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Jnr Hockey Results vs Collegiate

Junior Hockey vs Collegiate – Saturday, 1 June 2019

5th Team lost 0 – 3

4th Team lost 0 – 4

3rd Team lost 1 – 5

2ND Team lost 0 – 3

1st Team lost 1 – 7

1st JUNIORS

After a hard week of preparation in anticipation for this encounter, our junior hockey girls travelled to Port Elizabeth this weekend to take on a very polished Collegiate side. Although the score-line was disappointing, the same cannot be said for the match. The Union girls stuck to the game plan especially formulated for this fixture, and played attractive, fast-paced hockey with accurate passes and some brilliant team work that surprised their opponents and had them reeling on occasion. Despite Collegiate finding the back of the goals on a regular basis throughout the game, the Union team never once gave up or looked like they were losing heart. Their determination carried them through and finally saw Soso Mroro smashing home a beautiful goal near the end of the match. If the team can build on the way they played in this match, I can only see success for them in the future. I am exceptionally proud of the girls and am very excited to see if they can continue to play the mature hockey that they displayed on the day. The entire team deserves special mention for their outstanding efforts. Well done girls!

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Snr Rugby Results vs Woodridge & Asherville

This past Saturday, 1 June, Union High School hosted Woodridge College in a fixture last played over 10 years ago!  The games started at 09:15 in rather chilly early-morning conditions.  The fixture proved to be one of a very competitive nature.

Union won two out of the three junior matches, which encouraged the senior teams to give it their all.  The third team had a thrilling victorious encounter against Asherville’s 2nd team, where after the second team had a tough encounter… against Asherville’s 1st team, however, they never gave up and gave it their all ‘till the final whistle.

The results of the games preceding that of Union’s 1st XV were as follows: the u/14As lost 5 – 17, the u/15As won 19 – 12, the u/16As won 63 – 12, the 3rd team won 10 – 2 and the second team lost 12 – 38.

The “Mighty Whites” were in for a tough battle as Woodridge College’s 1st XV have been “up there with the best of co-ed schools in the Eastern Cape for the past five years”.  Woodridge were first to put points on the board through a penalty after just five minutes.  A few minutes later, Woodridge pounced from a knock-on and scored in the corner. They failed to convert, making the score 8 – 0 in their favour.
Fifteen minutes into the game, Junior Duba crossed the line for Union’s first try. Union missed the conversion and the score then read 8 – 5 to Woodridge.

Union continued to secure possession and applied tremendous pressure to ensure that Gary Shell crossed over for the team’s second try. The conversion was missed, however, Union still took the lead 10 – 8.  This epic seesaw battle then saw Woodridge breach Union’s defences again. Woodridge went into the half time break 15 – 10 up.  Three minutes into the second half, Union set up an amazing maul on the half way line. Zusakhe Ngwane broke blind off the maul to run 20 metres untouched before linking up with Brett Amsterdam who was awarded a try for his brilliant support play.

Brett converted to put Union back in the lead, 17 – 15.  Woodridge slotted a penalty a few minutes later to take the lead by one point.
Luke McNaughton then converted a penalty awarded to Union, to put Union back in the lead. The scoreboard now read 20 – 18 in Union’s favour.
Both teams continued to battle it out until the end.   The “Mighty Whites” were awarded with one final penalty, which was converted by Luke McNaughton.  Union won the match 23 – 18.

Try scorers for Union were Junior Duba, Gary Shell and Brett Amsterdam.   Brett Amsterdam converted 1 from 3 successfully and Luke McNaughton successfully converted 2 penalties.

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Snr Hockey Results vs Woodridge

Saturday, 1 June, saw Union High School’s hockey girls take on Woodridge College in what proved to be a challenging, yet competitive encounter.

To start, the u/16B team lost their encounter 2 – 4, the u/16A team lost 1 – 4 and the second team won 3 – 1.

The first team girls then took the turf, with the first quarter starting with a fast pace, catching Union’s defense on the back foot from the push back.After absorbing an immense amount of pressure, the Union team girls went 1 – 0 down after the 10th minute.  Although the girls worked hard, the pressure mounted again and the first quarter finished with Union 2 – 0 down.

The Union girls fought back hard in the second quarter, showing skill and determination.  Henzé Jaftha found the back of the net after a beautiful pass from Marché Green to close the score line to 2 – 1.  Woodridge quickly fought back and scored a third goal.  This seemed to light the fire again for Union and Henzé converted another beautiful goal.  After another moment of weakness in defense, Woodridge converted again to end the second quarter with a final score of 4 – 2 in favour of Woodridge.

Although the Union girls showed guts and determination in the last two quarters, they weren’t able to hold defensive lines or stick to the game plan, leading to an influx of goals from Woodridge.  “We definitely competed and the final score is not a true reflection of the level of hockey played on the day,” said coach Mr. Alvin August. “The Union girls missed excellent opportunities and allowed poor decision making in defense to let in easy goals against us.”

A beautiful short corner that worked perfectly, allowed Union to remind Woodridge of their attacking ability with a third and final goal for the Union attack. The final score stood at 3 – 9 in Woodridge’s favour.

“It was a privilege to compete against a competitive, skilled team like Woodridge and the girls should be extremely proud of their overall team effort and hockey played on the day,” concluded Mr. August.