Cultural, Sport Results

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!

Sport Results, Tennis

Tennis – Selection to represent Eastern Cape

It is with great pleasure that we ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ the following Union tennis players on their selection to represent the Eastern Cape, in their respective age groups, at the upcoming National Schools’ Week in January and Synergy Cup in February:

Cayla Newton, Amelia King, Tara Ferreira and Taylor Jacobs

๐—ฆ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜:
Tara Ferreira (Eastern Cape Elephants u/19 Girls)
Cayla Newton (Eastern Cape Elephants u/15 Girls)

๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฝ:
Taylor Jacobs (Eastern Cape Synergy Team u/13)
Amelia King (Eastern Cape Synergy Team u/13)

Cricket, Sport Results

Cricketers Selected for EP Rural Inland Team

Congratulations to Union cricketers, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ and ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ on being selected for the 2024 EP Rural Inlands u/17 Team.

We wish them the best of luck when they compete in the SA National u17 Rural Week (5 to 10 December 2024) at the Drostdy Technical High School in Worcester.

Congratulations to Yonela Wana, Shaakir Kazi & Makukhanye de Beer

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ.

Athletics, Sport Results

Junior Interschools Athletics – Results

The annual ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ event between the Union Schools and Laer Volkskool was held during the month of October.

In perfect weather conditions, our beautiful school fields were a hive of activity where the athletes were involved in various track and field events, such as long jump, high jump, shot put, sprints, middle-distance running and relays.

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

All participants need to be commended on their good sportsmanship throughout the day, which ensured that an enjoyable event could take place. ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to the athletes representing Union for clinching the overall victory with a score of 863, surpassing Volkskool’s score of 802.

During the meeting 14 ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐——๐—ฆ were set, of which 7 were by Union athletes. The new records are as follows:

โ€ข Boys u/7 60m: Aiden van der Walt (UNION) – 10.00s (previous record: 10.10s)
โ€ข Boys u/13 1500m: Jarrod Gerber (LVS) – 5:03.65 (previous record: 5:24.56)
โ€ข Boys u/12 1200m: Lukhona Bulembu (UNION) – 4:11.78 (previous record: 4:20.68)
โ€ข Girls u/10 High Jump: Leah Abader (UNION) – 1.07m (previous record: 1.05m)
โ€ข Boys u/7 80m: Kainon Swartz (UNION) – 13.41s (previous record: 13.61s)
โ€ข Girls u/11 80m: Janike van Zyl (LVS) – 11.45s (previous record: 12.11s)
โ€ข Boys u/13 Long Jump: Jordan Maritz (UNION) – 4.89m (previous record: 4.57m)
โ€ข Girls u/11 100m: Janike van Zyl (LVS) – 14.28s (previous record: 14.44s)
โ€ข Boys u/13 800m: Jarrod Gerber (LVS) – 2:25.26 (previous record: 2:37.38)
โ€ข Boys u/10 Long Jump: Jacobus Wolfaardt (LVS) – 4.11m (previous record: 3.84m)
โ€ข Boys u/12 Shot Put: Dante Mills (UNION) – 9.78m (previous record: 9.51m)
โ€ข Boys u/11 High Jump: Kobus Lotter (LVS) – 1.27m (previous record: 1.25m)
โ€ข Boys u/12 Long Jump: JP Lombard (LVS) – 4.94m (previous record: 4.17m)
โ€ข Boys u/13 High Jump: Jordan Maritz (UNION) – 1.42m (previous record: 1.38m)

Cricket, Sport Results

Junior Cricket vs Woodridge – Results

Union High School’s ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” cricketers enjoyed their last fixture of the year this past weekend, taking on a visiting Woodridge College & Preparatory School

On Friday evening, after winning the toss, Union batted first in a T20 encounter at the Botanics Sports Grounds, scoring 119 runs with Joubert Vorster leading the way with 53 runs off 36 balls.

In response, Woodridge was bowled out for just 30 runs, with Khwezi Molonga taking 4 wickets – including a hat-trick – and Ryonn Naude adding 3 wickets.

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿด๐Ÿต ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต.

In a 40-over encounter the following day, Union set a total of 109 runs, led by Jordan Maritz with 33 runs.

In a dominant bowling display, Union bowled out Woodridge for just 42 runs. Joubert Vorster and Ryonn Naude both took 3 wickets, while Aiden Ferreira contributed with 2 wickets.

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿณ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€.

In an exciting T20 match this past Friday afternoon, Union High School’s ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” cricket team faced a Woodridge College & Preparatory School side, with Union’s captain winning the toss and choosing to bowl.

This strategy paid off as they restricted Woodridge to just 89 runs, with Grant Murray taking key wickets.

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€.

The following day, the team took the field for a 35-over match. Woodridge batted first, setting a target of 147 runs.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด (51) ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ (27) ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 62 ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ 18 ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

Sport Results

Endurance Riding – Congratulations, Tristan

We are excited to share that Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s young equestrian ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ recently participated in the ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ in Graaff-Reinet.

This event took place over the weekend of 17 and 18 October, where Tristan not only demonstrated his passion for riding but also marked significant milestones in his equestrian journey.

On Friday, October 17, Tristan participated in an 80km Trapleer ride on his horse, SMP Bella May. This ride was particularly special as it marked Bella’s transition out of the Novice phase, allowing her to compete in future races. ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 5 ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 26 ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

The following day, Tristan took on an even greater challenge. He rode 120km on Henarstep Willow, standing out as the only Junior rider in this grueling race, which commenced bright and early at 04:30. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ 120๐˜ฌ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 7 ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 38 ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป!

Sport Results, Tennis

Jocelyn Marais Tennis Tournament

This past weekend, four of Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s top junior boysโ€™ and girlsโ€™ tennis players participated in the annual ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ held in Graaff-Reinet.

Over the course of two exciting days, our players not only showcased their skills on the court but also embraced the spirit of sportsmanship and camaraderie.

Competing against formidable teams from Worcester, Stellenbosch, Hermanus and Cradock, among other, both the boys’ and girls’ teams faced challenging matches that tested their abilities and character. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต.

The tournament was not just about competition; it was also a chance for our athletes to bond and develop friendships with peers from other schools.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

A special ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ goes out to the members of staff, parents and supporters who accompanied our teams and cheered them on from the sidelines.

Sport Results, Swimming

B Age Schools Gala

On Saturday, 19 October, the Newton Park Swimming Pool in Gqeberha became a hub of excitement as it hosted the highly anticipated B Age Schools Gala.

This year, the event drew participation from 31 Eastern Cape schools, spanning from the Inland areas to East London, and featured an impressive total of 1 001 entries.

A special ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง goes to all the swimmers from Union High School, Graaff-Reinet who took part in this gala.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ 10 ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข.

๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ made an impressive mark by securing:
โ€ข 5th place in the 50m Breaststroke
โ€ข 7th place in the 50m Freestyle, achieving a personal best time of 30.64 seconds.

๐—ž๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด competing in his first B Age Gala, demonstrated remarkable skill with:
โ€ข 6th place in the 50m Breaststroke
โ€ข 8th place in the 50m Freestyle.

๐—˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ also displayed commendable performance, achieving:
โ€ข 6th place in the 50m Butterfly
โ€ข 9th place in the 50m Backstroke, with a time improvement of 2.22 seconds
โ€ข 10th place in the 14 & Over 100m Freestyle
โ€ข 4th place in the 14 & Over 100m Breaststroke
โ€ข 10th place in the 50m Breaststroke for 15 & Over
โ€ข 15th place in the 50m Freestyle for 15 & Over.

๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ contributed to the team’s success with her strong finishes, including:
โ€ข 9th place in the 50m Butterfly and 13 & Over 100m Freestyle
โ€ข 10th place in the 50m Backstroke
โ€ข 4th place in the 100m Breaststroke
โ€ข 12th place in the 50m Breaststroke
โ€ข 13th place in the 50m Freestyle.

๐—ญ๐—ผรซ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ rounded off the exceptional performances by clinching:
โ€ข 3rd place in both the 14 & Over 100m and 50m Breaststroke
โ€ข 4th place in the 50m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle, and 14 & Over 100m Freestyle
โ€ข 5th place in the 50m Butterfly.

Additionally, ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ showcased her talent with:
โ€ข 6th place in the 13 & Over 100m Breaststroke
โ€ข 7th in the 50m Backstroke
โ€ข 9th in both the 50m Fly and 50m Freestyle
โ€ข 10th in the 100m Freestyle
โ€ข 13th in the 50m Breaststroke.

Newcomer ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป impressed with her outstanding performances, notably:
โ€ข 1st place in the 100m Breaststroke, a phenomenal achievement
โ€ข 6th in the 50m Fly
โ€ข 7th in the 13 & Over 100m Freestyle
โ€ข 8th in the 50m Breaststroke
โ€ข 16th in the 50m Freestyle.

๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ also made waves, finishing:
โ€ข 2nd in the 50m Fly
โ€ข 2nd in the 13 & Under 100m Freestyle, with a time improvement of 9.54 seconds
โ€ข 3rd in the 50m Backstroke and 13 & Under 100m Breaststroke
โ€ข 4th in the 50m Freestyle
โ€ข 5th in the 50m Breaststroke.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ!

Cricket, Sport Results

Congratulation, Yaseen – EP U/16 Cricket

Union High School is proud to announce that talented cricketer ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ has been selected to represent the Eastern Province (EP) u/16 cricket team.

Yaseen will be competing in the u/16 National Boysโ€™ Cricket Week scheduled to take place in Tshwane from 10 to 14 December, 2024. This national event will serve as a platform for young athletes to showcase their talents and compete against some of the best u/16 players from across the country.

๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป’๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ!