Category: Sport Results

Sport Results

Monday afternoon, 13 February, saw Union’s 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟲 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 players face Volkskool on the tennis court in an enjoyable start to the 2023 season.

All the players put forth their best efforts on the day and certainly did the school proud. 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to the Top 6 girls who won their encounter 8 matches to 1 and to the boys, who won their encounter 6 matches to 3.

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗦 𝘵𝘰 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴𝘬𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵! 𝘈𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶!

𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗧 to our Top 6 senior boys and girls tennis players for showing their support to our juniors today as they took to the courts against Volkskool!

The busy seniors took the time out of their day to make an appearance next to the courts to watch the youngsters play for a bit.

𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴!

Sport Results

Well done to Union biathlete Ben Lemke, who claimed a silver medal in the Boys u/17 age group at the 𝗘𝗣 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 in Gqeberha on Sunday, 12 February.

Ben recorded a 02:17.94 (800m) run time and a swim time of 01:10.30 (100m)

Sport Results

U/13A vs Herbert Hurd

Union’s 𝗨/𝟭𝟯𝗔 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 played a fixture against Herbert Hurd Primary School on Saturday, 11 February in Gqeberha.

Union lost the toss and were sent in to bat.

After losing 3 early wickets, 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻-𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗢𝘄𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗻 enjoyed a 90-run partnership which consolidated the innings.

Union ended up scoring 125 all out.

Herbert Hurd chased down the total with 4 wickets down, therefore securing the victory with 6 wickets to spare.

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘥!

U/11 A vs Herbert Hurd

The 𝗨/𝟭𝟭𝗔 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 travelled to Gqeberha for their first fixture of the year – a 40-over match against Herbert Hurd Primary School.

The hosting school won the toss and sent Union in to bat.

Union lost an early wicket, but 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 managed to keep the innings together. He was unlucky not to get to his half century, ending on a total of 42.

𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡, 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 100 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙.

When Herbert Hurd went in to bat, Union’s bowlers were rewarded for their accuracy, bowling their opponents out for a total of 47 in 17 overs.

Well done to Union’s top-performing bowlers, 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗻 (4 wickets) and 𝗖𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗻 (3 wickets). 𝗥𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 and 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 also claimed one wicket each.

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝟱𝟯 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀.

Sport Results

As a school, Union endeavours to be successful in sport on both a local, provincial and national level.

It is events, however, like yesterday afternoon’s whole-school Interhouse cross-country, which epitomises the true ethos of sport at Union.

𝘿𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚.

All the learners did exceptionally well and thoroughly enjoyed running their various distances (from 3km to 6km, depending on their age group) in beautiful surroundings.

This time around it was Arnott House who won the day, but every learner who took part should be recognised for the effort and willingness to push themselves and improve.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥.

The 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 in each respective age group are as follows:

𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝘂/𝟭𝟭:

1. Joshua Kingwill
2. Robert Finlaison
3. Ryonn Naude

𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝘂/𝟭𝟭:

1. Herman Wolde
2. Emily Raath
3. Kungawo Lisa

𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝘂/𝟭𝟯:

1. Owen Paxton
2. Ethan Raath
3. Jordan Maritz

𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝘂/𝟭𝟯:

1. Mia Botha
2. Nadine Murray
3. Onika Jantjies

𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝘂/𝟭𝟱:

1. Ben Lemke
2. Luvela Makaula
3. Sophephela Vimbi

𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝘂/𝟭𝟱:

1. Misha Newton
2. Rebecca Copeman
3. Zakithi Sishi

𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝘂/𝟭𝟳:

1. Athlangene Nonyongo
2. Joshua Basson
3. Uyinthando Ziswana

𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝘂/𝟭𝟳:

1. Kenza Neill
2. Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
3. Aaminah Steele

𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝘂/𝟭𝟵:

1. Ethan Linch
2. Joshua Horne
3. Jordan Wilmot

𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝘂/𝟭𝟵:

1. Brigette Oelofsen
2. Cadee Arends
3. Kaitlin Kenmuir

Sport Results

Team spirit, grit and kindness – that is what Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Senior Interhouse Athletics Day was all about!

On Wednesday, 25 January, all Grade 8 to 12 Arnott and Daly athletes participated in a very memorable athletics meeting, where a 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 and 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 hallmarked the day.

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 to Arnott House who claimed the victory, with 600 points to Daly’s 501.

(𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘈𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴!)

The following athletes must be commended on their 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦:

𝘂.𝟭𝟱 𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗦:

• Josh Arends came in first in the 200m and 400m and second in the 100m, high jump and long jump.

• Ben Lemke claimed first place in the 3000m, 1500m and 800m, second place in the 400m and fourth place in the 100m event.

𝘂.𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦:

• Misha Newton won the 3000m and 800m races and came in second in the 400m, 1500m and long jump events.

• Anna Bouwer claimed three first places in the 200m, high jump and long jump events, respectively.

𝘂.𝟭𝟳 𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗦:

• Na’eem Mahomed won the 100m, 400m and 3000m events and came in second in the 200m.

• Xavier Barlow took first place in the high jump and long jump, second in the javelin throw and third in the 100m race.

𝘂.𝟭𝟳 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦:

• Sade May claimed three first places in the 100m, 200m and 400m events.

• Kenza Neill took 1st place in the 800m, 3000m and second place in the long jump.

• Joy Merifield came in second in the 200m, 400m, 800m and javelin throw.

𝘂.𝟭𝟵 𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗦:

• Jude Langmead took first place in the 200m, 400m, discus throw and shot put and second place in the 100m, high jump and long jump.

• Ethan Linch reigned supreme in the middle to long distance events, claiming first place in the 800m, 1500m and 3000m events.

𝘂/𝟭𝟵 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦:

• Lana Bouwer came first in the 400m and high jump events and second in the 3000m and long jump events.

• Brigette Oelofsen claimed three first places in the 100m, 1500m and 3000m events, respectively.

The 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦 on the day, were those of:

• Joshua Swartland in the Open Boys 100m event where he crossed the finish line in 11,00 seconds;

• Yonella Wana in the Boys u/15 100m event with a time of 12 seconds and;

• Misha Newton’s time of 13:33,00 in the Girls u/15 3 000m event.

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵!

We also offer our sincere thanks to all parents and members of the Union community who assisted on the day. We appreciate you!

(𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘:: Trophy winners will be announced at the Summer Sports’ Awards Assembly later this year.)

Sport Results

Well done Tristan!

This past weekend saw Grade 9 learner 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 competing in the Equifeed Colesberg Endurance Ride in the Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve, where he managed to claim 1st place in the Young Rider Category’s 80km race with a time of 5 hours and 3 minutes.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯!

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Congratulations to team 𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗬 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 who finally reclaimed the title at this year’s Junior Interhouse Athletics Day after having had to relinquish it to Arnott for the past couple of years

There was some fierce competition and plenty of house spirit displayed, but in the end, it was Daly’s total of 1412 points accumulated by their athletes, that secured them the win over Arnott’s total of 1377.

Despite the sweltering heat, our young athletes were determined and enthusiastic, delivering some outstanding results on the day.

A total of 𝟭𝟭 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦 were set by our Grade 5 to 7 athletes:

• 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗞𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮-𝗞𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘇𝗮 set new records in the Girls u/11 100m, high jump and shot put events;

• 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 bettered the Girls u/11 long jump record;

• 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿 broke the Girls u/12 100m as well as shot put records;

• 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻 set new records in the Girls u/12 long jump and 800m events;

• 𝗠𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗮 broke the Girls u/13 800m record and;

• 𝗢𝘄𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗻 broke the Boys u/13 200m and 800m records.

Four 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 were held during this year’s Interhouse athletics meet for the Grade 5 to 7 learners.

Therefore, the times of those that came first in these races, will be the records to beat in future:

• Girls u/11 800m: Hermon Wolde (4.16.70)

• Boys u/11 800m: Lukhona Bulembu (3.02.97)

• Girls u/12 800m: Samantha Gilfillan (3.33.0)

• Boys u/12 800m: Jordan Maritz (3:15.53)

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 – 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶!

Visit our Facebook page to view photographs of the event.

Sport Results

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to Grade 6 learner Saalman Steele, who was acknowledged this morning for recent achievements in cricket.

Salmaan took 𝟱 𝗪𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 for 43 runs in 8 overs in a match against Lorraine Primary while representing the u/11A team, he then claimed 𝟯 𝗪𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦, for 18 runs, in 4 overs during an u/11A match against Herbert Hurd.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘢𝘯!

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𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗢 the following Union tennis players on their inclusion in the Sarah Baartman District Zone 2 tennis teams:

(𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 3 𝘵𝘰 5 𝘍𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺.)

𝘂.𝟭𝟭 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦:
Amelia King
𝘂.𝟭𝟮 𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗦:
Aidan Ferreira
𝘂.𝟭𝟮 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦:
Samantha Gilfillan
Miley Burger
𝘂.𝟭𝟯 𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗦:
Owen Paxton
John-Henry King
𝘂.𝟭𝟯 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦:
Mia Botha
Cayla Newton
Nadine Murray
𝘂.𝟭𝟱 𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗦:
Sean Musakasa
𝘂.𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦:
Tara Ferreira
Misha Newton
Melissa Naude
Samantha Charles
Jourdon Koeberg
𝘂.𝟭𝟵 𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗦:
Brent Hesselink
Josh Neill
Angus McLaggen
Ndalo Qwalela
𝘂.𝟭𝟵 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦:
Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
Gemma Naude

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