Senior Hockey vs Collegiate & Victoria Park

UHS vs Collegiate

It was a challenging outing for our girls against Collegiate this past weekend. The First Team went down 10 โ€“ 0, but the scoreline does not fully reflect the character and resilience shown on the field. After a very tough start, finding themselves 5 โ€“ 0 down after the first chukka and 7 โ€“ 0 at halftime, the girls could easily have dropped their heads. Instead, they showed grit, never giving up and continuing to fight until the final whistle. Their determination and refusal to quit in the face of adversity is something to be proud of and will serve them well going forward.

Other results:
U/16A lost 10 – 0
U/14A lost 5 – 1

UHS vs Victoria Park

On Saturday, the First Team delivered a much-improved performance. Despite a slow start, they managed to hold a narrow 1 โ€“ 0 lead by Mecoli Vorster for the first three chukkas. The girls created numerous scoring opportunities but struggled to convert. However, their persistence and pressure eventually paid off in the final chukka, where they added four more goals to secure a convincing 5 – 0 win. It was a great display of unity, teamwork and dominance.

Other results:
U/14A lost 12 – 0
U/16A lost 4 – 0
U/16B lost 5 – 1
U/16C lost 3 – 0

Overall, it was a tough weekend at the office. There is clear work to be done and the focus now shifts back to basics and improving fitness. With the right attitude and effort at training, the girls will come back stronger.

Junior Hockey vs Sunridge Primary – Results

Our junior hockey girls enjoyed a productive morning on home turf today, taking on a visiting side from Sunridge Primary School in cool, rainy conditions that added a gentle challenge to the proceedings.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป, with U11A recording a 9-0 win and U11B following up with a well-deserved 5-2 victory. In the U13 age group, U13C were narrowly beaten 1-0 in a closely contested match, while U13B showed good composure to edge their opponents 1-0. ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿฒ-๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

Overall, it was an encouraging set of results that reflects the steady growth of the programme.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด.

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to all the girls on a good morning of hockey.

Goals For Good: Ina Botha

As we step into a new term, we are grateful to welcome another special contributor to our ๐—š๐—ข๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— campaign – someone whose impact on our hockey programme has been felt quietly, consistently and meaningfully over many years.

๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ, of the Karoo Hockey School, has, since 2018, been a familiar and valued presence within Unionโ€™s hockey structures.

Through her dedication to coaching and development, she has played a role in shaping countless players, with many of our current 1st team girls having benefitted from her guidance along the way. Whether through refining skills, building confidence, or simply sharing her love for the game, Inaโ€™s influence reaches far beyond the field – it is seen in the growth, composure and passion of the players she has helped nurture.

 Pictured alongside her are just a few of the girls whose journeys she has been part of – a small reflection of the many young sportswomen who have crossed paths with her over the years. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ-๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ.

Ina will be supporting GRAWS through her contribution – a cause that speaks to compassion and care in a different, but equally important, way. GRAWS continues to do vital work in rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming abandoned, neglected and stray animals in our community and we are proud to see this initiative being supported through the campaign.

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˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ – ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.

U/13 Hockey Alan Lones Festival – Results

U13A hockey girls travelled to Clarendon Park Primary School in Gqeberha to take part in the 2026 Tavcor VW Alan Lones Hockey and Rugby Festival.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ, securing wins over Hudson Park (2-0) and Herbert Hurd (3-0). While results didnโ€™t always go their way against tough opposition in Summerwood (4-0), Stirling (2-1) and Sunridge (1-0), the team showed resilience and steady improvement across the weekend.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 6-๐˜ข-๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ.

Rory Sullivan Rugby & Hockey Festival – Results

Rugby

Vs Cambridge High School 19 – 7

Vs Somerset College 40 – 7

Hockey – UHS 1st XI

Union High School’s 1st senior hockey team enjoyed a strong and encouraging campaign at this yearโ€™s ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—š๐—•๐—ฌ & ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ, finishing as runners-up on home turf.

As hosts, the girls settled into the tournament well and showed steady growth across the weekend.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿฌ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป over Brandwag, setting an early rhythm with good structure and consistent attacking pressure. The team moved the ball effectively through midfield and created a number of circle entries, with the forwards making the most of their opportunities.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—™ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ, where a 13-0 result reflected their ability to control possession and use the width of the field to create space. Their short corner routines also began to show good organisation and execution.

๐—” ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿฌ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†. Quick ball movement around the circle and improved decision-making in the final third led to a range of scoring opportunities, with a mix of field goals and set pieces contributing to the result.

The semi-final against Pearson Inv presented a more physical and competitive encounter. Union responded well, maintaining their structure and composure to ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฐโ€“๐Ÿญ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น.

๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญโ€™๐˜ด 2๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ. Union created several opportunities through structured build-up play and earned multiple short corners, but were unable to convert. Oranje made good use of their chances to secure a 2-0 result in their favour.

๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ, with encouraging attacking play, good combination work and a growing understanding within the group.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ.

UHS Invitation Hockey Side

As always, Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s 2nd senior hockey side was invited to participate in the ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—š๐—•๐—ฌ & ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ – an opportunity the team embraced with great enthusiasm.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ-๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป in Cradock, Pearson Inv, Brandwag, DF Malherbe and Outeniqua Inv, gaining valuable match experience throughout.

A hard-fought 1-1 draw against Brandwag stood out, while their first play-off against DF Malherbe ended 0-0, leading to a tense 8-second shootout. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, captain Chavene Lamont and vice-captain Xarah Hoffman secured a 2-1 victory to take the team through.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

The festival provided an important foundation as they build towards the months ahead and the players leave feeling encouraged and motivated.

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€, the team ultimately finished 10th out of 15 – a solid result and a promising start to their campaign.

Final Tournament Standings โ€“ UHS Rory Sullivan Senior Girlโ€™s Hockey Festival 2026

  1. Oranje Meisieskool  2nd Team (successfully defended their title as tournament winners)
  2. Union High School 1st Team
  3. Hoรซrskool Sasolburg
  4. Pearson High School 2nd Team
  5. Hoรซr Volkskool  Graaff-Reinet
  6. Cradock High School
  7. Victoria Girlsโ€™ High School
  8. Nico Malan High School
  9. Outeniqua High School 2nd Team
  10. Union High School 2nd Team
  11. Hoรซrskool DF Malherbe
  12. Clarendon High School for Girls 2nd Team
  13. Hoรซrskool Brandwag
  14. Riebeek College (Riebeek West)
  15. Zastron High School

Goals For Good: Compu-Serve

If thereโ€™s ever a mysterious IT hiccup, a screen that wonโ€™t cooperate, or a printer that suddenly develops a personality of its own, itโ€™s ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚-๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ weโ€™re calling.

๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ-๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ – ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ.

๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ in 2001, Compu-Serve has grown into a trusted name in Graaff-Reinet, with many in the community knowing exactly who to call when technology decides to misbehave. Whether itโ€™s at school, at home, or in the office, they are the steady hands that bring order back to our screens.

It was therefore extra special to visit Compu-Serve at their premises at 1 Church Square, Graaff-Reinet, this week, where ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ธ were joined by hockey girls ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป and ๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€, who stopped by to thank them personally for their support of our ๐—š๐—ข๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— initiative.

For Donovan, this support carries a meaningful sense of connection. ๐—” ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต๐Ÿต, he now also has two daughters at Union – a lovely reminder of how the Union story continues across generations.

Through their contribution, Compu-Serve will be supporting ACVV Huis van de Graaff, a local home for the aged that provides care, comfort and dignity to its residents. It is a cause that reflects the very heart of this initiative – using the energy of school sport to make a meaningful difference within our own community.

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˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ-๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต – ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. 

Thank You, Pick n Pay Graaff-Reinet

A heartfelt thank you to ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—น ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ and Pick n Pay Graaff- Reinet for so generously sponsoring our 1st team hockey girls with brand new backpacks for the 2026 season.

๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ.

Pictured here is Cheryl with daughter and 1st team player, Amy Waddelow, as well as captain Leigh-Ann Murray, vice-captain Misha Newton and Katelyn Trollip

Goals For Good: Van Wyk Theron

In a small town, a business does not earn 75 years of support by chance. It earns it through trust, service and a willingness to show up for the community, year after year.

Union High School is proud to continue our ๐—š๐—ข๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— series by recognising the generous support of ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ช๐˜†๐—ธ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป, a respected local accounting firm whose offices are situated at 38 Somerset Street, Graaff-Reinet, and which has served the community with professionalism and integrity for an extraordinary 75 years.

๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿญ, Van Wyk Theron has long been a trusted name in Graaff-Reinet, offering a comprehensive range of services spanning accounting, tax and business administration, payroll and financial systems support, estate planning and broader financial and management consultancy. ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 18 ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง-๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต.

This partnership is made even more special by the firmโ€™s strong Union connection. Managing partner ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, who took over from ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ช๐˜†๐—ธ in March this year, matriculated from Union in 1994, making him a proud Old Unionite. His familyโ€™s ties to the Union Schools run even deeper – his wife is a Grade 2 teacher at Union Preparatory School, while their four-year-old son, Nathan, has recently begun his own journey at Union Pre-School. There is always something especially meaningful about former pupils choosing to give back to the school and town that helped shape them.

Pictured here are Brendon Burger and Don van Wyk with Union hockey girls ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ, who stopped by this week to thank them for their contribution to the project.

Through their ๐—š๐—ข๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— pledge, Van Wyk Theron will be supporting ACVV Huis van de Graaff, an old age home in Graaff-Reinet, extending the impact of this initiative beyond the hockey field and into the heart of the wider community.

On behalf of Union High School and our 1st team hockey girls, we extend our ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ to Brendon Burger and the entire Van Wyk Theron team for their generosity, their long-standing service to Graaff-Reinet, and their support of a campaign that continues to connect sport with community in such a meaningful way.

Goals For Good: Jacobs Family

How special it is that a former Union 1st team hockey captain is now giving back to the very girls who are walking a path she once knew so well!

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is delighted to celebrate the support of Old Unionites ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป and ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€, who have chosen to support our ๐—š๐—ข๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— initiative in their personal capacity – not only as proud past pupils, but also as parents who remain closely connected to the life of the school.

For Bronwen, this contribution carries a particularly lovely sense of coming full circle. ๐—” ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต๐Ÿต, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป and now finds herself supporting a new generation of players as they make memories of their own in green and gold. Her husband, ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต๐Ÿด, shares that same deep-rooted Union connection. ๐—›๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜, having played 1st team rugby from Grade 11 and captaining the school’s 1st cricket team in his matric year, making this a gesture grounded in both loyalty and legacy.

Today, that Union story continues through their children. Their son, ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ, is running out for Unionโ€™s 1st XV this year as a Grade 11 learner, while their daughter, ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ, is proudly playing for the schoolโ€™s U13A hockey side. And who knows – perhaps one day Taylor will follow in her motherโ€™s footsteps and wear the colours of Unionโ€™s 1st team hockey girls herself.

Through this ๐—š๐—ข๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— initiative, Bronwen and Jason will be supporting GRAWS , extending the impact of their generosity beyond the sports field and into the wider community.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

We are deeply grateful to Bronwen and Jason for their generous support of ๐—š๐—ข๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— and for the way in which their family continues to live out the Union spirit – across the sports field, across the years and across generations

Goals For Good: Build it

There is something deeply comforting about a place built on family – not only family in name, but in values and in the way people are cared for.

That is exactly what one senses at Build it Graaff-Reinet: a business that may deal in bricks and mortar, but whose true foundation has always been people.

Union High School is proud to continue our ๐—š๐—ข๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— series by recognising the generous support of ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜, a much-loved local business that this year celebrates 20 years of serving the town from its home in Market Square.

Pictured here are Union hockey girls ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ with Build Itโ€™s ๐—Ÿ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป-๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€.

Over the past two decades, Build It has become far more than a trusted name in home improvement and building supplies. Under the care of a family management team consisting of dad ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป, son ๐—š๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ and daughter ๐—Ÿ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ, the business has grown into something that feels wonderfully rooted in the life of Graaff-Reinet itself – a place where people are welcomed warmly, relationships are valued and community matters deeply.

Their words say it beautifully: โ€œ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.โ€

And in truth, that spirit shines through in everything they do.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ – a sincere love for this town and its people that can be felt so clearly. Businesses like this help shape the soul of a community. They stand alongside local families through ordinary days and important milestones alike, and through their quiet consistency, generosity and care, they become part of what makes a town feel like home.

Through their pledge, Build It Graaff-Reinet will be contributing towards Camdeboo Hospice Graaff Reinet, a registered non-profit organisation that provides a holistic home-based palliative care service to those infected and affected by life-threatening diseases, with a particular focus on HIV & AIDS, cancer and motor neurone disease.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐˜€. Camdeboo Hospice serves some of the most vulnerable members of the community with tenderness, dignity and compassion – offering comfort, care and support at moments when it is needed most.

On behalf of Union and our 1st team hockey girls, we extend our ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ to Build It Graaff-Reinet for their generosity, their deep love for Graaff-Reinet and their commitment to building not only structures, but a stronger, kinder community too