Congratulations to the following players on their selection to the U/17 Karoo Team!
These players will represent Karoo in the upcoming match against Winterberg on Thursday, as part of the Midland Team. The team will go on to compete against Kouga and Albany on 31 October and 1 November 2025.
Venue: Union High School
Selected Players:
Our learners participated in Hoรซr Volkskoolโs very first ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ ๐รถ๐ฟ๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ today – and what a fun-filled afternoon it was!
The day saw athletes from Union, Volkskool, Asherville, Gill and Spandau give it their all in a variety of relay races, from the fast-paced 4x100m to the challenging 4x400m events.
While we might not have taken the overall win – with Volkskool finishing first on 73 points and Union close behind on 65 points – we certainly made our presence known, filling the lanes with Union spirit and determination!
๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ our mixed u/16 & u/18 boysโ team who stormed to victory in both the 4x100m and 4x400m relays, delivering truly spectacular performances!
Even our staff members joined in on the fun, taking part in one of the events and adding plenty of laughter to the day.
A huge ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to every Union athlete who participated! ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐรซ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต – ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณโ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ด!
We are incredibly proud of our young u/13A cricketers who were recently ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ.
โข ๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ received the match ball after an exceptional bowling performance, taking 6 wickets for just 11 runs, including a hat-trick against Graeme College!
โข ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น impressed with the bat, scoring a phenomenal 112 runs off 84 balls against Elkanah House.
โข ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป showed great determination and skill with an unbeaten 55 not out against Graeme College.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ!
Union High School recently participated in a two-day cricket fixture against St Andrewโs High School, with both the U15 and 1st XI teams in action. The matches were played in good spirit, offering both teams valuable experience
U15 MATCH REPORT
Union High Schoolโs U15 team bowled first, with St Andrewโs posting a commanding total of 352 runs in their first innings. Despite the pressure, Khewzi delivered an outstanding bowling performance, finishing with figures of:
Well done, Khewzi, on an exceptional display of bowling skill and perseverance.
Union Highโs batting line-up struggled against a disciplined St Andrewโs bowling attack, being bowled out for 22 runs in the first innings and 47 runs in the second. St Andrewโs U15 team secured victory by an innings and 283 runs.
1st XI MATCH REPORT
Union High Schoolโs 1st XI captain, Yaaseen Kazi, won the toss and elected to bat first. The team posted a total of 134 all out, with Leander Kraai top-scoring with a well-played 44 runs.
In response, St Andrewโs were bowled out for 79 runs, thanks to a disciplined bowling effort. The best bowling performance came with figures of 4 wickets for 28 runs Yaaseen Kazi.
In the second innings, Union High batted positively, reaching a lead of 255 runs before declaring. Captain Yaaseen Kazi led from the front with a fine innings of 90 runs, narrowly missing out on a well-deserved century. He also contributed with the ball, picking up 2 wickets.
The match concluded as a winning draw in Union High Schoolโs favour, thanks to an excellent all-round performance by the 1st XI.
Summary of Highlights:
Well done to all players for their commitment and sportsmanship throughout the fixture. Special congratulations to Khewzi and Yaaseen Kazi for their standout performances.
Union High School won the toss and elected to bat first in what promised to be a competitive T20 fixture against Marlow. Union posted a total of 125 runs in their allotted 20 overs, with top-order batsman Yaaseen Kazi leading the charge, scoring a well-constructed 44 runs off 31 deliveries. He was well-supported by Sibabalwe, who contributed 17 runs off 16 balls in a crucial middle-order partnership.
Marlowโs bowlers maintained pressure throughout the innings, restricting Union to a modest total on a decent batting surface.
In response, Marlow faced early pressure, losing quick wickets within the first three overs. However, a composed middle-order partnership steadied their innings, allowing them to rebuild and chase down the target. Marlow eventually secured victory by 5 wickets, showing depth and resilience in their batting lineup.
Despite the result, Unionโs standout performer was once again Yaaseen Kazi, who not only impressed with the bat but also delivered an exceptional spell with the ball, finishing with figures of 4 overs, 1 wicket for just 12 runs. His disciplined bowling earned him recognition as Unionโs Best Bowler of the match.
The 2025 Cape Schools Festival started on Saturday, 4 October and concluded on Tuesday, 7 October, with 12 schools from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Free State attending.
The first two days were played under a one-day, two innings format, in which 120 overs were played over the whole day.ย Days three and four were standard 50-over fixtures.
Selborne won the toss in a declaration match and elected to bat first, posting a commanding 350 runs.
Standout Performances:
Excellent efforts from both players in a challenging encounter.
As the boys took to the field for their first ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐’ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ, we celebrated Trystanโs ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ for Union High Schoolโs 1st XI – a well-deserved achievement and a moment to cherish.
Union won the toss and batted first, scoring 298 all out. Unfortunately, six dropped catches in the field proved costly.
Bowling Highlights:
Union batted first, scoring 110 runs. Wynberg responded with aggressive intent, chasing the target in just 10.4 overs with 9 wickets in hand. A tough result, but a valuable learning experience for the team.
St Andrewโs won the toss and batted first, scoring 315 runs.
Union, in reply, were bowled out for 138, resulting in a 177-run loss.
Trystan Hulleman was the top wicket-taker for Union High School during the Cape Schools Festival โ a remarkable achievement. Congratulations, Trystan!
Union High School Grade 6 learner ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ proudly represented the Eastern Cape Elephants at the Synergy Tennis Tournament held in Cradock this past weekend.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด.
Taylor and her team finished as runners-up in their age group, narrowly missing out on the top spot to the EC Aloes after impressive wins over both the Northern Cape and Free State teams.
๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ played over the two days – a truly outstanding achievement!
Union High School’s U/13A cricketers enjoyed an unforgettable tour to Knysna this past weekend – ๐ข ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต.
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
In a ๐น๐ผ๐-๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ, Union suffered a narrow ๐ฎ-๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ to Kenridge. The Cape side posted 69/8 in their 30 overs, with ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ผ (๐ฎ/๐ญ๐ฐ) and ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ (๐ฎ/๐ญ๐ฐ) keeping things tight. In reply, ๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ top-scored with 24, but Union were bowled out for 67 – ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ.
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
Union bounced back brilliantly to claim a ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฒ-๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป over Welgemoed. ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ (๐ฒ๐ญ) and ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ (๐ฏ๐ฑ)* powered Union to 189 before the bowlers took charge. ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ (๐ฐ/๐ญ๐ฑ) and ๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ (๐ฐ/๐ญ๐ด) tore through the opposition to bowl them out for 93 – ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
Union continued their fine form with a ๐ต๐ต-๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ over Elkanah House. A ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ from ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น (๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐) set up the total of 189. In reply, Elkanah were dismissed for 90, with ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ (๐ฏ/๐ญ๐ฏ) and ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ผ (๐ฎ/๐ญ๐ณ) leading the bowling attack. 
๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
The final game against De Hoop went right down to the wire. Union posted 101, with ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ anchoring the innings on ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐๐. Despite great effort from ๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ (๐ฎ/๐ฎ๐ฌ), De Hoop reached the target off the second last ball, clinching a tense ๐ฎ-๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด!
Three of our talented young rugby players – ๐๐บ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ, ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ต๐๐น๐ฎ ๐ก๐ธ๐ผ๐บ๐ผ and ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฎ – proudly represented the ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ at this yearโs U15 Iqhawe Week, held at Langenhoven Gimnasium in Oudtshoorn from 3 to 8 October.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, securing victories against SWD (19 – 0), Griffons (39 – 7) and Griquas (27 – 7).
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด – ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ!
Congratulations to Union High School Grade 7 learner, ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ, on a fantastic performance at the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ, held in Oudtshoorn from 9 to 12 October.
Competing against some very strong swimmers, Angelique showed incredible determination throughout the tough, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป-๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Her hard work paid off as she managed to achieve a personal best (PB) and delivered excellent results overall. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ, ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ!