Category: Hockey

Senior Hockey vs VGHS

The girls produced a commanding performance against VGHS, dominating possession and dictating the pace of the game from start. Their passing, movement off the ball and work rate were excellent. Although they created numerous scoring opportunities. The final 3–0 score line did not reflect the full extent of their dominance. Defensively, they remained composed and disciplined, rarely allowing VGHS into threatening positions.

Player of the match (Friday): Aaminah Steele – for her energy and control in the final third.

Senior Hockey vs Kingswood

In a tightly contested but well-controlled encounter, the girls once again showed their class and tactical discipline to secure a 1–0 win. From the first start they put Kingswood under pressure, winning possession in key areas and creating chances through well-structured attacking play. The goal came from a brilliant turnover in the midfield. This led to a short corner, which was converted by Tara Ferreira (with a beautiful, well executed drag flick goal).

Player of the Match (Saturday): Nadine Murray – for her work rate, intelligent positioning and ability to turn opposition over.

Player of the Weekend : Abonai Matushe for keeping two clean sheets this weekend.
Well done Kenza and the first team, on an excellent performance and back to back clean sheets.

Other Results:
u/14 A lost 0-3
u/16A lost 0-3
2nd team lost 0-4

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 – 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦!

This past Saturday saw our 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 teams travel to Komani to compete against Queenstown Girls’ High School.

UHS 1st Team vs Queenstown Girls’ High – Match Report

Our 1st team delivered a standout performance, securing a well-deserved 𝟰 – 𝟭 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 against a strong and physical Queenstown side.

The girls remained composed under pressure and played with incredible intensity, unity and purpose. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 – 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Congratulations to Chavenne Lamont on earning her first cap for the First Team.

Other Results:

• U14A lost 2–5
• U16A lost 0–1
• 2nd Team won 2–1

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 – 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵!

Saturday, 17 May vs St Dominic’s Priory

Saturday’s clash against Priory was another test of our discipline and patience due to poor umpiring. We controlled nearly 70% of the possession, dominating the game in both territory and chances created. Despite this, Priory opened the scoring after a defensive error. Again, the girls responded well—fighting back to level the score and then push ahead with a second goal to seal the 2–1 win. While we had an impressive 30 short corners, we were unable to convert more of those opportunities into goals—an area we’ll be looking to sharpen moving forward. Nonetheless, a solid win and another step forward for the team.

Congratulations to Miley Burger and Antonio Adams on receiving  first team caps this weekend .

Other Results vs Priory:
Second Team won 3–0
U16A won 9–0
U14 won 5–1
U16B drew 0–0

Overall, a successful weekend for Union Hockey across all teams!

Friday, 16 May vs Framesby High School

We took on Framesby in what turned out to be a competitive fixture. Despite going 1–0 down early in the match, the girls showed composure and stuck to our structure. A moment of brilliance from Nadine Murray brought us level—she picked up the ball just outside the halfway line, eliminated four defenders and finished confidently to equalise. From there, we settled into our structure, moved the ball well, and took control of the game. Our attacking intent and team cohesion saw us pull away to a commanding 5–2 victory.

Other Results vs Framesby:
Second Team won 3–0
U16A lost 0–4
U16B lost 1–4
U14 drew 0–0

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 to our u/13 hockey teams on a clean sweep in yesterday’s matches against Kingswood Junior School!

𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, with the u/13D side winning 1-0, the u/13C and u/13B teams both claiming convincing 4-0 victories and the u/13A team rounding off the day with a strong 3-0 win.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 the Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet teams, who mirrored this success with a clean sweep of their own.

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥.

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to Union High School junior hockey players – Kari Stern, Hermon Wolde, Hayley Krige, Kungawo Lisa and Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza – on their well-deserved selection for this year’s 𝗨𝟭𝟯 𝗘𝗣 hockey teams!

We are incredibly proud of Hermon, Kari and Hayley, who will be representing the 𝗔 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲, as well as Kungawo and Angelique, who will proudly take the field for the 𝗕 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲.

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲!

Union High School’s girls gave it their all on the hockey field on Saturday, 10 May 2025.

First Team Report:
We had a shaky start to the match, Collegiate quickly took advantage of our early nerves and unforced errors, scoring 3 goals in the first chukka. In the second chukka, the girls regrouped and performed with more composure, managing Collegiate’s attacking threats. Unfortunately, a poor decision-making on defense allowed them to add another goal just before halftime.

The third chukka proved to be the most challenging, with Collegiate netting three quick goals. Despite the setback, our girls showed great resilience and continued to fight throughout the game. In the fourth chukka, we managed to limit them to just one goal and launched numerous counterattacks,  we couldn’t convert our chances. Collegiate showed exactly why they are ranked fourth in the country—they were tactically sharper, physically dominant, and mentally switched on. They simply wanted it more on the day. The match ended in a 0–9 loss—my toughest defeat to date with the first team.

Match Results:

• 1st Team: Lost 0–9
• 2nd Team: Lost 0–5
• 3rd Team: Lost 0–5
• U16A: Lost 0–8
• U16B: Lost 0–4
• U16C: Lost 0–7
• U14A: Lost 0–9

𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 the 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥

Union High School’s 𝗨𝟭𝟯𝗔 hockey team put forth a truly Herculean effort, showing immense determination and grit as they battled hard to restrict a strong Collegiate Girls’ High School side to a narrow 0–2 victory.