Interschools Results – Senior Tennis

Union High Schoolโ€™s senior tennis players enjoyed ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ today, showing skill, determination and true team spirit.

Our 1st and 2nd mixed doubles both claimed impressive 5-1 victories, while the 1st girls and 2nd girls shone with flawless 9-0 wins.

The 2nd boys edged out a nail-biting 5-4 triumph and although the 1st boys went down 2-7, they put up a great fight!

๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ – a proud moment for our players and supporters alike!

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Interschools Results – Quiz & Speakers

The Interschools ๐—–๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š was held tonight โ€“ to our mind, always one of the true highlights of the week.

We extend heartfelt congratulations to Unionโ€™s ๐—ค๐—จ๐—œ๐—ญ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  (Muhammad Ahmed, Tara Ferreira, Josh Arends and Trystan Hulleman) on winning their section, as well as to the excellent senior Volkskool speakers on their triumph.

A special mention also goes to Unionโ€™s ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ (Rachel Wenham & Chante Bezuidenhout) who impressed with their eloquence and secured the win in their category.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ.

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Interschools Results – Junior Tennis

Our ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ took to the courts today for their traditional Interschools matches.

While the boysโ€™ teams fought hard but unfortunately didnโ€™t come away with the win, our girls shone brightly, claiming a well-deserved victory.

A special mention goes to our No. 1, ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€, whose incredible grit and sportsmanship saw her win all her matches – all while playing with a broken arm!

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ

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Interschools Results – Chess

The ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง proved to be a resounding success, with silent excitement filling the Union High School hall as our players faced off against their counterparts from Volkskool.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด.

Unionโ€™s players carried themselves with professionalism and warmth, showing both respect and camaraderie towards their opponents.

๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ came from Grade 9 learner ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, who executed a flawless Scholarโ€™s Mate – checkmating her opponent in under two minutes with just five moves.

The ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ brought both competitive spirit and good humour to their friendly matches, emerging with a strong 9-5 win.

Our ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ fought valiantly, narrowly losing 13-15, with one match stretching to nearly an hour of tense, strategic play.

The ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, despite some nerves, showed true grit in their 11-17 loss against stiff competition, while the Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet team delivered a determined performance to secure an 11-9 victory over Volkskool.

Although Volkskool clinched the overall win with a tight 41-35 score, Unionโ€™s players can be immensely proud of their performance.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ โ€“ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

The beautiful ๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐—š๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ welcoming our Interschools visitors this year, lovingly created by Union mom Katjana Ott, with the wonderful assistance of Karen Koch Scott and Vanessa Copeman.

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Senior Rugby vs York – Results

UHS scores first:
U14: 17-17
U15: 28-19
U16: 36-12
2nd: 31-5

1st XV Match Report:
Union High Schoolโ€™s 1st XV delivered a dominant first-half performance to secure a 34-12 victory over York High School from George in their home fixture on Saturday.

Union came out strong, controlling possession for much of the first quarter, although some handling errors allowed York to briefly regain momentum. The breakthrough came when Makukhanye de Beer crossed the line for the opening try, giving Union a 5-0 lead after an unsuccessful conversion. Issy Ahmed followed up with another well-worked try, extending the lead to 12-0.

Union continued to apply pressure on Yorkโ€™s defence, resulting in two more tries before halftime โ€” Makukhanye de Beer grabbing his second of the match, and Elvandre Meyer adding another. The hosts went into the break with a commanding 24-0 lead.

Facing a strong wind in the second half, Union found conditions more challenging but managed to add to their score through a try by Peter-Daniel Clegg, followed by a superb solo effort from Liam Hornabrook, who broke away from a lineout maul to score.

Despite several promising opportunities, Union struggled to convert pressure into further points due to injuries disrupting the teamโ€™s rhythm. York capitalised and managed to score two tries of their own, but it wasnโ€™t enough to close the gap.

The match ended with Union securing a well-earned 34-12 victory, showcasing strong teamwork, individual brilliance, and a solid first-half performance.

Hockey vs York – Results

Union High School was proud to host a visiting York High School side for an afternoon of exciting hockey action.

Our u/16A team showed great determination but, after a spirited contest, ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ with a 4-1 win. In the 1st team encounter, both sides displayed excellent skill, with York managing to secure a 2-0 victory.

The U/13A team delivered an outstanding performance against York U/14B, securing a dominant 13-0 victory. The girls showcased excellent teamwork, sharp passing, and clinical finishing throughout the match, maintaining pressure from start to finish. A great display of skill and determination from the entire squad.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ-๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด.

Senior Rugby vs Middelburg – Results

Union High School had the privilege of hosting Hoรซrskool Middelburg on our rugby fields today. ๐—” ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ซ๐—ฉ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—” ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, securing a 76-5 win, while a combined u/15A and u/14A team claimed a 42-12 victory. In the main fixture of the day, Unionโ€™s 1st XV rounded off the afternoon with a hard-fought 41-20 win.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ.

Junior Hockey & Rugby vs Cradock – Results

Hockey
A hearty ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ to our u/13 hockey teams on their clean sweep against Cradock Primary today – with our D team winning 2-0, C team 1-0, B team 6-0, and A team 3-1, ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ!

Rugby
U/11A lost 5-31
U/11B lost 0-47
U/13A won 36-29
U/13B lost 5-49
U/13C lost 0-50

Junior Hockey & Rugby vs Gill – Results

Hockey
U/13B won 4-0
U/13A won 1-0
U/13A Hockey Match Report:
The U/13A team dominated the game from start to finish, displaying excellent teamwork and control. Their efforts were rewarded with a well-deserved 1-0 victory.

Rugby
U/11A lost 7-28
U/13B lost 12-32
U/13A lost 24-36
U/13A Rugby Match Report:
It was a game of two halves as Lukhona Bulembu and Liya Magqabi each scored twice to give Union a 24-12 halftime lead. However, playing into the wind, the boys lost focus and eventually went down 24-36.