Bulletin

New Astro Boards

Weโ€™re delighted to welcome The Drostdy Hotel and OVK to our AstroBoard family!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† at the Union Schoolsโ€™ AstroTurf, adding even more life and character to this special space.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ – ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ.

Sport Results, Tennis

Junior Tennis vs Kirkwood – Results

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

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ on winning their encounter 6 – 0. ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ – ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต.

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

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป and a special word of thanks to all our visitors from Kirkwood for making the trip!

Hockey, Sport Results

Congratulation Abonani, Unabantu & Nadine – 50th Hockey Caps

A very special congratulations to ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ, ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ and ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† on reaching the milestone of their 50th cap for Union High School’s 1st hockey team, awarded ahead of yesterdayโ€™s match against Hoรซrskool Framesby.

Thank you for the ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป and ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ you bring every time you step onto the field, girls – ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

Rugby, Sport Results

Junior Rugby vs Kirkwood – Results

A successful afternoon of rugby for our junior teams against Kirkwood Primary School, with both sides producing strong performances filled with determination and teamwork.

U/11A secured a hard-fought 12 โ€“ 7 victory in a closely contested encounter, showing great resilience and discipline throughout the match.

U/13A delivered an exciting attacking performance to claim a well-deserved 33 โ€“ 22 win, with the boys displaying excellent skill, support play, and character.

Rugby, Sport Results

Senior Rugby vs Asherville – Results

Union High School’s senior rugby sides took on Asherville Secondary School on Saturday, 16 May, delivering a strong set of performances across all age groups.

The ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐—”s set the tone with a 75-7 win, followed by a confident 53-0 result from the ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐—”s. The ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—”s added another solid victory, winning 29-10, while the ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ซ๐—ฉ secured a 22-7 result.

The ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ซ๐—ฉ rounded off the day in fine style with a 52-3 win.
Try scorers: Siba Mbutye, Yasseen Kazi (x2), Ronana Ewers (x3), Luvela Makaula (x2).
Conversions: Yonela Wana (5), Qhama Solomon (1).

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด!

Rugby, Sport Results

Senior Rugby vs Spandau – Results

On Thursday, Union Highโ€™s 1st XV faced Spandau and delivered a commanding performance, winning 57โ€“6.

Try scorers: Yasseen Kazi, Alex Hunter, Siba Mbutye, Yonela Wana, Qhama Solomon, Luvela Makaula (x2), Lulonke Vumazonke.
Conversions: Yonela Wana (4/5).

The 2nd XV also impressed, defeating Spandau 43โ€“10.

Try scorers: Cody Slater, Qhama Solomon, Hayden August, Luvela Makaula (x2), Hlanganisa Gcebe.
Conversions: Qhama Solomon (4/6).

Other results:
U14: 51 – 0
U15: 8 – 0
U16: 32 – 7

Bulletin, Student Life

Gideons’ Bibles For Our Grade 8 Learners

Earlier today, Friday, 15 May, the local representatives of The Gideons International paid a visit to our school in order to present free copies of the Gideonsโ€™ Bible to all the Grade 8 learners.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ.

Union extends its ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ to the Gideons for this kind gesture.

Should you wish to find out more about The Gideons International in South Africa, you can visit their website: https://gideons.co.za/

Sport Results

Well Done, Emma – EP U13A Selection

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to Union High School’s U13A hockey captain ๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ on her selection to represent the EP U13A hockey team. We are incredibly proud of her and wish her all the very best as she competes at the national tournament in Johannesburg from 27 June to 1 July.

Rugby, Sport Results

Senior Rugby vs Spandau – Results

Union High School’s senior rugby teams faced Spandau Secondary School on Thursday afternoon, 15 May, with our boys putting together a pleasing set of results across the age groups.

The ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐—”๐˜€ recorded a 51-0 win, while the ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐—”๐˜€ followed with an 8-0 result and the ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—”๐˜€ secured a 32-7 victory. The ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ซ๐—ฉ added a 43-10 win and the ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ซ๐—ฉ closed the afternoon with a 57-6 result.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ.

Bulletin, Rugby

Thank You, Montego!

We are sincerely grateful to Montego Pet Nutrition for their generous sponsorship of our 1st XVโ€™s warm-up tops for this season. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ, ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.