Junior Cricket vs Hangklip – Results

This past Saturday, Union High School’s junior cricketers faced off against a visiting Laerskool Hangklip Primary at home.

In the ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต, Union won the toss and elected to bat first. Unfortunately, the team struggled early on, suffering a quick dismissal for just 48 runs, which included an early run-out. Hangklip seized the opportunity and chased down the target with relative ease, securing victory by 9 wickets.

The ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต saw Union again take the initiative by batting first, managing to post a total of 82 runs. Despite a commendable effort from their bowlers, Hangklip successfully chased the target, finishing with 8 wickets down. Notably, Edwin Holmes and Sintayu Kaitro shone with the ball for Union, each taking 3 wickets. However, in a tightly contested battle, Union ultimately fell short, losing by just 2 wickets.

Interhouse Gala – Results

Summer weather and happy learners made for a perfect ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—š๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—” for Union High School Grade 5 to 12 swimmers on Tuesday evening, 28 January.

The two houses entered into the spirit of the day and gave great support to all the swimmers and, after an evening of extraordinary effort, ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™งโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, with a total of 543 points, compared to Arnott’s 364.

The Interhouse Gala holds a special place in our hearts as it’s always an event thatโ€™s filled with smiles, friendly rivalry and a strong sense of camaraderie among all those participating. Last nightโ€™s event only served to โ€“ once again โ€“ remind us of how fortunate we all are to be a part of such an incredible school community.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.

[ This year marked the third year that our Interhouse gala was held in our newly extended 25m swimming pool, resulting in the breaking of a total of 25 records. ]

๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐—š๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก goes to the following swimmers for their exceptional performances:

๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ: Taylor Jacobs was the standout, securing an impressive six first-place finishes and setting four new records. Catie Davenport and Gemma Murray also deserve commendation for their contributions.

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ: Uziah Willemse shone brightly, clinching three first-place finishes, two second places and one third. Notable performances were also delivered by Michael Maritz and Thomas Krige.

๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ (๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ): Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza dominated this category with five first places, one second place and three new records. Lilly Hunter and Kari Stern also performed admirably.

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ (๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ): Dante Mills excelled with three first places, one second, one third and a new record to his name. Cayden Thompson also had a commendable showing.

๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ (๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ): Miley Burger led the field with five first places and one second. Bella Hawkins, Kayla Norval, Micha Murray and Clea Clarke also made notable contributions.

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ (๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ): Aidan Ferreira and Jordan Maritz both delivered strong performances, with Aidan achieving two first places, a second, a third and a fourth, while Jordan secured two first places, a new record, a second and a third place. Murray Hope also performed well with a first and a second place finish.

๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ: Alyssa Trollip displayed dominance with four first places, four new records and two second places. Zoรซ Mills garnered multiple second places, a couple of firsts as well as a record, while Gerda Clarke consistently placed third.

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ: Mark Lemke showcased his talent with multiple first-place finishes, including a fifth place.

๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป: Misha Newton led this group with five first places and one second. Mecoli Vorster, Rebecca Copeman, Esethu Mabula, Sarah Jacobs and Tara Ferreira also made significant contributions.

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป: Ben Lemke stood out with six first places and five new records, while Daniel Marais consistently kept pace and Peter-Daniel Clegg and Kyle Liebenberg also delivered strong performances.

River Z Mile – Results

We are incredibly proud of the Union High School contingent that participated in this past Sundayโ€™s sea mile in Gqeberha.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ, with swimmers navigating the waters from Kings Beach to Hobie Beach.

๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ!

โ— Among the standout performances, Grade 7 learner ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ shone brightly, participating in the u/16 female half mile. Angelique won her category with an impressive time of 15:37.

โ— Union swim coach ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ also participated in the full Ladies Mile, finishing 20th overall with a time of 30:43.

โ— ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ had a fantastic outing, completing the Ladies Mile in 26:41, which earned her a commendable 13th place overall.

โ— ๐—ญ๐—ผรซ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ also made her mark, finishing in 11th place with a time of 26:28.

โ— In the Menโ€™s Mile, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ swam to a time of 24:25, finishing 18th overall, while Union educators ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฃ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐˜€ completed the race in 37:20 and 35:47, securing 55th and 54th places respectively. ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ also participated, finishing in 35:46 and coming in 53rd overall.

โ— Not to be overlooked, Union mom ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ participated in the Ladies Mile, finishing strong with a time of 25:40, earning her 8th overall position.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ!

Settlers Cup and Quadrangular Tennis Tournament – Results

Early on Sunday morning 19 January, 16 of our senior tennis players departed for Grahamstown where they participated in the Boys Settlers Cup and Girls Quadrangular tennis tournament hosted by Kingswood College.  Our boys and girls played 3 matches against the likes of Graeme College, St Andrews, Victoria Girls High, DSG and of course Kingswood College.  Unionโ€™s team played their hearts out, even though the early morning departure of 4am resulted in some very tired players.  The results were as follows:

Union top 8 boys lose 12-0 against Graeme College, second match lose 12-0 against Kingswood, and unfortunately the third match was also lost 12-0 against St Andrews. The boys enjoyed their matches but unfortunately the competition was quite strong.

Union top 8 girls won their first match 11-1 against Victoria Girls High, their second match against Kingswood resulted in a tie breaker and the victory went to Union.  In their 3rd match, our girls were unable to beat DSG and suffered a 12-0 loss. Nonetheless the Union top 8 girls ended in 3rd place overall.

It was a very long and tiring day for our players, who only arrived back in Graaff-Reinet at 9h30pm on Sunday evening. We are still grateful for the opportunity and exposure provided to our players. Well done to Union!

Junior Interhouse Athletics – Results

On Monday morning, 27 January, the Union Preparatory School and Union High School junior department gathered to compete in the schoolโ€™s annual ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ.

๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต.

Congratulations to team ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง๐—ง ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ who retained the title at this yearโ€™s Junior Interhouse Athletics Day. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, but in the end, it was Arnottโ€™s total of 1300 points accumulated by their athletes, that secured them the win over Dalyโ€™s total of 1226!

๐—” ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€:

โ— ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿณ ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐—บ: Shiloh Phillips sprinted her way to victory with a time of 11.30 seconds.
โ— ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿด ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐—บ: Amy van Rensburg impressed everyone with her speed, finishing in 10.46 seconds.
โ— ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿต ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐—บ: Gabriella Lekas blazed through the track, clocking an impressive 10.13 seconds.
โ— ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿต ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐—บ: Qazo Booi showed incredible talent, completing the race in 9.84 seconds.
โ— ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐—บ: Lukhona Bulembu demonstrated his endurance with a remarkable time of 5:44:37.
โ— ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿต ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐—บ: Lusikelelo Mdlalana achieved a fantastic time of 13.71 seconds.
โ— ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿด ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐—บ: Kainon Swartz stood out with his finish of 13.41 seconds.
โ— ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿต ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐—บ: Gabriella Lekas continued her winning streak with a record of 12.74 seconds.
โ— ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐—บ: Gemma Murray clocked a time of 12.65 seconds.
โ— ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐—บ: Angelique Kyanda Kaboza made her mark in a competitive field, setting a new time of 14,44s.
โ— ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐—บ: Hayley Krige finished strong with a time of 3:09:53.
โ— ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐—บ: Lukhona Bulembu again showcased his prowess with a time of 2:42:19.
โ— ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜: Lisa McEwan threw an impressive 7.31m.
โ— ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ: Leah Abader achieved a height of 1.15m, showcasing her remarkable jumping ability.

The Junior Department extends its grateful ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ 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 learners assisting at the various events on the day, their contribution to the success of the day has not gone unnoticed.

Congratulations once again to all participants and record-breakers! ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต

Founders’ Weekend – Cricket Prize-Giving

Union High School hosted its annual Founders’ Weekend cricket matches today, Saturday, 24 January, featuring the school’s 1st, 2nd and u/15A teams against the Old Boys.

These matches are more than just a showcase of talent on the field; they also serve as ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, both during the games and in the camaraderie that follows.

Following an exciting day of cricket, a prize-giving ceremony was held in the Tony Burrell Union, where several trophies were awarded to outstanding players:

โ€ข Most valuable player of the day – 1st XI: ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ
โ€ข Best Batsman – 1st XI: ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ
โ€ข Best Bowler – 1st XI: ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป
โ€ข Best Schoolboy Performer – 2nd XI: ๐——๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด
โ€ข Best Schoolboy Performer – u/15: ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ
โ€ข The Dave Stern Memorial Award for an up-and-coming cricketer: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€

๐˜”๐˜ณ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ’๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜–๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด’ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜๐˜š 1๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Ÿ๐˜ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

Senior Interhouse Athletics – Results

This past Wednesday morning, 22 January, saw the official start of Union High School’s year-long Interhouse competition, with the much-anticipated ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ.

๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด 8 ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ 12 ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.

The Arnott and Daly athletes showcased their talents in numbers, running, jumping and throwing with an enthusiasm that was contagious.

After a sun-soaked day of competition, they triumphantly seized the win with a final score of 584 to 561, breaking Arnottโ€™s impressive winning streak of more than 10 years!

The following athletes must be commended on their ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐— ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐—ฆ:

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€:
โ€ข ๐—ซ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ (u/19): Dominated the field with 1st place finishes in the 100m, High Jump and Long Jump, along with 2nd in the 200m and 3rd in the 400m.
โ€ข ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ (u/19): Showcased his versatility, clinching 1st in the 400m and 200m, and securing 2nd in both the 100m and High Jump.
โ€ข ๐—ž๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด (u/19): Excelled in the discus and 1500m with 1st place finishes, while also taking 2nd in the Shot Put.
โ€ข ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—น (u/19): Shone in the Shot Put and Javelin, achieving 1st place in both and 3rd in the discus.
โ€ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ถ (u/17): A champion in the 100m, 400m and 200m, with a commendable 2nd in the High Jump and 5th in the Long Jump.
โ€ข ๐—ค๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป (u/17): Took 1st in both the High Jump and Long Jump, while also claiming 3rd in the 1500m and 400m.
โ€ข ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‡ (u/15): Gained recognition with 1st in the Shot Put and 200m, plus 2nd in the 100m and High Jump.
โ€ข Brothers, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป (u/17) and ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ (u/15) ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, claimed 1st places in exactly the same events in their respective age groups – the 800m, 1500m and 3000m).

๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€:
โ€ข ๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‡๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป (u/19): Dominated the Shot Put and Javelin, securing 1st place in both events.
โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ (u/19): Claimed two first places, in the 3000m and 1500m, respectively.
โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ (u/17): Excelled in the Shot Put and Discus, finishing 1st in both, and claimed 3rd in the 200m and 800m.
โ€ข ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ (u/17): Finished strong with 1st in the 100m and 200m and 2nd in the High Jump.
โ€ข ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป (u/17): Showed her endurance and strength, clinching 1st in the 800m, 1500m and Shot Put.
โ€ข ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (u/15): A standout with a 1st place in both the High Jump and Long Jump and 3rd in the 100m.

๐—”๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, as recognised by Athletics South Africa scoring, included Demi Kretzmanโ€™s impressive throw of 7.24m in the u/19 Shot Put. The u/15 100m race was a nail-biter, featuring a photo finish with Ntando Mtshali, Anna-Rose de Wet and Miley Burger clocking times of 14.84s, 14.85s, and 14.86s respectively.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, with Liso Booi finishing the u/17 100m in 11.59 seconds, Jayden Odendaal achieving a distance of 11.20m in the u/19 Shot Put, Josh Arends timing 11.69 seconds in the u/17 100m and Peter-Daniel Clegg reaching a distance of 10.60m in the u/17 Shot Put.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to all the learners who competed fiercely for their respective houses and a heartfelt thank you to the supporters who cheered them on, embodying the true spirit of our school community. Your encouragement and enthusiasm were invaluable!

๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ!

(๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง๐—˜: Trophy winners will be announced at the Summer Sportsโ€™ Awards Assembly later this year.)

Woodridge U/13 T20 Festival – Results

This past weekend, saw our u/13A cricketers deliver an outstanding performance at the ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ง๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น, remaining unbeaten across their three matches.

* ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ธ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ:Union scored 131/5, with Cayden Thompson (32) and Josh Kingwill (26) leading the charge. They restricted Hangklip to 44/8, winning by 87 runs, with Josh taking an incredible 4/4 in 4 overs.

* ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€: Union bowled out St Georgeโ€™s for 33, with Nathaneal Phillips claiming 4 wickets. Union chased the target effortlessly, winning by 10 wickets, with Ryan Collett smashing 22 off 9 balls.

* ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Union posted 157, thanks to Cayden Thompsonโ€™s 40 off 23 balls and Josh Kingwillโ€™s 32. They restricted Westering to 80/7, winning by 77 runs. Sintayu Kaitro (3 wickets for 2 runs) and Nathaneal Phillips (2 wickets) starred with the ball.

๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ 3 ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ!

Annual Senior Cricket Festival – Results

T20 Format

The senior cricket festival began with Union High School playing a warm-up T20 match against Daniel Pienaar on Wednesday, 8th January 2025. Union High won the toss and decided to field first. Daniel Pienaar scored 184 runs. In reply, Union High School tried to chase down the score but fell short, with Daniel Pienaar winning by 116 runs.

50 Over Format

Union High School won the toss and chose to bat first. They were bowled out for 100 runs. Victoria Park High School successfully chased down the target, winning the 50-over game by seven wickets.

Declaration Game

Union High School lost the toss, and DF Malherbe decided to bat first, scoring 82 runs in 28 overs. The standout bowler was Yaaseen Kazi, who took 4 wickets for 30 runs in 11 overs, maintaining an economy of 2.73. Well done, Yaaseen!

Union High School then needed to pass the target and set a new one for DF Malherbe. The team managed to score 176 runs, taking a lead of 94 runs. Richard Murray was the top scorer, contributing 75 runsโ€”well done, Richard!

Union High School then required 5 wickets in two hours for an outright win. They succeeded, with Trystan Hulleman claiming the final wicket on the last ball of the day’s play.

45 Over Format

Union High School won the toss and chose to bat first. The 1st team demonstrated great character while batting against quality bowlers, accumulating 231 runs in 45 overs. The standout performer was Makukhanya De Beer, who scored 57 runsโ€”well deserved!

Richard Murray and Makukhanya De Beer put together a solid 100-run partnership-excellent teamwork.

In the second innings, Union High School put in an all-out effort while fielding. The best bowling figures came from Yaseen Kazi, who bowled 9 overs, with 3 maidens, 15 runs, and 2 wickets.

Well Done, Neelon

Towards the end of 2024, Union High School chess player ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ was selected by the Department of Education to represent the Eastern Cape u/18 team at a tournament from 16 to 20 December in Polokwane – an event that served as national trials.

๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜”’๐˜ด (๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด).

Neelon has previously attended the South African Union Chess Championships twice in Johannesburg.

Through hard work and dedication he has improved his chess skills, to a level that is enabling him to compete with confidence against his opponents.

๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป!