๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/13 hockey teams for their impressive wins against Kingswood Junior School today.
The u/13B team secured a fantastic 2-0 victory, while the u/13A team put on an impressive display, to beat their opponents 3 – 0.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ!
Today saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st hockey team participating in the regional leg of the 2024 ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ’ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ contested at Kingswood College, South Africa in Makhanda.
Facing formidable opponents, the girls showcased their prowess right from the onset.
Their first encounter of the day against ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ got them off to a good start with a 3-0 victory.
They squared off next against ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐, the intense match resulting in a hard-fought 1-1 draw.
The Union team then engaged in a riveting clash against ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ, with both sides showcasing their mettle, ultimately concluding in a deadlock, with the scoreboard frozen at 0-0.
In what turned out to be their last match of the day – a valiant effort against ๐๐ฆ๐ in the semi-finals – saw the girls narrowly missing out on a spot in the final, the match concluding with a close 2-1 scoreline in favour of DSG, the eventual champions.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต! ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ!
This past Sunday, 5 May, saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learners Jenelle and Shana Theron participating in the Nelson Mandela Bay School District Series mountain bike league.
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป, competing in the Sprog u/11 category, pedaled her heart out on the challenging course. Her focus, agility and sheer determination propelled her to an impressive second-place finish.
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป, riding in the Youth u/15 category, faced stiff competition from other talented cyclists. Undeterred, she pushed herself to the limit, navigating the twists and turns of the course with finesse. Jenelleโs dedication paid off as she clinched a well-deserved second-place position.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด!
Union High School’s 1st XV rugby was privileged to be invited to the first rugby festival hosted by Hoรซr Volkskool from 1 – 4 of May 2024.
On the first day of play, Union faced Hoรซr Middelburg from Middelburg (Eastern Cape). Poor defence and a lack of energy allowed Middelburg to put points on the board. Union however managed to score a try and we went into the half-time break 5-20 in favour of Middelburg. The second half was a different story and the Union boys finally decided that they wanted to play some proper rugby. Union managed to score an unanswered 34 points in the second and did not allow the hosts to put any points on the board. Union won the game by 39-20.
On the last day of the Festival, Union played against Langenhoven Gymnasium from Riversdale. The boys picked up from where we left off on the first day and scored 17 points playing into a very strong wind in the first half of the game. In the second half we could only manage to score one more converted try to end the match with a 24-0 victory.ย
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐/๐ญ๐ฒ๐ rugby team showcased their prowess at Hoรซr Volkskool’s ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ over the past weekend.
Their campaign kicked off on Thursday with a resounding victory over Riverdal’s Hoรซrskool Langenhoven, securing a convincing 23-12 win.
Building on this momentum, they clinched another win on Saturday, defeating Hoรซrskool Kathu with a score of 26-14.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ, ๐๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ถ๐ด!
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior hockey girls enjoyed a fun morning on the AstroTurf earlier today, as they triumphed over visiting Victoria Girls’ High School, in a series of exciting matches.
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ.
The u/14A team secured a commanding 5-2 victory, while the u/16A side followed suit with a stellar 3-1 win. Meanwhile, the second team delivered a fantastic performance, dominating their match with an impressive 12-0 triumph.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฎ-๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ.
1St XVI MATCH REPORT
On Saturday 27 April 2024 Union’s 1st XV played against Muir College in our annual derby day. Union playing with the wind in the first half looked good on attack but could not get any points on the scoreboard in the first half. Muir however scored two tries just before half-time, taking the lead by 0-12.
What made matters even worse for Union is that they then had to play into a strong wind in the secondย half. Muir got off to a flying start by scoring within the first minutes of the second half. Poor defence from the Union side led to Muir College scoring more tries. Union lost the game by 7-45.ย
OTHER RESULTS
U/11: 5-41
U/13: 0-51
U/14: 0-61
U/15: 5-63
U/16: 3-26
2nd: 0-40
In a fun home fixture earlier this week, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 2nd junior tennis team took to the courts against Middelburg’s Karel Theron Primary School.
The Union players dominated the court, securing victories in 11 out of the 12 matches played.
๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต
First Team match report:
Unfortunately, our team struggled to adapt to this defensive approach, resulting inย numerous 50/50 ball situations. Within the first 5 minutes, Stirling was awarded aย penalty stroke due to poor defence. The girls demonstrated resilience, bouncing back with aย beautiful team goal.
The half-time score stood at an even 1-1.
Second and Third Chukka: Despite creating numerous attacking opportunities, the first team faced formidable resistance from Stirlingโs defence. Stirlingโs goalkeeper played a pivotal role in keeping the ball out of the goal box. Stirling created 3 counter-attack opportunities, scoring 2 goals during this period.
Stirling emerged victorious with a score ofย 3-1
Other Results:
In a highly anticipated annual rugby fixture, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XV clashed with Stirling this past Saturday, 20 April, in East London.
1st XV vs Stirling:
The match kicked off with Union’s 1st XV showing immense vigour and determination, eager to secure a victory. However, a costly mistake early on allowed Stirling to pounce, securing their first try of the game and putting Union on the backfoot.
Despite the setback, Union rallied and managed to convert a penalty kick, narrowing Stirling’s lead to 3-7. ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ -๐๐ฃ๐-๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐จ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ก. A try by Shaakir Kazi injected a burst of energy into the Union side, bringing the score to 10-12, still in favour of Stirling.
As the first half drew to a close, Stirling capitalized on an opportunity, scoring another try just before halftime, extending their lead to 10-17.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ง ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ’๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ.
The game continued to be a seesaw battle, with both teams fighting tooth and nail for dominance. Another try by Stirling, due to a lapse in concentration, pushed the score to 17-29. Yet, Union’s spirit remained unbroken, as evidenced by Peter Michaels’ second individual try, bringing the final score to 22-29 in favour of Stirling.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐:
โข 2nd XV lost 40-3
โข u/16 lost 20-0
โข u/15 lost 62-5
โข u/14 lost 68-0
(๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ’๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด.)
Saturday, 20 April marked an early start for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior hockey teams as they hit the road to compete against Lorraine Primary in Gqeberha.
U/13 Aย won 1-0
U13 D drew 0-0
U13 B won 2-0
U/13 C won 1-0
๐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด.
Union also extends its gratitude to the dedicated members of staff who accompanied the girls, supporting them throughout the day.
๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ!