Well Done, Kirsten

Congratulations to Grade 6 learner ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ on achieving an outstanding 90% – a Distinction – for her RSL Classical Grade 2 Piano Practical examination.

The examiner praised Kirstenโ€™s โ€œ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ตโ€, as well as her โ€œ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บโ€ throughout the performance – a wonderful reflection of her hard work and musical talent.

Inter Act Club Book Drive

Union High School’s InterAct Club recently concluded its ๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ with the delivery of a collection of pre-loved books, puzzles and colouring-in books to Vuyani Safehaven.

A ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป must be made of Grade 12 learner, Taegan Hamid, for her generous contribution to the initiative.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ.

Art Club

Union High School’s ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—• has enjoyed a creative and productive term working on bird portraits.

Using masonite boards kindly donated by Mr Niรซl Keyser, the learners were taught how to sand, prime and prepare the boards before starting their acrylic paintings.

They also practised enlarging their reference material using the gridding technique, helping them plan their compositions carefully before painting.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ as the learners explored colour, texture, line, tone and form throughout the project.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ.

Cricket – Selection to PE Centurions

Congratulations to Union High School cricketers ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ and ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น on their selection for the PE Centurions U14 Premium Division side, as well as ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† on his selection for the PE Centurions U13 Premium Division team in the EPL (National Premier League).

This exciting achievement is a wonderful reward for the boysโ€™ hard work and we are incredibly proud to see them earning the opportunity to compete on such a respected platform for youth cricket in South Africa.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜Œ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.

Senior Hockey vs St Michaels and Hangklip – Results

Our First Team produced two dominant displays, recording a 6โ€“0 victory against St Michaelโ€™s and following it up with a convincing 7โ€“1 win over Hangklip.

Against St Michaelโ€™s, the girls produced a strong all-round performance where our structure looked solid against a competitive side. We controlled the tempo of the match well and made sure we capitalised on our opportunities.

In the second match against Hangklip, the girls started brilliantly and created numerous goal-scoring chances. However, frustration began to creep in as we failed to convert opportunities, which led to forcing passes and trying to create goals too quickly. Our final decision-making inside the circle was not at our usual standard. Despite this, the girls once again showed the strength and quality within our First Team.

Overall, it was a very positive weekend and a true team effort from every player involved. Well done to all the girls on their performances.

Standout players this weekend were: Antonio Adams, Katelyn Trollip, Misha Newton, Leigh-ann Murray and Abonani Matushe.

Other results from the weekend:
Friday
โ€ข UHS 2nd Team vs SMS 1st Team: Lost 1โ€“8
โ€ข UHS U/14A vs SMS U/14A: Lost 0โ€“3
โ€ข UHS U/16A vs SMS U/16A: Won 2โ€“1
Saturday
โ€ข UHS U/16B vs SMS U/16A: Lost 0โ€“2
โ€ข UHS U/16C vs SMS U/14A: Lost 0โ€“10
โ€ข UHS 1st Team vs SMS 1st Team: Won 6โ€“0
Hangklip Fixtures
โ€ข UHS U/14A vs Hangklip 3rd Team: Won 12โ€“0
โ€ข UHS 2nd Team vs Hangklip 2nd Team: Won 3โ€“0
โ€ข UHS 1st Team vs Hangklip 1st Team: Won 7โ€“1

Junior Sport vs Herbert Hurd – Results

The junior rugby and hockey teams experienced a day of mixed results against strong opposition.

Rugby: The U/13A side produced an impressive 36โ€“12 victory, while the U/11A (5โ€“17), U/11B (0โ€“40) and U/13B (0โ€“40) teams battled hard but came up short.

Hockey: There were excellent wins for the U/11A team (2โ€“1) and U/13B team (1โ€“0). The U/11B, U/13C and U/13A sides were narrowly defeated 1โ€“0 in closely contested matches.

Well done to all players and coaches for their effort, commitment and sportsmanship throughout the day.

EP Hockey Selection

Well done to ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ (U14B), ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ (U16A) and ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ (U14A) on their selection to the Eastern Province hockey sides.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ, ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ and ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜— ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

Junior Rugby vs Narsingstraat – Results

Results of matches played on Tuesday, 19 May 2026

U/11A: The boys delivered an excellent performance to record a convincing 31โ€“0 victory. Strong defence and well-executed attacking play ensured they controlled the match from start to finish.

U/13A: A dominant display from the U/13A side saw them cruise to a 53โ€“0 win. The team combined powerful defence with exciting attacking rugby, running in several well-worked tries and keeping their opponents scoreless throughout. Grant Murray was brilliant scoring 4 tries. 

Hockey vs Framesby & St Dominic’s Priory – Results

Our senior and junior U13A hockey teams enjoyed a busy weekend of fixtures against Framesby and St Dominic’s Priory.

Friday, 15 May
Well done to our ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ, who opened the weekend of hockey with a good, hard-fought match against Framesbyโ€™s U14A side this afternoon. After leading for much of the game, a late comeback from Framesby saw the match end 4-3 in their favour. ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ.

It was a positive outing overall, highlighted by ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿณ-๐Ÿฌ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ against St Dominic’s Priory, while the U16A side added another solid result with a 2 – 0 victory and the U14As recorded a 5 – 0 win against St Dominic’s.

The U16B girls drew 2 – 2 against Framesbyโ€™s U16C team and although the U16C side went down 4 – 0 to Framesbyโ€™s U16B team, their effort and commitment throughout the match did not go unnoticed.

Saturday, 16 May

On Saturday, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior hockey girls hosted Hoรซrskool Framesby for a set of home fixtures.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ with an exciting 5 – 3 win in a high-tempo match, while the 2nd team also produced a solid performance to claim a 3 – 1 victory.

The U16A, U16B and U14A teams faced tough opposition and unfortunately went down in their matches, while the U16C side responded well with a determined 2 – 0 victory.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ.