The U/11A team delivered a dominant performance to win 24โ0, displaying excellent teamwork and defensive discipline. The U/13A side continued the winning momentum with a strong 19โ0 victory, controlling the game from start to finish.
In hockey, the U/11A team produced an outstanding performance against Kroonvaleโs U/13A side, securing an emphatic 8โ0 win. Their attacking play and finishing were exceptional, highlighting a well-rounded team effort.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ – and nowhere is this more evident than in school sport.
A heartfelt thank you to PSG Insure Somerset Street and Tyremart Graaff-Reinet for their generous sponsorship of brand-new backpacks and playing jerseys for our U13A rugby team.
Seen here are ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป and ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ sharing in this special moment with some of our players.
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ.
A heartfelt ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ to Karlien and Dawid de Wet of Karoo 360 for their generous sponsorship of brand-new tog bags for our 1st XV this season.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ as we hosted Laerskool Aliwal-Noord today, with our junior hockey and rugby teams delivering strong performances across the board.
๐ข๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ, the U11A side edged a hard-fought 2-1 win, while the U13A team impressed with a confident 4-1 victory.
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ธ๐ข๐ญ-๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐11๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐13๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด. The U13B team showed real grit despite a 0-3 result and the U11B side faced a strong challenge, going down 0-3.
๐ข๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ, both teams produced excellent performances. The U11A side delivered a commanding 10-0 win, while the U13A capped off the day with an outstanding 41-5 victory.
A solid afternoon of rugby for Union High School against Cradock, with the ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ-๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ป.
Unionโs 1st XV delivered a commanding performance, setting the tone early with quick attacking play that saw them dominate possession and territory. Their fast start, however, led to a lapse in defensive concentration, allowing Cradock to capitalize with an easy try.
Cradock then shifted tactics, turning the game scrappy by kicking frequently and testing Unionโs back three under pressure. Despite this, Union held firm and responded with a well-executed maul to regain control.
While Union were clinical in many areas, several final passes went astray. Had those passes gone to hand, the scoreline could have been far more emphatic. The focus going forward must remain on team effortโsacrificing an individual try for the sake of a well-constructed team try is key to building consistency and dominance.
Try scorers: Yasseen Kazi (1), Peter Daniel (2), Ronan Ewers (1)
Conversions: Qhama Solomon (2)
Unionโs ability to adapt and maintain composure under pressure proved decisive, ensuring a solid victory.
OTHER RESULTS
There were also positive results from the U16s (26-10) and the 2nd XV, who put together a strong performance to win 43-10.
The U14s (29-32) and U15s (3-10) came up against tough opposition, but showed good effort in their respective matches.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ.
A heartfelt ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ to Diane and Wayne Murray of Oudeland Game for generously sponsoring the U13A rugby teamโs new warm-up tops.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐, giving them a real sense of pride as they represent the school.
๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
The rugby fixtures against Sunridge proved challenging, with our teams facing strong opposition across all age groups.
U/11A went down 19โ0, while U/11B lost 39โ0. In the U/13 division, U/13B suffered a 50โ0 defeat and U/13A lost 43โ7.
While the results were not in our favour, the fixtures highlighted key areas for development, particularly in defence, physicality, and game management. These matches will serve as valuable learning experiences as we continue to build and improve throughout the season.
This past Saturday, Union High Schoolโs 1st XV traveled to Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) to face a well-prepared Victoria Park side. The opposition had clearly studied our previous matches and executed a smart defensive plan, shutting down many of our attacking opportunities.
Despite this, Union managed to break through. Qhama Solomon calmly slotted a penalty to put us on the board, and soon after, Dwaine Koeberg produced a brilliant break, supported by excellent team play, to score the only try of the match. Although the performance was not polished, the boys showed composure under pressureโan important lesson that will serve them well later in the season. The 1st team secured a hard-fought 8 โ 0 victory.
The 2nd XV also impressed, sticking to their game plan and delivering a strong performance. Their discipline and teamwork paid off with a convincing 31โ7 win.
Well done to both teams on a tough but rewarding day of rugby. The grit and determination shown will undoubtedly strengthen the squad as the season progresses.
Other scores (UHS first):
U14: 7 – 20
U15: 0 – 41
U16: 14 – 43
Well done to our young Union High School, Graaff-Reinet rugby players, ๐จ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฌ๐ผ๐น๐ผ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐น๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ข๐๐๐๐ and ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ผ, on their selection to the U13 Karoo Rugby Team for 2026.
This is a wonderful achievement and a proud moment for both the boys and our school.
We wish them all the very best as they represent the Karoo at the EP Rugby Sub-Union Tournament taking place on 16 and 17 April in Kariega – ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
Vs Cambridge High School 19 – 7
Vs Somerset College 40 – 7
Union High School’s 1st senior hockey team enjoyed a strong and encouraging campaign at this yearโs ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ & ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐, finishing as runners-up on home turf.
As hosts, the girls settled into the tournament well and showed steady growth across the weekend.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ป 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.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฒ, 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 ๐ณ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ก๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บโ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐. 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 ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐโ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น.
๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฆ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด 2๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ. 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.
๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น, ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ, with encouraging attacking play, good combination work and a growing understanding within the group.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ.
As always, Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs 2nd senior hockey side was invited to participate in the ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ & ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ – an opportunity the team embraced with great enthusiasm.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ-๐๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป 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. ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, captain Chavene Lamont and vice-captain Xarah Hoffman secured a 2-1 victory to take the team through.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ.
The festival provided an important foundation as they build towards the months ahead and the players leave feeling encouraged and motivated.
๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐, 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 Girlโs Hockey Festival 2026