1St XV Rugby – Gimnasium Festival Results

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐Ÿญ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ซ๐—ฉ traveled to Oudtshoorn over the Easter weekend to participate in the Langenhoven Gimnasium Sports Festival.

๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ, Langenhoven Gimnasium, the boys faced an early challenge as the hosts secured the first points with a try, leading 7-0.

However, Union quickly responded with a try from ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ, leveling the score. Union then took the lead with two penalty kicks, bringing the score to 13-7.

๐—ž๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด further extended the lead with another try, making it 18-7. Unfortunately, a lapse in concentration allowed Langenhoven Gimnasium to narrow the gap to 18-14. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ถ’s try ensured that Union went into halftime with a comfortable 23-14 lead.

๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ง, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜œ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 31-23.

Union’s second game was against Brighton Secondary School, also from Oudtshoorn.

Brighton struck first, scoring a try and taking a 5-0 lead. A well-executed line-out and maul set the stage for Union’s first try, scored by ๐—œ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜† ๐—”๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

Brighton then capitalized on defensive lapses from Union, regaining the lead at 12-7. ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—พ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ made his mark by scoring a try, which, along with a conversion by ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, put Union ahead 14-12. A penalty try pushed the score to 21-12 in favour of Union at halftime.

However, the second half mirrored earlier struggles, as costly mistakes, including a red and yellow card, allowed Brighton back into the game. They narrowed Union’s lead to 21-19 before ๐—˜๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ scored again, bringing the tally to 28.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 29-28.

Sarah Baartman Chess Trials – Results

This past Saturday, 12 April, saw several Union High School participate in another round of trials for the Sarah Baartman Chess Union.

๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€:

โ€ข ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ: Neelon Fourie (Gold) and Stephan Vorster (Bronze).

โ€ข ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ: Lina Tadesse (Gold).

โ€ข ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ ๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ: Gerda Clarke (Gold) and Isabella Tadesse (Bronze).

โ€ข ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ ๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ: Caron Goliath (Gold) and Keith Hudson (Bronze).

โ€ข ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ ๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ: Gia Scheepers (Silver) and Shana Theron (Bronze).

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด

Senior Rugby vs Bergsig – Results

On Saturday, 12 April, Union High School’s rugby teams enjoyed a great day on the field as they faced off against Kariega’s Bergsig at home.

The ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” team delivered an outstanding performance, winning decisively with a score of 53-5. The ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐—” team also put in a commendable effort, narrowly winning 7-5.

The ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ซ๐—ฉ faced a tough challenge, finishing with a score of 7-37 against Bergsig.

The ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐—” team triumphed over Bonzai with a solid 24-0 victory.

The ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—” squad followed suit, securing a 14-7 win against Bergsig.

Lastly, the final match of the day saw the ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ซ๐—ฉ battling to a dramatic 29-29 draw. Union got off to a good start but ill-discipline led to Bergsig getting he first points on the board through a penalty kick, taking the lead by 0-3. Union then managed to score a try by Elvandre Meyer and Makukhanye de Beer converted it, taking the score to 7-3 in favour of the Union side. A mistake on a attack led to Bergsig scoring and taking the lead by 7-10. A brilliant try by Liso Booi allowed Union to take the lead taking the score to 12-10. Bergsig then scored two more tries before half time and taking the lead by 12-22 going into the half-time break. 

The second hald proved to be much like the 1st half where the Union boys didn’t take the opportunities on hand. Bergsig scored once again and extended their lead to 12-29. The Union boys fought back and scored tries through Yaaseen Kazi, Yonela Wana and Janathen van den Berg. The game ended in a hard fought draw 29-29. 

Junior Hockey vs Sunridge Primary – Results

Despite an early start this morning, the Union Schools’ ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ players had an outstanding day in Gqeberha against Sunridge Primary School.

The u/7A team secured a 2-1 victory, while the u/7B side followed suit with a solid 2-0 win.

The u/8A players enjoyed an impressive 7-2 triumph and the u/8B team added to the winning streak with a 3-0 victory.

The u/9A team dominated the game, finishing with a score of 13-0 and the u/9B team also celebrated a resounding 9-0 win.

As the day continued, the u/10A team achieved a commanding 10-0 victory and the u/10B team capped off an incredible performance with a 7-1 win.

The u/13 teams were equally impressive, with the u/13A and u/13B teams each winning 2-1, while the u/13C team secured a 2-0 victory and the u/13D team triumphed with a 5-0 win.

U/13A Team

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€!

Rugby and Hockey Festival Results

Rugby Report

Our 1st Rugby Rugby team was scheduled to play against opposition from East London, namely Stirling High School and Cambridge High School. 

The first match against Stirling High School was also our first home game for the 2025 season and proved to be one of our toughest games of the year so far but the boys managed to be put on a good performance and claim victory by 17-14. 

Our second game was against Cambridge, Union dominated the early phases of the game but lack of discipline put us on the back foot and we couldn’t continue from where we left off from the previous game. Cambridge won the game by 27-24, a battle that was fought right up until the end of the game. 

Hockey Report

Union’s 1st Team delivered a dominant performance at our home festival, winning all our pool games: – vs Lilyfontein: Won 6 – 1
– vs Langenhoven: Won 6 – 0
– vs Nico Malan: Won 3 – 0
– vs Clarendon 2nd: Won 10 – 0
Semi-final – vs Sasolburg: 0 – 0 (lost 3-2 in 8-sec shootout)
3rd/4th Playoff: – vs Fichardtpark: Won 3 – 2 Union finished 3rd overall.

The second team/Invitational team also took part in the Senior Hockey Festival from 28 March to 31 March.ย  They faced some tough 1st team sides in their pool – three of the four teams in their pool placed in the Top 10 of the festival.ย  The girls showed a lot of grit and resilience and fought back with a positive attitude in every match.ย  Their results were as follow:

Vs Stellenbosch: 0-5
Vs Sasolburg: 0-8
Vs Victoria Girls: 0-6
Vs Brandwag: 0-3
Vs Claredon 2: 0-6
Vs ZastronL:4-0

Special mention must be made regarding their match against Sasolburg, who played in the final of this tournament.  During half time the 2nd team had 7 goals against them.  The girls decided on a new strategy, played like true Unionites and Sasolburg only scored 1 goal in the second half.

U/13 Rugby Marlow Festival – Results

On Thursday, 27 March, as the school holidays kicked off, Union High School’s u/13A rugby boys headed to the ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—š๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.

The tournament began with a challenging match against Brackenfell, where the boys faced a steep learning curve, suffering a heavy loss of 0-49.

However, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€, and the Union boys demonstrated just that. They quickly regrouped and turned their fortunes around in their next match, clinching a convincing 40-21 victory against Charlo Primary School.

In their final outing of the festival, the boys faced a formidable Vredenburg side. Despite their best efforts, they lost the match 5-19.

๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต.

1st Team Hockey ECHS Tournament – Results

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to Union High School’s 1st hockey team who emerged as the champions – ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ – of the highly-anticipated annual ECHS hockey tournament held in Bloemfontein this past weekend.

๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 18 ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

During the ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€, they faced off against Hoรซrskool Kimberley and secured an impressive 3-0 win. They followed that up with a 2-0 win against Bergsig Academy, ending up at the top of their pool.

The winning teams in each pool then competed against each other. The girls held Merrifield College to a dynamic 1-all draw and beat Lyndenburg 2-0 and Marais Viljoen 2-1. Their journey to the finals was sealed with a 1-0 triumph over Hoรซr Volkskool and a 3-0 victory over Hoรซrskool Dinamika.

The ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ saw the Union girls face off against Merrifield College once again. This time around the Union side emerged victorious, with a final score of 0-1 in their favour.

Special ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง to Leigh-Ann Murray who was recognised as the ‘Best Midfielder of the Tournamentโ€™ in the u/19A Girlsโ€™ category.

Well done, girls!

U/16 Hockey ECHS Tournament – Results

This past weekend was an exciting one for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—” ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐— , who joined the other Union teams in participating in the ECHS coaching tournament held in Bloemfontein.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต 15 ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ.

The tournament saw its fair share of challenges, including unpredictable weather that affected gameplay.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ’๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€:

โ€ข In their opening match against ๐—ข๐— ๐—ฆ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—–, the game ended in a draw due to the weather conditions.

โ€ข Continuing on, Union faced ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† and emerged victorious with a solid 2-0 win.

โ€ข The team then squared off against ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, securing another win with a narrow 1-0 score.

โ€ข In a tightly contested match against ๐—ฆ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—นโ€™๐˜€, Union faced their first defeat, losing 1-0.

โ€ข Bounce back they did, with a dominating performance against ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ป, clinching a 2-0 victory that reignited their momentum.

โ€ข Union continued their winning streak with a well-earned 1-0 win against ๐—›oรซ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฎ.

โ€ข In their final match against ๐—ฆ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—นโ€™๐˜€, the teams battled hard and while it ended in a 1-1 draw, Unionโ€™s perseverance throughout the tournament was commendable.

Special ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง to Onika Jantjies who was recognised as the ‘Best Forward of the Tournament’ in the u/16 Girls’ category.

๐˜–๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ถ/16๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 6๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ

U/13 Hockey, ECHS Tournament – Results

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Union High School’s u/13A hockey team on an outstanding performance at the annual ๐—˜๐—–๐—›๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (where they were entered in the u/14 Girls’ category) in Bloemfontein this past weekend!

Starting off with a tough 2-all draw against OMS u/14B on Thursday afternoon, they quickly found their rhythm, securing victories against Hoรซrskool Duineveld’s u/14A side (3-0) and Hoรซrskool Dinamika’s u/14A team (1-0).

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ in the cross pool matches, where they continued their winning streak against Bergsig Academy (2-0) and Curro Aurora (3-0).

Despite a narrow 1-0 defeat to Marais Viljoen’s u/14A side, they bounced back in the semi-finals with a strong win, earning their place in the final.

A hard-fought 0-0 draw against Bergsig Academy in the final was enough to claim the overall winners’ title, thanks to their previous success against the same team in the pool rounds.

A special ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง to ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป for being named the u/14 Girls’ ‘Defender of the Tournament’ and to ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ for being recognized as the ‘Best Player’ in the u/14 girls’ category!

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด!

U/11 Rugby, Alan Jones Festival – Results

During the recent holidays, our u/11A rugby players travel to Gqeberha to participate in the annual ๐—”๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† & ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น hosted by Clarendon Park Primary School.

The ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ took the field against Graeme College, St Andrew’s Preparatory, Grey Junior School and Hudson Park over the course of the tournament’s three days.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.