Sport Results, Swimming

Jnr Interhouse Gala 2019

On Friday, the junior department enjoyed a final competitive outing before knuckling down to the serious business of exams, when they took part in their annual interhouse gala.  With the end of the year looming, spirits were high and the competitors gave their best and produced some excellent results.  Tightly contested races throughout the day made for thrilling viewing for the spectators, and as the day culminated with the crowd-favourite, the exciting ladder relay, shouts and screams filled the air as the houses cheered their respective teams on.  Arnott house won this race and also did exceptionally well to take the Interhouse trophy with a 488 to 302 point win.

Well done to all the swimmers who participated and thank you to all the staff and parents involved in making it a successful and enjoyable day for all.

VICTOR AND VICTRIX LUDORUM

POINTS ORDER PER AGE-GROUP

AGE GROUP   GIRLS   BOYS  
U/11 1 Misha Newton 29 Bradley Davenport 24
  2 Mecoli Vorster 15 Tristan Hope 16
  3 Rebecca Copeman 14 Peter-Daniel Clegg 15
           
u/12 1 Chloe Erasmus 24 Matthew Paxton 29
  2 Emma Short 22 Daniel Marais 20
  3 Sasha Cochrane 16 Hayden Pienaar 18
           
u/14 1 Tyra Binney 30 Matthew Davenport 30
  2 Caytah-Leigh Koeberg 24 Jayden Swart 18
  3 Alinda Goosen 16 Max Price 15
           

OVERALL POSITIONS AND WINNERS OF VICTOR AND VICTRIX

GIRLS:

1st

2nd

3rd

 Tyra Binney – VICTIRX LUDORUM

Misha Newton

Caytah-Leigh Koeberg  & Chloe Erasmus

30 points

29 points

24 points
BOYS:

1st

2nd

3rd

Matthew Davenport – VICTOR LUDORUM

Matthew Paxton

Bradley Davenport

30 points

29 points

24 points

 

Sport Results

Jnr Tennis vs Collegiate

Union High School’s junior tennis girls competed against their Collegiate Junior School for Girls counterparts yesterday afternoon, Thursday, 31 October.

The matches, played on Union’s Bremner Courts, were tightly contested with excellent tennis being played.

The afternoon saw Collegiate winning 4 matches, to Union’s 2.

A special word of congratulations goes to Tara Ferreira who won her singles match, as well as her doubles match with partner Caytah-Leigh Koeberg.

Well done girls!

Sport Results

Cleathon To Join WP Rugby Academy

Union High School’s Cleathon Koeberg was recently announced as part of the Western Province Rugby Academy’s intake for 2020.

Cleathon, a Grade 12 learner, excelled as Union’s 1st XV’s 8th Man this year, representing the Eastern Province Country Districts (EPCD) team at the 2019 u/18 Rugby Academy Week.

The WP Rugby Academy’s 2020 intake is an exciting blend of talent, that has the potential to really develop into an extremely competitive group of individuals.

With players from all over South Africa heading to Cape Town to “Realise their Dreams”, it’s going to be an extremely enjoyable journey to be part of and we wish Cleathon all the best as he strives to achieve his goals in WP.

Cricket, Sport Results

EP Midlands Cricket

Following extensive trials, eight Union High School cricketers have been selected to represent the Eastern Province Midlands u/17 team at the SA National u/17 Rural Week at Kearsney College, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal from 10 to 14 December.

Congratulations to Jaden Brotherton, Hlaki Skepe, Sisipho Arnols, Rogan Odendaal, Lihle Mxhunyelwa, James Pienaar, Kyle-Luke du Preez and Bowen Langmead!

Jaden Brotherton will captain the team, with Bowen Langmead assisting him as vice-captain.

Cricket, Sport Results

Karoo U/12 Cricket

We wish to congratulate the following Union cricketers on being selected for the Karoo u/12 cricket team: Shaakir Kazi, Makukhanye de Beer, Matthew Paxton, Xavier Barlow, Kananelo Kometsi, Yaseen Kazi, Neelon Fourie, Daniel Marais and Yonela Wana.

We wish them everything of the best in the knowledge that they will represent us well!

Sport Results, Swimming

Swimming: 1st B-Age Group Gala

It is always said that the joy of life is in the participation, and it was certainly clear from the faces of our swimmers, that the first ‘B’ Age Group Gala of the season was enjoyed by all.

The gala was held yesterday morning (Saturday, 26 October), at the Newton Park indoor swimming pool in Port Elizabeth and saw many of the Union swimmers recording new personal bests.

The next gala, which will also be the last one for the year, will be held on 16 November.

Sport Results

Jnr Cricket Results vs Summerwood

This past weekend, Union’s u/13As cricketers played in two competitive matches against Summerwood Primary School who travelled from Port Elizabeth to play against Union in a T20 match under lights on Friday evening and a limited over game on Saturday morning.

• On a lovely Friday evening at the Botanics, Union won the toss and elected to bat first.  Summerwood bowled well and managed to take some early wickets.

A well-worked 40-run partnership between Shaakir Kazi and Matthew Paxton helped Union to a respectable 75/6 after 20 overs.

A fiery Bowling attack led by Shaakir Kazi (who produced bowling figures of 5/10 in 4 overs) immediately put Union’s guest under pressure.

Summerwood gained some momentum in the middle overs, but great spirit and commitment on the field inspired the Union bowlers to ultimately bowl Summerwood out for 69.

Union won the match by 6 runs.

• During Saturday morning’s limited over match, Summerwood elected to bat first.

Good bowling by Union restricted Summerwood to 80 runs.

Unfortunately, Union’s top order left too much for the lower order to do, and Union fell short, ending their match on 79, losing by only one run in the end.

Sport Results

Jnr Cricket Results vs Gill Primary

On Wednesday afternoon, 23 October, Union’s u/13A cricket team played a T20 match against Gill Primary.

Union won the toss and elected to bat first. The top order laid a solid foundation, putting the Gill bowlers under pressure.

Camran Swartz scored a super 75* off 59 balls to put Union well in control. The Union team ended their 20 overs on 175/4.

Consistent bowling then ensured that Gill struggled to get off the mark, with Shaakir Kazi and Makukhanya De Beer doing most of the damage.

Gill was bowled out for 26. Union won the match by 149 runs.

Sport Results

Athletics vs HVS

For generations, the traditional derby days between Union High and Volkskool that conclude the winter and summer sporting seasons have served as the annual highlights of friendship, rivalry and competition for these two schools.

It is with shared pride that Union and Volkskool once again began the competitive athletics season in that same spirit, with the 17th annual Interschools Athletics Meeting held on Wednesday afternoon, 16 October.

A great afternoon ensued with the respective schools’ athletes participating in both track and field events.

Although the competition was held in the midst of a heatwave, the Union learners weren’t deterred – they participated in their numbers and achieved a number of podium places.

The last individual event of the day was the 400 Boys u/17 event. Here, Union showed great spirit, with Matthew Carelse winning the race by a very small margin to a Volkskool competitor.

The 4 x 100m Boys relay was another exciting race. Volkskool, unfortunately, passed Union on the home stretch, to win the relay.

Overall, Union’s athletes claimed 15 first places, 23 second places and 15 third places.

Special mention must be made of Sisipho Arnols and Mack Rubidge, who both succeeded in achieving three first places. Brigitte Oelofsen and Jade Shires each won two first places.

First places were awarded to the following learners:

• Sisipho Arnolds: Boys u/15 – 100m (11,88s), 200m (24,2s) and Long Jump (5,53m)

• Mack Rubidge: Boys u/17 – High Jump (1,70m), Shotput (12,88m) and Discus (23,45m)

• Brigette Oelofsen: Girls u/14 – 800m (3:18,80) and 1 500m (7:11,10)

• Jade Shires: Girls u/17 – 800m (3:14.48) and 200m (31,70s)

• Musa Zweni: Girls u/14 – Long Jump (3,49m)

• Bowen Langmead: Boys u/17 – Javelin (33,7m)

• Rosslyn Sparks: Girls u/19 – Shotput (6,62m)

• Ntsika Ngongoma: Boys u/16 – 100m (11,48s)

• Elia Railton: Girls u/17 – High Jump (1,05m)

• Mawande Hloyi: Boys u/14 – Discus (22,43s)

• Iviwe Ndamane: Boys u/19 – 800m (2:18,59)

• Leythan Carelse: Boys u/14 – Long Jump (4,92m)

• Lana Bouwer: Girls u/14 – High Jump (1,2m)

• Matthew Carelse: Boys u/17 – 400m (59,58s)

All the athletes must be congratulated on their excellent efforts, their willingness to participate and their good show of sportsmanship.

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Biathlon, Sport Results

Biathlon Inter-provincial Event

This weekend (19 October 2019) Eastern Province hosted an Inter-provincial event in which we competed against other biathletes from Southern Free-State, Border and Eden. While 8 of our learners were selected to compete for EP in this event, only 5 were available to participate on the day.  Despite our diminished numbers, Union was able to place a commendable 9th out of the 19 schools represented at this event.

Although none of our girls managed to finish in the top three in their respective age-groups, every one of them improved on their previous bests in either, or both of the disciplines. Union is extremely proud of these athletes that continue to push themselves to achieve with every performance.  Well done, girls!