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!

SA Schools’ Swimming Trials

Three talented swimmers from Union High School, Graaff-Reinet – Ben Lemke, Zoรซ Mills and Gerda Clarke – made their mark at the SA Schools’ Swimming Trials in East London this past Saturday, 17 February.

Representing the Sarah Baartman District Team, these athletes competed against formidable opponents, with two of them clinching well-deserved medals.

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, a standout competitor, impressed in 8 events, achieving great results: 1st place in the 200m Breaststroke and 100m Butterfly, 2nd place in the 200m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke, and 100m Breaststroke, and 3rd place in the 50m Butterfly.

๐—ญ๐—ผรซ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€, competed in 7 events and stood out with a medal-winning performance in the 200m Freestyle.

Additionally, Zoรซ also secured 4th place in both the 50m and 200m Breaststroke events.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต.

U/15 Cricket vs Muir College

๐—จ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง team faced off against Muir College this past Saturday, 17 February.

Despite losing the toss at Muir College, our young team displayed tenacity and determination on the field.

๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› 152 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™˜๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ.

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ถ stood out with a remarkable performance, bowling 10 overs, which included 3 maidens, conceding only 33 runs off 60 balls while picking up an impressive 5 wickets.

Stepping in to bat, Union’s u/15s put up a spirited effort to chase down Muir College’s score.

With focused determination and skillful play, our team secured a well-deserved victory with 7 wickets in hand.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ/15๐˜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˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ!

Junior Cricket Results vs Saint Andrew’s & Frans Conradie

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s young cricket talents made their school very proud this weekend in matches against Saint Andrew’s School, Bloemfontein and Laerskool Frans Conradie.

In the u/11A team’s match against St Andrew’s, Union opted to bat first but faced a disciplined bowling attack, managing to score only 65 runs. ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™€๐™™๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ 20 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฌ ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™จ๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ 14 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ. St Andrew’s successfully chased down the target in 11.3 overs, securing a 7-wicket victory.

Moving on to the u/13A clash with St Andrew’s, Union showcased resilience in both bowling and batting. Restricting their opponents to 90 for 3, Union’s bowlers maintained control. Despite a shaky start in the chase, ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™…๐™ค๐™จ๐™ ๐™†๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™…๐™ค๐™ช๐™—๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™‘๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ on the second last ball, highlighting their ability to perform under pressure.

In the u/11A team’s encounter with Frans Conradie, Union’s early wobbles were steadied by a brilliant partnership between Matthew Bosch and Edwin Holmes, setting a target of 136. The bowlers then dominated, with Grant Murray’s 5 for 11 helping to dismiss Frans Conradie for just 31 runs, sealing ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ-๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป.

Lastly, in the u/13A’s fixture against Frans Conradie, Union’s batsmen shone with Jordan Maritz scoring 59 runs and Joubert Vorster adding 54 runs to reach a formidable total of 251 for 9. The bowlers continued the dominance, bowling out Frans Conradie for 75 runs with Josh Kingwill leading the attack with figures of 5 for 19.

๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ถ/13๐˜ˆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 3 ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 3 ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ 3 ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ (๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ), ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ’๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด.

Beyers Naudรฉ High School Athletics Meet

Saturday, 10 February, saw several Union High School, Graaff-Reinet athletes showcasing their skills across various disciplines at the Beyers Naudรฉ High School Athletics Meet held at Hoรซr Volkskool, with their stellar performances earning several of them the opportunity to represent the Dr Beyers Naudรฉ Municipality at the upcoming Sarah Baartman Athletics Meet in Gqeberha, planned for Wednesday, 21 February.

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to:

โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด, who secured an impressive 3rd place in the Boys u/16 Shotput category, while ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€, sprinted his way to a 2nd place finish in the Boys u/16 100m race.

โ€ข In the field events, ๐—ž๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™s prowess in the Girls u/14 Discus event earned her a well-deserved 2nd place. ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—น, a force to be reckoned with in the Boys u/19 Shotput, claimed the 2nd place spot, while ๐—ซ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ showcased his impressive jumping abilities, securing 2nd place in the Boys u/17 Long Jump.

โ€ข ๐——๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ, a versatile athlete, showcased his skills in both the Boys u/19 High Jump and Long Jump events. With a 3rd place finish in High Jump and a 2nd place finish in Long Jump, Kivedo left his mark as a true competitor to watch.

โ€ข The Girls u/19 category saw outstanding performances from ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ต-๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด, who claimed 1st place in Discus and 3rd place in Shotput. ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ dominated the Girls u/16 Shotput event, securing a well-deserved 1st place finish. ๐—ž๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด showed good technique in the Boys u/17 Shotput, earning him 1st place in his category.

โ€ข ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, a rising star in the Girls 16 division, secured 1st place in Girls u/16 High Jump and a 2nd place in Long Jump, while ๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‡๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป claimed 2nd place in the Girls u/19 Shotput and 1st place in Javelin.

As a result of their outstanding performances, ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (Girls u/17 High Jump), ๐—ž๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด (Boys u/17 Shotput), ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—น (Boys u/19 Shotput) and ๐——๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ (Boys u/19 Long Jump) have been selected to progress to the next round.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด’ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต.