Sport Results
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ recently participated in the Waterlea Endurance Ride. Mounted on his horse, Mahdeeva, who had completed all her novice stages, Tristan took on the challenge of his first competitive 80km ride. ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐จ. He claimed the […]
At Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s final assembly for 2023 on the last day of school, young Grade 7 cricketer ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป was congratulated on taking 5 wickets for 12 runs in 5 overs in a recent encounter against Frans Conradie. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ!
This past Friday’s assembly at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet saw some of our cricketers being ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ during their recent encounters on the cricket field. ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to these young Unionites on their exceptional performances on the cricket field. ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ […]
On Wednesday afternoon, 25 October, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Grade 8 to 12 athletes participated in the annual Senior Interschools Athletics event held at Hoรซr Volkskool. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐บ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐. In a tightly contested afternoon, the final scores saw Union […]
This past weekend saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Top 4 junior girls and boys tennis players participating in the annual ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ in Graaff-Reinet. The girls’ team competed against formidable opponents from Stellenbosch, Worcester and Cradock in the group stage, emerging victorious in all their encounters to finish at the top of their […]
The recent Interschools’ athletics meet, contested by the Grade 1 to 7 learners of Union and Volkskool on Monday afternoon, 23 October, saw several records being broken. Six of these new records were set by Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s Grade 5 to 7 athletes. ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the following new ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ: – Boys u/11 Shotput: […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s impressive chess players on their outstanding achievements at the recent Eastern Province Chess Championship held in Jeffreys Bay! In the u/16 Boys’ category, ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ secured a well-deserved silver medal in the team competition. Great job, Neelon! In the u/16 Girls’ category, ๐๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฒ (who captained the Sarah Baartman […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet had the pleasure of hosting Newton Park today for a match between the schools’ respective u/13A sides. Union lost the toss and were asked to bat first. Initially, Union encountered difficulties, losing four wickets with only 36 runs on the scoreboard. ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ […]
The Union High School’s 1st XI cricket team once again had the privilege to attend the prestigious Cape School’s Cricket Week hosted by Paul Roos Gymnasium from the 29th of September until the 3rd of October 2023. Unfortunately the first game against Paarl Gymnasium was called off due to a wet pitch and outfield. The […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป competed in the Paardepoort Rally, the second round of the Algoa Rally Club’s regional championship, on Saturday, 30 September. Assisting her father Deon as navigator in his speedy Toyota Etios, Demi performed exceptionally well. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น […]
Congratulations to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ and his teammate, his dad Grant, for their incredible performance at the 2023 Fish River Canoe Marathon contested in Cradock this past weekend! Participating in this exciting 2-day race, covering 82km of fast-flowing, technical river, is no easy feat and requires not only speed and fitness […]
This past weekendโs cricket matches between Union High School, Graaff-Reinet and Kingswood College, South Africa, contested in Makhanda, saw Unionโs u/11A and u/13A teams achieve mixed success in a series of entertaining and closely contested games. โข On Friday, 22 September, Unionโs u/11 team displayed their impressive bowling skills as they bowled Kingswood out for […]
On Wednesday afternoon, 20 September, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet was excited to welcome Marlow Agricultural High School’s 1st XI to our campus for a cricket match. Union’s decision to bowl first proved to be a wise choice as they successfully bowled their opponents out for 50 runs. ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐, ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ก๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐น and ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ on being awarded their 1st XI cricket caps on Wednesday afternoon, 20 September, prior to their match against Marlow Agricultural High School. ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ 1๐ด๐ต ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s hockey girls had an amazing day at Hoรซr Volkskool Graaff-Reinet‘s 8-a-side tournament on Saturday, 9 September. The team, consisting of talented players from Grades 7 to 11, made us exceptionally proud, securing victories in all their matches. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐๐ธ๐ผ๐ผ๐น for including us in […]
Over the past weekend, Union High Scohool, Graaff-Reinet’s junior cricket teams faced off against Queen’s College Boys’ Primary School in a series of matches. In the ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต on Friday, Queenโs won the toss and chose to bat first. Right from the start, their opening batsmen played aggressively, putting pressure on […]
The ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ kicked off with a thrilling day of cricket, showcasing Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XI team in two intense matches. In the early morning T20 clash, Union’s 1st XI faced Westering in a highly anticipated game. Union began their innings, hoping to set a challenging target for their opponents. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ […]
Hoรซrskool Pearson High School in Gqeberha is hosting its 15th annual ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ as of today, Thursday, 7 September. The 2023 edition will once again see 25 of the top cricket-playing schools in the province in action, including Union High School, Graaff-Reinet. Union is already on the field in a ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต against Westering which […]
The Union High School, Graaff-Reinet ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง team enjoyed a great start to their season on Friday, 1 September, by securing a convincing T20 victory against Sonop Laerskool. Losing the toss, Union was put in to bat and managed to score 130 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฃ, […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior tennis players, ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ก๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐น, ๐๐ป๐ด๐๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ, ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ต-๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด, ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป and ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑรฉ ๐ ๐ฎ๐, took part in the annual Marco Wasserman tennis tournament, contested in Middelburg this past weekend. Over the course of the two days, the players competed in a Round Robin doubles and […]
This past week saw twelve talented Union High School, Graaff-Reinet junior tennis players showcasing their abilities over three days of intense competition at the 2023 Spar Cradock Primary Tennis Tournament held in Cradock. ๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ’ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐จ’ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ฎ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐จ. […]
We take great pride in being able to congratulate Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ on having been awarded his Full Eastern Cape Colours in Endurance Riding. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏโ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 6 learner, Jordan Maritz, who has been selected to represent the Eastern Province at the u/12 Southern Regional Rugby Tournament to be hosted in Riversdal from 28 to 30 September. This tournament forms part of the u/12 talent identifications process in aid of identifying talent for the 2024 […]
We were incredibly privileged this morning, to present seven Union High School, Graaff-Reinet 1st team hockey players – Mecoli Vorster, Leigh-Ann Murray, Misha Newton, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, Anna Pringle, Sarah Jacobs and Sade May โ with their well-deserved ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฆ before the highly anticipated Interschools clash against Volkskool. These exceptional athletes have shown unwavering commitment to […]
Union vs Asherville 5-10Union vs Muir 0-10Union vs Middelburg 0-0Union vs Asherville 5-13Union vs Kirkwood 10-12Union vs Despatch 3-15Union vs Spandau 13-18Unionย vs St Andrews Bloem 18-8Union vs Mary Watersย 26-7Union vs Cambridge 12-5Union vs Asherville 12-17Union vs Muir 7-38Union vs Cradock 13-38Union vs Jim Fouche 24-15Union vs Stirling 18-10Union vs Woodrige 22-26Union vs Burgersdorp 10-7Union […]
Season OverviewUnion first hockey team had an exceptional hockey season during the 2023 season. The girls’ demonstrated exceptional grit and resilience, refusing to back down even in the face of tough challenges posed by tough opponents. They fought for every inch of the pitch, displaying remarkable determination and a never-say-die attitude. This unwavering spirit was […]
This past Friday afternoon, 28 July, Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs 1st team hockey girls took the field against a visiting York High School. They put up a fantastic fight, playing with incredible teamwork and passion throughout the game. However, in a nail-biting finish, York managed to secure a narrow victory with a score of 2-1 […]
Sending a ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the amazing Musa Zweni on earning her 50th cap today for the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet 1st hockey team. Musa, your dedication, skill and passion for the game has made you a force to be reckoned with on the field and a true inspiration to our younger players. ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ […]
This past Sunday, 23 July, 8 junior tennis players represented Union High School, Graaff-Reinet at the Sarah Baartman leg of the ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง in Makhanda. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ: (boys) Owen Paxton, John-Henry King, Ethan Raath, Brett Kenmuir, (girls) Mia Botha, Nadine Murray, Cayla Newton and Amelia King. ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ […]
SENIOR HOCKEY On Friday afternoon, 21 July, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st team hockey girls embarked on an exciting outing to Makhanda. Upon their arrival, they faced off against Kingswood College, unfortunately losing 2 – 1. ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, on Saturday, our 1st team girls took on DSG in another intense battle. Despite […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to junior rugby players ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ผ ๐ง๐ถ๐ป๐ถ, ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ and ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐บ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ท๐ถ๐ฒ๐, on being included in the u/12 Karoo rugby side that will be participating in the Sub-Union Rugby Tournament (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ) being held at Hoรซr Volkskool on Friday and Saturday, 28 August and 29 July.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/13A hockey team on their successful participation in the Elsie Coetzer Hockey School (ECHS) coaching tournament held in Bloemfontein from 14 to 16 July. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด. The team triumphed over Pretoria’s Anton van Wouwโs u/12A side […]
On Friday, 16 June, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s rugby teams played their much-anticipated annual derby against Graeme College. ๐๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด. Despite Union’s valiant efforts, Graeme College owned the field, winning nine out of the derby’s ten contests, with […]
We’d like to give a round of applause to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior hockey girls for their performance against Queenstown Girls’ High School on Youth Day! ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ. Special mention must be made of Union’s 1st team […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XI on their 2-0 win against Hoรซrskool Framesby in Gqeberha today! ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to the 2nd team for their amazing 6-0 win, and to the U/16A team for their close 1-0 victory. A ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง by the u/16B team saw their match end with a scoreless draw. Although […]
Congratulations to our Union High School, Graaff-Reinet u/11A, u/13B, and u/13A hockey teams on their outstanding performance against Balmoral Primary School in Komani today! ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ช/11๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ 3-0 ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐. The u/13Bs had an amazing match and were ultimately able to draw 1-1 against […]
Our junior sports teams arrived in Komani bright and early on Saturday for their encounter against Laerskool Hangklip Primary, where they battled it out in a full day of ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ and ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ matches. HOCKEYU/13A lost 1 – 2U/13 B lost 0 – 1U13/C lost 0 – 1 RUGBYU/11A lost 25 – 0U/11B lost 38 – 0U/13A lost […]
HOCKEY RESULTS We would like to extend our sincerest congratulations to Union’s 2nd XI on their hard-fought match against Burgersdorp’s 1st team. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ – ๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐. A ๐ช๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ […]
This weekend saw a thrilling set of hockey matches between the St Michael’s School for Girls and Union High School, Graaff-Reinet being played on Saturday, 27 May, at the Union High School AstroTurf. The match between the two schoolsโ 1st teams, saw the Union side dominate the game from start to finish. The team demonstrated […]
We have just received news that Union High School, Graaff-Reinet u/13A rugby player, ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป, has been included in the 2023 Eastern Province u/13 Craven Week team. Well done, Owen! ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ!
We are incredibly excited to be able to congratulate Grade 7 learners ๐ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฎ and ๐ข๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ท๐ถ๐ฒ๐ on being selected for the Eastern Province u/13A hockey team! We also extend a word of congratulations to Antonia Adams on making the EP u/13B side! ๐๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ […]
This past Saturday, 20 May, saw our junior hockey teams travel to Gqeberha to participate against Herbert Hurd Primary School. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ. Congratulations to all the teams on excellent results: the u/11A side won their match 4-0, the u/13B side won […]
It’s always a pleasure hosting Woodridge College & Preparatory School for the annual derby day between the two schools. HOCKEY RESULTS Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s hockey teams were met with fierce opposition this morning (Saturday, 20 May) when they faced off against Woodridge College & Preparatory School at home. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ […]
Representing your school is always a major honour, but reaching the incredible milestone of 50 first team caps is something that does not come around too often. Two members of the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st hockey team received the incredible honour of taking to the field in their 50th match for their school! Prior […]
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to our 1st hockey and rugby teams on their respective victories against Bloemfontein’s Hoรซrskool Jim Fouchรฉ on Saturday, 6 May. Hockey Results:1st team: 1- 02nd team: 2 – 3U/16A: 1 – 0U/16B: match abandoned due to inclement weatherU/14A: 0 – 2 Rugby Results:1st XV: 24 – 152nd team:U/16A: 3 – 38U/15A: 0 – […]
This past Friday and Saturday, 21 and 22 April, saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 9 learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ participate in the annual Willowmore Endurance Ride, during which he rode a total of 160km over the course of the two days! The event saw Tristan complete his horse Madeevaโs first 80km Novice Ride in the […]
What an exciting morning of ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ for our junior teams against Lorraine Primary today, Saturday, 22 April. All teams played brilliantly – thank you to the families and friends for the ever-present support! It is always an exciting opportunity to watch the emerging talents of our younger players and a joy to follow their sporting […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior hockey teams’ results in their respective encounters against Cradock High School today, Saturday, 22 April, definitely put smiles on their coachesโ and supporters’ faces! The results were as follows:U/14As won 3-0U/16As won 4-12nd XI won 6-01st XI won 4-1. (๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ.)
Union hosted Cradock High School today (Saturday, 22 April) for their annual rugby showdown. It turned out to be ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ who turned up to watch the encounter, as the rugby teams managed to record several successes: u/14As won 22 – 5u/15As won 34-0u/16As lost 11-122nd XV won 18-121st XV lost […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet looks forward to welcoming Cradock High School as well as Lorraine Primary on Saturday, 22 April, for a set of ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ and ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ matches. All games played on the Puttick Field and the Union High School AstroTurf will be livestreamed (๐ช๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด) via our YouTube channel. ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐: https://www.youtube.com/@theunionschools
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข Union High School, Graaff-Reinet junior rugby players ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐บ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ท๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต๐ฎ, ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ and ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ป, who were selected for the Karoo Sub Union u/13 Rugby Team. Congratulations also to their coach, Mr Mpilo Njoloza, who will be coaching the team, alongside Laer Volkskool’s Mr Ruben van Zyl. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ […]
In today’s rugby fixture against a visiting Muir College, the u/11A team – Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s undoubted ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ – showed great form and passion to win their match (the first of the day) 24 – 0. ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Lukhona Bulembu (2), Robert Finlaison (1) and Sibusiso Jantjies (1) on their […]
This past Saturday, 15 April, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ team travelled to Gqeberha where they faced their Sunridge Primary School counterparts for their first fixture of the season. Although the girls played well and displayed some lovely skill on the day, in the end, hockey is a game of opportunity as much as […]
It is hard to believe that our 2023 ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ & ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง has come and gone. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ข๐ค๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐… Thank you our sponsors – Caltex Eastern Cape and Bothaโs Garage – for your incredible support of youth sport. Hockey Results There’s a saying in sport […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st team hockey girls attended the Fairmont Hockey Festival and what an amazing experience it has been. The Belgotex Sport Fairmont Easter Tournament unites 64 teams over 4 days (from 5 to 8 April) in a show of competitive sportsmanship. The girls played six very exciting matches against stellar competition, with […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to hockey players ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ญ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ, ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ, ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป and ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ป๐ป ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ who have been selected for the Travel & Sport Invitational 2023 Hockey Team that will be touring northwestern Europe from 3 to 12 October. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐น ๐๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ and ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ to the following Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hockey players (20 in total!) who were invited to participate in the final round of the EP hockey trials being held on Sunday morning, 7 May at the Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) in Makhanda. ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐJourdan-Bethany KoebergSovuyiswa SefaZakithi SishiKwakhanya BuyiseloSinalo KhaliJasmine AbercrombieKuhle […]
1st Team – Gregg Beiling FestivalUnionโs 1st XI hockey girls participated in the ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ in East London this past weekend. On Friday they played their first match against Eldoraigne High School, which saw Union lose 2 โ 1. On Saturday they played two matches. The first was against a Top 10 side, […]
On Saturday, 18 March, Union took on Saint Andrewโs School on home soil in an annual derby day that has become a ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง, eagerly awaited by both schools. As expected, the day started with a bang, with all matches being played at a furious pace, with teams from both sides attacking and defending with […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is hosting the u/13 ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ข ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฆ today, Thursday, 16 March. All matches will be played on the Minnaar Field. ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ช๐ด […]
It is with great excitement and anticipation that Union High School, Graaff-Reinet prepares to welcome Saint Andrew’s School, Bloemfontein to our campus this Saturday, 18 March, for a ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ. All games played on the Puttick Field will be livestreamed (๐ช๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด) via our YouTube channel. ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐: https://www.youtube.com/@theunionschools
Union’s senior rugby teams enjoyed an afternoon of rugby against Graaff-Reinet’s Spandau Secondary School ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to the Union boys, on a stellar effort all round in uncomfortably hot conditions. The senior third team won 17 – 11, the u/14As won 41 – 0, the u/15As won 19-7 and the u/16As (๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ) won 36-7. […]
The hosting team made full use of their home ground advantage when they took the field against Union’s ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ซ๐ฉ at the annual Hoรซrskool Despatch Sports Day earlier this afternoon, Saturday, 11 March. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ against a strong Despatch outfit (and a blustery wind) in the last match of […]
On Saturday, 11 March, Unionโs 1st hockey team travel to Gqeberha to participate in the annual ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ weekend. Our team was drawn with some tough opposition, coming up against Kingswood College, Pearson High School, Victoria Girls and Alexander Road. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ! Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s […]
A bus-load of swimmers from the Union Preparatory School and Union High School, Graaff-Reinet represented the Karoo at the annual ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ-๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ held at Merrifield College in East London on Thursday, 2 March. The high standard of swimming at this event continues to amaze ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ […]
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Grade 7 learner Zoรซ Mills on winning a silver medal at Swimming South Africaโs ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ held in East London this past weekend, 3 to 5 March. In addition to clocking new personal best times in all her races, Zoรซ claimed second place in the 200m Breaststroke in the Girls […]
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Grade 9 learner Tristan Hope who participated in the SAIC Pre-Ride at Louvain in the Western Cape this past weekend. Tristan entered both 80km endurance rides held over the course of the two days. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ […]
On Wednesday afternoon, 8 March, Union hosted Gqeberhaโs Hoรซrskool Pearson High School for a ๐ ๐๐-๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐. The encounter saw Union’s 1st team girls having to exert a relentless effort from the very first push-back to the final whistle against a highly polished Pearson outfit. Facing immense pressure from the Pearson side throughout the match, […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet was granted the privilege of hosting the regional leg of the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ’ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ this past Sunday, 5 March. The event โ which brought together the top hockey talent in the region – provided a memorable experience for everyone involved. All the players demonstrated a great deal of respect […]
On Monday afternoon, 27 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ด ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ boys and girls, hosted their Middelburg Hoรซrskool (Karoo) counterparts for an afternoon of competitive tennis. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ. The Union girls dominated their matches, winning 6-0. […]
This past weekend saw Unionโs 1st team hockey girls travel to Bethlehem to participate in the annual ๐ฉ๐ข๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐. This was Unionโs first year participating in this prestigious pre-season festival. During the four days of intense competition against some of South Africaโs top school hockey talent, Union managed to record 2 victories, suffering 4 […]
On Friday afternoon, 24 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s rugby boys participated in Hoรซr Volkskoolโs 2023 ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆรซ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ – a pre-season tournament that allows local rugby teams the opportunity to effectively finalise their pre-season preparations in a competitive yet relaxed and accommodating environment. While some of our players had to sit this one out […]
๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ The annual Karoo Gala was held in the Hoรซr Volkskool swimming pool, on Wednesday afternoon, 22 February. In events ranging from u/9 through to the Open swimmers, 104 events in total, our swimmers made a difference by seeing that the Union lanes were filled where ever possible. […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the Union tennis players who have been selected for the Eastern Cape Schools Tennis Teams after the recent Eastern Cape tennis trials. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ท๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ) ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ 24 ๐ต๐ฐ 25 ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข (๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ […]
Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs u/11A and u/13A cricketers were very excited to welcome their Laer Volkskool counterparts to Unionโs campus on, Monday, 20 February, for a set of cricket encounters. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ […]
Sixteen Union swimmers โ many of whom were newbies – participated in the 99th annual ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐๐ at the Sundays River Cannonville Slipway this Sunday morning, 19 February, joining hundreds of other swimmers who competed in this year’s edition of Africa’s oldest open-water swimming event. All our swimmers successfully completed the 1,6 kilometre swim in […]
A large number of Union swimmers participated in the annual ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ against Volkskool, held at the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet swimming pool on Tuesday evening, 14 February. The event saw Unionโs swimmers from Grade 1 through to Grade 12 give their utmost best, filling the lanes with their green swimming caps. ๐๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด […]
Congratulations to Grade 6 learner ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ on excellent results achieved at the first archery competition of the year, hosted this past Saturday, 11 February, by Hoรซr Volkskool. Elandri managed to claim two silver medals in the competitionโs primary schools section for girls – one in the HVS Open and one in the Graaff-Reinet Open […]
Thursday, 16 February, Union’s 1st XI took the field in a ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ against their Cradock High School counterparts. While the Union boys worked steadily towards a victory, spectators and fielders found it difficult to keep their eye on the action in the middle, with Mother Nature once again producing a mesmerizing backdrop to this cricketing […]
On Wednesday afternoon, 15 February, Union welcomed Laerskool Cradock Primary School’s cricketers to our campus for an u/11A and u/13A match. ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง Union won the toss and elected to bowl first. Union’s bowlers bowled brilliantly to restrict Cradock to 91 after 20 overs. Owen Paxton, Salmaan Steele and Joubert Vorster claimed 1 wicket apiece. […]
Monday afternoon, 13 February, saw Union’s ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ players face Volkskool on the tennis court in an enjoyable start to the 2023 season. All the players put forth their best efforts on the day and certainly did the school proud. ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the Top 6 girls who won their encounter […]
Well done to Union biathlete Ben Lemke, who claimed a silver medal in the Boys u/17 age group at the ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ in Gqeberha on Sunday, 12 February. Ben recorded a 02:17.94 (800m) run time and a swim time of 01:10.30 (100m)
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet extends a big word of ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the following athletes who have been selected to represent the Graaff-Reinet High Schools’ CMC Athletics Team at the Sarah Baartman Athletics Meet being held at the Oval in Gqeberha on Thursday, 16 February: โข Anna Bouwer (Girls u/15 shot put)โข Musa Zweni (Girls u/19 […]
U/13A vs Herbert Hurd Unionโs ๐จ/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ played a fixture against Herbert Hurd Primary School on Saturday, 11 February in Gqeberha. Union lost the toss and were sent in to bat. After losing 3 early wickets, ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป-๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด and ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป enjoyed a 90-run partnership which consolidated the innings. Union ended up scoring 125 […]
As a school, Union endeavours to be successful in sport on both a local, provincial and national level. It is events, however, like yesterday afternoon’s whole-school Interhouse cross-country, which epitomises the true ethos of sport at Union. ๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง […]
Team spirit, grit and kindness – that is what Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Senior Interhouse Athletics Day was all about! On Wednesday, 25 January, all Grade 8 to 12 Arnott and Daly athletes participated in a very memorable athletics meeting, where a ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ and ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป hallmarked the day. ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Arnott […]
Well done Tristan! This past weekend saw Grade 9 learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ competing in the Equifeed Colesberg Endurance Ride in the Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve, where he managed to claim 1st place in the Young Rider Category’s 80km race with a time of 5 hours and 3 minutes. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ!
Congratulations to team ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ who finally reclaimed the title at this yearโs Junior Interhouse Athletics Day after having had to relinquish it to Arnott for the past couple of years There was some fierce competition and plenty of house spirit displayed, but in the end, it was Dalyโs total of 1412 points accumulated by […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Grade 6 learner Saalman Steele, who was acknowledged this morning for recent achievements in cricket. Salmaan took ๐ฑ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ for 43 runs in 8 overs in a match against Lorraine Primary while representing the u/11A team, he then claimed ๐ฏ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ, for 18 runs, in 4 overs during an u/11A match against Herbert […]
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข the following Union tennis players on their inclusion in the Sarah Baartman District Zone 2 tennis teams: (๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ 3 ๐ต๐ฐ 5 ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ.) ๐.๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:Amelia King๐.๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ:Aidan Ferreira๐.๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:Samantha GilfillanMiley Burger๐.๐ญ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ:Owen PaxtonJohn-Henry King๐.๐ญ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ:Mia BothaCayla NewtonNadine Murray๐.๐ญ๐ฑ […]
A beautiful day dawned as the Union learners travelled by bus to Somerset East to join our neighbouring district as Gill College hosted their first ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ก on Saturday, 21 January. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง 14 ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด […]
In Union’s T20 against Daniรซl Pienaar, the visiting side was first to bat, setting a target of 110. Union then took to the field and, unfortunately, only managed a total of 86. Top scorers for Union were Jude Langmead (21) and Laythan Carelse (10). Our best bowlers were Shaakir Kazi (4/15 in 3 overs) and […]
This past Saturday, 14 January, saw many of Unionโs young hockey players (from prep school through to high school) learning from experienced national and provincial players during a ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ presented by the Karoo Hockey Club at the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet AstroTurf. Facilitators included (among other) Protea player Cornelle Holtzhausen, provincial player Arijana […]
During the holidays some of our Union tennis players competed in the ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ก๐ง ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง in Graaff-Reinet. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต.
A big congratulations to Union’s 1st XI vice-captain Shaakir Kazi on his ๐ฒ-๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ against East London’s Lilyfontein during Union High School’s Annual Senior Cricket Festival. He ended with the figures: 14 overs – 6 wickets – 48 runs.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ, who completed his very first triathlon successfully this past weekend. Hosted in Gqbergha on Saturday, 14 January, the Nelson Mandela Bay Triathlon Championships saw Ben compete in the Youth Category, which entails a 350m sea swim, a 10km cycle, and finally, a 2.5km run (sprint!). […]
Several of our Union High School, Graaff-Reinet junior swimmers competed in the ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ-๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ on Tuesday, 1 November, where the top swimmers in the Karoo, Albany and Amathola districts gather annually to test their mettle in the water. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ป๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ด. They were […]
For generations, the traditional derby days between Union High School, Graaff-Reinet and Hoรซr Volkskool Graaff-Reinet that conclude the winter and summer sporting seasons have served as the annual highlights of friendship, rivalry and competition for these two schools. ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง’๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ […]
On Saturday, 29 October, the Union Schools attended the first B Age Group Gala of the swimming season in Gqeberha, with 17 of our prep, middle and high school swimmers competing. ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข […]
This past weekend saw some of Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs top junior boys and girls tennis players represent their school at MatchPoint Tennis Academy’s annual ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง contested in Graaff-Reinet. ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฝ๐ก๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐จ. As is always […]