๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Sade May, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg and Ngomusa Zweni on being selected for the 2023 EP u/18B hockey side. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด!๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Chavenne Lamont, Leigh-Ann Murray and Leshay Fourie on being selected for the 2023 EP u/16B hockey side. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด!
We are incredibly excited to be able to congratulate Grade 7 learners ๐ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฎ and ๐ข๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ท๐ถ๐ฒ๐ on being selected for the Eastern Province u/13A hockey team!
We also extend a word of congratulations to Antonia Adams on making the EP u/13B side!
Congratulations to all the teams on excellent results: the u/11A side won their match 4-0, the u/13B side won 1-0 and the u/13A side claimed a 3-0 victory!
It’s always a pleasure hosting Woodridge College & Preparatory School for the annual derby day between the two schools.
HOCKEY RESULTS
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s hockey teams were met with fierce opposition this morning (Saturday, 20 May) when they faced off against Woodridge College & Preparatory School at home.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to our 1st XI on winning their match 2-1, a great achievement, girls!
More Results: u/14A team lost 0-4 u/16B team lost 0-1 u/16A team lost 0-6 2nd team lost 0-2.
RUGBY RESULTS
The last match of the day, that of the two ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ซ๐ฉ๐, saw the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet team get off to a flying start, converting a penalty within the first five minutes of the game.
The next penalty came through a break by Camran Swartz – although Union was unable to score, they were soon awarded another penalty, which was converted by Hlaki Skepe, taking the score to 6 – 0 in Union’s favour.
A great line-out maul once again led to a penalty, taking the score to 9-0 in Union’s favour. At that time, Union seemed to have control of the game and their confidence was high. Woodridge, however, managed to get themselves back in the game by scoring a try and successfully converting it, but through a massive break by Jude Langmead, Union once again extended their lead with a try, to have the points tally standing at 16-7 in Union’s favour at half time.
Union once again dominated the game at the start of the second half. The Union team converted another penalty, taking their lead to 19-7. Although it looked like Union had the game in the bag at that time, Woodridge stepped up to decrease Union’s lead with a try from their side.
Hlaki Skepe then converted another penalty for Union, but due to poor defense from the Union side, Woodridge slipped in another try, resulting in Union losing the match 22 points to Woodridge’s 26.
We can’t let this day slip by without acknowledging our ๐จ/๐ญ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐ ’s superb 40-12 victory against Woodridge College this past Saturday, 20 May.
We’d like to extend a ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐จ๐ง to our u/15A rugby team and their coach on their two latest victories.
This team has been on the winning path since starting their high school rugby careers together in the u/14A side. They look to be continuing this winning streak this year and have recently enjoyed another two solid victories.
The team beat ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น on Saturday, 13 May, 7 – 3, and then claimed a 34 – 14 victory against ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ this past Saturday, 20 May.
We’d like to conclude the reports about the weekend by congratulating the ๐ฎ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ฉ on their 15 – 11 win against their visiting counterparts.
Representing your school is always a major honour, but reaching the incredible milestone of 50 first team caps is something that does not come around too often.
Two members of the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st hockey team received the incredible honour of taking to the field in their 50th match for their school!
Prior to their encounter against Woodridge College on Saturday, 20 May, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ and captain ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป were presented with their official 50 cap certificate as well as a small gift on behalf of the team in which they have so valiantly served over the past 3 years.
Leah and Brigette have been true ambassadors of the 1st XI and we could not be prouder of them.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to our 1st hockey and rugby teams on their respective victories against Bloemfontein’s Hoรซrskool Jim Fouchรฉ on Saturday, 6 May.
Hockey Results: 1st team: 1- 0 2nd team: 2 – 3 U/16A: 1 – 0 U/16B: match abandoned due to inclement weather U/14A: 0 – 2
Rugby Results: 1st XV: 24 – 15 2nd team: U/16A: 3 – 38 U/15A: 0 – 24 U/14A: match abandoned due to inclement weather
This past Friday and Saturday, 21 and 22 April, saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 9 learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ participate in the annual Willowmore Endurance Ride, during which he rode a total of 160km over the course of the two days!
The event saw Tristan complete his horse Madeevaโs first 80km Novice Ride in the required speed, bringing her closer to competition level.
He also completed his horse Sniperโs 5th 80km race on a technical course in a time of 4 hours and 28 minutes (17.9km/h) – Springbok qualifying time โ coming in 4th among the Juniors.
This past weekendโs competition also served as excellent preparation for the annual ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด (๐ฆ๐๐๐), where SA will compete against Namibia, to be hosted from 22 to 26 May at Louvain, near George. This is also an inter-provincial competition where the various provinces will be competing against each other over the 120km race.
Tristan has been selected to represent the Junior Eastern Cape Endurance Riding Team while competing in the 120km Endurance Race. ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐, Tristan!
What an exciting morning of ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ for our junior teams against Lorraine Primary today, Saturday, 22 April.
All teams played brilliantly – thank you to the families and friends for the ever-present support!
It is always an exciting opportunity to watch the emerging talents of our younger players and a joy to follow their sporting journey at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet.
The u/11As beat Lorraine’s u/13C team 4 – 0, Union’s u/13Bs won 1-0 and the u/13As won 6-0.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior hockey teams’ results in their respective encounters against Cradock High School today, Saturday, 22 April, definitely put smiles on their coachesโ and supporters’ faces! The results were as follows: U/14As won 3-0 U/16As won 4-1 2nd XI won 6-0 1st XI won 4-1.
Union hosted Cradock High School today (Saturday, 22 April) for their annual rugby showdown.
It turned out to be ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ who turned up to watch the encounter, as the rugby teams managed to record several successes:
u/14As won 22 – 5 u/15As won 34-0 u/16As lost 11-12 2nd XV won 18-12 1st XV lost 13- 38.
Seen here is Union’s u/15A team following their convincing win
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet looks forward to welcoming Cradock High School as well as Lorraine Primary on Saturday, 22 April, for a set of ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ and ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ matches.
All games played on the Puttick Field and the Union High School AstroTurf will be livestreamed (๐ช๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด) via our YouTube channel. ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐: https://www.youtube.com/@theunionschools
All games played on the Puttick Field and the Union High School AstroTurf will be livestreamed (๐ช๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด) via our YouTube channel. ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐: