our learners for a lifetime. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ – ๐ข ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
Whether you are a learner starting your first day, a parent dropping off your child, or an Old Unionite returning to familiar ground, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ, reminding us all that true success is built on a foundation of character.
๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง 2023.
This morning marked a very special first for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, as our u/13A hockey and rugby starting line-up for Interschools were treated to their very own junior scarf ceremony – ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐.
In front of their peers, the teams were proudly announced before being presented with their very own Interschools scarves by our senior 1st team captains.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ – ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ.
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A huge and heartfelt ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ to Mr Dawie Putter of Supa Quick Tyre Experts Graaff Reinet for the brand-new rugby post protectors now proudly standing on the Puttick Field at Union High School.
๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ, ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ – ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด!
๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, and we are so grateful to have community members like you backing our teams every step of the way
We are immensely grateful to Professor Rubidge and the team at Karoo Origins – The Fossil Centre for welcoming our learners so warmly. It was a truly enriching experience and a wonderful opportunity for our ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ members to deepen their appreciation for the unique natural heritage of our area.
Led by none other than Professor Bruce Rubidge, the learners were treated to a guided exploration of the centre, where they had the chance to discover the fascinating fossil history of the Karoo.
๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ.
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Karoo 360 for their generous support of our u/16A rugby team and coaches.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ-๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐บ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ณ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ ๐๐ช๐บ๐ข๐บ๐ข, ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต.
๐๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ – and itโs deeply encouraging to know we have partners like Karoo360 who believe in that same vision.
Thank you for seeing the value in what we do and for standing alongside us.
This past weekend, the Union High School boys affiliated to the Graaff-Reinet Scout Troop participated in one of Scoutingโs best known and most loved traditions โ camping!
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐บ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
They honed their survival skills by learning how to build shelters, tried their hand at backwoods engineering and told stories around a crackling campfire, all under the watchful guidance of their seasoned scout leaders.
๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
Today, Union High Schoolโs Scouts are proudly wearing their scarves to school in celebration of ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ.
๐๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ 1 ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ง ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต-๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ 1907 – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
The Scout scarf, introduced by Lord Baden-Powell in 1908, has since become far more than just part of a uniform. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ง ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ – ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ.
๐๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ – a simple yet meaningful reminder of their identity and the global community theyโre part of.
Union High Schoolโs annual ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ will be held on Friday morning, 15 August, at 09:00 in the school hall.
This year, we are honoured to welcome Old Unionite ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐, representing the Class of 2000 – this year’s 25-year reunion group – as our guest speaker.
๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ข๐ include the Headmaster’s Address, a performance by the junior and senior choir, the Head Prefect’s message and the introduction of the 1st rugby and hockey teams.
โข The Assembly will be followed by tea and eats served in the Tony Burrell Union.
๐๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ.
Our 24th edition, once again sponsored by Astron Energy Eastern Cape and Bothaโs Garage, brought together incredible kids, infectious energy and unforgettable moments on and off the field.
Union High School proudly kicked off the annual ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ & ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น with its traditional welcoming cocktail function this evening, setting a warm and festive tone for the days ahead.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ, who extended a heartfelt welcome to all in attendance. He expressed his sincere gratitude to everyone who played a role in bringing the festival to life, especially the coaches for their commitment and enthusiasm.
The programme continued with a few words from Mr Dewald Niemand, Cluster Manager at Astron Energy Eastern Cape – the festivalโs anchor sponsor – who echoed the excitement and importance of events like these in supporting young talent.
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐.
Hockey Results
Union High School’s u/13A hockey girls brought their A-game to this yearโs ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น.
Missing key players – Kari Stern, Hayley Krige, Kungawo Lisa and Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza – who were away representing at IPT, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ.
They charged through the festival with a 4-0 win over Sonop, a 6-0 victory against Gonubie, suffered a narrow 2-1 loss against Sunridge, drew 1-1 with a tough Lorraine side and ended on a high with a 7โ0 win against Clarendon’s 2nd team, rounding off what was truly an impressive showing, ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ.
Rugby Results
Our u/13A rugby side, proudly representing the host school at this yearโs ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, faced a challenging lineup of opponents over the three-day event.
The boys put in a determined effort in their opening match, narrowly losing 15-17 to their Clarendon Park counterparts. The second encounter proved even tougher as they came up against the Grey Bulldogs, eventually going down 14-40 despite some spirited moments of play.
However, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ with a well-deserved 33-17 victory over Westering, showcasing their fighting spirit in front of the home crowd.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ.
We hope you enjoyed every second of the action and the beauty of our campus as much as we did!