Category: Tennis

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Our 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟭𝟮 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦 took on The Diocesan School for Girls this past Friday afternoon in a series of very competitive and closely contested matches.

𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴.

Several matches went right down to the wire, with 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀, 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗺, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 and 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 all involved in nail-biting encounters that were decided by tie-breaks.

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗠𝗰𝗘𝘄𝗮𝗻 and 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀 recorded excellent singles victories, while many of the other matches were far closer than the final scores suggest.

Well done to all our players – 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥.

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This afternoon saw Union High School’s Top 4 boys’ and girls’ U13 tennis players take to the court against a visiting Kirkwood side.

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 on winning their encounter 6 – 0. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥 – 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵.

The boys’ matches were more evenly contested, with Kirkwood taking the section on games (50-44) after drawing the matches 3 – 3.

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗻 and a special word of thanks to all our visitors from Kirkwood for making the trip!

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On Friday, 8 of our senior tennis players travelled to Burgersdorp to take part in the Van Niekerk & Koen tennis tournament, where they competed against Burgersdorp High School, Cradock High School, De Aar High School, and Hoërskool Jim Fouché from Bloemfontein. 

Having looked forward to this fixture since the start of term, our players were excited and in good spirit. This translated into magnificent matchplay as the players started off with doubles and then moving into mixed doubles.  After an intense day on the courts, Union was in a very good position, claiming victory over Burgersdorp and Jim Fouché, whilst drawing against Cradock. After De Aar High School took the trophy last year, our players knew their fifth round on Saturday would be a tough one. However, their determination and skilful tactics on the court pulled them through, beating De Aar with 6 matches to 2, making Union the winners of the doubles and mixed doubles tournament. 

The final round of the tournament was completed with singles matches deciding the overall result.  Although the team had shown strong performance in earlier rounds, the players struggled to maintain the same level of competitiveness during the last round.  Union ended the tournament with a 3^rd place overall.

Despite the disappointing results, the tournament provided a valuable learning opportunity.  Improving mental preparation and confidence in individual play will be important areas of focus for future tournaments.

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We are incredibly proud of Grade 7 learner 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀, who recently represented the Eastern Cape Elephants at the Interprovincial Tennis Tournament held in Bloemfontein from 8 to 11 January.

Competing in her very first IPT for the Eastern Cape Elephants, 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 while playing as the No. 3 seed.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦-𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘦-𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴.

Over the four days, Taylor spent an impressive ±13 hours on court in singles alone, playing a total of six singles matches, along with six doubles and six mixed doubles matches.

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, Taylor rose to the challenge and gained invaluable experience at provincial level.

The Eastern Cape Elephants finished 12th out of 16 teams, placing ahead of the Eastern Cape Aloes team who came 13th.

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𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 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 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀, 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 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀, 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.

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘔𝘤𝘌𝘸𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮.

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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.

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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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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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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.