Well done to the following Union High School boys on their participation in the recent Level 3 rugby trials – a wonderful opportunity to test themselves against strong competition: (๐จ๐ญ๐ฒ) Luyolo Khali, (๐จ๐ญ๐ด) Yonela Wana, Tafadswa Munzvenga, Elvandre Meyer and Sibabalwe Mbutye.
On 23 May 2026, Union High School had the privilege of hosting the Sarah Baartman District Chess Association trials. The event brought together talented young chess players from across the district for a day filled with strategy, competition, and sportsmanship. It was an exciting and enjoyable occasion, and we were honoured to welcome all the learners, coaches, and officials to our school.
We are especially proud of our Union learners, who performed exceptionally well and represented the school with excellence:
The Union Prizewinners:
U14 Boys: Caron Goliath โ Gold
U16 Girls: Isabelle Tadesse โ Gold
U18 Girls: Kwakhanya Ntlonti โ Gold
U18 Girls: Gerda Clarke โ Silver
Congratulations to all our players on their outstanding achievements. Your dedication, hard work, and perseverance continue to make Union High School proud.
Congratulations to Union High School cricketers ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ and ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น on their selection for the PE Centurions U14 Premium Division side, as well as ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ on his selection for the PE Centurions U13 Premium Division team in the EPL (National Premier League).
This exciting achievement is a wonderful reward for the boysโ hard work and we are incredibly proud to see them earning the opportunity to compete on such a respected platform for youth cricket in South Africa.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ.
1st team won 34 – 15
2nd team won 34 – 23
U16 team lost 20 – 24
U15 team lost 28 – 36
U14 team won 16 – 7
Our First Team produced two dominant displays, recording a 6โ0 victory against St Michaelโs and following it up with a convincing 7โ1 win over Hangklip.
Against St Michaelโs, the girls produced a strong all-round performance where our structure looked solid against a competitive side. We controlled the tempo of the match well and made sure we capitalised on our opportunities.
In the second match against Hangklip, the girls started brilliantly and created numerous goal-scoring chances. However, frustration began to creep in as we failed to convert opportunities, which led to forcing passes and trying to create goals too quickly. Our final decision-making inside the circle was not at our usual standard. Despite this, the girls once again showed the strength and quality within our First Team.
Overall, it was a very positive weekend and a true team effort from every player involved. Well done to all the girls on their performances.
Standout players this weekend were: Antonio Adams, Katelyn Trollip, Misha Newton, Leigh-ann Murray and Abonani Matushe.
Other results from the weekend:
Friday
โข UHS 2nd Team vs SMS 1st Team: Lost 1โ8
โข UHS U/14A vs SMS U/14A: Lost 0โ3
โข UHS U/16A vs SMS U/16A: Won 2โ1
Saturday
โข UHS U/16B vs SMS U/16A: Lost 0โ2
โข UHS U/16C vs SMS U/14A: Lost 0โ10
โข UHS 1st Team vs SMS 1st Team: Won 6โ0
Hangklip Fixtures
โข UHS U/14A vs Hangklip 3rd Team: Won 12โ0
โข UHS 2nd Team vs Hangklip 2nd Team: Won 3โ0
โข UHS 1st Team vs Hangklip 1st Team: Won 7โ1
The junior rugby and hockey teams experienced a day of mixed results against strong opposition.
Rugby: The U/13A side produced an impressive 36โ12 victory, while the U/11A (5โ17), U/11B (0โ40) and U/13B (0โ40) teams battled hard but came up short.
Hockey: There were excellent wins for the U/11A team (2โ1) and U/13B team (1โ0). The U/11B, U/13C and U/13A sides were narrowly defeated 1โ0 in closely contested matches.
Well done to all players and coaches for their effort, commitment and sportsmanship throughout the day.
Well done to ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ (U14B), ๐จ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ถ (U16A) and ๐๐๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ (U14A) on their selection to the Eastern Province hockey sides.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด.
Results of matches played on Tuesday, 19 May 2026
U/11A: The boys delivered an excellent performance to record a convincing 31โ0 victory. Strong defence and well-executed attacking play ensured they controlled the match from start to finish.
U/13A: A dominant display from the U/13A side saw them cruise to a 53โ0 win. The team combined powerful defence with exciting attacking rugby, running in several well-worked tries and keeping their opponents scoreless throughout. Grant Murray was brilliant scoring 4 tries.
Our senior and junior U13A hockey teams enjoyed a busy weekend of fixtures against Framesby and St Dominic’s Priory.
Friday, 15 May
Well done to our ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ, who opened the weekend of hockey with a good, hard-fought match against Framesbyโs U14A side this afternoon. After leading for much of the game, a late comeback from Framesby saw the match end 4-3 in their favour. ๐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
It was a positive outing overall, highlighted by ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ-๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ against St Dominic’s Priory, while the U16A side added another solid result with a 2 – 0 victory and the U14As recorded a 5 – 0 win against St Dominic’s.
The U16B girls drew 2 – 2 against Framesbyโs U16C team and although the U16C side went down 4 – 0 to Framesbyโs U16B team, their effort and commitment throughout the match did not go unnoticed.
Saturday, 16 May
On Saturday, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior hockey girls hosted Hoรซrskool Framesby for a set of home fixtures.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ with an exciting 5 – 3 win in a high-tempo match, while the 2nd team also produced a solid performance to claim a 3 – 1 victory.
The U16A, U16B and U14A teams faced tough opposition and unfortunately went down in their matches, while the U16C side responded well with a determined 2 – 0 victory.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
This afternoon saw Union High School’s Top 4 boys’ and girls’ U13 tennis players take to the court against a visiting Kirkwood side.
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ on winning their encounter 6 – 0. ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ – ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.
The boysโ matches were more evenly contested, with Kirkwood taking the section on games (50-44) after drawing the matches 3 – 3.
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ๐ผ๐ป and a special word of thanks to all our visitors from Kirkwood for making the trip!