Category: Sport Results

Union High School is incredibly proud of Grade 7 learner 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀, who represented Eastern Province (EP) in the U13A regional cricket tournament this past week.

𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘌𝘗 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘯, 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘰, 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯.

Thanks to a strong net run rate, EP progressed to a playoff match against KZN Coastal, where they delivered another excellent performance to claim the win and 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹-𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝟲 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝟱 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀.

Well done, Nathanael

Union High School is incredibly proud of Grade 7 learner 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻, who represented the Eastern Province in cricket at U13A level at the U13A Regionals in Johannesburg, held from 28 November to 2 December.

𝘐𝘯 𝘌𝘗’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵-𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 16 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭!

Adding to this remarkable achievement, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲, a testament to her leadership and talent. What an exceptional accomplishment for this young Unionite!

A huge 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to Union High School cricketers 𝗬𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗮 and 𝗬𝗮𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝘇𝗶 on their well-deserved selection to represent the Eastern Province Rural u17 team at the 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, from 5 to 8 December.

We’re equally proud of Union’s 1st XI coach, 𝗘𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘂𝘄𝘀, who has been appointed as head coach of the EP Rural u17 side, with Jason Vers joining him as assistant coach

The Union Schools’ young athletes delivered a string of outstanding performances at the annual 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗦 𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗦 meeting held against Laer Volkskool this past Monday afternoon, 3 November.

Undeterred by the blazing sun, the school’s youngest learners made their mark early, with 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗵 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗔𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁 and 𝗤𝗮𝘇𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗶 sprinting to victory in their respective 60m events. Van der Walt also claimed the 1st place in the 80m Boys u8 sprint, clocking a new record time of 12.38s, while 𝗟𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗼 𝗠𝗱𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 claimed gold in the Girls u8 80m.

In the middle distances, Union’s runners proved their endurance and determination. 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗼 𝗞𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼 (Boys u12 1200m) and 𝗟𝗶𝘆𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗾𝗴𝗼𝗯𝗶 (Boys u13 1500m) powered through to impressive wins, while 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻, 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗮𝘁𝗵 and 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗶𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 earned valuable points for the team with strong podium finishes.

The field events also saw the green and white make its mark, with 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 setting a new record in the u13 Boys Shot Put (11.50m), 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 improving the u10 Girls High Jump record to 1,09m and 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗠𝗰𝗘𝘄𝗮𝗻 setting a new record in the u12 Girls High Jump (1.22m).

𝗡𝗼ë𝗹 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗲 also added another record to Union’s tally, with a distance of 5.29m in the u13 Boys Long Jump.

The Union learners’ teamwork, however, shone brightest in the relays.

The school’s u12 and u13 Boys’ teams both stormed to victory in their 4×100m events, while the u13 Girls’ team also clinched first place with an excellent 1:01.84 finish – 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

We’re incredibly proud of all our learners, who, despite the sun beating down on them, never let the heat slow their spirit. Their combined efforts earned the school a strong overall result of 846, just short of Volkskool’s total of 866.

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱!

The past weekend saw Union High School’s u11A and u13A cricket teams take on Woodridge College & Preparatory School in a series of fixtures.

In the 𝘂𝟭𝟭𝗔 T20 match on Friday, Union batted first to post 76/6 in their 20 overs, with steady contributions from 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻 (15), 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗮𝗮𝘁𝗵 (14) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘇 (11). Despite Woodridge chasing down the target to win by seven wickets, Union’s bowlers – 𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗱, 𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗸 and 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 – each claimed a wicket, showing a lot of grit throughout.

Saturday’s 25-over encounter saw Union win the toss and bat again, but Woodridge’s disciplined bowling restricted them to 60 all out (25.2 overs). With the ball, 𝗜𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶 𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗶 (1-15) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗮𝗮𝘁𝗵 (1-19) both struck for Union, keeping up the fight until the end. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.

The 𝘂𝟭𝟯𝗔 side produced an exciting T20 match, batting first to reach 69 runs. What followed was an outstanding bowling display, led by 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘆𝘂 𝗞𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼 (4-10) and 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹, who claimed a hat-trick – a remarkable achievement at any level!𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 15 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘣 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵.

In the 40-over clash, Woodridge posted a strong 216/7, with 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 once again impressing, taking 3-37. Union’s reply of 82 all out included a solid 31 from Kingwill and 20 from 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀, but it wasn’t enough to chase down the total.

While results didn’t always go Union’s way, the weekend was filled with growth, teamwork and moments of brilliance. 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦