U/11A won 32-19
U/13A won 52-5
U/13A Match Report vs Kroonvale on Wednesday 28/05/25
The U/13A team put on a brilliant display, playing as a united and focused side. Lukhona Bulembu starred with a superb hattrick, while Noรซl Shakane added two goals. A great team effort and a well-deserved win!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High Schoolโs u/13A rugby captain, ๐๐๐ธ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐, on his well-deserved selection to the U13 Craven Week team.
This is a remarkable achievement and we are incredibly proud that he will be representing the Eastern Province Rugby Union at the upcoming SARU National Youth Week being hosted by Selborne College from 30 June to 4 July.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ!
This past Saturday saw our ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ teams travel to Komani to compete against Queenstown Girls’ High School.
UHS 1st Team vs Queenstown Girls’ High โ Match Report
Our 1st team delivered a standout performance, securing a well-deserved ๐ฐ – ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ against a strong and physical Queenstown side.
The girls remained composed under pressure and played with incredible intensity, unity and purpose. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ – ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ – ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
Congratulations to Chavenne Lamont on earning her first cap for the First Team.
Other Results:
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด – ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต!
Union High Schoolโs senior rugby players travelled to Komani for a much-anticipated clash against Hangklip High School this past Saturday.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป.
After several missed chances, Liso Booi finally broke the deadlock with a well-earned try, confidently converted by Makukhanye de Beer, who remained flawless with the boot all game.
Hangklip quickly answered back, taking advantage of Union’s struggles to secure restarts. De Beer responded with a try of his own, only for Hangklip to once again bounce back.
A brilliant run by De Beer then opened the way for Athi Mahlati to score, ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ณ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ.
Union extended the lead after the break with a try from Xavier Barlow – again converted by the reliable De Beer – to make it 28-12. But ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ as Hangklip clawed their way back with three unanswered tries, ultimately snatching a 29-28 victory in the dying moments.
๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ง๐ฆ:
โข u/14A: Lost 10 – 38
โข u/15A: Lost 17 – 29
โข u/16A: Won 26 – 14
โข 2nd XV: Won 14 – 10
๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด – ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด!
It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Herbert Hurd Primary School to Union this past Saturday for a wonderful day of junior sport.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด – ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด’ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ.
Our ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ teams put in commendable performances across the board:
โข u/9A secured a commanding ๐ฑ-๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ป
โข u/9B edged a close game with a ๐ฎ-๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ป
โข u/10A delivered a solid ๐ฑ-๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐
โข u/10B played to a competitive ๐ญ-๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐
โข u/13D showed great heart despite a ๐ญ-๐ฏ ๐น๐ผ๐๐
โข u/13C ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ-๐ญ, displaying tenacity throughout
โข u/13B pulled off a tight ๐ฎ-๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ป
โข u/13A rounded things off with a strong ๐ฏ-๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐
On the ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ fields, the matches were fiercely contested and full of excitement:
โข u//9A showed grit in a ๐ญ๐ฎ-๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐
โข u/11A fought hard to a ๐ญ๐ฌ-๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐
โข u/11B claimed a narrow but well-earned ๐ฑ-๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ป
โข u/13B impressed with a ๐ฎ๐ณ-๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ป
โข u/13A delivered a truly memorable performance with a ๐ฏ๐ด-๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ป, especially notable as they rose to the occasion despite the absence of several key players due to EP trials and injuries.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ to the staff, coaches, parents and of course, the players from both schools who made the day so special – ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ.
U/11A lost 17-19
U/13A won 50-3
U/13A Match Report
Union dominated from the start, securing a convincing 50โ3 win. Lukhona Bulembu scored 3 tries and Noรซl Shakane scored two tries in a strong all-round team performance.
Saturday, 17 May vs St Dominicโs Priory
Saturdayโs clash against Priory was another test of our discipline and patience due to poor umpiring. We controlled nearly 70% of the possession, dominating the game in both territory and chances created. Despite this, Priory opened the scoring after a defensive error. Again, the girls responded wellโfighting back to level the score and then push ahead with a second goal to seal the 2โ1 win. While we had an impressive 30 short corners, we were unable to convert more of those opportunities into goalsโan area weโll be looking to sharpen moving forward. Nonetheless, a solid win and another step forward for the team.
Congratulations to Miley Burger and Antonio Adams on receiving first team caps this weekend .
Other Results vs Priory:
Second Team won 3โ0
U16A won 9โ0
U14 won 5โ1
U16B drew 0โ0
Overall, a successful weekend for Union Hockey across all teams!
Friday, 16 May vs Framesby High School
We took on Framesby in what turned out to be a competitive fixture. Despite going 1โ0 down early in the match, the girls showed composure and stuck to our structure. A moment of brilliance from Nadine Murray brought us levelโshe picked up the ball just outside the halfway line, eliminated four defenders and finished confidently to equalise. From there, we settled into our structure, moved the ball well, and took control of the game. Our attacking intent and team cohesion saw us pull away to a commanding 5โ2 victory.
Other Results vs Framesby:
Second Team won 3โ0
U16A lost 0โ4
U16B lost 1โ4
U14 drew 0โ0
Union High Schoolโs ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฒ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐โ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐โ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ players took to the courts against their Kingswood Junior School, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape counterparts this afternoon.
With key players Dante Mills and Madison Tam unfortunately sidelined due to injury, Gemma Murray and Keith Hudson stepped in and rose to the occasion – their beautiful tennis was a joy to watch!
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, securing a well-deserved 47 – 18 victory. The boys fought hard in a tightly contested match, narrowly losing 35 – 31.
๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, much of which can be credited to the dedicated coaching and mentorship of coaches Tiaan and Lente Mostert from Born To Play Tennis Academy.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต.
Perhaps the most heartening moment of the day came after the official matches were over – when the learners, still full of energy and excitement, chose to keep playing among themselves. The joy of the game, the laughter and the camaraderie on the courts spoke volumes about the thriving tennis spirit at Union.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
Our junior rugby boys enjoyed a spirited outing to Kingswood Junior School on Saturday, 17 May.
The ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ side delivered an impressive performance, claiming a 34-5 victory, while the ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ team followed with a strong 38-12 win.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ, who showcased outstanding teamwork to secure a commanding 50-7 triumph.
๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ.