1st Team Match
Union High lost the toss and chose to bat first.
Pearson High’s Innings: 443 runs in 50 overs.
Union High’s Innings: 63 runs in 23.3 overs.
Result: Pearson High School won by 380 runs.
U15 A Team Match
Pearson High’s won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Union High’s Innings: Bowled out for 42 runs.
Result: Pearson High School won by 9 wickets.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 6 learner, ๐๐๐ธ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐, who has been selected to represent the Eastern Province at the u/12 Southern Regional Rugby Tournament to be hosted in Riversdal.
This tournament forms part of the u/12 talent identifications process in aid of identifying talent for the 2024 u/13 Craven Week side.
(๐๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ขโ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ/12 ๐๐ถ๐ฃ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐จ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ.)
This past Saturday sawย Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย hosting its first-ever social ๐ฒ-๐-๐ฆ๐๐๐ cricket tournament.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
A heartfelt ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ goes out to all the teams that participated, including our Old Boys and the various clubs from Graaff-Reinet who came out to support the day.
๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ก๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ!
As we reflect on this wonderful day, we are already looking forward to next yearโs event.
We hope to see all of you return to enjoy another fantastic day of cricket in the beautiful Karoo.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด.
Hereโs to many more successful tournaments in the future!
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s u/13A hockey team had the privilege of participating in the annual Pietie Coetzee u/13 hockey tournament in Bloemfontein this past Friday and Saturday.
Congratulations to the first team on their impressive 6-2 victory! This match was undoubtedly one of the most challenging and physical encounters we have faced this year. St Michaels proved to be very physical and fit ,maintaining relentless pressure throughout the game. Our players had to dig deep and perform with immense determination, which they did.
During the first two chukkas, we dominated the game, scoring goals that alleviated the scoreboard pressure. Our defense was robust, winning every 50/50 ball and imposing our presence on our opponents. However, in the second half, we experienced a loss of focus and appeared unfit and slow at times. This is an area we need to address and improve in the coming weeks.
This match was an excellent preparation for the interschools. Special recognition goes to Sarah Jacobs, Leigh-Ann Murray, Kenza Neill, and Aaminah Steele. I am very proud of my team. Thank you, girls, for giving 110 percent at practices and games. Your dedication to the sport is both admirable and greatly appreciated.
Fixture results:
1st team won 6-2
2nd team won 2-0
U16A lost 2-1
U14A lost 2-1
On Saturday the 3rd of August Union’s 1st XV rugby team made their last away travel for the 2024 season down to George to play against York High School. The 1st half was a easily contested affair with York taking the lead into the half-time break by 15-12 after each team scored two tries.ย The 2nd half was a different story and Union came out guns blazing and then taking the lead through tries by Makukhanye de Beer and Peter Michaels. York however managed to put more points on the board but couldn’t catch up to Union. Union won the game by 33-22.
U14: 8 – 5
U15 vs Collegians: 36 – 0
U16: 26 – 7
2nd: 7 – 10
1st: 19 – 20
The matches against Aliwal North were equally impressive, with the u/14A team winning 5-0, the u/16A team winning 3-0 and the 1st team delivering a spectacular 12-0 victory.
๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐, we’d also like to report on our senior hockey B-sides’ matches on Friday afternoon.
The teams travelled to Kariega, where they faced off against Hoรซrskool Brandwag.
The u/16B team drew 1-1, the u/14B team won 3-0, the third team played against Brandwag’s 2nd team, losing 6-0, while our 2nd team drew 1-1 against Brandwag’s 1st team.
Well done, girls!
๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ.
Our junior hockey teams also had a stellar day on the field.
Against Cradock Primary, the u/7A team dominated with an 11-1 victory, and the u/7B team followed with a 2-0 win. Although the u/8A and u/8B teams narrowly lost with identical 3-4 scores, the u/9A team secured a 3-1 win, and the u/9B team held a 1-1 draw.
The u/10A and u/10B teams won their matches 4-0 and 2-0, respectively, while the u/13A, u/13B, u/13C, and u/13D teams also clinched victories, showcasing their skill and determination.
This Saturday’s home derby against Cradock Primary School was another ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐.
The rugby matches against Cradock saw a mix of challenging encounters and remarkable victories.
While our u/7A (0-15), u/9A (0-21), u/9B (14-19), u/11A (15-26), u/11B (0-50) and u/13B (0-34) teams faced tough defeats, the u/7B team emerged victorious with a commanding 35-20 win.
A ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป goes to the u/13A rugby boys, who played with extraordinary heart and passion. Their dedication and teamwork were evident throughout the match and despite a narrow 12-14 loss, they showcased excellent skills and sportsmanship.