๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐
Union High Schoolโs annual Junior Interhouse Athletics Day was held on Thursday morning, 27 January.
Despite the sweltering heat, our young athletes were determined and enthusiastic, delivering some outstanding results on the day.
A total of six ๐ก๐๐ช ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฆ were set by our junior athletes:
โข Mia Botha broke the u/12 100m as well as u/12 1200m records;
โข Cu-Shan Hofman set a new record in the u/12 150m event;
โข Nadine Murray gave an impressive performance in the u/12 Long Jump to set a new record;
โข Dvallene Fas broke the u/11 Shot Put record;
โข Keanu Linch claimed the record in the u/13 100m as well as u/13 200m events; and
โข Owen Paxton set a new record in the u/12 Long Jump event.
The ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ of the day were:
โข u/13 Victor Ludorum โ Keanu Linch
โข u/13 Victrix Ludorum โ Imivuyo Nondlazi
โข u/12 Victor Ludorum โ Owen Paxton
โข u/12 Victrix Ludorum โ Mia Botha
โข u/11 Victor Ludorum โ Jordan Maritz
โข u/11 Victrix Ludorum โ Miley Burger
Our u/13 athletes also ran the 400m track event for the first time ever, with Kuhle Nqumashe coming in first among the girls and Keanu Linch among the boys.
At the end of the day, Arnott won the day with 522 points, a mere three points more than Daly’s total tally of 519.
The Junior Department extends its ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ to all the parents who volunteered to help on the day. It is simply not possible to host an event such as this without their help.
There was also a large number of Grade 7 learners assisting at the various events on the day, their contribution to the success of the day has not gone unnoticed.
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We’d like to give a special ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐จ๐ง to Union cricketer Skaakir Kaziย who took 6/56 in 21 overs during Unionโs declaration match against Edgemead High School.
Congratulations to Union cricketers, Sisipho Arnols, Hlaki Skepe and Shaakir Kazi on being selected for the 2021 EP Rural Inlands u/17 Team.
During October, Thokozani Mpanza, a Grade 9 learner at Union High School, captained the Sarah Baartman Districtโs u/15 rugby team during a 
Junior tennis players Misha Newton, Mia Botha, Leigh-Anne Murray and Anna Stocks participated in the 2021 Jocelynn Marais Tennis Tournament held this past weekend, 29 and 30 October, in Graaff-Reinet.
