Junior Hockey vs Sunridge Primary – Results

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior hockey teams’ matches against a visiting Sunridge Primary School today, delivered a mix of outcomes.

In the match between Union’s u/13D side and Sunridge’s u/11A team, the Union team faced a tough challenge and unfortunately lost with a final score of 0 – 4. ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™™ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™œ๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™›๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™š.

Union’s u/13C team drew 0 – 0 in a hard-fought match against their opponents.

The u/13B team engaged in a closely contested match, ending in a 1 – 1 draw. Both teams put up a strong fight, resulting in a well-deserved shared outcome.

Similarly, the u/13A team played a competitive match, ending in a goalless draw with a final score of 0 – 0.

๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

Senior Hockey vs Westering – Results

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior sports teams enjoyed a successful day in their respective sporting codes today.

The ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ girls travelled to Gqeberha to compete against Westering High School, recording the following results:

U/14A won 5 – 2
U/16A drew 0 – 0
2nd team won 8 – 0
1st team won 2 – 1

๐˜ˆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜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˜ฆ๐˜ด – ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด.

Senior Rugby vs Spandau – Results

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior sports teams enjoyed a successful day in their respective sporting codes today.

Our ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—š๐—•๐—ฌ teams faced off at home against Spandau Secondary School, achieving the following results:

U/14A won 10 – 5
U/15A won 36 – 7
U/16A won 26 – 19
2nd XV won 5 – 0
1st XV won 20 – 15: Union got off to a very good startย  leading the game by 10 – 0 in the first 15 minutes of the game. Spandau managed to quickly catch up and leveled the score, going into half time. Union managed to score again taking the score to 15 – 10 but Spandau put us under pressure and then managed to score once again, scores stay level until Union managed to score a try right at the end, winning the game by 20 – 15.

๐˜ˆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜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˜ฆ๐˜ด – ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด.

U/13 Rugby – DHS Festival Results

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/13A rugby team enjoyed an eventful tour to Durban to attend the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐——๐—›๐—ฆ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น.

They faced a tough loss against Penzance on Day 1 of the festival (Monday, 18 March), but quickly turned things around the next day by defeating Glenwood Preparatory’s u/13B side 17-10. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต.

The team experienced a setback in the afternoon game, losing 5-7 to Kokstad Junior.

In their last game against Clifton on Wednesday, the boys put up a valiant effort but unfortunately lost with a score of 24-10.

๐™„๐™ฉ’๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™š.

Throughout the tour, the boys enjoyed various exciting activities, including visits to uShaka Marine World, Gateway Mall and the highlight of the tour, a visit to the Kings Park Rugby Stadium to explore the facilities on a stadium tour.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ 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˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

NMB Bellbuoy Challenge – Well Done, Ben!

This past Saturday, 23 March, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner Ben Lemke participated in the NMB Bellbuoy Challenge in Gqeberha.

๐—”๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ’๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€.

The NMB Bellbuoy Challenge, a 5km Indian Ocean swim event, is renowned as one of the toughest ocean swims in the world. Held in the waters of Algoa Bay off Pollock Beach, this thrilling competition tests the endurance, skill and mental fortitude of its participants.

The swim to the buoy, covering a distance of 2.5km, can be relatively easy on a good day. However, the currents around the buoy can significantly impact the swim back, often doubling the time it takes to return. Moreover, the deep-sea environment adds to the challenge, as swimmers must confront the unknown beneath them, including the presence of thirty-two species of sharks.

๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿด ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต.

Ben’s performance was truly exceptional, as he secured an impressive 13th place overall, completing the challenge in an incredible time of 1 hour, 23 minutes and 38 seconds.

Ben was supported by his father, ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜, who also participated in the race and achieved a commendable 50th place overall, finishing in a time of 1 hour, 42 minutes, and 55 seconds.

Additionally, ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜, a fellow Graaff-Reinetter, showcased her determination by completing the challenge in a time of 2 hours, 38 minutes and 8 seconds.

๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜”๐˜‰ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด. ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ-๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.

U/16 Hockey Festival – Pearson

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/16A hockey team recently had the opportunity to participate in Pearson High School’s annual ๐—จ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ in Gqeberha.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ.

The team kicked off the festival with some tough competition, facing off against Collegiate and DSG. Although they put up a valiant effort, they unfortunately fell short in both encounters. Undeterred, they returned the next morning to take on Woodridge, but luck was not on their side as they suffered another loss.

The team’s fortunes, however, began to change as they faced Brandwag in a thrilling match that ended in a goalless draw. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต-๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ.

Determined to turn things around, the team showed great resilience and determination in their subsequent matches. Despite battling through the pouring rain, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™‰๐™ž๐™˜๐™ค ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™จ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™  ๐™‚๐™ž๐™ง๐™ก๐™จ, with a scoreline of 2-0 in each match.

Overall, the team’s performance at the Pearson festival showcased their perseverance and ability to adapt to different playing conditions. ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง-๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š-๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š.

Sneeuberg Crawl – Well Done, Jenelle & Shana

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learners, sisters Jenelle and Shana Theron, as well as little Reece Gibbons, who participated and did exceptionally well at the recent ๐—ฆ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—น ๐— ๐—ง๐—• ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

The 25km Girls’ category, saw Jenelle, a Grade 11 learner, emerging as the frontrunner, securing the 1st place position. Not far behind was Shana, a Grade 5 learner, who claimed 2nd place. Reece Gibbons, also a Grade 5 learner, secured the 3rd place spot.

In addition to winning the Girls’ category, Jenelle also secured the 1st place overall among all the competing women, while Shana and Reece claimed the 1st and 2nd spot, respectively, in the u/12 age group.

๐™’๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š, ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ก๐™จ!

U/13A Hockey – ECHS Tournament Results

The Union High School, Graaff-Reinet u/13A hockey team returned from Bloemfontein today, after participating in the ๐—˜๐—–๐—›๐—ฆ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ over the past four days.

On ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ, the girls got off to a great start by defeating Paarl’s Panorama Primary School u/13B side with a score of 6-0.

๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ brought an exciting match against Laer Volkskool, resulting in a 1-1 draw.

Union then faced off against ECHS Marco and secured a victory with a 1-0 score.

Unfortunately, the girls had a challenging game against ECHS Recta and lost by a margin of 5-0.

On ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ, the team faced another tough opponent, Paarl Gimnasium, and suffered a narrow defeat of 1-0. They followed this with a 0-0 draw against Panorama Primary School’s u/13A side.

In their final match of the tournament on ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฐ, Union faced off against Panorama Primary School’s u/13A side – once again – for the 3rd and 4th place.

๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต 1-0, ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ 4๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ.

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to goalie Abonani Matushe, who was announced as the ‘๐™ช/13 ๐™‚๐™ค๐™–๐™ก๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ’ during Sunday evening’s prizegiving ceremony.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ถ/19๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ’๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ’๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ง.

1st Senior Hockey – ECHS Tournament Results

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st hockey team who emerged as the champions of the highly-anticipated ECHS hockey tournament held in Bloemfontein this past Easter weekend.

๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 12 ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

During the ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€, they faced off against Hoรซrskool Heidelberg and secured an impressive 4-1 win. Although they suffered a setback with a 0-3 loss to ECHS Invitational, they showcased their resilience by holding Randburg High School to a dynamic 0-0 draw.

Moving into the ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†-๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, the Union team faced formidable opponents. Despite a challenging match against Hoรซrskool Hugenote resulting in a 0-2 loss, they rebounded with a 1-0 victory over Hoรซrskool Upington. The team continued their winning streak, defeating Potchefstroom Gimnasium 1-0 and holding the ECHS Invitational team to a gripping 0-0 draw. Their journey to the finals was sealed with a hard-fought 1-0 triumph over Hoรซrskool Transvalia.

The ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ saw the Union girls face off against Hoรซrskool Hugenote once again. The match ended in a nail-biting 0-0 draw, leaving spectators on the edge of their seats. However, it was the Union side who ultimately emerged victorious during an exhilarating shootout, showcasing their nerves of steel and unwavering determination.

UHS Rugby & Hockey Festival – Rugby Results

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XV on their 24 – 3 victory against Hoรซrskool Dirkie Uys today on Day 1 of Union’s 2024 ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† & ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น!

Our 1st XV wrapped up their festival with a 17-10 victory over Elspark High School from Germiston this afternoon!

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to the boys on their outstanding performance and well-deserved win. ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ!

Well done to Mr Gideon van der Mescht, whose photo of a tackle by Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XV captain, Na’eem Mahomed during a match against Elspark High School, claimed a spot on #jouskolerugby‘s Top 10 action pics of the past weekend