Category: Sport Results

From the moment the cheerleaders made their unforgettable grand entrance – arriving in true show-stopping style in a police van and a fire truck – the tone was set for an exciting day at Union High School’s 2026 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗦, held on Wednesday, 21 January.

𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, cheered on by a crowd that brought fantastic spirit and support throughout the event. After a hard-fought contest, Daly House claimed top honours with 655 points, followed by Arnott House on 528 points.

𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 featured strongly across all age groups. The standout athlete of the day was 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, who achieved an impressive 701 points on the APE tables for his shot put performance in the u15 boys’ category, throwing a distance of 12.14 m. In the u15 girls’ division, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 earned three first places in Shot Put, 400m and 3 000m; 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗺 dominated with victories in the 200m, 800m, 1 500m and Javelin and 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘀𝗮 claimed first place in the 100m, 200m and High Jump.

For the u15 boys, 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘇 secured first place in the 100m, 200m, 3 000m and High Jump, while 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 also won both Discus and Shot Put. In the u17 girls’ category, 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 triumphed in the 800m, 1 500m and 3 000m and 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗲 recorded wins in the 100m, 200m and Discus.

The u17 boys saw 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗺 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀 take first place in the 1 500m and 3 000m, 𝗤𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗻 win both the Long Jump and High Jump and 𝗟𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗮 deliver an outstanding performance with four victories in the 100m, 200m, 800m and Shot Put. In the u19 girls’ events, 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗔𝗻𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 won the 200m and shared the 3 000m victory as part of the first team hockey group, alongside 𝗔𝗺𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄, who also claimed first place in the 400m; 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗽 secured wins in the Javelin and Shot Put and contributed to the 3 000m team effort and 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘁𝗼𝗻 was part of the victorious 3 000m hockey team while also winning the Long Jump and 800m

For the u19 boys, 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗶 dominated the sprints with first places in the 100m, 200m and 400m, as well as the Long Jump, while 𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗺𝗸𝗲 took top honours in the 800m and 1 500m.

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘰ë𝘳 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴𝘬𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯.

On Sunday, 18 January, Union High School, learner Gerda Clarke took on challenging conditions at the 𝗡𝗠𝗕𝗔 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 at Marina Martinique, Jeffreys Bay.

Swimming a demanding 3km race, Gerda placed third in the 16-18 age category, finishing with an impressive time of 55:58.

Union High School vs Lilyfontein – T20
Lilyfontein won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 136 runs in 19.3 overs.
Union High School’s openers put on an impressive 83-run partnership, but the team was eventually bowled out for 112 runs. Lilyfontein won the match by 24 runs.
Best bowler: Alex Hunter – 3 overs, 19 runs, 3 wickets.

Union High School vs Sterling High School – Declaration Festival
Sterling High School won the toss and elected to bat first. Union High School bowled them out for 159 runs.

Union High School was then bowled out for 122 runs in their first innings. Sterling High School followed on and declared with a 110-run lead. Due to time constraints, the match was declared a draw.

Man of the Match: Alex Hunter – 7 overs, 30 runs, 5 wickets. Outstanding performance.

Union High School vs Rand Park – 50 Overs
Union High School won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 136 runs, all out.

In the second innings, Union High School bowled well but unfortunately dropped four high catches, allowing Rand Park to capitalise on missed opportunities. Rand Park went on to win the match by 4 wickets.

Man of the Match: Yonela Wana – 8 overs, 33 runs, 3 wickets

Union High School vs Marlow – T20
Union High School won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 101 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.

Marlow chased down the target in the final over, winning the match by 1 wicket.

Man of the Match: Callum Jacobs – 45 runs. Well done.

Special Mentions
The following players deserve special recognition for competing exceptionally well in a U19 senior festival, truly punching above their weight:

Josh and Jordan received their white caps ahead of the declaration format encounter against Stirling High School and Murray received his white cap ahead of his 1st XI debut against a visiting Lilyfontein side.

The EP Rural U17 cricket team delivered an outstanding performance at this year’s 𝘚𝘈 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬, with the spotlight shining especially bright on our Union boys.

Hosted in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, from 5 to 8 December, the tournament brought together the country’s top young talent – and EP Rural rose to the occasion.

A massive congratulations to Union’s 𝗬𝗮𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝘇𝗶, who was named Man of the Match in their last match of the tournament against North West after an outstanding bowling performance of 𝟲 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟰 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀.

His spell helped Eastern Province secure their biggest win of the tournament, dismissing North West for 121 and winning by a huge 157 runs!

𝗘𝗣 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝟮𝟳𝟴/𝟵) 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵, with the team once again showing their strength with both bat and ball.

The EP Rural side ended the week with a strong record – 5 matches played, 4 wins and only 1 loss.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 100 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴.

Union High School is incredibly proud of Yaaseen Kazi, Yonela Wana, coach Edorique Gouws and assistant coach Jason Vers for flying the Union flag high on the national stage

Union High School is incredibly proud of Grade 7 learner 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀, who represented Eastern Province (EP) in the U13A regional cricket tournament this past week.

𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘌𝘗 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘯, 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘰, 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯.

Thanks to a strong net run rate, EP progressed to a playoff match against KZN Coastal, where they delivered another excellent performance to claim the win and 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹-𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝟲 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝟱 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀.

Well done, Nathanael

Union High School is incredibly proud of Grade 7 learner 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻, who represented the Eastern Province in cricket at U13A level at the U13A Regionals in Johannesburg, held from 28 November to 2 December.

𝘐𝘯 𝘌𝘗’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵-𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 16 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭!

Adding to this remarkable achievement, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲, a testament to her leadership and talent. What an exceptional accomplishment for this young Unionite!