Well Done, Dante – 112 Runs!

Well done to u13 cricketer, ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€, on scoring 112 runs off just 66 balls in a recent encounter against Laer Volkskool – ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ!

U/13 EP Tennis Selection

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to our Union High School, Graaff-Reinet u13 tennis girls on their outstanding performances at the recent Eastern Cape tennis trials!

We are incredibly proud of ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€, who has been selected to represent the EC Elephants at the SA Interprovincial Tennis Tournament taking place from 7 to 11 January in Bloemfontein.

A huge well done as well to ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€, who has earned her place in the EC Elephants team competing in the Synergy Cup – the interprovincial fixture between the South (Eastern Cape), Western Province, Boland and Northern Cape – from 27 February to 1 March, also in Bloemfontein.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ค๐˜Œ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€!

B-Age Gala – Results

Union High School’s swimmers delivered excellent performances at the second ๐—•-๐—”๐—š๐—˜ ๐—š๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—” at Newton Park this past Saturday:

๐—˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ)
An exceptional performance, securing 1st place in all six of her events: 50m Fly, 50m Back, 50m Breast, 50m Free, 100m Free and 100m Back.

๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ)
A consistent set of results, including 3rd place in the 100m Back, along with top-10 finishes in all her remaining events.

๐—จ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ฒ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ)
A solid showing with significant time improvements and competitive placements across all four of his events: 50m Back, 100m Free, 50m Breast and 50m Free.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ!

EP Rural U17 Cricket Selection – Congratulation Yonela & Yaseen

A huge ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Union High School cricketers ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ and ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ on their well-deserved selection to represent the Eastern Province Rural u17 team at the ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, from 5 to 8 December.

Weโ€™re equally proud of Unionโ€™s 1st XI coach, ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜„๐˜€, who has been appointed as head coach of the EP Rural u17 side, with Jason Vers joining him as assistant coach

Junior Interschools Athletics – Results

The Union Schoolsโ€™ young athletes delivered a string of outstanding performances at 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 meeting held against Laer Volkskool this past Monday afternoon, 3 November.

Undeterred by the blazing sun, the schoolโ€™s youngest learners made their mark early, with ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€, ๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ and ๐—ค๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ถ sprinting to victory in their respective 60m events. Van der Walt also claimed the 1st place in the 80m Boys u8 sprint, clocking a new record time of 12.38s, while ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ claimed gold in the Girls u8 80m.

In the middle distances, Unionโ€™s runners proved their endurance and determination. ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ผ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ (Boys u12 1200m) and ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—พ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ (Boys u13 1500m) powered through to impressive wins, while ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป, ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต and ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป earned valuable points for the team with strong podium finishes.

The field events also saw the green and white make its mark, with ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ setting a new record in the u13 Boys Shot Put (11.50m), ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด improving the u10 Girls High Jump record to 1,09m and ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป setting a new record in the u12 Girls High Jump (1.22m).

๐—ก๐—ผรซ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ also added another record to Union’s tally, with a distance of 5.29m in the u13 Boys Long Jump.

The Union learnersโ€™ teamwork, however, shone brightest in the relays.

The schoolโ€™s u12 and u13 Boysโ€™ teams both stormed to victory in their 4ร—100m events, while the u13 Girlsโ€™ team also clinched first place with an excellent 1:01.84 finish – ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ.

We’re incredibly proud of all our learners, who, despite the sun beating down on them, never let the heat slow their spirit. Their combined efforts earned the school a strong overall result of 846, just short of Volkskool’s total of 866.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!

Junior Cricket vs Woodridge

The past weekend saw Union High School’s u11A and u13A cricket teams take on Woodridge College & Preparatory School in a series of fixtures.

In the ๐˜‚๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” T20 match on Friday, Union batted first to post 76/6 in their 20 overs, with steady contributions from ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป (15), ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต (14) ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‡ (11). Despite Woodridge chasing down the target to win by seven wickets, Unionโ€™s bowlers – ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ธ and ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป – each claimed a wicket, showing a lot of grit throughout.

Saturdayโ€™s 25-over encounter saw Union win the toss and bat again, but Woodridgeโ€™s disciplined bowling restricted them to 60 all out (25.2 overs). With the ball, ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ (1-15) ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต (1-19) both struck for Union, keeping up the fight until the end. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

The ๐˜‚๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” side produced an exciting T20 match, batting first to reach 69 runs. What followed was an outstanding bowling display, led by ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜‚ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ (4-10) and ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น, who claimed a hat-trick – a remarkable achievement at any level!๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ 15 ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต.

In the 40-over clash, Woodridge posted a strong 216/7, with ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น once again impressing, taking 3-37. Unionโ€™s reply of 82 all out included a solid 31 from Kingwill and 20 from ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€, but it wasnโ€™t enough to chase down the total.

While results didnโ€™t always go Unionโ€™s way, the weekend was filled with growth, teamwork and moments of brilliance. ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ

EP U/13 Cricket Selection

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to Union High Schoolโ€™s u13 cricketers, ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ and ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป, on their well-deserved selection to represent the Eastern Province!

Nathaneal has been named to the u13A Boysโ€™ team, while Kari has earned her place in the u13A Girlsโ€™ side.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐Ÿ

B Age Gala – Results

Union High School kicked off the school swimming season at the first ๐—• ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ, held at Newton Park Pool in Gqeberha this past Saturday, 25 October.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ:

โ€ข ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป who claimed 1st place in the 50m Backstroke and finishing in the Top 6 in all her events.

โ€ข ๐—˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ impressed with 2nd places in both the 50m Fly and 50m Backstroke, plus a 3rd in the 100m Breaststroke.

โ€ข ๐—ญ๐—ผรซ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ earned a 3rd place in the 50m Breaststroke and turned in solid performances across her other races too.

โ€ข ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ stood out with a 2nd place in the Girls 50m Backstroke and several strong Top 10 finishes.

โ€ข ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ showed great promise with strong swims and Top 10 results.

โ€ข ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ made fantastic progress, dropping a huge 7.69 seconds in her 50m Backstroke and 9.81 seconds in her 100m Freestyle – an incredible reward for her hard work and dedication!

โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐— ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ proudly represented Union in her first-ever B Age Gala, gaining valuable experience and showing great determination throughout the day.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ.

A big ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ for being poolside with the team all day!

Senior Cricket vs St Andrew’s – Results

The dayโ€™s play began with the 1st XI captain winning the toss and electing to bowl first under overcast conditions. The decision seemed to pay early dividends as Unionโ€™s bowlers maintained good discipline with the new ball. Despite intermittent rain, 24.5 overs were completed before weather forced the players from the field.

Among the standout performances, Callum Jacobs delivered an impressive spell, claiming 3 wickets for 31 runs in 6 overs, demonstrating both control and consistency. Unfortunately, persistent rain after lunch led to the match being officially called off, resulting in no further play for the day.

In the second team encounter, St Andrewโ€™s College took first strike and posted a strong total of 235 runs in their first innings. In reply, Union struggled to build partnerships and were bowled out for 25 runs, giving St Andrewโ€™s a comprehensive victory.

The U15 team also faced a challenging outing, being dismissed for 60 runs. St Andrewโ€™s College made light work of the chase, securing victory by 10 wickets.

Despite the results, there were encouraging individual performances and valuable lessons learned across all teams. The boys showed good spirit and sportsmanship throughout the day.

Junior Cricket vs Grey Junior – Results

Union High Schoolโ€™s young cricketers enjoyed ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ against visiting sides from Grey Junior School today.

๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ/11๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ’๐˜ด ๐˜ถ/11๐˜‰ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ 90, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ป ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ-๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ 19 ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด.

Despite Grey reaching the target for the loss of just three wickets to claim a 7-wicket win, Unionโ€™s Mark Copeman (2/21) and Iminathi Sididi impressed with the ball.

The u/13A clash against Grey’s u/13Bs proved to be a very exciting contest, with ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, Union posted 74 runs, thanks to a composed unbeaten 20 from Grant Murray.

Unionโ€™s bowlers then rose to the challenge, dismissing Grey for 63 in a fine all-round display.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ, with standout performances from Grant Murray (3/12), Nathaneal Phillips (3/13), Uthmaan Steele (2/10) and Edwin Holmes (2/15), capping off a memorable team effort.