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Parents’ Chess Challenge

On Monday eveing, 31 August, we revived our annual ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ' ๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—˜ in the Tony Burrell Union, with our young Union...

Provincial Speech Competition

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learners ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ, ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ and ๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ recently had the opportunity to represent the Sarah Baartman...

Grade 7 Market Day

Our Grade 7s enjoyed their annual ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ today as part of their EMS lessons, putting their business skills to the...

Cultural and Winter Awards

Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s annual ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† was held early this morning, Friday, 14 August. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ...

Congratulations To Our Prefect Body For 2027

Earlier this morning, Friday, 14 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet proudly announced its ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—˜๐—–๐—ง ๐—•๐—ข๐——๐—ฌ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ during a special assembly...

Thank You, HVS!

As another Interschools weekend draws to a close, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Hoรซr Volkskool for...

Sport Results

Junior Tennis Compete In CLS Spar Tennis Tournament

Union High School's Top 6 boysโ€™ and girlsโ€™ junior tennis players recently travelled to Cradock to compete in the annual CLS Spar Tennis Tournament, held from 26 to 29 August. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†,...

5 Wickets For Alex – Well Done!

A big congratulations to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet 1st XI cricketer, ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, on an outstanding bowling performance against Daniรซl Pienaar Technical High School! Alex finished with an impressive ๐Ÿฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿต ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, playing a...

Senior Cricket vs Muir College – Results

๐—” ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ There are some cricket weekends where you look back at the results and think, ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. This was certainly one of them. With Muir College visiting...

UPL Inaugural Tournament – Results

The inaugural Union Premier League (UPL) was successfully hosted at Puggy Munnik Field, providing an exciting and competitive day of cricket for our boys. The seven participating franchises were: Champions: Pick n Pay Super Champions The standard of cricket was...

Cricket – U/15 vs 2nd XI

๐—” ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐˜€, who enjoyed two very different but memorable encounters over the weekend. On Friday, they recorded a convincing 139-run win against our 2nd XI, with ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น, ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป and ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€, making...

Senior Cricket vs Daniel Pienaar – Results

Our Union 1st XI played two fixtures against Daniel Pienaar over the weekend. In the first T20 match, we posted 110 for 5 from our 20 overs, before Daniel Pienaar chased down the target in 14.2 overs to win by...

Sarah Baartman Chess Team Selection

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ to the following Union High School chess players on their selection to represent the Sarah Baartman District: ๐—๐—ฎ๐—พ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ (B Team, U12 Boys), ๐—ญ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป (A Team, U12 Girls), ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต (A Team, U16 Boys), ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป (B Team,...

Karoo U12 Rugby Team Selection

Congratulations to ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‡, ๐—ž๐—ต๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต, who were selected to represent the Karoo U12 rugby team at the EP Sub-Union Tournament, which also served as the EP trials. The tournament was held at Marlow Agricultural High School...

Headmaster’s Message

For children in a country school, life isn't solely routine. Take your eye off the hockey ball and you could see a Black Eagle circling overhead or a lone Kudu bull watching from the mountain slopes. Union High School supports the Classical educational philosophy of a child active in all four spheres of development within the changing South African community ...