On Tuesday, the 22nd of January, Grade 8’s and 9’s were invited to attend the first Debating/Public Speaking evening for 2019. Enthusiastic learners were encouraged to engage with peers in preparation for panel discussions on a variety of current affairs.
Those in attendance received valuable feedback from the audience and this was sure to encourage learners – building confidence in a public speaking environment under the guidance of Ms Phillips.
One of the perks of living in Arthur Kingwill House is that the lads get to ride some of the loveliest routes in and around Graaff-Reinet on a regular basis. Superintendent (and cycling enthusiast) Donald Kingwill instills a love of this sport in his young charges through leading by absolute example. Today saw a few new faces to the group before they headed off for their evening cycle.
On Saturday Matthew McNaughton and Daniel McNaughton participated in the NASP QUAGGA OPEN archery competition. 70 archers from as far afield as East-London and Victoria West took part. Matthew fared extremely well receiving Bronze medals in the 3D and Bull’s eye categories and was also on the podium for the 50/50 3D event.
Our archers look forward to the next event on 16 February in Port Alfred.
There was much excitement during break today as the Matrics received their invitations to the Matric Dance which takes place in a few week’s time. A whimsical …fruit drink including candy floss and jelly babies accompanied the invitations and made the occasion an auspicious one as a start to this traditional rite of passage!
Our 2019 Eco-Representatives have been elected by their peers to uphold our school’s commitment to the environment. Congratulations! We thank you for taking on this awesome responsibility and know that you will serve our school well.
Grade 5: Josh Arends; Ashleigh Shell; Mecoli Vorster; Leigh-Anne Murray
Grade 6: Emma Short; Shaakir Kazi; Erin Gedult; Aaminah Steele
Grade 7: Caytah-Leigh Koeberg; Thokozani Mpanza; Ann-Noleen Koeberg; Na’eem Mahomed
Grade 8: Hilary Jacobs; Matthew McNaughton; Caitrin Spence; Elihle Robile; Xhamla Magubeni; Andrue Victor
Grade 9: Asa Matross; Liam Langeveldt; Lauren Waddelow; Liyabona Teysie
Grade 10: Sayma Wajid; Kyle-Luke Du Preez; Kaydn Retief; Joshua Calitz; Primrose Mutapati; Tracy Petitt
Grade 11: Tsireletso Tsolo; Juandre Jaftha; Somila Batala; Liyema Sonjani
Grade 12: Chevonne Prinsloo; Ryan Hobson; Kia Hoffman; Liano Naidoo; Jenna-Mare Brotherton; Matthew Price
On Saturday, 22 Union swimmers travelled to PE to participate in a B-age group gala and produced some excellent results. It was the first time that four of our junior swimmers had taken part in an event of this nature and it was encouraging to see how quickly they settled and delivered some very competent performances.
The seniors recorded some incredible times too and although the complete list of results has not yet been posted, we do have confirmation of some.
The following learners achieved a podium finish in one or more of their races: Mack Rubidge, Elia Railton, Amber Binney, Megan Doyle, Damon Fouche and Drew Dobinson.
Union is very excited to see the return of Mack Rubidge to the team and with good reason. Mack stunned spectators with a clean sweep of comfortable wins for every one of his races and recorded some award winning times in the process.
The rest of the team though, is close on his heels and they are all working hard to put together the requisite times for school awards at the end of this season.
Over the week end the 1st XI travelled to East London to play against Stirling in a declaration match. However due to rainy weather the match was reduced to a 40 over match.
Stirling won the toss and elected to bat. It was a day of moments for Union with the ball and in the field. There were moments of brilliance and moments of struggle and unfortunately the latter proved to be prominent on the day and we allowed Stirling to reach a well-played 196 in their 40 overs.
Best bowlers: Lunga Zantsi 2 for 25 in 8 overs; Jayden Brotherton 2 for 47 in 8 overs; Union went in to bat and struggled to get the score board ticking over with the regular loss of wickets. Thanks to a fantastic batting performance by Jayden Brotherton who kept the innings together right till the end despite having wickets fall all around him got us to a rather short but respectable 142. Unfortunately a lack of application at the wicket by our batsmen let us down in a game where things could have gone far better had we put together one good partnership.
Best batting: Jayden Brotherton 66; James Pienaar 16.
Union lost the match by 54 runs
The U15 A cricket team travelled to East London to play against Stirling. Due to rain the start of play was delayed and the match was reduced to 30 overs. Union batted first and scored 126 all out in 26 overs.
est Batsmen: Sisipho Arnolds 35; Laythan Carelse 23; Hlaki Skepe 15.
Stirling replied with 100 all out in 24 overs.
Best bowlers: Kwande Mhlabeni 3 for 16 in 5 overs; Hlaki Skepe 3 for 22 in 6 overs; Daniel Nel 2 for 15 in 5 overs. Laythan Carelse and Likhona Finca each took one wicket.
Union won the match by 23 runs
The 2nds played against Stirling at home on Saturday. Stirling won the toss and elected to bat. UHS started off well to have the opposition 53/7 in the 12th over, but were unable to prevent their remaining batsmen from taking their score to 167 in the 32nd over in this 40 over match.
Josh Calitz bowled well for figures of 5/40 in 7 overs and William Kayster 3/43 in 8 overs.
UHS struggled against some hostile bowling. Peter Watermeyer made 40 runs batting for 23 overs, and was the only bat to weather the storm. William Kayster did well for 18 runs. UHS were bowled out in the 29th over for 107 and lost by 60 runs.
Please take note of all times for FOUNDERS WEEKEND on Friday! All parents, Old Unionites and friends of Union are invited to the Centenary Church Service and Centenary Walk from 8am on Friday. Please join our staff and learners for this very special morning.
The following learners played the ABRSM piano exam in 2018:
Owethu Singeni – Passed Gr 1
Erin Gedult – Passed Gr 1 with Merit
Sasha Cochrane – Passed Gr 1 with Merit
Lana Bouwer – Passed Gr 2
Caytah-Leigh Koeberg – Passed Gr 3
Caitrin Spence – Passed Gr 4
Chloe Shires – Passed Gr 5 with Merit
Barbara McNaughton – Passed Gr 5
Hannah Watermeyer – Passed Gr 5
Shayna Japhta – Passed Gr 5
Jamie Jaftha – Passed Gr 5 with Merit
Jenna McNaughton – Passed Gr 7 with Merit
The following learners represented the local district Chess team at the SAJCC (South African Junior Chess Championship) in December 2018 and are awarded the following:
Liano Naidoo – Full Colours – represented the local districts’ team at SAJCC and won 3 matches at SAJCC
Harun Wajid – Half Colours – represented the local districts’ team at SAJCC
James Rose-Innes – Merit Certificate – represented the local districts’ team at SAJCC and won 3 matches at SAJCC
Tracy Pettit – Merit Certificate – represented the local districts’ team at SAJCC
