Senior Rugby vs Hoรซrskool Swellendam and Asherville Secondary

On Tuesday afternoon, 24 June, Union High Schoolโ€™s senior ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—š๐—•๐—ฌ sides took to the field in a series of matches against Hoรซrskool Swellendam and Asherville Secondary.

The ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐—” and ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐—” teams both secured solid victories over Asherville, with scores of 21โ€“0 and 10โ€“0 respectively. The ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—” team went down 19-32 in a well-contested match. Our ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ซ๐—ฉ came up against Ashervilleโ€™s 1st team and, though the scoreboard reflected a 0โ€“24 result, the team showed resilience and heart throughout.

The ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ซ๐—ฉ capped off the afternoon with a 76โ€“0 win over Hoรซrskool Swellendam.

Union High Schoolโ€™s 1st XV delivered an emphatic performance against Hoรซrskool Swellendam, securing a 76-0 win in a one-sided encounter that showcased teamwork, versatility, and flair.

The boys in white got off to a flying start, with Elvandre Meyerโ€”playing at flank instead of what has become his usual inside centre roleโ€”scoring the opening try in just the 4th minute. Yaaseen Kazi followed up shortly with a powerful maul try, and further tries from Yonela Wana and Peter-Daniel Clegg pushed the lead to 24-0.

A sharp break by captain Kyle Liebenberg set up Siba Mbutye, who had switched from wing to centre, for another five-pointer. Wana added his second soon after following slick interplay between Meyer and Makukhanye de Beer. Despite some missed opportunities before the break due to handling errors, Union managed to add two more triesโ€”one from Liebenberg and another from Kazi, bringing his tally to two. Union entered halftime with a commanding 48-0 lead. The second half began slower on the scoreboard but not in intensity. Eventually, Trystan Hulleman crossed over to score his first try for the 1st XV in his second year with the team. Athi Mahlati, Unionโ€™s hardworking loosehead prop, earned a well-deserved try, followed by Tafadzwa Munzvenga, who powered through the midfield after a brilliant break. Similo Mvandaba capped off the dayโ€™s scoring, sealing a 76-0 win in a match that underlined Unionโ€™s depth and cohesion.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

EP Representatives 2025

We extend our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to all the Union High School learners who have been selected to represent the ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ at various Interprovincial Tournaments this holiday!

A special shoutout to ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ, who will take the field as the EP u/14A goalie and to ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ on their selection for the u/14B team.

We also beam with pride as we cheer on ๐—”๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ and ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜, who will take the field for the u/18B team.

To ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป, ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ and ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ – what an outstanding honour to represent the ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—˜๐—ฃ teams, with a special note of pride for Hermon, Kari and Hayley on their A-side selection and to Kungawo and Angelique on their B-side inclusion.

Lastly, we salute ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚ for his incredible achievement in being selected for the u/13 Craven Week team.

๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ – ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ!

Junior Hockey vs Victoria Primary – Results

Union High Schools u/13 hockey teams delivered an outstanding performance against Victoria Primary School this past Saturday, with all three teams securing impressive wins.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ/13๐˜Š ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ 9-0, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ/13๐˜‰๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ 8-0 ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ/13๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ 5-0.

Rugby vs Graeme College – Results

Union High School Clinches Victory Over Graeme College

On Saturday, 21 June, Union High Schoolโ€™s 1st XV delivered a performance to remember as they hosted Graeme College from Makhanda in a closely fought rugby encounter.

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† – ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ.

Union struck early in the contest after a series of well-orchestrated phases, with Yonela Wana finishing a flowing move to open the scoring. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ, marked by committed defence from both sides and Union carried a slender 5-0 advantage into the halftime break.

๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข 5-7 ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ. ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜–๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต 12-14 ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ as Unionโ€™s Elvandre Meyer powered his way over the try line, sealing a dramatic 19-14 win for the home team. It was a game defined by passion and determination on both sides and Unionโ€™s ability to dig deep in the final minutes ultimately earned them a well-deserved victory.

As noted by SA School Sports in their latest rankings article, โ€œ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ 19-14 ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ.โ€

While Union celebrates a memorable win, ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜†. Encounters like this serve as a reminder of the values the sport instils – respect, perseverance and camaraderie.

The day featured a full programme of fixtures between the two schools, with Graeme College demonstrating their depth and quality across the age groups. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€:

u/13A: 19 – 22
u/13B: 0 – 50
u/14A: 3 – 41
u/15A: 0 – 61
u/16A: 9 – 20
2nd XV: 13 – 43

๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ 1๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Ÿ๐˜’๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ.

Mixed Martial Arts Championship – Results

Union High Schools learners made their mark at the ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ (๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—”) ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€, held in Pretoria on 14 and 15 June.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 680 ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ขโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜”๐˜ˆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ.

Fighting under the banner of KOSA (Kickboxing & MMA of South Africa), the Eastern Cape emerged as the top-performing province, proudly taking first place overall – a testament to the dedication of its fighters and the support of its coaches and communities.

๐—”๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, who represented not just their school, but their province and age divisions with courage beyond their years.

๐—˜๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ, competing up an age group against 13-year-olds, showcased exceptional versatility and heart, earning:
Bronze in Grappling
Bronze in MMA Light
Silver in Points Fighting

Her sister, ๐—–๐—ต๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฒ-๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ, boldly faced off against her 17-year-old opponents and proved her resilience with:
Silver in Grappling
Silver in MMA Light
Bronze in Points Fighting

๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€, stepping into a challenging 13 to 15-year-old division, demonstrated sharp technical skill and tactical control, walking away with:
Gold in Grappling
Silver in MMA Light

Not to be outdone, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€, competing in the 10 to 12 age category, dominated his field with power and precision, earning:
Gold in Grappling

Junior Rugby vs Queens College – Results

Match Report: U/13A
Despite missing several key players, the U/13A boys put up a brave fight against Queens but ultimately went down 21-43. The team showed great spirit and determination, battling hard right until the final whistle. A gutsy performance under tough circumstances.

Other Results
7A lost 5-10
U/7B lost 0-20
U/9A lost 12-24
U/9B lost 0-31
U/11A lost 0-12
U/11B lost 0-50
U/13A lost 21-43
U/13B lost 0-53

Derby Day vs Woodridge – Results

Thereโ€™s something truly special about derby days – not just the action on the field, but the spirit that fills the sidelines.

Today, we were delighted to welcome Woodridge College and their staff, parents and proud alums (๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ด) to our campus.

Itโ€™s moments like these that remind us how deep the roots of school pride run, whether you’re supporting from the stands or lacing up on the field. ๐—”๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜.

Rugby Results

1st XV Match Report: UHS won 25-19
The Union 1st XV came out firing, with Siba Mbutye opening the scoring with a try to give the home side an early 5-point lead. The momentum continued as Janathen van den Berg crossed the try line to stretch Unionโ€™s advantage to 10-0.

However, Woodridge fought back with an intercept try, narrowing the gap to 10-7 and putting pressure back on Union. Just before halftime, Van den Berg made his presence felt again, scoring his second try of the day to restore Union’s dominance. The hosts went into the break with a solid 17-7 lead.

Union started the second half strongly, with Yonela Wana finishing off a well-constructed try created by the hard work of the forwards, pushing the score to 22-7. But Woodridge was not done yet. Missed tackles and lapses in discipline allowed the visitors to score, bringing the score to 22-12 and keeping the match alive.

Union responded with a successful penalty conversion, extending their lead to 25-12. In the final minutes, Woodridge earned a penalty try to make it 25-19, but Union held firm in the closing moments to secure a well-deserved victory.

A thrilling encounter ended with Union High School emerging as the victors, 25-19 โ€” a result that will surely be remembered with pride.

Other results: 
2nd won 44-0
U16 lost 17-19
U15 lost 14-24
U14 lost 0-38

Hockey Results

First Team Match Report: Won 2โ€“0
This past Saturday, Union High Schools 1st team hockey girls claimed a 2-0 victory over Woodridge College on home turf.

Despite a slow start, the team found their rhythm and fought hard to turn the game around. ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ opened the scoring with a sharp front stick finish from a short corner, followed by a brilliant counter-attack goal beautifully slotted in by ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป.

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต: Misha Newton, Mia Botha and Abonani Matushe – well deserved! ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ 1๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ!

While other results didnโ€™t go our way, weโ€™re proud of every Union player who stepped onto the field with heart and spirit.

Other Results vs Woodridge College:
Second Team lost 0โ€“4
Third Team lost 0โ€“5
U16A lost 0โ€“2
U16B lost 0โ€“2
U16C lost 1โ€“2
U14A lost 1โ€“2

Junior Sport vs Hangklip – Results

Hockey
U/7 B 1-0 wonย 
U/7 A lost 3 – 1
U/8B Won 2-0
U/8A Won 6-4
U/9B lost 2-7
U/9A won 2-1
U/10B lost 2-6
U/10A won 4-2
U/13D won 3-0
U/13C lost 1-3
U/13B drew 0-0
U/13A lost 0-1

Rugby
U/7A drew 10-10
U/7B won 10-5
U/9B lost 21-22
U/9A lost 7-13
U/11B lost 7-32
U/11A lost 10-7
U/13B lost 27-5
U/13A lost 31-34

U/13A Rugby Match Report

The U/13A boys showed incredible heart and determination in a tough match. Despite the result, their effort, teamwork, and fighting spirit were evident throughout. They gave it their all and can be proud of their performance. Moments of brilliance and strong tackles highlighted their commitment. Well done, lads!

Senior Hockey vs VGHS & Kingswood – Results

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 3โ€“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 โ€“ 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 1โ€“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 โ€“ 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

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ – ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ!

Senior Rugby vs Andrew Rabie – Results

1st XV Report

Union High Schoolโ€™s 1st XV Narrowly Defeated in Thrilling Encounter Against Andrew Rabie Hoรซrskool.

Union High Schoolโ€™s 1st XV rugby team put on a valiant display in a closely contested match against Andrew Rabie Hoรซrskool from Gqeberha, ultimately falling short with a final score of 21โ€“29.

The game kicked off with Union immediately applying pressure by sending the opening kick deep into the oppositionโ€™s 22m area. However, early handling errors and missed tackles allowed Andrew Rabie to gain the upper hand. They capitalized on Unionโ€™s inability to control the ball in contact, crossing the try line twiceโ€”converting one of those triesโ€”to take a 0โ€“12 lead.

Despite showing signs of promise late in the first half with a strong attacking phase in the opposition’s 22, Unionโ€™s efforts were cut short when an intercepted pass led to another Andrew Rabie try. The teams went into the halftime break with Union trailing 0โ€“22.

The second half began in similar fashion, with Andrew Rabie scoring yet again to extend their lead to 0โ€“29, seemingly putting the match out of reach. However, the Union boys dug deep and showed tremendous heart, launching a spirited comeback.

Tries from Siba Mbutye, Yaaseen Kazi (Union’s leading try scorer for the season), and Jayden Odendaal, who dotted down right at the final whistle, brought the home side within reach of a dramatic comeback. Despite the late surge, time ran out and Union fell just short with the final score standing at 21โ€“29.

While the result didnโ€™t go their way, the Union 1st XV can be proud of their second-half fightback and the character shown on the field. The experience will no doubt serve as valuable preparation for the matches to come.

Other Results (UHS Scores first):
2nd: 14 – 12
U16A: 22 – 29
U15: 3 – 7
U14: 21 – 24