Category: Tennis

Sport Results, Tennis

This past week saw Union High School’s 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟲 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 boys and girls tennis players represent the school at the Cradock Spar Tennis Tournament – 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴.

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹, securing victories against Outeniqua Primary, Clarendon Park and Clarendon Primary School for Girls. Finishing second in their group behind Stirling, they advanced to play for 3rd and 4th place. Despite a hard-fought final match against Fichardtpark, the girls ended in a commendable 4th place overall out of 10 schools – 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in Summerwood, Tjokkies and Selborne, losing all three encounters, they bounced back however, with spirited wins against Fichardtpark and the Cradock B team.

𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥.

Sport Results, Tennis

Union High School’s senior tennis players enjoyed 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘀 today, showing skill, determination and true team spirit.

Our 1st and 2nd mixed doubles both claimed impressive 5-1 victories, while the 1st girls and 2nd girls shone with flawless 9-0 wins.

The 2nd boys edged out a nail-biting 5-4 triumph and although the 1st boys went down 2-7, they put up a great fight!

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟯𝟱 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟯 – a proud moment for our players and supporters alike!

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Sport Results, Tennis

Our 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦 took to the courts today for their traditional Interschools matches.

While the boys’ teams fought hard but unfortunately didn’t come away with the win, our girls shone brightly, claiming a well-deserved victory.

A special mention goes to our No. 1, 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀, whose incredible grit and sportsmanship saw her win all her matches – all while playing with a broken arm!

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦

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Sport Results, Tennis

Union High School’s 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟲 𝘂/𝟭𝟯 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝘀’ 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀’ 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 players took to the courts against their Kingswood Junior School, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape counterparts this afternoon.

With key players Dante Mills and Madison Tam unfortunately sidelined due to injury, Gemma Murray and Keith Hudson stepped in and rose to the occasion – their beautiful tennis was a joy to watch!

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀’ 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, securing a well-deserved 47 – 18 victory. The boys fought hard in a tightly contested match, narrowly losing 35 – 31.

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀, much of which can be credited to the dedicated coaching and mentorship of coaches Tiaan and Lente Mostert from Born To Play Tennis Academy.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵.

Perhaps the most heartening moment of the day came after the official matches were over – when the learners, still full of energy and excitement, chose to keep playing among themselves. The joy of the game, the laughter and the camaraderie on the courts spoke volumes about the thriving tennis spirit at Union.

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁.

Sport Results, Tennis

This Saturday morning, 10 May 2025, Union High School’s 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟭𝟮 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 girls brought incredible energy to the courts as they faced off against Collegiate Girls’ High School in both doubles and singles matchups.

Our girls delivered a commanding performance – emerging victorious!

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺.

𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱!

Sport Results, Tennis

This past Saturday, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟲 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 girls traveled to Gqeberha, where they faced off against their counterparts from Summerwood Primary School.

𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, the girls competed in two singles matches and one doubles match.

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 to the girls who emerged victorious, finishing the encounter with a total of 81 games, outpacing Summerwood’s 73.

Sport Results, Tennis

On Monday afternoon 24 February, our top 12 senior tennis players took part in a fun and speedy fixture against Hoërskool Middelburg. Only singles matches were played and each player had exactly 30 minutes to play as many games as possible.

Our top 6 girls once again showed off their skills and tenacity, beating Middelburg by 40 matches! Unfortunately, our top 6 boys were unable to do the same, and they lost by 20 matches.  

Overall the margin from the girls’ victory was large enough to make Union the overall winner with a total of 61 matches against Middelburg’s 41 matches. Well done to our players who played on very warm courts but still managed to show good sportsmanship and good manners to our visitors! 

Sport Results, Tennis

This past Friday morning, 7 February, Union High School’s Top 4 senior boys’ and girls’ tennis players set off for the Van Niekerk and Koen Tennis Tournament in Burgersdorp.

Over the two days that followed, the team faced off against competitors from Middelburg, Burgersdorp, De Aar, Cradock and Hoërskool Jim Fouché.

𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘴.

Upon arrival, the team was relieved to find the courts completely dry. Double and mixed doubles matches commenced almost immediately.

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟯𝟳-𝟭𝟵.

The players showcased remarkable stamina, achieving four more wins against Burgersdorp (40-16), Jim Fouché (32-24) and Cradock (35-21).

Unfortunately, the competition proved tough against De Aar, resulting in a loss of 24-32.

𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 18:00.

The next morning, the players were once again relieved to find that the courts were dry enough for matches to start at 07:30. The boys had two remaining doubles matches against the second teams of Burgersdorp and Jim Fouché. They triumphed over Burgersdorp, winning 12-2, but faced defeat against Jim Fouché, losing 5-9.

𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 185 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 308 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥.

This achievement earned them a spot in the semi-finals, where they faced Jim Fouché again. Unfortunately, Union lost this round by a narrow margin of eight games. However, due to their strong performance in the previous day’s matches, they advanced to the final round against De Aar.

The players had to start their matches immediately without a warm-up, which, combined with high stress levels, led to poor decision-making and unnecessary mistakes. De Aar ultimately claimed the trophy, winning four out of the six matches played in the final round.

𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

Sport Results, Tennis

Early on Sunday morning 19 January, 16 of our senior tennis players departed for Grahamstown where they participated in the Boys Settlers Cup and Girls Quadrangular tennis tournament hosted by Kingswood College.  Our boys and girls played 3 matches against the likes of Graeme College, St Andrews, Victoria Girls High, DSG and of course Kingswood College.  Union’s team played their hearts out, even though the early morning departure of 4am resulted in some very tired players.  The results were as follows:

Union top 8 boys lose 12-0 against Graeme College, second match lose 12-0 against Kingswood, and unfortunately the third match was also lost 12-0 against St Andrews. The boys enjoyed their matches but unfortunately the competition was quite strong.

Union top 8 girls won their first match 11-1 against Victoria Girls High, their second match against Kingswood resulted in a tie breaker and the victory went to Union.  In their 3^rd match, our girls were unable to beat DSG and suffered a 12-0 loss. Nonetheless the Union top 8 girls ended in 3^rd place overall.

It was a very long and tiring day for our players, who only arrived back in Graaff-Reinet at 9h30pm on Sunday evening. We are still grateful for the opportunity and exposure provided to our players. Well done to Union!