Junior Tennis vs LVS

Earlier this afternoon, the Top 6 junior boys and girls of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet and Laer Volkskool converged for an exciting afternoon of tennis.

In a very close finish, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ก๐™จ’ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ with a score of 5-4 against their Volkskool counterparts.

On the boys’ side, despite a valiant effort, the ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ with a score of 7-2 against Volkskool.

๐—” ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น for making this afternoon fixture an enjoyable and competitive experience for all involved.

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

Congratulations to all the players for their dedication and skill on the tennis court today.

Junior Cricket vs Handklip

This past Saturday, 24 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior cricketers travelled to Komani to compete against Laerskool Hangklip Primary.

In the ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ’๐˜€ match, Union won the toss and decided to bat first.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 144.

Hangklip, despite losing an early wicket, managed to build a strong partnership that kept them in the game. Union’s bowlers, however, showcased patience and discipline, ultimately restricting Hangklip to 132 runs in their allotted 35 overs.

๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› 12 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ.

In the ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ’๐˜€ match, Union won the toss and opted to bat first.

Initially, Union seemed to be in a strong position at 109-4. However, a sudden collapse saw them lose 6 wickets for just 8 runs, resulting in a total score of 117 before being bowled out.

Hangklip’s batting innings began with a fantastic start, reaching 45 runs without any loss. ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

Union continued to chip away at Hangklip’s wickets at regular intervals, leading to a nail-biting finish. ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ž๐™ง๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ค ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™š 3 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ.

Joubert Vorster showcased his exceptional form by claiming 4 wickets for 16 runs, while Aidan Ferreira contributed significantly with 5 wickets for 29 runs.

Senior Tennis vs Middelburg

On Monday, 26 February, our Top 6 boys’ and girls’ tennis players traveled to Middelburg for an afternoon fixture against Hoรซrskool Middelburg.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต-๐Ÿฑ.

In the girls’ singles matches, Union dominated, winning 5 out of 6 matches. The girls’ doubles matches also went in favour of Union, with a clean sweep of 3-0.

In the boys’ singles matches, Union secured 4 victories out of 6. The boys’ doubles matches were closely contested, with Union winning 2 out of 3 matches.

Lastly, in the mixed doubles matches, Union continued their winning streak, securing a convincing victory of 5-1.

We would like to extend our congratulations to all the players for their efforts on the courts this afternoon.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ฐรซ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

Once again, congratulations to all the players and thank you to Hoรซrskool Middelburg for a fantastic fixture.

Drieรซ Druk Aand

On Friday, 23 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s rugby boys participated in Hoรซr Volkskoolโ€™s 2024 ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆรซ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ – a pre-season tournament that allows rugby teams the opportunity to effectively finalise their pre-season preparations in a competitive yet relaxed and accommodating environment.

While some of our players had to sit this one out due to cricketing commitments, the rest of the boys who have been putting in the hard yards with their pre-season training, valued the opportunity to take the field again.

We extend our ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ to Volkskool for inviting us to participate and giving our boys the opportunity to play. It was an enjoyable afternoon for all involved

Karoo Gala

A total of 80 swimmers represented the Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet and Union High School, Graaff-Reinet at the annual ๐—ž๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข ๐—š๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—” held at Hoรซr Volkskool on Wednesday, 21 February.

In addition to Union’s spirited participants, teams from Gill, Cradock, Volkskool, Marlow and a group of dedicated home-schoolers showcased their skills in the pool.

The high standard of swimming at this event continues to amaze ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.

As always, competition was fierce in all events – 106 in total – but Unionโ€™s swimmers never gave in, giving their best in all their races.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต.

In the primary school category, Laer Volkskool secured victory with 408 points, while Union’s Grade 1 to 7 swimmers secured a commendable second place with 346 points. Gill, the Homeschoolers and Cradock Primary School followed closely behind.

Moving to the senior section, Union High School triumphed in the Girls’ section and secured a strong second position in the Boys’ section. Special recognition goes to ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ for his outstanding performance earning him the title of ‘Victor Ludorum’.

Union is ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—— of all our swimmers who committed and gave their time to swim for their school and would like to thank them for their efforts.

You were ๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—ญ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š and we look forward to the announcement of the Karoo team in the next couple of days.

Cricket – 50 Caps for Shaakir!

Congratulations to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XI captain, Shaakir Kazi, for reaching his ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐—ง๐—› ๐—–๐—”๐—ฃ with the first team!

The milestone was marked by Headmaster, Mr William Pringle, as he presented Shaakir with this well-deserved achievement before their match against a visiting Graeme College this afternoon.

Junior Cricket vs Laerskool Hangklip

This past Saturday, 24 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior cricketers travelled to Komani to compete against Laerskool Hangklip Primary.

In the ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ’๐˜€ match, Union won the toss and decided to bat first.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 144.

Hangklip, despite losing an early wicket, managed to build a strong partnership that kept them in the game. Union’s bowlers, however, showcased patience and discipline, ultimately restricting Hangklip to 132 runs in their allotted 35 overs.

๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› 12 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ.

In the ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ’๐˜€ match, Union won the toss and opted to bat first.

Initially, Union seemed to be in a strong position at 109-4. However, a sudden collapse saw them lose 6 wickets for just 8 runs, resulting in a total score of 117 before being bowled out.

Hangklip’s batting innings began with a fantastic start, reaching 45 runs without any loss. ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

Union continued to chip away at Hangklip’s wickets at regular intervals, leading to a nail-biting finish. ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ž๐™ง๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ค ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™š 3 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ.

Joubert Vorster showcased his exceptional form by claiming 4 wickets for 16 runs, while Aidan Ferreira contributed significantly with 5 wickets for 29 runs.

EP Biathlon Championships

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet biathlete ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, who participated in this past Sunday morning’s EP Biathlon Championships in Gqeberha.

๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด’ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ.

Ben claimed a commendable 2nd place in the run within his age group, and placed 3rd in the swim event, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ.

As always, his representation of Union filled him with pride, and he eagerly anticipates the upcoming South African Championships in Bloemfontein in April, where he will compete as an Eastern Cape representative.

A ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป goes out to Ben’s dad, Grant, who not only supported Ben but also excelled in his own category by breaking the EP record and securing a well-deserved gold medal.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต!

SA Schools’ Swimming Trials

Three talented swimmers from Union High School, Graaff-Reinet – Ben Lemke, Zoรซ Mills and Gerda Clarke – made their mark at the SA Schools’ Swimming Trials in East London this past Saturday, 17 February.

Representing the Sarah Baartman District Team, these athletes competed against formidable opponents, with two of them clinching well-deserved medals.

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, a standout competitor, impressed in 8 events, achieving great results: 1st place in the 200m Breaststroke and 100m Butterfly, 2nd place in the 200m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke, and 100m Breaststroke, and 3rd place in the 50m Butterfly.

๐—ญ๐—ผรซ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€, competed in 7 events and stood out with a medal-winning performance in the 200m Freestyle.

Additionally, Zoรซ also secured 4th place in both the 50m and 200m Breaststroke events.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต.

U/15 Cricket vs Muir College

๐—จ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง team faced off against Muir College this past Saturday, 17 February.

Despite losing the toss at Muir College, our young team displayed tenacity and determination on the field.

๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› 152 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™˜๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ.

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ถ stood out with a remarkable performance, bowling 10 overs, which included 3 maidens, conceding only 33 runs off 60 balls while picking up an impressive 5 wickets.

Stepping in to bat, Union’s u/15s put up a spirited effort to chase down Muir College’s score.

With focused determination and skillful play, our team secured a well-deserved victory with 7 wickets in hand.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ/15๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ!