Learners Acknowledged For Cricket Achievements

Learners were acknowledged at this morningโ€™s Assembly for achievements in cricket.

Josh took ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ for 19 runs in 8 overs in a match against Frans Conradie while representing the u/13A team, he then claimed another ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ in a match against Laer Volkskool.

๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง to junior cricketer Sintayo Kaitro who claimed ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ for 30 runs in 7 overs in a recent encounter against Herbert Herd

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Grade 5 learner Grant Murray, who was acknowledged this morning for a recent achievement in cricket.

Grant took ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ for 11 runs in 4 overs in a match against Frans Conradie while representing the u/11A team.

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to u/11A cricketer Uthmaan Steele on his ๐—›๐—”๐—ง-๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž in a recent cricket encounter against Laer Volkskool!

Junior Crickets vs Gill Primary

In a fun showdown earlier this afternoon, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted Gill Primary School for a set of junior cricket matches.

First up, it was Union’s u/11B side taking on Gill’s u/11A side. Gill won the toss and decided to bat. They made 8 runs and with the 21 wides conceded, Gill’s innings came to an end at 29 runs in 14 overs. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป emerged as Union’s standout bowler, consistently troubling the Gill batsmen.

In the second innings, Union came out with great confidence. They chased down the target of 30 runs in just 6 overs, securing a well-deserved victory.

Next up, it was Union’s u/13B side facing off against Gill’s u/13A side. Union won the toss and elected to bat. However, they faced some tough competition from Gill’s bowlers and were eventually bowled out for 44 runs in the 16th over. ๐—ž๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ contributed 10 runs, while ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ added 9 runs to Union’s total.

Gill surpassed Union’s score in the 11th over, but not without some resistance from Union’s bowlers. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ค๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ was the star performer, taking 3 wickets for 17 runs, followed by ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป who claimed 2 wickets for 14 runs. Despite their efforts, Gill emerged victorious, winning the match by 5 wickets.

Junior Tennis vs LVS

Earlier this afternoon, the Top 6 junior boys and girls of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet and Laer Volkskool converged for an exciting afternoon of tennis.

In a very close finish, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ก๐™จ’ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ with a score of 5-4 against their Volkskool counterparts.

On the boys’ side, despite a valiant effort, the ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ with a score of 7-2 against Volkskool.

๐—” ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น for making this afternoon fixture an enjoyable and competitive experience for all involved.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ.

Congratulations to all the players for their dedication and skill on the tennis court today.

Junior Cricket vs Handklip

This past Saturday, 24 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior cricketers travelled to Komani to compete against Laerskool Hangklip Primary.

In the ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ’๐˜€ match, Union won the toss and decided to bat first.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 144.

Hangklip, despite losing an early wicket, managed to build a strong partnership that kept them in the game. Union’s bowlers, however, showcased patience and discipline, ultimately restricting Hangklip to 132 runs in their allotted 35 overs.

๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› 12 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ.

In the ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ’๐˜€ match, Union won the toss and opted to bat first.

Initially, Union seemed to be in a strong position at 109-4. However, a sudden collapse saw them lose 6 wickets for just 8 runs, resulting in a total score of 117 before being bowled out.

Hangklip’s batting innings began with a fantastic start, reaching 45 runs without any loss. ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

Union continued to chip away at Hangklip’s wickets at regular intervals, leading to a nail-biting finish. ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ž๐™ง๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ค ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™š 3 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ.

Joubert Vorster showcased his exceptional form by claiming 4 wickets for 16 runs, while Aidan Ferreira contributed significantly with 5 wickets for 29 runs.

Senior Tennis vs Middelburg

On Monday, 26 February, our Top 6 boys’ and girls’ tennis players traveled to Middelburg for an afternoon fixture against Hoรซrskool Middelburg.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต-๐Ÿฑ.

In the girls’ singles matches, Union dominated, winning 5 out of 6 matches. The girls’ doubles matches also went in favour of Union, with a clean sweep of 3-0.

In the boys’ singles matches, Union secured 4 victories out of 6. The boys’ doubles matches were closely contested, with Union winning 2 out of 3 matches.

Lastly, in the mixed doubles matches, Union continued their winning streak, securing a convincing victory of 5-1.

We would like to extend our congratulations to all the players for their efforts on the courts this afternoon.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ 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˜๐˜ฐรซ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

Once again, congratulations to all the players and thank you to Hoรซrskool Middelburg for a fantastic fixture.

Drieรซ Druk Aand

On Friday, 23 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s rugby boys participated in Hoรซr Volkskoolโ€™s 2024 ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆรซ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ – a pre-season tournament that allows rugby teams the opportunity to effectively finalise their pre-season preparations in a competitive yet relaxed and accommodating environment.

While some of our players had to sit this one out due to cricketing commitments, the rest of the boys who have been putting in the hard yards with their pre-season training, valued the opportunity to take the field again.

We extend our ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ to Volkskool for inviting us to participate and giving our boys the opportunity to play. It was an enjoyable afternoon for all involved

Karoo Gala

A total of 80 swimmers represented the Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet and Union High School, Graaff-Reinet at the annual ๐—ž๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข ๐—š๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—” held at Hoรซr Volkskool on Wednesday, 21 February.

In addition to Union’s spirited participants, teams from Gill, Cradock, Volkskool, Marlow and a group of dedicated home-schoolers showcased their skills in the pool.

The high standard of swimming at this event continues to amaze ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.

As always, competition was fierce in all events – 106 in total – but Unionโ€™s swimmers never gave in, giving their best in all their races.

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

In the primary school category, Laer Volkskool secured victory with 408 points, while Union’s Grade 1 to 7 swimmers secured a commendable second place with 346 points. Gill, the Homeschoolers and Cradock Primary School followed closely behind.

Moving to the senior section, Union High School triumphed in the Girls’ section and secured a strong second position in the Boys’ section. Special recognition goes to ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ for his outstanding performance earning him the title of ‘Victor Ludorum’.

Union is ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—— of all our swimmers who committed and gave their time to swim for their school and would like to thank them for their efforts.

You were ๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—ญ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š and we look forward to the announcement of the Karoo team in the next couple of days.

Cricket – 50 Caps for Shaakir!

Congratulations to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XI captain, Shaakir Kazi, for reaching his ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐—ง๐—› ๐—–๐—”๐—ฃ with the first team!

The milestone was marked by Headmaster, Mr William Pringle, as he presented Shaakir with this well-deserved achievement before their match against a visiting Graeme College this afternoon.

Junior Cricket vs Laerskool Hangklip

This past Saturday, 24 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior cricketers travelled to Komani to compete against Laerskool Hangklip Primary.

In the ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ’๐˜€ match, Union won the toss and decided to bat first.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 144.

Hangklip, despite losing an early wicket, managed to build a strong partnership that kept them in the game. Union’s bowlers, however, showcased patience and discipline, ultimately restricting Hangklip to 132 runs in their allotted 35 overs.

๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› 12 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ.

In the ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ’๐˜€ match, Union won the toss and opted to bat first.

Initially, Union seemed to be in a strong position at 109-4. However, a sudden collapse saw them lose 6 wickets for just 8 runs, resulting in a total score of 117 before being bowled out.

Hangklip’s batting innings began with a fantastic start, reaching 45 runs without any loss. ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

Union continued to chip away at Hangklip’s wickets at regular intervals, leading to a nail-biting finish. ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ž๐™ง๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ค ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™š 3 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ.

Joubert Vorster showcased his exceptional form by claiming 4 wickets for 16 runs, while Aidan Ferreira contributed significantly with 5 wickets for 29 runs.

EP Biathlon Championships

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet biathlete ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, who participated in this past Sunday morning’s EP Biathlon Championships in Gqeberha.

๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด’ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ.

Ben claimed a commendable 2nd place in the run within his age group, and placed 3rd in the swim event, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ.

As always, his representation of Union filled him with pride, and he eagerly anticipates the upcoming South African Championships in Bloemfontein in April, where he will compete as an Eastern Cape representative.

A ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป goes out to Ben’s dad, Grant, who not only supported Ben but also excelled in his own category by breaking the EP record and securing a well-deserved gold medal.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต!